I'm feeling kinda bummed out this morning.  You see - it's casual Friday at my job, which means we can wear jeans.  Now, normally this is a joyous day because I LOVE jeans!  I would wear jeans every single day if I could. 

The reason I'm bummed is this - I only have 2 pairs of larger sized pre-pregnancy jeans that still fit me...or so I thought!  This morning, I discovered that neither pair fits anymore.  The amazing thing is that they fit fine LAST WEEK, but they don't fit now.  How is that possible?  I tried on my one pair of maternity jeans.  They fit better in the waist now, but they're still too baggy in the belly area.  So, here I am on casual Friday - forced to wear regular work/dress pants.  It really stinks!  I don't think I've every missed out on an opportunity to wear jeans to work.

On the upside, I did a little shopping yesterday.  My mother-in-law gave me a gift card to Motherhood a while back, and I put it to good use yesterday.  I got 3 new pairs of work pants and 3 new shirts.  Of course I went over my gift card amount a little, but it was necessary, right?  So, I'm wearing a pair of my new pants today (instead of jeans).  At least they're really comfy!  Happy Friday!

Yaaaayyy!  I'm 17 weeks as of today.  Less than a week now until my next checkup and we find out the sex of the baby!  (I'm gonna stop saying "hopefully" and just speak it into existence.)

I've been feeling okay lately....just overwhelmingly tired.  Everything I've read says that I'm supposed to get an energy boost in the 2nd trimester, but it just hasn't happened yet.  Other than that, and the nightly discomfort of gas/heartburn, things are going pretty well.

I've been feeling more tiny little taps this morning at work.  I've noticed it's usually in the morning, around lunchtime, or late at night when I seem to feel something.  Still no major movements, but I figure they’re coming soon.  I'll keep ya posted!

I'm really not sure if I've felt the baby move yet or not.  Every once in a while, I feel a little tiny tap in my lower belly...sometimes low and off to the left and sometimes right below my belly button.  None of the taps have been hard enough or often enough for me to be sure that it's the baby, though.  I really want to feel a good swift kick so that I know for sure it's the baby.

To change subjects slightly...Does anyone else have this paranoia about whether their baby is okay or not?  I'll be 17 weeks tomorrow.  My last sonogram was at 10 weeks, we listened to the heartbeat at 14 weeks, and my next appointment is exactly one week away.  I haven't actually "seen" how the baby is doing in almost 2 months.  And because I can't feel any movement (for certain) yet, I just don't know what's going on in there.  It's driving me crazy.  My belly is getting bigger by the week, so I take that as a good sign, but still...Am I just losing it or is it normal to feel like this?

One week from tomorrow I go for my next checkup.  Hopefully, hopefully, hopefully we'll get to find out the sex of the baby.  I can't wait! 

I'll be 18 weeks then.  Several people have told me that doctors won't even try to "guess" the sex until at least 20 weeks.  But, after reading lots of blogs on this website, I know that's not true.  I read one last week that found out at 16 weeks.  So, (to use that word again) I'm hopeful!