14 Weeks

• How far along? 14 weeks – baby is the size of a lemon.
• Total weight gain:  7 lbs… and 2 bra sizes 
• Maternity clothes?   Yep!
• Stretch marks?  No
• Sleep: Seem to be needing less sleep and feeling more energetic in the morning.
• Best moment this week:  This week has been totally uneventful
• Miss Anything?  Wine!
• Movement:  No, but hoping for flutters soon!
• Food cravings:  Sushi craving OVER. I’m in craving limbo. I usually eat my cravings until I throw them up, then move on to the next. Lovely.
• Food aversions:  Pizza, sadly.
• Gender: 4 weeks to go! Or… maybe 2 if I get REAL antsy.
• Labor Signs:  N/A
• Symptoms:  Still puking (really???), still a little backed up (but getting better), super energy spurts daily, heartburn daily, random bouts of extreme fatigue.
• Belly Button in or out? In but I have a feeling it’s going out this pregnancy : /
• Wedding rings on or off?  On
• Looking forward to:  Right now I’m more excited to do Luke’s new room than the nursery, I can’t wait to see his excitement (pleeeease let him be excited).
• Milestone: Not puking some days

This week’s theme is: More good days than bad days. I’ve had a few crappy days this week, one of them I barfed at LEAST 10 times (I lost count after a while). Then suddenly it all gets better and I’m a completely normal person. It’s a tease! I’m guessing the morning sickness is trying to hit the road, but for some reason keeps coming back for one last punch in the gut. I’m just thankful for the good days, which are a far cry from a month ago.

I’m starting to make lists and plans and get ideas again. This is typically the norm for me – I LOVE to stay busy and find things to do – so the fact that this is coming back is a sure sign that I’m on the up and up. I’m also starting to look pregnant instead of frumpy and unkempt, so that’s been a big confidence booster.

13 Weeks

Second Trimester!

…And I finally took belly pics!

And just for fun, here’s me pre-pregnancy… running the Baltimore Marathon…

• How far along? 13 weeks – baby is the size of a shrimp (7cm to be exact)
• Total weight gain:  +6
• Maternity clothes?   Maternity leggings. Stretchy things.
• Stretch marks?  No
• Sleep:  I love sleeping right now. I don’t love getting up 5 times a night to pee.
• Best moment this week:  Ultrasound! And getting a HINT of the gender :o
• Miss Anything?  Being the most productive person ever. That is no longer me.
• Movement:  No but I can’t wait. I hope to start feeling something verrrrry soon.
• Food cravings:  Sushi. Weird. I never eat sushi. Twice this week: Avocado, Cucumber and Cream Cheese Roll – best thing ever.
• Food aversions:  Garlic. Gross.
• Gender: 5 weeks and counting!
• Labor Signs:  N/A
• Symptoms:  Ugh. Puking again. Less energy spurts than last week. Less appetite than last week. More food aversions. And I’m pretty sure people think I’m getting fat. OH – and heartburn.  So much heartburn.
• Belly Button in or out? In
• Wedding rings on or off?  On
• Looking forward to:  Starting the nursery, and moving Luke’s room to the “big” room – if I ever get the energy.
• Milestone: NT scan – everything looks great!

This week’s theme is: I will never stop barfing. Actually, I’m much more functional than usual, but still hugging the bowl on a daily basis. I have even been showering EVERY DAY and even making grocery lists. And sometimes even buying the groceries on the list! I am finding myself incredibly tired – I took a nap yesterday, and mark my words, I am not a napper. But… it was glorious.

Got the NT scan yesterday and things look great.  HR 163, 7cm long, measuring one day ahead. It seriously took 25 minutes because the baby was so uncooperative with giving us a profile shot, but we got it done (granted, we completely pissed the baby off with all the poking around.)  Luckily, the little bugger gave us a clear between-the-legs shot, and I forced the tech to look verrrrry closely and tell me what she sees…

Of course she said it’s totally unreliable at 13 weeks – BUT she said wouldn’t be surprised if it turns out to be a little bitty GIRL. Could it be true??? Are there headbands and tutus and pink in my future?!?! THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME!

