14 Weeks! 2nd Trimester!

I forgot to post this picture of my 13 week board last week...

Me being weepy was an understatement.  I think my hubby inadvertantly made me cry 3 or 4 times over the weekend.  He wasn't being mean.  He just didn't say the right thing, apparently.  :)  I cry at the drop of a hat nowadays.  Everything rubs me the wrong way.  I felt so bad every time I cried, but I just couldn't help it.  You can't stop the waterworks when they start.  Add to that some very unnecessary family drama going on, and I've been a total mess.  There is a particular person that I unfortunately have to associate with, but I've had it.  You try and try and try to make a relationship with someone that is just not the kind of person you want to associate with, and eventually you give up.  I have given up.  There was all of this drama going on on stupid FB that forced me to defend my sister (which I will ALWAYS do, no matter what), and it eventually ended with me texting said person that I appreciate her and her family for what they do, and I didn't get a response.  That's OK.  Proves the maturity level of this person.  I can't tell you how many times I've apologized or tried to explain myself or make things right, but get nothing in return.  Like my hubby said, he realized a long time ago that you can only be shit on so many times before you just deal with it, distance yourself, and don't trust this person.  My life is simpler now and less stressed, but it's sad.  Oh well.  I need to eliminate stress and unnecessary bull shit out of my life, for our baby's sake, and I have done so.  I will be civil around said person, but like my hubby says, the only people that matter are us, the baby and Fritz.  I love that man.  He is my sanity.

Sigh of relief.

So hubby is back to work now.  He was home for a few days and it was wonderful (with the exception of my emotional crying fits, sorry hubby).  We went to an outside source Saturday for an ultrasound.  The first one hubby got to see.  It was amazing.  After fighting torrential rains to get to Nola early Saturday, we made it and got to hear baby's heartbeat (156 BPM!) and see Le Petite Bebe just a bouncing around in there.  Bebe even waved to us, saying hi to daddy for the first time.  Bebe even kicked back and laid around.  The tech said bebe was so active because I hadn't eaten.  Don't worry, I engorged myself in Juan's Flying Burrito shortly thereafter and bebe was very happy.  We went to the French Quarter and picked up bebe's first present from daddy, a giant, soft, fluffy alligator and a book for the nursery library.  We did a lot of house finalization stuff that needed completed, so it looks like we just have to sit back and wait for it to be done at this point.  Another sigh of relief.  :)

So now we are 14 weeks!

Hubby put his artistic skills to the test and drew his work place.  :)  2nd trimester.  The first really flew by.  I think I'm finally getting some energy back, but it's hard to say.

My sister is moving down south today!  She is actually taking my place at my job, so she starts training with me Monday.  I have so much to do here to get ready for that.  Wish I hadn't procrastinated so much.  That my mode of operation, though.  Wait til the last minute.  I'll probably have to come in this weekend to finish up the training stuff.  I do so much on a daily basis that it's hard to pinpoint everything and put it into writing.  Luckily I had a manual to work off of, but I do a lot more now than I did when I originally started.  She'll be shacking up with us until she gets her own place (hopefully soon lol).

I still haven't gained any weight yet, which has me kind of wondering.  I started eating better because of my sugar, but I've been slacking on that.  I feel like I should be gaining some kind of weight.  I know my belly is getting bigger because the one pair of jeans I wear do the roll over maneuver.  I may pop by the maternity store this weekend to pick up some jeans.  I have maternity capris, but I need something to wear to the office that isn't capris.  I got a really cute maternity dress from Target last week that is going to be a God send this summer in this south Louisiana heat.

My next appointment is next Wednesday... maybe I'll talk to the doc about not gaining weight.  I'm sure the minute I mention it I'll put on 20 pounds.  :X

13 weeks!

13 weeks... so crazy.  Seems like just yesterday I peed on a stick and it changed our lives forever.

Things are going really well.  I'm not sick anymore (!), which is fabulous.  I'm still really tired, been asleep before 9 every night.  I'm sooooo sick of hearing people say "sleep while you can!"  Yeah, I get it, sleep is flighty, at best, when the baby comes.  I'm not stupid.

