The Past 13 Weeks

Around mid March, I had walking pnuemonia.  I have seriously never been that down and out.  During that time, I was also really nauseated.  I just shrugged it off as part of the pnuemonia.  Two weeks later, I was still queasy (and stuffy for that matter) so that led me to Walgreens for a pregnancy test.  I took it as soon as I got home from work while Robert was at the gym.  Boy, did 2 lines pop up fast and boy, was Robert excited when he got home! Because I had difficulties getting regulated after I stopped birth control in December, it was a hard to predict how far along I was.  I went for my first doctor's appointment and we ended up estimating I was about 6 weeks.  She wanted me to come back at "8 weeks" to check for the heartbeat.  Two weeks later, Robert and I went back for the ultrasound to see a real baby with moving arms and legs!  After measuring the baby on the ultrasound, she determined I was 12.5 weeks.  That leads up to now!

Pregnancy Highlights

How Far Along:  13 weeks today

Size of Baby:  The size of a peach about 2.9 inches and .81 ounces.

Total Weight Gain/Loss:  Zero as of now, but things are starting to grow!

Maternity Clothes:  Still wearing my normal clothes.

Gender:  My doctor does not check until 20 weeks!  I am going to be sneaky and find out a little early though.  I really have no intuition about what I think "bean" is.  By the way, the baby's name is Bean until we find out if it is RWL III or Layla Grace.  I don't know how we came up with Bean, but it has stuck!

Movement:  No movement from baby, but there are definitely some things growing and moving inside of me!

Sleep:  I have been loving sleep!  I am finally starting to get over the fatigue, but it was awful for several weeks.  I didn't have enough energy to do anything!

Cravings/Aversions:  I can't eat much at one time so I eat several small meals a day.  For about 3 weeks, all I wanted to eat was a taco.  I am over that now and to the point where food just doesn't sound appealing at all especially meat.  Carbs are most comforting. 

Emotions:  Nothing crazy going on yet.

What I miss:  The gym.  I have been way too tired to do much more than take Sugar for a walk.  I am committing to get back into it starting this week though!

Symptoms:  Nausea - Hooray for Zofran!  Headaches - I am having terrible headaches!  I have heard they can stay around the whole pregnancy but I sure hope not.  Fatigue - For a few weeks, I would take naps when I got home from work and still sleep 9 hours that night!  I am gradually getting more energy though.

What I'm looking forward to:  Hearing the heartbeat again and finding out if we are having Tripp or Layla!

News...

Robert and Sugar have some news to share with everyone!

Robert's surprise when he got home from the gym several weeks ago! 

It's true! We are expecting a little Lee around Novemeber 4! We had the 8 week ultrasound appointment yesterday. As soon as the ultrasound machine was in place, we all saw that we had more than an 8 week old baby. In fact, we had a 12.5 week old baby!

We told our parents a few weeks ago during my 30th birthday dinner. The grandmothers' birthdays are one day apart the week after mine so we gave them each a birthday gift - an I Love Grandma onsie! My mother's panic attack is hilarious!! I can't get the video to upload now, but I will definitely keep trying.

I am going to try for weekly updates like my friend Mindi so we will have the whole journey documented!  Fingers crossed!