15 Weeks

This was the first week of my second trimester and I am glad to report that I have been feeling MUCH better.  I still have the occasional bout of nausea, but it's far better than it has been the past few weeks.

 

On Saturday, I actually got out of the house for the first time in a long while.  It was Free Museum Day, so Jeff and I went to the zoo.  I did fine walking around for hours and it was so nice to get out in the fresh air and sunshine!  I was a little disappointed with the zoo though.  There are a lot of animals that you typically see at a zoo that we just don't have here.  I am sure that our twins will love it though.  I look forward to when they are old enough to go with me.

Sunday was the Super Bowl and we hung out with a few friends to watch the game.  Again, it was good to get out of the house and hang with other people.  That's the most football I have watched in my entire life and probably the second time I have watched it voluntarily.  I actually enjoyed it.  On Monday, I got to go to work.  It was a great day and the first day in a long time that I didn't have an excruciating headache.  It was great to see my coworkers and all of the kiddos.

On Tuesday morning, I had the worst headache of my entire pregnancy so far.  It was about an 8.5 out of 10 and I was not handling it.  I finally took my prescription meds at 730 and the headache was gone by 9.  I spent most of the rest of the day in bed, since the headache completely drained me.  We're in the process of trying to get an appointment with the neurosurgeon so we can talk about all of my symptoms and what will happen with delivery.  Tuesday afternoon, we had our ultrasound.  It went great.  The babies are growing and moving around A LOT!  They are looking more like little skeletons than blobs at this point.  We were unable to find out genders at this point.


Today (Friday) has been a great day.  I woke up this morning and didn't have a headache, and I didn't take my meds in the middle of the night either.  I went to work at 11:30, so I took them right before I left home because I could feel one coming on.  It was a good day and I felt great!!

DATA:

How far along? 15 weeks

Babies are the size of a: orange

Maternity clothes? Oh yeah!

Have you told family and friends? Yes.

Stretch marks? Not from the pregnancy  ;)

Symptoms: Pretty bad headaches (mostly in the morning) and slight nausea at random times. WAY better than it has been though.

Sleep: I sleep until at least 5am, and then I have to get up to pee. It is sometimes (often) hard to get back to sleep.

Best moment this week:  We got another ultrasound on Tuesday.  It was really cool to see how they have changed.  They now look like little skeletons.  Still very active!!!  I am in love.

Miss Anything?  Feeling normal.

Number of times I get up to pee each night: Topped out at 6 one night this week.

Movement: I swear I have felt fluttering, but it is most likely air in my intestines or something.

Food cravings: I am really loving bagels and cream cheese for breakfast.  Tastes WAY better than toast.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Smells still bother me, but not as much.

Have you started to show yet: Yes, but my dr. told me that I am tiny.  It was kind of disappointing.

Gender: We asked and the dr. wouldn’t even look.  She said 18 weeks.  That’s SOOOOOOOO long!!

Labor Signs: Nope!

Belly Button in or out? In

Mood: Blah

Looking forward to: My glucose test next week.  NOT!!!

Baby info: Twin A is still measuring larger than Twin B.  B was about 8.5 cm long at our ultrasound, and A was more than a cm longer.  Both are VERY active!