I'm currently 17 weeks 3 days. At the beginning of this pregnancy, I didn't think I'd make it this far. I'm trying my best not to complain because we prayed and wanted this child so much. Some days, that's difficult though. It's harder being pregnant right now than it ever was with Tyler or Kallie. I'm 7 years older and my body hasn't cooperated this time around so I should expect nothing less. How do people handle not having their first child until they are in their 30's? Maybe it's because they have nothing to compare it to or maybe my body just plain sucks. It's probably the later.
Since it's the Christmas season, we're busy shopping and decorating. I'm finding that I have zero patience for shopping (which is SO unlike me) and I'm ready to go home rather quickly. Last night, we went to the mall to look for maternity clothes. It's like finding a needle in a haystack. I have to wear professional clothing to work- and 90% of the items in stores are yoga pants, oversized t-shirts, etc....things I can't wear to work. We were out for a total of about 4 hours, but that included sitting down to eat and driving to stores. In the last store, the inside of my hips started hurting- pretty much the bikini line area. It was hard to walk and I just gave up and came home. I'm afraid the SPD is going to start early and if that's the case-it's going to be a miserable rest of the pregnancy. I told Chop that it's way to early for me to be waddling, but sometimes that's the only thing that helps with the pain.
My next gripe is that there is NOTHING in stores for a baby that is not pink or blue. Sure, there's gray---but it has pink ribbons on it. Or blue elephants. When I had Tyler and Kallie, we had no idea if they were boys or girls. I had all kinds of outfits for them, and they seem to have disappeared. We basically have no choice but to find out if baby is a boy or girl because he/she would have nothing to wear and I'm a planner- there's no way I could bank on someone else buying something or me being able to get out to the store after the birth to stock up. I need it now! LOL!
Otherwise, things are going well. Work is kicking my butt and I'm exhausted at the end of the day but I have a job with great medical insurance, and I need to keep it. I'm not sure I could handle sitting home all day doing nothing anyway.
My first trimester screening bloodwork came back great! My risk of a child with Down Syndrome was 1 in 650 because of my age. After the bloodwork and ultrasound, my risk is now 1 in 10,000. And he didn't even mention any of the other super scary fatal trisomies, so I'm assuming that risk was incredibly low as well.
I invested in a doppler so I can check on baby. It certainly helps to ease my mind when I don't feel movement or before I could feel movement. Now, I can feel little bumps here and there. Just tiny little bumps. I never felt the 'popcorn' or butterfly feeling that some women say they do. I must not be in tune enough for that- I have to wait until they are undeniable bumps.
Here's the belly at 16 weeks. Excuse the mess of a bed. That little dog you can see under my arm can destroy a bed in no time flat because she likes to burrow under the covers. Dexter (our lab shepherd) doesn't help matters because he then roots through the covers to find Abby and annoy her.
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