17 weeks

How far along? 17 weeks.

Baby Hart is the size of:  An onion.  Not the cutest comparison ever;)

Total weight gain/loss: Still the 3 pounds I know of from my last doc visit, will get an updated weight check at my appointment next week!

Maternity clothes? Yes, and I've discovered that since I was employed at a school during my last pregnancy, I don't have a lot of good "stay at home mom" maternity clothes.  I have lots of nice pants and dress shirts.  So I'm wearing Jason's shirts a lot already;)

Stretch marks? Not yet...

Sleep: Sleep is definitely starting to hurt:/

Best moment this week: Not being able to get x-rays at my dental visit today.... one of the only nice rules of being pregnant;)

Miss anything? Being able to take allergy medicine.  The pollen here is unreal. 
Movement: Yes, lots of it!! And I even could feel it on the outside this week too!  Haven't gotten Jason to feel it yet, but hopefully soon!

Food cravings:  Sweets and french fries.

Symptoms:  Sciatica, still.  Feet getting unbearably sore after barely being on them.

Showing?  Yes, and today was the first day strangers out in public felt brave enough to congratulate me and ask how far along I was:)  The cruel side of me wanted to act aghast and say I wasn't pregnant, but I'm not really that cruel over-all;)

Gender:  Started thinking boy more this week.

Belly button in or out?  In.... technically;)  Getting less-in ;)

Wedding rings on or off?  On.

Adjustments?  Adjusting positions of sleep a lot in the night.... all 2 of them;) Which side to crunch next, that is the question.

Emotions:  Super pumped and excited!  When I made my next dental appointment after mine today, I talked about how my hubby would have to watch my kid.... then realized it would be kidS! :)

Learned this week:  That I need a whole mocha-lotta more protein during pregnancy.  I've known I need more calories/more food/lotsa nutrients but I didn't know the main thing I need to nearly double-up on is pure protein.

So thankful for: The resurrection of Jesus Christ, our Saviour!!  I am so excited about Easter, I could bust!!!  What an amazing celebration of life, and I'm SO grateful that Jesus died and rose for my son and baby!!!

Looking forward to:  Finding out the gender!!!!!!!!!! SO soon!!!!

What week is it??... ok, I get it now:) Week 17

  So, thanks to an article by the fantastic What to Expect website, I now have a little clearer understanding about how the weeks in pregnancy work.  I've known that every Friday I've switched to my new week, so for example last Friday I hit Week 17.  But then as I've read through week-by-week symptoms and what-not, I've been a little blurry as to if the that Friday to the next is week 17 or whichever, or if the week before that Friday was??  This may make no sense, but the article definitely helped me:)  Now I understand that while I'm not 18 weeks pregnant yet, I am in week 18.  All that to say I will start posting my blogs a little sooner (since technically I've been posting a little late, for example: week 14 when I was actually in week 15).  So here's my next post, even though I just posted a few days ago; and I will post week 18 on Thursday.

How far along? 17 Weeks

Baby Hart is the size of:  An onion

Total weight gain/loss: 6 1/2 pounds- gained 2 1/2 this week, so not worried about the pound I lost the last week, lol!

Maternity clothes?  Still mostly regular clothes, but starting to think that's about to change;)

Stretch marks? Not yet

Sleep:  Definitely gonna need a good prenatal body pillow soon- sleep is starting to really hurt!

Best moment this week: Getting some reflexology treatment from my awesome friend Kelly!  It helped so much with my hip pain and headaches!

Miss Anything? Being able to do the whole ropes challenge course with our youth group this weekend!

Movement:  Lots, so beautiful!!  And it's definitely getting stronger! LOVE when Baby Hart gets wiggly:)

Food cravings:  Really been wanting some cottage cheese lately.  Definitely on the grocery list!

Symptoms?  Been having a lot more hip and lower back pain.  

Showing?  Oh yes, and this week was quite the growth spurt!

Gender prediction: Girl.

Belly Button in or out?  In, but getting shallow;)

Wedding rings on or off?  On. 

Adjustments:  Getting used to a bigger bump and an arching, aching back!

Emotions: Happy:)

Learned this week: How the weeks of pregnancy fully work.

                                    So thankful for:  Kelly and her amazing reflexology massage!

                                   Looking forward to:  When my hubby can feel the baby move:)