18 weeks

How far along? 18 weeks

Size of baby: Pear

What's baby up to?  Soft cartilage-like bones are starting to harden and reflexes are more fully developed. Baby hiccups, yawns and moves around now.

Total weight gain/loss: +11 lbs.

Pregnancy symptoms: Same old, same old.

Maternity clothes? Yes, baby pooch/bump is here but I'm also getting bigger everywhere else :( I did read that over the next 2 weeks baby moves up more so hopefully I'll have a real bump soon.

Stretch marks? No

Sleep: Going good still, the new body pillow rocks.

Best moment this past week: I got some scary test results this past week (everything is fine) and was really upset and scared by them. The silver lining to it all was being reminded I have an incredible and supporting husband, family and friends who were great though it all.

Miss Anything? Being able to control my emotions. Hello floodgates.

Movement: Nope, not yet.

Food Cravings:  Still loving the fruit. Strawberries and apple juice were big favorites this past week.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nothing new.

Have you started to show yet: Oh yes.

Gender predictions: ????

Labor sigs: No

Belly Button in or out: In

Wedding rings on or off: On

Happy or Moody: Happy, but get aggravated easily.

Weekly Wisdom: Don't have the quad blood test screening done. Apparently test results often come back that will scare you to death and everything ends up being fine. It's optional and not worth the stress a very possible false positive could bring.

Looking forward to: Seeing baby C April 2 and getting some reassurance all is good in there.