How far along: 14 weeks, 2 days
What did baby do this week: Baby is the size of a lemon or nectarine at about 3.4" long. If our baby is a girl, her eggs will have already developed inside her ovaries. If our baby is a boy, his prostate gland is developing. Lanugo - tiny hairs like peach fuzz - is growing all over Baby's body. S/he is practicing breathing with the amniotic fluid - and also peeing!
Total weight gain: 7.6 pounds
Symptoms: Maybe I should have mentioned this earlier since I’ve noticed it for probably over a month - but I frequently have a bad taste in my mouth and I’m not sure if this is pregnancy related or what? Perhaps it's cuz I can't quite brush my tongue as far back as I used to - but I feel like there's something more going on here.
Queasy or Sick: I shall carefully answer this question with a very timid......no? I still have the sensitive gag-reflex, but it's just in the mornings when I'm brushing my teeth or need to cough (yes. weird - gag after I cough.) Maybe a month ago, I stopped taking large pills in the morning (I was taking 2 Calcium/day but figured since I've been drinking a lot of milk I can go with just 1 at night.) But I might soon be able to handle it again. And since maybe 8-9 weeks I had to eat something NO LATER than about 9am or I was for sure going to be queasy. But today it was 12:30pm before I got around to eating. I was hungry - but not queasy. yay! Maybe 14 weeks *is* the magic number?
Sleep: Fine, although I've found that some afternoons I get really sleepy - probably could easily take a nap if I allowed myself, but then even if I don't take a nap, it sometimes takes me a while to fall asleep at night. However, I stay asleep and can fall back asleep after getting up to pee. Speaking of which - I seem to be peeing a little bit less overnight. Like maybe getting up 1-2 times instead of 3-4!
Best moment this week: Just feeling a WHOLE LOT BETTER overall. Not needing to stuff my face every other second in order to fight off queasiness. Also - after 3.5 months, I FINALLY went to get a pedicure! I just asked them to put me in a well ventilated part of the salon and brought in my own (as I mentioned in Week 7) Knocked Up Nails polish and base/top coat. It's AMAZING how good I felt after this!
Hardest part of the week: Feeling a whole lot better. I know this is bizarre, but with no doctor visits on my calendar for another 3 or so weeks, there's this weird part of me that almost liked the queasiness because I thought it means that the baby was doing great. In this weird way, if I feel good - it almost feels like I'm not pregnant! Then I start to doubt if this is real, then I worry if something's wrong, etc. I hear this is pretty typical about this time so I'm not really concerned.
Looking forward to: OMG, seriously - WHEN is my butt going to stop hurting from the progesterone shots?!? We stopped them a month ago!! Fortunately the part of my butt/thigh area that used to feel numb is now more tingly which means it's all SLOoooOOOooowly improving. But My Gosh. Whenever my butt jiggles (going up/down stairs, if I were to try to jog or run) it's noticeable.
Movement: Same as past weeks: LOTS but still probably over a month before I'll feel it. My OB, Dr. R said that since my placenta is in the front of my uterus, it might be even more time for me to feel since it will cushion any kicks a little bit.
Food cravings: WHY can't I crave salads and kale and whole wheat toast? This past week I went to Taco Bell; twice. TWICE! Prior to that, I don't even think I've been to Taco Bell in the past year! And what is it that sounds so good? Bean burritos. OK at least I'm eating fiber! If I look up the nutritional value of a bean burrito it's one of the better items on the menu calories/fat/fiber-wise. Soft-serve vanilla ice cream has also been sounding really good. And I definitely noticed that in the pamphlet Dr. R gave me on nutritious eating during pregnancy... ice cream does NOT fall into the "Avoid" column and instead falls under the "Eat X servings of Calcium" column! Hell yea!!!
Happy or moody: Mostly pretty even. Definitely emotional about things I wouldn't' otherwise be.
Labor signs: No
Maternity clothes: Last weekend, the pants I wore around were maternity pants. But the rest of this week I got by without maternity clothes. However... read my Final Thoughts below.
Belly button in or out: In
Wedding rings on or off: On
Stretch marks: No
Learnings from the week: I think I brought this up before but I really can't get over how my fingernails have been growing. They are SO strong and I MUST cut them about once every two weeks. They do not break! My hair on the other hand, I was expecting to get fuller and thicker (I tend to have pretty fine hair) but I don't really notice this yet. And it seems the same amount falls out as pre-pregnancy too. Maybe further on down the road. Or maybe I'm just not one of the lucky ones!
Final Thoughts: I've been continuing to squeeze into 1 last pair of pre-pregnancy jeans and wearing them to work, since they make me look not so pregnant (and I haven't told coworkers yet). But they ARE getting pretty tight. They're probably more appropriate for standing in, and not sitting in... So yesterday I wore them to work, then lunch with some coworkers, then had to pick a friend up at the airport which was a half hour drive away from my lunch spot + a 45 minute drive home. So that meant, right after lunch I sat in my tight pants for over an hour. I noticed about 20 minutes into the drive that I was feeling some uncomfortable cramping (or that's what I thought). By the time I was near home I was getting super worried that I was having serious cramping and something was wrong with the baby!! But then I got inside, unbuttoned my pants, put on sweats and realized: my pants were just squeezing the crap (um, maybe literally?) out of me. Note to self: stop it with the tight pants. Or for God's sake just unbutton them when driving!! Yes, I think it is time to move along to...maternity pants.
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