I’ve been using the Pre-natal education system and the baby seems to be responding to that great. I usually get lots of fluttering and movement which makes me happy. I keep thinking that maybe as early as in the womb I can put this baby on a “stay awake during the day / sleep at night” schedule since they’re typically nocturnal when they’re born. Probably so not true, but it’s worth a shot haha! The system is supposed to make them more lucid and relaxed yet more awake and aware after delivery. It’s also supposed to make them a calmer baby, one that sleeps better and is more relaxed. It also is supposed to give them educational benefits later in life. But, as mentioned, it’s “supposed” to do these things, so we’ll see.
Last night I was lying on my side watching TV and rubbing the left side of my stomach. All of a sudden I could actually feel fluttering against my fingertips (instead of just internal). So I decided to just poke the area and see what would happen. Within seconds I suddenly felt it kick me or hit me back, right against my hand. It startled me because I wasn’t expecting a response and I got one! It’s one of the most exciting things that’s happened so far!
I’ve also noticed that I can tell where the baby is sitting. So if I’m lying or sitting in one position for a long period of time and stand up, I feel (internally, not externally) like there’s a hardness on the left or right side of my tummy. When I start walking it seems to go away. I think it settles in somewhere when I’m at rest and then shifts when I get up again. Again, I could totally be imaging things, but I’ve never in my life felt it before. I was also a little achy when I woke up this morning. The best way to describe it is that my uterus hurt. I guess that can be attributed to all of the stretching and growing and it went away after I got in the shower and woke up a little. But it didn’t feel too good!
I’m definitely going to gain more weight this month! This past week I haven’t done so bad, but this has been my worst month for eating things I probably shouldn’t. Had a huge steak dinner with all sorts of stuff last Friday night. Today I’m giving into my Togos craving and getting an egg salad sandwich. I guess it could be worse, I could crave something fried and horrible for me every single day. But I’m really trying to only gain within my guidelines so I don’t have as much to lose after. Plus so far I’m just carrying it all in my front, so I’d like to keep it that way as long as possible!
With the weather heating up to 97 degrees on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, I definitely got a taste for what it will be like to be pregnant during those hot summer months. It wasn’t good, haha, especially when trying to sleep at night. We went and bought two new floor fans, so we’ve been running the A/C, two floor fans, a small desktop fan, and a ceiling fan during the night. I’m starting to feel the weight on my stomach pull on my back now when I lay on my side. So I try and slide my pillow under my belly as much as possible, and my belly is getting bigger, but not big enough to sit by itself on a pillow all night. Having the body pillow between my legs feels good on my back and definitely takes some of the pressure off though. I just haven’t mastered 8 hours with the body pillow, warm weather, and a hubby and cat in bed with me.
Not having a good reaction to coffee right now. It seems to make me feel like I’m going to throw up shortly after I finish my cup. The nauseated feeling lingers for about an hour or so. It feels so bad I’ve almost gone home a few times. It’s really weird and the only thing that makes sense is that it’s the acid levels in the coffee that make me feel that way. So needless to say, I’ll be steering clear of my decaf lattes for a while.
I’m obsessed with diet caffeine free Dr. Pepper right now. Moved from Root Beer to Dr. Pepper – really weird. I never crave soda when I’m not pregnant and now I seem to more. I try and keep it to no more than 2 a week though.
Well I think that sums up week 18 pretty well. Lots of exciting changes!
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
17 weeks, 4 days...
This week I’ve really felt the emotional ups and downs. I can attribute that to my stressful and hectic job, I mean who in their right mind supervises 11-12 people (women) willingly? Someone who’s insane like me is who! On top of the surmounting pressure of trying to supervise all of these people, I have an insane amount of pressure to succeed, re-shape and improve this entire department. All of it, somewhat on my own with a sales guy for a director. I seriously cannot believe how many nights I toss and turn just dreaming about work. Why aren’t I a normal person who starts off supervising 1 or 2 people? What the hell was I thinking doing all of this while pregnant! Well, I know what I was thinking, I was thinking about the 5k increase to my salary that would help raise this child and the opportunity that could boost me into management in only 2-3 years. Yes, these are all awesome things, but dealing with all of this, while being pregnant is definitely not the best time of my life. My memory is so bad right now that it’s completely affecting me learning a new job. And believe me, if you use the wrong term or say the wrong thing, your employees will be the first to call you out on it. No, I am not a dumbass, I’m just pregnant, thank you. Oh and the confidence part is killing me. My boss tells me to have confidence when I speak with the director and the direct-reports, but it’s really hard to portray that when you have no idea what the hell you’re doing or talking about sometimes.
It’s also difficult to change the ways of 12 people who have been allowed to behave, work, act, talk, write pretty much any way they want over the course of the past few years. My biggest challenge is to motivate them to be the best that they can be, even if they have no aspirations of moving up in the company. How do you motivate someone to do their best if they don’t care if they do this job forever? How do you tell someone in their twenties that their grammar sucks in emails and they need to fix it so upper management doesn’t think we, as a department, are stupid? How do you get someone to treat you with respect and like you’re a supervisor? These, among millions of others, are my daily challenges, along with bosses and bosses-bosses, and bosses-bosses-bosses and being pregnant. When I don’t sleep well and I don’t feel well the last thing I want to deal with is all of this.
Home life is stressful too. There’s never enough hours in the weekend to clean the house (I can’t believe I want a bigger house in a couple of years, because without kids I can’t even maintain the one I have), to do laundry, to rest, to get outside and get some fresh air, to run millions of errands. And I don’t think my wonderful husband has quite caught onto the “I have to ask you to do it” vs “How can I help you out with that” technique. I’m concerned that when I’m 9 months pregnant I’m still going to have to ask for help cleaning or doing laundry instead of it just getting it done. Last time I checked no one asks me to do things, I just get up and do them. So I hope that currently he just feels like I’m still feeling well enough and mobile enough to continue these tasks on my own for now and that once I’m feeling like absolute crap, he’ll actually just do things without me asking. I also feel like a bump on a log. Last night I was so upset from work and so stressed out, what I would have done to just have a glass of wine so I could wind down, but I couldn’t, so I just laid down and watched TV. What a great wife I am these days…
Tummy is still growing. My round ligament pain is still pretty bad on my left side, but luckily I don’t get it daily. It’s just when I get it, I can barely walk until it calms down. Friday I turn 18 weeks so I’m going to start using that Prenatal Education System. It’s so loud, I have no idea how I’m going to use it at work once a day. I noticed a pillow masks the sound pretty well, so hopefully the two girls on either side of me won’t be able to really hear it. But since I have to do it twice daily, I have to use it once at work and once at home. Hopefully I can stick to it. Twice daily is a lot for someone on the run all of the time like me. And like I said, it’s really loud, so it’s not inconspicuous or anything haha.
