17 Weeks

{Our baby is now the size of a turnip. About five inches long, and weighing in at 5 ounces. Feeling like it's weighing in as the size of a baby hippopotamus.}

Oy. Is all I have to say. For being so little, this baby sure is going out of his/her way to make me uncomfortable! They say you start feeling movement between 16 and 22 weeks. I'm starting week 18 and every now and then I think I feel something. I'm really excited to start feeling solid obvious movements. I still haven't bought anything for the baby, and without any real obvious movements, and not really having seen the baby (our first visit ultrasound just looked like a fuzzy white jellybean), it just doesn't seem 100% real. Of course I know it's real, but I just want something obvious to make it seem 'more' real, if that makes any sense. I'm so super excited for our ultrasound visit in 3 weeks to find out the gender and to finally be able to SEE this little one that has taken up residency.

Here's a 3D ultrasound image of a baby at 16 weeks, and I'm starting week 18, so we should be very similar, if not more developed. Seeing stuff like this completely tugs at my heart to know that's what my baby looks like. Rather than just having a big uncomfortable belly with nothing to show for it, I can look at this this and think, "Aww... that's what he/she looks like!"


Today is Saturday, and my next visit on Monday. Where they will draw my blood. I'm trying not to freak out to finally be able to get over this fear. I think I might almost be getting there. Talking about it doesn't make me want to throw up on site anymore. I can actually think about it and stay calm. So that's improvement. We'll see how the actual appointment goes, though!