17 Week Baby Update

It's that time for another update. I find that I get questions from lots of people asking general things about my pregnancy now that I'm slowly showing.

So, here we go!

Baby boy's heartbeat is strong and normal around 145 bpm. It seems that he is laying across my hips with his legs up towards my ribs. We get to see him in three weeks when we have our second trimester ultrasound.

I am anxiously waiting to feel baby boy kick! I'm honestly not sure if I'm starting to feel little flutters or if my stomach is just rumbling... So I'm just waiting. I know it won't be much longer and he will be kicking me in the ribs. I can't wait to feel the little flutters that just the two of us will share. 

I did take advantage of the recent sale at Target and stocked up on my favorite tank tops that stretch and I'm hoping to wear as long as I can. I bought them a few sizes bigger so they are a little loose and I have room to grow. They are normally $9 but were on sale 3 for $24, plus there was 50% the exact tanks on the Cartwheel app! Maternity tan dresses were 50% off too, so I grabbed a couple. 

Slowly my clothes aren't fitting. Or at least some on my favorite shirts and definitely my normal pants. I am on the petite side so maternity pants are becoming my best friend. Now I'm just on the hunt for some good yoga pants.

There isn't anything am craving, at least not yet. I've been eating everything like normal. Bagels or oatmeal in the morning with my watered down coffee get me going. I usually eat leftovers for lunch. And I still make normal meals for dinner. 

I cannot stand the smell of mayonnaise or fried eggs. I don't care for either in general. And now, just a big nope!

Two normal pregnancy symptoms I've developed are acid reflux and congestion. I can't help the acid reflux too much besides Tums, chocolate milk and hope it doesn't last my whole pregnancy. For the congestion is just sucks. I naturally get congested during the spring from all the pollen in the air. I've had two small sinus surgeries to help, but hormones are in full force. I sleep with Vick's Vapor Rub and a defuser every night. I'm seeing a humidifier coming soon.

I also have some hip issues. I've something wrong with my left hip and have seem numerous doctors and specialists to see what's wrong with me since I was 19. It's speculated that I have Rheumatoid Arthris but nothing is definitive. I've had x-rays, bloodwork, MRIs, and even a biopsy. Doctors have always eluded that I might have hip issues whenever I got pregnant. Well, I'm starting to have some issues. Mainly it's pain in my hip as my ligaments are starting to loosen. I have a prescription to help if my hip hurts really bad. It's a big wait and see game as I get closer to by due date.

So there ya go, my 17 week update.

We have 23 more weeks till our due date. I'm anxiously waiting for this little one to arrive but incredibly happy that he's growing and developing as he should.

Until next time,

Kandi

Do you know what you're having?

We were told by our doctor that we would have to wait till we were 20 weeks along before finding out the  sex of our baby. At this time we were only 13 weeks...

For me that was an eternity!

I instantly was researching a place we could go to for an early ultrasound. We are lucky enough to have two pretty local to us. I was set that we need to go find out. David could wait, he has the the patience I wish I had. After much pleading and begging, by he gave in and said we could go!

At 15 weeks and 2 days we found out what we were having!

Now, this was a Friday. Only a few close friends knew we were going to find out. We magically kept our parents in the dark! Once we knew what I was carrying, we were on a mission on how to announce it to our families. My family is local so we figured surprising them at dinner was an easy and doable option. David's family however is a few states a away. So we sent them a picture frame holder with wooden block on the front spelling the name we choose (a post about that is coming later).

Then we waited.

So, it turned out to be a little harder to get my mom to go out to dinner with no reason why. I had to make up so many reasons to go! My best friend was amazing and made cupcakes with little pink and blue onesies on top for the surprise. We had dinner like normal and surprised by parents with the cupcakes at the end. Of course my mom caught on quickly and hurried to eat a cup cake to find out what the sex of her first grandchild would be!

I had mailed out the gift to David's family on Monday and was told it should be there by Thursday. So we got my family together for dinner that night. But you'll never believe who was lagging... USPS. The gift didn't arrive till Friday!

Both of our families are super excited and surprised! So we succeeded!

So what are you having?

Until next time,

Kandi

Where I've Been

Hey,

It's been a while.

We moved and things got crazy.

Then we went on vacation and we got some exciting, crazy news...

We are expecting!

While on vacation, literally the first day I realized I was extra late. I have irregular periods so being a little late is normal. But I was extra late. So I did the normal thing and peed on a stick. Well, it was positive!

We were super excited from the beginning! David and I are were just starting to try for kids and knew it could take a while, but we were blessed that it didn't!

So here I am, finally feeling better now that I am in the second trimester. I had started making videos on YouTube about my pregnancy, but it was too much work for me. I finally decided to turn to my blog again to keep record as our lives slowly change for the better. I wanted somewhere I could easily write little stories about our lives and add some pictures.

Here are a few photos of our pregnancy so far!

So there you go, that's where I've been.

Get ready for nursery photos as that comes along and as we reveal the gender (we may or may not already know)!

Until next time,

Kandi