We had our 16 week appointment today. The baby’s heartbeat is still a healthy 150bpm, and he/she is hanging out on my left side. We also were able to schedule our anatomy ultrasound, which is extremely exciting, as we are hoping to find out what we are having at that point. The “big” ultrasound is scheduled for October 5th, and I’m sure time will fly until then.

There are a couple new pregnancy things I’ve noticed. I have been having trouble sleeping because my hips have been aching pretty badly. I asked the Dr about it, and she said that it is round ligament pain – all my ligaments are loosening up to make room for the baby as it grows. And it hurts. I’m glad to know what it is, though – hopefully it will be temporary, and she said some extra strength Tylenol should help a little.

The other thing is that I am pretty sure I’ve felt a couple kicks (or maybe they are elbows). They are really light, but they are centrally located right around where the baby is, and I don’t count anything that I feel when I’m “gassy” or whatever. It’s exciting, but I’m nervous that I’m fabricating it just because I WANT to feel the baby moving. But I’m 99% sure that’s what it is. It should get stronger and more regular in the next few weeks, so I should be able to confirm for sure soon enough.

I’m almost completely grown out of my regular pants. I have one pair of jeans that still fit, but they won’t stay that way for long. Shirts are mostly ok, although I’ve noticed the few maternity shirts I have are much more comfortable because they are longer, so I don’t need to keep pulling them down over my pants. LOL.

Ryan and I are staying in town and dog-sitting this weekend, and I’m hoping to use the free time to get what will be the baby’s room mostly cleaned out. There’s a desk, bookshelf and tv stand in there that need to be taken out, and the dresser we bought needs to be assembled and put in there. Here’s hoping we have the motivation to get it done!