12 Weeks

So what’s new this week?  Nothing much.  I announced to two of my friends who are also expecting (one due in 21 days and the other due in November).  It’s been weird keeping this secret.  I also announced to my coworkers today that I was expecting.  Again nice to have that out.  I felt like I couldn’t wear ‘maternity-like’ clothes without people knowing.  Now I’m free to let my bump out.  Not that I really have a bump… let my blob out!  There we go.

This week has been good though.  I’ve felt great, mood wise.  I’m relieved that the ‘happiness’ is back with this pregnancy (i.e…not being on my medication and being ‘okay’).  But really, my mood has been great, temper and patience awesome! 
 
I’ve been drinking an s-ton of water.  It gets boring sometimes.  I had those Crystal Light packets but ran out.  I should probably pick more up.  I don’t really like the Mio stuff though.  It’s either not enough in there or too much.

 I had my doctor’s appointment last Tuesday.  Everything went really well.  Weight gain is good and we got to hear the heart beat!!  160 bpm.  She has some difficulty finding it a first but probably just because CJ is so small!

 

How far along? 12 Weeks almost to the 2^nd trimester…

 
Sleep? Tossing and turning a bit more.  Not really sure if I’m uncomfortable, hot, etc.    

 
Maternity Clothes? Yes and no.  For pants/shorts, I feel most comfortable in maternity wear.  I would have to unbutton my pants to sit down before and it was awkward buttoning them back up to walk around…

 
Stretch Marks? No new ones.

 
Best Moment this week? Telling some good friends the news and buying some new clothes!


Miss Anything? Meh...not really.  I’ve never liked sushi, fish, deli meat, etc.  Alcohol is the only thing I kind of miss and even then it’s not a big deal.

 
Movement?  Maybe…I can’t tell but there are little things here and there that make me wonder.
 

Size of the Baby? A lime.  2 Inches.  Can’t believe it’s already that big.

 
Food Cravings? Cheese coneys!!!  Gold Star or Skyline!
 

Food Aversions? Not really.
 

Morning Sickness? No, random short-lived nausea.

 
Gender? Unknown. But we will find out!  We’re looking at October.
 

Bed Rest? Nope

 
Limitations? Nope

 
Labor Signs? Nope
 

Weight Gain? About 4-5 lbs-ish.

 
Pregnancy Symptoms? Tired but not exhausted, feel a pressure in my uterine-area, I don’t know….


Belly Button In or Out? In
 

Wedding Rings On or Off? On

 
Mood? Very good!
 

Looking Forward To?  Having a long weekend.  Not sure what I’m going to do but I’m sure it’ll be fun!

 

11 Weeks

So I think I’ll make this another post but I was thinking just yesterday that as much as it sucks to be overweight, being overweight and pregnant has its advantages if you embrace themJ.  Again, I’ll write another entry for that. 

I have felt great this last week!  Seriously I haven’t even felt pregnant. Don’t get me wrong, I have worried a few times that I wasn’t and wanted to run out for another pregnancy test.  I may (or may not hee hee) have Googled some things that I won’t even write here because they’re sad to think about.  Always good to get medical advice from the internet.  Hahaha, as much as people give it shit, you can at least find some good guidance.  But yeah, no nausea (until today), I haven’t been any more tired than a ‘normal’ person (which prompts me to pose the question, ‘What is normal?’).  I don’t have a bump yet (remember, I’m fat!) and can’t feel movement so there was no reassurance from those to areas.  I don’t really even have cravings.  I haven’t been overly hungry and nothing has really sounded that good. 


The only thing that had kept me patient was knowing that I had a doctor’s appointment coming up Tuesday.  So yeah, I started feeling some nausea again Monday morning and this was only enhanced by a coworker eating eggs at her desk.  It made me wish I didn’t have food in my stomach.  But I persevered. 

 

I felt kind of weird complaining of not having symptoms when so many women are bound to the toilet all day but yeah, you just never know….

 

How far along? 11 Weeks

 

Sleep? Good. I get up to pee once a night but no troubles falling back asleep.  Sometimes I don’t get up in the middle of the night. 

 

Maternity Clothes? No but I’m thinking in the next couple of weeks this will become a thing…

 

Stretch Marks? No new ones.

 

Best Moment this week? Getting a very large account at work, having a relaxing weekend at home with my family, and finding a girl’s name that both The Bage and I really like.

 

Miss Anything? Maybe alcohol a little bit.  Specifically Rodenbach (a Flemmish sour stout).  I did have a few sips the other day.  So flipping good!

 

Movement? Don’t think so. Those gas bubbles like to move though.

 

Size of the Baby? A fig.  I like Fig Newtowns but that’s about as far as it goes.

 

Food Cravings? No, and it’s frustrating because nothing really ever sounds good…

 

Food Aversions? Not really.

 

Morning Sickness? No, random short-lived nausea.

Gender? Unknown. But we will find out!

 

Bed Rest? Nope

 

Limitations? Nope

 

Labor Signs? Nope

 

Weight Gain? About 4-5 lbs-ish.  I think it’s gone down a little this last week.  Not sure how or why.  I think I eat more when I’m tired and since I haven’t been as tired… well I haven’t eaten as much.  I’ve also been going to classes and working out.

 

Pregnancy Symptoms? Tired but not exhausted, feel a pressure in my uterine-area,, I don’t know….

 

Belly Button In or Out? In

 

Wedding Rings On or Off? On

 

Mood? Very good!

 

Looking Forward To?  My doctor’s appointment Tuesday afternoon.  Doing some blood work and possibly an ultrasound!  I’m posting this before I go to that since I’m taking a half day.  I might try and update Wednesday if anything ground breaking arises.

