17 Weeks

I am feeling like I am making some progress in my pregnancy. I actually can't believe that I almost 4 1/2 months pregnant. It seems like I am watching the days to when I get to a certain point and then all of sudden I am here. Amazing how fast the time goes by.

New Symptoms:
*backache
*trouble sleeping

My back is hurts a lot more this week. It may be due to moving and trying to help Katelyn. I am trying to take it as easy as possible, but I can't have Matt do all the work in the moving process. I am in charge of packing and he is in charge of loading and unloading:) Plus isn't that why I got married so that someone could do the heavy work for me? Just kidding!
More trouble sleeping. I think part of it is that the baby moves more towards the end of the night. It isn't bothersome yet, but it is so neat that it makes me become wide awake. I have been good at sleeping on my left side.
This week I have had an awful cold. It started on Sunday evening with a sore throat and only progressed from there on. I can't breath because my nose is plugged. It moved into my head and then into my chest. I was coughing hard and stuff up. After being stubborn and my Matt and my mom convincing me..I called the doctor. He had me come in just to make sure that it wasn't the start of bronchitis. Good news was that it wasn't and he prescribed some antibiotics that he said were safe. I started those Sunday and the first dose made me a little sick, but I am definitely feeling a lot better. I am still a little plugged up, but nothing major.
I have also had a huge self image problem this week. I really didn't want to go the wedding on Saturday because I just felt fat and frumpy. It was awful and it made me grumpy for a half hour or so. Matt thinks that I look great and sexy. I am like do you see the same thing I do? Hopefully I get over it!
Yay for me I also took a picture this week! I bought this shirt at JcPenny's in Boise at the mall. I love it. I wore it to church with a pair of white capri's..super cute. I just realized that I look like a chipmunk in this picture!
Lucky for me I got a new bag of maternity clothes from my Aunt Donna! New capri's and shirts. So thankful for her!

16 Weeks

I am officially 4 months pregnant! I think that is about the only exciting thing in my pregnancy this week. I am feeling the baby a little more. This baby though isn't very active....yet that is. It is a weird feeling to have your child moving in you. It sort of freaks me out every time the baby does move because it just something I have never experienced before. It is awesome though and I enjoy it. It makes me smile and I find myself talking to the baby in my head at times when I am can't out loud.
No new symptoms this week pretty much the same stuff. I have decided to go off my heartburn medication. There have been a few days that I have missed a dose or both doses and it hasn't really been that bad. Just a little heartburn after a meal and then it goes away. Nothing severe like earlier in my pregnancy. I don't like being on a ton of medication anyways. I figured if it does get really bad again that at least I have the prescription there.
I didn't get a picture this week, so I will get one next week. I don't really feel like I am showing yet, but I can't fit into my old jeans anymore..sad day:)

15 Weeks

I finished my 15th week yesterday and it is time to blog about it!

Symptoms:
* heartburn
* lower backache
* headaches

My heartburn seems to be increasing. I am still taking my medication and the heartburn isn't nearly as severe as it was. I am finding out that dairy mostly milk either gives me heartburn. I am not much of a milk drinker,but just the little I have in my cereal does damage. But, it is where I can handle it and go about my daily life:)
My back only hurts when I am at work. I have still been lifting the heavy trays when I have big groups. I don't think I will be doing that for to many more weeks, since I will get bigger.
I have noticed an increase in headaches this week. They aren't always really bad, but when they are it almost feels like a migraine. I hope that it doesn't last forever!
I did have my doctor's appt. I blogged about it earlier. I am very excited for the ultra-sound and to make sure that everything looks okay.
I started feeling the baby move this week. I have really only felt it kick once and that was really exciting. Last night at work it was doing somersaults or something because he/she was very active. I still sometimes have a hard time figuring out if it is gas or the baby:) I am sure I will be able to distinguish better as the pregnancy progresses.
My belly has started to pop out a little and those who know I am pregnant can tell. I am going to take pictures today and post them with next weeks blog. I think that I look pregnant..and not fat!

2nd Dr. Appt.

