13 Weeks Pregnant Update- Second Trimester!

13 Weeks Pregnant

Hello Second Trimester!!!

How far along: 13 weeks

Symptoms:  Symptoms are slowly going away, still on medicine for nausea, praying I can stop within the next few days. Less tired, a little less bloated this week. Head aches. Hungry all the time. Still getting up to pee a couple times a night.  Round ligament pain when I get up and move to quickly or if I try lying in a position that doesn't work well witht he bellly (lol).

Exercise: Still on it and its still tiring.

Baby Bump: Feeling very pregnant, baby bump is sticking out, especially after meals and at night!

Missing anything: Being able to sleep comfortably.

Excited about: BEING IN THE SECOND TRIMESTER!! WAHOO! Feeling baby move and confirming the babys sex. Oh and the babymoon!

Cravings: Citrust foods, lots of fruits, chips and salsa, melted cheese on pizza or nachos, grilled cheese, etc.

Adversions: None.

12 Weeks Pregnant

12 Weeks Pregnant

we surprised our families with a box of Sprinkles cupcakes..when they opened the box, they found this little SURPRISE>>BOY! We also got to show them a video of the ultrasound and several pictures of our growing boy.

 Perfect little angel

(we surprised our families with a box of Sprinkles cupcakes..when they opened the box, they found this little SURPRISE>>BOY!

(little boy parts?..tell me what you think)

How far along: 12 weeks

Symptoms: Frequent peeing still, I mostly notice at night (this should subside as I progree further into the second trimester, HURRAY!), sleep is okay, getting uncomfortable though. Headaches often. Hungry all the time, but I get full quickly and sometimes so full it hurts. Still bloated. Still having digestion issues but going to the bathroom more regularly than before (TMI..i know, but I want to be as genuine and real as possible for other mommies struggling with zofran and progesteron slowing down their digestion). Still nauseas, I have tried a couple times to stop taking zofran and skip my morning dose, but I end up taking it around 12 because the nausea comes back. Im Feeling good overrall. Not cramping at all in legs or tummy any more. 

Exercise: Exercising is hard, my legs feel heavy and I get exhausted easily now. My lower back hurts when I do back work outs. But I know this is part of pregancy as my uterus grows, your back curves more and theres more weight pulling on my back..so it all makes sense.

Dr. Update: I got the flu shot at 12 weeks, 5 days pregnant due to the severity of the flu this season and everyone around me in Southern California it seems has had or has the flu. Its very scarey for pregnant women, infants, and the eldery (all having low immune systems.  Our 12 weeks genetic screening (sequential screening) test showed that our baby s perfecly healthy and is in the clear as of now for down syndrome.  A lot of mommies dont want to know the results and opt not to do the test (just drawing moms blood from her arm, and an extra 2 ultrasounds looking at the babys neck, spine, head etc). My husband and I decided we'd like to know if our precious baby had any health issues, that way we would have ample time to plan and make sure we have great insurance and our finances in order for our little one that may need extra care.  That isn't the case now and we can rest assure knowing our baby is healthy and growing strong.  Its a personal decision for every pregnant couple, and we are so happy with our results and our choice.  Its not unsafe in any way, and gives the parents time to prepare and figure things out, so I say why not~!

We went over our bloodwork from my 8 week appointment and everything looked great and right on track: good iron, vitamin d levels, etc..all healthy! Baby is measuring perfecly for his gestational age! Wahooo!

EXCITING NEWS: We went to visit my friend who is the Ultra Sound Technician to see if we could find out the gender early.,.WE ARE 90% SURE ITS A BOY!!!! He definitely had a penis, but I guess little girls can be really swollen and are often confused for little boys at this stage, so we are holding off on buying anything for the bun, but I could not contain my excitement and keep it to ourselves, we had to share with everyone.

Belly Bump: I'm starting to show a little bump on my lower tummy where my uterus is. Some of my bloating is going away (HURRAY) so I actually look smaller than I did at 10wks.  

Food adversions: Not really any right now. Smells bother me but they dont impact my eating (:

Cravings: Trying to eat plenty but also stay active.  I've been way more hungry. Especially breakfast.  I eat every couple to every few hrs. A typical day is: I eat breakfast, snack, then work out, then lunch, then 1-2 small snacks while at work and then dinner and then a snack but a bigger one later at night because iv been eating dinner earlier than I use to (so baby is getting really good nutrients and plenty of them). 

Miss anything: Raw sushi. My pre baby body. It can be hard some days, seeing your body change and fear of the unknown of what it will look like at the end of the road. I know this is such a blessing, I feel so gifted and undeserving, so I try to keep my eyes on how beautiful this is that I get to help create this little human being inside of me, and be its protection and home for the next 10 months (now 7).

Excited for anything: To confirm the babys sex. To feel baby moving!

