15 weeks.

i have seen these pregnancy journal posts on some blogs that i follow, so i thought i'd give it a whirl this time.  i have not really documented/done a thing for this bebe yet, so this is as good a time as any to start something.  i certainly don't want him/her to think we weren't SO thrilled about his/her impending arrival...i'm just a slacker.  


week:15

baby stats: nino (still trying on nicknames for size.  not sure nino is the winner.) is the size of apple or a navel orange, depending on which random baby site you read.  crazy that s/he is already that big (crown to rump)...s/he weighs about 2.5 ounces and has bendy limbs and eyes that can detect light through closed eyelids.  nice job, baby! 

symptoms: feeling great after a semi-rocky and tired first trimester.  i seem to finally be over this stupid cough i had that prevented me from sleeping in my bed/through the night for 10 nights.  yeesh.  starting to show in less of a she's-really-let-herself-go way.  i've felt some movement but i'm not 100% convinced it's baby (maybe like 85%), which is way rad and my favorite part of being pregnant.  

cravings: none, really.  it's weird.  i was hungry - like, ravenous - from day one with emme.  i find myself forgetting to eat/forcing myself to eat at regular intervals this time.  

aversions: none really.  i was averse to everything for a couple weeks in there, but now i can kinda take or leave all food. 

bump: growing.  i really have no torso at all so this belly just pops right on out. 

worries: the usual - is it ok, am i ok, yadda yadda.  i took robitussin a few times (and a couple of benadryls) when i was coughing my face off and it's made me a wee bit neurotic.  doctors/the internet said it was fine, and i passed on the extreme prescription cough syrup that they said i could take, but i still just worry. 

looking forward to:  for real feeling movement/kicks.  working on the nursery.  finishing his/her quilt. 

boy or girl?:  i'm really feeling boy for this one.  it just feels like a different pregnancy than ek, but then, my life is super different now, so how could it not?  i love the idea of a boy, but also love the idea of another sweet girl (sisters!), so i guess that is a good sign.  justin is 100% sure this is girl #2. 

missing the most: sushi.  it's always sushi. 

pregnancy milestone:  i don't really know what this category means...i guess telling co-workers is a milestone?  sure.  being out of the first trimester (even thought that was a couple weeks ago).  

what's different this time: as i said before, i feel like a slacker mom this time.  it is SO hard to focus on a pregnancy when a toddler lives in your house.  it's really lucky that i have pregnancies that are easy enough for me to forget that i'm pregnant, even if that makes me feel guilty.  we haven't taken a single belly pic yet, whereas we were consistent with it every week from 9 on with emme.  i'm also much more curious about gender now than i was with round 1.  i still think we will be surprised again, but my will is not as strong as it was last time - probably because i now have a context and am trying to imagine emme with a brother or a sister.