I have these moments, mainly at night when I’m resting, where I just panic at the thought of this baby. Like I said above, I’m on the go so much and I’m so used to it. I wake up when I want to (kinda), I go to run errands, go to work, go to the movies, go on vacation, everything when I want to. It’s going to be so different having to schedule everything out a bit more and to “prepare” for outings and also think about if we can go to a place we want to go to. Obviously the movies will be a huge issue, we’ll need a babysitter, which we obviously don’t have haha. One of us will probably stay home for some errands to make it easier. I know that it’s like a switch that gets flipped once you have that baby in your arms, and you just suddenly have different priorities and things of importance, but I won’t lie and say it’s not a little scary. It’s even scarier since we’ll have no help. I was thinking that this will be my first birthday since I was a kid where I won’t get to celebrate with even a dinner. That’s fine, but just weird. I suppose that there’s a never ending list of things to be scared of, I mean you’re caring for another life, and I’m assuming it’s normal to be scared. I hope, lol.
Well I should get back to work. So far it’s a better day, but things didn’t get insane until this time yesterday, so we’ll see. I could use a quiet rest of the week.
It’s also difficult to change the ways of 12 people who have been allowed to behave, work, act, talk, write pretty much any way they want over the course of the past few years. My biggest challenge is to motivate them to be the best that they can be, even if they have no aspirations of moving up in the company. How do you motivate someone to do their best if they don’t care if they do this job forever? How do you tell someone in their twenties that their grammar sucks in emails and they need to fix it so upper management doesn’t think we, as a department, are stupid? How do you get someone to treat you with respect and like you’re a supervisor? These, among millions of others, are my daily challenges, along with bosses and bosses-bosses, and bosses-bosses-bosses and being pregnant. When I don’t sleep well and I don’t feel well the last thing I want to deal with is all of this.
Home life is stressful too. There’s never enough hours in the weekend to clean the house (I can’t believe I want a bigger house in a couple of years, because without kids I can’t even maintain the one I have), to do laundry, to rest, to get outside and get some fresh air, to run millions of errands. And I don’t think my wonderful husband has quite caught onto the “I have to ask you to do it” vs “How can I help you out with that” technique. I’m concerned that when I’m 9 months pregnant I’m still going to have to ask for help cleaning or doing laundry instead of it just getting it done. Last time I checked no one asks me to do things, I just get up and do them. So I hope that currently he just feels like I’m still feeling well enough and mobile enough to continue these tasks on my own for now and that once I’m feeling like absolute crap, he’ll actually just do things without me asking. I also feel like a bump on a log. Last night I was so upset from work and so stressed out, what I would have done to just have a glass of wine so I could wind down, but I couldn’t, so I just laid down and watched TV. What a great wife I am these days…
Tummy is still growing. My round ligament pain is still pretty bad on my left side, but luckily I don’t get it daily. It’s just when I get it, I can barely walk until it calms down. Friday I turn 18 weeks so I’m going to start using that Prenatal Education System. It’s so loud, I have no idea how I’m going to use it at work once a day. I noticed a pillow masks the sound pretty well, so hopefully the two girls on either side of me won’t be able to really hear it. But since I have to do it twice daily, I have to use it once at work and once at home. Hopefully I can stick to it. Twice daily is a lot for someone on the run all of the time like me. And like I said, it’s really loud, so it’s not inconspicuous or anything haha.
I have these moments, mainly at night when I’m resting, where I just panic at the thought of this baby. Like I said above, I’m on the go so much and I’m so used to it. I wake up when I want to (kinda), I go to run errands, go to work, go to the movies, go on vacation, everything when I want to. It’s going to be so different having to schedule everything out a bit more and to “prepare” for outings and also think about if we can go to a place we want to go to. Obviously the movies will be a huge issue, we’ll need a babysitter, which we obviously don’t have haha. One of us will probably stay home for some errands to make it easier. I know that it’s like a switch that gets flipped once you have that baby in your arms, and you just suddenly have different priorities and things of importance, but I won’t lie and say it’s not a little scary. It’s even scarier since we’ll have no help. I was thinking that this will be my first birthday since I was a kid where I won’t get to celebrate with even a dinner. That’s fine, but just weird. I suppose that there’s a never ending list of things to be scared of, I mean you’re caring for another life, and I’m assuming it’s normal to be scared. I hope, lol.
Well I should get back to work. So far it’s a better day, but things didn’t get insane until this time yesterday, so we’ll see. I could use a quiet rest of the week.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
16 weeks, 4 days...
Had my 16 week appointment yesterday and all is going very well. My BP was 127/69, a little high on the top number, but that’s because it’s been hell at work for a week. Yesterday was a stressful day, so I just knew my BP would be up a little. I only gained 2 pounds! So that’s only 3 total the whole pregnancy and the Nurse Practitioner who saw me was very pleased. I’m pleased with myself! Look out cheeseburger, we have a date on Saturday! They didn’t say anything about my urine test for protein, so I’m guessing it was okay.
We were hoping to find out the sex of the baby yesterday, but it didn’t work out. At first she was just going to listen to the heartbeat, but she couldn’t get it on the ancient Doppler device they were using, so she had to do an ultrasound. Baby was lying on its tummy curled up in the fetal position. At first he/she had its head down looking down at my uterus, but then turned to look right at us. We saw the spine and ribs which was really crazy and then also saw the little heartbeat going like crazy. Crown to rump the baby is 4 inches and she said the legs should be another 3 (but I don’t think she knew what she was talking about, they’re probably more like an inch or so). Saw a foot waving around, but we couldn’t get it to move to see the gender. C’est la vie, guess we’re waiting until May 4th! Oh well it’ll save me another month of going on a shopping spree for clothes and accessories haha.
Had my blood drawn for Second Trimester Testing. Not sure how long it will be before I get the results. I’m assuming if something’s wrong they’ll call right away, if not then I’ll probably get a letter like I did the first trimester. Hopefully we’ll get that within 10 days so I’m not so nervous.
I’m doing a lot better this week. I’ve been getting a lot more sleep and I only get up 2, maybe 3 times a night to use the restroom. I am now hooked on pickles though!! I knew it was coming because I love them anyways, and now it’s arrived. I went through a whole jar in 3 days. Luckily I have a backup jar that will get me through the weekend lol. No new cravings though the stuff I really love I just want more and more of. I’m actually going for a smoothie at lunch today (yay for Acai Berry!) and what I wouldn’t do right now to have a big fat cheeseburger and fries. But I was a fry-lover way before my pregnancy; I just seem to think about them more now.
