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For the first time in a while I can actually say that I feel pretty good! I seem to have the odd headache, am really itchy, have bleeding gums and still get the odd bout of nausea or heartburn. But that is nothing compared to all day nausea and headaches! I am also actually getting my energy back! I am still hungry all of the time, but I seemed to be able to control it better now that I do not feel sick. I have a confession though. The last few weeks I have been eating pretty much what ever I felt like eating! To a person who is addicted to food, this could and would have turned into a problem! This might explain the 3 pound gain last week! So when I bought the groceries this weekend I bought lots of healthy good stuff to set myself up for a good week. So as of Monday I have been trying to restrict my treat intake and to stick with stuff that is good for me and the baby!
I have increased my work outs at the gym from 40 minutes to 50 minutes. I have increased each 20 minute session on the elliptical and bike by 5 minutes. I am trying to go 4 days a week and seem to be keeping it up. I did this routine on Monday and it went well. Last night, I confess, I did not go to the gym but for a good reason. I hope to go Friday to make up for it! We went out and bought a stroller last night with a built in car seat. The travel set, I guess it is called. We got about $70 off and we got the next model up because the one we wanted was out of stock. So when we got home and took it out of the box it had all sorts of bells and whistles that the one we were looking at did not have and the color was much more geared towards a boy or girl. The one we were looking at was dark blue and black, but when we opened the box when we got home the replacement was a very nice light grey and baby blue and it has built in toys and a clock and other neat stuff! I am so glad it came with a book though! We would have still been at home trying to figure it out! We figured if we bought one big piece at a time over the next 5 months it would be much less painful!
So as of yesterday I am 15 weeks pregnant! Gosh how time flies! I have not felt the wee gaffer yet. I find myself lying or sitting very still to see if I feel anything but nothing yet, maybe in the next few weeks. I have been told by many that soon enough I will be enjoying every minute of being kicked in the bladder or ribs! How exciting! When I come here complaining of that later on, please remind me of this time when I was trying to feel the bub move!
I had a scare last Thursday. It was ice raining and I fell on my but. Gosh I am glad I have a big but! I was so worried, I called my OB and they said not to worry unless I saw blood and started to cramp. Well that did not make me feel better because about 30 minutes later, you guessed it, I started to cramp! So I called my GP who is here in town and his secretary got me in that afternoon to make me feel better. At first the doctor could not get a heartbeat. But all of a sudden there it was! 160 BPM….. a girl maybe? That is what everyone says! It still could be a boy though! The doctor said the wee gaffer was fine! I was so relived!
I have an announcement to make. I am having my beautiful long curls that I have been growing for 5 years all cut off Saturday at 11:00! They are just getting too hard for me to take care off now that my belly is growing! Plus I need a change! Both Trevor and I are very excited. He said he loves my hair short, which was how it was when I met him.
Oh yes, before I go, I gained 1.5 pounds this week. Not to bad considering the baby is supposed to start growing like a bad weed now and all the food I ate last week! This puts me up 7.5 pounds. Not too bad for being 15 weeks pregnant!
One more thing: only 5 weeks until my 20 weeks ultrasound where we can hopefully find out the sex!!!
Take care,
Wendy
I am now 14 weeks and 1 day pregnant and I am showing! My tummy is very puffy, especially the upper part so Friday night I ventured out with my mom to buy some maternity clothes and at first it did not go so good. The first place I went was Old Navy. My advice to pregnant woman, don't even bother. Crap is all I have to say and none of it fits right! I was feeling rather discouraged so we went to Thyme maternity. They were amazing. They had one of those pillow things in the change room, which was great to make sure the clothes would fit me now and later. Well $101 later I have 1 pair of black jeans and the cutest blue empire waist shirt! I love those shirts! Holy Shit that was a lot of money! Apparently there are cheaper places that I will go to next. The maternity clothes make me look very pregnant! Imagine that? I am still kind of shy to wear them though. Isn't that odd? I am so excited to look pregnant and not just fat but I am not ready for a complete stranger to know yet just by looking at me. Plus I don't want people to think that I am just a fat girl who can not fit into anything but maternity clothes!
After weighing myself last night I decided that I need to focus less on my weight. I was up 3 more pounds! In one week. Holy shit! My OB said it would come in spurts like that now, but what if the same thing happens again next week? I was OK with a pound a week but 3 pounds! I will be the size of a house! I eat all of the time now if I do not I feel sick. But I guess even when I do eat I feel sick and now I am suffering from heartburn, which apparently will only get worse and headaches. Blah! I have been going to the gym 4 days a week and doing 20 minutes on the bike and 20 min on the elliptical. Maybe next week I'll bump it up to 25 of each? I am actually not surprised that I gained 3 pound with all of the stuff I eat! I have no will power at all! What happened to the die hard weight watcher? In total now I have gained 6 pounds which is at the top of the range I should be at, but is still with in it! I may take my weight off of my here for the duration of my pregnancy. It is not something I should be thinking about. I need to focus on me and the baby right now. I may just post after I have the baby my total weight gain once I give birth. I will think about that for a few days.
I will take a photo of my in my maternity clothes this weekend and post it on here.
This weekend I went to my cousin's baby shower. She is due at the end of April and is absolutely radiant. She looks so healthy and pregnant! What a beautiful site! My mother and Aunt and I had a blast at the shower and she got all sorts of great items for the baby. She said the baby is upside down and is kicking her in the ribs! I can't wait to feel our little pumpkin kick me! I'm sure I will think different when it is happening though! I try and concentrate on my tummy to see if I can feel anything, but so far I think it might just be lunch I'm feeling!
Well, I guess that is about it for now. I am still feeling crappy and like a whale but I am chugging along and couldn't be more excited!
Take care,
Wendy
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