19 Weeks

How far along: 19 weeks...skipped a week on here, oops! I also forgot (read: looked awful every single day this week so there is no picture) to take a picture this week.

Total weight gain/loss: I really don't know. I forgot to get a starting point, ya know, because we were in shock and all. Guess I'll find out at my next appointment

 

Maternity clothes: yep! I can still wear a few regular shirts, but I'm definitely in maternity pants full time. I love wearing dresses, too....bought a bunch of non-maternity maxi dresses and I think those will last me awhile =)

 

Stretch marks:  Still no new ones, and my old ones are beginning to tame themselves again.

 

Sleep: Much better! I only get up about once a night now, yay! My hands and/or feet often fall asleep during the night, though, and the annoyance of it wakes me up a bit, but I can get right back to sleep.

 

Best moment this week: Revealing to everyone that we're having a BOY!! I couldn't wait to find out (I've thought boy since day one, but nobody else agreed!) and my dr didn't schedule my next u/s until 21 weeks, so I used some bday $ and got a gender scan at just over 17 weeks. Jeff & I kept the secret a whole week! ha!

 

Movement: Holy cow, he's a mover! I definitely feel movement now. Lots and lots of movement. It is so weird feeling so much movement because it's early/he's still pretty low so I'm feeling it in different places than the other times. Love it!

 

Food cravings: no real "cravings" just a lot of preferences. Like, I now prefer a McDouble from McD's instead of the McChicken, etc.

 

Gender: it's a BOY!! Elijah Chase =)  the gender scan was pretty obvious, but we'll (hopefully) get confirmation in a couple of weeks
 

Labor signs: nope
 

Belly button in or out: just a monster of a cave
 

What I miss: not having to tell the girls "be careful, you'll hurt your brother!" when they want to lay/climb/cuddle/tickle/etc with me
 

What I am looking forward to: Getting confirmation that he's still a boy and then getting to start looking at boy stuff. It's going to be a whole new ballgame, folks!
 

Weekly wisdom: I "learned" it with both girls, but I have to remind myself...let others help you when they want to. Even though I know I can do something and someone else insists on doing it for me, let them.
 

Milestone: Feeling consistent movement

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*Ahem* (I feel like I'm exploiting my child)

              


 

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Telling family...Sophia is just now finding out. She's so excited for a brother!!
 

17 weeks

Well, I guess I should start doing my weekly updates. Don't want this little stinker to think he/she wasn't loved. ha!

How far along: 17 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: Up 2 as of my last appointment a week ago, but holy cow, I feel like I'm huge already! My belly got really big with Olivia but I have a feeling it will be even bigger this time around. yikes!

Maternity clothes: I had to start wearing maternity pants pretty early on...like 8 weeks. I'm in a mixture of regular/my maternity shirts still.

Stretch marks:  Nothing new, yet. My old ones are beginning to get colorful again, though.

Sleep: I'm beginning to get more of that now! I was up 5-6 times per night to use the restroom and then it would take me a bit to go back to sleep each time. I'm down to only getting up 1-2x per night so I'm sleeping much better. yay!

 

Best moment this week: Scheduling our u/s appointment. It's still a month away, but at least it's scheduled!

Movement:  I'm pretty sure I've been feeling movement off & on for about 3 weeks now. I thought I was crazy and it was too early, but I guess with 3 so close together I'm more in-tune with the feeling? Nothing consistent or defined, though. I have a feeling it won't be long

Food cravings: pulled pork sandwiches, chocolate covered strawberries, oatmeal

Gender: don't know yet...but I'm thinking boy. Everyone else thinks another girl, though. We'll see!

Labor signs: nope

Belly button in or out: already becoming wider/deeper. bleh

What I miss: my hair not falling out. I thought that was supposed to be post-partum?!

What I am looking forward to: Finding out the gender & letting the girls know. Sophia was wanting another sister, but she's changed her mind and now wants a brother. I'm anxious to see her reaction when we know for sure

Weekly wisdom: There's no use getting bothered/worked up when people make the comment "oh, so I guess you were trying for a boy?" or "I'll bet you hope this one is a boy!" and so on and so forth. No people, I want a happy, healthy baby! I know they don't mean anything by it, but I hate it that people think we weren't happy with our 2 girls and/or wouldn't be happy with 3 of them

Milestone: Made it well into the 2nd trimester and only "got sick" a couple of times. =)