13 weeks and then some

It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted a baby update (as if it hasn’t been on my mind). I guess I talk about it so much in real life, I don’t feel the need to blog about it, or I forget that I haven’t.

I’m 13 weeks now. I still feel good, except for occasional bouts of sleepiness, which are nothing out of the ordinary for me. I’m not suffering from the constant, biting hunger I once was, but I continue to eat more often than most. Maybe it’s a mind thing, maybe it’s to keep my blood sugar regulated or maybe it’s just because I like to eat.

Speaking of blood sugar, I have had a couple episodes. I’ve had minor issues with my blood sugar before, but because I take great pleasure in snacks, I don’t have problems often.

There was one scary incident when I woke up in the middle of the night with a little bit of pain in my midsection. Getting out of bed was no easy task, and neither was stumbling the few feet to the bathroom feeling dizzy, nauseated and sweaty all over. For a while, I figured I had caught a virus that had been going around, but when I got to the bathroom, nothing ever happened. In about 15 minutes, I felt better and went back to bed. The nurse said it could have been my blood sugar, and I haven’t had anything like that happen since.

Strange things happen when you’re pregnant. Seems like it’s something different every day. Or is it that I just pay more attention to every little sensation?

I am feeling pretty chunky around the midsection. I guess you could say that I’m poking out a little, but it doesn’t look like a cute poke-out to me. It just looks like I’ve gained some weight and have a spare tire sitting on top of my britches. I’ve pulled the rubber-band-through-the-buttonhole trick on a couple pairs of my pants, but I can still wear most of them without much trouble. Longer, looser shirts are, of course, more comfortable, but I’ve tried not to delve into my maternity clothes pile too much yet.

Sorry I have no new photos to share. Some days I look a tad on the pregnant side, and some days, I don’t…at least in my opinion.

Babycenter.com tells me the baby is almost 3 inches long and weighs nearly an ounce – about the size of a medium shrimp. A shrimp? What? How could we go from a lime last week to a shrimp this week? Limes are bigger than shrimps!

My next doctor’s appointment is on March 5, just 2 days before we leave on our trip (good timing and God’s mercy!). Then, we should find out the baby’s gender at the next appointment, probably the last week in March or the first week in April.

We've been tossing around some names, but no significant progress there. We haven't started transforming the junk room into the nursery, either. That's awful, isn't it?

Anyway, there’s my baby update at 13 weeks.

We have a youth lock-in tonight at church, and it sounds like Gunter has a great time planned! I’m going to hold out as long as I can, hopefully at least until 2 or 3 a.m., after our worship time. But, considering I usually feel like going to bed by about 7, staying that long is doubtful. Thank God for willing adult chaperones!