16 Weeks Update

I should have written/posted this on Tuesday, when my weeks start, but I've just been so tired!  Better late than never I guess.  This would probably be a lot easier if I would use one of those easy survey things, but I'm stubborn, and I'm going to do this freestyle.

As far as symptoms go, things have been mellow - not surprising because the second trimester is supposed to be fairly easy, and really, I've had very few issues overall(knock on wood).  I had an OB appointment on New Year's Eve morning, and the doctor was able to find baby's heartbeat right away, but I didn't get a number.  She was pretty happy with how things are progressing, and gave me a goal of gaining 2 lbs by my next appointment.  I'm pretty sure that's an easy target, although I do need to work on making better lunch choices during the week (rough translation:  I need to be less lazy and make actual food for lunch).  My next appointment is close to the end of the month, and the following week we'll finally have another ultrasound (which is already causing some controversy, so that should be fun).

Sleep has mostly been pretty good - I usually get up at least once to go to the bathroom, which is manageable.  I'm not the biggest fan of sleeping on my side, but I'm trying to get in the habit of it anyway.  We recently got a very much needed new mattress.  B isn't the biggest fan of it, but he's learning to like it. I like it most nights, although it is pretty firm, and combined with a firm pillow, it can be a little much.

Apparently I should be feeling movement soon.  I'm looking forward to that for sure.  I had one experience that had me thinking maybe ... But I'm still undecided.  I was laying on the sofa napping one morning and had a weird leg twitch, and then a few seconds later, it felt like someone tapped their fingers on my insides.  Maybe it was a weird side effect from the leg twitch - I haven't felt it again, so it's hard to tell.

Between my food preparation laziness and the stress and frustration that accompanies watching a very rambunctious (and that's putting it lightly) toddler, I'm a little worried that I'm damaging our baby.  I'm worried that I'm not feeding it enough of the right foods, or that all the stress hormones are going to cause complications, and then I realize that being worried isn't great either.  Not having any ultrasounds for 2 months is basically driving me crazy.  I sometimes wonder if a Doppler would make the situation better - having the ability to at least find a heartbeat would be nice, but I'd probably want to check it all the time, plus even used ones are kind of expensive.  I'll just have to suck it up and wait.

That's pretty much everything that's been going on lately - really nothing too exciting, but I'm okay with uneventful.