18 Weeks!

How Far Along: 18 Weeks!
Total Weight Gain: not sure, I think I'm taking this one out...I don't want to be stressing about my weight throughout the rest of my pregnancy!
Maternity Clothes: Yep....all I wore this week were maternity jeans, tights, and one pair of dress pants that still fit. I'm still wearing all of my regular shirts though...
Stretch Marks: Nope! Still using my stretch mark cream every night. I bought benadryl cream last week which totally cleared up my rash within two days. It started coming back yesterday, so I'll have to keep using it.
Sleep: So-so...I had a couple of great night and a couple of terrible ones...
Best Moment of the Week: Feeling some first baby movements...very cool!
Miss Anything: sleeping well...
Movement: yep! Last night we were watching tv and I thought I felt something, then a couple of minutes later I felt a real flutter. I felt a couple more last night, and a couple today...
Food Cravings: no real cravings this week...
Anything making you queasy or sick: not really, just brushing my teeth....
Showing: I sure think so....someone at work said they thought I was just starting to show, so I guess I'm still just looking fatter...I think I look huge in my picture today!
Gender Prediction: still boy...
Labor Signs: No way!
Belly Button In or Out? In
Wedding Rings On or Off: On
Happy or Moody Most of the Time: I would say about half and half...
Looking forward to: Our ultrasound on Feb.4!!!! Well, actually I'm going to try to move it to Feb.1 because Andrew has to work on the 4th....we'll see!

Nothing too exciting this week besides feeling some movement. I had a bit of a meltdown yesterday when I couldn't find any shirts to wear to the gym. Obviously I knew that I'd gain weight, but I still just feel like I look fat instead of pregnant. I think I find it hard because I worked so hard to lose 50lbs, and it's hard to put weight back on. Anyway, I've decided I'm too concerned about the weight  aspect, so I'm not going to include it anymore. We went to my mom's for Jen's birthday today and got to see baby Amelia and Maddy, they're both sweethearts! Hard to believe we're going to have our own in 5 short months!!!!! We're already talking about spending a week at the cottage in the summer which will be great.

I've been trying to decide how to go about telling my clients that I'm pregnant. For some of them, we're already talking about doing planning for the summer, and I won't be around when the time comes. I've only told two so far,  but I don't want to put them in the awkward position of having to ask as I begin to show more. I guess I'll just have to find a way to tell them in the next couple of weeks. It's kind of annoying that my work is still assigning me new families. I'll only end up seeing them 4-5 times before they'll get a new worker...stupid!

Until next week......