Week 9 Wrap Up

How far along? 9 Weeks

Baby is the size of a: Grape

Total weight gain/loss: Down .4 lbs this week and 16 lbs total. Less than half a pound this week. That's progress right? I'll take it. 

Symptoms: Nausea and vommiting. Exhaustion showed back up with a vengeance.

Wedding rings on or off? On

Belly Button in or out? In

Sleep:  Like I'm dead. CRAZY dreams. Getting at least 8 hours a night plus naps. 

Food cravings: Pickels. Firehouse Sub. Only had it one time. Need to chat with the doctor about that.
 
Anything making you queasy or sick: Still the same as last week.

Miss anything? Feeling like a normal person. I'm so miserable :( I don't feel pregnant. I just feel like someone with a puny stomach bug.

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy and emotional. Still SO tired and puny.

Workouts: Bleh. I worked out fine Tuesday, but couldn't make it Thursday. I was sick, and then laid in the bed on the phone with my mom and JD's mom for an hour and a half. Saturday I went out there, but Billy was gone. I ended up falling asleep on the mats for half an hour before I got hot and went to sit in the car while JD finished. I ended up being WAY puny and had a massive ugly cry breakdown over labor/delivery fears and just feeling so yuck. 

The Bump: 37.5 inches

Have you started to show yet: Definitely enough for JD and I to be able to tell. Still just a big hamburger to everyone else... I think?

Stretch marks? No

Maternity Clothes? Nope. Not even the belly bands.

Gender Prediction: Still leaning towards a girl :)

Any Names Picked Out Yet: Same ones. 

Labor Signs: Yeah right

Movement: Yeah right

Best moment this week: Having a pregnant lady date with our friends that are only a week or two behind us. Ordered lots of pizza and cheesy bread and watched the football games at their house before going to the movies and hitting up Marble Slab. All in yoga pants, baggy shirts, and sports bras.
  
Looking forward to: Feeling like a human being. 

Week 8 Wrap Up

How far along? 8 Weeks

Baby is the size of a: Raspberry

Total weight gain/loss: Down 4 lbs this week, and 15.6 lbs total.... So. Much. Sick.

Symptoms: Nausea and vommiting. It wasn't AS bad, but it was enough to make me lose too much weight :( So strange how you'd normally be pumped about this kind of stuff but now it worries me.

Wedding rings on or off? On

Belly Button in or out? In

Sleep:  Like I'm dead. CRAZY dreams. 

Food cravings: I wouldn't call them cravings in the sense that they pop in my head and I want them, but if someone mentions something I can't get it out of my head until I have it. Pickles. Pimento cheese. And chocolate.
 
Anything making you queasy or sick: Meat, too thick textures of food, and being hungry. I have to eat a little something every hour or so.

Miss anything? Feeling like a normal person. I'm so miserable :( I don't feel pregnant. I just feel like someone with a puny stomach bug.

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy and emotional. Still SO tired and puny.

Workouts: Not so bad this week! Billy has modified my workouts and I've now had 3 days of pregnancy friendly sets. No more laying on my back or letting my head go below my waist. Every exercise we are doing is supposed to help prepare me for labor in some way. He says we will be focusing on my core and my back every single day. They've been really good workouts so I'm pleased that we aren't slacking off. 

The Bump: 37.5 inches

Have you started to show yet: I can't really tell. I think it just looks like I had a big breakfast. Like not quite showing but maybe I'm super aware and self conscious about it.

Stretch marks? No

Maternity Clothes? Nope. Not even the belly bands.

Gender Prediction: Still leaning towards a girl :)

Any Names Picked Out Yet: Same ones. 

Labor Signs: Yeah right

Movement: Yeah right

Best moment this week: Telling out parents!!!!! Seperate post on that later :)
  
Looking forward to: Telling more friends and our next ultrasound in 3 weeks. 

Week 7 Wrap Up

How far along? 7 Weeks

Baby is the size of a: Blueberry

Total weight gain/loss: Down 3.4 this week, but 11.6 total

Symptoms: No appetite, Beagle strength sense of smell, nausea, emotional, and P Brain. This week added on vomiting and the exhaustion picked back up :(

Wedding rings on or off? On

Belly Button in or out? In

Sleep:  Like I'm dead. CRAZY dreams. 

Food cravings: Nothing. I have had NO appetite. It's pretty miserable. I even had a hard time getting down the cupcakes JD got me on the first day of school.
 
Anything making you queasy or sick: Meat. It's the bane of my existence. Ugh. Just thinking about it. Ugh.

Miss anything? Feeling like a normal person. I'm so miserable :(

Happy or Moody most of the time: Neither? I'm just tired. And puny. Going back to work has been so hard. And I have to fight the urge to tell mom every day. I was so tempted to go home for the weekend since JD was gone.

