Orange Seed is officially a full 15 weeks old today. According to What To Expect When You're Expecting, Orange Seed is weighing in at a whopping 3-5 ounces this week and is now somewhere between 4 and 5 inches long. No fruit description from What To Expect this week, although Your Pregnancy Week By Week is guessing "avocado". I swear last week they said softball, so I find this mildly confusing. Either they are seeing some BIG avocados or they don't know the difference between a softball and a baseball. Seriously...since when is an avocado bigger than a softball? I am not crazy to think this does not happen, am I? I remember softballs pretty darned well from my days as a First Basewoman on the Suicidal Eggplants (ahh...middle school sports...those were the days) and I definitely remember them being bigger than avocados. But anyway...
So Orange Seed is growing fast and getting stronger every day. I should start feeling him/her moving around sometime in the next few weeks. They estimate between 17 and 20. Chris will have to wait a little longer. That said, it is possible to feel him/her earlier and trust me...I'm trying! The problem is, the description of what the movements should feel like is as hard to picture as those little tiny movements might be to feel. The descriptions range from "Oh, it will feel like a little bubble bursting in your stomach" to "It will feel exactly like butterfly wings fluttering against our stomach" to "hmm...honestly, you'll be luck if you can tell the difference between the movement and gas." Nice. But I am apparently more likely to feel it in moments of stillness and quiet and so, I am focusing. I really am. I could have sworn I felt something the other night...and then again today...but it is so hard to say. They really need to come up with a device that can clarify these things. Just like the baby monitor gives you sound/sight from the baby's room nonce the baby is born, it would be nice to have regular access to an Ultrasound so that you could check if those little flutters are baby vs dinner.
It would also be nice for reassurance. I'm still not gaining weight and I look far from pregnant. The only comment I ever get from fellow pregnant people or those whom I tell I'm pregnant is "Oh wow...you must be very early...". Don't get me wrong, I am fine with being the skinny chick normally, but once you're pregnant, the belly is a sign of prestige and for the first time I am just waiting to gain some weight in the ab region already...
Ah well, soon enough, right? Soon enough. :)
Not to make you miserable, but some folks just don't gain much weight. My mom says she hardly gained any weight at all with her first pregnancy.
ReplyDeleteHmm...do ya think that running 4 miles, yoga, swimming and weights might just impede getting heavier or at least looking heavier???...do ya think??
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