2nd Trimester: Weeks 14-19

Week 14
By Week 14, we had told everyone about Baby Punkin. Everyone, but my employers. When we first shared the news with our parents around week 11, our plan was to tell our friends next, once we hit week 12. Then, our jobs. Tim easily told his coworkers and bosses in week 12.
Well, the day after we announced the news to our parents, there were some big changes at my job- my coworker and boss were no longer there. So I went from not being nervous at all to tell my boss - knowing that I could do a ton of work ahead of time and I had a coworker who could easily cover for me on my leave. I had a close relationship with my boss, and we had even in passing talked about it me having more kids some day, etc.
But that morning everything changed. I went from being a part of a 4-person marketing department to a sorta 2-person marketing department. But the other person left was new and didn't know any of the work I did so would not be ideal for covering me while I was out. And, part of the dismissal of my boss and coworker was a strong trust in me to handle the entire marketing department's workload. That's not necessarily the best time to say, "Ok, well that's fine for the next 5 months - but then I'm going on a 12-week maternity leave."
But I wasn't about to pull a Katherine Heigl in "Knocked Up" and try to keep it a secret as to not jeopardize my career advancement, but I also wanted to get some good face time and prove my capabilities to the CEO (who was now my direct boss)before dropping that bomb.
So around week 14 I was getting to the point where I was going to start wearing maternity clothes soon, so before anyone suspected anything, I wanted to come clean. Plus, it was making me so nervous that I just wanted to get it over with.
I first spoke to HR who was very receptive to it and just explained my leave benefits and some paperwork. Then, the next day I went in to tell the CEO. I was so nervous as he had expressed how much he was relying on me in light of the recent changes, I didn't want to stress him out either! But, he was also very receptive and congratulatory. He's a family man himself so understands it. He appreciated me telling him so early on which has given us months to prepare and plan for how to handle my lead. So, whew! But this was definitely one of the most stressful moments of this pregnancy!

16 Weeks
(Snippets from my journal - 9/28/11)
It was a secret for so long and now all of a sudden, now that everyone knows - I'm in the thick of things...Literally! I'm busting into maternity clothes now. My nausea has subsided, but the appetite remains big.

19 Weeks
(Snippets from my journal - 10/18/11)
I'm starting to feel pregnant and starting to show a bit too. I can still conceal it in certain shirts and to the general world it's not obvious. But when I wear a maternity shirt, I really do look pregnant, which is good because I'm really starting to gain weight! I'm up 8lbs from all the weight I lost in my 1st trimester. Yikes!
Baby Punkin has been moving around. I felt it slightly around week 16, not always certain it was Punkin. But by week 17, I felt the little pokes. I'm used to it now but it gave me the heebie jeebies at first just like with Silly Baby.