Friday, September 25, 2009

Seriously

I am 12 weeks. I'm not supposed to have nausea any more. And night time nausea...what's up with that??!! I want this to end soon so I can try and enjoy being pregnant.

On a happier note, Baby Boo is 2 inches long now. Kinda crazy. I took a picture of my belly today and compared it to my 15 week picture when I was preg with Evan. I'm not looking too bad. Actually I'm smaller now, which shocked me, but I am 3 weeks "less pregnant" after all. The first pic I took last time was at 15 weeks. There for a while I was feeling really fat this time, but it comes and goes. I think it's all the wonderful bloating that this stage entails. I'm so paranoid about getting fat because the 17 lbs I had to lose after I had Evan took me FOREVER to get off. I thought it'd be easier this time to be really strict with myself but I've been so freakin sick that food on my stomach was the only thing that made me feel better. I hope the nausea goes away so I can feel like exercising again. With all that said, I'm happy where I am right now.

Still no girl names picked out. Still favoring one boy name, but no middle name. We have so much on our plate right now with selling the house, we haven't had much time to think about baby names. At least we have a while.

My next dr appt is in a week and a half. Even though I won't get anything exciting like an ultrasound, I'm looking forward to going. It's always exciting to get closer to week 20 when we can find out if it's a boy or girl!

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Can't sleep

I thought you're supposed to sleep a lot in your first trimester. Not so with me. I'm awake waaay more than before. Ugh I hate this. I'm tired of getting up at 3:30, 4:30 in the morning. I go to bed later and it still doesn't help.

But on the bright side, I'm feeling less nausea now. Can't believe my first trimester is almost over. Hallelujah! Gosh, it's been a long road. We have so much going on right now, that it's hard to grasp the reality that we're having another baby. But there's a girl at my MOPS table that has a newborn. I couldn't help but stare at that baby girl thinking, "Wow, I'm gonna have one of those soon!" I literally couldn't take my eyes off her. It's crazy how you forget just how little newborns are. I think that I'll appreciate the newborn stage this time more than I did with Evan. I was so sleep deprived and overwhelmed that all I could think about was when I'd get sleep again. Now, I'm already used to not sleeping much, so I'm ready.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Why is it so hard to come up with a name?

We've already been through this once before...coming up with a name for our baby. It wasn't too hard with Evan because that's the only name we could agree on. At least we agreed on it! The girls names are the hardest. We never agreed on a girls name last time, and thankfully we didn't have to. And so far we can't come up with a girls name this time either. We pretty much have a boy name, but only the first name. But everyone thinks I'm having a girl this time. So much so that my sister-n-law already bought me a girl baby gift! Everyone in my fam and Steve's fam, and all my friends want a girl. As if I can pick at this point! I'm almost afraid everyone will be disappointed if we have another boy. Well I won't be. I love my little Evan and would be delighted to have another boy. And at least we already have his name picked out if "it" is a "he". :) Anyways, guess I'll keep plowing through baby name books to find a girls name and a boy middle name. The good thing is we have time. :)

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

This baby has a mind of it's own!

The baby got his/her first jet ski ride this weekend. Hehe We went camping at Center Hill with my family and I took one of the jet skis out for a bit. There’s nothing as relaxing as gliding on the water on top of a jet ski. So therapeutic. Anyways, I was sure to be extra safe and not pull any stunts since I’m pregnant. I think the baby liked the experience. :)

My nausea is somewhat better now. I still get sick, but it’s not nearly as bad as the first several weeks. Maybe I truly am getting used to it. Gwen was able to get me some greatly coveted Zofran and that’s definitely helped. Thank God for her!

I’m amazed at how many cravings/food aversions I’ve had so far. I didn’t have this with Evan. For instance, if you know anything about me at all, you know I’m a huge Diet Coke/Diet Dr. Pepper junkie. Now, I can’t stand them. Too sweet. I’m sure this has contributed to my sickness…major caffeine withdrawals. Also I’m a chronic gum chewer. Now, I can’t handle minty gum or peppermint or sometimes any gum at all. Before I was pregnant, I very, very rarely wanted McDonald’s. Now, I could eat a breakfast burrito and a kids cheeseburger everyday. Last night we went to Jim and Nick’s (our good ole standby restaurant) and I couldn’t eat their cheesy muffins. !!!! This is of major concern. I usually can eat the entire basket myself. If I start craving pickles and mustard, I will lose it. (I loathe them!)

And finally, my belly is already pushing out there. A lot of it has to do with me eating so much this past 6 weeks trying to curb my nausea, but there’s definitely a bump there. Yesterday I even felt a twinge of sciatic nerve pain. Oh crap! Let’s pray that beast doesn’t return this pregnancy! Oh and most delightfully, another part of my body has gotten bigger. All women know what I’m referring to here. :) They didn’t grow any last time, so it’s kinda fun to be shopping for bigger bras now. Woot!

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Baby Confirmed

Today was our big “first appointment” day. I am officially 8 weeks and 6 days, making my due date April 9, 2010. Steve and I were very excited to see our little baby bean on the ultrasound machine! Proof that he/she exists was vital to me, making this horrible nausea worth it all. It was amazing to see the baby even though we’ve already been through this once before. It truly was as exciting as it was with Evan. And I was in awe of how much detail we could see this early! We clearly saw the head, arm nubs, feet, and heartbeat. The baby was moving around in there already! I don’t think we saw Evan move at this stage. I can’t believe he/she was bouncing around and even turned to face us. It was so sweet.

Yes today was truly an awesome day. I feel so happy and blessed to be having another baby. I can’t imagine having two kids. I wonder what he/she will look like, if they’ll be similar to Evan and look like him or not at all.