The baby is still fluttering around like crazy. Although the Nurse Practitioner did not believe me when I told her I could feel it. She looked at me like “this girl’s crazy, it’s probably gas.” But all of the reading I did on “quickening” it sounds like I’m feeling it! And other people who are as far along as me feel the same thing, so whatever! It no longer freaks me out feeling it like “something’s wrong” – it now makes me feel reassured that everything is right. It’s made it a little more real and now I’m starting to dream and think more about when we actually have the baby and bring it home. Jeff and I talk about things like signing him/her up for a Gymboree class or a play group, going to the park and having lunches a few times a week, family vacations we’ll be able to take in another year, etc. This whole new world has opened up and I feel like I can see beyond the pregnancy. It makes me think a lot about my childhood and our trips to the beach, going hunting for Easter eggs, playing in the backyard and running around in the sprinklers. All of those things I miss so much and long to have back, I will be able to re-live through my child.
I really don’t know what I would do without my friends and my parents at this point. Everyone is so great and so excited for us and it’s just amazing. There are some family members that we wish were more excited, more involved, or actually would stay in touch, and that’s really disappointing, but it is what it is. It’s so nice to know that my closest friends are just like aunts and uncles to our unborn baby. That’s priceless and means the world to us and we appreciate every one of you!
That’s about it for this week. Every week when the baby has baked another 7 days and I feel pretty good is a fantastic week for me!
We were hoping to find out the sex of the baby yesterday, but it didn’t work out. At first she was just going to listen to the heartbeat, but she couldn’t get it on the ancient Doppler device they were using, so she had to do an ultrasound. Baby was lying on its tummy curled up in the fetal position. At first he/she had its head down looking down at my uterus, but then turned to look right at us. We saw the spine and ribs which was really crazy and then also saw the little heartbeat going like crazy. Crown to rump the baby is 4 inches and she said the legs should be another 3 (but I don’t think she knew what she was talking about, they’re probably more like an inch or so). Saw a foot waving around, but we couldn’t get it to move to see the gender. C’est la vie, guess we’re waiting until May 4th! Oh well it’ll save me another month of going on a shopping spree for clothes and accessories haha.
Had my blood drawn for Second Trimester Testing. Not sure how long it will be before I get the results. I’m assuming if something’s wrong they’ll call right away, if not then I’ll probably get a letter like I did the first trimester. Hopefully we’ll get that within 10 days so I’m not so nervous.
I’m doing a lot better this week. I’ve been getting a lot more sleep and I only get up 2, maybe 3 times a night to use the restroom. I am now hooked on pickles though!! I knew it was coming because I love them anyways, and now it’s arrived. I went through a whole jar in 3 days. Luckily I have a backup jar that will get me through the weekend lol. No new cravings though the stuff I really love I just want more and more of. I’m actually going for a smoothie at lunch today (yay for Acai Berry!) and what I wouldn’t do right now to have a big fat cheeseburger and fries. But I was a fry-lover way before my pregnancy; I just seem to think about them more now.
The baby is still fluttering around like crazy. Although the Nurse Practitioner did not believe me when I told her I could feel it. She looked at me like “this girl’s crazy, it’s probably gas.” But all of the reading I did on “quickening” it sounds like I’m feeling it! And other people who are as far along as me feel the same thing, so whatever! It no longer freaks me out feeling it like “something’s wrong” – it now makes me feel reassured that everything is right. It’s made it a little more real and now I’m starting to dream and think more about when we actually have the baby and bring it home. Jeff and I talk about things like signing him/her up for a Gymboree class or a play group, going to the park and having lunches a few times a week, family vacations we’ll be able to take in another year, etc. This whole new world has opened up and I feel like I can see beyond the pregnancy. It makes me think a lot about my childhood and our trips to the beach, going hunting for Easter eggs, playing in the backyard and running around in the sprinklers. All of those things I miss so much and long to have back, I will be able to re-live through my child.
I really don’t know what I would do without my friends and my parents at this point. Everyone is so great and so excited for us and it’s just amazing. There are some family members that we wish were more excited, more involved, or actually would stay in touch, and that’s really disappointing, but it is what it is. It’s so nice to know that my closest friends are just like aunts and uncles to our unborn baby. That’s priceless and means the world to us and we appreciate every one of you!
That’s about it for this week. Every week when the baby has baked another 7 days and I feel pretty good is a fantastic week for me!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
15 weeks, 4 days...
Yes, it’s been a busy week. I think I’d classify last night as my worst “pregnancy night” since I’ve been pregnant. (And yes I know there’s many, many more to come.) Of course it had to be my worst night leading up to month and quarter end when I’m required to work a 12+ hour day. I’ve been noticing that since Friday night I’ve been sleeping really light, like little noises wake me up and I’m just not in a deep sleep. Last night I was so exhausted I got into bed at 7:40. I couldn’t get comfortable and I was tossing and turning and couldn’t sleep. I also notice now that I get a slight fluttering in my belly, mainly when I’m lying down. I think it’s the baby moving. So the fluttering and not being able to get comfortable just contributed to my insomnia. I think I fell asleep a little before 9:30 and then woke up at 11 because I realized Jeff wasn’t in our room and I was worried he hadn’t made it home okay from Softball. So I got up, went pee, looked for him and he was home, so relieved I laid back down. Another hour of tossing, turning and fluttering happened before I finally fell asleep. Within 5 minutes of falling asleep Jeff came up the stairs to go to bed and woke me up. So I laid there again until 12:30 and finally exhausted and frustrated, I finally just broke down into tears. It’s so hard being so insanely tired but not being able to sleep. So Jeff told me he’d sleep downstairs and I went back up and tried to fall back to sleep again. I think I fell asleep just after 1 when Belle woke me up at 2:30. She was walking all over me, meowing, wandering around aimlessly and getting into things. So at 3 I fell back to sleep again, only to wake up at around 5:15. From there I was only able to dose in and out until the alarm went off. I have a pretty bad headache right now, mainly because I’m tired and I’m sure the lighting in this dreary place doesn’t help.
The fluttering. It started a couple of days ago. “Fluttering” is the best way to describe it because it’s like a spasm, but not so severe. Sometimes I also feel a hard spot or pressure on a specific side or low in my stomach when I stand up from sitting to long. I’m guessing that’s the baby? The fluttering seems to be the worst when I’m lying down. It doesn’t really seem to happen at work or when I’m standing. It’s a really, really bizarre feeling. It sometimes scares me and I panic like something might be wrong. I think I watch too many of those medical shows and I’m becoming super paranoid. You spend your entire first trimester hoping you don’t miscarry and then of course you still worry about that in your second, but now you start thinking about “is my baby going to be born healthy?” or “is my baby going to be born premature?” and all sorts of other questions. I try not to think about it because all it can do is drive you insane and make you think that every flutter is something bad.
