Preggo Update: 16 weeks

That's four months in non-baby speak.

Ah, poor number two. It happens so quickly. No pregnancy book to record my cravings, mood swings and musings about bringing a life into the world. This baby's already had more caffeine and feta cheese than Ben did by the time he was 3 months old. And forget the sleeping-left-side-only business, I'm enjoying every second of lying on my back. Poor number two.

BUT he/she does have one thing Ben did not - a blog! So I'll record the milestones of our little journey together here. So first, off - here's the bump.
Yup, there it is. Seems like this has been the week of the "pop" - for comparison's sake, I'm about 4 weeks ahead of the last pregnancy. In fact, after getting looked up and down at the office, I was told I'm "gonna be big. Real big." I fear that might be accurate: I've gained three pounds in a month. I'll have to check that detailed preg book of mine, but I don't think I'd had such substantial growth at this point last time.

Also, I learned that baby's heartrate is 150. So let's start with the old wives' tales, shall we? This heartrate indicates a girl. But my non-morning sickness indicates a boy. This list goes on and on, back and forth like that. So I guess we'll just have to wait and see...on December 10!

To sum up the last four months, I'd say this has been an extremely easy pregnancy. I actually have been more symptomatic now that I'm in the 2nd trimester than the first. My doctor said that since my 1st trimester was so easy, the symptoms I'm feeling now that my uterus is growing by leaps and bounds are just more apparent. Bottom line is that everything is perfectly normal, and Tyler and I are so looking forward to adding this little Spud to our family!