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Sweet Sweet week 14

Some day I'll start belly pictures, but for now here are a few more 12 week surro baby shots.

 Alien baby!

How Many Weeks? 14 weeks

Size of Baby?  From head to bottom, baby measures 3 1/2 inches – about the size of a lemon – and weighs 1 1/2 ounces

Showing? Still small enough that true maternity shirts look weird, but big enough that normal clothes are tight. Starting to feel more pregnant and less gross looking though!

Symptoms?  So very thankful that once week 13 hit a lot of my pregnancy symptoms subsided! I woke up ON week 13 and didn't feel like I was going to die if I didn't roll back over and go back to sleep.  Still random nausea and tiredness, but nothing crazy. My sense of smell is still off the charts.

Sleep?  Great minus bathroom breaks and some crazy intense dreams. Welcome back weird dreams of pregnancy!

Miss Anything?  Nothing much these weeks

Movement?  Those fantom movements seemed to have taken a break this week.

Food Cravings? No. Quite the opposite since deciding on meals is rough and nothing sounds good.

Anything making you queasy or sick?  Certain smells but not one thing in particular I can pin point.

Gender Prediction? Nope

Recent Doctors Appointment?  The NT scan went fantastic and MAN is it amazing seeing how far ultrasounds have come in just a few years!  At 12 weeks we could see more than we could see at my 20 week scan with Charlie!  The tech was also super talkative and friendly so that made the appointment that much better.  

Best IP moment? We had almost 2 hours to kill between the meeting with the genetic counselor and the NT scan so I got an amazing few hours of hang out time with my IM. We got to just hang out and talk and it was wonderful getting to know each other on a more personal level. 

Most asked question? I've been asked a lot over the phone if I'm showing yet.

Nesting? We have been on the run non-stop so there has been no time for anything nesting related. But I think after the few weeks prior, I'm good with nesting for a while.

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