12 Weeks

Written on 8.2.13

How far along? 12 weeks. Baby is the size of a peach! 

Total weight gain: 1 pound. Technically 1.6, but nurse Mary Jane was nice enough to round down. I did have breakfast. And clothes on.

Maternity Clothes: Nada.

Stretch Marks: No.

Sleep: Benadryl. Bathroom breaks. That about sums it up. 

Best Moment this Week: Seeing Sunburst kicking on the ultrasound.

Miss anything? Not terribly.

Movement: Yes and no. As of this week, Sunburst is flipping, but nothing I can feel just yet.

Food Cravings: Leggo my Eggo. Seriously. Leggo.

Anything making you queasy or sick:The smell of peanut butter. Odd, because I can eat it, but take that top off the jar, cue my exit. Gag.

Exercise: Still getting out there. Slow and steady wins the race. That's my new motto.

Gender: We should find out early September at our 18 week appointment. That doesn't seem too far away!

Labor signs:No thank you.

Symptoms: I did not know what sciatic nerve pain was. Now I do. Ouch. Knowledge does not always equal power. Remember that, kids.

Most looking forward to: End of the first trimester.

11 Weeks

Written on 7.23.13

 

How far along? 11 weeks. Baby is the size of a large plum. Sunburst can hiccup and hands can open and close into fists.

Total weight gain: I dared step on the scale and it was nothing so far - a sheer miracle considering the amount of Chick-Fil-A chicken strips that have passed through these lips in the past three weeks.

Maternity Clothes: Nada.

Stretch Marks: No.

Sleep: If I could check mark the pregnancy symptoms I would like, I would have gladly chosen exhaustion. This restlessness/insomnia is for the birds. On a related note, I've enjoyed many late night episodes of The Andy Griffith Show. Life lessons, I tell ya.

Best Moment this Week: Baby's first outfit from Mrs. Smith. The Royal Baby...oh, the excitement of watching alongside the relief I don't have to name Sunburst George or Arthur. 

Miss anything? A normal appetite.

Movement: Yes and no. As of this week, Sunburst is flipping, but nothing I can feel just yet.

Food Cravings: Salty. Me+Fritos = Love. Chick-Fil-A Diet Lemonade.

Anything making you queasy or sick: The taste of any food in my mouth. My oral hygiene would make 3 out of 4 dentists proud!

Exercise: I'm not very proud of my frequency, but I'm still getting out there. Pre-Sunburst days I was running 4 days a week. The past couple weeks have just been twice - sleep has won on Saturdays since it's just too hot after a 8 a.m or so. Hoping to get some weights in this week.

Gender: Still thinking boy. But everyone up to the royal family announced boys this week, so we'll see if we are trend setters or followers. Bottom line: I have no idea.

Labor signs:No thank you.

Symptoms: Dizziness - especially when getting up from the couch (to head to the kitchen - my favorite route). Good to know from this week's BabyCenter update, that's normal and I'm not being totally melodramatic.
Most looking forward to: 12 week appointment still trumps all.

10 Weeks

Written on 7.16.13

 

How far along? 10 weeks. Double digits!! Fingers and toes are no longer webbed and nails are forming. Sunburst can swallow fluid and is starting to kick. Vital organs are starting to function.

Total weight gain: Waiting until the 12 week appointment to assess the first trimester damage. Sort of wishing I hadn't eaten the entire box of Easy Mac Thursday night.

Maternity Clothes: Nope.

Stretch Marks: No.

Sleep: Still rocking the bendadryl. I'll try to wean myself at some point. But right now its the best relief I've got. PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT AWAY.

Best Moment this Week:  Felt good all day on Saturday, so was able to clean the entire house (well, the entire downstairs) with the attention it deserves before we host a shower next weekend. It felt great to get that done, and have a sparkling house by the time the nausea returned on Sunday. Note: Namath is not allowed to shed this week.

Miss anything? A normal appetite.

Movement: No. The kumquat is on the down low still.

Food Cravings: Salty food seems to hit the spot. The Chick-Fil-A I had Saturday may have been the best thing I've ever eaten.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Got a peanut butter protein shake for lunch Friday. Won't be making that mistake again. Stopped for mac and cheese at Publix (don't judge me) and the hot bar worker had a DANGLING TOOTH. I could feel the wind of the tooth fairy circling. I'm embarrassed to say this did not deter me from my mac and cheese mission, but was the cause of some dry heaves.

Exercise:  Also had my best run/walk since I found out I was pregnant. I plan to blog about this at some point in the future, because it's a big learning curve and comes with a lot of adjustment and worry (for me, anyways.) I actually ran the whole last mile! I was pretty proud of myself. I was not proud that I had to drop my Nike shorts for a potty break in the woods halfway through. A girls gotta do what a girls gotta do.

Gender: A friend's mom who predicts these things and has only been wrong once, looked at my hand on Saturday, and told me B-O-Y. Time will tell. Like 10 weeks time. So. Far. Away. But, I'm thinking we'll have blue in our future!

Labor signs:No thank you.

