Week 5 Wrap Up

How far along? 5 Weeks

Baby is the size of an: Appleseed

Total weight gain/loss: Starting weight before I got pregnant was 198.4. Not proud of that as it was the highest I ever was, but I'm trying very hard to be real here. At the end of week 5 I am down 7lbs mainly due to starting a Whole30 Paleo challenge and starting a new workout regimen. 

Symptoms: No appetite, nighttime sleep issues, super tired during the day, heartburn, minor (but totally normal) cramping, was super itchy last week, a bit irritable, NO focus, the end of the week and leading into week 6 has brought super sense of smell and nausea

Wedding rings on or off? I'm pretty bloated already so I go back and forth. If I can get them on I leave them on, but I have to take them off to work out. 

Belly Button in or out? In

Sleep: I have my good nights and bad nights. There's no rhyme or reason to it. Some nights I have trouble getting to sleep and others I wake up at 3AM and can't go back to sleep. Then there's those oh so treasured nights where I sleep for like 9 hours straight! I'm also taking naps every day... Sometimes multiple a day! That will change when I go back to work!

Food cravings: I could kill for a red velvet cupcake... That might just be the Whole30 paleo challenge talking. I haven't had dairy, sugar, or grains in 21 days. Hell. It's totally hell. I have been eating a lot of fruit though! Smoothies are my saving grace for breakfast when I need to eat but don't have much appetite.
 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Not too bad, although JD was cooking pork chops on the stove and the smell of the olive oil made me nauseous. Praying any actual sickness away!!

Miss Anything? My appetite! I'm not sick, but I'm not hungry!

Happy or Moody most of the time: Mostly happy, but definitely can get moody and whiny!

Workouts: I started working out with JD's friend and personal trainer, Billy, three weeks after my gallbladder surgery. We work out in an old metal boat maintenance shed with no AC and it's extremely reminiscent of a CrossFit type place without actually being one. Billy is all about safety and pacing yourself, which I can't say I've heard the same about CrossFit. I digress. Right away we prioritized getting my abs back in shape since they'd been all cut up from surgery. Once he feels like my core is up to par we will focus on other areas. I go to see him three days a week for about an hour. It really just depends on how long it takes me to get my sets done. I was only working out with him for a week before we found out I was pregnant, and now after having three weeks under my belt I'm pretty pleased. I think that if I can workout as much as possible throughout the pregnancy it will help me through labor and to get back in the swing of things post baby to lose the baby weight. Billy's really pushing me to make sure I'm eating enough calories and protein, which is ok now, but I worry about the coming weeks if I start to get sick. 

The Bump: No bump, but that insurance screening measured me at 36"

Have you started to show yet: Not an actual bump, but I feel super bloated and puffy. 

Stretch marks? No

Maternity clothes? Not technically, but kind of. I'll admit to having gained more weight this past school year than I should have, and since we didn't have the money (or I just didn't want to spend the money) to buy new clothes, most of my clothes were already a bit snug. Therefore I went ahead and bought fabric to make my own belly bands and cut up some old tank tops to make some as well. Yeah. It's embarrassing. I'm not going to lie about it, but I'm pretty disappointed with my starting weight and where it means I will end up when I'm at the peak of my preggers belly. On a happier note, I get my first Stitch Fix in a few weeks and I let them know I'd need clothes that were friendly for a growing belly. 

Gender Prediction: I keep going back and forth in referring to Baby D as he or she. I had my first baby dream towards the end of the week... And it was a girl!

Any Names Picked Out Yet: Yes! We have known all four options, two boys and two girls, for years now! If you know us well then you've probably heard them. If not, then you'll have to wait! I did actually think of a new girl name this week though! It would appease both mine and JD's desires in a name, and he says that it's growing on him :)

Labor Signs: Yeah right

Movement: Yeah right.

Best moment this week:  Sharing our news with our pastor. I hope our family is understanding that I let Shannon in on the secret before we told them. I really needed/wanted someone praying for us, especially as we go into our first doctor's appointment. Also deciding on how we will announce to the world and ordering what we need :)
 
Looking forward to: My doctor's appointment next week. Not getting my hopes up for an ultrasound though. 

Baby D is on the Way!

I'M PREGNANT!!!!

Ha! OK, now that THAT'S out of the way... JD and I are so excited to announce that we will be welcoming Baby D in a few months! This post was originally written back in mid July when we first found out, but we wanted to wait to share the news with everyone until after we told our parents. We still documented the first few weeks, so over the next several days you'll see those posts popping up.

I won't go into all of the details with you as to how long we'd been trying and such, but let's just say that this was a VERY welcome surprise! I'd been charting and was disappointed to see that it looked like July would be another disappointing month. When I say disappointed that should be read as major ugly cry, sobbing, nasty at 5am, waking JD up, earth shattering melt down. It was bad. But then... it wasn't bad. I first tested a few days later and was pretty sure I had a positive. Like one of those if you squint really hard and turn on all of the lights in the bathroom, then take a picture and adjust all of the photo editing settings theremight be a line kind of positives. I opted to not tell JD yet and to test a few days later instead.

In the mean time I went and bought 5, yes 5, more tests and waited... and waited... and waited. Three days later I was staring at 4 big fat positives!!! FOUR! Two cheapos and two digitals. Those things say the word "PREGNANT" on them so there's no denying that! I immediately cleaned up the bathroom and snuck off to Walmart while JD was sleeping like a rock. I got home and went to blowing up balloons, making signs, decorating my shirt, and laying out the onesies I bought. I couldn't wait!! It was 2 more hours before that boy woke up!

His usual morning routine is to make his coffee, play with the pups, and then go turn on his computer for work. I'd already started his coffee and breakfast by the time he came out for the morning because I just had to keep busy. I was wearing a hoodie so he couldn't see the special shirt that I'd made. As he headed toward the office (where everything was set up), I told him that I'd been up for several hours because I couldn't sleep and had found a few job options for him and I'd left them up on the computer. He's been job hunting for a while so it made sense...

He went to open to door to his office and I pulled off the hoodie and snuck up behind him! He turned around to see me and was already teary eyed asking "ARE YOU SERIOUS???" I pointed to my belly and showed him the message... "I can't wait to meet you, Daddy! March 2015!" The crying and hugs ensued. He went around looking at everything and was so excited! I couldn't help but cry seeing how excited he was! The best part.... I recorded the whole thing :) He didn't know I had the webcam recording so I could see his initial reaction when he walked in the room. No, I won't be sharing that... but it exists :)

We spent the rest of the day giddy about our news  and randomly crying happy tears! I went ahead and called the doctor to change what was supposed to be a 4 month follow up appointment into my first baby appointment! It still doesn't feel real!!

So here we are. Technically only 4 weeks in.Obviously way too soon to tell people, but Baby D is real, and he/she is ours, and we couldn't be happier :)

And yes... I'm going to be one of "those" mom's that's all super Pinteresty and does the chalkboard documentation. My body. My baby. My opinion. I don't care to hear yours ;)

And then after having taken my picture and already taking out the trash I realized that the initial version of the scripture that I wrote out is just Etsy made up goodness... So I found an actual version of the scripture that I liked and updated it :)