Week 17 - The Jig is Up

Well, the little guy is an onion this week (and I can't say I don't like onions) - not as cute as a lemon or an orange, but what would food be without the flavor of onions, right?



Here's what they say he's doing...

Your baby's skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to bone, and the umbilical cord — his lifeline to the placenta — is growing stronger and thicker. Your baby weighs 5 ounces now, and he's around 5 inches long from head to bottom. He can move his joints, and his sweat glands are starting to develop.

I might have felt him move Sunday evening. I'm not positive, but I just had a sort of unsettled butterfly-like feeling in my belly as I was sitting watching tv.

As for me, I gave up this week trying to hide the pregnancy. My pants were not really fitting, and I just don't like wearing loose blouses, so I stopped at the maternity store and bought a pair of designer jeans (hey, I wear them normally, so why not spend the money to wear some for the next year - I know Kristi & Brandon will understand my jeans needs...) and a couple of good knit tops. I discovered that I really like rouching! Very clever use of elastic for maternity wear! So now that I'm wearing tight clothes again, several more people at work now know, and I told my Young Women's class - they were all very excited and had many names to offer for the baby - not sure anything they suggested will actually work, but...

And a woman at the gym suggested I really should get a heart rate monitor, which means it was obvious to her I was preggers, and not just fat. (I tried to politely tell her that the heart rate guideline is now outdated and that I was listening to my body and just not over-exerting myself) She did say that she was in spinning class up to the day she delivered her first child, which is encouraging!

Here's my belly shot for the week - I'm wearing my first maternity skirt, Shady Lady original... I think it's casual enough to wear to work but nice enough to wear to church - double duty.