12 Week Bump!

Well, here comes the 2nd trimester!  Everything looked good at my last appointment, so as you can semi-read from the photo, we will be telling more people this week.  I am headed to the beach in NC to relax, and will tell everyone while I am there. 

 

 

 

How far along? 12 Weeks, 1 Day

Total weight gain/loss: Plus 1 pound 

Maternity clothes? nope, regular clothes only

Stretch marks? No

Exercise this week?  Zumba classes, elliptical/stair stepper at different times, walking mileage - worked out 5x/week.

Sleep: Much better

Best moment this week: Hearing the heartbeat on the doppler   

Have you told family and friends: Only immediate family and close friends still, but as you can see, plan on telling everyone while at the beach!

Miss Anything? Wine 

Movement: Not yet

Food cravings: Nope, still not yet.   

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope!    

Have you started to show yet: A bit of bloating, and I can see some actual baby bump forming.  I think its pushing my stomach fat up so its more visible...sigh.

Gender prediction: Girl.  

Labor Signs: No

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!

Weekly Wisdom: Don't be afraid of telling your boss like I was.  They're fine with it.   

Looking forward to: Telling my grandma this weekend on the phone.  I am so excited for her reaction. 



Pros and Cons

The pros and cons of a baby bump, based on your original starting body type.

 

Pro: No one has ever asked me if I was pregnant.  Translate - I do not have a big stomach that makes people think I am pregnant when I'm really just unfortunately shaped.  That is a big bonus for me.  Not to say I don't have any squishiness in my midsection, because I do, I just don't look pregnant when I'm not. 

 

Con: I will have to wait a little while to show off the bump!  It's not something I can immediately begin wearing cute clothes with. 

 

That was my rant for the day!

 



Week 10

The days keep moving along, and everything seems good so far!  This week, I had some subsidence of nausea, which was a fantastic relief.  However, it hasn't left completely, I got a nice wave of it following some avocado eating.  I also had the Harmony blood test drawn, and the genetic carrier testing.  Hopefully everything comes back healthy.  

How far along? 10 Weeks, 3 Days

Total weight gain/loss: minus 1 pound - put on about a half pound since last week. 

Maternity clothes? nope, regular clothes only (and they still all fit comfortably, no tightness).

Stretch marks? No
Exercise this week?  Zumba class twice, and should have 6-8 miles in by tomorrow (end of week count for mileage).

Sleep: No more peeing at night!  I have been a nap fiend though.

Best moment this week: Heading to the pool with friends soon!   

Have you told family and friends: Only immediate family and close friends still.

Miss Anything? Lunchmeat - I could use a Jimmy John's sandwich! 

Movement: Not yet

Food cravings: Nope, still not yet.   

Anything making you queasy or sick: Feeling better!  Although that avocado yesterday did a number on my stomach.   

Have you started to show yet: Bloating has subsided, and no bump yet (at least, I can't tell a difference between the two pics I've taken).   

Gender prediction: Girl.  

Labor Signs: No

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!

Weekly Wisdom: Declutter your home before baby arrives - do you really want a house where you kid is in danger of crap falling on them in any room?  

Looking forward to: Getting a bigger bump & sharing with everyone else

LIttle Smurflet

So people always refer to their growing babies as beans, peanuts, types of fruit, etc.  I decided that a baby smurf would be a smurflet (like a piglet), and that is definitely a funnier name than bean.  Hahaha.

 

So this week, I haven't taken a photo.  Nothing has changed in me, so I will wait til next week to see if there is some growth.  My nausea has subsided some this week (yay!) but I am still quite tired.  I am also on a mission each weekend to declutter our house in preparation for the baby (although most people say I don't have clutter - but usually those are just people who have mountains of junk in comparison).  I cleaned up the garage yesterday, and organized the shelves in there.  Now today is lazy laundry day and house cleaning.  I've also started looking at nursery ideas online.  So many choices!

To keep up with the list...

How far along? 9 Weeks, 5 Days

Total weight gain/loss: minus 1.6 pounds.  I don't get it, I am eating more normally these days without the nausea.  I figure if at my 12 week they are concerned, they'll let me know. 

Maternity clothes? nope, regular clothes only.

Stretch marks? No, but I did start using cocoa butter
Exercise this week?  Zumba was cancelled all week :(.  7.7 miles for 5K training though

Sleep: Waking up at night to pee, and taking naps when I can on weekends!

Best moment this week: When I didn't feel like crap when I woke up/throughout the day! 

Have you told family and friends: Only immediate family and close friends still.

Miss Anything? I miss my mom always, so she will always be in this category, but I have been talking to her more this week. 

Movement: Not yet

Food cravings: Not really.  I guess I haven't really had that I'VE GOT TO HAVE THAT feeling yet.  Although I did enjoy my lemonade last week, I can't really say it was a
"gotta have it" feeling - more of an impulse buy at the store. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Feeling better!  But I can't look at pizza, ugh disgusting.  I think it's all that grease.   

Have you started to show yet: Bloating has subsided, and no bump yet.   

Gender prediction: I think it might be a girl, just based on everyone's thoughts.  I love all the texts I am getting from the people who know, it makes me feel so loved.  

Labor Signs: No

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!

Weekly Wisdom: Get things done when you feel good!  I felt great and cleaned tthe garage and did laundry/cleaned the kitchen/bathroom.   

Looking forward to: Getting a bigger bump & sharing with everyone else



Baby Bump!

Sooooo, I am pregnant!  I've always been a cutesy, crafty person, so I ALWAYS want to find unique ways to do things.  So, I found a cute way to tell Adam I was pregnant.  I took a gift box, put some blue and pink tissue paper in, and added a positive test with a little note.  Once we had our 8 week ultrasound, we also told our immediate family and close friends.  We are going to wait until later to tell everyone else since we are getting chromosomal testing and also to be out of the first trimester.  I have been doing a lot of "drinking" at happy hours and girls nights in the meantime.  Sprite with lime = gin and tonic, and watered down white grape juice = white wine .  Although my wine concoction was a little off-color - I needed more water!

I wanted to save the memories of my bump growing, like so many people do, so I took a note from the girl with the chalkboard and made my own!

 

 

How far along? 8 Weeks, 5 Days

Total weight gain/loss: minus 1 pound

Maternity clothes? nope, regular clothes only.

Stretch marks? No
Exercise this week?  Two Zumba classes, and 8 miles this week for my 5K training

Sleep: Waking up at night to pee, and taking naps when I can on weekends!

Best moment this week: Our 8 week ultrasound where we heard the heartbeat, and shared our news with family after that. 

Have you told family and friends: Only immediate family and close friends - we recorded the heartbeat on video and shared via Facetime and Skype since all our family is out of town!

Miss Anything? I miss not feeling sick most of the time - morning sickness is just me feeling nauseous all the time.

Movement: Not yet

Food cravings: Lemonade

Anything making you queasy or sick: Every time I eat I feel queasy afterwards, but I feel queasy when I don't eat too. 

Have you started to show yet: Just a little bloating, no baby weight yet.(seeing as I lost a pound, I can't be!) 

Gender prediction: Seems like everyone we know wants us to have a girl, so I am kind of thinking it might be - although before we told family, I would have said boy. 

Labor Signs: No

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Both - a mix depending on how nauseous I am.

Weekly Wisdom: Buy a ton of ginger ale, it seems to help me.  Nap as much as you want! 

Looking forward to: Not feeling sick and tired, getting a bigger bump & sharing with everyone else