Friday, July 29, 2011
Pregnancy is a motivation zapper
Man, somedays I can not shake the desire to go lie down and not get back up. Especially in the afternoons. I am very thankful my job is at home, so if I do need to take a short nap, I can. But the exhaustion is pervasive enough that it's affecting my drive as a whole. In fact, I'm so unmotivated, I don't even think I can finish this blog pos...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
If pregnancy has 3 legs, I'm on # 2
14 weeks, folks!! Today!!!
Officially in the 2nd trimester. But not officially feeling like it. That's okay, I have hope. I know this baby is worth all the blek-ness of the months past. RIGHT, lil' spud? RIGHT?
So let's make this one a happy post because the last one allowed me to just vent about many of the downs.
Here is a photo of the NT scan (btw, our results were great...there is only a 1/10000 chance at this point that the baby has Down's syndrome.) Please ignore the shark-like fin that is coming from the head..that is a glare on the glossy paper. Everyone says it already looks like Hubs. My dad says he can see a peter. My dad also thinks all cats are female and all dogs are male.
The NT scan was awesome and my only regret is that Hubs wasn't there with me. He had come to the ultrasound the week before (we were just supposed to hear the heartbeat) and the ultrasound was so low-quality, it's not even worth keeping the sonogram.
So I told him he didn't have to come to the NT scan because I assumed it'd not be all that cool
Boy was I wrong!
Check out the video....the lil' spud was flipping around like crazy. And I was just amazed that for 10 minutes, I could see it using my uterine wall as a launch pad, but I couldn't feel a thing!!!!! But talk about finally feeling like all this nonsense of nausea was worth it.... (I change my mind when I'm nauseated, I admit it. haha)
Now, mind you, he/she had been dancing like Flipper the entire time, until I pulled out my phone to record it. Then it was still. I got kinda upset...tearful, even, and just like his/her father, the baby sensed that I was FOR REAL and was not happy. So after 1.5 minutes of nothing, I took the phone away...then tried ONE more time...and immediately...this is what I saw.
I'm a mother! I only believe it NOW!!! :)
We announced on Facebook that we're pregnant on Sunday. Talk about taking the official leap....So crazy! But the news is out so it feels good....and now the next milestone is finding out if we'll be parents to a she or a he... CANNOT FREAKING WAIT!!
And then to update on what I look like at this point... here is the 14 week pic:
Officially in the 2nd trimester. But not officially feeling like it. That's okay, I have hope. I know this baby is worth all the blek-ness of the months past. RIGHT, lil' spud? RIGHT?
So let's make this one a happy post because the last one allowed me to just vent about many of the downs.
Here is a photo of the NT scan (btw, our results were great...there is only a 1/10000 chance at this point that the baby has Down's syndrome.) Please ignore the shark-like fin that is coming from the head..that is a glare on the glossy paper. Everyone says it already looks like Hubs. My dad says he can see a peter. My dad also thinks all cats are female and all dogs are male.
The NT scan was awesome and my only regret is that Hubs wasn't there with me. He had come to the ultrasound the week before (we were just supposed to hear the heartbeat) and the ultrasound was so low-quality, it's not even worth keeping the sonogram.
So I told him he didn't have to come to the NT scan because I assumed it'd not be all that cool
Boy was I wrong!
Check out the video....the lil' spud was flipping around like crazy. And I was just amazed that for 10 minutes, I could see it using my uterine wall as a launch pad, but I couldn't feel a thing!!!!! But talk about finally feeling like all this nonsense of nausea was worth it.... (I change my mind when I'm nauseated, I admit it. haha)
Now, mind you, he/she had been dancing like Flipper the entire time, until I pulled out my phone to record it. Then it was still. I got kinda upset...tearful, even, and just like his/her father, the baby sensed that I was FOR REAL and was not happy. So after 1.5 minutes of nothing, I took the phone away...then tried ONE more time...and immediately...this is what I saw.
I'm a mother! I only believe it NOW!!! :)
We announced on Facebook that we're pregnant on Sunday. Talk about taking the official leap....So crazy! But the news is out so it feels good....and now the next milestone is finding out if we'll be parents to a she or a he... CANNOT FREAKING WAIT!!
And then to update on what I look like at this point... here is the 14 week pic:
Thursday, July 14, 2011
No title sums up the fact that I suck at posting personal blogs
It's been awhile. I am in my 13th week...
On one hand, it seems like this pregnancy thing has been taking forever already. On the other, it has flown by. Let's see if I can update everything in one post... and then maybe, just maybe, I'll be faithful and blog more often.
1. I've not gained any weight. In fact, I've lost a pound between doctor appointments. I'm okay withthat, because I know it will soon catch up to me and I will give you two places that I know the weight will congregate... and both are my cheeks. Blek.
2. Thus far, I look like a skeleton with a gut. I have a lean frame with thin bones...so the pooch in my stomach region is probably not screaming "There is a baby behind this facade of skin!!!" quite yet, but it definitely might make people look at me and think I'm getting a bit sloppy with a donut habit. (I actually HATE donuts. Least fave food that the rest of America likes....)