My belly is weird. Some days it feels harder and some days it just feels like flab. I totally don’t get that. When does it harden completely so I can stop looking fat and start looking pregnant?
Looking at the registry list is completely overwhelming. Our house seemed so big to us at one time and as we look at baby stuff it all seems to be closing in fast. A bouncer, pack n play, activity mat, swing, jumper…where will all of this go in my tiny family room? Oh and a high chair! It’s going to completely take over our downstairs! It’s all so insane – I think the baby market does just as good in this economy as the wedding market. There’s plenty of crap you probably don’t need, but you buy anyways! At least I’m putting limited furniture in the nursery itself so some stuff can stay in there and just come downstairs as need be.
Breast feeding. So I’ve thought more about this recently and I think I’ve made a decision. So, if the baby takes to it and is being fed well I’ll probably do breast feeding for a couple of months and supplement with formula if our schedule doesn’t have time for pumping or feeding. I think I’ll wean the baby off of breast milk when it gets close to the time I’m going to go back to work and then I’ll put the baby on formula once I go back to work. I made this decision because I just don’t want to be pumping for 6 months to a year, twice a day (or more), at work. It’s way too awkward for me. I also made this decision because Jeff will be at home caring for the baby when I’m at work and it will just make it easier for him to feed the baby whenever and wherever. The WHEREVER thing is huge. Props to the women who are confident enough to whip it out in public and do their thing, but that’s not for me. Maybe I’ll feel different once the baby is here, but as of right now, I’m really about the grab and go convenience of formula. I don’t want to buy a bottle cooler and heater for my car, I don’t want to have to nurse in public and I don’t want to have to pump at work. It’s fine while I’m at home on maternity leave, but after then, I’m switching 100% over to formula. I was reading that most of the formulas now have DHA in them which is excellent. A lot of breast feeding mothers can be quite harsh on non-breast feeding mothers (which I think is ridiculous – to each her own) about the breast being the best because of brain development (and all sorts of other things that are really not proven). By adding DHA into the formula it’s giving the child an extra developmental boost that’s excellent for brain and eye development. I have total confidence in formula and I’m not worried at all. I was a formula child, my nephews both are and all of us turned out great!
Well that’s my topics for now. I have a 12 - 13 hour day ahead of me so who knows what else may come!
The fluttering. It started a couple of days ago. “Fluttering” is the best way to describe it because it’s like a spasm, but not so severe. Sometimes I also feel a hard spot or pressure on a specific side or low in my stomach when I stand up from sitting to long. I’m guessing that’s the baby? The fluttering seems to be the worst when I’m lying down. It doesn’t really seem to happen at work or when I’m standing. It’s a really, really bizarre feeling. It sometimes scares me and I panic like something might be wrong. I think I watch too many of those medical shows and I’m becoming super paranoid. You spend your entire first trimester hoping you don’t miscarry and then of course you still worry about that in your second, but now you start thinking about “is my baby going to be born healthy?” or “is my baby going to be born premature?” and all sorts of other questions. I try not to think about it because all it can do is drive you insane and make you think that every flutter is something bad.
My belly is weird. Some days it feels harder and some days it just feels like flab. I totally don’t get that. When does it harden completely so I can stop looking fat and start looking pregnant?
Looking at the registry list is completely overwhelming. Our house seemed so big to us at one time and as we look at baby stuff it all seems to be closing in fast. A bouncer, pack n play, activity mat, swing, jumper…where will all of this go in my tiny family room? Oh and a high chair! It’s going to completely take over our downstairs! It’s all so insane – I think the baby market does just as good in this economy as the wedding market. There’s plenty of crap you probably don’t need, but you buy anyways! At least I’m putting limited furniture in the nursery itself so some stuff can stay in there and just come downstairs as need be.
Breast feeding. So I’ve thought more about this recently and I think I’ve made a decision. So, if the baby takes to it and is being fed well I’ll probably do breast feeding for a couple of months and supplement with formula if our schedule doesn’t have time for pumping or feeding. I think I’ll wean the baby off of breast milk when it gets close to the time I’m going to go back to work and then I’ll put the baby on formula once I go back to work. I made this decision because I just don’t want to be pumping for 6 months to a year, twice a day (or more), at work. It’s way too awkward for me. I also made this decision because Jeff will be at home caring for the baby when I’m at work and it will just make it easier for him to feed the baby whenever and wherever. The WHEREVER thing is huge. Props to the women who are confident enough to whip it out in public and do their thing, but that’s not for me. Maybe I’ll feel different once the baby is here, but as of right now, I’m really about the grab and go convenience of formula. I don’t want to buy a bottle cooler and heater for my car, I don’t want to have to nurse in public and I don’t want to have to pump at work. It’s fine while I’m at home on maternity leave, but after then, I’m switching 100% over to formula. I was reading that most of the formulas now have DHA in them which is excellent. A lot of breast feeding mothers can be quite harsh on non-breast feeding mothers (which I think is ridiculous – to each her own) about the breast being the best because of brain development (and all sorts of other things that are really not proven). By adding DHA into the formula it’s giving the child an extra developmental boost that’s excellent for brain and eye development. I have total confidence in formula and I’m not worried at all. I was a formula child, my nephews both are and all of us turned out great!
Well that’s my topics for now. I have a 12 - 13 hour day ahead of me so who knows what else may come!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
15 weeks, 2 days...
I'm wondering how often this feeling will come. It's probably pregnancy hormones, but I feel insanely sad today about being alone. Being alone meaning all of my close family and friends are not here. This came about as I tried on bras at the maternity store yesterday. There were loads of pregnant women in there with their moms and friends, all of them picking out clothes and helping them along, telling them what looks good, what looks bad, what's cute. I, on the other hand, had the store clerk helping me fit into the appropriate bra because I had no one else to give me advice. That was really hard and the first time this entire pregnancy I've actually realized that I don't really have anyone here besides Jeff to share the daily experiences with and of course since he's the dad, that's great, but there's some things that it's hard for him to get excited about and some things he just can't help out with, like bras, clothes, food cravings, the little minute details like bottles, baby wipes and formulas.
Today seems really hard. Jeff's gone golfing and I'd like nothing more but to see some friends or my mom, but instead I'm cleaning, doing the grocery shopping and making dinner. I think the nice weather also contributes to the need to just get out, even if it's just for lunch or to window shop.
I just wonder what it'll be like when we deliver the baby. I know Alicia and Jeff's mom will try and get down here, but if they can't, isn't it sad to think that no one will be in the waiting room for us?
I know this whole thing is ridiculous. Lisa delivered Aubrey in Idaho with no one but Philip and Laura and most of my friends don't have their moms nearby, so why am I making such a big deal?
