(I'm almost caught up on my writing! Today we are at 18 weeks and this is from the 11th and 12th week finishing up the first trimester.)
Tonight we are at 11 and a half weeks and celebrated Cody's grandparents' 50th anniversary with that side of the family. We took advantage of the celebratory night and all of the family being together to officially start announcing our news. So far we had told parents, grandparents, and close friends. Now that we're just about 12 weeks we decided it would be a good opportunity to share. After the dinner and right before dessert, Cody's dad Steve started some toasts to Nana and Granddaddy. Cody closed it out with his own toast to them, and at the end of his little speech announced our news to the group. It was so fun and exciting to get to tell them in person at a fun occasion! I wish we had the opportunity to share in person with all of our extended family. But, as that is not the case, we had prepared an announcement photo of a little pumpkin family and the text "Coming Soon; April 2014" to send out. We emailed the rest of our families to tell them we're pregnant and share our picture.
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Happy 50th Anniversary to Nana and Granddaddy!
We loved celebrating with y'all and sharing our news at the special occasion!
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| We thought it turned out cute : ) Don't you? |
12 weeks
Today is the end of 12 weeks and tomorrow starts week 13! Tonight Cody took my weekly picture and he said that I have my first real "bump". Later he said I looked round like an orange. I feel like I've had a small belly for a couple weeks now, but it sort of comes and goes. I mean, before I was pregnant I would normally get a tiny "belly" after eating a lot (-that's totally normal for everyone, right?) but now that I am pregnant, it seems like my belly gets WAY bigger after eating. I look at it in the morning before going to work, and I do have a very small consistent bump now, but by the end of the day after lunch and dinner and snacks, it seems almost twice as round. Either way I guess, I officially think I have a bump -granted it's still small.
I have thankfully been feeling somewhat better recently. Not completely, but I have had some of my energy back (some, way better than none) and am feeling not great really, but not as awful either. But right now, I'll take what I can get. Hopefully as the next week or two continue just like everyone, my doctor included, seems to be promising, I will start to finally feel way better and as my father-in-law said, move out of the "weary" stage and into the "cheery" stage.
Also, I think I had my first real craving about a week ago. I'm not going to tell the whole story because, well, it ended in quite a fight. But after the fact, I think it is slightly humorous (slightly) and in hindsight, I think it was my first (and so far only) real craving. I've been interested in certain foods and some things have sounded good while others not so good, but this was totally different. It was intense. It was all about chocolate frozen yogurt -specifically with strawberries on top. It didn't just sound good - I wanted it and I wanted it NOW. And oh my gosh. I had such a personal dilemma about it. I read somewhere online that while pregnant you shouldn't eat soft serve ice cream/frozen yogurt because of possible bacteria-or-something that could maybe be in the something that makes the yogurt. Well, I never heard my doctor mention that to me and there were other things I read online that said that was ridiculous. Frozen or soft serve yogurt or ice cream was not on the list from my doctor. So I was very confused and torn. I REALLY wanted that chocolate frozen yogurt with strawberries, but if it was true that it could possibly be harmful then I wouldn't want to eat it. But my doctor never told me that, so surely it isn't that likely or true... right? I think you see where my brain was stuck. Cody and I were driving in the car and I literally was both trying to Google on my phone to find any confirmation if I could or shouldn't eat it in the first place, while simultaneously Googling where a place might be that we could stop. I got very mad. (That should probably be all caps.) I also got very emotional. (Ditto.) I did not know what I should do and I was driving Cody nuts with my indecision and the fact that I was a crazy person. And just to add to the crazy, this was all out of nowhere. I was absolutely not interested in yogurt one minute, the next I had to have it -and within 5 to 10 minutes the whole personal mental dilemma took pace that included yelling, crying, and wanting to get my doctor on the phone to get permission to stop for dessert. To sum up this not-so-short story, I did not get my frozen yogurt, and I do have that as a question written down to ask at my next appointment. Cody convinced me I did not need to call about that, but could wait until my next scheduled visit. I am really, really hoping the answer is yes -I can enjoy frozen yogurt. (Again as this is now in the past, I will share that I did ask my doctor about that and she said that was ridiculous and I can absolutely have it. I think she thought I was ridiculous for asking. Oh well. Now I can enjoy it peacefully.)
