looks like i'll be showing soon....

this coming friday, i'll be 4 months pregnant. feels weird to think still since i'm not really showing yet. apparently, that will soon change!

"By the end of week 16, your baby is approximately 6 inches and weighs 2 ½ ounces. Your baby is preparing himself/herself for a growth spurt over the next several weeks. Your babys head is more erect now than it has been in the previous weeks of pregnancy. His/her ears and eyes are situated in their final positions. These three things are giving your baby a more normal appearance than he/she has had up to this point.

Several of the more complicated body systems are also beginning to function including your childs urinary and circulatory system. Your babys heart pumps around 25 quarts of blood per day. However, by week 40 this amount will increase to 1,900 quarts per day!"

i was having a really rough time for the week surrounding memorial day weekend. i felt really bad (headaches, restless legs & arms at night, stomach aches, etc). i finally called the nurse last week and since none of my symptoms were really high on the pain chart she said it was pretty normal. i was feeling better over the weekend, but still too tired to stay awake past 10:30pm.

this friday, we're taking off to interview day care centers. some of you may think it's still early since i won't be going back to work until around march, but some parents say that we've already waited to long b/c the waiting lists for good day cares are outrageously long. however, we'll be looking into some home care centers which don't seem to have such a long wait. also on friday, i'll be giving the second round of blood for the blood screen to test for down's. we should have the results sometime next week.