oww that baby sounds lovely!! im glad your happy and enjoying everything!

Well as soon as the countdown to second tri is over you'll have to 20wk scan to count down to .. im sure it'll come round in no time hun

Thanks, guys! Yes, she was such a cute, well-behaved baby! The few times she cried, she was easily quieted. If I can have a baby that calm, it will be a blessing! Plus she had this darling fixation on napkins. Her mom would wave a napkin in front of her and she would just grip it and wave it about with baby glee. At one point she had three napkins and was just happy as a clam.

Just a quick update to say that I have my next appointment scheduled for June 5th at 1:40 pm (odd time, right?). I'll be about 15 1/2 weeks then; I think it's just a weight/palpation thing to make sure that LO is growing like he/she should, but I'm still looking forward to it! The receptionist was figuring out the date and confirmed that I'm 12 weeks this week... so cool to hear someone say it out loud (that isn't me)!

So now I've got another concrete date to look forward to. Woo hoo!

13 weeks today! One week until the second trimester officially begins, so I'm really happy! I was reading the different sizes of the fetus during development, and I just realized that the bean is almost three times as big as it was when I had the ultrasound taken. That's so crazy! The heartbeat has been really strong on the Doppler lately, and I am a total dork and use it every day. I just love that reassurance that LO is there and doing well. I'll probably use it every day until I start to feel the baby kicking... but who knows when that will be! At least a month, I would guess, but probably more.

So my breasts have grown a TON since becoming pregnant. I realized this when I went bra shopping on Friday... and found that I can now fit into a 38DD from my original 36C. Wha--? I was looking at the bras and thought, "No, that can't possibly fit, it's huge!", but what do you know, it did. I really hope my girls decide to slow down a bit... I have a newfound sympathy for women with naturally large chests, because it is really hard to find anything halfway cute that's over a size C! Or at least it seemed that way to me.

hehe yep it is hard to find pretty bras here too over a D cup and your in trouble

Oh god hun I know, bras here are horrible! I have to go for a nursing bra for my 36H's which is horrid! Unless I want to spend £30-40 for sexy ones, which I don't see the point as they should deflate a little every time!

I used my doppler alot too at the start, such a nice reassurance!

36H?!! Oh sweet geez, I will never complain about my breast size again!

So on Sunday I hit the 14 week mark -- second trimester, woo hoo! I told myself that I would relax a little more once I got here, and I am, kind of. Part of me is still worrying, of course, because things can always happen... but it's a lot less of a constant worry than it was early on. At the 24 week mark I will relax further, 'cause then the baby will be viable with prenatal care, even if born early. But 24 weeks seems soooo far away...

I remember when 14 weeks seemed really far along, but now that I'm here I feel like I'm impatiently watching the clock, wanting my pregnancy to have progressed already! I feel like I'm in limbo... I don't know the sex yet, I haven't felt my baby kick yet, my bump isn't all that bump-y yet (I just look kinda chubby) -- grr!

On the plus side, I did just get back from a nice four-day weekend from work, and it was lovely. Although I did get burnt after a work picnic last Thursday, and it sucked! I had forgotten how awful sunburns were! I spent Friday and Saturday moaning and whining and having DH slather me with aloe burn relief gel. And then Friday morning I felt awfully ill with a bad headache so I downed some ice water; a couple of glasses in only a few minutes, which I promptly threw up. Funny, that was the first time I've puked in my whole pregnancy, and I didn't even have morning sickness. I don't know if the sickness was sunburn related, but it was not fun. But I've kept everything down since and not even felt a little sick, which is great.

So Monday was Memorial Day and I had the day off, while DH worked. This was great for me, because it gave me time to CLEAN! The house was becoming a serious sty, so I cleaned for about seven hours and finally got a shower around 6 pm.

See, DH has this terrible habit of letting his dirty clothes pile up, so by the time I did his laundry there were about five loads from his stuff alone (to compare -- I had three loads total from sheets, towels, and my clothing). When he has enough dirty clothes to fill his hamper, he doesn't stop there... he just shoves his dirty stuff in the back of his closet and leaves it there. So when DH came home I let him know that I will not, I repeat NOT tolerate the massive piles of dirty laundry. I swear, half of his wardrobe was mounded in the closet! But anyway the house is clean, my entire body is sore from the work, but I feel so much better about it.

But I have been having a problem lately -- getting to sleep! Last night I must have tossed and turned for an hour. I just can't seem to get comfortable at night anymore... I can't imagine how bad this will be when I'm in my third trimester... ugh.

One last thought -- I am so glad this board is back up!!! I looked at some other pregnancy forums and they all sucked butt in comparison. So when I got on this morning and found the site back up, I was thrilled (that makes me sound like a sad, board-addicted person, I know). I just hope this doesn't happen again, 'cause I missed my BnB!

This week is going really fast, but dragging at the same time. Tomorrow's friday, so it's almost the weekend, but DH has to work and it's never the same when he's gone.

So on Tuesday (or was it Weds?) I made a formal request to be released from my work contract, and I really, really hope it gets approved. It's not that I'm against working, but work would need me back 6 weeks after the birth, and I do not want to leave my child in care at that young an age. I've done some budgeting and I know that we can survive off of DH's salary, though we would be cutting our income in half (ugh). The big boss is coming back from vacay next week and he's the one who approves or disapproves the request, so... fingers crossed! I've asked to leave in October, which would be perfect timing, I think. 'Til then, we've been saving up money for baby and/or a rainy day. Nearly $10k so far, woo hoo! I still feel like we've got a long way to go, though.

Pregnancy is progressing fine, as far as I can tell. I'm excited over my next appointment -- only seven days, now! I know there isn't going to be a scan or anything, but I do want reassurance that everything is growing as it should. Because I can't feel kicking or see a big bump, a part of me worries about the bean. Though really, what else is new?

15 weeks today. Woo hoo? I guess 15 weeks just feels like another week on the long, long, long... long, did I mention long? path to being full term. I am so impatient for something significant to happen. I want to feel that baby kicking, dangit! I want my bump to be so obnoxiously big and pregnant that I'm smacking into strangers when I round corners! Ahh, well, all things in time, I guess.

This week is pretty insignificant but for my checkup on Thursday (woo!). Then next week my in-laws will be in town... which is good, but a little stressful. Oh, and my boss is back this week, so I'm curious if he's going to say anything about my request or if he's going to mull it over. And DH is off of work today, and I am so mopey and wanting to spend time with him -- I am seriously throwing myself a pity party this morning. Boo hoo, me.

So lots of things going on this month, but nothing super exciting, especially on the pregnancy front. But now it's only 5 weeks (possibly less if I beg) I will get a new ultrasound and hopefully know the sex of the baby!!! And then it will be a pink or blue shopping frenzy, and I will time myself to see just how quickly it takes me to empty out my bank account (kind of like "0 to 60 in 4 seconds", but in reverse) when I'm truly motivated.

I'm right there with you at the pity party camoQueen. I really didn't want my OH to go to work this morning either.

I'll be great to get some authorized retail therapy.