2nd Trimester: Weeks 13-21

Symptoms:
All of my 1st trimester symptoms began to gradually subside by this point. I still had off days but overall began to feel better the farther along I became.

Cravings:
My cravings were never really the same thing. I craved something different depending on the day. I will say I craved more food vs. sweets.

Baby's Sex:
During week 14 when I had my NT scan the tech told me we were having a girl! This was very exciting for my husband and I since we have two boys but even so we knew that 14 weeks was a bit early and we might hear something different at our 20 week scan. But at our 20 weeks scan it was confirmed that we indeed were having a girl!

Names:
We decided on Olivia! Such a beautiful classic name.

Sleep:
Once Andrew started sleeping through the night I had no problems sleeping at all. Every once in awhile I will wake up in the middle of the night but I usually fall back asleep after an hour or so.

Showing yet:
I started noticing my belly growing way earlier this time time around. Not sure if others really noticed though. I did take a picture of my belly around 14 weeks and I could definitely see a small bump.

Happy or Moody?
Once all my symptoms started to subside I began to feel like I could enjoy this pregnancy. I finally felt happy and excited, especially once finding out we were having a girl. This was new territory for me so I was looking forward to being able to buy girly things. Also so happy to experience a Fall/Winter pregnancy this time around. Such a special time of the year to be pregnant around the holidays.

Looking forward to:
Like I said above I'm looking forward to being able to buy cute girly things! I'm also so excited to meet Olivia and just see her beautiful face. I'm so curious as to whether she looks more like me or my husband or a combination of both of us.