Oh yeah.  I'm still a raging bitch.  Maybe more so than before.  Thanks hormones.

Hubby finally gets home tomorrow after being gone 25 days.  That is a l o n g damn time when you're pregnant, emotional, mad, sad, happy, bitchy, sick, tired.  I'm so ready to see him.  We're going to celebrate our 2nd anniversary while he's home, since he'll miss it and be gone for it this year (April 30).  Hopefully the next time he comes home we can find out the sex of the baby!

The cat is out of the bag at work now.  Everyone knows I'm leaving (an e-mail was sent out), my replacement (my sister!) begins training April 30, and I'm outta here June 15.  Looks like I'll still be tied to this place after I leave, doing some recruiting from home, but I'm good with that.  Extra money, and it will give me something to do between now and baby time.  Everyone is really happy for us, with building the house, moving, and having the bebe.  I think a few of the guys here almost cried when they came to talk to me about leaving.  Kind of funny and sad.

I made this really cute dress over the weekend to accomodate an expanding belly.  It makes my rack look HUGE (although a full coverage hooded sweatshirt does, too), but it turned out pretty cute.  It's long and flowy and makes me look like a whale, but I love the fabric and colors, and I'm pregnant, so I don't care.

This past weekend, besides sewing, was full of activities.  Most weekends lately have been comprised of sleeping, napping, taking the pup to the dog park, and sleeping some more, so this was a nice change.  Went to a little birthday party on Saturday and had a much needed girls night out with some fabulous friends.  Three hours later I was totally falling asleep at the table of the restaurant (along with another preggo friend).  10pm is like 4am to me.  I met up with some family on Sunday and went to the Strawberry Festival over in Ponchatoula.  It was very fun, but a little warm and after indulging in fried food, a giant lemonade, and some shopping, I was overheated and sick.  :x  Baby was ready to go home and take a nap!  (and throw up a little bit, I hadn't eaten much sugar or fried foods lately because of my blood sugar, so my body was on crappy food overdrive, I guess...)

12 weeks, 3 days

Chalkboard Countdown

How cute is this?



I've seen these little countdowns all over Pinterest so I had to do one, too.  I think it's so cute.  Hubby ordered these great chalkboard wet markers from Amazon and they worked out awesome.  Love, love, love it!

12 Weeks! 3 Months! YAY

8 weeks ago we found out we were expecting our bundle of joy.  Fast forward to today and it feels like yesterday.  I'm not sick anymore (well, with the exception of opening up our dog's treat bag and gagging because the smell overwhelms me), I'm just really tired.  I'm trying desperately to set up an ultrasound for when my hubby comes home, since he's missed the first two.  I hope they'll let us.

How far along?  12 weeks!
Maternity clothes?  I have my capris, but I need to get some more.  Clothes just aren't fitting very well.  I've become best friends with zip up hoodies and jackets.  Trying to hid the fatness.
Stretch marks?  More and more each day.
Sleep?  It depends.  I slept like a rock last night.  I slept like shit the night before.  No rhyme or reason to the sleep patterns, it seems.
Best moment this week?  Making 12 weeks today!
Miss anything?  Coke.
Movement?  Nope.
Food cravings?  Salads.
Anything making you queasy or sick?  The smell of dog treats, blech!
Have you started to show yet?  I think so...
Gender? Still thinking boy...
Labour Signs? Nooooooooooooo.
Belly Button in or out?  In.
Wedding rings on or off?  On.
Happy or Moody most of the time?  I'm becoming less of a bitch, but it's still there.
Looking forward to going into labor?  No.  Not after watching this totally horrible documentary called "The Business of Birth."  Want to scare yourself?  Watch that.  It's awful.

