4 Weeks

Baby's Size: the baby is the size of a poppy seed.

Baby's Milestones: Baby has made its home in my uterus. Once firmly in place, the ball of cells start to divide-half will become baby and the other half will become the placenta.

My weight: 150 pounds

Symptoms:

Increased Appetite- This was the first symptom. Last Monday when we went out to dinner at Granville I ate an entire order of Mac and Cheese (I usually can only eat half) and sweet potato fries and didn’t even feel full. I even made a comment about how much I had eaten. On Thursday around 10am, I suddenly felt starving hungry. On Thursday night, after pigging my dinner, I made a comment to Nic that I still felt really hungry. He just suggested that I go to bed because I had already eaten a ton. Over the weekend I would feel so hungry, then eat a bunch of food, then feel bloated and full, then get the watery mouth /nauseous thing, then 15 minutes later feel starving hungry again.

Sore breasts

Watery mouth after meals. This is usually accompanied with nausea.

Thirsty-I have been so thirsty. Like I can never get enough water and even after I drink tons more than I normally do, I feel dehydrated.

Frequent urination (this has slowly become a more obvious symptom over the weekend and 5 minutes after I peed today I had to pee again).

Fatigue- this one is weird because I have been getting tired, especially at night, which means I have been going to bed earlier, but I haven’t actually been sleeping more and for the most part I have felt very energized. First of all, I think I am super excited so that is making me feel more energized and making it harder for me to sleep, but even yesterday, I tried to take a nap and couldn’t fall asleep. I did enjoy lying on the couch watching a movie though. I guess the verdict is still out on this one.

Cramps-I have been having slight cramping really low down in my abdomen. Nowhere near as strong ads period cramps and not as consistent.

Headaches-I have been getting mild headaches.

Emotions: I have been crying quite a bit the last week. I only had one moment where I felt moody, which is usually pretty common before my period and instead have been very sensitive. I teared-up pretty much every time I imagine telling me family the good news. I teared-up reading the grandma, grandpa, great-grandma, great-grandpa, aunt and uncle poems. I teared-up every time I thought about how incredible it is that God has blessed Nic and me with this baby.