Symptoms: Crazy vivid dreams. All this royal baby talk had me dreaming about the royal family. Specifically, I spent the evening hanging out with Diana (in her maternity wear circa 1980s) and she was FABULOUS. Charles picked me up from said evening, and broke down in the car about how he just really messed everything up with her. I cried right along with him. All was better though when we went ice skating at the palace.

Belly Button in or out: In.

Most looking forward to: 12 week appointment to hear the heartbeat. Closing out the first trimester and feeling footloose and fancy free to spread the news as I wish.

9 Weeks

How far along? 9 weeks. Baby is the size of a prune. Gag.But, the heart has divided into four chambers and the embryonic tail is gone. Go Sunburst!

Total weight gain: As of last week's appointment, zero.

Maternity Clothes: Nope. Thanks to my love for Mexican food, I own quite a few pairs of stretchy pants.

Stretch Marks: No.

Sleep: Bendadryl is my friend, until about 3 or 4 am, in which I wake up and have all kinds of time to think about things like, how to organize the garage. It's important!

Best Moment this Week: Seeing how much Sunburst has grown in just two short weeks! He/She looked like a tiny baby, not just a blob. Heart was beating away at 186 bpm. Deduce what you will from that. Also, the subchrionic hematoma had completely cleared up and my doctor was SO excited. She and the nurse practitioner gave me big hugs and were SO kind to take all the time I wanted to answer any and all questions and even offered to let me sneak in for a 10 week check up if it would make me feel better. It makes all the difference in the world to have a great doctor and staff.

Miss anything? Not feeling nauseous. Hair without roots. Running - well, running fast(ish).

Movement: Nope -got a good 9 weeks left.

Food Cravings: Whatever sounds remotely good at the moment. Every meal is like Russian Roulette - will this make me feel better or worse?

Anything making you queasy or sick: The rotisserie chicken sitting in the fridge.

Exercise:  The wog is in full force. Hoping to start getting more running and less walking in the rotation in the next couple of weeks.

Gender: I would be lying if I said I hadn't checked out all the old wives tales. Most point to girl, which makes my cynical self think boy.

Labor signs: Heck no.

Symptoms: I believe we've covered that.

Belly Button in or out: In.

Most looking forward to: 12 week appointment to hear the heartbeat, ending the first trimester and hopefully feeling more like my old self (or as much as one can expect).

8 Weeks

How far along? 8 weeks. Baby is the size of a kidney bean. Last week was raspberry, which I'm pretty sure is bigger, but I'm no baby development/fruit/vegetable sizing expert. Sunburst has webbed fingers and toes. Eyelids are covering babies eyes.

Total weight gain: Not letting myself go to this dark place yet.

Maternity Clothes: Only if browsing to see my options counts.

Stretch Marks: Haha...nope.

Sleep: Elusive. Nothing a little Benadryl can't fix.

Best Moment this Week: Telling both of our families. So fun to see other people get as excited about Sunburst as we are!

Miss anything? Let's just permantely put wine in this spot. Also, hair highlighting.

Movement: Nope - unless you count me moving to the bathroom 92 times per day.

Food Cravings: Cereal. Currently stocked up on Grape Nuts (actually the off brand - "Nutty Nuts") Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds and Raisin Bran. Worked hard to resist the Fruity Pebbles.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Being awake. Yet oddly, I'm yet to miss a meal. I figured out early on I feel a lot worse when I don't eat, so I just eat whatever sounds good. Too bad that's the #60 at Amigos and Chick Fil A. MS may get fruit instead of fries, but not this girl.

Exercise:When I called the doctor's office after finding out, they wanted me to take it easy until my first appointment - like, run no more than a quarter mile. I took that to mean a quarter mile at a time, and the wog (walk/jog) was born. When they found the subchrionic hematoma at my 6 week checkup, I was told no exercise until 8 weeks Long story, I'm just now getting back into it.

Gender: A few more months until that cat is out of the bag.

Labor signs: Well, it's in the future. Just not the near future.

Symptoms: Nausea. Frequent bathroom trips. I'm nothing if not a cliche.

Belly Button in or out: In.

Most looking forward to: 8 week apointment and ultrasound on Wednesday - getting to see the heartbeat again. Always makes me breathe easier. Hoping we get good news about the hematoma - that it's all gone!

What's Been Going On

We feel so blessed to share Baby S is due in February!

Namath is not impressed. We hope he'll come around.

Closet Project

After browsing through Life in the Green House's closet organization, I was inspired. Well, inspired enough to move some junk from our closet to the upstairs guest closet, and do one little project. That's inspired in my book.

I loved the idea of being able to see all my earrings, necklaces and bracelets in one place. So, off I went to the thrift store for my first bit of supplies.

Meow. Don't be jealous. I think the lady thought I was nuts when I dragged this to the checkout line.

 The cat print went in the garbage. So what was left was this nice gold frame.

 Perfect for striking a pose.

 After much deliberation in the aisle of Hobby Lobby, I settled on Blue Ocean Breeze. It's exceptionally smooth and durable! Or so says the can.

 After attaching some chicken wire with a staple gun, which was much more difficult than I thought it would be, voila....

I think it turned out nicely for what it is - and now I have a special spot for my "Saban is Sexy" pin. All's well that ends well.