Hope Still Flies

How far along?: 16 weeks! Going by in a flash.

Symptoms: Nausea has finally mostly subsided, hooray! Bloating kinda gone down. Dizziness is a fun new symptom. Also if I sleep on my back at all at night I wake up with some pretty intense back pain around the place where I had all the problems during my flu/pneumonia in my back a year ago.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: As of last Wednesday, I was up 7 pounds. Still under my "healthy" pre-pregnancy week by 5 pounds.

Sleep: Some nights are worse than others. Thankful for a toddler that is sleeping through the night in his own bed 90% of the time. 

Food Cravings: Nothing healthy. Surpriiiise. Sometimes potatoes. Sometimes pizza. 

Best Moment This Month: Hmm. Starting to feel movement? Feeling better? 

Movement: Little bits here and there. 

Gender: Less than a month til the ultrasound! So excited.

What I Miss: Hmm. No back pain? Last 16 weeks I said pepperoni. Definitely ate some pepperoni out of the fridge the other day, whoops. I'm also drinking coffee so whoops there too.

What I Am Looking Forward To: I am already looking forward to the baby being here which is crazy. I need to slow my roll. Putting the crib together? Maybe I'll do that soon. And knowing if it's a boy or girl!

Milestones: Having absolutely no shame about wearing my maternity clothes already. Killin it.

Comments: Things seems so different than Thad's pregnancy, but so the same as well. It's weird and I forgot how much anxiety comes with pregnancy. Second guessing if every little thing is normal or not. Dr. Google is great but you can find an answer to fit every thing you want.

EVERYONE ELSE EXCITED IT'S FALL!? Our October is already full of pumpkins and being outside and fall time fun. And then finding out if the baby is a boy or girl and I'm sure pretending I'm not already set on buying all the new clothes and stuff but let's be real. It's going to happen. Fall is my favorite, and I love that I get to be pregnant another fall. Even if I am really not a fan of being pregnant. 

(Plus, all my TV shows are back.)

Until next time! 

Alex

How Far Along? 12 weeks and 1 day.

Symptoms: I'm basically eating all the time to fight the nausea. The fatigue isn't horrible, but I'm going to bed really early. Bloated. Like, look 5 months pregnant at the end of every day bloated.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Up 2 pounds.

Sleep: Pretty unsettled. Fitbit tells me overall I'm still getting over 7 hours a night, which is more than I was getting before I was pregnant. Some insomnia some nights.

Food Cravings: Mostly carbs and salt. Occasionally ice cream. 

Best Moment This Week: Letting the news out again. You'd think twitter would have caught on with all my food tweets.

Movement: None

Gender: I actually took an at-home blood test, but I'm keeping those results secret because I'm unsure how accurate they are. I've had a lot of "girl" feelings again, but I might just try to be preparing myself if it's a girl. I thought my symptoms were a lot different than with Thad, but re-reading over these, they might be similar.

What I Miss: Not being nauseous. (Nauseated? I can't ever decide which one to use.) That's about it.

What I Am Looking Forward To: Knowing for sure if it's a boy or a girl. Picking names. FALLLLL.

Milestones: Not a whole lot right now. End of the first trimester by some books/apps. Oh, and I've been real close to throwing up multiple times (tmi dry heaving) but the only time I actually threw up was last night. At 12 weeks. Just like with Thad.

Again, just an extra word here... I'm not trying to be an attention whore or anything with these posts. I love looking back on Thad's and I want to have the same thing for this baby. Plus I am the worst about keeping all my family/friends updated and this is just an easy way to make sure everyone that wants to know, can know. Especially with my mom working in Alaska, and my MIL living in Colorado, it's just easier this way. I don't do the talking thing real well.

Until next time!