Baby White. Week 17

17 week bump pic

 

 

One of my many cravings... cookies + milk

 

 

 

Baby: Baby White is measuring about 5.12 inches and weighing 5.90 ounces. He or she is the size of a pomegranate or a pear.

 

Symptoms: This week was the first time I've been sick during my pregnancy. I felt AWFUL. I went to the doctor as early as I could on Monday morning. I love my primary care physician. She is also pregnant and is into the use of essential oils for healing. She diagnosed me with a cold and said to just rest and drink plenty of fluids. She also recommended putting peppermint oil into my diffuser. This was definitely the worst cold I've ever had. I was sick all week and finally started feeling better over the weekend.

 

Weight: Luckily while I was sick I never lost my appetite so I never lost any weight. My baby never misses a meal! I didn't work out once this week or go for a walk because I felt so bad.

 

Sleep: Sleeping this week was rough. I had so much drainage going down my throat that I couldn't sleep without waking up choking on mucus almost every hour. My dry cough also kept me up. I was in much need of a good nights of sleep.  

 

Cravings: I've been craving bagels and cream cheese. I have to have a toasted one every single morning. I've also been craving Lucky Charms cereal, ahhh it's so good! I usually have a bowl as an afternoon snack or before I go to bed. Cookies and milk is another one of my favorite snacks.

 

Clothes: I basically lived in pj's all week, which for the most part was awesome. I didn't have to worry about what fit and what didn't. I was super comfortable in my flannel pants & henley shirts.

 

Thoughts: I've been really thinking about finding out the gender of Baby White. We both thought it would be a fun surprise to wait until delivery to see if  baby was a boy or a girl. Mike honestly didn't care either way, it was really my idea to wait and find out. My pregnancy still doesn't feel real to me. I've been very blessed to have just mild pregnancy symptoms. I haven't felt any flutters just yet. So everything just feels almost like normal. I'm getting close to the halfway point and I want to be able to really bond with my baby for the next few months. I think being able to call him or her by their name instead of he/she or it would really help me feel more connected.

 

On Thursday night of this week I made the decision final to find out baby's gender. We have our anatomy scan ultrasound scheduled for next Monday so I'm going to ask our doctor to hide the gender in an envelope for our gender reveal on Thanksgiving morning. I'm going to give the envelope and pink & blue confetti poppers to our sweet neighbors and ask them to give me back the right confetti poppers to use for the reveal. We are hosting Thanksgiving for both of our families this year at our house. They have no idea that we will be doing our gender reveal on Thanksgiving morning and finding out baby's gender will be a surprise to us as well. I cannot wait!