I guess it's just a lot of first time changes and experiences that sometimes excite me and sometimes scare me. I can't share those all with Jeff because it's just not the same as a mom or a girlfriend. He doesn't really GET it and I'm not sure what I mean by that, but I'm sure most women know what I'm talking about.
On another brief note, I'm pretty convinced it's a boy. I don't know why, but I am. I looked at boy bedding and clothes yesterday at Babies R Us. They had a cute Classic Mickey pattern that I would love to use! I also think I finally found a pattern I like for the travel system, playard and swing. We'll probably start registering in either late April or May (depending on our schedules, we're pretty busy) and I sure hope the registry people have a good list for me to follow because I'm pretty clueless right now what I need! I did get a really good body pillow yesterday though. Cost me an arm and a leg though, it better last through a kid or two!
Well, I'm going to go cook some breakfast and pick up the kitchen and family room. Task 1 of the many I have ahead of me today. I actually feel better now...
Today seems really hard. Jeff's gone golfing and I'd like nothing more but to see some friends or my mom, but instead I'm cleaning, doing the grocery shopping and making dinner. I think the nice weather also contributes to the need to just get out, even if it's just for lunch or to window shop.
I just wonder what it'll be like when we deliver the baby. I know Alicia and Jeff's mom will try and get down here, but if they can't, isn't it sad to think that no one will be in the waiting room for us?
I know this whole thing is ridiculous. Lisa delivered Aubrey in Idaho with no one but Philip and Laura and most of my friends don't have their moms nearby, so why am I making such a big deal?
I guess it's just a lot of first time changes and experiences that sometimes excite me and sometimes scare me. I can't share those all with Jeff because it's just not the same as a mom or a girlfriend. He doesn't really GET it and I'm not sure what I mean by that, but I'm sure most women know what I'm talking about.
On another brief note, I'm pretty convinced it's a boy. I don't know why, but I am. I looked at boy bedding and clothes yesterday at Babies R Us. They had a cute Classic Mickey pattern that I would love to use! I also think I finally found a pattern I like for the travel system, playard and swing. We'll probably start registering in either late April or May (depending on our schedules, we're pretty busy) and I sure hope the registry people have a good list for me to follow because I'm pretty clueless right now what I need! I did get a really good body pillow yesterday though. Cost me an arm and a leg though, it better last through a kid or two!
Well, I'm going to go cook some breakfast and pick up the kitchen and family room. Task 1 of the many I have ahead of me today. I actually feel better now...
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Baby Bump
This is 14 weeks, 6 days...this week I've noticed it a lot more than I have in the past couple of weeks.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
14 weeks, 5 days...
Pretty quiet week, except for the bulging tummy. It’s becoming more noticeable (it seems like every day), especially at night when I’m moving around. Obviously I can’t feel the baby move yet, but it’s really apparent something is in there. It feels different when I stretch, lean over, move, and bend over. It’s just this odd feeling that’s never been there before. I wonder if that’s mental or real…?
Woke up last night with a bout of nausea in the middle of the night. It typically goes away when I sit up, so I just slept sitting up for a bit and then it was gone. Sleep is better now, though it won’t be what it was until this kid is a year old! But I don’t get up as much, only about 3 times a night instead of 5 or 6. I think I made it through one night over the weekend with only having to get up twice. That’s huge considering I sleep for the better part of 10 hours on weekends because I’m so exhausted from the week.
Eating more, but not. What I mean is that I’m consuming more food because I’m hungry more frequently, but I’m getting really fully before I finish my plate during dinner. Which is not normal for me HAHA. I need to learn to stop when I’m full! No weird cravings though. I’m pleased that I’m not having them, but I wish I could have just one to know what it feels like. I’m still really into juice, but the yogurt thing has dropped off. The doc wants me to drink lots of water and that’s fine, I love water, but I also want lots of juice and milk too. I love having milk with dinner because it also helps everything go down and helps reduce the heartburn. I have been into bagels and cream cheese a lot lately. I feel like I can eat them five times a day and never get tired of them. Weird.
Ligament pain has kicked up over this past week. I had it a bit around 10 weeks, but now it’s back. It’s more of an annoying feeling than anything, but kind of hurts too.
Went shopping over the weekend with Shannon and man was it depressing. I wanted to try on so many cute things for summer and spring, but had to stick to stuff that was big in the belly. No maternity stores at the Northridge mall either! Got two cute shirts I can wear probably until around 6 or 7 months and then wear after and even once I lose the weight. Got some leggings too which will be helpful during summer time, since I’m not a short dress person. What I really need is a bra to get me through until I pick up some maternity bras. My cheapy Wal-Mart fake sports bras are just not doing me any good. Think I’ll look at Target this weekend.
Work, is work. It has its moments of insanity and then it has these dull boring moments where time just doesn’t move. Eventually it will all change into a steady pace, but for now I’m having a hard time keeping myself awake. My desk is nice and big, but in a dark corner, so the lighting is a real drag-me-down and hurts my eyes and most of the time gives me a headache. I miss having people to go to lunch with or a nice cafeteria to walk over to in this nice weather. I try and walk 2-3 times a week on my lunch break and it’s not a big walk, but at least I’m trying. Think I’ll try and make it longer today just to get the exercise and to get out of here longer. I think I’ll also take my lunch into my car with my book and sit in there on my break. This whole building is just horrible! The lunch room is dark even! So at least if I sit in my car I can feel the nice breeze and the sun on my skin. I should try and enjoy it now because it’s going to be hotter than hell before I know it and I’ll be really pregnant and definitely not wanting to take a walk! I look at Serena who is about to have a baby by the end of this week, and she looks only 7 months pregnant because she goes to the gym every day! I don’t know how she goes to the gym every day! I mean she doesn’t work, so that helps, but still…I just hate the gym so much and I’d hate it even more at 39 weeks pregnant! I know the docs say you should walk a half hour a day 5 times a week, but is that really a realistic goal when you work full time or live somewhere where the climate is insanely hot 6 months of the year? It’s not for me because I’m too tired to wake up early to walk and too tired and hungry when I get off work to walk, so the best time for me to go is lunch and I work in the industrial center and it’s not the greatest area to walk for a half hour. And there’s no way I could do it 5 times a week.
Names. I could come up with girls’ names all day long, but the boys’ names are a little harder. We’ve narrowed it down to either Aaden or Conner, but fall short on middle names that flow. In keeping with Jeff’s family tradition we are doing two middle names per child, so this is even more difficult because I can’t even think of one middle name or at least one we can agree on. I really like Aaden Cole or Aaden Jeffrey, but he doesn’t. And with Conner, I have no idea. Originally it was going to be Conner William Christian Happ – after his great grandfather, but now he’s decided not to do that. And for a girl we’re definitely set on Olivia.
