15 Weeks Pregnant. Our Little Florida Orange.

Baby’s Size: Navel Orange (our little second Florida baby)

How far along: 15 Weeks

Total weight gain: 3 pounds. I have been trying to recall how I did exactly with Kenzie. I think that at 12 weeks I was down a pound. The morning sickness started later and therefore lasted until later with her so that is likely part of the reason behind that. At 16 weeks I believe I was up by 4 pounds so I am tracking right along with how I was with her. 

Sleep: Good. I have been wanting to have naps in the afternoon again. I remembered renewed energy around this time with Kenzie but I guess that chasing after an almost 2 year old is taking it out of me this time. Last time I was working but while my job could be stressful, it wasn’t all that tiring for me. 

Maternity Clothes: Yep. Almost full time. My shirts were just getting too short. It was getting annoying and it was to the point that either my stomach would poke out or the bands on my pants (I have a lot of the full banded ones) would stick out and that just looked tacky. Some of my shirts are still way too big for me but I am making it work.

Food cravings: Grapes. Yum! At least it is something healthy. I have wanting nothing more than grapes the last few days though. I prefer the red ones but green will do in a pinch.    

Food aversions: Nothing really. Nothing that stands out at least.      

Symptoms I HAVE: Still random bouts of (short lived) nausea. Exhaustion in the afternoons though, again, not sure if I can attribute that to pregnancy entirely. 

Stretchmarks: My old ones have been darkening a bit which doesn’t make me happy. I had sooo many last time. Don’t know if it is my light skin or what. I have heard they are genetic but my mom never really had any. I had them terrible at the end with Kenzie and I am sure they will multiply this time. 

Doctor’s Appointment:  Heard about the panorama and everything looks good. Our friend has the gender results and we are planning the gender reveal party. Next appointment is Monday of next week. Should just hear the baby’s heartbeat and have a normal checkup. These are the worst ones. You go all the way there, wait to see the doc, and then it’s over quicker than it started. I like hearing the heartbeat and we haven’t been able to do that yet, but I hate having to go all the way there just for that and to be told that everything looks good.  

Movement: Tons. This baby is active. Much like Kenzie was. I am still not getting jabs, of course. I am having a ton of fluttery movements though. Little bugger likes to flip around apparently. Better get it all out now because I am definitely using spinningbabies.com this time if I have to and once that baby goes head down it better not turn back around. =) I would obviously deal with whatever but I am just hoping to have this one natural. It seems to tickle more than it did with Kenzie though and can get distracting when I am trying to go to sleep. Kenzie was never really active at night. Strangely. She would be more active during the day when I would not be doing much but seemed to calm at night. I am hoping this one is the same because it helped once she was born with not having her nights and days too mixed up. We shall see though. They are all so different and this pregnancy has been very different (and yet often the same) than it was with Kenzie.

Belly Button (In or Out): In.

Wedding Ring (On or Off): On.

Labor Signs: Nope.

Gender: Party is planned for late May. We will know in about a month! It is hard knowing there are some people out there that know though and we don’t. As soon as the letter came from the doctor we ran it next door to our friend because we knew we would be tempted. She opened it, did a little jump, walked away and never said a word. Congrats to her for being a vault but Steven is trying to come up with a way to trick her in to telling him. Haha.

Happy or Moody Most of the Time: Eh. I have my moment. I like to think I am happy but I am finding that I fly off the handle easier than normal lately. Poor Steven has been the brunt of that. Yelling accomplishes nothing and I know that so I am trying to get a hold on some of those emotions. I can also cry at the drop of a hat. A nice story. A sort of sad video. Seeing a mom with a new baby. Having Kenzie give me an unsolicited hug or kiss. Seeing Steven have a “picnic” with his daughter.  Thinking about all these things… great. I’m crying now. On to the next question!

Best moment of the week: Lunch with some of Steven’s family. We don’t get to see them that often and it was a really good time. Kenzie had a blast because his Aunt is a grandma herself and had a ton of fun toys that were new to her. She also likes seeing people and she was super social. Not surprising. Also, we got to take our first swim of the summer. Last year I think we went in around late March but this year we pushed back getting a swim diaper so it was a little later. The plus to living in Florida. =) Kenzie LOVED it. We are planning her swim lessons this year and I think she is going to have a blast.  

What I’m looking forward to: Gender Reveal planning. We have invites picked out. Should go out later this week. Then in a couple of weeks Momma will come to visit and we will get everything else ready.   

What I miss: Nothing that I can think of right now. I feel content.