15 Weeks

{Baby JellyBean is now the size of an apple}

Well, 15 weeks down. 25 more weeks to go. At this point, my single most pressing complaint is my darn sciatic nerve! I will take any other pregnancy symptom 10 fold if it meant getting rid of this pain in my sciatic nerve! They say don't sleep on your right side because it pinches off oxygen and blood flow and nutrients to the baby, they say don't sleep on your back because all the weight of the uterus, baby, and basically everything rests on your spine and vena cava causing serious problems, which leaves sleeping on your left side. And the problem is I CAN'T!! Any pressure on my left hip causes the WORST pain from my hip/butt clear to my foot. Seeing the chiropractor 3X a week isn't helping much either. Bah!

I'm hoping it will just...go away... one day. On BabyCenter.com they say that happens. So cross your fingers for me.

The best thing ever: I'm starting to feel the baby move! Almost like a little goldfish swimming around at times. And I'm not quite sure how to explain this part, but every so often I get a good solid kick in my lower abs. I'm pretty sure the baby shouldn't be strong enough to do that yet, so I don't know! But it's fun, it makes it more real.

I went shopping with my mom and sister yesterday and bought two of the world's largest bras. I told my doctor I now have porn star boobs and when the heck are they going to quit?! Her answer: When you're done nursing! So I broke down and went and found 2 of the cutest HUGEST bras I could find at Dillard's. Gotta say... It's the greatest to finally have something that FITS right again!

My belly is officially "pregnant" rather than "too many donuts". You know that 'pregnant look' where it's obvious someone's pregnant. It's nice to be able to get dressed now and not have to wonder, "Are people going to assume I'm just fat today?"

We find out in about 5 weeks what we're having. That'll be pretty darn exciting! I can't wait to start picking things out for the nursery and baby. So far I haven't bought a single thing because I don't know which gender I'm buying for! So that's something to look forward to while they're drawing my blood again in 2 weeks!

*Something neat this week: He/she can now move all the joints and limbs and even has tastebuds now! This week his/her heart will be pumping 25 quarts of blood each day.