 

10 Weeks

I like this number 10 so far.  It’s nice and even, it’s technically 25% of the way done if you want to think about it that way!  It’s funny how when you look at things in months vs weeks, the feeling about it varies.  For example:  I’m 10 weeks.  I can have my ultrasound and find out the gender of ol’ CJ here at 20 weeks.  I’m ½ way there!!!  Or we look at it this way, I’m “only” 2.5 months along.  That doesn’t seem very far.  I don’t know, maybe you have to have been pregnant or be currently pregnant to understand.  Or maybe no one understands!!!

 

I feel this time around emotions have been running high and all over the place.  The tough part for me, and this even happened before becoming pregnant was that dealing with depression, I’ve found it difficult to determine what reactions are a result of the depression so to speak and what is a result of hormones.  I can tell you one thing; I’m very thankful that either way, my husband tries to understand and doesn’t get upset with me about it.  We’ve gotten to the point I think that he knows he doesn’t understand and I’ve explained the best I could.  I think he knows I don’t do malicious or destructive things intentionally.  Anyway, anyway, back to what I was talking about …. I think it’s just hard dealing with all of this.  On top of it all, I’m in a more stressful job now than what I was in 2.5 years ago and I now have a 2 year old (who LOVES the word, ‘NO’ and doing everything the opposite of what mommy asks…) to keep me busy *cough* insane *cough*.  This should be interesting and I just need to keep thinking positive thoughts.  I know my medication is there if I absolutely need it but I want to do whatever I can not to take it.  Random tangent there…

 

Now for the interesting stuff…

 
How far along? 10 Weeks
 

Sleep? Good.  I get up to pee once a night but no troubles falling back asleep.  I’m talented like that J 

Maternity Clothes?  Only at home where everyone knows.  I can button my regular jeans but they’re definitely snug and uncomfortable.  I’m not ready to change my entire wardrobe yet and announce to the whole world that what looks like a blob of fat (IS A BLOB OF FAT) but is covering an itsy bitsy baby bump.  Because when that happens, everyone will want to look at my baby bump but all they will see is my fat blob.  Awwww L

Stretch Marks? No new ones.

 Best Moment this week? Not being really really ridiculously tired (I’m always really really ridiculously good looking so get over it!)

Miss Anything? Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, No. (Another movie reference for you.  If you get it without help, we should be best friends)

Movement? Don’t think so.  Those gas bubbles like to move though.

 Size of the Baby? A kumquat.  What the fuck is a kumquat? 

 Food Cravings? This last week it was pizza, wings, Indian food.  All cravings taken care of.  Check!

 Food Aversions? Not really.

Morning Sickness? No, random short-lived nausea.

 Gender? Unknown. But we will find out!

 Bed Rest? Nope

Limitations? Nope

 Labor Signs? Nope

Weight Gain? About 4-5 lbs.  Probably more than that…hopefully not L.  I’m depressed about this.  I’ve been feeling really picky about food and I’m not exercising to the level I need to be to counter the food I’ve been eating.  I’m nervous to go to the doctor and see the numbers.   I just need to watch what I’m eating….

Pregnancy Symptoms? Tired but not exhausted, feel a pressure in my uterine-area,, I don’t know….

 Belly Button In or Out? In

Wedding Rings On or Off? On

 Mood? All over the place but overall good.

Looking Forward To?  Wild About Wine tomorrow night!  My zoo has a fund raising event where they have vendors donate wine and food.  I’ll have a few sips here and there but at this point I’m just going for the food! 

Also looking forward to my first "official' appointment next Tuesday.  They will be taking some blood and checking sh*t out!

 

9 Weeks!

Another week down.  I can definitely tell the initial shock of the whole thing has worn off.  Although, I think I’m still in a little disbelief that it’s actually happening.  I mean, we talked about when Crinks has a brother or sister and this and that but to think it’s going to be a reality in 8 months!   Crazy!  I’m still tired but don’t feel like I’ve been as tired as the last couple weeks.  I’ve been pretty good about taking naps though.  Wait, that would probably take care of it huh? Hahaha. 

I’ve been struggling a little lately with the slight weight gain I’ve already experienced.  I’m already overweight.  During my first pregnancy, I was told I should only gain between 0 and 11 pounds because I started off overweight.  On the one hand, I started about 25 lbs less than I was when I was pregnant with Crinks.  But I think having seen the number on the scale go down over the last two years and feeling that accomplishment, it is a little touch this time around knowing it’s all going to go up again. 

On the bright side, I’ve been going to some group fitness classes (Zumba, tabatas, etc).  Hopefully it’ll be enough to keep me in a healthy weight gain range.  Now I just need to work on the food part, not eating everything…

How far along? 9 Weeks

Sleep? Some nights I sleep well and through the night.  I think if I’ve been drinking close to bed I’m 99% more likely to have to get up in the middle of the night.  But I fall right back asleep.

Maternity Clothes? Nope.

Stretch Marks? No new ones.

Best Moment this week? Having Crink’s 2^nd birthday party and seeing all of our friends and family!

Miss Anything? No, life has been mostly normal.

Movement? Nope, not yet but I’m really looking forward to it.

Size of the Baby? A Grape. 

Food Cravings? Not anything in particular.  Comfort food, soup has been yummy.

Food Aversions? Nothing that didn’t already gross me out.

Morning Sickness? Very light nausea. Could pass for hunger. Maybe it is?

Gender? Unknown. But we will find out!

Bed Rest? Nope

Limitations? Nope

Labor Signs? Nope

Weight Gain? About 4-5 lbs L 

Pregnancy Symptoms? Light nausea, exhausted!

Belly Button In or Out? In

Wedding Rings On or Off? On

Mood? All over the place but overall good.

Looking Forward To? Having absolutely nothing on the schedule….