17 weeks- sweaty mama

This week: baby's skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to bone, and the umbilical cord — the lifeline to the placenta — is growing stronger and thicker. Baby 5 ounces now (about as much as a turnip), and is around 5 inches long from head to bottom. He can move his joints, and his sweat glands are starting to develop.

As for me, my sweat glands are slightly over-developed..lol.  I jest.  I have just been having horrible upper back pain, and the other night I had a headache and back/neck ache so badly I thought I had meningitis or something.  I woke up in a pure anxiety attack and thought I was going to have to have M take me to the hospital.  I have never been in so much pain and been so scared in my life.  It subsided and I went to sleep (after much calming from M), thank goodness.  The back pain still comes and goes, and I think mostly it is stress and my enlarged chest.  I felt him move more this week, more of the same rollercoaster feelings that come and go throughout the day.  I also heard his heartbeat last Saturday and will hopefully hear it again this Thursday at my gyno appointment. I plan on asking more about my test results from last time and hopefully everything comes back as it should.

This spring will be so busy, between Anna & Vera getting married and my baby shower....Anna's shower is Mar 31, Vera's shower is sometime in April and my mom decided in April 28 for our side's shower, and M's mom is throwing me one in May for her side.  Busy busy but very exciting! Over the holiday weekend M finished the nursery floors and I got a huge start on my baby registry.  Next big things to do are day care and pediatrician research!  We are moving right along, preparing for my little prince's arrival.  I love him so much already and I can't wait to get to know him better....