Sixteen Weeks is Full!

Milestones, milestones.
I am finally gaining weight! I thought it was 3 lbs, but apparently my pants weighed more than I thought. I have gained a pound! LOL. So now, I need to start watching what I am putting in my mouth. For the last few months, I have been eating as much as possible, whatever sounds good, trying to stop losing weight. I am still down 4 lbs from pre-pregnancy, but I am sure that won't last long. So now instead of the KING sized candy bar, I will just eat the regular sized one ;)


Another- Bug's movements are no longer going on all the time, they are also no longer the fishy-swimmy feeling or tap-taps. They are now full fledged kicks!! They feel like a muscle spasm. There are some theories as to why the movement isn't as often- Bug is more active when I am sleeping (very likely), Bug is sleeping more because he/she is about to go through a growth spurt, Bug has found a new position that isn't so far forward, and a mixture of all three. I feel him/her when I move positions at night, so I bet my day time movements rock Bug to sleep.


So, I am only 16 weeks, so I feel like someone is going to tell me I am crazy for saying this: I felt Bug move from the outside today! I did. And I don't care that anyone says it is "too early." Bug was kicking around, so I put my hands where I felt it, and pushed in a bit.  The movement felt like someone bending their finger and rubbing their knuckle across my hand. Really fast in a back and forth movement three or four times in a 2 inch area. Then it stopped. SO FREAKING COOL.


I don't feel like the belly is getting all that much bigger- it is just changing. It is rounder, harder, and higher. The rest of my body isn't really changing. My skin is a bit dry, my hair is a bit more full of body, but nothing else is really changing. At least, in appearance. But, I don't want to complain about all my aches and pains. Not today, at least.

Belly!

My point of view.

Tomorrow I head to the OB's office for the blood marker test for multiple genetic things- such as Downs. Like 21.5 days till we find out if this Buggie is a girl or boy!