12w

How far along? 12w1d

Total weight gain: Few lbs, not sure

Maternity clothes? Yeah, but I think the bloat is gone now, so time to bring on the real bump! lol

Feeling: Big time turnaround last week. It was on Wed I woke up and felt somewhat alive...it was fantastic! Still tired, but no where near as bad as it was.  Excited to enter into the 'fun' part of being pregnant.

Sleep: Hit and miss

Food cravings or aversions:  Loving my chocolate milk...and marshmallows...lol, weird eh?

Best moment this week: Realizing I was coming out of my m/s phase...amazing!!

Movement: There's something going on down there!

Gender: ?

Labor Signs: n/a

What I miss: I have really been craving a glass of red wine. I didn't have this issue last time, I think maybe it's just time of year.

What I’m nervous about:  First real appointment on Wednesday...just hope everything is okay.

What I am looking forward to this week: My appointment of course. And right after that I have a massage and chiro appointment...that will be awesome. Also a long weekend! Yay Canada Day!

Milestones & new this week...just feeling better, that's the big milestone, and making it to 12 weeks. Seemed so far away for so long!

11

How far along? 11w1d

Total weight gain: Few lbs, not sure

Maternity clothes? Yeah, and I'm feeling really frumpy, that annoying 'thick' look.

Feeling: Generally okay, just hating getting up and going to work, I would rather stay home and rest when I need to. I think I'm going to need to set up a little nap space for lunch time around here!

Sleep: All over the place.  I'm SO tired, but then can't fall asleep, last night I was awake half the night, very frustrating.

Food cravings or aversions:  Nope...still trying to kick the pepsi...

Best moment this week: All of our family knows now, which makes things much easier.

Movement: Nope

Gender: ?

Labor Signs: n/a

What I miss: Being more active, I know I could be, but I'm just so tired!

What I’m nervous about:  I haven't had a chance to see/hear a heartbeat yet, won't be until next week. I just need to know everything is okay.

What I am looking forward to this week: It's only a 4 day week. And there is supposed to be sun most of the week, we've had a horrible spring!

Milestones & new this week: Baby is the size of a lime! That's like a real tangible thing now, crazy.

Other updates? I took 2 days off last week to just rest, it was great, and I got all my clothes organized/laundry done, which was a huge load off. I feel like I could fill 2 weeks just getting things organized around the house though.  We spend the weekend with the inlaws and it was pretty good actually.  We had lobster yesterday for Father's Day, and Lyla had fun being spoiled.  Hoping to continue feeling better this week!

10w

How far along? 10w1d

Total weight gain: Few lbs, not sure

Maternity clothes? Yeah, and I'm feeling really frumpy, that annoying 'thick' look.

Feeling: Still yucky, I'm hoping and praying that 12 weeks will bring back some energy, I feel so mopey most of the time, getting frustrating.

Sleep: more would be good :(

Food cravings or aversions:  Nothing really, just random how one moment something sounds good, and the next ...yuck.

Best moment this week: nothing too exciting.

Movement: Nope

Gender: ?

Labor Signs: n/a

What I miss: enjoying getting dressed, and I really wanted a glass of red wine this weekend.

What I’m nervous about:  Having to go stay with the inlaws this weekend. I'd rather mope in my own house!

What I am looking forward to this week: hoping that everyday I'll feel a little better, and hopefully start getting some exercise in!

Milestones & new this week: Baby is the size of a prune! I'll be going to get blood work, make sure everything is on track.

Other updates?  Just have a chiro appointment this week, that usually makes me feel better. Trying really hard to get meals better organized. when I eat healthier I usually feel better overall.  That's about it!

9w

How far along? 9w1d

Total weight gain: I think it's a couple of lbs now.

Maternity clothes? Yeah, and loving it. Not everything obviously, a lot of the pants and stuff are way to big, but I ordered a few summer tops from Old Navy, and they are SO perfect. They just make me feel more put together, and I don't have to be pulling at them all the time.

Feeling: hmmm...not to sure how to describe it. Find sometimes, exhausted most of the time.  really hungry, then ridiculously full.  Good times.

Sleep: okay, hit and miss really

Food cravings or aversions:  Nothing in particular no. Lots of chocolate milk...cause I can!

Best moment this week: Lyla's party. She had so much fun and was so cute. Love that girl!

Movement: Nope

Gender: ?

Labor Signs: n/a

What I miss: waking up feeling rested, enjoying preparing/eating a meal.

