Week 11.

Week 11

Yeah yeah! I know I'm like super late and skipped an entire week, but good news. Today I'm exactly 10 weeks 1 day which means I'm in my 11th week according to my WTE app.

How's Baby J?:

Well our little monkey in there according to my books is doing all kinds of crazy gymnast moves in there but I havent felt a thing, and probally wont for a few more weeks. This week the baby should be somewhere in between the size of a prune and a lime. I'm pushing more towards the size of a lime because my pants are getting pretty tight.

 

Hows Mom? :

Feels like I'm making somewhat of a comeback. The nausea has disipated a good bit, and I feel like I've even got some of my energy back! Amen! Well until I went back to a full day of work on Friday! I found the bed at 9:30pm last night..hahahah! Other than that, doing pretty good!!

Symptoms:

The boobs are still sore but not too bad..ahahah

 Nausea took a good chill pill

Headaches sometimes!

Not dizzy as much

Hot flashes..yeah I hate those

Exhaustion level=5/10

Oh and no pukes between now and my beach trip but my tooth paste should be called gag paste..hahahahahahah NEVER FAILS

Food Situations: Still having these silly things!! Red meat is still a no go pretty much. But I have found chicken with breading or BBQ tend to roll over pretty easy. But I've been able to stomach just about everything else. I love some pickles these days. :) Oh and a new icecream by Mars. It's chocholate with M&M's, fudge and sprinkles...AMAZING! But I've had to not eat too much..watching the weight! hehe!

Things to buy: I want to buy lots and lots of baby stuff, but restraining myself due to the fact that I'm sure we'll get more than enough at our showers, and we still don't know the gender. I'm sure once I find out if it's a boy or a girl I'll start buying more.

Belly Button: Still in! :)


Weight Gain: Still at 2.5lbs. Another 3 weeks left, hoping to stay under that first trimester 5lbs.

Favorite Memory of the Week: Spreading the news to the entire world about this sweet baby J! At school, on Facebook, to EVERYONE! It's such a blessing!

What I'm looking forward to the most: The first day of school with my new first graders on Thursday. Sept 8th (check up) and Sept 24th gender reveal ultrasound :)

Opps!! I so just got behind! THE FIRST DR.VISIT!

Yeah yeah, I know I got behind. Due to Colt's race last weekend and moving schools/classrooms trying to get ready to kick off a new year I just lost track of it all. But anyways now hopefully I can try to keep up again, but with the school year just starting I'm not making any promises but I'll try :)

So anyhow


The Dr.Visit!!! *first one*
-Couldn't been more perfect with the exception of waiting for an hour before they really did anything (I'm guessing they were behind) 
-Started the visit off with a good ole tinkle in a cup/weight check
-The doctor then just asked questions about how I was feeling, yada, yada, any concerns, yada, yada.
-Lucky me it was time for my pap smear so Colt got to sit in for that too! heheheh! It was okay though the ultrasound was vaginal anyways.
-So  now to the GREAT part! I was so nervous about this ultrasound. I had prayed and prayed for days for there to be a sweet heartbeat. Within a matter of seconds when she started it seemed she found the baby and quickly whipped the screen around to me :) My heart swelled as I knew that had to been a good sign. Then she quickly pointed out the heartbeat. She then worked her magic on the machine and (thump, thump, thump, thump) we heard that sweet precious heartbeat; 182 bpm. Now I normally don't tear up a whole lot, but I did get a little teary eyed. I think we were both just amazed. She took a good look around for a while in there and said the baby looked great. We saw the little fingers and hands and feet and oh how so precious! I literally just wanted to try and hold our little monkeys hand thru the pictures.




So everything looks perfect and Colt and I couldn't be more thrilled. Now we go back in  a few weeks Sept 8th for just a check up. I don't think we'll have an ultrasound but they will more than likely listen for the HB. I should be 12 weeks at the next appointment.

My First Scare..

