Six-Months to go!

According to our latest OBGYN appointment, our due date has been pushed back from March 18th to March 20. That means in theory, six-months from today we'll be meeting Baby McCormick!


Here's a picture of me at 14.5 weeks - don't snicker too much at my bulging belly and loss of muscle definition. :-(

In-Betweener

I'm in that stage where my normal clothes are too tight (totally pulling an Al Bundy and nightly unzipping the pants with a huge sigh of relief; ahhhh!) and maternity clothes are too loose.

I'm an "in-betweener".

I'm also in that stage where people who know me think I'm either hitting the desserts a little too often and feel an intervention is needed or something else is developing in that growing bulge of a belly.

Again, that in-between stage is just so funky! Ladies who've had babies, you get it, right?

Thankfully most of my friends have already had children and they collectively shared their maternity clothes. The last pregnant friend, Kim, sent me two large bags of clothes (thanks Kimmy!) which I've been sorting through and trying on. Brian affectionately called it the Sisterhood of Travelling Maternity Clothes - hilarious! But what a lifesaver! Huge shout out to my ladies in So Cal who are saving me from buying a ton of clothes. Double shout out to the designer jeans - niiiiiccceee! The Citizen's are fitting perfectly!

How am I feeling - Week 13

Week 11 hit and bam! I went from feeling pretty good to awful most days. Unfortunately I haven't had any issues with eating (mmmm, fooooood) but insomnia and raging headaches are my newest symptoms.

I think these symptoms might be partly due to a new job I accepted and the stresses of ramping up during the busiest season of my work year. I've worked the past 13 days in a row with no break in sight. Sigh...

Week 12

Wow, we're already at week 12. Time is zipping by. Here are some "glam" shots of the kid. This ultrasound was very cool. The technician was actually checking the baby as part of the nuchal translucency test series (not really sure how to explain all this but it's to provide us stats on our odds of having a baby with Down's or other health issues).

Anywhooooo, the baby wasn't positioned in a way where they could get a clear shot of its neck. So, they bumped my belly a few times to wake the baby. Our little fig (that's the approximate size of the kiddo) wiggled around, repositioned itself and went back to napping.

They assured us the baby looked healthy. Good news, indeed!!

Here is the fig at week 12.

Oh, and an update on how I'm feeling...

I go through stages of insomnia coupled with migraines to bouts of sheer fatigue where I can literally sleep a day away. This whole pregnancy thing is bizarre.