What I’m nervous about:  Keeping up with work, I feel like I'm only operating at about 50% right now.

What I am looking forward to this week: Nothing too exciting. Hoping that I continue to feel decent most of the time. And hoping for some nice weather.

Milestones & new this week:  Size of an olive...grow baby grow!

Other notables?  Had the whole family and a bunch of other people over for the party on the weekend. My parents were a great help (pretty much cleaned my whole house), and made sure that I took lots of breaks. Its frustrating  not having the energy I want, but it went a lot better than I thought it would.

Also, we booked our summer/fall vacation . I'm standing in a wedding so we booked a cottage for the week leading up to it.  going to be so nice to have that to look forward to all summer.

8w

How far along? 8w2d..hard to believe

Total weight gain: not really paying attention

Maternity clothes? pants? yep, I'm sure I could button my regular pants but it's so uncomfortable.

Feeling: This is kind of day to day/hour to hour.  I do think the diclectin is working, and I haven't been as spacey as I was last week, but still there are moments when I just want to go lie down throughout the day.

Sleep: Better, just never enough of it.

Food cravings or aversions:  Nothing in particular.  I've been drinking lots of chocolate milk, but I think that's just because I want to ! lol

Best moment this week: Telling my Mom, it's nice to be able to talk to her about things.

Movement: nope

Gender: ?

Labor Signs: Thankfully no

What I miss: Having the energy to keep up with Lyla

What I’m nervous about:  Dealing with all of our family this weekend.

What I am looking forward to this week: Lyla's birthday party! I can't believe she is going to be 2!

Milestones & new this week: I think we are now at the size of a raspberry...nothing else too exciting.

 In general I'm just kind of dopey.  I would love to just kind of sit around the house all day napping and snacking as I please.  Mornings, the getting up part have been tough. And I'm finding the afternoons at work really long. I've been trying to find reasons to get out of the office. I find if I'm busy and doing things it's not as bad.

7w...oops

How far along? 7 weeks...yep, missed week 6, it was pretty nasty!

Total weight gain: Honestly? No idea

Maternity clothes? Nothing fits, it's ridiculous. But I haven't pulled out the 'stretchy pants' just yet.

Feeling: Pretty yucky.  Not actually getting sick, thankfully, but exhausted..and just yucky.

Sleep: Annoyingly bad!  I go to bed because I'm SO tired and then I can't get to sleep.

Food cravings or aversions:  Nothing really.

Best moment this week: Told a few people, nice to have people IRL to talk to.

Movement:Nope

Gender: ??

Labor Signs: n/a

What I miss: Not much.

What I’m nervous about:  Dealing with m/s and a VERY active toddler!

What I am looking forward to this week: Just moving along

Milestones & new this week: Baby is the size of a blueberry. I think there are hands and feet forming in there!

So a general update on last week. Lyla got the flu...yuck, not fun.  Then m/s hit me...also not fun. I was only in my office 1 day and could barely keep my eyes open.  Napped forever but still didn't feel any better.  Did start on diclectin, which I guess is keeping me from getting sick, but it's surely not helping with the exhaustion.  I have had a moment or two of energy, but I'm just overall blah this week.

So positive! lol Really not that bad, thankful I'm not sick like I was last time (yet). Going to work really hard at squeezing some walks in this week!

5w

How far along? 5 weeks

Total weight gain: Still floating around normal...although the way I'm eating today...who knows!

Maternity clothes? Nope, surprisingly not to uncomfortable.

Feeling: Okay...feeling the fatigue/nausea here and there.

Sleep: Okay

Food cravings or aversions:  Just general, really hungry, then super full etc.

Best moment this week: Nothing too spectacular.

Movement:Nope

Gender: ??

Labor Signs: n/a

What I miss: Not much.

What I’m nervous about:  Dealing with m/s and a VERY active toddler!

What I am looking forward to this week: Just moving along

Milestones & new this week: Baby is the size of an apple seed! I'll likely get in to see my Dr. this week.

I don't really love this format for my weekly updates, so I think I'm going to have to come up with something a little more exciting for next week!

4w

How far along? 4 weeks

Total weight gain: Hopefully none yet!

Maternity clothes? Nope, expecting the bloat to kick in soon!

Feeling: Awesome so far...trying to get as much done before m/s sets in.

Sleep: Great!

Food cravings or aversions: Nope

Best moment this week: Seeing dh's reaction to the news.

Movement:Nope

Gender: ??
Labor Signs: n/a

What I miss: Not much.