Yes it's happened.
So today I had an almost 3 hour grade level meeting in a hot room, but thanks to my princpal for brining in this awesome fan it wasn't too too bad. But afterward I unloaded my car with some boxes into my new room. I made sure I only loaded the boxes in my car that were under my weight limit. But since my classroom is on the other end of the world from the entrance I carried them for a good distance a few trips. Needless to say when I was done I was hungry, thirsty, and just tired. I came home only to find a small little light brown spotting area...YIKES! So I took it easy and took a 2 hour nap. Woke up fixed dinner and havent removed myself from the couch since and currently blogging right now! :) No more spotting but I'm having so much lower back pain and I'm so crampy all over. A little worried I called my neighbor (labor and delivery specialist) she insured me it was more than likely okay but I just ...wait for it.....OVER DID IT! Wait did I really do that. I've been determined to not this slow me down but I guess my body is finally telling me SLOW THE HECK DOWN!  Thank goodness our doctors appointment is tomorrow. Hopefully is all still well in there with Baby J!  I'm just hoping everything is where it should be and we have a healthy heart beat!! So from now until tomorrows doctors appointments I'm following my two mothers orders and taking it easy and nothing do anything! I thought it was funny my mom instructed me not to get out of bed until time for my appointment in the morning! hahahah! She's so protective!

week 8

Wow what a week!! Currently right now I'm a little late on this past weeks' blog! Opps. I'm 8 weeks and 3 days today..I think! Tomorrow we get to confirm all this with an ultrasound..we hope..woowhoo!!


So anyways here's a check at whats going on. Colt and I just came back from Vacation at the beach. We celebrated our 5 year anniversary a weekend early because of his race at Gresham this weekend outside of Atlanta.  We had a fantastic time, and to be honest the fun just kind of took my mind off my symptoms for the week..it was so relaxing at that. I really only felt bad at night and in the mornings of course. But the elevator really gave me a doozy for dizziness and the food aversions and light meal thing I have going on made eating out at night almost impossible. On with the stats for the week:


Hey Hey Baby J:
Okay since I'm updating you late this is really what was up with Baby J last week. Apparently our little raspberry this week has got little arms and legs and is sporadically moving around. I can't feel it yet. Not til around week 15-20 my online books say. He or she also developed some new organs like the liver and spleen..cool huh!

Hows Mom? :I can't decide if I feel like I've ran a marathon all day, or hit the gym for 5 solid hours. I'm so tired and drag my feet everywhere. This is not the norm for me as I normally am known for my spunkiness and get up go energy. But lately I have trouble even pushing a grocery cart at walmart...I mean really! That second trimester better get here quick or my new first graders will run me over like mini steam rollers.

Symptoms:

The boobs are a huge pain this week...ouch!

 Nausea was bad over the week due to the elevator at the beach..yuck!

Headaches...can get they get any worse. My new trick since I'm only allowed 2 Tylenol. A good does of caffeine in a coke :)

Dizzy spells happening so much more!

Hot flashes..wait I think it's just the heat..I wake up hot, everything is just HOT! Even Colt swears my skin is on fire hot.

Exhaustion level=extreme

I puked again this week...mac and cheese and some stop and go traffic on the way home from the beach did the trick....ugg!!

Food Situations: Okay so the meat aversions still there, but some meats are coming back to me slowly. Sandwich meats are still good (heated of course), I had BBQ the other day..so good! Bacon..yeah I love some bacon!! Chicken that is breaded is good too!!  But now I've hit that stage where I eat two bites, and I'm full. Colt is totally annoyed with this and said our entire beach trip with humor that I just shouldn't order and nibble off his plate. I change my mind about what I want while out to eat because I see other food go by, and it looks so much better. So I've went to ordering kids meals all the time. Even then it's a task to eat all that if I can. Dinner seems to be an impossible task because I never really know what I want, I may take a few bites and change my mind about what I really wanted and resort back to that great bowl of cereal that I love so much!! Which by the way the new Fruit loops with marshmallows is the sheezy-fo-hizzy!! So good! But I really do miss my love for food..I guess it's a good thing that I'm not scarffing in 500lbs of food right now, but glutney and I were such good friends. I miss him!

Things to buy: Still need that boppy pillow! Also I need to buy some things for school too this week. I have a major need for a teacher store run before Monday!

Belly Button: Still in! :)


Weight Gain: Gained another .5lbs. so puts my total weight gain at 2.5 lbs. Not too shabby I guess. Only a few more weeks in the first trimester! Hoping I can stay under that 5lbs goal!

