5 Weeks

How Far Along: 5 Weeks 4 Days

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I think I’m still holding steady with my weight. I feel the urge to eat more often but not much sounds good.

Maternity Clothes: I brought all of them in from storage and should be washing them as we speak but it feels good to sit here after working so hard yesterday. I also managed to score a new Bella Band from Ebay for less than half price. I hope it’s here soon because this bloat is so uncomfortable in my regular pants.

Stretch Marks: The originals from Gracie and I don’t think it’s going to take long to expand this time. I’m already terribly bloated and having round ligament pains like crazy.

Sleep: Not so great, it looks as if I’m going to have to start taking Unisom again. I wake up to pee and never go back to sleep. I also have started talking in my sleep which is really aggravating for me and Andrew. I wake him and myself up throughout the night.

Movement: A lot of gas

Food Cravings and Aversions: I’ve enjoyed hot wings, chocolate covered pretzels, and breakfast food this week. Still not craving sweets that much but they aren’t totally disgusting either.

Gender: I’m still stuck on girl but if the old wives tales have any truth to them maybe it’s a boy with all of the different cravings.

Belly Button In or Out: In

Labor Signs: No thank you

What I Miss: Kind of missing coffee which I know I could have but would rather not start the habit again and I miss sweets. I really want to eat chocolate but then it just isn’t satisfying.

What I Am Looking Forward To: I’m still waiting to get insurance straightened out so no doctor appointments have been scheduled yet. I know the longer I wait the better the ultrasound will be but I’d like to have a date to look forward to.

Weekly Wisdom: Wear stretchy pants…seriously made me feel so much better not being bound up and trying to suck in my gut all day.

Best Moment This Week: Going through all of my old maternity clothes and reliving a few memories from being pregnant with Gracie. 

What's going on in the uterus this week

The embryo doesn't look like much more than a tadpole right now, but at five weeks, she's already starting to form major organs (heart, stomach, liver, kidney) and systems (digestive, circulatory, nervous)