Baby is now the size of a sweet potato! Sweet
potatoes of course remind me of sweet potato casserole at Thanksgiving and I am
now counting down the days until then!
I started prenatal yoga and have now been to two
Saturday classes. It’s such a nice way to spend a Saturday morning, and I love,
love how I feel afterward! Hopefully I can keep it up!
Total Weight Gain/Loss: +12 pounds which is still
more than my books outline, however I was told at my 17 week appointment that
my weight looked great so I’m embracing the gain :)
Symptoms: I’m feeling so much better! More energy
and almost no nausea, yippee! Thank you, second trimester.
Maternity Clothes: I splurged on some new
maternity dresses for the holiday season and a pair of maternity Citizen jeans.
What I haven’t been able to find is a maternity wetsuit. I’ll need a wetsuit
for snorkeling on our Babymoon, but my old one is officially too small. Looks
like I’ll just be getting one a few sizes bigger. (Implied business opportunity
here: maternity wetsuits. You’d have at least one customer!)
Movement: I think I felt baby a few times while
driving and once during class while Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony was on. It was
hard to tell because the movement was so slight. Then at almost 17 weeks, I was
sitting on the couch one night and I totally felt baby! It must have been
somersaulting or doing something else big, but I kept feeling huge waves of
movement! It was so incredible! Max was bummed that he was away on business,
but I assured him the movement wasn’t strong enough to feel from the outside
yet.
Cravings: I went through the biggest artichoke
phase! For a few weeks, I could not get enough of them! I would steam them and
serve them with lemon butter, yum. I’ve been loving honey nut cheerios and
grapefruit juice, too. Lately though, all baby wants is Indian food.
Aversions: I still have no desire for coffee,
which is so odd to me!
What I Miss: Fresh squeezed juices, soft serve,
sushi, cold beer during football games and red wine with dinner. Now that my
appetite is back, I’m fully realizing all the foods on the do not/should not
list. I’m also missing SCUBA diving – mostly because we have our tropical
Babymoon booked and I know that diving will be a no-no.
Best Moment(s): Anything with my sweet husband.
He takes the best care of me. From filling the humidifier every night for my
stuffy pregnant nose, to feeling my tummy for kicks each day, to reading out
loud to the bean, he is the sweetest, most caring husby ever.
What I'm Looking Forward To: Our 20 week
sonogram! This would be the one where we could find out the baby’s gender,
however we’re going to pass in favor of being surprised at baby’s birth! We’re
still SO excited to see how much baby has grown in two months.
And, just for fun, a comparison of three months and four months! What a difference 5 weeks makes!
