Something I discovered today:

I can no longer balance the laptop on my belly.

Damn.

My weekend in gifs...

 

 

Yep. That's about it.

If I had A Million Dollars...

Or, you know, an extra $1200 laying around.

Anyone want to buy me a present...?

Half Baked!

Omigod, how am I halfway there already? AHHH!
 

How far along: 20 weeks, 3 days



Physical symptoms: I officially have a bump! There is no hiding it anymore. I'm also starting to feel movement which is so so exciting.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I have no idea. I suppose I should weigh myself at some point this week.

Maternity clothes: I bought one maternity shirt but am still holding out on pants. My belly band is amazing and I don't know what I'd do without it. That being said, I am going shopping for maternity pants tomorrow...and I already had to buy new bras. I went from a 32B to a 34C...WTF?

Stretch marks: On my boobs. It never even crossed my mind that I would get stretch marks there!

Sleep: Ok. I've been randomly waking up at 5am lately, which is especially annoying considering my alarm goes off at 6:45. Ugh.

Best moment last week: NBR: M got a new job!! I am so ridiculously excited and relieved that we can start looking at houses and that there is an end in sight to this whole living with my mum thing. It's worked out for the past couple of months, but I'd really rather not live with her much longer if I can help it!

Movement: Loads! I love it, but I'll admit it's a tad distracting. All I want to do is lay down and feel it move...so I'm not being terribly productive these days.

Food cravings: I love food. All food. Last week I had deep fried pickles three times...and I'm considering getting some tonight.

Gender:  I'm still thinking girl

Labor signs: Nada.

Belly button: Weird-looking. I've never had a round belly button in my life.

What I miss: Wine, and rum & coke on a Friday night. This was a particularly challenging week at work and I would have loved to come home and have a drink at the end of the day. I also put away a bunch of clothes that no longer fit me this week...sad!

What I am looking forward to: House hunting! I am seriously so pumped. I can't wait to get started on the nursery.

Milestones: My belly is huge, and baby/skeletor is moving around a ton.

A few shots of our terrifying fetus:

(I may be having a little too much fun with this)

17 Weeks and I'm a Terrible Blogger.

Yes, I am aware that it's been over a month since I updated. I started a new job and am staying with my mum till M and I find a house, which means I am limited to mobile internet during the week. I am losing my mind!

But anyway, here's a quick update on me, and a few pictures since I've been a slacker. 

How far along: 17 weeks, 3 days. Finally getting an actual bump!

Finally a bump!

Physical symptoms: Not a lot, besides getting bigger by the minute. I am feeling a bit less tired and finally have an appetite again.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I was 120 at the Dr the other day, but I'm refusing to believe that I've gained 15lbs already so I've decided either her scale is off or mine is.

Maternity clothes: Still holding out, although I am not doing up pants anymore. My belly band is my best friend.

Stretch marks: Just the ones I already had on my hips.

Sleep: Better that it had been. I can sleep through the night without getting up to pee for now

Best moment last week: Hearing baby's heartbeat again. Love that sound!

Movement: Nothing really. I think I may have felt a bit of movement but it may have just been gas.

Food cravings: Nothing specific. I just eat all day.

Our babe at 11 weeks

Gender: I have a feeling it's a girl. And I had a dream the other night that we had a toddler girl, so there's that. Still team green though.

Labor signs: Not for a long while.

Belly button: Changing shape. It's usually long and kind of almond-shaped, but now it's getting more round. And starting to pop out.

What I miss: Wine. We have like $150 in LCBO gift cards, and I'm so sad I can't use them.

What I am looking forward to: Ultrasound on Wednesday!  Dr S says this is the best one, and they'll show us lots of detail including the sex if we want to know (we don't). Should be really interesting!

Milestones: Finally starting to show a bit! 

Excuse my huge hair. It's humid here!

I'm really hoping to hide the whole pregnancy thing from my new job for at least a little while, but at the rate I'm going things aren't looking good! Guess I'll be investing in some flow-y shirts to get me through September.

Today I had my first full-on prenatal appointment (my last one was just a quick chat). Everything went well, we chatted about medical histories and she told me that so far all my bloodwork had come back just fine. Then she checked my heart and my blood pressure, both exactly what they should be. And then (squeee!) we got to listen to baby's heartbeat! I am so so estatically happy we got to hear it. She warned me that this early on there is only a 50/50 chance of finding the heartbeat, and then it took her ages to find it. She said it sounds like my placenta is at the front of my uterus which can make it tricky. But after a few minutes of searching, there it was! A beautiful, crazy-fast, beating heart. I got all choked up, of course. She said it was about 170BPM, which is apparantly good. I'm so much more relaxed knowing there really is a human in there! Oh course, I'm still slightly concerned that there may be two. I'll have an ultrasound later this month to find out, though.

I also had to have a pap done, since I hadn't had one since 2006 (whoops). It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, and she told me I have a pregnant-looking cervix. Which apparantly means it's purple-ish. Weird.

One year ago...

Ok, so a year ago yesterday. Anyway. Close enough.