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Week 18

December 7th, 2013

How far along:
18 weeks

Baby is the size of a:
Bell Pepper

Total weight gain:
I don’t know, I didn’t weigh myself this week.

Maternity Clothes?
I bought a new maternity sweater this week, but I have lots of room to grow into it!

Stretch Marks?
Not yet.

Sleep?
Getting better! Most nights I don’t even have to go to the bathroom anymore!

Best moment of the Week:
Having our 18 week ultrasound and finding out that our little boy is looking as healthy as can be!

Movement:
Still waiting.

Food Cravings:
None.

Belly Button in or out:
In.

Gender:
Ultrasound confirmed that we’re still having a boy! :)

Symptoms:
I’ve been having ligament pains, but nothing too bad. And pregnancy acne (will there ever be a blog post without this as my symptom?). 

Anything Making you queasy or Sick?
Pasta makes me feel a little sick lately, which is a bummer, because I love pasta!

Have you Started to Show yet?
I’m getting bigger, but I think I’m still looking like I had too many cheeseburgers.

What I miss:
My clear skin.

What I'm looking forward to:
Grandma Rene’ (Katie’s Mom) coming back into town…she is going to finish painting the room and then we can put up our decal trees and set up the crib! I can’t wait!

What I'm not looking forward to:
Nothing.

Weekly Wisdom:
I got all of my weekly wisdom from my sweet girlfriends who were patient enough to explain cloth diapering, baby carriers and must have items for the baby registry to me!


Wie weit:
18 Wochen

Baby ist so gross wie eine:
Paprika

Insgesamte Gewichtszunahme:
Keine Ahnung, ich habe mich diese Woche nicht gewogen!

Umstandskleidung?
Ich habe mir diese Woche einen neuen Pulli gekauft, aber ich habe noch eine Menge Platz, um in ihn hinein zu wachsen!

Schwangerschaftsstreifen?
Noch nicht!

Schlaf?
Wird auf jeden Fall besser. Ich muss mittlerweile nicht mehr jede Nacht auf die Toilette, was hilft!

Bester Moment der Woche:
Als wir unseren grossen Ultraschall hatten und herausgefunden haben, dass unser Baby sehr gesund aussieht!

Bewegungen des Babys:
Ich warte noch drauf!

HeiĂźhunger:
Nein.

Bauchnabel drinnen oder draussen:
Drinnen.

Geschlecht:
Unser Ultraschall hat bestaetigt, dass es immer noch ein Junge ist! :)

Symptome:
Ich hatte diese Woche leichte Kraempfe, was zufolge meines Schwangerschaftsbuches normal ist, weil sich die Gebaermutter dehnt. Und natuerlich immer noch Schwangerschaftsakne (wird es irgendwann mal einen Blog hier geben, wo ich das nicht als Symptom liste?).

Gibt es etwas, wovon dir schlecht wird?
Mir wurde diese Woche ein paar Mal schlecht, als ich Nudeln gegessen habe, was schade ist, denn ich liebe Nudeln!

Kann man dir die Schwangerschaft ansehen?
Mein Bauch waechst, aber ich denke, dass ich immer noch so aussehe, als haette ich zuviele Cheeseburger gegessen.

Was ich vermisse:
Meine reine Haut.

Worauf ich mich freue:
Wenn Oma Rene (Katie’s Mutter) aus dem Urlaub kommt…sie moechte das Kinderzimmer fertig streichen und dann koennen wir unsere Baeume and die Wand befestigen (Decals heisst das hier, ich glaube meine Mutter hat sie als Wandtattoos bezeichnet) und das Bett aufbauen. Ich freue mich schon total!

Worauf ich mich nicht freue:
Nichts.

Wöchentliche Weisheit:
Ich habe meine woechentliche Weisheit von meinen lieben Freundinnen erhalten, die genug Gelduld mit mir hatten, um mir Stoffwindeln, Tragetuecher und alle andere Dinge zu erklaeren, die ich auf meine Baby Registry setzen sollte!       


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  1. Oh, wie schön!
    Stell dir vor, ich konnte am Anfang der Schwangerschaft keine Milch oder sonstige Milchprodukte zu mir nehmen, auch kein Eis! Es war echt schrecklich!
    Ich hab meine Große damals auch in Stoffwindeln gewickelt, hatte sie sogar extra in den U.S.A. bestellt, weil es trotz Porto und Co. immer noch günstiger war als sie hier in D zu bestellen *g* Und sie waren genau so zu handhaben wir die Wegwerfwindeln von Pampers oder so, nur dass man sie halt waschen musste. Aber so bekam ich endlich mal die Waschmaschine voll ;) Und ich hatte für meine Lütte dann eine Babytrage (von Manduca ... total klasse, weil wir die von Anfang an nehmen konnten, auch jetzt könnte sie noch rein, aber sie mochte sie nicht mehr, das Tuch ist einfach bequemer) und ein Tragetuch. Die Dinger sind sowas von praktisch! Vor allem, wenn die Lütten krank oder sehr unruhig sind. Rein ins Tuch/in die Trage, das Baby beruhigt sich schneller und du kannst weiter deiner Arbeit oder sonstwas nachgehen.
    Es ist wirklich schön, mit euch mitzufiebern *g* Der große Tag rückt immer näher (kaum zu glauben)! Ich freue mich schon auf deinen nächsten Post!

    Bis dahin alles Liebe fĂĽr euch!
    Stephie

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  2. You look fabulous in your weekly pictures, your baby boy will love these later on, I know I would have loved to know more about my mum's pregnancy from 31 years ago.

    I'm currently trying to convince my girlfriend that we take announcement pictures to share with our friends around Christmas, but she's having none of it, so I think it will just be a single sentence post :(

    Anyway, are you planning on cloth diapering then? That's great!

    I'm having ligament pains too and am also still waiting to feel baby's first movement...

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    1. Thank you!
      I had to convince Katie as well, she hated the idea and she hated taking the pictures, but I'm so glad she did it for me! I didn't win the battle with having a gender reveal party though, I really wanted to do something special, but she said she already took the pictures with me, LOL.
      You can always take announcement pictures without you and her in it, I've seen some cute ideas on pinterest!
      I really want to cloth diaper, but Katie doesn't want to, so unless I have her full support, we won't do cloth. A lot of my friends do it and explained the process to me, so I could tell Katie, but she still thinks it's gross…haha.
      Oh well, you win some and you lose some! :)

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