*Favorites & Least Favorites: The 1st Trimester*
Least Favorites: feeling constantly sick, being beyond exhausted, not being able to take my allergy medicine, giving up Dr. Pepper, pain when I sneeze, feeling like I look awful for weeks on end, my pants and some skirts hurting my belly, headaches and not being able to take anything but Tylenol as it does not help my frequent headaches
Favorites: naps! Cody being immediately thrilled and constantly excited : ) Preggie Pops, my doctor telling me to drink a cup of coffee after taking Tylenol for a headache, telling our parents we're pregnant, sandwiches (I seriously really enjoy eating sandwiches now -If you take me out to a sandwich place for lunch I will be thrilled), seeing the first sonogram pictures of our baby and hearing the heartbeat!
Also, I think I had my first real craving about a week ago. I'm not going to tell the whole story because, well, it ended in quite a fight. But after the fact, I think it is slightly humorous (slightly) and in hindsight, I think it was my first (and so far only) real craving. I've been interested in certain foods and some things have sounded good while others not so good, but this was totally different. It was intense. It was all about chocolate frozen yogurt -specifically with strawberries on top. It didn't just sound good - I wanted it and I wanted it NOW. And oh my gosh. I had such a personal dilemma about it. I read somewhere online that while pregnant you shouldn't eat soft serve ice cream/frozen yogurt because of possible bacteria-or-something that could maybe be in the something that makes the yogurt. Well, I never heard my doctor mention that to me and there were other things I read online that said that was ridiculous. Frozen or soft serve yogurt or ice cream was not on the list from my doctor. So I was very confused and torn. I REALLY wanted that chocolate frozen yogurt with strawberries, but if it was true that it could possibly be harmful then I wouldn't want to eat it. But my doctor never told me that, so surely it isn't that likely or true... right? I think you see where my brain was stuck. Cody and I were driving in the car and I literally was both trying to Google on my phone to find any confirmation if I could or shouldn't eat it in the first place, while simultaneously Googling where a place might be that we could stop. I got very mad. (That should probably be all caps.) I also got very emotional. (Ditto.) I did not know what I should do and I was driving Cody nuts with my indecision and the fact that I was a crazy person. And just to add to the crazy, this was all out of nowhere. I was absolutely not interested in yogurt one minute, the next I had to have it -and within 5 to 10 minutes the whole personal mental dilemma took pace that included yelling, crying, and wanting to get my doctor on the phone to get permission to stop for dessert. To sum up this not-so-short story, I did not get my frozen yogurt, and I do have that as a question written down to ask at my next appointment. Cody convinced me I did not need to call about that, but could wait until my next scheduled visit. I am really, really hoping the answer is yes -I can enjoy frozen yogurt. (Again as this is now in the past, I will share that I did ask my doctor about that and she said that was ridiculous and I can absolutely have it. I think she thought I was ridiculous for asking. Oh well. Now I can enjoy it peacefully.)
*Favorites & Least Favorites: The 1st Trimester*
Least Favorites: feeling constantly sick, being beyond exhausted, not being able to take my allergy medicine, giving up Dr. Pepper, pain when I sneeze, feeling like I look awful for weeks on end, my pants and some skirts hurting my belly, headaches and not being able to take anything but Tylenol as it does not help my frequent headaches
Favorites: naps! Cody being immediately thrilled and constantly excited : ) Preggie Pops, my doctor telling me to drink a cup of coffee after taking Tylenol for a headache, telling our parents we're pregnant, sandwiches (I seriously really enjoy eating sandwiches now -If you take me out to a sandwich place for lunch I will be thrilled), seeing the first sonogram pictures of our baby and hearing the heartbeat!
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