17 W 3 Days

This blog was supposed to be started a few weeks ago. First I thought of it as a good way to keep friends and family updated on the development of Peanut (how we have decided to call our baby until he/she is born or until we know if it is a boy or a girl - which if Peanut cooperates we should find out tomorrow). Then I decided to play it safe and wait until the so desired 12th week when risks for major problems drop dramatically; and then between the holidays, traveling to visit my family in Ecuador and getting back to work I couldn't make time until today to start Peanut's blog; almost halfway through his or her time inside my womb.
So far I have had a pretty good pregnancy. The first 3 months were slightly uncomfortable dealing with a sort of dry nausea through out the morning, but I was able to keep my lifestyle exercising and working normally in spite of the morning sickness. I tried everything I could get a hold of to get rid of the yucky feeling but honestly nothing really worked; you take crackers and a few crackers later you can't stomach another cracker for the rest of your life; and so happens with every recipe for success. I was very lucky however to get rid of the nausea by the end of the 12th week; but week 13th came up with some other issues.
At the beginning of the 13th week when you think your are off the hook and you can tell the world about your pregnancy; (which I did at week 7), I had some light spotting that freaked me out. Thanks God after 7 hours at the ER the Dr. told us that everything was OK with the baby and that this sort of unexplained spotting tends to happen on a lot of women; I was however diagnosed with a slightly low placenta but it doesn't seem to be a worry to the Dr. since most of the time it gravitates up when the uterus grows.
The next few weeks I have been taking it easy and I was recommended by the Dr. to stop exercising until my placenta moves up which I hope happens soon.
Tomorrow I start my 17th week and I am finally staring to show a bit; I haven't gained any weight yet but the Dr. doesn't seem too worried about it because Peanut is at the right size, weight and measurements. Tomorrow we also have the 17th week detailed ultrasound where they are going to take a lot of measurements on Peanut to make sure everything is OK; tomorrow we should also find out his/hers gender if he/she wants to show us. I will keep all updated on the progress and the gender identity of our little one; we are pretty excited and can't wait to start feeling little Peanut kicking and moving around.