Week 14

Well week 14 was pretty uneventful.  I'm so OK with that.  I noticed that I was more emotional but Scotty complemented me last night on how happy I was that I just don't start crying.  Well, we have a long way to go Mister.  I noticed that there were times when we were just driving in the car and I would feel the need to cry.  I didn't, but I felt like it.  Scotty also made me laugh and I was laughing so hard that I had tears running down my face but then I felt the need to make them sad tears.  So bizarre that I can switch emotions just like that!   

I am still adjusting to all the changes that my body is going through.  I feel like it will never go back to normal - probably won't.  My skin is out of control.  My mom has bought me all these different kinds of skin regiments to try and help but nothing is working.  She wants me to cut out dairy and that is so very hard.  I have given up milk (which is my favorite dairy product) but I'm still working on everything else.  I think my skin is not going to get better until this baby is out and my hormones normalize again.  Oh well, one of the many sacrifices I will make for my sweet baby.  And Scotty never says anything about it - even if he is thinking "geeze look at her face," he kisses me anyway. 

I also expected that my lower belly would stick out rather quickly but I did not expect this spare tire that is being created around my upper mid section.  What the heck is that?  A co-worker said that all my organs and stuff are starting to shift around to make room for my growing uterus and that is creating the fat ring.  I hope she is right.  I was googling 14/15 week bellies to see if others looked like mine and they did so that was comforting. 

Still having all kinds of pulling sensations in my belly when I stand too quickly.  I do not expect those to go away any time soon.  When I stand too long my sides start to pull as well.  Earlier this week, I was sitting and I stood too quickly and I had a new pain.  It was under my right rib and it was sharp.  It hurt for about 3 minutes, which the others go away pretty fast after you rub them for a minute.  I walked around and tried to stretch it out and that made it hurt worse.  But then it finally went away.  Not sure what that was all about.

Body changes.  Yeah.  My clothes don't fit.  Which blows my mind because I haven't put any weight on yet (on the scale at least).  I can still wear some of my pre-pregnancy work pants.  But I needed some shorts this weekend (Sorry for you VA people who had snow or whatever.  It was 80 and sunny here).  So I was in a hurry and I found some jean shorts and a tee shirt and I threw them on.  Surprisingly the shorts buttoned, very unwillingly.  I put on the shirt as I was coming down the stairs and it was like putting on a child's shirt.  I told Scotty I felt like I was busting out of the top of it and my shorts were tight everywhere.  He gets mad when I wear tight pants, he is afraid I'm squishing the baby.  But we were in a hurry and it had to do.  So I get the shirt on and I pull the stomach area out to stretch it over my belly and you hear the seam just rip.  Scotty just looked at me and started dying laughing!  He said I had to go shopping this weekend.  I told him I did not think it was funny that none of my clothes fit anymore, but he did not agree.  Well he was right about one thing - I need to shop.  We have some formal events coming up and I have nothing that will fit over my belly or my chest. 

My belly is starting to itch as well.  I know that means the skin is stretching out.  I have been putting lotion on it everyday to hopefully help with stretch marks.  I pray it works.

We went to the St. Patrick's Day party in 5 Points this past weekend.  5 Points is the bar area in Columbia.  I was a good sport and I offered be the DD for Scotty and 2 of our other friends.  We got there around 11:30 a.m. and left around 3 p.m.  Scotty made sure that I stayed hydrated and that I had a place to sit at all times.  He was a good sport too and said that we could leave whenever I wanted.  So after that we went home and I slept for 2 hours.  Being out in the sun, and the standing and the walking just wore me out.  It is a much different atmosphere when you are sober and everyone else around you, like thousands of other people, are drinking.  It's mentally exhausting as well.    

I got a call from the doctor's office this week.  I did not like seeing their number come up on my phone when I didn't call them first.  I was thinking, "Oh crap, my blood work came back and something is wrong."  But no worries.  They needed to move my next appointment and I got it moved up from the 3rd of April to the 1st.  Yay! 

Well here are the belly pictures from this week and the "inside" baby picture from my phone.  Until next week....

 

Baby is 3.5 inches long this week.
Baby's head is the size of a gumball.