12 Weeks

• How far along? 12 weeks – baby is the size of a lemon
• Total weight gain:  +6
• Maternity clothes?   Yes! Maternity leggings – they rock
• Stretch marks?  No
• Sleep:  Having a harder time falling asleep, and waking earlier in the morning – signs that 2^nd tri is imminent. Still getting up several times a night to pee.
• Best moment this week:  The past THREE DAYS of not puking. Wooooot!
• Miss Anything?  Wine – could really use a glass of shiraz.
• Movement:  No – hoping in the next couple weeks – can’t wait!
• Food cravings:  Nothing in particular, although I’m partial to sweets as always.
• Food aversions:  Still hating on garlic and greasy stuff. I have to be in the right mood to eat something; otherwise I’m having significantly less aversions.
• Gender: 6 weeks to go! Eeeeek!
• Labor Signs:  N/A
• Symptoms:  Nausea the first half of the week – now it seems to be conspicuously absent. Energy spurts especially in the morning. Moderate appetite. Some food aversions. Rounding belly!  Heartburn the WHOLE second half of the day now.
• Belly Button in or out? In
• Wedding rings on or off?  On
• Looking forward to:  Ultrasound on Valentine’s Day!
• Milestone: AGAIN: NO PUKING FOR THREE DAYS. BEST THING EVER!

This week’s theme is: In like a lion, out like a non-puking lion. After my post last week, I got SUPER sick for the whole weekend, couldn’t keep down a meal – it was miserable. I was starting to think I would be sick the whole pregnancy. Then, Tuesday came around and magically I stopped barfing, and haven’t gotten sick in several days now. Weird! I hope it never comes back.

On Tuesday, Valentine’s Day, we have the NT scan, so I get another peek at my tiny bundle. Last time around the scan was on St. Patrick’s Day and Luke was in there having a par-tay. We’ll see what this little lemon is up to shortly – can’t wait!

Feb 1: 65 degrees

I should mention for history’s sake that this winter has been incredibly mild.  Maryland isn’t exactly frozen tundra, but we usually rake in at least a couple decent snowstorms and hubby gets off from school a few days here and there.  Instead, we have been trapped in sort of a grayish coldish purgatory that is usually reserved for sometime around mid March.  I’m Florida-born and couldn’t care less if it snows or not, but I think for Luke’s sake it should hurry up and happen already.

Anyway – it was 65 at 11 am yesterday.  I think we got pretty close to 70 in my backyard, which is juuuuuuust fine with me.  I let Luke ride his bike around, then we set up camp in the mini-park across the street with some granola bars and juice.  It was standard boy-outside fare:  he found sticks, he played with sticks, he found rocks, he threw rocks.  I’ll take a few more of these pleasant days, please!

PS:  He loooooves that helmet and would totally wear it all the time if I let him.

11 Weeks

• How far along? 11 weeks – baby is the size of a fig (I have no idea how big a fig is)
• Total weight gain:  +5
• Maternity clothes?   Not yet
• Stretch marks?  No
• Sleep:  Sleep is becoming more restful, I’m waking less, but still up at least 5 times a night.
• Best moment this week:  Eh. This wasn’t a great week.
• Miss Anything?  I’m just really missing cooking and eating real (and healthy) meals.
• Movement:  Not yet
• Food cravings:  Nothing really
• Food aversions:  Too many to list
• Gender: 7 weeks to go!
• Labor Signs:  N/A
• Symptoms:  Nausea and heartburn from about 1pm to bedtime. Vomiting 1-3 times a day. Fatigued very early in the evening (or afternoon). Low appetite. Food aversions. Bloated & backed up in the bowel department.
• Belly Button in or out? In
• Wedding rings on or off?  On
• Looking forward to:  I feel like 2^nd tri is sooooo close… at this point I’m just kind of in grin-and-bear-it mode until I get there.
• Milestone: I WENT AN ENTIRE DAY WITHOUT THROWING UP! Yesterday, 2/1 – no vom. Swearsies. (I’d been throwing up daily since 12/27)

This week’s theme is: THE STOMACH FLU IS WORSE THAN MORNING SICKNESS. (Yeah, I know there is technically no such thing as influenza in the stomach, but we all call it this, no?) So here’s what happened. Luke got it first – two days later, Pete and I were attacked and ravaged by this thing for about 10 hours straight (at the same time, so Luke has been adequately scarred by the whole experience, especially since Pete is apparently the loudest vomiter EVER). It got a little scary at one point and if it went much longer I probably would have gone to urgent care or the ER. But, it stopped as quickly as it started and recovery was super fast.

The lesson here is that morning sickness sucks, but the stomach flu sucks A LOT MORE. So I guess that is nature’s way of telling me to cool it with the complaining about morning sickness.

I’m reallllllly loving my morning energy and I’m getting lots done – even almost totally caught up on laundry! Luke gets to go to all his morning activities again, and our house is more or less back to normal during the first part of the day. I’m hoping and praying that afternoons are to follow!