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!