Comparison

So as we come up on Monday finding out what we are having I wanted to write this down before I'm swayed by knowing the gender. I want to compare my last pregnancy to this one so I can remember how it was the same/different.

-Early nausea: About the same. Maybe a little bit better this time around because I could eat some real food not just soup.
-Weight: Well I started the exact same way with both - losing weight due to the nausea but this one I am not going back up as quick. I am starting to go back up at this point I believe but I know during my last pregnancy I was already going back up around 14 wks and here I am at 20 and just starting. I'm fine with this though - less to lose at the end! :)
-Bump: I feel like I'm slightly smaller this time due to the weight thing (I will try to post pics after I take a 20 wk pic on Saturday)
-Acne: I think it's been a bit worse this time around then last time but still not too awful
-Cravings: Pretty different. Last time I wanted lots of fruit and some sweets. This time I don't really have much of a craving for anything really (except Chipotle - SPICY - and Reese pumpkins but those would have been game last time also).
-Emotions: I think I'm a bit less emotional this time around probably because I don't have the time! I do know I am crying some over stupid things but I think it's a bit better.
-Tiredness: I think I'm way more tired this time around because I am running after a 2 year old all night!
-Sex drive: TMI but way better this time :) Enough said.
-Position: This baby is sitting on my left side very low near my bladder and it starts to get really painful if I don't go pee pretty often. It SUCKS. Definitely don't remember this with Tricia.
-Dreams: I remember having really vivid dreams when I was pregnant the first time around and this time not so much. But that  may have been further along in my pregnancy so we will see if that is yet to come.


So regardless I really don't have much of a feeling either way. And I really will be happy either way but I do lean towards another girl because we have done that already. I did have 1 dream that it was a boy about a month ago but that was after we had been talking right before bed about it being a boy. I really just care about baby being healthy and me being healthy. The gender is just not as important this time around!

18 weeks

How far along: 18 weeks
How big is Baby: Size of a sweet potato
 Maternity Clothes: I was at the doc  this week and I was down 1 lb from the last time I was there but I think that  means I am gaining a little bit back though. My maternity jeans are the only thing I have started to wear so far. 
Sleep: Not doing too bad but I still have a hard time going back to sleep if I wake up in the middle of the night which I usually do.
Movement: I have felt the baby some and also I feel like this baby is down in my pelvis - I feel it down really low a lot of times
Food cravings: Not many actual craving but steak and potatoes. I had a week where it was pickles but thats all
Food aversions: Nothing really that I know of right now
Gender: Unknown but strong feeling it's a girl again
Symptoms: Acne, moodiness, tiredness
Nursery Progress: None whatsoever!
Best moment this week: Hearing the heartbeat Weds at the doc office.
What I am looking forward to: Gender ultrasound on Oct 1

Theres been a lot of other things going on in my life so I haven't been updating here as much but things are as good as they can be with the other things going on. Just trying to work on a lot of things in my life and hoping for the best. It's def not where I thought I would be at this point in my life but I just have to have faith that things will be ok. 

Tricia is doing really well though. She just makes me so happy and laugh all the time. She's very silly. Picking up a few more words now (or at least trying to). Her tantrums are something to be reckoned with but that's just normal for her age so we are dealing. 

New siding on our house end of this week or early next. Excited for that! Hopefully they can do it quickly and get it over with.