Week #17 Update

This week has been great - mainly because it was Thanksgiving week and I only had to work 3 days total. It's been nice staying home for the past 4 days and catching up on things around the house that I've wanted to do for a few months but had no energy to do :P

We also got some new stuff for the nursery but I think I'll save pictures of those items until next week. This week I'm excited to share Ramin's baby pictures!! My mother-in-law sent me sooo many cute pictures of Ramin and I just had to share them because he was a cute baby with some super chubby cheeks!! 

Here we go!

And my absolute favorite picture actually goes along really well with one of my own baby pictures. Apparently both Ramin and I had a tendency to love crawling under side tables....it's amazing to me how similar we both look sitting under these tables :P BTW I'm in the top picture and Ramin is the lower one.

How far along: 17 weeks, 6 days - can you even believe that I'll be 18 weeks tomorrow!?!?! In just two more weeks I'll be halfway through my pregnancy - unreal!

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I know this week I gained a 1 or 2 pounds, I can just tell.

Maternity clothes: I also know my tummy has grown this week so I've been wearing nothing but comfy clothes. We'll see what happens tomorrow when I go back to work...I'm sure I'll have to keep wearing my belly bands!

Major Symptoms: I felt super great this week and as a result I had energy to do much more than usual....including chores. However, on Friday I think I did a little too much (5 loads of laundry, dusting, vacuuming, and flipping the bedroom mattress - I know, that's bad!) ....and in the afternoon when I went to take a nice sunny walk I didn't feel right. The only way I could describe it was that it felt like my uterus was about to fall out of me. It felt really low and weird every time I moved. So I listened to my body and decided to take it easy for the rest of the night. I laid in bed or on the couch the rest of the night watching movies. The weird feeling went away and by Saturday I was able to do some more chores (lighter of course) AND go for a nice 45-minute sunny walk. It felt great, especially when I came home and stretched everything out.
Stretch marks: Still no
Sleep: I had one night this week where hip pain woke me up. The only way to relieve my hip pain is to roll on to my back and sleep but I know that's bad too...so I end up getting up out of bed and walking it out a bit and it seems to help.
Best moment last week: Getting Ramin's baby pictures!!
Movement: Still no....anxiously awaiting to feel the baby kick!
Food cravings/aversions: I am really picky about sweet stuff these days. I'll turn my nose up at things I used to love...it really depends on my mood. Generally, ice cream is the only constant item I want.

Belly button - in or out? In
Labor signs: Not yet - unless you count that weird feeling I had on Friday.
What I miss: Absolutely nothing.
What I am looking forward to: Getting through the next 3 weeks until Christmas...and then I have another long break from work!
Milestones: Don't think we really hit any milestones, other than making it through 17 weeks  (as weird as it sounds, I'm kind of relieved because in my pre-pregnancy trying-to-conceive mode I actually read of a few pregnant women who had miscarriages at 17-weeks. So in a weird way, I saw 17 weeks as a milestone to pass....makes absolutely no sense but to me it does)