15 Weeks!

Only 25 weeks left to go (roughly)! Today I had an appointment with my midwife and everything went great. The baby had a strong heartbeat and I'm measuring right where I should be for 15 weeks. She showed me how to feel my uterus poking out...I guess until now I couldn't really feel it but it's definitely almost up to my belly button! I'm still feeling great about my choice in midwife. She delivered two babies yesterday/last night and hadn't gotten any sleep in over 30 hours, but still kept her appointment with me. She's super sweet and is great at explaining everything. I feel like since it's my body, I have a right to know what tests I'm having and why, and what the results mean, and Wendy (midwife) really gets that and respects that.

I want to remember everything along the way during this pregnancy, so excuse all the little details and probably too-personal information. I'm still fitting into my regular clothes just fine. At the end of the day, if I wear some of my tighter jeans, they are a little uncomfortable around the waist. Luckily, most of my jeans are low-rider style so they sit low enough that they're still comfortable. My stomach muscles are sore every day, so my belly is definitely stretching, even if I can barely tell yet. I have been so lucky to not have any heartburn, so far. I'm still really tired and don't feel well some days. I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that most days I'm too busy to wake up and eat a good breakfast. That makes me feel awful for the rest of the day. I've still only lost weight, no pounds gained yet. My midwife didn't seem concerned though. As long as the baby is growing and healthy, I don't really care how little weight I gain. I'm sure it's going to be coming soon, though. I for sure need to cut back on the junk that I eat. I've never eaten this badly before, and I keep thinking, "ok, next week I'm going to go to the store and get healthy food and stop eating Taco Bell in bed every night!" But, so far, that has not happened. I'm just so busy all the time that I hardly have any time to eat, let alone cook and prepare healthy meals. I'm lucky if I can scarf down a granola bar during my break in between classes.

I can't wait to feel the baby kick. I hope it will be soon, because I'd like to know that the little guy or girl is doing ok in there! Speaking of guy or girl, not too much longer until we find out! I am dying to know. I've started looking at baby items online, and kind of starting a registry because I am just so dang excited. It will be even more fun once we know the gender! Jon's going to have to take away my wallet so that I don't go crazy with buying all kinds of baby clothes. My midwife told me today that Baker College has a sonography program and that you can go get an ultrasound for free, since they need patients to practice on. I'm going to call and see if I can get an appointment in the next few weeks so that maybe we can learn the gender before 20 weeks. My mom wants us to wait until Christmas to tell them the gender (by giving them a wrapped boy/girl outfit, depending on the gender), which is a really cute idea, but I don't want to keep it a secret that long! I want to tell people and celebrate as soon as we know. Sorry mom!

In other news, we are moving in with my parents. I'm so excited! It will be so fun, especially around the holidays. Their house is so cozy and filled with love. We don't like the house we are renting, so instead of staying and wasting so much money every month, we are going to live at my parents house and save up money and get out of debt as much as possible before the baby comes. I am praying like crazy that we can find a cheaper little house to rent by the time the baby is here, because an apartment would be kind of an awkward place to deliver a baby...the neighbors would probably be a little freaked out by a woman screaming in pain all night long! We will see what happens. But in the meantime, we are so blessed to have a place to live and we are so thankful to my amazingly generous parents. We had to get rid of our dog Willy, and Jon was really sad about that. Well, so was Maci. And we are going to have to find a foster home for our cat Tucker ASAP because my mom is allergic to cats. We plan on getting him back once we move out though...he's an awesome cat and we love him! Lucky little Maci girl gets to live with us. Thank goodness, because she is my baby and I don't think I could be away from her that long. That, and she has a very, very short list of people she's comfortable with, so sending her to live with someone else would be really hard for her, if possible at all. I know she's just a dog, but she really is my baby. After we lost the first baby, I got Maci and having her to take care of and love has really helped me to heal :)