18 weeks!

I'm really trying to refrain from being all "omg, can you believe how far along I am!" because I feel like I start out that way every week. But seriously, it is just zooming by. I think some of it is how busy life just is in general. PreK twice a week, gymnastics, all the doctor appointments, etc. Plus the fact that this winter really hasn't been a winter at all, so we haven't been stuck in the house at all. I think this might be our first snow-free winter, like ever. I'm kind of sad about that I keep thinking that we will get hit with at least one good snow fall, but alas. Nothing.

But anyway, on to the good stuff.

Weight gain. No idea since I didn't weigh myself this week. I just had a doc appointment about 5 days ago, so I'm sure the scale hasn't moved too much. At least I hope not! Hah. Actually, for the past few days I have had NO appetite at all. Instead I have been drinking my weight in liquids. I'm always thirsty and peeing like I was back when I first became pregnant. I'm not concerned with diabetes or anything at this point, but just think my body needs some hydration for whatever reason. I admit that I probably don't drink enough even when not pregnant, so maybe I'm starting to make up for that.

Movement: Sigh. Same old, same old. I feel him daily, but still no consistency. Movements are a bit harder since if I catch it right, I can feel the little bumps and kicks with my hand. But I still have constant worry like "when did I feel a kick again?" or " I haven't felt him since really early this morning" and it be like 9 at night

Irrational fear this week: A new category I've started because, really, I can probably hold the world record for weirdest fears and/or worrying during a pregnancy (if you think this is bad, you should hear me when the baby is actually HERE). This weeks fear is incompetent cervix. Why this is irrational is because I've had two successful pregnancies, one of which went to 41 weeks and the other 39. One was 8lbs 4oz and the other 9lbs 1oz. So obviously my cervix knows whats it doing. But I read one little paragraph about incompetent cervix and it said that IC can be caused my damage/trauma during birth. So while nothing too exciting has happened during them, C's birth ended with a 3rd degree tear and both outside and internal stitches. So, I've had a few moments of "omg, I have this!" which my DH is probably tired of hearing about. I do have an ultrasound in 11 days, so if it's still on my mind, I guess I can make a total fool of myself and ask the UT to check my cervical length. I'm glad I'm not married to me.

We are just now getting over a vicious tummy bug that went through both kids over the past week, so I'm wore out. Nothing worse than seeing your baby sick. :(