17 weeks 2 days

I'm finally starting to feel better! The nausea is waning and is really only sporadic. I do get indigestion and shortness of breath pretty easily, but I've started taking daily walks with J and Little T every morning. About 3.5 miles and that will hopefully help with my out of shape lungs! 

Feeling so good of course gets me slightly worried because I'm not feeling very much kicking quite yet. Maybe once a day I'll feel something. Some days I feel nothing. Those are the days I worry. I hope I start feeling kicks regularly soon, to ease my worry. 

I get to see the baby next Tuesday. A week from today. That is also the day that Little T has her first soccer practice, so a very exciting and hopefully very happy day for our family. 

That's pretty much all for now. I figured I should maybe do a shot of my bump, for posterity. So I'll attach that as well. 

Til next week!  

Looking good

I was reminded by someone today (Darla, thank you!) that I need to keep up with this blog. I had always intended to, but I've just been sick and tired and didn't have much else to report. I don't ever want to seem ungrateful for this pregnancy, so I hate whining. 

But today I have good news. I went to the doctor this afternoon and even though my uterus still seems to be tilted back, we were able to hear the heartbeat and it was wonderful! I'm 14.5 weeks and his/her heart rate was 145 beats per minute. I could have listened to it all day! Little T got to hear it too. She said it was "really loud!" It startled her which was very cute. She has named the baby too. Convinced that the baby is a girl and fresh off watching her favorite movie of the moment, Frozen, she has dubbed the baby "Elsa (last name) Baby Sister." I keep reminding her that it could be a brother but she is not hearing it. 

Anyway, everything else seems to be right on track. I think I'm gaining weight too fast, but the doc said she is not the least bit worried, so I feel good about that. 

I feel good about a lot of things lately, and that's new, so I'm grateful. 

Now if only this pesky nausea would disappear!