I thought that at by this point, I would feel completely different. Meaning I would actually feel pregnant. Not the case. Most of the time, I just feel chubby, bloated, hungry and maybe a little bitchy (you can ask Andrew about this last one).
Thankfully though, the past week or so I have had a lot more energy than I did in the first trimester. I used to have difficulty getting my ass out of bed. Each morning my alarm would go off and I would just want to cry about the fact that I had to get up, take a shower AND get to work. These tasks just seemed like too much to accomplish. But, needless to say, I got it done almost every day. With the exception of like one day, where I came home early from work. Now, my alarm goes off and I can get up without feeling like I wish I was the dog who could just sleep all afternoon while everyone was out working. I even had enough energy the past two weeks to tackle some of the painting that needed to get done at our new townhouse. With my mom's help, we painted the kitchen along with most of the ceiling in the downstairs. Andrew had a work filled weekend, painting popcorn ceilings is more difficult than he thought. Peanut's grandma helped hang some pictures and art work that we had yet to put up. It is like waking up to a different house. We enjoyed the fruits of our labor by having a little fire in our fireplace and watching television.
Anywhoo, back to Peanut. Here are Peanut's stats for this week, well according to theBump. I go to the doctor next week on Tuesday for the quad screen tests, so there will be more of an update then. This week Peanut is the size of a lemon, which seems a little backwards. He was a peach last week. Are lemons bigger than peaches?
Your adorable little fetus is busy with thumb sucking, toe wiggling, and (not so cute but equally amazing) making urine and breathing amniotic fluid as the liver, kidneys and spleen continue to develop. Lanugo (thin, downy hair) is growing all over the body for warmth.From BabyCenter:
How your baby's growing:
This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.
In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches —
about the size of a lemon — and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all ov
er his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active.
Babies R Us where we purchased the booster seat/high chair do-dad thing that sits on top of a regular chair. It was on sale and everyone loves a sale on baby gear. Oh, one of my favorite purchases... My mom got me this fantab blanket:
