How far along: 16 weeks 6 days (I’m 17 weeks pregnant tomorrow) How much do I weigh: 49,8 kg (+ 1,0 kg) Belly size: It’s growing, that’s for sure. My co-workers notice now (and the men are scared to ask if I’m pregnant, because maybe I just gained weight) Baby Bump Week 17 – 16w6d Belly button in or out: In Sleep: Been good this week Food (non) cravings: Eating quite much for dinner (Pizza, Döner) which shows in my weight gain some mornings. Symptoms: Just the usual stings and cramps in my belly, I guess that’s the uterus growing? Maternity clothes: Sometimes (mostly) I wear the pants, they are so much more comfortable! Stretch marks: Nope Miss anything: This week the boyfriend and I were eating Pizza and he had a cold bottle of beer on the table and I was thirsty. I would have liked to take a sip, so I guess I missed beer this week 🙂 Looking forward to: I’m really looking forward to organizing and re-decorating our apartment. It’s tiny and I need to buy some storage boxes and get things cleaned up here. I started already by emptying out the Expedit, I don’t want that in the dining room anymore. Best happenings this week: I finally made appointments for looking at hospitals in November (we’re looking at three). I also know when the next prenatal classes start (January) and I looked for midwives in this area.
On Saturday afternoon I visited my friend’s newborn girl, she’s so cute and tiny! Adorable, can’t wait for my own 🙂 Movement: Nope Gender: Still thinking it’s a boy Happy or moody most of the time: Happy, especially now that I’m healthy again. Sports: Nope, None, Nada 🙁
Today we’re cooking Thai. A wok, a lot of veggies, sweet potatoes and, of course, coconut milk.
We have three different coconut milks in our kitchen, two from wholefood shops (which we bought) and one from a discounter (which my mom-in-law bought).
I wanted to check the “best before” date and decide which milk to use and decided to read the ingredients (Zutaten) list instead.
Quite frankly, I was shocked!
The wholefood milks contain coconut and water. Exactly what you expect. (Bio Kokosmilch)
The discounter milk contains coconut extract and a bunch of ingredients I can’t even pronounce.
Next time I’m at a “regular” store (Rewe, Edeka) I’ll check out their Cocosmilk and see what kind of ingredients that contains.
Organic foods might not make you live longer but at least you know that you’re not eating so much chemical crap when buying wholefoods.
How far along: 15 weeks 4 days How much do I weigh: 49,9 kg Belly size: For me, my belly is huge! But now, looking at this photo – not so much. Damn… Baby Bump Week 16 – 15w4d Belly button in or out: In Sleep: I wake up once or twice a night, not necessarily needing to go to the toilet though. Food (non) cravings: The usual Symptoms: I was sick with a cold this week. No pregnancy symptoms, only cold symptoms. Maternity clothes: Seeing I stayed at home from work all week I had on sweat pants every day. Feels so good 🙂 Stretch marks: Nope Miss anything: Being healthy! I ha** being sick! Looking forward to: Going shopping for maternity clothes, which Mom and I did on Saturday. I got some boot cut jeans, some black pants and a few tops. Some maternity tops are so huge though, and ugly, you wonder who designs those clothes. I also got a pair of black boots which I’ve been looking for a longer time now. Then we had Thai lunch 🙂 Best happenings this week: Not waking up thinking “I want to rip my head off” – good feeling. Movement: Nope Gender: I still think the babe will be a boy. Happy or moody most of the time: This week? Not a good question. I had way too much time to think about the future and way too much time to read baby magazines (about the birth!!) so I had the regular panic attacks and drove my fellow human beings crazy. My boyfriend asked me “What is wrong with me???” which made me laugh and answer “Duh – I’m pregnant?? Hormones etc.?? Welcome to Reality” 🙂 I guess men just don’t get pregnancy vibes as much 😉 Sports: None – for months it seems 🙁 Isn’t it huge? Don’t mind the stripes on the belly – I just got up!
How far along: 14 weeks 6 days How much do I weigh: I didn’t weigh myself. We were on vacation over a week and ate waaay too much 🙂 Belly size: Big! Food big or baby big – we will never know… I don’t have a photo from my 15th week seeing I was on vacation so I’ll just post this one from my 14th week 14th week – mom & dad Belly button in or out: In Sleep: Not so good. Food (non) cravings: The usual, plus this week I ate way too much sugared foods so as of this week (the start of my 16th week) I’ll have to watch it again. Symptoms: Lower back pain, but I think that came from walking through cities all day long. Maternity clothes: Yes please! My mom and I are going shopping soon, now it’s really getting time. It’s still all ok in the morning, but as soon as I eat there’s just too much in my belly. Stretch marks: I hope not. Miss anything: Eating less and eating healthy Looking forward to: Sleep! Best happenings this week: So much! Read about it on the blog post about our vacation. Movement: None yet Gender: If I’m talking about the baby I call it “he” and “him” 🙂 Happy or moody most of the time: I’m moody right now but just because I’m having a sore throat and getting a running nose and I know I’m not allowed to take any medicine. Sports: Just sightseeing.
From September 19th to September 28th we visited the Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany, Bruges in Belgium and Amsterdam in The Netherlands. It was a lovely vacation and all three places are very worth seeing. Friends moved to the Netherlands so we combined all the city trips and ended our vacation with visiting our friends.
Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
We had a lovely B&B in a very small town where the Bubby and me plus my parents stayed. The B&B only had two apartments so we had the whole place for ourselves which was awesome! The hosts were Americans as well which made this vacation perfect.
We arrived on Friday and went out to eat and had typical Palatinate plates. Massive!
On Saturday we had our first “Meet the Parents” day, well, the parents met the parents. The Bubby and I have been going out for 4,5 years now and lived together for two years, yet our parents have never met. Now, with a baby on the way it was a great opportunity though we had that trip planned before I knew I was pregnant 🙂 So my Lover and my Dad went biking and my mom and me hiked up to a hut with his parents, his brother and wife plus their two boys. We all met at the hut and had again typical Palatinate plates for lunch, mainly potato sup with plum cake. We sat and chatted and in the afternoon we hiked down again and all met for dinner. I had “Saumagen”, which is a mixture of lean pork, sausage meat, potatoes, onions, marjoram, cloves and pepper, all covered. It tastes ok but it’s not my favorite.
On Sunday we had a lovely breakfast prepared by our hosts and all drove off at around 11am.
The weather was so great the whole weekend and we all enjoyed it lots.
Below are photos from our lovely B&B, the house was built in 1556. Rhineland-Palatinate – Our B&B Rhineland-Palatinate – Our B&B
Bruges, Belgium
Bruges is a nice little city in Belgium. We stayed in a B&B in the middle of the city and parked the car for free a bit outside, in Magdalenenstraat, so if you’re ever in Bruges by car, you can park there for free. We stayed in Bruges two nights, from Tuesday to Thursday, so we could walk through the city two whole days.
On Wednesday the weather wasn’t that great and there weren’t too many people outside. We walked around 17km and looked at different museums and the town. We stopped for lunch or hot chocolate and for dinner I had a big salad. The food is very expensive, the salad cost me around 16 EURO. On Tuesday night I had Spaghetti Bolognese for 11,50 EURO.
Our B&B in Bruges, Belgium Minnewaterpark, Bruges, Belgium The Belfort, Bruges, BelgiumBruges, Belgium Bruges, Belgium You could find empty streets a bit outside – Bruges, BelgiumYou could find empty streets a bit outside – Bruges, Belgium We had waffles Thursday noon in Bruges, BelgiumAnd French Fries with stew for Lunch on Wednesday – so good but so many!
All in all Bruges was a lovely city with many tourist groups, it’s very expensive, it’s got a lot of chocolate stores and if you don’t go to every museum in town you can see the city in one or two days.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
We only spent half a day in Amsterdam but I thought that was ok. Sure, there’s so much to see there but we went on a Friday and it was very very crowded there, bikes all over and a lot of people walking around too. We visited the city, at something (I finally found something healthy for under 10 EURO – the wok to walk and I got all veggy, so delish!
Later in the afternoon we visited a ship museum which cost 15 EURO but was worth every penny, very much and interesting things to see. In Amsterdam we parked the car a bit outside and drove into the city with the street train. That way we could see a lot of the city as well. I’d recommend two days though, esp. if you want to look at different museums or have a nice coffee somewhere. Maybe I’ll go back one day but for now I’m good 🙂
How far along: 14 weeks 4 days (I’m posting this in my almost 16th week) How much do I weigh: 49,5 kg Belly size: It’s getting bigger and bigger Baby Bump Week 14 – 13w4d Belly button in or out: In Sleep: The usual Food (non) cravings: The usual Symptoms: Well, my 14th week started with me fainting in the train. What a feeling.
I was standing (I don’t go into a train thinking, I might need to sit because I’m pregnant but from now on I’ll make sure I sit) between two seats and all of a sudden I started seeing A LOT of stars and I knew uh, oh, but I couldn’t sit because no seat was available. And also I’m (until now) not the type of person who says “move it, I need to sit”. So I put my head on my backpack (which I had on the front) and just hoped that I’ll be better seeing I knew I needed to get out of the train in about two minutes.
At my station I then put my backback on and didn’t come far, I just fainted right in the corridor and some mid-20-year old girls caught me and sat me right down and gave me sugared candy. I missed my train station of course and was very thankful for those girls, yet also a bit confused. I told them “that never happened to me before, I’m pregnant” and they said that’s what they assumed :).
I eventually got out of the train, still seeing a lot of stars, looked for a bench and just sat a few minutes before going to work. I worked about 4 hours and then got picked up by my boyfriend, bought something to eat and just relaxed and read on the couch. Maternity clothes: I’d like to wear my jeans I got from my friend but I feel it’s still to early. So – Belly Bands! Stretch marks: Nope Miss anything: Not fainting? Looking forward to: Our vacation in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands Best happenings this week: Seeing our baby again! Our Baby in the 14th week – 13w1d
We made the nuchal scan at 13 weeks, 3 days and everything was ok. We saw the nasal bone and the nuchal thickness was under 1,5 mm, the blood results were good as well. So we’re relieved and very happy. Movement: Nope, though it was quite active during the sonography. Gender: I’ve read it might be time to tell already and yup, the OB said she’s assuming a gender but we’ll know for sure in five long weeks Happy or moody most of the time: Happy Sports: Workout on Monday, September and October are quite busy months for me at work (plus I’m gone a lot) so I’m planning on going to the gym regularly again as of mid October. I really need to!