Favorite Memory of the Week: Baby J's first beach vacation (in my tummy of course) Our extended weekend was so relaxing and nice to spend time together. Such a great mini-honeymoon. With being preggo we really didn't want to travel too far due to how I felt so a beach trip was the perfect getaway. I must say I was pampered the entire weekend and my sweet husband fixed breakfast for me every morning and waited on me hand and foot almost the entire trip. Very nice!! :) I know I'm blessed with an amazing hubby you can all be jealous now!! hahah!

What I'm looking forward to the most: TOMORROW!!!!! Our first doctors appointment and hopefully ultrasound.

Other News in the Hood: Cheryl flies in tomorrow night to spend a few extra days with us, and Colt is racing at Gresham this weekend in GA. So we will be heading down on Saturday.  Also today was my first day at my new school for a summer grade level meeting. I got to meet all the new teachers..and check out my new classroom. I'm super excited as I have a door that goes outside, windows, and wallspace..yipppie!! I've graduated from a storage closet classroom! hahah!



The end of week 7!!

Finally week 8. Well yes I know I'm a little late!  Today I'm 7 weeks and 2 days! Still antsy about that upcoming doctors appointment on August 10th. Seems like it will NEVER get here! The agony of not telling all our friends and family is painstaking!! Not only for us but both of our sets of parents. Good news lots of big upcoming dates to keep me busy so I'm not so focused on it! Leaving for the beach on Thursday, taking a super long weekend vacay, and my first summer grade level meeting at my new school on August 9th.

But anyways back to this past week:


Checking in on Baby J:
This past week our little sweetness was about the size of a blueberry!! He or she is growing right now since I'm already into week 8 it's looking more like a raspberry but I'll get into that at the end of the week. So hard to believe it came from a poppy seed to a blueberry in just a short amount of time! Over protective mom instincts kicked in this past week, as I wore a mask every time I cleaned with stuff because I didn't want to fry the brain cells as they were forming..hahahahahahah. Don't worry I've already took note of what cleaner is safe to use and what cleaner is not :)

Hows Mom? :
Wiped I tell ya!! The exhaustion level is more than I ever imagined. I read an article on "the bump" that said a woman laying down resting making a baby in her first trimester uses the same amount of energy as going to the gym all day! No wonder I feel like the walk from Colt's shop to inside is like climbing Mt.Everest and I can't seem to find the will power to do anything!!


Symptoms:

• I've got used to the owwwiee boobies. Still sore, but not as painful
• Nausea, and hunger..its a battle! If I'm not hungry I'm nauseated. Vice versa.
• Headaches...and backaches..aches and aches..thank goodness I can take Tylenol.
• Dizzy spells..not too often.
• Hot flashes..my lord the hot flashes and this heat combo is awful!

Food Situations: It's a whole new ballgame this week.  Meat seems to be a small aversion, more so grilled chicken. I find myself fixing food to only eat a few bites and finding it disgusting. My newest crave...cereal! I spent 10 minutes in the cereal isle trying to narrow down the 5 boxes that I wanted...I think I honestly could eat it for every meal. Pizza was nasty last night, and  chili's salsa tasted completely different. Bum :( Grocery shopping was quiet interesting too, nausea for the first half of the trip and hungry the second half. I even bought oranges. I never eat oranges.  I've also found I can only eat about half the serving I used to eat of foods due to nausea kicking in...

Things to buy: Boppy Pillow for mom or a full body pillow. This sleeping on my side thing I'm supposed to get used to is harder than you think!


Belly Button: Still in! :)


Weight Gain: Still holding at 2lbs, over halfway thru my first trimester! I'm hoping 5lbs only for the first trimester.

Favorite Memory of the Week: Noticing my little bump. So small nobody else could see it unless I point it out. Just right at my pelvic bone is a little round circle raised up. Just enough to make some of my snugger pants a little uncozy around the pelvic area. Showed it to my mom and neighbor to confirm. Seems to be just my little uterus already poking out! But boy do I love it!! My new favorite thing to rub!!

What I'm looking forward to the most: Vacation with my sweet hubs to celebrate our 5 year anniversary early! We both can't wait to escape to the sand and sea for some relaxation time together....oh and did I mention August 10th.