17 weeks

wow, 17 weeks!

honestly, i cannot believe i'm this far along. the big stuff is coming so soon. bigger belly, big news about gender, even bigger belly, and then baby. and some stuff in between. everyday i feel more excited and i'm now starting to think more about the baby than just being pregnant. the more i read, the more i connect with the tiny being. it's a real baby! it's growing and now i am sure that i have felt it move. i feel the rolling almost everyday.

my belly is looking pregnant, now. but so are my sides (muffin top without pants on?!), butt, and thighs. from the front, you can see the changing shape of my belly, but all i can focus on is how damn big everything else is getting. i don't think the baby needs extra thigh jiggle, right? and while i'm not too hungry during the day, by 6 pm i become an eating machine. i eat, small meals all day - snacks of fruits and veggies, yogurt and cottage cheese, etc, so it's not like i'm starving myself. but i eat dinner, a full meal, and in an hour i start rummaging in the kitchen. i start by choosing healthy things. first an apple with peanut butter. then some celery sticks with yogurt ranch. um, then sorbet or a skinny cow ice cream bar. then cravings for frozen pizza, corndogs, chips, and soda set in. why? i don't need these things, but i feel so hungry for them. my stomach growls. i try to resist (we don't have those things anyway), but i know it's not long before 11 pm milk shake runs could be the norm. i blame baby h3b 100%!

i forgot to mention that at my recent appointment, we set a date to have our big ultrasound. we'll find out boy or girl on monday, november 9!

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