16 weeks

STATS:
16 weeks 2 days
Starting weight: 128
Weight: 129
Waist @ bellybutton: 32.5"
Issues: I've been getting A LOT of tension headaches the last few weeks.
How Big Is The Baby This Week? about the size and weight of a large avacado


Well, all these stats are from Tuesday, but I guess I should I should have waited until Thurday to do them. Apparently, while I was sleeping Wednesday night my belly had taken on a different shape? When I went to work on Thursday everyone kept making comments about me like "really popping out today", or "getting big". No one has said a word to me before this, and I didn't personally see that big of a difference between the two days, but when I went to school that night I noticed a handful of people glaring at my belly, which I also hadn't seen before this day. I'm not sure if the camera captures what everyone else is seeing, but I took another photo for comparison. The first one is from Tuesday, the second from Sunday.

I guess it does make sense that it's more noticeable to people though, I started feeling a lot of muscle stretching in my belly on Thursday and it lasted through the weekend. It felt like I was in a massive back bend the whole time (for my stomach of course, not my back).

15 weeks

STATS:
15 weeks 2 days
Starting weight: 128
Weight: 128
Waist @ bellybutton: 32"
Issues: my lower back is starting to hurt
How Big Is The Baby This Week?
about the length of a pear, and as heavy as a grapefruit

So we just got back from our doctor's appointment. When we showed up they placed us in a room with no ultrasound machine, so I was a bit bummed that we weren't going to get another ultrasound. Then the nurse comes in and says that our doctor had to leave to do an emergency C-Section. Double bummer. So we had the option of making another appointment, or seeing the other doctor that was in the office. Well, since I made this appointment late in the day so that TJ could come, and we both rushed over from work to get there, I wasn't about to make another appointment, so we said we didn't mind seeing the other doctor. So a few moments later the "other" doctor comes in and pulls out the doppler device so that he could listen for the baby's heartbeat. For those of you who don't know, the baby's rate is usually much faster than ours until later in the preganancy, and this was the first time I'd had the doppler be used on me, so I was kinda nervous. The first heartbeat he found was mine, the second heartbeat he found was mine, and I was soooo nervous that when he found the third hearbeat he wasn't sure if it was the baby's or mine beacuse my rate was almost exactly as fast as his. So he decided to take us into an ultrasound room to double check that everything was ok. (I knew that the third heartbeat wasn't mine, but I wasn't going to object to taking a look with an ultrasound.) Now since this was the only doctor left in the office for the day, and he was now handling his and my doctor's patients, he was pretty pressed for time, and all the ultrasound rooms were in use. So we had to go back into the waiting room until one was freed up. Luckily we didn't have to wait too long, we went into the room, I laid down on the table, and before I was even situated the doctor already had the ultrasound probe on my belly and an apparently very active baby was on the screen (I missed this initally dancing around, but at least TJ saw it). We could see the heartbeat, and then the baby did one last convulsion-like movement for me, since he knew I missed the first ones. The doctor measured his head width and it translated into 15 weeks 5 days, which is technically 3 days bigger than he should be, but the doctor says it's right on schedule. So he gave us a picture and sent us on our way.

14 weeks

STATS:
14 weeks 3 days
Starting weight: 128
Weight: 128
Waist @ bellybutton: 31.75"
Issues: I get pissed off very easily
How Big Is The Baby This Week? just a little longer than a lemon

Everyone keeps asking me, "how do you feel?", well, I thought I was starting to feel better, then yesterday I threw up my cheerios, so I was wrong. I can eat more of a variety of foods now though (recall what my diet consisted of in week 8), but I'm not in the clear. And as you can see, I still don't really look pregnant,
just like I've had a few too many beers, I can tell that people wonder which it is when they look at my stomach. Next week we have another doctor's appointment, it's been almost 5 weeks since our last one, so I've been very anxiously waiting to see that everything is still o.k..

13 weeks

I have decided to refrain from going to the grocery store until I feel better. Last week was about the fifth time in a row that I've gone to the grocery store and spent a significant amount of time in the parking lot afterwards gagging. I have to keep my hand over my mouth the entire time I'm shopping in an attempt to try and keep the smells away, (although it doesn't really work). This causes quite a bit of staring from other shoppers as I still don't look pregnant, and people are probably wondering if I farted or something. This week I almost threw up in the milk fridge (which is always crowded with people) and you can imagine the looks I got from the other shoppers then. I give up. No more groccery shopping for me. Good thing we have lots of pizza coupons.

How Big Is The Baby This Week? about the length of a lemon, or the size of a shrimp.

12 weeks

Hmmm, not too much to report about this week. Still nauseous, still tired. I guess all I've got for ya are some stats:

12 weeks 5 days
Starting weight: 128
Weight: 128
Waist @ bellybutton: 31.5"
How Big Is The Baby This Week? about the size of a small lime