17 Week Update

I'm pretty sure I skipped a week or two on my little pregnancy updates. My bad?  Anyway... I had another ultrasound at 15 weeks and after trying to get a good shot of the little bugger, the doctor finally decided he was 90% sure it's a boy.  I'm not even gonna lie,  Alex and I were both slightly disappointed.  As soon as the doctor walked out, I looked at Alex and said "You gave me a boy!" Lol.  Probably not the best thing to say at that moment.  But after about an hour, I got over it and got really excited and now we wouldn't have it any other way.  I have another ultrasound on the 20th of this month and we should be able to tell 100% what it is.   And quite honestly, I think I'd be disappointed all over again if they told me it was a girl.  Lol.  We'll see though.  With as long as it took us to get pregnant, I really am grateful to be pregnant at all... no matter what we have.  =)

Still haven't thrown up once during this pregnancy (My sister, Keta, wanted to punch me in the face when I told her that).  I was nauseous pretty much all day until about week 8 or 9 and then only nauseous in the morning for 3 minutes until week 16.  I haven't felt yucky since then.  But other symptoms have taken place now.  Heartburn.  Holy hannah heartburn.  The last week has been torture.  It starts at about the same exact time every day... 2pm-3pm ish.  And it pretty much lasts the rest of the day especially when I eat something. Tums helps temporarily for about 10 minutes then it starts again.  Then a couple days ago I found a miracle.  It's called milk.  If I drink a small glass when have heartburn, it's gone instantly and doesn't come back until the next day at it's usual time.  It's awesome.

Guess what food I'm still not sick of yet... yes that's right... Mac n Cheese.  It's like my favorite food ever.  I could eat it every day if Alex wouldn't get sick of it.  It's my little slice of heaven.  Cereal is another thing I've been craving.  When Alex tells me I can't make Mac n Cheese, I break out a bowl of cereal.  I've always loved cereal but it's like 600% better now that I'm pregnant.  Idk exactly why.

My tummy has been really ichy lately.  I guess from the growing?  Alex still puts strech mark cream on me almost every night, which I love.  I've gained about 10lbs so far.  I'm not sure if that's good bad or ugly, but I'm sure they'll let me know at my next appointment. Lol

Last major symptom as of late is being extremely tired.  Up until about a week ago, I slept awesomely.  But lately I've been tossing and turning and just been really uncomfortable while sleeping.  Therefore resulting in why I'm so tired during the day.  I wish I could just sleep all day long.  I swear my eyelids feel like they weigh 12lbs each.  It sucks. Any remedies to help me sleep better??

Have a good weekend!! Yay for Friday!!

Ps, on a random note,  the high here has been someone in the upper 30's today and it's been snowing off and on all day.  I'm excited to cuddle up to Alex tonight and chill alllll weekend in this chilly weather.  =)