18 weeks

18 weeks finishes today.

I haven’t felt the kick yet.

They say the baby can hear me. It can hear the noises from the outside world. It can also sense some bright light.

Back pain is still there. It has made me very immobile (imo). I do go out, drive, and climb the stairs. But I should be more mobile than I am now. What if I was working? Pregnant women in general may be less efficient than they normally are, but I am absolutely not fit to work at all. I won’t be of any use to any employer. May be fit for coding or receptionist kind of jobs. But I have no experience or skills for such jobs.

Going to see my physio today.

Will get the result for triple test today. Since we have already had the Nuchal scan done, the result of which came out as low risk (1/2400), I am not too worried about the triple test result.

I have appointment for anomaly scan for tomorrow.  Hope it goes well too.

Next week or may be this weekend we will decide about going for gender scan.

16th week

16th week starts today.

Have gained 5 kilos.

Midwife says that since I was slim (not anymore), my bones were not used to carrying weight and hence they complain, hence the back pain. Prescribed to go for physio.

Gender of the baby should be detectable in ultrasound scan. As in certain counties in UK, which includes ours, the gender is not revealed to the parents, we have to go for a private scan if we want to know. We are not going for private scan at this time.

Not as active as I was before pregnancy, but certainly far better than how I was during the first trimester. I guess when they say second trimester is the period to enjoy, they say it in relative terms.

They say the child can hear from this week.

I am also warned that I might feel the kick in about couple of weeks or even earlier.

I am alarmed by my weight increase. Tempted to control a bit. But when the craving for food strikes, my wanting-to-control goes down the drain. Hope I will be able to regain my control after the delivery. I do not like being fat.