17 weeks!!!

chugging along here.  getting close to the half way point!  this pregnancy has me particularly nervous and everyday feels like a blessing to be this far along.  but i can't help but feel sad at the same time tomorrow (jan 23) would have been my due date with our last loss, a date that i have been dreading in my head.  unfortunately this week we all got the some crappy cold again.  it started off early in the week with bowie getting a fever that lasted almost two days, she had a bit of a runny nose, but she remained the healthiest of us all.  then jarad stayed home from work one day because he felt chilled and feverish and had sinus problems.  that same day i came down with a sore throat and i had already been dealing with congestion, and its been especially hard for me.  luckily my sore throat didn't last long, but the congestion has been miserable,  particularly at night time.  it has been over a week without a good nights sleep.  and i lost my voice, i mean literally LOST it.  i could barely speak, and to try to talk was such a strain it made me out of breath.  bowie and jarad are pretty much totally better, but i still have a hoarse voice and am blowing my nose and coughing a lot.  i can't wait to all be healthy again!  being sick while pregnant is so hard because there is so little you can take to get better!

i did have a doctors check up this week.  he had a strong heart beat in the 160's and was very active that day!  everytime the doctor found his heart beat he would move around and make it hard to get a good listen, but we did and he is doing well.  i also had some 2nd trimester blood work done and will go back in a month for my next visit!

i am able to feel movement when laying down, and occasionally when sitting quietly.  this week we also brought out my pregnancy pillow.  not because i am so big and uncomfortable, but the congestion was so terrible and i could not find a pillow combination that was comfy, so we brought it out in hopes i would sleep better.  it's been okay.  the thing takes up so much real estate on the bed (and in the closet) but it is nice to have the pillow between my knees. i am looking forward to the day i can get rid of this thing and don't need to hold on to it anymore!

i am still holding my weight at a few pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight.  i was up late one night watching "carnival eats" and got a serious craving for poutine.  we have a favorite restaurant in issaquah that has amazing poutine!  jarad was riding over the weekend and surprised me and picked up an order on the way home!  it was so good!!!  it was a much needed treat too, because that day i was having some uncomfortable round liagament pain.  i don't remember really having that with bowie, but that day i could really feel things stretching and pulling and growing. 

i have been a little extra emotional lately, i also blame the lack of sleep.  i am already in a serious nesting phase.  maybe it is because i never got to do it with bowie due to our move and then moving into our rental home in washington less than 2 weeks before i went into labor.  i guess it is more organizational for me.  i am washing baby clothes, sorting, organizing and going through some of bowie's stuff.  it's been a fun project so far.

baby milestones...

~baby can make out different flavors
~heart is pumping 25 quarts of blood a day
~brain is communicating with nervous system and muscles
~baby is putting on some fat
~umbilical cord is getting stronger and thicker
~baby is the size of a pomegranate