Twelve Week Update

Yay for almost being done with the first trimester!  I am already starting to feel better (although compared to all the horror stories, my first trimester was pretty easy I think!) and have a tiny bit more energy!  I DID NOT however ever get an eleven week picture :/  I AM going to try to do better this week!

How far along? 12 weeks (The size of a peach!  About three inches long.)

Total weight gain/loss: Down to six pounds down from pre-pregnancy weight.
 
Maternity clothes: No.  Bought the cutest dress though!
 
Have you told family and friends?  Everybody knows now :)

Have you started to show yet? Definitely when I'm not in clothes I can tell and Matt says he can too.  I wish I had been using a tape measure so I could prove it! Definitely not showing in clothes though.

Sleep:  The pregnancy pillow hasn't been all I wanted it to be but I think I just am having to train myself to stay on my side because at night I chunk that thing on the floor or on Matt.  It doesn't help that it just makes my skin feel hotter too :/

 Best moment this week: In the mornings Matt talks to the baby and those moments are some of the best of my life.  I also had my nieces spend the night Sunday night and hearing them talk about their baby cousin was a pretty great moment too :) 

Miss Anything? Still REALLY missing Spark!  

Movement: Nope.  Although my book says that when I press on my abdomen that the baby responds back I just can't feel it :)

Food cravings: Still no.

Anything making you queasy or sick? I am starting to get a really quick queasiness when I see something gross or even hear people talk about something gross.  My sweet MIL made dinner for us yesterday and started talking about pulling the membranes off the ribs and, out of nowhere, I thought I might actually pass out at the table and I have never been real squeamish about stuff like that. 

Gender prediction: Boy.  Boy by the Chinese Gender Predictor, Boy because I haven't been that nauseous, Boy because I only want salty, sweet disgust me, Boy because Ellie has been overly clingy to me lately and varied other reasons people have given me that they think it is a boy.  Not one single person has guessed girl, every single person that has guessed has guessed boy.  So, it's probably a girl.

Labor Signs: No

Symptoms: Fatigue, really oily skin and hair and I am broke out worse than....anything....I can't even think of anything to compare my forehead and back acne to.  Gross!!!











(In all fairness, this picture is more like 12 weeks and four and a half days but see the pooch?!?)