Sunday, July 29, 2012

i'll admit it, i'm bad at updateing. But i'm 16 weeks so yay!

I realized (a while ago) I'm terrible at updating.  My intentions are always good and then I open up my computer and poof my brain goes blank.  Can I blame my brain farts on my hormone?  I think so. 
I think each week that goes by is a milestone in my pregnancy but it does feel good to be at 16 weeks.  Four more weeks and I'll be halfway, that's a crazy thought to have.  From where I've come 5 years ago at the  beginning of my TTC journey to now I never would have thought I'd actually be experiencing this.  Amazing!

A few little things happened this week... earlier in the week I became a friend i never wanted to be.  I'll explain...  I have a friend from work, I'll call her J, we are good enough friends where we've gone out to eat a few times and text or call off and on.  We connected a few years ago because we where both dealing with infertility.  She dealt with recurring  miscarry and me of course with just infertility.  I never wanted to be that person who didn't share my pregnancy with another infertile friend (i know the hurt it can cause when it seems like someone isn't telling you something to "protect you").  Well I didn't do it on purpose, and honestly time got away from me.  I wanted to tell her at 12 weeks and poof before I know it I'm 16 weeks and haven't told her yet.  So I just did it. Two days ago I was thinking about what I would say in my test so i kept it short and sweet and just hit send.  And guess what... she already knew.  I hope I didn't hurt her by waiting to tell her. 
The other thing this that happened this week was a donation I made.  So a while ago I did a post called Expiration date It was pre pregnancy and I decided that we would do another round of IVF next spring before our leftover meds expired.  Well I've been thinking a lot lately about what to do with it.  I probably had 3 full vials of Follistim, and 2 full Gonarilex (sorry if that's spelled wrong).  I wish I had a friend I could give it to, but i don't... so I donated it to my old fertility clinic.  When I dropped it off they where so happy to have it.  And me as a hormonal prego person I was almost in tears as I walked out saying please make sure a couple in need gets this medication.  I know i'll never know who gets it, but What a gift it will be to a couple without insurance.

On to me  = ) and baby.
I've still been feeling really good.  I've had a few headaches but a lot less than the weeks before.   A little more of an apatite this week I'm sure that's due to my quickly growing baby.  It's crazy to think there is a 5 inch long baby inside me that could fit in the palm of my hand. <3
I haven't weighed myself in a few days but i think I'm up to 118 which is about 6lb's up in total (I think I was 112 pre pregnancy).  I'm finally to the point where I'm out of pre prego pants to wear, unless they are stretchy of course.  But thanks to my friend who gave me a large tote of clothes I have a few smaller maternity clothes to choose from.
Over all I think I'm definatly starting to really look pregnant and not just really bloated.  sorry no picture today.  I haven't really had a chance where I looked decent enough to snap a pic... maybe i'll try to get a quick pic tomorrow and post it.

2 comments:

  1. You should definitely get a pic - you'll love looking back at those one day, even if your hair and makeup aren't done. :)

    YAY for 16 weeks already!

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