11 Weeks Pregnant Update

11 Weeks Pregnant Update

This is a pic from Kelly, one of my best friend's baby shower.  Its a fun photo because Kelly is in her 3rd trimester, her friend is in her 2nd, and in this pic I was in my 1st tirmester.  Its neat to see the difference 

I love Kel, she always gets me to take a pic belly to belly. I will thank her later for all of the memories shes helped capture. I cant wait to have little boys that are 6 months apart. She is studying to be a Dula..so she will be helping me and coaching me through this pregnancy, and preparing me for labor. Shes due any day now! Its the cutest story, she found out she was pregnant on Father's day, and she is due on Valentines day. What a special little baby!

11 Weeks Pregnant Update

So I somehow skipped week 10. I didnt keep a log and I never took a picture. This is the only week thus far that I have really blown it on and missed. But I'm sure it looked pretty similar to weeks 9 & 11. Not much changed until around week 12 or 13 when the nausea started to lift a bit. (Stay tuned to find out more)

How far along:  11 Weeks 

Excited for: Seeing our little bun. My girlfriend Ashley that is the US technician wants us to come in on friday when I'm 12 weeks to see if we can determine the gender early on! SOOOO EXCITED I cannot contain myself.

Symptoms: Same. My legs still feel heavy when I exercise. Stomach cramping stopped a while ago. 

Cravings: OH BOY! I am craving everything fruity and citrusy.  I am all over Trader Joe's fruit leathers, fruit snacks, dried fruit and fresh fruit.  My favorite right now are Oranges and Raspberries. Kelly (in the above photo) introduced me to Cliff's Fruit twists! They are all natural and all fruit, so so yummy! I can eat a few a day (:  I'm not too into chocolate or ice cream right now, which I usually love. Some of my go to fruits right now are: dried apricots, oranges, raspberries, blackberries, pineapple, and strawberries (anything tart is yummy). I Love ANYTHING MEXICAN. Especially chips and salsa (i could down a whole basket and 6 bowls of salsa). Seriously. Its always been my guilty pleasure.  Loving cheese. And also Pizza! (CPK is in my dreams these days), not a normal craving for me..Im usually okay with having pizza ever so often, but it seems im having it 1-2 times a week right now.

Bump Update:  I can feel a little bump where my uterus is, its pretty neat! Some of my bloating is going away, but it comes back certain days when I eat somethign that is harder to digest (like pizza).  

Exercise:  My lower back hurts often, especially when I lift light weights, which I didnt do for 2 months after I found out I was pregnant. I'm just not getting back into the groove of things and building my muscles back up.

9 Weeks Pregnancy Update

 You can just tell how exhausted I am by looking at these pics (lol)

9 Weeks Pregnancy Update

How far along: 9 weeks 

Symptoms: Awful constipation (I had already had issues with this due to progesterone slowing down your digestive system as well as my growing uterus pushing again my intestines) but now being on Zofran for a week, its been a week since I was able to go to the bathroom.. talk about PAINFUL. My nurse advised me to try stool softeners, supositories, more fiber in my diet, increase my liquids etc. I tried it all, nothing worked.  On day 10 of this horrible bloating and cramping, I tried a water enema as the nurse suggested, even that didnt do anything.  Finallly, I think after trying so many things, I started to get some relief every few days. But not much. This lasted WEEKS. I'm exhausted even more these past 2 weeeks,I wake up so tired even with 11hrs of sleep

My back hurts and I get leg cramps. I think its my ligaments loosening and moving and my increased blood volume.

Am I showing: I don't have a bump quite yet and I'm so far at 2.5 lb weight gain it fluctuates though depending on what I've eaten that day. I tend to carry water weight any how.

What am I missing:  I'm not missing anything really. I jus want to feel 100 percent myself but that won't happen until this baby comes I'm sure.

Cravings: not really, I've been liking sweets again and eating captain crunch and bagels often. 

Adversions: fish, pizza, soups (I ate too much of it), store bought tortilla chips

But craving restaurant ones? Haha. 

I cooked for the 1st time in 3 wks and I've been exercising like 4-5 days a week light cardio not weights yet,although I want to I'm not motivated to get to my regular gym class schedule. Smells really gross me out right now, even things I use to like. I'm irritated by a lot of smells now a days. 

Still always hungry but not forced to eat as much as I did the past 3 wks with the horrible nausea. I had to eat more to settle my tummy.

8 Weeks Pregnancy Update

8 Weeks

8 Weeks Pregnancy Update:

 How far along: 8 Weeks

Symtoms: Exhaustion. Headaches. Swollen boobs. My digestive system has slowed way down. I will save you from the details but its not fun on my tummy (which at night already looks 4 months pregnant because I get so bloated and full).  Nausea. Food adversions to everything still. Frequent urination (3 times a night). Difficulty feeling comfortable at night.  In bed until 3 or 4pm with nausea. 

