Before I forget to do it, here's my 16-week update:
How Far Along: 16w1d
Weight Gain: +1lb
Stretch Marks: Nothing new
Maternity Clothes: Mostly.
Symptoms: Sleepy (daily naps are a must,) stuffy nose, joint pains, sciatic pain.
Sleep: Pretty crummy, and bound to get worse. I toss and turn a lot at night, and feel guilty, but also grateful when Matt decides to sleep on the floor.
Best Moment of the Week: Getting the results of my IPS screening.
Movement: Becoming stronger and more frequent, although still completely unpredictable.
Food cravings: Milk, chocolate, cucumber with cheese, cream of potato bacon soup.
Gender: Today I'm leaning towards boy. Less than 3 weeks until I know!
What I Miss: Nothing comes to mind.
What I’m Looking Forward To: The entire next month of life.
Milestones: None really, just week-by-week progression.
Emotions: Complete yo-yo. Irritable. Bored. Cooped up. I think it has a lot to do with the weather...it's been so darn dreary this week, and COLD too! Where on earth did spring go?
So yeah, I got the results for the prenatal screening, and they're all good! Odds of Down Syndrome are less than 1 in 20,000, and the maternal serum something-or-other that screens for neural tube defects was negative, which means it's great as well. Hurrah! I think it was worth it to know that, especially as I never stressed about it to begin with, and was expecting the results to take 2 weeks, not 2 days.
I keep meaning to take a recent belly photo, but now it's night-time and Elijah is in bed. I take my photos in the bathroom and have to go through his room to do it so.....yeah. I'm pretty much just feeling lazy about it!
I'm so excited for the next month. Like, a month today kind of ends all of the excitement, but here's what I have to look forward to:
- my last exam (okay, so not excited, but definitely excited to be done AND get my mark...)
- Matthew's and my 6th wedding anniversary
- another mw appointment
- Kira's bridal shower
- Mother's Day! (I've been dropping not-so-subtle hints to Matthew, to help him remember this year)
- finding out the gender of this baby (highlight of my month I think...)
- a trip to Calgary with Tiffany to visit Julia
- Joel and Heidi coming for Rob and Kira's wedding
- Rob and Kira's wedding (which is one month today, thus finishing off the excitement)
Too much good stuff going on. And that's not even counting this coming Easter weekend! AND it's Stake Conference, which I love.
Anyway, that's pretty much it that's new with me. I've been keeping so busy lately with Elijah and stuff, and I don't have a lot of free time these days. It's nice, actually. I get cooped up, feel the need to get out of the house, and drive to Walmart and walk around with Elijah and Mom G. for an hour and a half. Or I don't feel like being home one morning so I grab hashbrowns at McDonald's and stop by Farrah's with an improptu breakfast and attempt at packing. I've been thinking lately about taking Elijah to the library, but I don't know if he's too young for it yet.
OH! Here's something vastly exciting to me. This year we bought season's passes to a safari-ish place in our area. They have animals, a playground, a big splash pad, and other fun things to do. We went last year and are excited to go again now that Elijah is walking. Also, Lindsay and Duncan and Dave and Farrah are getting them too, so it'll be fun to go with other people.
I think I need to wrap this up now. My joints are starting to ache and I can't find a good position to write this in. If I'm not feeling lazy tomorrow then I'll take and add a belly photo to this post. :)
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