17 weeks and counting

Here's my first blog about my pregnancy and our first baby! I'm at 17 weeks and will be 18 on Saturday. It's really hard to believe I've gone this far. It seems like yesterday that we found out we were having the baby and now I'm only a couple weeks from the mid-point of my pregnancy! When people say it goes fast -- boy, they aren't kidding.

Not all that long ago, I was carsick all day long -- at least that's what it felt like. It started the Monday after Easter. Most of you have already heard this story, but I want to make sure I don't forget. We fixed a great Easter dinner for ourselves, which included a huge ham. We put it in the fridge and I planned on using it for sandwiches the whole week. As I was getting food ready before work on Monday morning, I opened up the fridge, caught a whif of that formerly delicious ham and almost vomited right then and there. It was truly attrocious. From that point (6 weeks) until about 12, I had trouble eating anything. The whole world smelled like hot garbage and green beans. How is it possible that everything could feel like green beans? So, after about 12 weeks I started feeling better. Since then I've been hungry non-stop. This is one hungry little baby. 

Here are my pregnancy highlights for week 17 and a pic (it's a week 16 pic from the cruise, but not much has changed):

Today's Date: June 22

How Far Along: 17 weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I'm guessing about 6 pounds

Maternity Clothes: Some shirts. Maternity pants are too big and my other pants are too small. I have some shorts that fit perfectly; not maternity, but fit right under my belly. I wish I could wear them all the time! Mostly I wear whatever stretchy pants I have and honestly? I leave my pants unbuttoned at work pretty much all day.

Best Moment this week: It's going to be the ultrasound appointment on Thursday!

Gender: Don't know yet, but hopefully will find out on Thursday.

Movement:Nothing substantial, but I'm pretty sure I felt a little bit during the cruise.

Food Craving: Fruit of all kinds, especially strawberries and watermelon and lately I've been craving milk.

What I Miss: Tuna sandwiches!

Sleep: I feel like I'm ALWAYS sleepy every second of the day, so I almost never have a problem falling asleep. The only problems I have had are waking up too hot and lately my hips have been hurting when I lay on my side for too long without rolling over.

What I Am Looking Forward To: Finding out the gender and getting to see our little sweetie on the ultrasound.

Symptoms: Fatigue, constant hunger and I'm running my own little furnace.