Still trying to make a decision on the Lamaze classes, but I think we’re leaning towards no. Kaiser has two programs for childbearing and one is 5 sessions and the other is 3. Considering the hospital is not exactly right down the street from us and these classes are a couple hours after work in the middle of the week, it just doesn’t sound appealing. I’m sure they’re really informational, but I figure there’s been many mothers before me (including my own) who didn’t take classes and still raised their kids just fine, so I’m sure it will be the same for me! We are going to do the hospital tour, but probably not until June or July when I’m actually really showing and I think it will be fun. There is one class I am interested in and that’s the Baby Care Basics class where you learn how to care for newborns. This one you just show up to and it’s free, so maybe I’ll think about that one. I wonder out of the many women that give birth in the U.S. every year, what percentage of them actually takes a Lamaze class? Just doesn’t seem as necessary as 20 years ago I suppose! I’d be willing to hear the positive things about taking it though and if it’s really worth it!
Well I’ve rambled enough for today, especially with a thankfully quiet week.
Woke up last night with a bout of nausea in the middle of the night. It typically goes away when I sit up, so I just slept sitting up for a bit and then it was gone. Sleep is better now, though it won’t be what it was until this kid is a year old! But I don’t get up as much, only about 3 times a night instead of 5 or 6. I think I made it through one night over the weekend with only having to get up twice. That’s huge considering I sleep for the better part of 10 hours on weekends because I’m so exhausted from the week.
Eating more, but not. What I mean is that I’m consuming more food because I’m hungry more frequently, but I’m getting really fully before I finish my plate during dinner. Which is not normal for me HAHA. I need to learn to stop when I’m full! No weird cravings though. I’m pleased that I’m not having them, but I wish I could have just one to know what it feels like. I’m still really into juice, but the yogurt thing has dropped off. The doc wants me to drink lots of water and that’s fine, I love water, but I also want lots of juice and milk too. I love having milk with dinner because it also helps everything go down and helps reduce the heartburn. I have been into bagels and cream cheese a lot lately. I feel like I can eat them five times a day and never get tired of them. Weird.
Ligament pain has kicked up over this past week. I had it a bit around 10 weeks, but now it’s back. It’s more of an annoying feeling than anything, but kind of hurts too.
Went shopping over the weekend with Shannon and man was it depressing. I wanted to try on so many cute things for summer and spring, but had to stick to stuff that was big in the belly. No maternity stores at the Northridge mall either! Got two cute shirts I can wear probably until around 6 or 7 months and then wear after and even once I lose the weight. Got some leggings too which will be helpful during summer time, since I’m not a short dress person. What I really need is a bra to get me through until I pick up some maternity bras. My cheapy Wal-Mart fake sports bras are just not doing me any good. Think I’ll look at Target this weekend.
Work, is work. It has its moments of insanity and then it has these dull boring moments where time just doesn’t move. Eventually it will all change into a steady pace, but for now I’m having a hard time keeping myself awake. My desk is nice and big, but in a dark corner, so the lighting is a real drag-me-down and hurts my eyes and most of the time gives me a headache. I miss having people to go to lunch with or a nice cafeteria to walk over to in this nice weather. I try and walk 2-3 times a week on my lunch break and it’s not a big walk, but at least I’m trying. Think I’ll try and make it longer today just to get the exercise and to get out of here longer. I think I’ll also take my lunch into my car with my book and sit in there on my break. This whole building is just horrible! The lunch room is dark even! So at least if I sit in my car I can feel the nice breeze and the sun on my skin. I should try and enjoy it now because it’s going to be hotter than hell before I know it and I’ll be really pregnant and definitely not wanting to take a walk! I look at Serena who is about to have a baby by the end of this week, and she looks only 7 months pregnant because she goes to the gym every day! I don’t know how she goes to the gym every day! I mean she doesn’t work, so that helps, but still…I just hate the gym so much and I’d hate it even more at 39 weeks pregnant! I know the docs say you should walk a half hour a day 5 times a week, but is that really a realistic goal when you work full time or live somewhere where the climate is insanely hot 6 months of the year? It’s not for me because I’m too tired to wake up early to walk and too tired and hungry when I get off work to walk, so the best time for me to go is lunch and I work in the industrial center and it’s not the greatest area to walk for a half hour. And there’s no way I could do it 5 times a week.
Names. I could come up with girls’ names all day long, but the boys’ names are a little harder. We’ve narrowed it down to either Aaden or Conner, but fall short on middle names that flow. In keeping with Jeff’s family tradition we are doing two middle names per child, so this is even more difficult because I can’t even think of one middle name or at least one we can agree on. I really like Aaden Cole or Aaden Jeffrey, but he doesn’t. And with Conner, I have no idea. Originally it was going to be Conner William Christian Happ – after his great grandfather, but now he’s decided not to do that. And for a girl we’re definitely set on Olivia.
Still trying to make a decision on the Lamaze classes, but I think we’re leaning towards no. Kaiser has two programs for childbearing and one is 5 sessions and the other is 3. Considering the hospital is not exactly right down the street from us and these classes are a couple hours after work in the middle of the week, it just doesn’t sound appealing. I’m sure they’re really informational, but I figure there’s been many mothers before me (including my own) who didn’t take classes and still raised their kids just fine, so I’m sure it will be the same for me! We are going to do the hospital tour, but probably not until June or July when I’m actually really showing and I think it will be fun. There is one class I am interested in and that’s the Baby Care Basics class where you learn how to care for newborns. This one you just show up to and it’s free, so maybe I’ll think about that one. I wonder out of the many women that give birth in the U.S. every year, what percentage of them actually takes a Lamaze class? Just doesn’t seem as necessary as 20 years ago I suppose! I’d be willing to hear the positive things about taking it though and if it’s really worth it!
Well I’ve rambled enough for today, especially with a thankfully quiet week.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
13 weeks, 6 days...
Originally written: March 19, 2009
Interesting week. The weekend was good and I had a good amount of energy. But Sunday night around 8pm I was on the phone with my friend Liz and suddenly got this intense wave of nausea. I got off the phone with her and tried to lay down, but it made it worse. I tried to focus on the TV and not pay attention, but it just wouldn't go away. Drank some water and still nothing. I couldn't even brush my teeth before bed because I just knew I'd gag on the toothbrush. I was surprised that I could even stand mouth wash! That entire night I felt nauseous on and off. It seemed to have dissipated the following morning but around 9am came back again. It was on and off throughout the day, despite what I ate and my preggie pop drops. Never before have the preggie pops not helped - they've been magic! But Tuesday morning I felt a lot better and haven't felt that way since. People at work are like "are you feeling okay?" and I tell them I'm nauseous or whatever and they say "well you're through your first trimester, so it shouldn't be happening anymore." Well I'm not lying! Some women get it a lot longer, geeeez!
