Baby #1 - 17 Weeks Bumpdate

STATS:

How far along are you: 17 weeks
How big is baby: Baby is the size of a turnip or pomegranate - weighs about 5 oz.  Its heart is now regulated by the brain.

Total weight gain this week: -1 lb 

Maternity clothes: Not yet - definitely need to jump on the maternity shorts department or get a belly band to continue wearing what I have.  I'm done with all jeans - its too hot and humid here and the hair tie trick doesn't work anymore - the button still cuts into my gut.  Need maternity g's also - the bands are KILLING my gut.

Stretch marks: Nothing new - I need to get some stretch mark cream for belly and hips before I start really growing a belly.

Sleep: This week I went to bed 3x before Jade was home from work - so before 10pm!    Still finding that I sleep on my tummy with assistance of sleeping on one arm on a hip bone - super weird?  But I've also woken up, realizing I needed to switch to a side as its getting more uncomfortable on the belly.  Overall, I've slept through the night, no potty disturbances :) I still wake up with my lower back hurting - most likely from our board of a bed we have for the summer (summer sales perk: comfy bed? not included).  I need to get a pad of some sort to make the bed more comfy.  

Best moment this week: I went walking on the treadmill for 40 minutes, since I'm trying to get 10K steps in each day and didn't get them in before it was dark, and my body didn't like that.  Its so sad that walking for that long wiped me out, but my body is changing and I'm learning to accept it for a baby! I've been extremely careful on what I limit myself to do for exercise because I haven't met with a doctor yet. Paranoid first time mama over here! Also, one day we had 99% humidity when it was 66 degrees outside and it still felt yucky hot - a peak into what is about to come for the summer.  Yikes!

Miss anything: My momma.  I don't know anything about this pregnancy thing and now I'm across the country from her.  It'd be nice to go shopping for maternity items and just chat on her couch about how my body will change or what to expect, ya know?  Okay, I'm tearing up!

Movement: Not that I can tell.  Jade pushed on my tummy and said he could feel movement but who knows when that man of mine is kidding or telling the truth :) Its fun sitting on the couch and just watching my tummy move with my heart beat. 

Food cravings: Edamame

Anything making you queasy or sick: When Jade mentions cooking or even eating chicken leftovers. I think I'd handle it fine if it was made somewhere else.  

Gender: We still know :) but haven't told anyone

Labor signs: No

Symptoms: A pain started on my lower right belly up to the top on the left side - much different feeling from the round ligament pains I get sometimes. I got round ligament pain once when I got off the chair at the dining table too quickly and again when I got off the bed one morning.  Chest is growing, still - SO ANNOYING. Hungry - just need to make sure I'm eating every couple hours.  My back on my left side killed me for a couple days.  

Belly button in/out: In

Wedding rings on/off: On

Happy or moody: Happy but emotional. I've cried myself to sleep 2x this week.  Its the first time I've been emotional since I saw the pregnancy test.

Looking forward to: First prenatal visit on Monday!  - I know, what?!  I've waited until we were settled for the summer so I wouldn't have to go to so many different OBs. (First time mama problem? I don't know what I'm doing!)