15 weeks

How far along? 15 weeks (well technically 16 weeks, but I post about the past week)

Maternity clothes? Getting much closer, still not wearing, but I am buying more items.

Sleep: I know I will pay for this later, but I am getting some of the best sleep of my life right now.

Best moment this week: Hearing a good strong heartbeat at night.

Miss Anything? Not at all.

Movement: Just inconsistent flutters, but I know they are Baby Brown now.

Food cravings: Nothing in particular. I did make some homemade granola bars and I feel the need to eat them often in large quantities. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: chicken BLAH!

Gender: February 11th we should know if we are planning for a Mr. C or Miss H

Labor Signs: none for a while I hope

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

Mood: feeling really blessed right now.

Looking forward to:

 

Getting to see Baby Brown again very soon!

What Alphamom says:

 

Your Baby:

• Is a little over four inches long and weighs a little over 2.5 ounces. The chocolate bunny that I swiped from my toddler’s Easter basket weighed 3.5 ounces. But considering I shared it with my fetus, I am a good mom AND a responsible eater.
• Has fingernails and toenails, all of which will be flesh-tearing talons by the time the baby is born. For serious, pack a teensy nail file in your hospital bag if you’d rather your baby’s first pictures NOT include giant face scratches.
• Is covered with fine, downy hair called lanugo. THIS will mostly fall out by birth, so rest assured you will not deliver a giant razor-taloned gorilla baby, or something.

You:

• Are leaving the more miserable symptoms behind in the dust, more or less. My gag reflex and appetite remained extremely sensitive until about week 16 last time, and the same held true this time around.
• Can feel your rock-hard uterus about three inches below your belly button (especially when you lie on your back). As your baby grows your uterus will continue to inch upwards out of your pelvis. Translation: YOU WON’T HAVE TO PEE SO DAMN MUCH.
• May be having very vivid but bizarre dreams. Some will be obviously pregnancy-related (the usual ones involve breastfeeding something other than a human baby or putting an animal or your baby in the oven or microwave to “cook” awhile longer), and others will be just plain weird or upsetting, like your childhood nightmares. They should be interpreted as nothing more than dreams stemming from nerves, hormones and your constant thoughts about the future. (In other words, you aren’t really going to give birth to a turtle with a full set of human teeth.