17w0d

I don't have a lot of preamble this time, so I'll just jump into the update and see if any thoughts come to me afterwards. :)

How Far Along: 17w0d

Weight Gain: +1lb

Stretch Marks: Nothing new

Maternity Clothes: Mostly.

Symptoms: Sleepy, stuffy nose, joint pains, sciatic pain.

Sleep: Same as last week,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: Feeling a good, bonafide punch this morning.

Movement: Becoming stronger and more frequent, although still completely unpredictable.

Food cravings: Milk, chocolate, cucumber with cheese.

Gender: No clue, sort of. (See below!)

What I Miss: Nothing comes to mind.

What I’m Looking Forward To: Being done school today. I have an exam this afternoon, and I find the "looks" really funny. I wonder how many people assume I'm just some university student who got knocked up by accident.

Milestones: None really, just week-by-week progression.

Emotions: Optimistic, excited.

So as I said, I'm finishing school today. Last university exam EVER! Or at least, in the foreseeable future. Until last night I thought it was a 9am exam, and then I looked it up and it said 2pm. Now I have this nervous feeling that I'm missing my exam right now, and that I'll show up at 2 and find out I was wrong all along. I read it 100 times though, and I'm pretty sure it's okay. I'd die if I did miss it though. It'd basically mean I don't pass the course and therefore don't graduate in June.

Also as mentioned above, I have no clue about the gender. It's weird though, because the reality is, I can picture both so clearly. I think about there being a little girl in my belly and feel sure that's what this baby is, that there could be nothing so natural as having a little girl. But...then I imagine this baby being a boy and I feel the same way. Well, most of the time I do. This exact moment I feel like it's a girl, but I know 90% of the time, this see-saw is what I'm feeling. That's it's both. It's enough to make me think I'm having twins, but I'm not (trust me, I've had 2 ultrasounds now!) And besides, if I WERE having twins and one was just hidden behind the other, they would be identical, not boy/girl, so thinking I'm having twins based on the fact that I feel like I'm having both is silly. (See me work our my logic there?)

Without further ado, here is my new 17w0d belly photo.

I feel like, compared to my photos as this point with Elijah, I'm carrying low, but that's probably just because I'm bigger this time. My belly here is comparable to my 24-26-week belly with Elijah, and I'm wondering if I'm ACTUALLY carrying lower, or if it's because the fundus hasn't reached the same height as it would have at 24-26 weeks. Time will tell I suppose!

And now, I have to study, clean, get dinner going, and (best of all!) look after Elijah. So enough lounging around on the computer as if I had all day!