Week 15-16!

The past week or so has been relatively comfortable body-function-wise, my mood swings still have not disappeared though. The dragon has come out a couple of times & I know my temper is flaring quicker and my patience is wearing thinner. But seriously, if you think you can control your PMS mood swings, you aint seen nothing like these puppies.

I mean, two Superbowl commercials made me cry goddamnit. The DOVE one & the baby Bud Light horsie one. IF those didnt make you cry, or think about it, then you're dead inside.

I've been sleeping much better & The Sickness has passed (please god, knock on wood) so I'm feeling MUCH better and that does help with the mood swings. It's easier to feel less bitchy when you arent holding down your breakfast, lunch & dinner. Notice I didnt say NOT bitchy, just less - that's an improvement I'm sure Matias is grateful for.

I went to the Doctor on Tuesday for my monthly check in - I'm 16 weeks, 4 months!!!, pregnant :)

I got to hear the bebe's heartbeat again!! And I cried again. I was told this is a "very strong heartbeat" - read into that what you will - I wasnt given the rate but there is some Old Wife's Tale that you can tell the sex by the rate of beats...

I got my blood work drawn for the AFB tests & they will contact me if there is anything awry. I've got that date, Feb. 21st, marked in the organizer already, folks.

I've lost 1/2 a pound. Now folks, I dont know how this is happening. Possibly the no drinking or smoking but I'm eating and drinking (2% milk, baby!!) more and better so I'm just not getting the no weight gain. The NP said not to worry that a lot of women make up for their lack of weight gain between weeks 20 & 24 - so come Week 25 and nothing has happened...then we can all start worrying, ok?

With that said...

The Dr. said, and I'm quoting here, "you have a much larger baby belly than I expected". I said "thank you".

Baby is happy & healthy :) YAY!!

I have my sonogram scheduled for March 14th!!!

Matias was a little jealous that he didnt get to hear the heartbeat again, but I honestly didnt know that I would get to hear it every time. My bad. Dont get me wrong, I still walked in and out of the office doing a "I got to hear the heartbeat" dance :) I'm not above that!! I think it might motivate him to come to every appointment - he works from home on Tuesdays & could totally swing it. Now, dont be mistaken, he has come to the first appt. and will come to the sonogram and others that he is needed at BUT we havent discussed him coming to EVERY appointment with me...that could get REALLY boring, dont you think? But, if he wants to come, he can come!!

I really dont fit in any of my clothes anymore. I should say I really dont fit COMFORTABLY in any of my clothes anymore. They still fit but it's a little difficult to be comfortable at work all day in them. We will be going Maternity Clothes Shopping this weekend - I'll just hit up Old Navy, Hecht's, Motherhood and Target in one swoop - they are all on the same road. And some underwear definitely fits better than others. I havent been dressing all that fabulously for work because the only pants that fit properly are my maternity jeans & those are fine but now my tops are fitting over the bump very well and exposing my "maternity" portion of my maternity jeans - which is terribly un-fabulous.

According to everyone, I should be able to start feeling kicks and movement starting in week 16 - this week. So far, nothing. But I'm ok with that because, morbidly, I got to hear the heartbeat this week. My mom described it as "someone clawing at you from the inside" which is EXACTLY how my period cramps usually feel so I'm waiting for this sign to appear to me...others claim it's like "butterflies" but I dont really get butterflies, I just normally puke when I'm nervous...and then there's the "popcorn popping" which I dont know what that FEELS like, I only know what that SOUNDS like. So my bets are on "clawing" with a side bet placed on "butterflies" with me thinking it's just The Sickness coming back. Again.