Amazing Day!

Lately, as I have written, I've been thinking I feel fetal movement. Well, one time last week it was pretty distinct, 3 good kicks in my right abdomen. Other than that, some subtle fluttering. Well today, I was feeling some movement, again on the right side, so I pushed my hand on my stomach, and SURE ENOUGH...I felt the baby kick on the OUTSIDE! I couldn't quit smiling, it was so cool!! It's just an occasional little reminder that there is something ALIVE in there. Really quite incredible I think. I mean, I've always known and heard what pregnancy is about, but now that I'm going through it, it's taken on a whole new level of amazing for me.

Maternity Pants

Well, I am officially in desperate need of maternity pants. Pants that fit me just last week (snuggly) I am now having difficulty buttoning. I have to resort the the rubber-band trick. I went shopping (shopping shopping and MORE shopping) for maternity pants to make the whole thing official. What I found out was that apparently I didn't get the memo, but if you plan to be pregnant, you need to find a way to have a 32" inseam. No more. No less. Every pair of pants I tried on made me look like I was waiting for the great flood. It was really quite frustrating, especially after trying on just one pair of dress pants when I realized how amazingly dreamy and COMFORTABLE they were! I want to wear them forever (I'm going to regret that statement post-pregnancy I'm sure). It's like dressy looking pajama pants, I could seriously SLEEP in them!

I DID find some maternity jeans in long cut (2 different pairs, on SALE, yeah!). I had to mail order long cut dress pants (which is what I need the very most). So here's hoping they fit. My only other option if those don't fit is these wonderful pants I found at Macy's that look oh-so-sassy...but come with an oh-so-sassy price tag as well. Yikes! Maybe I can get though a whole pregnancy with just one pair of dress pants...

The latest news isn't quite news yet. It's "I think" news. I think that I might have maybe probably felt the baby move...maybe. I was laying (lying...I never know which is the proper form on that one) on the couch not even thinking about it when I felt the slightest movement in my lower belly, just a little flicker really. It was enough to get my attention OFF of what I was doing on the computer and ONTO my belly, focusing REALLY REALLY hard to try and feel more movement. But, that was it. Haven't felt anything since then either. I'm really looking forward to that being a regular thing. How cool!

Friday is my 20 week ultrasound (I'll be 19 weeks, 3 days). I am SO EXCITED. I want it to be Friday right now. I can't wait to see how much this little one has grown since our last ultrasound at 8 weeks 3 days.

This is going so fast, yet so slow...

Well, as you all know, Adam and I have a little one on the way.  Tomorrow I will be 17 weeks exactly.  Sometimes it seems like the time is FLYING by, I mean, I am almost 1/2 way done with this pregnancy (crazy!).  Other times it seems like December will never get here!  The first trimester CRAWLED by, feeling yucky and tired, waiting to tell everyone, waiting to "feel" pregnant...all of that.  And yes, I am aware that for most the third trimester crawls by as well! But right now I am in my second trimester, and this one is just cruisin'. 

I must say that all in all, I am really feeling great (for which I am very thankful and know is a HUGE blessing) and I am really just enjoying being pregnant.  I am just so excited and happy to be where I am right now.  In the next couple of weeks I should start feeling the baby move and in a few weeks I'll have my ultrasound.  Even better yet, in just a few short months, I will be holding in my arms OUR BABY (seems far fetched at this point, considering I'm still wearing my normal clothes).

Since this is my first post, and I am a whopping 17 weeks along...I will update you all on what's been happening, and what is going on now.  

Right after I found out I was pregnant I was still feeling really good.  I was thinking "Wow, this is great!  Maybe I will be one of those lucky people who don't get morning sickness..." WRONG. 

Morning sickness came and stuck around for a few weeks to be sure.  For those of you who have never experienced the joys of morning sickness, let's just say the name is a little deceiving.  It's more like any-time-of-the-day sickness, and for some very unlucky women, it is all-day-every-day sickness (thankfully I was NOT one of those).  It's really a very awful feeling to know that you HAVE TO EAT or you will feel exponentially worse, but the thought of even a crumb of bread induces a gag reflex so violent it has you frantically looking for the nearest available trash can.  I usually had a plan (similar to a fire drill...only I never did a practice run) just in case I had to lose my lunch at a moment's notice.  Something equally worth noting, I think, is the lack of energy and motivation I felt.  I didn't want to do anything, work on anything, or even really see anyone (sorry everyone!)...I just wanted to lie on the couch and that was it.  

Right around week 12-13 I started feeling MUCH better.  Morning sickness moved to sometimes-at-night sickness...which was SO much easier to deal with since I was home and could lie down or just go to bed.  

Week 14-15 is when I think I started feeling more like myself all of the time.  Granted when one symptom leaves (morning sickness) it seems only fair that 5 or so should take it's place:  exhaustion, round ligament pain, persistent thirst followed by frequent urination (or is it the other way around?), constant burping for a good 20 minutes after every meal (or if I eat so much as a peanut), and heartburn to name a few.  Even with all of that though, I am feeling GREAT and would happily trade morning sickness and the down-in-the-dumps mood in for all of these symptoms again!

Adam is very excited.  Sometimes he talks to my belly or kisses my belly, and once a week we read "Your Pregnancy Week by Week" together to see what's new in the womb.  

Oh, and lest I forget, we have a baby poll online.  Please feel free to go there to guess the gender, height, weight, and birthdate/time!  Winner receives full bragging rights.  And just in case anyone thinks they are particularly sneaky, we will be locking the game sometime around December 1st so no one can edit their vote after the baby is born (we're on to you!).

Here's the link:

http://www.expectnet.com/games/BabyHiske

More later, and I promise not all posts will be this long.  I had a lot of catching up to do!!!