Today I am 12 weeks and 5 days, let's just round up and say 13 weeks. I am entering what they call the second trimester which, according to blogs and this book I'm reading, it's supposed to be the easiest trimester; the first trimester has been pretty interesting! I think we kind of knew I was pregnant around March 27th, when I took the first pregnancy test and received a faint positive. I waited a week and took another one of April 2nd and BOOM that thing didn't waste time turning into a bright blue plus sign. Like most people, I took another one to make sure the first two were right (because that makes total sense, right?). Honestly, I was totally freaking out, babies are expensive (especially daycare) I might need to donate an organ just to afford it...good grief! Eventually my nerves calmed down and here we are at 13 weeks...and growing (definitely growing).
There are many interesting things that happen to your body that I don't like..the first being nausea. When I went to the doctor at five weeks, to confirm the pregnancy, I felt great and the midwife reminded me that by week 6 most women get "morning sickness". What a joke that word is! Literally this happened overnight, one day I felt great and the next day I felt like I had a very bad case of the stomach flu.....for the next, what are we 7 weeks in? During week 7, I finally called the midwife and told her that I was miserable and she let me go in a few times to get an IV (I really don't know why this made me feel better, but it always did). She also prescribed me two different things to try for the nausea-Diclegis (basically its Unisom and vitamin B6) and Phenergan...Zofran is apparently not good for pregnancy anymore. Phenergan works pretty well but it makes me very sleepy so I tried not to take it at work, but then I couldn't stop dry-heaving so I had to take it at work and just deal with being sluggish. I think most people experience some type of nausea during pregnancy, I'm the type that dry-heaves and literally throws-up..can't tell you how many times I've had to swallow barf while working. So, it's not been easy, there aren't any rainbows or butterflies, and I'm pretty sure I never want to go through this again...one baby is all we need (and I haven't even done the worst part). Also, your ta-ta's get really big, really fast and they hurt all the time! People keep saying they will get larger once my milk comes in post baby---I'll be able to tie those things around my neck if they keep growing...GROSS! But you know...this is such a "wonderful" time. One other thing that stinks about it all, is that the OB I am going to and have always gone to, does not do ultrasounds until it's time to scan for the anatomy at 17 weeks. So here I sit, getting bigger, being sick, and have no real visual of a baby....just symptoms; it's pretty disheartening.
Luckily, they have APPS that you can download and it will show you pictures of the baby during each week and what, developmentally, is taking place inside of the womb. Another great thing is that many people post pictures of their ultrasounds so I can get an idea of what mine would look like. Right now, it is the size of a peach and has developed all of it's major organs. I don't have cravings for things, but there are things I prefer to eat because they fill me up such as pizza, chips, popcorn (basically and unfortunately carbs). However, I do eat a lot of fruits and veggies like I normally would. I am struggling to eat meat!!! Some days I can handle it and other days it looks and tastes disgusting! I used to meal plan but now it's impossible to figure out what I am willing to eat from day to day; I am hoping this changes!
Anyways, here is to the 2nd trimester and hoping that the nausea takes a hike in a few weeks so I can feel more like myself instead of a walking zombie! My next appointment is this week, June 3rd and I'll go in so they can tell me how fat I am, pee in a cup, and listen to the babies heart beat. July 8th is the anatomy scan where we will get to see the baby and determine if it's a boy or a girl. This will also allow us to start thinking about the nursery theme and slowly get that taken care of before the busy holidays come and we have a new baby.
Also.....it's almost summer break!!!! I've never been this excited to lounge around the house and rest!
Definitely... Pregnant!
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