What I’m nervous about:  if m/s is going to be as bad this time around.

What I am looking forward to this week: Just moving along

Milestones & new this week: Baby is the size of a poppy seed! lol It's so hard to even imagine that. Amazing.

Maternity Pic Teasers

36 weeks...That's 9 months!

This is unreal, I can't believe I'm here already. I have 6 days left of work, just over 3 weeks until my due date, and the craziest thing...I drove to work with a car seat in my car this morning! lol Dh was nesting a little last night too. We have more places to put a baby in our house than I know what to do with. Poor Ella is just wondering around trying to keep up with all the craziness around the place, and I have to say I can't blame her!

What's going on? Feet? Crazy swollen, hilarious really, hands a little bit too. Still quite painful to be rolling over in bed, but nothing too bad. My high school stretch marks have decided to sprout some extenstions, and then last night my first PG related only stretch mark appreared...yuck! I guess I should be thankful that it happened after my Mat pictures were taken on Satruday. We had a lot of fun getting them done, I was very impressed with DH, and the photographer was fantastic. I'll talk more about here when my teasers are ready...she said Wednesday.

Had two baby showers (not for me) on Sunday, that was a lot of fun. But the weekend was really exhausting, I feel like I need a break from the weekend. I'm trying to use my evenings better, than just sitting on the couch that is! Got the rest of the shower stuff washed and put away last night. The only other thing I have to do wash wise is the diapers, but I want to wait until I'm home for the day so I can just do the 3/4 cycles one after the other.

Placing one more order for things from a website. And I think that will finish up my 'must have' lists for now. I"m getting a few AIO diapers in newborn sizes and some newborn size covers. Also a hotsling and an ergo carrier...holy crap this baby is expensive! lol

Here's this weeks pic...wonder how many more of these I'll have?

Super late, and no pics!

I just finished my last really busy week at work and am really behind on keeping up with my news. I had to put on a volunteer recognition dinner on Friday night, so the whole week was full of getting that ready. But there was lots of other things going on this week too. I hit 34 weeks (pics taken, just not posted...I'll get to that tomorrow), had our hospital tour, which went really well. And I booked maternity pics for next weekend. Very excited about that. I was putting it off because I was feeling bad about spending money on pics of us when I know we will want pics of the baby later. But I found a photographer who offers a package that can be split into 2, 1 hour maternity and then 1 hour of newborn pics. Perfect! So that will be next weekend.

I also had my shower yesterday! My sister hosted at her house and it was really fun. I'll be getting pics from her later this week too so that I can post those. One of my goals for today is to get pics of some of the gifts too so that I can remember what we got from everybody.

I'm out of my office for work the next couple of days, but then I just have 3-4 day weeks left and I'm on mat leave! So excited. Just want to get things done. Enjoying some beautiful spring weather, and hopefully a pretty lazy day today.

Quick Update...and 12 week belly pic

I really can't believe I am at 12 weeks already, time is absolutely flying. Big changes this week are the limited number of pairs of paints that I can wear. I dug out a pair of linen draw string pants...heaven. But other than that I just have a few pairs of low rise pants that I can wear without leaving them unbuttoned all day. I do get a mileage check this week so I think I may have to suck it up and go buy a couple pairs of comfy pants. I plan on telling work next week, so after that I won't be too worried about wearing the mat pants to work.

Feeling pretty good. Think my weight is starting to creep up. It's hard to tell since my weight fluctuates so much normally anyway. I guess I'll just go by what the Dr.'s scale says. Only got sick once last week, and besides a little gagging I've been feeling pretty good. Actually able to stay up until 10pm again! Woohoo! Greg has been going to bed before me some nights.

Another success in our house is that Greg finished painting the basement! So exciting, and he moved the furniture around so that it seems like we have a ton more space! I know it's early to worry about it, but we had no floor room before (huge coffee table and sectional), and I was wondering where we would let baby play on the floor, well I don't think that's what he was thinking about, but it looks great.

So here is the first photo evidence that somethings going on in there! To be honest, I think it's just my normal little pooch (that I've had FOREVER!) getting pushed out a little bit, but it's a start. I'm sure I'll be very happy to get back to that pooch someday.

And...37 days 'til Christmas! So exciting!

12w3d

1st Tri coming to an end!