My hunger has stayed about the same. If I eat breakfast, then a snack, then lunch, then a snack and then dinner, I'm fine. That equals out to food about every 2 - 3 hours. No new cravings, though I did tell Jeff that pancakes with M&M's in them would be good.
Speaking of M&M's did I already speak about the access saliva incident? Yeah, so pregnant women experience an increased amount of saliva and apparently I am not prone to that symptom because I feel like a freakin' camel spitting all of the time (I only do it at home when no one's around haha), but it's becoming an issue at work. Last week I was standing at Vanessa's desk talking to her and Kara and I picked up some M&M's from Vanessa's candy jar. I was talking and chewing on them and all of a sudden a rainbow waterfall of drool (saliva) comes sliding out of my mouth and down onto my shirt. I mean.......really???? Was I born in a barn? Awesome impression on my new employees too. And it's completely uncontrollable! It's not like I can do anything about it, I didn't know it was happening until it was halfway between my bottom lip and my shirt.
Been looking at baby stuff online. Even though we're finding out the sex ahead of time we're still getting all gender neutral "gear." Only because the gear will carry onto the next child so I don't want them to be stuck with a specific color. The nursery itself will be gender specific including the bedding and paint color. We're also going to have to get two bases for the snap in car seat because we'll need a base in each car. These are all of my realizations this week haha.
So I think my mom has decided on a July 25th shower date. We had to decide early because I have friends and family coming from out of town and some of them are looking to extend their stay and are asking now so they can block off vacation time at work and watch flights for good deals. It's hard with everyone living an hour away or more. I don't want to be the bitch who went against all etiquette and planned her own shower but my mom has kind of thrown that back on me a bit. We're hoping to have most of the nursery done by then so people who attend can come up and take a look. We'll probably start working on the nursery in June. We have to install a fan, donate and get rid of some furniture, clean out the closets, paint, and I have to find some way to get my childhood toy chest from my parents so I can re-finish it for the nursery. I think April will be the quietest month for us until the baby comes!
Think I'll move this blog over to blogspot with the rest of my blog entries from this year and last. That way it's all in one place! For any readers you will now be able to find my blogs at: http://sweetpeameg.blogspot.com/ - bookmark my journey!
Interesting week. The weekend was good and I had a good amount of energy. But Sunday night around 8pm I was on the phone with my friend Liz and suddenly got this intense wave of nausea. I got off the phone with her and tried to lay down, but it made it worse. I tried to focus on the TV and not pay attention, but it just wouldn't go away. Drank some water and still nothing. I couldn't even brush my teeth before bed because I just knew I'd gag on the toothbrush. I was surprised that I could even stand mouth wash! That entire night I felt nauseous on and off. It seemed to have dissipated the following morning but around 9am came back again. It was on and off throughout the day, despite what I ate and my preggie pop drops. Never before have the preggie pops not helped - they've been magic! But Tuesday morning I felt a lot better and haven't felt that way since. People at work are like "are you feeling okay?" and I tell them I'm nauseous or whatever and they say "well you're through your first trimester, so it shouldn't be happening anymore." Well I'm not lying! Some women get it a lot longer, geeeez!
My hunger has stayed about the same. If I eat breakfast, then a snack, then lunch, then a snack and then dinner, I'm fine. That equals out to food about every 2 - 3 hours. No new cravings, though I did tell Jeff that pancakes with M&M's in them would be good.
Speaking of M&M's did I already speak about the access saliva incident? Yeah, so pregnant women experience an increased amount of saliva and apparently I am not prone to that symptom because I feel like a freakin' camel spitting all of the time (I only do it at home when no one's around haha), but it's becoming an issue at work. Last week I was standing at Vanessa's desk talking to her and Kara and I picked up some M&M's from Vanessa's candy jar. I was talking and chewing on them and all of a sudden a rainbow waterfall of drool (saliva) comes sliding out of my mouth and down onto my shirt. I mean.......really???? Was I born in a barn? Awesome impression on my new employees too. And it's completely uncontrollable! It's not like I can do anything about it, I didn't know it was happening until it was halfway between my bottom lip and my shirt.
Been looking at baby stuff online. Even though we're finding out the sex ahead of time we're still getting all gender neutral "gear." Only because the gear will carry onto the next child so I don't want them to be stuck with a specific color. The nursery itself will be gender specific including the bedding and paint color. We're also going to have to get two bases for the snap in car seat because we'll need a base in each car. These are all of my realizations this week haha.
So I think my mom has decided on a July 25th shower date. We had to decide early because I have friends and family coming from out of town and some of them are looking to extend their stay and are asking now so they can block off vacation time at work and watch flights for good deals. It's hard with everyone living an hour away or more. I don't want to be the bitch who went against all etiquette and planned her own shower but my mom has kind of thrown that back on me a bit. We're hoping to have most of the nursery done by then so people who attend can come up and take a look. We'll probably start working on the nursery in June. We have to install a fan, donate and get rid of some furniture, clean out the closets, paint, and I have to find some way to get my childhood toy chest from my parents so I can re-finish it for the nursery. I think April will be the quietest month for us until the baby comes!
Think I'll move this blog over to blogspot with the rest of my blog entries from this year and last. That way it's all in one place! For any readers you will now be able to find my blogs at: http://sweetpeameg.blogspot.com/ - bookmark my journey!
13 weeks, 0 days...
Originally written: March 13, 2009
Big week this week! Gradually other people and myself are starting to notice my little baby bump. I'm starting to feel like it is a bump and not just flab. My tummy is starting to itch more too, which means the skin is stretching. Good thing Lisa sent me some body butter for a gift! I can still button two pairs of work pants, but choose not to, just because it's not comfortable. I put on the Bella Band instead. My jeans still fit fine because they were big on me to begin with, so no worries there for at least another month or so. I'm hungrier now, noticing that I have to eat something every two hours or my stomach just aches and growls at me.
On Tuesday, March 10th we had our 12 week appointment and it went excellent. The baby is measuring exactly the right size for being 13 weeks. The ultra sound was so much fun and a HUGE change since the 8 week one. Our little bean now looks like a little person! It has arms, legs, feet, toes, fingers, eyes, nose, mouth and a very definite shape to it. The doctor pressed on my stomach and we got to watch it move all around, flailing its arms and legs and it even turned over on its side and put its back to us! We also got to see a shot of the top of the head to see the "butterfly shape" of the brain. And you could see the umbilical cord on the screen. So exciting!
I've only gained one pound and they asked me to drink a bit more water because there's a little too much protein in my urine. Blood pressure was good at 100/70. I got back on April 6th for my 16 week.
