16 Weeks!

Not much to report this week. Same old. Back hurts, nausea/throwing up is fading a little but definitely still there. I was sick with Luke until week 18, so I'm hoping it'll taper off by then at the latest.

Here's what Alphamom has to say this week:

Your Baby:

• Is a little over four inches long and weighs a little over 2.5 ounces. The chocolate bunny that I swiped from my toddler’s Easter basket weighed 3.5 ounces. But considering I shared it with my fetus, I am a good mom AND a responsible eater.
• Has fingernails and toenails, all of which will be flesh-tearing talons by the time the baby is born. For serious, pack a teensy nail file in your hospital bag if you’d rather your baby’s first pictures NOT include giant face scratches.
• Is covered with fine, downy hair called lanugo. THIS will mostly fall out by birth, so rest assured you will not deliver a giant razor-taloned gorilla baby, or something.

You:

• Are leaving the more miserable symptoms behind in the dust, more or less. My gag reflex and appetite remained extremely sensitive until about week 16 last time, and the same held true this time around.
• Can feel your rock-hard uterus about three inches below your belly button (especially when you lie on your back). As your baby grows your uterus will continue to inch upwards out of your pelvis. Translation: YOU WON’T HAVE TO PEE SO DAMN MUCH.
• May be having very vivid but bizarre dreams. Some will be obviously pregnancy-related (the usual ones involve breastfeeding something other than a human baby or putting an animal or your baby in the oven or microwave to “cook” awhile longer), and others will be just plain weird or upsetting, like your childhood nightmares. They should be interpreted as nothing more than dreams stemming from nerves, hormones and your constant thoughts about the future. (In other words, you aren’t really going to give birth to a turtle with a full set of human teeth.)

Sounds like this baby is starting to look very baby-like and not so alien from another planet! Tommy has been in NC since Monday morning and he's coming home this afternoon! I can't wait. I know he's homesick and we've definitely missed him. Also, my last day at the salon was Wednesday. It was kind of bittersweet. I'm sad to be leaving hair after only a year, but honestly if I had known how much I would HATE working nights and every Saturday, I probably would have never gone to cosmetology school. I'm a M-F, 8-4 kinda girl. So, I'm mostly elated with a twinge of sadness/disappointment mixed in.

Have a great weekend everyone!