This update is a few days late. I was officially 18 weeks on Wednesday but the hubs was away on a business trip and I had no one to take a pictures for me. This week was a busy one being a single parent for 3 days. J wiped me out…I was pretty tired by the end of the day. I could not imagine being a single parent…it would be so hard! So thankful for the hubby! MAH!
How Big is the Baby?
This week the baby is the size of a large bell pepper approx. 5 1/2 inches long and weighing around 6 ounces.
However I feel like my belly is the size of a WATERMELON! I look at pictures of me when I was pregnant with J and I was way smaller at this point. But they say subsequent pregnancies you will show earlier but this is crazy!
How I’m Changing
Well the belly is defiantly getting bigger that is for sure. The boobs have stayed the same THANK GOODNESS! I am a little afraid of what they are going to be like once I have the babe and my milk comes in! ACK! I have not stepped on the scale this week, I keep forgetting because usually I am not a scale kind of girl. I will report next week how much I have gained. At my last appointment I think I had gained just under 10 pounds in total so average. I do feel like I probably have gained a little since then since I noticed some love handles yesterday. But I am fine with any weight gain because I know how and what to do to get my body back into shape once the pregnancy is over. Plus the weight I am gaining is for a reason, and I am cool with that.
How I’m Feeling
For the most part I feel pretty normal now. Most of my energy is in the morning before my 3 o’clock slump. Buy that time I need to put my feet up and rest for a bit before supper. Since the hubs was away last week and all it did was RAIN I did not get any walks in. Which is a real bummer since getting a nice walk in after supper and some fresh air feels great. But the weather is turning around this week so I should be back to my walks again. I am also going to start doing a prenatal exercise video. I need to start scheduling in some exercise in the early part of the day when I feel best. I have noticed that my stamina has gone way down and I find that I can be out of breath fairly quickly when I do exert myself.
I have not really felt any movement yet from the baby. My placenta is anterior which means it is sitting at the front of my belly and will act as a cushion for any of the baby’s movement so I won’t probably feel anything for a while yet. My doctor said probably around the 24-25 week period before I start to feel anything. With J I think I was already feeling him at this time, Nothing major just little pokes or fluttering’s.
I have experienced quit a bit of round ligament pain this week…OUCH! I experienced it with J as well. I really feel it if I get up to quickly from sitting or bend or stretch myself the wrong way. I have to be careful when I get out of the car and out of bed as well. I just have to remember to move a little slower now. Which is hard because generally I am a pretty busy person.
What I’m Eating
My appetite has definitely come back. Food is my friend once again. There is not much that wigs me out anymore. I am actually craving greens again and have had a salad for lunch almost everyday this week except for once when I was craving eggs and made a very yummy wrap!
So good! I am still craving fruit and eat plenty of it too. I am so glad that all the summer fruits are slowing creeping into the supermarket now. I can’t wait to get me some cherries! I felt this week that I am hungry a lot. Also I have been making sure my meals are little smaller because if I do eat too much I pay for it dearly later! So I do A LOT of nibbling. Also anything heavy, rich or creamy does not sit to well with me either and I find that I am later reaching for the Tums…not fun. So I am trying to avoid those foods.
Odd and Ends
My 20 week ultrasound is in 2 weeks! I am excited and nervous all at the same time. I am really hoping that we can find out the gender and then I can start planning out the nursery! I already have crib bedding picked out if it is a boy or a girl. The waiting is driving me crazy because I have all these ideas running through my mind and can’t do anything yet.
We do have boy/girl names picked out that we really like. We will keep that a secret and it will be revealed the day the little one is born. We have to keep something a secret since I will be shouting from the roof tops what the gender is when I find out! HA!
For Fun
10 Weeks vs. 18 Weeks
Yup I have grown that is for sure. Belly is bigger and so is the butt and boobs!




