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How far along ? 16 weeks!  Total weight gain/loss ? No gain, no loss! Though I look like I've gained substantially lol the scale hasn't budged. Woot woot!  Maternity clothes ? Yes. Since 12 weeks lol. No need to be in uncomfortable tight clothes if you don't need to be ;)  Stretch marks ? Not yet though expect it to happen eventually.  Sleep ? Awful!! I'll fall asleep quickly for about 2 hours then I wake up and can't go back to sleep the rest of the night. It's rough!  Best moment this week ? Feeling the first kick! Best feeling :)  Miss Anything ? Well, we're going to TN in a few days and I must admit skipping out on the winery with my favorite local wine I'll miss but the pay off is worth it!  Movement ? Barely just starting but I'm definitely noticing it! Food cravings ? Root beer and spicy California rolls.. Mmmm. Anything making you queasy or sick ? Basically anything i ate during the first trimester when I was really sick

I've neglected this blog over the past few months, my apologies! I'll give a pregnancy update soon too but, today wanted to take a minute to share some exciting news!  At 12 weeks I had a newer blood test done called the harmony test. This is a maternal blood draw that picks up fetal DNA to test for Down syndrome, trisomy and as a bonus- can also pick up the baby's sex chromosome. It can be done as early as 10 weeks.  We waited until 12 weeks because we weren't sure if we were going to have it done or not. After making sure insurance would pay for it and if not, the company would give us a write off for it (it's a $2,000 test out of pocket and 9/10 insurance will NOT cover this test unless you are high risk. Which I'm not) we gathered that info and decided to give the test a go!  At my 13 week check up the doctor informed me the test results were in but came back as inconclusive. Which meant I just didn't have enough fetal DNA in my blood t