I wasn't going to write about my doctor's appointment until next week with my 15th week blog, but I decided I would forget things, so I will write it now.
This appointment Matt didn't get to go with me because he had to be at clinical since he is missing two days this week when we are out of town. I had my mom come and pick me up and come with me. It was kind of weird having mom take me because she used to come to all my dr. appt. when I was little. It made it a little more surreal that I am pregnant and then I was emotional because I love my mom so much.
The first thing I do when I go back is to get weighed. Normally I dread it, but this time I was curious. Matt and some others were sure I had lost weight, I thought I had gained like five pounds. I gained one pound,which she said was about average. So, that brings me to 146. I am not sure what my starting weight was before pregnancy. I would say 141-142, so roughly I have gained four to five pounds. I decided that I am going to start recording my weight on here that way people can see and for me to see it too. This is basically my baby journal and I don't want to leave anything out.
After I was weighed she took back into the room where my mom was sitting. She took my blood pressure which was 112 over 64. I thought it was a little high for me..just because usually it is lower. For some reason I have low blood pressure. They chalk it up to me being athletic( I don't consider myself this anymore, so I think it is funny. )
Once she took my BP, she got the doppler out to listen to the baby's heartbeat. I was so excited because this was the first time I was going to get to hear it. She warned me that sometimes it takes her a little bit to find it, so not to get worried. My mom said she picked it up right away when she started looking for it. she kind of moved it around and then all of sudden I could I hear the little heart beating fast. It was such an amazing sound and one that I will never forget. The nurse was trying to time the beats for so many seconds, but the baby kept moving. It was so funny every time she would find it, the baby would sit still for a few seconds and the move again. The babies heartbeat was 156 beats per/minute. I was so upset that Matt wasn't there to hear it since it was the first time. I wanted to call him and leave a message on his phone while she was doing, so he could hear it. I know that he will hear it at our next appt. but I just wanted him to be there. I was happy that my mom was there though and she got to share that moment with me.
We scheduled our ultra-sound and it will be on June 18th at 8AM. I am excited to see the baby in more detail w/the machines up at the hospital and we get to find out what we are having. So, I am counting down the weeks until that appointment!

14 Weeks

The second trimester is so much better than first! I have only experienced a week of it, but so far I like it more:)

Symptoms:
* lower back pain
* pulling and stretching of my abdomen

I am starting to feel the lower back pain more this week. It is isn't really that bad, but after work I feel it more. I am looking into getting one of the belly bands. Matt's cousin gave me the website for them and a lot of women say that they help. I do have more energy at work now, so it isn't miserable to be there..except for the aching feet afterwards!

I have felt a lot of pulling and stretching this week. I can tell that my belly is getting ready to pop. I also can feel my uterus above my pubic bone if I push done hard enough. Also my abdomen above my pubic bone is starting to get hard, it is weird.
On Sunday I think I felt the baby move, but I am not sure. When Matt and I were on our drive, I felt this pop, pop, pop feeling. I told my mom and she said that is probably what it was. So, that was really exciting and very surreal at the same time! I am excited for Matt to be able to feel the baby in the next couple of weeks as the kicks get stronger!

13 Weeks

Yay! I am officially done with my first trimester! I am so excited for it to be over and to move into my second trimester. They say that this next trimester is the "feel good" one:) I am excited to start feeling the baby move.
Most of my symptoms have ceased even the heartburn. I am on a prescription for it and it took a few days to kick in, but it has helped so much. I do occasionally get slight heartburn still, but nothing like it was before. I have been able to eat more and keep it down a little bit better, which is good.
This week I started to get really nervous about becoming a mom. I am sure that I will have days like that again as I get closer to my due date. I just don't feel like I am a good or nice enough person to become a mom yet. I have this pit in my stomach and it makes me want to throw up because I get so nervous. It is the feeling I used to get when I competed in track. Hopefully I will grow a little more confident by the time baby gets here and just learn to trust myself when the baby is finally here.
I have been told that this next week you should be able to start feeling the baby. My mom said she didn't really feel me until she was about 20 weeks, but mainly because she didn't know what it was supposed to feel like. I have read in my magazines how some women say it feels, so I am prepared, but I am not going to get my hopes up that way I am not disappointed.
I have been pretty active this week between walking with Brooklynn and then the bike ride Matt and I did on Saturday. I am feeling "fat" and I don't want people to see me:) I am hoping my belly starts to pop out here a little bit soon!