Baby wheeler #2: weeks 14&15

14 Well ya'll it's been a crazy week or so, so I'm combining these two weeks. We're leaving for Venice on Wednesday, so we've been getting ready for that! I hope to write some travel blogs with pics for that trip next. 

How far along? 15 weeks 1 day 

How big is the baby? Naval orange 4.5 in 2-3oz

Total weight gain/loss? Only like 1 pound or so at home on my scale. Who really knows. I know I'm gaining some fat and less muscle these days :p

Maternity clothes? When I feel like it.

Sleep? I'm tired a lot. I sleep good at night. I hate waking up on my back though. It makes my back pain worse when this happens. Even before this pregnancy, laying flat on my back was terrible for me. I also love Gideon's nap times even more now, because I usually rest, read, or nap myself. 

Best moment this week?  I thought I felt movement at 14 weeks. Not sure, but it's always a cool feeling. 

Can we do worst moment? Finding out I can't do urology consult until after this pregnancy which is ridiculous. I'm frustrated again with the lack of care I've gotten for this crap, but trying hard to trust God through it all. 

Symptoms? I thought nausea was gone but I had a lot of sickness this week. Not sure if I ate something bad or what. But the best moment was when I grabbed my toddler, who was already upset and proceeding to bang his head on things (his new thing to get attention?), in my lap and then I had the horrible urge to puke, which led to puking all over my kitchen floor/partially my kid and further terrifying my already screaming toddler. Good times at the Wheeler house. Haha 

I also get frequent nosebleeds. And sinus headaches. Fun stuff. 

But all in all, if I didn't have these prior issues going into this, I would count all these symptoms as still feeling good and "normal." 

Food cravings? Still like my spicy stuff and my sweet stuff. Had some awesome Thai food twice last week. 

Food aversions? Not now  

Gender?  Really think it could be a girl, but I just want to know. I know it's common, but I just want to have my boy and girl. we then plan to adopt. (If you're interested to know why we were waiting because I'm a big advocate for adoption, the short story is we're specifically feeling led to China which the adoption age minimum is 30. I'm sure I'll share about that another time). I feel like I will feel more peace about not being able to have another biological child after this if its a girl, but then again, I'd love a little boy again, and I have the perfect name for him. So I know either way in whatever circumstance happens after, our family will be as God wants it to be. And I don't presume to know all the plans about our future, God reminds me all the time that there's no use in that, I'm just sharing my heart along the way. :)

Labor signs? Nope

Belly button in or out? In 

What I miss? All the usual things I've already said. 

What I'm looking forward to? Finding out the gender in December!

Milestones? 2nd trimester and counting.

Bump? Yep it's there. Here's a pic for  weeks 14 & 15

14 weeks

15 weeks. I think my belly is far more exaggerated here because well, that's what you get for taking a pic after a big lunch.