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dear baby,

ready for photos?

17 weeks and still cooking. haven't had morning sickness in about a week -- thank you very much -- but i can expect some craaaazy heartburn and indigestion about an hour after i eat anything. no more bloody noses either, which i appreciate. supposedly the second trimester of pregnancy is when you have more energy, but i still feel exhausted and ready for a nap ALL. THE. TIME. i haven't felt you move yet, but any time i'm laying still i concentrate on the feelings in my belly and hope that i'll feel little flutteries soon. nonetheless, i know you're still growing and developing because i get some awful ligament pains in the bottom of my belly at the end of the day, and that wouldn't happen unless you were getting bigger. 23 more weeks (give or take!) until i get to meet you. xo.

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dear baby,

i figured it's time i post tummy pictures, since my mid-section seems to be increasing in size...

15 weeks along.
25 more to go!

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dear baby,

tomorrow i'll be 15 weeks. we heard your heartbeat a couple days ago, a healthy 160 bpm.

had to make a trip to the emergency room to get hydrated via IV. the summer heat has been so intense, and combined with the nausea you cause me, i got caught in a horrid cycle of dehydration and vomiting and nausea. the IV's made all the difference, as did a prescription of anti-nausea medication, and now i'm feeling much better.

next month, we learn if you're a boy or a girl, though a bpm of 160 supposedly indicates that we should start purchasing things in pink. we'll see!