The Dirt on Pregnancy Weblog

It’s been a pretty quiet week so I’d thought I’d write an update on all of my symptoms. The bloody boogers are gone, I’m sleeping through the night, my appetite is pretty normal, my bacne is still there but not as bad, I have occasional headaches and my hair is fabulous! I’ve heard that pregnant woman have the best hair from all of the hormones but I personally think mine looks so good because my doctor gave me the okay to highlight my hair!  No more dull and boring natural color; I am a beautiful blonde again.  I also discovered some awesome hair product so that is helping too.  I don’t have any heartburn yet and I’ve found a way to still sleep on my stomach (mostly) which makes me happy. I have to bring one leg up to my shoulder which makes my midsection rotate just enough to not put pressure on my belly. It’s sort of complicated but it’s working for the moment. I also don’t really have any constipation problems but then again, my prenatal vitamin has something in it to help with that. (thank god for prescription prenatals!) We have a big week coming up: our appointment to find out the gender is next Wednesday and we leave for a long weekend in Arizona the next night! My husband and I wanted to go on one last trip together before the two of us turns into the three of us. I can’t wait to get out of the dreary winter weather and play some golf in 80 degree weather. I have to go buy some spring maternity clothes first, but a lot of my empire waste dresses still work and look good so I won’t have to buy a whole new wardrobe…yet.  Everyone asks me if I have any “feelings for what the sex of the baby is,” and I really don’t. I think it would be nice to have a boy but all of the “old wives tales” point to a girl. The chinese lunar calendar points to a girl and this little quiz pointed to a boy.  Who knows! 

 My belly is starting to grow some more and I think it’s the biggest at night when I’m laying in bed. The other night I noticed that my belly button has shallowed out. What used to be the deep end is now the kiddy pool. Fitting, huh?  I think this means my belly button will pop out at some point if it’s already lost half of it’s depth and I’m just barely halfway through the pregnancy. I’ve read that I should be feeling the baby move now and I think I have, but I’m not sure. I feel activity down there but can’t say for sure if I’m imagining things or I can really feel baby kicks. Hopefully I will know soon!