Fooooooood!

Everytime I eat a meal, I think, "THAT was the greatest thing I have ever tasted!" -until the next one comes around. The best thing about this pregnancy so far is my absolute indulgence of food. I made a ham and cheese pita pocket for lunch and it was so delicious, I made two. Now I'm eating reheated shrimp and artichoke bake from dinner last night and it's heavenly. Wednesday I made a beef stew with egg noodles that completely rocked my world and gave me major mouth-gasms.

I lay in bed thinking about what food would be most delicious to have next until the mouth watering and stomach growls are too much to handle and I get up to eat. It feels so good to have this level of adoration or practically everything food because it distracts me from anything negative I might be experiencing at the time. Hormonal? I think I'm too hungry for that; maybe later. Backache? Shut up, I'm making a sandwich.

 Mmmm, I think I'll go eat now.

On to the 2nd Trimester!

Your Baby: Week 12


As you move into the second trimester, baby shifts into the growth and maturation stage. After weeks in the critical development stage, almost all of baby's systems are fully formed. (from thebump.com)

I've reached the 2nd Trimester and that means I should be feeling much better. Headaches and dizziness have begun, as well as the worst pregnancy symptom I get- acid reflux/heartburn. It usually starts around this time and I move to the recliner so that I can remain more upright and actually sleep at night. I'm not sure how well that's going to go with a breastfeeding 2 year old clinging to me all night. I've had to wean him from the left side because it's so sore. The right is too, but it is much more tolerable.

Chloe Quote of the Day

Early one morning, I suspect when Chloe was still amidst a dream, she shouts, "I LOVE CHICKENS!... And... I think I want to talk about it, because... even big kids talk about it."

Holy Wiggly Baby, Batman!

Sunday morning, the day that I rolled over to week 11, I was sitting on the couch, reclined, writing a paper for my Humanities class and I felt a little belly grasshopper. Actually, what happened was that I was curious to see if I could feel it if I tried, so I put my hand on my uterus and envisioned the baby... and flip-flop, there it was! I've never been able to feel movement this early, so this is very exciting. I felt it a few more times that day and it's happened each day since and without me trying. Last night I was snacking and it felt like popcorn popping in there. This is my favorite part of pregnancy, by far!

Chloe Quote of the Day

She always talks a lot at night and this is when we get to hear the Jewels of her imagination.

It was after Easter and she was thinking about bunnies. This was her conversation with her father:

Chloe: "Bunnies eat carrots and lettuce."

Daniel: "Very good. Yes they do."

Chloe: "I don't like salad. I like food."

Daniel: "Well, salad is a type of food."

Chloe (astonished by this): "It's just leaves!"

Heartbeat detected on doppler!

My first real prenatal appointment happened yesterday and was apparently excruciatingly painful for my poor hubby! It lasted an hour and a half because we talked about diet, previous birth experiences, my pleurisy, acid reflux, took blood, heard the heartbeat (yay!), and all that other stuff that you do at the first appointment. But really, boo-hoo! All he had to do was sit there, pretend like he cared (3rd-time dad= not so excited at appts anymore!), and respond to questions that the midwife had for him. He not-so-subtly requested to be spared from the pain of future appointments. What a baby!

Anyway, enough about him! It took a little bit of trying, but she finally heart the heartbeat with the doppler and it was much higher in my abdomen than I had thought it would be.

According to her scale, I had not gained any weight but by the work scale, I have gained 2 pounds. Either way is fine. I just hope it stays relatively low because it's hard to be big and pregnant and FAT on top of that!

I think I may have felt ONE tiny tap from the belly munchkin the other night... but, maybe it was gas! Movement is my #1 favorite thing about pregnancy. I can't wait!

I'm basically quadrupling my hours at work and that is going to be tough since the kids get majorly bored there and I don't want to have to depend on my grandma another 8 hours a week. Maybe we'll work out a way for them to stay occupied at work.

10 weeks... officially

Baby’s Development


The baby should measure in at 1.25” to 1.68”, the baby will continue to gain weight at the tenth week, and you should see a weight of about 5 grams. Don’t panic if the numbers are a little low or higher, every baby is different and the doctors are also monitoring the size of the baby. Also, at this stage the baby’s frame will be completely formed and now the baby’s organs and systems are continuing to develop.

The tail of the embryo has now disappeared and the fingers and toes are started to separate. The teeth and the taste buds are forming. The baby’s brain is still forming at an amazing rate. The baby’s heart is now fully developed. As the months go on, the baby will continue to grow and develop where all the organs are fully functional and all that is left is the baby for grow, gain weight before they are born. As you will see in the sonograms, the growth of the unborn baby is really amazing.



K, I'm just going to go by my original due date because I really don't think my Dr. knew what he was doing with the ultrasound machine. He's not a sonographer and the picture was REAALLY fuzzy. Besides that, I'd rather go by my original due date because I'd feel much better about going a week over, rather than 2....

So I have completed my 10th week and here is my update. Biggest thing: I am starting to feel great! I haven't had major nausea for 11 days and my energy has come back. I am always tired by 1pm, whether I do a lot before then or not. My belly is looking ridiculously large for this gestational age, but I should really stop being surprised about that. It always happens this way. I feel like I have to pee all the time- even right after I go. Every time I feel this, I think 'yeah, I totally remember this crap!'

Cravings: Powdrell's Barbeque, chicken fajitas, and a specific brand of strawberry fruit snack- which I cannot remember the name of. Anything on the List of Food Pregnant Women Shouldn't Eat. Nitrates, MSG, raw eggs (like in Caesar dressing), and most types of junk food. HOWEVER, I did find tomatoes incredibly delicious tonight when I made turkey tacos. By the way, I realized when I was making them that ALL SALSA IS FRUIT SALSA! Tomatoes are a fruit. Duh, me!

Anyway, back on track here. Daniel, the kids, and I are going to Albuquerque on Thursday so that he can meet the midwife and I'm hoping that she'll try to hear the heartbeat on doppler, and that it works. We'll finally be doing the initial bloodwork and all of that 1st-prenatal-visit stuff.

I've only gained 3 pounds and I am going to start using the treadmill soon to keep that number from exploding. I really don't care about stretch marks since I got them EVERY. WHERE. with Chloe and whatever, I'm on my third, I'm beyond stretch-mark-aphobia. I just don't want to gain a crazy amount of weight and I really want to be in good shape for labor. Let's see how that big goes.... (please find motivation!)