I feel, ok. Depends on the day. I'm still not sleeping very well. It seems when I finally fall into a deep sleep, the alarm goes off and I have to drag myself out of bed. It's been busy with the new job at work, so by the end of the night I'm really tired and can hardly keep my eyes open. The heartburn is getting worse, happening almost every night now. I try and sit up a lot in bed, but I'm so tired my head just falls down to the side. I usually pop a TUMS and feel a lot better. The feeling of food stuck in my throat and chest depends on the day. It's not every day like last week and has subsided a little bit, but is still happening. I hate that worse than heartburn because it makes me gag on things like my toothbrush.
My parents made flight reservations to come down over Mother's Day weekend. By then we'll know the sex and be able to go do some shopping. It's going to be so much fun getting the nursery together. Guess I should make April my Spring Cleaning/Get my Donations Together month! We have a lot of extra furniture stored in that room that I think we'll donate for a tax write off. Then maybe we can paint it in June so it kind of looks put together before my shower in July.
Random things I craved this week (some lasted for days, some lasted for 5 mins and went away) are:
Fruit Smoothie - and I don't mean that sugar-loaded crap that Jamba makes, like actual natural fruit smoothies either plain or with yogurt. Finally, after 3 days, got mine today. Cranberry, Strawberry, Banana and Ice. Perfect. :-)
Cheesy popcorn - yes like that stuff that's so good it turns your fingers orange and comes in a pretty tin at Xmas time. Yum!
Cheeseburgers - still in the back of my head every day, though I don't feel like I'm going to die without one. There's simply just never a moment when that doesn't sound good! Tomorrow we'll go to Red Robin and get my monthly cheeseburger and I will be happy again for another 4 weeks haha.
Neapolitan Ice Cream - this started last Friday night because I wanted something to ease my indigestion, but I didn't want milk (besides we drink non-fat and that has no impact on the gagging feeling in my throat). I wanted strawberry, then I wanted chocolate, then I wanted vanilla...so Jeff came back from the store with Neapolitan so I had all three. Quite yummy.
Root Beer - this has been going on for a couple of weeks now. Let me just note that I NEVER drink Root Beer. It's ok, just not my favorite kind of soda, tastes a little funny...well over the past 2-3 weeks I'm obsessed with it. So I finally bought myself some diet stuff so I can treat myself every weekend to one. Good thing it's caffeine free or I'd be in trouble.
Well that's all I can think of for my entire 12th week. Today's day 1 of Week 13 (I don't get why some books/sites say I still have another week in my first trimester, meaning the second trimester starts on week 14 and other books/sites say my second trimester starts today since my 12th week is now complete...???). I'm really looking forward to the next couple months as we find out the sex of the baby, have visits with friends and family, and a trip to Washington and Canada on tap. We also get to start planning a theme for the nursery which will be a lot of fun.
Big week this week! Gradually other people and myself are starting to notice my little baby bump. I'm starting to feel like it is a bump and not just flab. My tummy is starting to itch more too, which means the skin is stretching. Good thing Lisa sent me some body butter for a gift! I can still button two pairs of work pants, but choose not to, just because it's not comfortable. I put on the Bella Band instead. My jeans still fit fine because they were big on me to begin with, so no worries there for at least another month or so. I'm hungrier now, noticing that I have to eat something every two hours or my stomach just aches and growls at me.
On Tuesday, March 10th we had our 12 week appointment and it went excellent. The baby is measuring exactly the right size for being 13 weeks. The ultra sound was so much fun and a HUGE change since the 8 week one. Our little bean now looks like a little person! It has arms, legs, feet, toes, fingers, eyes, nose, mouth and a very definite shape to it. The doctor pressed on my stomach and we got to watch it move all around, flailing its arms and legs and it even turned over on its side and put its back to us! We also got to see a shot of the top of the head to see the "butterfly shape" of the brain. And you could see the umbilical cord on the screen. So exciting!
I've only gained one pound and they asked me to drink a bit more water because there's a little too much protein in my urine. Blood pressure was good at 100/70. I got back on April 6th for my 16 week.
I feel, ok. Depends on the day. I'm still not sleeping very well. It seems when I finally fall into a deep sleep, the alarm goes off and I have to drag myself out of bed. It's been busy with the new job at work, so by the end of the night I'm really tired and can hardly keep my eyes open. The heartburn is getting worse, happening almost every night now. I try and sit up a lot in bed, but I'm so tired my head just falls down to the side. I usually pop a TUMS and feel a lot better. The feeling of food stuck in my throat and chest depends on the day. It's not every day like last week and has subsided a little bit, but is still happening. I hate that worse than heartburn because it makes me gag on things like my toothbrush.
My parents made flight reservations to come down over Mother's Day weekend. By then we'll know the sex and be able to go do some shopping. It's going to be so much fun getting the nursery together. Guess I should make April my Spring Cleaning/Get my Donations Together month! We have a lot of extra furniture stored in that room that I think we'll donate for a tax write off. Then maybe we can paint it in June so it kind of looks put together before my shower in July.
Random things I craved this week (some lasted for days, some lasted for 5 mins and went away) are:
Fruit Smoothie - and I don't mean that sugar-loaded crap that Jamba makes, like actual natural fruit smoothies either plain or with yogurt. Finally, after 3 days, got mine today. Cranberry, Strawberry, Banana and Ice. Perfect. :-)
Cheesy popcorn - yes like that stuff that's so good it turns your fingers orange and comes in a pretty tin at Xmas time. Yum!
Cheeseburgers - still in the back of my head every day, though I don't feel like I'm going to die without one. There's simply just never a moment when that doesn't sound good! Tomorrow we'll go to Red Robin and get my monthly cheeseburger and I will be happy again for another 4 weeks haha.
Neapolitan Ice Cream - this started last Friday night because I wanted something to ease my indigestion, but I didn't want milk (besides we drink non-fat and that has no impact on the gagging feeling in my throat). I wanted strawberry, then I wanted chocolate, then I wanted vanilla...so Jeff came back from the store with Neapolitan so I had all three. Quite yummy.
Root Beer - this has been going on for a couple of weeks now. Let me just note that I NEVER drink Root Beer. It's ok, just not my favorite kind of soda, tastes a little funny...well over the past 2-3 weeks I'm obsessed with it. So I finally bought myself some diet stuff so I can treat myself every weekend to one. Good thing it's caffeine free or I'd be in trouble.
Well that's all I can think of for my entire 12th week. Today's day 1 of Week 13 (I don't get why some books/sites say I still have another week in my first trimester, meaning the second trimester starts on week 14 and other books/sites say my second trimester starts today since my 12th week is now complete...???). I'm really looking forward to the next couple months as we find out the sex of the baby, have visits with friends and family, and a trip to Washington and Canada on tap. We also get to start planning a theme for the nursery which will be a lot of fun.
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