Bump bump bump bump bump

Here's the bump pics so far.  The first one is probably just a "I had too much lunch" picture :)

7 Weeks, 3 Days

9 Weeks, 3 Days

11 Weeks, 5 Days

I feel like the bump is much more pronounced in the last picture.  I'm working on doing one of those weekly chalkboard things all the girls on Pinterest are doing, like this:

The chalk markers are ordered and will arrive Wednesday.  I'll be 12 weeks then.  :)



11 weeks, 2 Days

I had my check up yesterday.  I thought I was in the all clear for this blood sugar thing, but instead I got a lecture from my doc about my blood sugar, saying it was "normal but high," so I have to eat on an ADA diet (diabetic diet) to try to get it lowered.  He said if it doesn't get lower, that I may run the risk of having a large baby and have to have a c-section.  I really, really don't want a c-section, so I'm going to try my best to eat well.  No sweet, no fried foods, no snacks (I will miss my chips).  I know I can do it because I want a healthy baby and a healthy pregnancy, but I would just love to have a normal pregnancy like other women where you can eat what you want, what you're craving, instead of having to watch what you eat.

Oh well.

Other than that, the appointment went well.  He did an ultrasound on my belly and we saw Le Petite Bell just bouncing around on my uterine trampoline.  It was pretty neat.  The minute he put the wand on my belly the baby was there, letting us know it was alive and well.  The doctor didn't listen for a heartbeat.  Since I had cramping at the beginning of the pregnancy, he didn't want to risk smooshing anything around and hurting anything trying to find a heartbeat.  He was happy with seeing an active baby in there just pouncing away like a little monkey.  I got to see the face, an eye, the mouth.  Very, very neat.  I videoed it for my hubby to see, since he's off working.  It will be nice one of these days he's home and can go with me to an appointment and see this in person (I'm really hoping for the gender ultrasound... if he's not here, I will make the doctor not tell me the sex, and hubby and I will go once he's home to find out together).

I've started feeling better, which is such a relief.  Coffee actually finally sounded good this morning, so I had a cup of decaf.  I know everyone says it's OK to drink a little caffeine, but I'm anxious by nature, so even a Coke makes me jittery.  I'll just steer clear of it until after baby is here.  I don't want it getting the jitters, too.  And hubby thinks if I drink it the baby will come out bouncing around and being crazy.  :)

So no morning sickness this week, but food still doesn't sound really good.  Just salads, which I guess is a good thing.  My clothes are starting to get pretty tight.  My work pants do a nice roll down maneuver when I put them on.  I'm really trying to refrain from buying new work clothes since I'll be done working June 15.  I do not want to buy stuff I'm not going to wear.  Those maternity clothes are expensive!

Burrrrrrrppppppp

I had some reprieve from the sickness last week, but it's back again.  I was up for hours last night sick and totally wide awake.  Made getting up for work really, really fun.  I was an hour late.  Oh well.  What are they going to do, fire me?  Nope.

I'm burping like you wouldn't believe.  It all started around the time of Jerseylicious last night (oh the irony, trashy show, trash burps), and continued all night long into today.  It kind of feels like I'm burping to keep from either A. feeling sick or B. throwing up.  Either way I'm not enjoying the increase in air going on right now.  I will be 11 weeks on Wednesday.  Then 3 more weeks until this first trimester is over.  I'm hoping I start feeling better soon.

The exhaustion is totally kicking my ass.  I can't even believe it.  Maybe it's because I was up half the night last night, but I can barely muster a walk down the hall to pee.  So pitiful.  I can't wait to get home and plop my butt on the couch for the night.

My pants are doing an interesting roll over thing.  The belly must be getting bigger because I don't think the pants are shrinking.  I'm only up one pound today since we found out we were expecting.  I was up two, but I went down over the weekend.  Not sure what the deal is there, probably water weight fluctuating.  Either way I think the bump is developing.  Why else would my pants do the roll over maneuver?  I'm ready to look pregnant and not just overweight.

My next appointment is Wednesday.  Looks like I'm heading to this one alone.  I'm OK with that, but I just keep thinking "What if there's no heartbeat and I have to find that out alone?"  Eternal pessimist.  Just hoping for a strong heartbeat and everything to look OK.

My best from home is throwing me a shower up north in Ohio on July 28.  I'm so excited for that.  She's the best.  She's even going to come down for a few days after the baby is here and after hubby goes back to work, so I don't have to be alone and can make that transition.  It will be so fab to have her here.  I miss my friends more than anything.