3. I've had some really rough patches. Nausea is the main culprit, though it seems that once a week I get a really really really bad sinus headache...it hurts so bad that I almost think it's reaching a migraine, but since I can't take Zomig or Imitrex like usual, I have caved and have taken Sudafed because quite frankly.... the doc says it's okay to take, and by golly, I deserve it. The things that have helped my nausea...and believe me, I've tried them all (SeaBands, B-pops, Emetrol, Ginger gum, eating when I wake up, not eating sweets, etc...)....are Preggie Pops and Zofran. And napping. Napping is nice. I am starting to feel nauseated less, but now guess what is taking its place...arthritis in the middle of my back.
4. So basically, I've not really ENJOYED the pregnancy thus far.... but in attempt to look at the bright side...let's try to find things I have liked...
On one hand, it seems like this pregnancy thing has been taking forever already. On the other, it has flown by. Let's see if I can update everything in one post... and then maybe, just maybe, I'll be faithful and blog more often.
1. I've not gained any weight. In fact, I've lost a pound between doctor appointments. I'm okay withthat, because I know it will soon catch up to me and I will give you two places that I know the weight will congregate... and both are my cheeks. Blek.
2. Thus far, I look like a skeleton with a gut. I have a lean frame with thin bones...so the pooch in my stomach region is probably not screaming "There is a baby behind this facade of skin!!!" quite yet, but it definitely might make people look at me and think I'm getting a bit sloppy with a donut habit. (I actually HATE donuts. Least fave food that the rest of America likes....)
3. I've had some really rough patches. Nausea is the main culprit, though it seems that once a week I get a really really really bad sinus headache...it hurts so bad that I almost think it's reaching a migraine, but since I can't take Zomig or Imitrex like usual, I have caved and have taken Sudafed because quite frankly.... the doc says it's okay to take, and by golly, I deserve it. The things that have helped my nausea...and believe me, I've tried them all (SeaBands, B-pops, Emetrol, Ginger gum, eating when I wake up, not eating sweets, etc...)....are Preggie Pops and Zofran. And napping. Napping is nice. I am starting to feel nauseated less, but now guess what is taking its place...arthritis in the middle of my back.
SIDE NOTE: I have scoliosis...had surgery for it in 1994...it's a double curve (shaped like the letter 'S'....and right where the curve is, whenever I overeat or if I'm on my feet too long, I get super achey with arthritis. Now that I'm pregnant, it comes from just sitting too long. Or breathing. Yeah, that sucks.And don't let me get started on the exhaustion. Or about how much I'd like to stick a dry noodle into the eyes of any guy who ever says it's just in our heads. Do you think I WANT to feel like I am drugged with Benadryl several hours of the day? Do you think I WANT to be so out of breath after walking down the hallway? I don't even have a "full load"yet...and it's ridiculous the energy I do not have. Ok, moving on.
4. So basically, I've not really ENJOYED the pregnancy thus far.... but in attempt to look at the bright side...let's try to find things I have liked...
- I love how happy people (friends/family) get when I have told them the news.
- I love envisioning what our lives will look like in a year from now...6 months from now...etc.
- I loved seeing the baby look like a baby at the NT scan we did this week (I'll post in the next blog cuz I don't feel like dealing with YouTube. haha)
- And I think that is it... I really have tried to come up with more, but I think me feeling like a useless pile of crap has outweighed all the other positives. Ask me again in two months... (I guess you never asked me in the first place)
5. I haven't been really craving anything yet...like as in, fervently searching for a way to fulfill a deep desire to eat or drink something. But I've been enjoying fruit a lot more than usual. And gyros usually sound like a good meal....even for breakfast. Though I do wish I could find somewhere in KC where I actually like the gyros other than at the mall's food court.
I have had a few aversions...I don't want to eat roasted/rotisserie chicken. Fried chicken is A-ok, as well as little pieces of it in a pasta or whatever. but slabs of the meat just don't appeal to me. I can also nearly hurl when thinking about eating pork. Ham is okay...but pork chops/loin... where's the toilet?
Taco Bell is also a no-no. My tongue now detests the imitation cheese they use for their nachos. And their tortilla chips, I can pick up on the flecks of cinnamon that somehow got on them from their dessert crisps...and dipping THAT into fake cheese is so gross!!!!
I have been needing to eat every 2-3 hours. For this reason, I'm so sick of eating crackers, granola bars and the like. I would rather have small meals, but that is just too costly. And time-consuming.
6. I finally bought maternity clothes last weekend. Just a few shirts and a dress. I don't want to go all out yet because the majority of my "whale-costume" days will be in weather that a pregnant person might actually enjoy...not climate that is due to a dreadful heated beast that has taken a large crap on the entire month of July. Everyone says I'll be cute pregnant because I'm thin. But I know what they don't know...my face will blimp out and I will remind myself of when I had my wisdom teeth taken out.
I think I will begin to be more peppy when I feel better, have more energy, look pregnant and know if it's a boy or a girl who will be gracing our lives. I'll post again soon. I promise. :)
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