17 weeks baby 2.0


for the past few days i've been thinking that i'm 18 weeks along, but i'm actually 17 weeks along.  my brain is obviously so out of it right now.  i just finished my finals and am graduating, walking on saturday.  i'm pretty excited.  this has been a long road, but i have had it pretty easy for the last couple years, once i transferred to UW, i was able to stop working and solely focus on school, hubby has been supporting us and i feel so blessed that i was able to finish school on such a happy note.  it has been challenging finishing up this last year with a toddler, but i was able to make it work so that i could be in school part time and finish up this year, so it's all good.  so this weekend is all about celebrating!  so anyway, this past week was all about finishing up the school.  i have so many things i want to do over the next several months.  my last final was on tuesday, and wednesday i just hung out with my son, spent some good, quality time with him, we played outside and enjoyed each other's company.  since i was more relaxed, he was more relaxed and it was great.  today he was with his auntie jen and cousins for a few hours so that i could get some errands done, and he had so much fun with them playing outside in the sun, sprinkler, wading pool, basically a toddler dream come true.  after my finals, i came home, watched a little tv, edited some pictures, and then wrote a list of the things i need to get done this week, and then things i want to get done over the summer.  of course, i relish lists, i live to make lists and cross off the items once i'm done.  and i have one heck of a to-do list before this baby comes, haha, including potty training z, turning his room into a big boy room, putting together a nursery, moving the office to the front living room that we don't use for anything other than storing random items, painting the kitchen.....oh, and going to the beach, zoo, aquarium, children's museum, parks, and all kind of fun places with z, and spending lots of time with the cousins.  it's going to be great, one last summer just me and z and baba before this little sweet pea comes.  oh yea, i'm pregnant, and this is the weekly pregnancy update.  hahaha.  so, nothing much has changed with the pregnancy this week, my belly probably got a little bigger, my appetite has picked up a lot, i overheat when it's more than 72 degrees outside but get cold if it's less than 70, i feel bigger than i look.  i still haven't really been able to feel the baby move that often, which, to be honest, kind of has me freaking out.  i called the ob nurse and she said that at 17 weeks it may still be a little too early to feel the baby moving around a lot.  and i read a bunch of other momma's experiences online and it doesn't seem that off base, but at this time when i was pregnant with z i was feeling him move way more than this baby.  so, hopefully everything is ok.  i'm going to the next midwife appointment in a little over a week.  well, here is the weekly stuff:



How far along:  17 weeks
Size of baby:  about the size of a turnip, 5 inches or so, and about 5 ounces, is gaining some body fat and bones are ossifying, baby is also swallowing amnio fluid now
Total weight gain/loss: not sure of the official weight gain, but it's around 4 lbs or so i think
Maternity clothes: yes, the few i have that fit me right now, i thought i had a lot to get me through the summer, but now that i think about it, when i was pregnant during the summer with z, i was in the last few weeks of pregnancy and so i really only wore one dress and since i was home most of the time, i just lounged around in hubby's soccer shorts and some maternity tanks.  but now, i actually need to wear clothes, and i have some things that i can fit, but not that much, so i may have to go and at least get a few pairs of shorts.  
Movement:  a little bit
Sleep: depends, sometimes it's great and sometimes i don't sleep well
What I miss: nothing much, i still miss coffee
Cravings: not a lot, my appetite is fierce now, so i just eat lots of different things and it's all good
Symptoms: a little bit of dizziness, still the round ligament pain and shortness of breath, nothing too crazy
Best moment this week: finishing the quarter!!!!!  

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