13 Weeks

I've officially turned a corner, I think. This week was a whole new adventure in pregnancy. I'm feeling good, but different.

For one thing, we officially have swelling.
Oh, yes. This was tonight at Dad's birthday celebration. My poor foot looked like a sausage in my little WalMart Croc knockoffs. When Scott poked it, there was serious tingling.

Also new this week was itching. Everywhere. Ashley says that means I'm stretching.

Another new experience was the feeling of being out. of. breath. after I did, well, anything at all. Completely and totally out of breath. I know some of this is normal, but we're hoping to combat any excess suffocation by adding some more exercise to my routine. We're taking frequent walks, since that's the only thing I'm cleared to do by my doctor.

My hunger has been completely different, too. Before I even feel hungry, I begin to hiccup. Once I hiccup, I know I have approximately 1 minute before I feel absolutely famished. The good news, since I'm hungry so often, is that appealing foods are much easier to come by. Scott is very glad for that.

One exciting development, which you can probably see in the above weekly side view, is that my baby and its belly habitat are growing very quickly. This is exciting because the day has finally come that I am officially "showing." I actually thought it would take longer than it has, but since I'm little I don't think there are too many more places for the little one to hide. An interesting effect of this change is that dressing in the morning is quite the chore. (Eating gets better, and dressing gets worse. I think that makes quite a bit of sense, now that I think about it.) I've acquired some hand-me-down maternity clothes, though, which will be coming in handy soon. I'm actually really excited!