Oh hey, I finally got a haircut! It had been since... April :) This was at a baby shower in a very picturesque rural Minnesota setting.
Weight Gain: ?
Symptoms: Still really don't feel good a lot of the time. While I'm not super nauseous, I'm just exhausted, have a slight headache, and still am dealing with a lot of intestinal issues. I'll leave it at that. I'm at the stage where I'm just so over feeling like crap. I feel like I'll never feel normal again, will never have energy again, etc. I never got that wonderful burst of energy in the second trimester with Annie, so I don't expect it this time, it probably will just be a gradual thing where maybe, someday, I'll be able to stay awake after work without a nap until 10pm. I also am needing to pee all the time and feel like I always kind of have to pee - can never really fully empty my bladder. Sometimes before I go to bed, I pee 3 times in a row to try to get it all out :) I've also been having some lovely melodramatic moments where I cry about things that really are not cry-worthy. Fun!
What's different this time: How much bigger I look, or really just FEEL, this time. When I look at my 13 week pic from last time, I guess I look about the same... in the MORNING that is. See below for JUST how huge I can make myself look by afternoon. Luckily I am not one to get too upset about things like this. I still don't really feel like I'm eating a ton so I doubt I'm gaining actual weight, which is good.
Cravings: Um, nothing is springing to mind. Food still isn't among my list of favorite things.
Aversions: Most meat. Except deli meat, of course. Sigh...
Sleep: Meh. Some nights I just lay there with my stomach feeling kind of off (maybe hungry? Maybe a bit nauseous? Maybe some of the intestinal issues mentioned earlier.) But just feeling crappy enough that I can't fall asleep and stay asleep. Both days this weekend, Ben insisted on getting up before Annie was even making any noise which meant I woke up too.
I am loving: Umm....... yeah. I love my friends and my family. My life in general is great.
I miss: Lately, I've been nostalgic for our kid-free life. I spent an evening watching Sex & the City and was reminded of how I used to have it on at my apartment in the background for most of the weekend while my roommate and I would hang out, hungover. I don't necessarily MISS my life then, my life now is great, but... just the unencumbered nature of that life was nice.
I am looking forward to: On that note, I'm still looking forward to my girls weekend trip to Scottsdale, AZ in a few weeks - it'll be really amazing to have a nice spa day, and a full weekend of no responsibilities.
I'm spazzing about: I'm in between midwife appointments, my next one isn't until 15 weeks, 1 day, so I'm a little spazzy that I don't have the 100% certainty that things are going okay. Yeah, I still feel like crap, but I'm not feeling movement yet, so thus getting a little paranoid. Trying to not focus on that too much, and I've been pretty successful about that.
Best thing about this week: Annie was really fun all weekend - she was in good spirits, ate well, slept in, said funny things, cuddled voluntarily a few times, and was very entertaining to watch play. She's so good about entertaining herself and really always has been, so weekends like this make me excited to have another one... who probably will be the exact opposite of Annie in every way :)
Milestones: Last week of the first trimester...
Movement: Have been feeling some questionable things in my lower abdomen, but given the other symptoms I have, who the heck knows.
It's a...: Won't find out for awhile, but I've been feeling a bit sad that everyone will probably be kind of ho-hum if this little one is another girl. Not disappointed, per se, just not surprised or really excited. I'll have to just be extra thrilled to make up for it :) My sisters-in-law (3 of them) think it's a boy because Ben's family goes girl-boy-girl-boy-girl. Very logical reasoning, of course :)
Exercise: Hell to the no.
Diet: I ate, some. Some was probably marginally nutritious.
Here is my huge ass belly pic - to show that yes, I really can look VERY pregnant if I try. I was pulling the dress tight here, and kind of sticking my belly out, but not really. And yes, I shamelessly copied this photo idea from here. This would be beautiful... if I was 6 months pregnant. However, I am 3. So, thus it is just kind of scary :)
6 comments:
i am pregnant with baby #2 (my son was born February 1st, so very close to Annie!) and I'm now 36 weeks. At first I got big a LOT faster than my first pregnancy, but it totally evened out. I have a lot of people saying that they think I'm smaller this time around. I'm on track to gain the same amount (about 35lbs on a 5'4'' 120lb frame) and it's sort of amazing how the body just 'knows what to do'. I didn't eat as healthy this time around because of being extra exhausted from running around after an 18 month old, but yet similar weight gain and similar size at 36 weeks with both pregnancies. Just wanted to let you know that I don't think you'll continue to get exponentially bigger this time around, things will even out!
Haha--I love this post! Don't feel bad. I can make myself look like that in the morning sometimes :/ The anonymous comment makes me feel better/hopeful that things will even out!
You are looking adorable! SO glad you are feeling better. Everyone says 2nd babies show faster.
you look great!! and with Ryann I craved deli meat ALL THE TIME. All I wanted was sandwiches from Mr. Goodcents. I was so happy my doc gave me the ok on those :o).
I can make my belly look like that and I am not even pregnant.
I will be just as excited regardless of the baby's sex. I am just over the moon about another niece/nephew!
Love, Liz
Oh my! You look beautiful, and I feel you. . . the end of the day and I am huge! So glad to know I am not alone.
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