A Naval Orange

As promised, I am posting the first picture of my baby bump at 15 weeks. If you squint hard enough and tilt your head, you might be able to see a small bump protruding from my stomach. My little baby is the size of a naval orange this week, is 4 inches long, and is moving a lot. Unfortunately I have not felt a bit of movement yet. I can not wait for that day to come!

This past few weeks have been just about as uneventful as my first trimester.I have had no signs of morning sickness, my stomach has not grown much, and other than being ready for bed by 8 pm. I am not really tired through the day. Yes I am feeling way blessed for having such great genetics. 

I can not say I am completely symptom free from pregnancy though. I constantly have to go to the bathroom finding myself up about twice a night to relieve myself, half way through the night my body hurts so bad I have a hard time sleeping, and I have recently started to feel my first bit of tendon stretching pain. Every few days I get bad pains, but for the most part it is all manageable and I am still enjoying pregnancy. I was talking to my sister in law the other day when she took me out to dinner and after finishing my BLT sandwich, she said she was amazed that I was able to hold the sandwich down. She is one who could not eat any meat sandwich/ hamburgers through her whole pregnancy without having to loose that lunch in the bathroom minutes later. 

I remember "nannying" her kids while she was pregnant with her last child because she got so sick she could not get out of bed to provide adequate care for them. After watching her go through that pregnancy, I worried about how mine would be, but thank goodness it has been a walk in the park so far.

In 5 weeks or so I will be able to go in for the Anatomy screening, where they look at each organ to be sure my baby is growing correctly, and that is when I will find out if it is a boy or girl! So start putting in your guesses!