12 weeks!

So, I went back to the doctor a week ago. I didn't post because it was a pretty uneventful visit. We just talked and I asked my questions. She told me that I would be into my second trimester on April 5th. Whoo hoo! Maybe I won't feel so icky all the time. We also got our estimated bill in the mail for how much its going to be to have this little booger. Good Lawd, that's a lot of money!

I most definitely cannot fit in most of my clothes anymore. I was getting ready to go out with my girlfriends last week and none of my pants were fitting (comfortably at least). I was panicking. Where did this come from all of the sudden? It was like out of the blue I couldn't fit in anything. My doctor told me I had gained 4.5 pounds already. On Friday night, I weighed and it was more like 5. On Saturday, I weighed and I was one pound under my pre-pregnancy weight. SIX POUNDS IS A LOT OF WATER WEIGHT! Not to mention how sexy I felt that I had retained that much water. The good thing was that I was now justified in saying that I felt huge when Andy would tell me that he didn't notice anything.

Andy has been getting up at 4:30 every morning (he has a few early clients right now), and getting home around 7:00 at night. Needless to say, he is wearing thin quickly and I feel terrible all the time. We're not the most exciting bunch.

Last week my friend says to me: Do you know how much you are making me want to get pregnant right now?

I'm gearing up to say soothing things like: You guys will be before you know it, and all that.

ANd she responds: Not much.

Ha. Guess I'm not the glowing pregnant woman in the magazine.

Your baby this week:
This week marks a turning point for your baby. At 12 weeks pregnant, the herculean task of developing new bodily structures is nearing an end as most of your baby's systems are fully formed. Now comes the maintenance phase, during which your fetus' systems continue to mature for the next 28 weeks and the organs get to work.

Your little fetus weighs as much as half an ounce now, and the crown-to-rump length is about two and a half inches (the size of a large plum — busily working his or her way through the whole produce department). It's hard to believe (especially from the outside, since you're probably barely showing at this point), but your baby has more than doubled in size during the past three weeks. And that's just on the outside — there's plenty going on inside too. The fetal digestive system is beginning to flex its digestive muscle — literally — as it starts practicing contraction movements, a skill your baby will need after birth to push food through the digestive tract. The pituitary gland at the base of the brain has started producing hormones. And the bone marrow is making white blood cells, which will one day help your baby fight infection (including all those germs passed around the snot-nosed playgroup).

If you haven't already had the pleasure, it's likely that at this month's checkup you'll finally hear your baby's fetal heartbeat — a sound that will make your heart race with joy!