15 Weeks

Whats been happening: Mini me is in its 15^th week. He/ she is about the size of an orange. It will now frequently be getting the hiccups, but babies don’t make any sounds because their trachea is filled with fluid rather than air. The legs are now growing longer than the arms and all the joints and limbs can move. For me this week- I still haven’t been too flash. The headaches are really severe and I have had a fair bit of vomiting, not to mention an extreme case of anxiety as described in my previous post.

Weight gained: Lets just say upper thighs are the devil.

Workouts: This week my goal was to do something every day. So I have done one really intense at home workout, two big walks, and I finally made it to the gym this morning! Hallelujah. It was good to get back there, I ended up doing 20 mins of high intensity cardio and 30 mins of legs with box jumps/ squats/ lunges etc... Hopefully I can walk tomorrow.

Movement: Well after being sure I couldn’t feel a thing all week, I woke up to some serious wriggling today in the early hours. My uterus was in the strangest position all pushed out to one side so I could feel the baby doing 360’s which was cool.

Food Aversions: Still mince, and porridge now? Which sucks as it is always my breakfast go-to. The last two mornings have resulted in a rush to the sink after eating porridge.

Food cravings: Anything cheesy or full of carbs

Sleep: Blake is teething at the moment so we’ve had a bit of drama trying to get her down lately but last night she did the full 12 hours thankfully so today I am feeling refreshed!

Miss anything: Sushi!!! And anything alocoholic.
 
Fun/ interesting things for the week: Oli and I are having a bit of a debate about finding out the gender at the moment. I thought we had agreed to not find out but turns out Oli can’t wait that long and he wants to know at our next scan. I really wanted it to be a surprise this time but he is adamant finding out will be best. Arghhhh what to do!! Who will prevail?? Watch this space. 

Happy or moody: Anxious! But much happier now that I know all is ok.


Looking forward to: Rounding out and meeting the midwife in a couple of days!

Bump update:  Here it is from this morning, I chopped my head out as it looked so weird- alien like? Shes growing!!