14 week belly shot!

Week 13/14 Update!

Happy week 14! This past 2 weeks haven't been very eventful, pregnancy wise. No big changes as of yet. Some days I really feel like I have a belly, some day I don't. It's like a come-and-go belly :) For the most part, I'm starting to fill out at the bottom. We had our prenatal for this month yesterday. I love that my husband goes to every visit with me. I know some guys just don't see why they have to go, but I love that he wants to be apart of everything! I'm blessed. I always love going to my doctor visits! We finally got to meet our doctor which was nice! She had been delivering babies the last two visits I had so we met with the nurse practitioner. She really seems like she knows her "stuff" which is comforting. I have no doubt she'll take good care and me and the baby. We got to hear he/she's little heartbeat again! Something I could listen to all day long... It was in the 150's! It was a lot louder this time. It sounded strong! That made me proud. I also have not gained ANY weight since I've been pregnant. My doctor is convinced it'll catch up with me soon enough. It has to be the random days over the last 6 weeks where my nausea has really messed up my eating habits. Another exciting thing we got to do yesterday was schedule our anatomy scan for next month!! On May 20th we (hopefully) will know if our baby is a he or a she! I can't wait! I hope this month flys by!

We're still hunting for apartments for this fall. Our lease is up on October 31 and I am due on October 14. We are trying to get out of our lease a month early and move to a different part of town. We've been searching for our perfect place with 2 bedrooms. It's just a stressful thing to think about because I really want to stay in this new apartment for at least a couple years, so we must find a good one!

Oh! I almost forgot. We also celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary on April 17! It was a great day. We went to the zoo, relaxed and went to a local italian restaurant for dinner. I'm so blessed to have such a wonderful man to call my own!

Other than all of that, nothing else to report! Until next week!

Week 12 Belly Shot!

Week 12 Update!

Hello! It is week 12 of my pregnancy. I'm not sure if I said this last week, but I feel like time is flying! Again there's not much new to report this week. I'm still battling the nausea with the occasional vomitting, unfortunately. I'm praying that stops soon. My belly is definitely feeling a little harder than usual. If I ever try to suck in my stomach it hurts, so I know the pooch I have is legitimate. I'm an counting down the days until we can find out the gender! I'm hoping for May 18. That will be 4 weeks after our appointment for this month and I'll be in my 18th week. It's still crazy to say "We find out NEXT MONTH..." I feel like it was just yesterday that I found out! I don't really have any feelings or predictions on what I think the little peanut is. I did have a dream a couple nights ago that it was a boy and it had my husband's eyes, nose, lips and ears. So, mother's intuition or just a random dream? A lot of family and friends say it's a girl. So I'm super anxious to see exactly what it is! We actually received our first baby item this week. We still haven't bought anything for the baby yet. Our friends who just had a little boy in February gave us a box of newborn diapers that their baby has grown out of. I was so excited just to have something baby related in our house. I can't stop picking up the diapers and imagining our little baby in them! I think we might wait until we find out the gender before we buy anything. I can't wait for that day! I'll definitely have to document it.
This week has also been a week of worry. I just keep imagining our new life, come October. I'm just scared that I won't know what to do and my natural motherly instinct won't kick in. I'm sure it will but being a first time mom, I'm just so scared that I won't be the mother I've always wanted to be. I just keep praying that everything will be fine and that my husband and I will get through it gracefully.
That's all for this week. Until 13 weeks!

Week 11 Belly Shot!

Week 11 Update!

Hello! Only two more weeks until I'm in my second trimester! It's just exciting to say that... I'll be in my SECOND trimester. I'm also hoping that my nausea/vomitting subsides. This past week the vomitting came back. I thought the only reason why I was doing that before, was because of my prenatal vitamins. I guess not. I haven't really figured out a routine or remedies to help. Today I didn't eat anything all morning except for water and successfully didn't throw up... just dry heaved (TMI, I know). I still can't believe I am 11 weeks. I just feel like it is flying by. By our next appointment (April 20) I'll be 14w5d. Crazy.
At our last appointment on March 25, we finally got to hear our baby's heartbeat! It was so cool. She didn't have trouble finding it, either. It was amazing to hear. Can't wait to hear it again!
Other than that there's not a lot of new things to report. Exhaustion also came back in full force. I wake up tired and nap frequently throughout the day. Maybe soon, I'll get my energy back, we shall see...