So I'm really late with this weeks entry. Also, based on the fact that Wednesday I sat with my pants unbuttoned all day I think it's probably time for a new belly picture, before I change too much. I was home visiting with my parents last weekend, and because I had Tuesday off I took Monday off to have an extra long weekend. I did a lot of sleeping and good eating, and felt really great by the time I came back home on Tuesday afternoon. Too bad it all went out the window when I sat back down in front of my computer at work on Wednesday. I swear, I hadn't felt nauseous all weekend but and hour or so into the day I felt horrible, and then I ended up getting sick when I got home that evening. I think baby is trying to tell me she really doesn't like working! I agree.

While I was home, I got to go get a pedicure with one of my girlfriends who is a new mommy herself...so nice to get to catch up. I also visited with my brother and SIL and my gorgeous nephew, who is just growing like a weed! Plus I visited with my best friend who was due in 2.5 weeks, however, Tuesday night after I left she went into labor and had her beautiful baby girl, Eve Elizabeth that night! I spoke with her last night from her hospital room, and even though she's only had 1 hour sleep in the last 3 days she sounds like she is doing great and is very excited to get home with her big boy Luke (he'll be 3 in January). Unfortunately I won't get to go home to see them until Christmas time. But I'm very excited to go get some baby girl things to send home to them ASAP!

So nothing else too exciting. I'm definitely getting some energy back, Greg actually went to bed before I did last night! That hasn't happened in a long time. Excited for the weekend to start. I have lots to do around the house, but just looking forward to spending time with friends and getting some more good sleeps in. I have choir at church on Sunday ( I play flute...I know I'm a dork!) and both me and my friend who is the director of the choir are going to announce that we are expecting, the ladies are going to be so excited! And I guess starting next week I'll be sending out some more notes to people letting them know the news. I have a staff meeting Nov. 25, so I think I'll wait until then to tell everyone at the office. My boss already knows but I'd like to tell my department face to face. I'm sure they will take care of spreading the news.

That's about it for this week, overall, feeling much better. Weight according to my home scale is still +/- 0. Thinking about buying some maternity stuff, but dealing okay with some elastics and long shirts (maybe catching up on some laundry would help this too!)

11w6d - Baby is the size of an adult Playmobile toy...so cute!

We have a heartbeat!!

I was so nervous as we got ready to go to the Dr. yesterday. I planned for a late in the day appointment so i wouldn't miss too much work, but it ended up making the day sooo long! Luckily I had to travel for work so I got to go home for lunch and met up with Greg there. My Dr. once again was fantastic and layed back and ready to answer any questions. We did the pee in a cup and blood pressure and weight, and then she gave us the pre doppler warning. Don't be surprised if we don't hear anything, it's still early. But it only took a few seconds to find it. I started laughing so we lost it, but she found it a couple more times. The coolest was when she had both mine and the babies at the same time, crazy.

So Greg had a big smile on his face and all I could do was let out a big sigh of relief. I know I had no real reason to be nervous, but I just didn't want to have my hopes up too high, I can't imagine how hard it would be to get the bad news.

So I haven't thrown up in over a week (once again, 'knock on wood'). There have been lots of times when I thought I would have, or could have, but held off. I'm eating pretty normally again. I find I'm starving in the mornings, but can't quite find something filling that I want to eat before I go to bed. According to the Dr. scale, I'm down 4 lbs from my first appointment, I'm sure that will turn around any time now. My bloat isn't as bad so most of my pants are still pretty comfortable. I haven't looked into any mat clothes yet, and hopefully won't have to for a while. I've pulled out the elastic on a few occasions but that's about it.

So doing pretty well, trying to eat healthy, and I really need to get my butt in gear with some exercise. I've given up on volleyball, I just don't have the energy. Curling is still fun, but not much of a work out. I have a gym membership so I'm thinking even some time on the elliptical or something will be a start. Hopefully soon!

10w3d - Our little heart beating wonder is the size of a hummingbird! How cute?

Wow! BFP!

After having the early m/c last month, I really didn't think it would happen this quickly, but I'm so happy that it did. We are Pregnant! Wow, that is crazy to even think, let alone put down in writing.

I promised myself I wouldn't test yesterday unless my temp went up, it stayed the same. So when I got up I didn't test. But I had a job interview yesterday morning, so I went to that, and when I got home I couldn't stop thinking about it, so I tested and got a +. I didn't really believe it and didn't tell anyone, even DH, went to work, and lurked here, but couldn't even bring myself to post.

I got home late last night after work and went to take a CBE, and it was confirmed. We are really excited but nervous/cautious because of last time. Now we are just hoping and praying that this is a sticky baby.

3w5d-Apparently the little one is smaller than a grain of rice.