14 Weeks

Today marks 14 weeks on the calendar! Here is the weekly belly picture for week 14.

We are now officially in the second trimester. This is supposed to be the "honeymoon" phase of the pregnancy. No more nausea, risk of miscarriage almost gone, beginning to "show", etc. So far so good! I actually started feeling better at about 10 weeks or so. But I will say that the pregnancy hunger is finally here. I haven't had a huge appetite until now. Now it seems like I eat and two hours later I'm hungry again! I think I'm just going to have to really work on eating several small meals a day. This way I don't gain too much weight. Many people say "I'm eating for two!" And trust me as hungry as I feel it does seems that I could definitely eat for another person, but I'm only supposed to have an extra 300 calories a day so I still have to eat well for the baby.

Other than the hunger changes not much else is going on. Belly is still growing a little each week and I have now gained two pounds. This is a good thing because up until this point I have only been losing weight. I went to a maternity store for the first time this week. My dad was in town visiting and took me back to school shopping. It was fun times! I'm not huge yet but I am bigger and don't want to stretch out all my clothes!

Next appointment will be the first week in September. (I count down the days from appointment to appointment:) )