18 Weeks

This week: The baby is about six inches long (the size of a large mango) and weighs a half a pound!  By now the baby's arms and legs are finally in proportion with the rest of the body.  The baby is still moving like crazy (still not feeling it yet-at least I don't realize it if I am).

Weight gain: +1, Total weight gain, +7.

How I'm feeling: I've been really tired this week!  I think all of our busy weekends are finally starting to catch up with me!  I'm ready for the time change just so I can get an extra hour of sleep!  The nurse called me this week to tell me that my iron levels were low in my 16 week blood test.  They have prescribed an iron pill that they want me to take for at least the next 3 months.  I'm hoping that once my iron is regulated I won't be so tired all of the time! 

Here is this week's picture:


Just for fun, here are the pictures from 10 weeks, 14 weeks, and 18 weeks.

I can't believe how much my belly has grown over the past 8 weeks!  I thought it looked big at 14 weeks, but it looks HUGE at 18 weeks!  At least I'm finally starting to move from the 'fat' stage to the 'pregnant' stage!