17 weeks!

My mornings: I am doing OK in the mornings, but I am back to being very sleepy.

My nights: I am sleeping OK now. We bought a regular $10 target body pillow and two pillow cases for $20 total because I felt like I needed the support already, but I refused to spend $60+ on a maternity pillow. It's really helping, but I usually ditch it around 4 am.

How far along: 17 weeks! 

How big is baby: Onion, about 5.1" 

Weight Gain: At my appointment Tuesday I was down 1 pound from my starting weight, but I am always a 4 pounds up, 4 pounds down kind of person. I'm not gaining though, so that's great.

How I’m changing: The bloating is gone. I might need new bras soon, but not yet. I think I am for sure starting to show. It's still a lot of fat, but I can feel my uterus without searching and my OB didn't have to push down on my pelvis anymore to find baby.

What I miss: This week I have been wanting homemade eggnog... not happening.

Symptoms: RLP when standing up, I am feeling more off balance and heavier recently. I am also back to being tired a lot.

Cravings: Noodles, any kind of noodles.

Food Aversions: Off and on Chicken. Also not a food item, but strong perfumes and Dog poop smell.

Highlights this week: Back to work and I was missed. That always feels good. I am finally getting a wall connection for my internet which means no more attempting to work from my phones. We also got back the Quad Screen results yesterday and everything is within normal limits for DS, neural tube defect. And other issues. YAY!

Maternity clothes:  Belly band to help with belly layering, maternity pants and wearing long and maternity shirts. I need a few more shirts and another pair of pants very soon. 

Stretch marks: No new ones, I think...

Sleep: I sleep pretty well right now, just usually waking up for the restroom or some random insomnia around 4am.

Movement: Should be feeling it soon. I know baby is pretty active and kicking me a lot. Sometimes I think I feel something but it's still hard to tell. *UPDATE: I actually suspect I am feeling baby occasionally. It feels like heart palpitations in my lower abdomen. I am not aurally sure. But it doesn't feel like a muscle twitch.*

SEX: Unknown still. Anatomy Scan is scheduled for 20 weeks and 2 days on 12/15. Just in time for Christmas!

Labor signs: Hopefully not for 23 more weeks

Belly button: Innie

What I am looking forward to: I am really looking forward to being a little more obviously pregnant, feeling baby, and finding out baby's sex. I keep feeling like it might be a girl, but my appointment yesterday left me with the suspicion that it's a boy. Granted, I don't know how to read baby parts on an ultrasound, it was blurry, and it could have been an umbilical cord or something, but I am really wondering if I saw boy parts. I will no for sure after just under a month.

Milestones: 4 months!

Other: I just want the holidays to fly by. I am already exhausted and don't want to have to deal with them.