Happy Mother to be & Happy Mother's Day!

I have waited a very long time to be a Mother to be. This day is difficult if you are experiencing infertility. I think I would try to ignore it in the past like I would ignore babies I saw out & about. Now I feel like I look at babies a little more but still look the other way. I guess you can say I am scarred from my experience but the wounds are slowly healing.

Today is 16 weeks! Last week I think I felt the babies. I felt like 4 thumps close together. Something I had never felt before. I was hoping to feel them more often but I haven't since then.
I still don't really feel pregnant. Yes I have a little bump, itchy skin, yeap my bbs have changed, randomly emotional....I guess it still hasn't all sunk in. I think once I start to feel them more regularly it will seem more real.
Has anyone felt like this?

So here is my weekly update of what is going on in there from 3D pregnancy:


Funny how everyone who's never been pregnant assumes all the changes you're going through are just located in your uterus. Nobody mentions the stuffy nose, the itchy skin, the sciatica, the outbursts of emotion (SO TRUE!). But just remember that all the funky things your body is doing are leading up to the big payoff of snuggling up with that little muffin in just a few months. Wondering what's up with your body, your baby and your life this week?


Your heightened sense of smell isn't the only new trick your nose is doing. You're probably noticing some extra nasal congestion and maybe even some nosebleeds to go along with it. Clearly your sense of smell is in overdrive, so try to avoid walking past the BBQ Pit or Curry Emporium.


Your baby is already mugging for the camera as she practices all sorts of facial expressions, such as squinting, yawning and grimacing, which will come in handy when you introduce her to pureed spinach. Check out what else is happening in utero:You're just getting comfortable with being a new mom, but you're actually on the road to being a grandma. If your baby is a girl, her uterus is fully developed and the ovaries already hold primitive egg cells. Did that just make you feel a thousand years old, or what? Your baby's skin is still translucent and wrinkly, not unlike an old man's, but more fat will soon accumulate under the dermas to plump her out. If you could peer inside right now, you'd be able to see all of her veins under her skin. And speaking of veins, your baby's heart now pumps about 25 quarts of blood per day, and she hasn't even seen Orlando Bloom yet! Also, her eyes are now locked and loaded at their final destination, facing forward rather than to the sides. (Whew!)


Your baby weighs about 3 ounces this week and measures between 4 and 5 inches, about the length of your mascara.