Baby Floris: Week 16
Morning! It’s been so fun reading your guesses on whether Baby Floris is a boy or girl – the Instagram consensus seems to be boy while everyone on the blog so far said girl! I’ll be back this afternoon with the gender reveal after I share with my track kiddos at practice.
For now let’s dive into the week 16 update!
WHAT’S BABY FLORIS UP TO?
According to The Bump Baby Floris is the size of an avocado!
He/she is approximately 4.6 inches long and weights about 3.5 ounces.
The tiny bones in their ears are forming, so they can likely hear our voices.
He/she is growing hair, lashes and eyebrows. His/her taste buds are also forming.
WEIGHT GAINED
I didn’t weigh myself this week.
WORKOUTS
Workouts this week went pretty well. Some days it’s hard to get motivated but I was able to fit in 6 workouts this week – 4 running and 2 biking. You can read my full training summary here.
SYMPTOMS
THIRST! I drink water constantly and am still always thirsty! I have a little bit of hip and sciatica pain/discomfort that I’m planning to see a chiropractor about soon but other than that I’m enjoying the less symptomatic second trimester.
MOVEMENT
None yet, I’m getting anxious to feel my little one move!
FOOD AVERSIONS
Mostly spicy foods just because they make me feel icky after but other than that my aversions have died down a lot.
FOOD CRAVINGS
Breakfast burritos, Italian subs, pizza, bagels with cream cheese, and plain white rice with salt! Random!
SLEEP
Sleep was definitely better this week. I was more deliberate about going to bed early and have been able to wake up before 8:30. This is especially welcome since it’s heating up around here and an early wake up means I can run before the heat of the day! I’m waking up once or twice a night.
MATERNITY CLOTHES
I started shopping for some online but need to go to a store and find some pants and shorts. I put on some of my “normal” shorts over the weekend and they are definitely getting snug since my bump is so low. I’m guessing within a few weeks it will be all maternity pants from here on out.
STRETCH MARKS
Just the few white ones on my bum – I’ve been exfoliating and oiling the belly like crazy. 🙂
MISS ANYTHING?
Getting a good night’s sleep and not having to pee in the middle of the night.
BELLY BUTTON IN OR OUT?
Still in it’s weird innie-outie phase.
BABY ITEMS PURCHASED
Yes! As soon as we found out the gender I bought an adorable coming home outfit. Can’t wait to see Baby Floris wearing it!
GENDER SUSPICIONS
I’m going to skip this question since now we know what we’re having! 😀
FAVORITE MOMENT OF THE WEEK
Without a doubt my favorite moment this week was finding out the gender. I’m so glad that even though Henri is thousands of miles away we got to share the experience. Telling our families was also really fun because a lot of people were surprised! 🙂
LOOKING FORWARD TO
My appointment with my midwife this Friday. I love hearing our little one’s heartbeat and I’m meeting the third midwife in the practice so after this week I will have met all the possible women that could be delivering our baby!!