17 Weeks

Adam and I went to see my doctor on Monday. I've gained 2 lbs this month, I can't remember my blood pressure but it was good, he said everything was looking good. I did not get a sonogram this visit although we did get to hear the baby's heartbeat. It was really neat! The baby's heart rate 155 beats per minute which they said was very good. So all in all we had a good visit and everything is moving along well. I am very happy about that. We will find out if it is a boy or girl at our next visit December 14th! I am very anxious to find out (I think Adam is too). I am still feeling pretty drained most nights by the time I get home which is frustrating but I am trying to be patient for my energy to come back. I have decided if it weren't for my vitamins, my sinuses and drainage I would not feel nauseous at all. I try and take my vitamins a lunch and that helps some but if I forget and have to take them at night I can count I getting sick. :( When I do throw up it is almost always just sinus drainage I throw up (disgusting I know but just telling you how it is). I will try and get a picture posted some time this week. My clothes are getting increasingly uncomfortable so I find myself wearing my three maternity pants a lot.
I ordered a pair of jeans that should arrive any day now.

My review of the bella band: I finally received my bella bands in the mail; for those who do not know what that is it is a band of stretchy fabric that you wear over the top of pants and stomach to smooth it when you can't button your pants anymore. It looks like you just have a long undershirts on or something. Right now my pants fit fine but my lower stomach is too pooched to really zip and stay zipped especially after lunch (that or it is my butt and I refuse to admit that!) so I have to wear the band really low. It is also uncomfortable to have anything tight across my lower stomach and if I try and zip my pants it can get tight. So my review of the band is it not bad but not near as comfortable as maternity pants. I can't wait till I have time to do some shopping over Thanksgiving!

Clothes

I meant to put this in my last post but forgot. I have continued to search for maternity clothes but have found that the few stores who have an actual maternity section do not have a lot in my size so that has lead me to the Internet. My rapidly expanding waist line is keeping me out of most of my regular pants. I finally ordered 2 of those Bella Bands. They are like a snug panel that you slide over your regular pants so that you do not have to button them and it flattens the button and zipper out so you can't tell. They are suppose to help until you get to a point where even they will not keep you in your normal sized pants. I am anxious to see how well it will work for me. I have also started searching on eBay; I bought my Bella Bands there, a real cute blazer and a pair of jeans on there today. I hope they turn out good. I get a discount, most of the clothes are new and I don't have to drive an hour to shop for them! The other thing I have noticed is that with most clothes if is cute and doesn't look like maternity clothes it is considered "designer" maternity and is very expensive. Since I refuse to look frumpy my whole pregnancy I hope to find some good deals online. Wish me luck! I am also looking forward to shopping in Louisville at Thanksgiving with mom, Marge and Ivy. Remind me to go by Kohl's I hear they have a pretty good selection.

16 Weeks

I have been both busy and lazy the last few weeks and as result I have not posted any pictures. It has been 3 weeks since I took my last picture! Time is flying by to the point it is almost scarey! Things are still going good. I am still feeling yucky some nights but not every night. So when I feel good I am busy doing things around the house and the days I feel crappy I do nothing. So far I am not really having any cravings for food, I don't feel overly emotional, I just don't have a lot of the symptoms people often associate with being pregnant (so far). I have had a lot of problems with my sinuses the last few weeks and it is driving me crazy! I get a sinus headache every afternoon that often lasts through the night. The crazy hot/cold weather here hasn't exactly helped! I have not been good about exercising and am trying to come up with a plan of attack! Afternoon/evenings are just so hard b/c I often feel bad but in the morning I can't seem to drag myself out of bed. I honestly really miss running with my group and am thinking about starting back a few days a week if the weather will stay mild. I usually carpool and that forces me to get up. I'll keep you posted. I am slowly starting to get things at the house cleaned up. Since we do not have a large house storage is definately an issue. As of now all of our closets are full and all of the extra dressers and such in the 2 spare bedrooms are also full. So needless to say we have got to get organized if we are going to be able to fit a baby in the house.