Week 15

I'm finally in the second trimester, and feeling MUCH better. While my daily naps have not ceased, my constant icky feeling and lack of motivation to do anything around the house have- woo hoo! I thought I had this whole pregnancy thing completely figured out and mastered. But the third time around had been a doozy- and I"m only 3 months into it!

First, my belly button has already popped out...enough so that you could see it through a snug shirt. Tell me that isn't attractive! The size of my belly (and overall body) hasn't changed much, but my waist is gone and I've resorted to workout pants, as my maternity pants are still too big.(Which is strange, because I've only gained a pound or two...) While my stomach was grumbling and finicky the first 2 1/2 months, I made absolutely NO effort to suck in my abs, and so....my stomach muscles are remembering how ridiculously large my stomach expanded. I guess what I'm saying is, with good posture, it's hard to tell I'm pregnant, but when I relax, I look like I enjoy a beer (or two or three.) Needless to say, my posture is only perfect for the few hours after I do yoga, pilates, or swim. Sait la vie!

I read that at week 15, the baby can be sucking on thumbs and fists, get the hiccups, and start to move around in there. And one web site I found compared the kid to the size of a Twix bar. Tell me that isn't weird! So, of course, after I read this article I was sure I'd felt the little twix kick. My first two did get the hiccups often, which looks hilarious once your belly is big and the whole thing moves with each "hic." Any by now, with luck and a good ultrasound tech, you can tell the baby's sex.

We're definitley going to find out if this one is a boy or girl...the standard is that they schedule the ultrasound for 18-20 weeks, I guess it's a bit easier because some parts are a bit bigger? Anyway, ours is scheduled for the first week of November. I guess it might be fun to be suprised about the sex in the delivery room, but with my OCD personality, I need to have months to get the baby's room and clothes together and I'm NOT doing a yellow or green room. Nope. With my first, that was my mentality...oh, just get newborn sacks and stuff that are plain so we can reuse them with all our kids, no matter what gender. But all it takes is ONE instance where someone mistakes your little princess for a boy, and it's PINK head to toe.