We've hit the 16 week mark :-). I had another appointment this morning and thought that we had an ultrasound planned today, so I made Eric take the morning off of work to accompany me... turns out that we were just doing another cervical measurement and a regular, boring exam. BUT the tech was kind enough to do a scan of the baby for us (probably also because she felt bad that Eric got dragged along).
The baby was being shy, and the only really good view we got was of the baby's back/spine. A little maneuvering and we got part of the baby's head (off to the left below), an arm (white line in the center), and an upper thigh. The white band at the bottom is the baby's spine.
We have the big 20 week anatomy scan at our next visit, and we're definitely going to find out the sex of the baby. Based on old wives' tales, all signs point to a girl. These are sayings like "if you're craving sugar instead of salt, you're having a girl." There are a whole bunch of them, and majority favor a girl (soft hands vs. dry, favoring your right side to sleep vs. left side, extreme nausea vs. morning sickness free, heart rate > 150 bpm, etc). Guess we'll just have to wait and find out for sure in a month! In the meantime, we're busy thinking up names - but nothing for sure yet, obviously.
I haven't noticed the baby kicking yet, I've been told it might be a little too early. Every once in a while I think I feel something, but it's probably just gas. :-O
We went around last weekend to start looking at baby furniture. We're probably going to get a majority of it from Ikea. The nursery will be in what's currently the office, so the plan is to move the computer to our bedroom and bookshelves and television into the guest room. The work that needs to be done to the room is fairly minimal, probably just an accent wall of paint, some new wall shelves, and a ceiling fan (calling an electrician for that one!).
Updates for me: the fatigue and nausea have definitely tapered off - hooray! I'm still not feeling as energetic as I was pre-pregnancy, but at least I can make it through the work day without nodding off at my desk and can exercise fairly regularly. The doctor looked at the cervical measurements and said we probably won't have to worry about any cervical shortening for the rest of the pregnancy, another hooray! I'm having some issues getting a good night's sleep due to aching shoulders and hips from having to sleep on my side - I'm used to sleeping on my stomach or back. Oh well, at least I'm finally able to sleep on the bed again... I had resorted to sleeping on the sofa because the bed was so uncomfortable to me (i.e. felt like I was sleeping on a slag of rock). We ended up having to buy a memory foam pad which definitely improved things, but Eric is now suspecting that it may be causing him to wake up with a stiff neck - which I hope is not the case. We're a definite candidate for a Sleep Number bed in the future, haha.
Weight-wise, I've put on about 8-10 lbs. They say a woman should gain 5 lbs in the first 12 weeks, and then a pound every week until the end of pregnancy, so I'm pretty much right on target. When I hit 15 weeks, it was instantaneous that I was no longer able to fit into any of my pants - I had officially "popped". We did a quick run to Old Navy and got some jeans for me a size up from what I normally wear, and this last weekend we did some shopping at Target to expand my maternity wardrobe. Shopping for maternity clothes is not fun, especially when you have to evaluate every piece of clothing and think "is this going to fit me in a couple months when I'm the size of a house?" Anyways, here's a belly shot of me from this morning. I've got a little pot belly and people can tell now that I'm pregnant when I wear form fitting clothing.
Those are all my updates for now. The next post at 20 weeks will definitely be much more exciting. Until then, everyone take care!
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