Crazy Ab Exercise

Baby is 13 and a half weeks! Yay little tiny parasite baby! I say parasite because I can eat till I am full and 30 minutes to an hour later it's like I haven't eaten all day and I HAVE to eat or I know I will die. Which I am hoping means I'm on my way to gaining back the 10 pounds I lost.

Also, last week my morning sickness came back with vengeance. Well, maybe not vengeance, but it had basically been ALL gone and then it returned and I am mad. I think I am not allowed to sleep in because sleeping in means I go even longer without food and baby apparently is not cool with that. And that kind of sucks because I am still exhausted ALL the time!

ANYWAY.... this past week my abs were super sore. It got to the point where it felt like I did an hour long crazy ab exercise for a week straight. Coughing, sneezing, deep breaths... they all me hurt. It felt like I was working on my 6 pack. But then I woke up and I had a bump! So, I will finally begin to slowly look like I am pregnant, but for now it just looks like I need to do some crunches and eat less.



I have a ton of projects I want to do for baby, like some wall art, a picture crib mobile, and a blanket. The first is this blanket! I am super excited about it, and I hope I can actually finish it. It's going to be white and grey striped and attached on the back will be either purple or green fleece. I chose purple or green over blue or pink because purple is my favorite color and green is John's.

I have decided to add a questionnaire to keep track of all the changes my body is going to have:

How far along: 13 weeks, 5 days

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I have NO idea. I lost like 10 pounds with all my crazy morning sickness, so hopefully I on my way back up.

Maternity clothes: Not yet, but my maxi skirt and super low rise jeans are WAY more comfortable than my regular jeans.

Stretch marks: Negative

Sleep: I am still SO tired, especially if I don't get a nap in. Oh and I wake up between 530 and 6am no matter what day it is... It is really annoying.

Best moment last week: My bump appeared!

Movement: Not yet.

Food cravings: I just want my moms cooking.

Gender: Don't know yet.

Labor signs: nope

Belly button - in or out? In, but sometimes the top is out a little bit. I'm gonna get an outtie really quick haha

What I miss: Energy, I can't even walk around for an hour without being totally exhausted for the rest of the day

What I am looking forward to: Finding out what we're having!

Milestones: Getting past the worst of my nausea. 

The Tiny Human Living in my Belly.

The past 12 weeks have literally been the craziest roller coaster ride of my life (and probably of John's as well).  

Here's a little recap: 

(This is how I told John) 

We found out late in August that I am pregnant! Crazy? Yes! Exciting? Yes! 

At first, mostly I was just tired ALL the time. I literally could not keep my eyes open during the day, I could have probably just slept through the first few weeks if I let myself. 

I had gone a few weeks with no sign of morning sickness and I thought I was one of the lucky few... Oh, was I wrong. One day I felt so nauseous and then it happened, I threw up for the first time, and definitely not the last. Within a week I was throwing up absolutely everything. And by everything, I mean I couldn't even keep down a sip of water. It was bad, one day I threw up like 14 times. Late that night, like after midnight, John had had enough and drove me to the ER (I threw up 3 or 4 times on the way there).

Well, they hooked me up to an IV to get me some fluids and pumped me with anti-vomiting medicine. The next few days were ok, but then it was back! After work one day, after not being able to keep anything down for 3 or 4 days, John took me to the Labor and Delivery Triage, where they pumped me with 3 backs of fluids via an IV and wouldn't let me leave till I could eat without throwing up. The doctor also prescribed me with a different kind of medicine that seemed to work a little better. 

At that point and for the next few weeks, the only things I could keep down, was fake lemonade, plain pasta, plain bread, and plain instant mashed potatoes. EVERYTHING else I would throw up, even water. And even still I felt sick ALL the time and I thought it would never go away. I lost a total of 6 pounds within a week! 

LUCKILY!! The past week or so things have gotten better. I can eat normal food and as long as I eat and take my medicine I only throw up first thing in the morning! You have NO idea how amazing it is to have options when I eat! 

Baby news: 

Baby is about 12 weeks. There was some discrepancy with the due date, so I might be further along then that, but my OB is sticking with my current due date which puts me at 12 weeks. 

Baby is due around May 1st. YAY for spring babies!!

Baby has a strong heart beat. (we got to see it twice and we have heard it once so far) Little growing babies have the fastest heart beats... it is pretty neat!

Mama news: 

I already have a little bump! It is kinda weird, but John thinks it is cute. :)

I sleep A LOT! When we get home from work around 4, I sleep for at least an hour, usually two. Then between 8 and 9 I fall asleep again and around 10 or 11 John wakes me up and I get ready for bed and sleep till 6. So I sleep somewhere between 10 and 14 hours a day! 

Say Hello to Our Little Friend

I have a baby growing inside me. Which is pretty neat, exciting, a little weird if you think about it, and the best reason for feelings absolutely horrible.

It has been a fews weeks since my last update, and mostly the reason for that is that I had felt so crappy and just didn't have the energy, also I didn't want the post to end up being depressing. So, the last three weeks were pretty horrible, I felt awful all the time and I was getting annoyed with only being able to eat dry toast, instant mashed potatoes, and plain pasta. We went on a trip to Laughlin for work and that just about killed me. I was MISERABLE and thought it would never get better. It was definitely not easy these past few weeks and I know it wasn't easy for John either and I felt horrible about that. BUT a change has occurred!!

Starting these past few days I have felt SO SO SO much better. Now, I am still tired most of the time but as long as I eat every hour or so, and drink a TON, I pretty much don't get nauseous and only throw up first thing in the morning. It's great! I still can't eat most foods, and I figured out that dairy makes me feel horrible but I am able to branch out a little more. I have been eating soup (mostly the broth), and I can have some snacks like pretzels and these cracker chip things, it's nice to have a bit more options.

I had another prenatal appointment on Wednesday. I thought I was 11 weeks but it turned out at my appointment the ultrasound showed I was only 10 weeks, which makes the due date May 1, 2014 (MAY DAY BABY). Also, we got to HEAR the heartbeat! Can I just say that it was SUPER exciting, I mean I have had a few ultrasounds already, so I saw our little alien in there and we could see the heartbeat but HEARING the heartbeat just made it more real. It was so fast, my OB said baby has a strong heartbeat, so yay for healthy baby!

Also, if you really think about it, it's weird. In my body there is not just one heartbeat, there are TWO, my own and the babies. SO weird, but really awesome.