Workouts: This week was no good. I missed Tuesday because I was puking at lunch. Then Thursday was fine. But Saturday. Oh, Saturday. Saturday was bad. Awful even. I barely made it through my first round before I started feeling sick. It took everything I had to not throw up. Allergies are flaring up too, which wasn't helping my breathing. I ended up having to tell Billy about the baby. He said he wished I had told him weeks ago so he could have been modifying my workouts, but he understands why I didn't. He says it's already time to start changing things and talked to me about new nutrition stuff since I can't even think about meat (AKA: all my protein!!). He was really excited, but glad that I told him. Even with changing my workout midway through I still couldn't finish and had to go home early. I ended up getting sick and fell asleep on the floor for 2 1/2 hours. Yeah I told you it was bad :( I slept most of the rest of the day and managed to eat what I could. Praying I'm able to keep working out through the pregnancy. Billy says he has lots of experience working with pregnant women, so that at least made me feel more confident. 

The Bump: 37 inches

Have you started to show yet: Not yet!

Stretch marks? No

Maternity Clothes? Nope. Not even the belly bands.

Gender Prediction: Still leaning towards a girl :)

Any Names Picked Out Yet: Same ones. 

Labor Signs: Yeah right

Movement: Yeah right

Best moment this week: Finding out that a super sweet friend is pregnant and only a few weeks behind me. It will be nice to have someone to go through this with :)
  
Looking forward to: Still say telling our parents. 4 more weeks feels like FOREVER away. We do have another ultrasound scheduled for the week before we go home. So that's pretty exciting too!

You know you're REALLY pregnant when...

You run to the bathroom at the Mexican restaurant and don't even get the stall door closed before you start throwing up... And peeing yourself at the exact. Same. Time.

BEYOND embarrassed 😳

SO glad the bathroom was empty. 

Shame. Shame. Shame. 

Ish just got real y'all. 

Week 6 Wrap Up

This week I was too puny to get too into the chalkboard and looking super cute for the pic. PJs for the win. 

How far along? 6 Weeks

Baby is the size of a: Sweet Pea

Total weight gain/loss: Down 1.2 lbs this week, but 8.2 lbs total. I felt so sick!!!

Symptoms: No appetite, Beagle strength sense of smell, nausea (WOAH nausea), emotional, and "P Brain" as JD calls it. I'm so forgetful with simple words, phrases, how to do stuff, remembering things, etc.

Wedding rings on or off? On

Belly Button in or out? In

Sleep:  Better overall, but still have those rough nights. Starting back to work was tough. Unisom helps. 

Food cravings: Sweets and smoothies. I did break down this week and have some Ginger Ale and crackers... And chips and queso... And noodles... And popcorn... The Paleo/Whole 30 gods can kiss my butt. I just keep saying that eating a few crackers isn't that bad considering I've had no cheese in over 20 days! Trade offs, people. Trade offs.
 
Anything making you queasy or sick: The smell of everything. HA! Particularly anything cooking in a skillet. Olive oil seems to be the worst so far. Some days I'm so nauseous that even water makes me feel sick. And chicken. I can't even think about chicken. Actually, just meat in general. Ugh. Eating is just hard.

Miss anything? Being able to enjoy all of the yummy meals we've been fixing. Being able to call my mom and tell her about everything!! Hardest thing ever!!!

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy, but definitely had my first show of irrational pregnancy tears. I completely broke down crying while watching Saving Mr. Banks when they went to Disneyland. We have decided we will have to cancel our trip to Disney World in October and my heart hurts so bad to think that I won't get to go again for like 5 years until Baby D is old enough. I also had a good cry about not being able to call my momma when I was so puny and sick. I've actually cried over it several times.

Workouts: Workouts were definitely harder this week, but not because of anything Billy did. I was really dehydrated one day because I was so nauseous I couldn't even drink water. That was a rough day. I'm also still easing back into things after having tweaked my back last week. My doctor says I can continue working out, and encourages me to do so, as long as I'm not lifting excessive amounts of weight and I'm listening to my body and not overdoing it. She also said to make sure I'm well hydrated. Whoops! JD wants me to wait as long as possible to tell Billy just like everyone else, and that's the plan, unless workouts just get to be too hard and we need to modify. 

The Bump: Forgot to measure. Oops!

Have you started to show yet: Not yet!

Stretch marks? No

Maternity Clothes? Just those homemade belly bands. I've actually been losing some inches thanks to working out!

Gender Prediction: Girl. I keep dreaming and thinking girl :) But boy according to heart rate wives tale! It was 122!

Any Names Picked Out Yet: Still the same from last week. 

Labor Signs: Yeah right

Movement: Yeah right

Best moment this week: Going to the doctor for the first time! Everyone was so sweet and congratulatory. JD was super nervous about someone seeing him there and figuring out what was up. Thankfully no one did. We also got to have our first ultrasound to confirm dates and size and such. We weren't expecting it, but we not only got to see the heartbeat, but we got to HEAR it too!!! I definitely cried at that one. 122BPM and it sounded so steady and strong. It was probably the most amazing thing I've ever heard :)
  
Looking forward to: Telling our families. It's so hard to be going through this without my momma. I feel like I'm lying every time I talk to her and Daddy. JD says he's really proud of me for having not said anything. I don't think he thought I could do it :)

JD pointed out after this picture that my inner AKA must be coming out. Jennifer would be proud ;)

First family photo :)