15 Weeks

This week we are at 15 weeks!! Next week we'll be 4 months!! Now we are the size of an orange! Last week we were the size of a lemon! I am still amazed at how fast this little one grows! Next week I have another doctor’s appt and hope to find out what if we are decorating with pinks or blues!! It might still be too early to tell but I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

Not a lot has happened in the last two weeks. I can still hide the baby belly if I want to, but gone are the days of no weight gain. Some days I feel super big and other days I don’t feel pregnant at all.  I haven’t gained much but every pound I gain now is a pound that’s going to have to come off later!!! In the next few weeks I am going to have to start looking into some new clothes, mostly jeans. 

 I’m also really anxious to start to feel the baby move. That should be happening in the next few weeks. Sometimes when I’m running around at work I’ll feel my stomach tighten and I know it’s the baby or I’ll be at home and get a weird feeling in my stomach and I’m sure it the little one but I’m ready to actually FEEL the baby moving! You know, when you put your hand on your belly and you feel that little kick underneath! I can still remember what it was like with Taylor and have even been having dreams of feeling the baby move!! I can’t wait!!

Also at my next appointment they’ll be checking me again to make sure my cervix is not thinning out or shortening. Since I had two procedures, one of which was the LEEP that took out pieces of my cervix to try to remove any cancer that may have been present, it has left me with a much thinner cervix than I had to start with. Sometimes with pregnancy (and bc of the procedures) the cervix will start thinning out or shortening much sooner than it should. If it does this and goes untreated then my cervix may not be able to hold the baby in, not good. Thankfully I have an awesome team of doctors looking after me and they’re on top of things. If they see my cervix thinning more than it should then I’ll have a cerclage done. Basically this is where they go in and sew the cervix shut so that baby doesn’t come out until the right time. At my last appointment I was measuring fine and was nowhere near the danger zone so hopefully things will stay that way. If not I’m confident that the doctors taking care of me and the little one will do what’s best to keep us safe!

I hope to have more pictures to post next week!!