Excited this week: We were going to our first Dr. visit and were going to get to see our little baby and hear its heart beat.  We also got to ask the Dr. all the questions we had been wondering about for the last month.  The baby was healthy and perfect, and our Dr. is the sweetest lady, I feel so thankful my sister found her.  

The Dr. asked me if I wanted a prescription for Zofran for the nausea (constipation being a side effect). I turned her offer down because I wanted to be all natural and do whats best for my baby. My dr. advised that if I was miserable enough to call her at any time for the medicine. She knows I am a working woman and that I had been out of work for a month due to the nausea. I ended up calling her 3 days after our dr. visit because I just couldn't do it anymore.  

Zofran:  MIRACLE drug. Saved me.  I could rave about this for so long.  I was able to eat foods I wasnt able to face for over a month. I was able to get out of bed in the morning at 8am again and feel good.  I could work and hangout with my family, friends and hubby and not be in agony with nausea.  It was wonderful to feel a little more like myself again.  

7 Weeks Pregnancy Update

7 Week Pregnancy Update

How far along: 7 weeks, 5 days

Gender: unknown

Maternity clothes: No, wearing my regular clothes

Stretch marks: No

Sleep: Sleep hasn’t been that great since week 4 ½ when I have to get up every 2 ½-3 hrs to pee due to good old progesterone. I have also been having some pretty crazy and vivid dreams.

Miss Anything: I miss being able to wake up and feel good. I miss making healthy breakfasts, working out in the morning, and being able to have a life. Im sick sick sick, and cant get out of bed until 2 or 3pm most days.

Movement: No, but baby has a heart beat now and we’ve seen it twice and it’s the most precious thing!

Cravings: No cravings, more food adversions than anything. I cant look at chicken, cant cook myself anything (not even soup), I Couldn’t look at salad from week 5-7 but around 7 ½ salads started looking a little less nauseating, bread is all that looks good, so im eating lots of it! I feel really unhealthy the way ive been eating but my doctor said whatever I can stomach, I need to eat.

Symptoms: HUGE boobs, pee every 2 hours, head aches the first few weeks, have to eat every hour and half or im sick, nauseated from when I wake up until about 3 or 4 in the afternoon, then I get sick again before bed time, just started throwing up at 7 ½ weeks, not sure if that will continue or not (I only threw up one day in the morning so far).  I get dizzy recently, I have major food adversions, my sense of smell has definitely heightened and I cannot stand pumpkin candles or my hubbys cologne right now or cigarettes.  My abs feel weird when I flex or laugh. My back hurts when I exercise or lay in bed too long. I had really bad cramping the first month and half (like period cramps).  Oh and cant forget, around week 7 I became increasingly more exhausted, I feel like I could sleep 20 hours straight and still wake up tired (ive been sleeping probably 10-12 hrs a day).

Belly Button in or out: In

Mood: Sometimes sad because of the nausea and lack of activity. Im use to being a person always on the go and would work out 6 days a week, and for over 2 weeks I wasn’t allowed any activity due to early spotting (implantation bleeding they think).  I was getting major cabin fever during that time and going stir crazy.  Most of the time im happy, sometimes easily emotional.

Looking forward to:  Exercising and having energy again. Eating healthy and getting back to a normal routine and a LIFE. Excited to go on adventures with my husband again.

Exercise: As I mentioned, I  was not allowed to exercise for a couple weeks.  I just started doing light cardio again probably 2-3 days a week if im lucky with the way im feeling right now.  I haven’t lifted weights since I found out I was pregnant and cant wait to start again (light weights). My doctor has advised me “giving birth is like a marathon, you need endurance and strength and you wouldn’t run a marathon without training, if you have a work out routine, stick to it in moderation and stay active and healthy 30-60 minutes a day. Its nice to have a doctor who values fitness. (:

Nutrition: Out the door right now. Relying on my prenatal vitamins, which I feel awful for. But I cant stomach healthier foods like veggies and getting the right amount of protein. Its so hard. I always thought id be so healthy all throughout my pregnancies but sometimes in the beginning you just have to make sure you are getting calories and get back to being healthy in the 2nd trimester when you have more of an option and the nausea is gone.

Favorite moments this week:  Seeing our baby’s heart beat at our first real Dr’s visit. My best friend is an ultra sound tech and has been letting me get US’s weekly since week 5, so we’ve been blessed to get to see our baby grow week by week! Once i have work again I wont be able to go in every week so I am taking advantage of seeing our little one right now.

Pregnancy Update.. 5 Weeks

Tummy update + Symptoms and more

Pre baby body (taken at 4 weeks pregnant)

Pre baby Body (taken at 4 weeks pregnant)

 5 Weeks Pregnant (above photo)

6 Week baby belly

 Dinner with our friends, my girl friend Kelly is 6mnths ahead of me (im 6 weeks here)

My first trimester of pregancy was very tiring and busy due to it being holiday season.  For this reason I have gotten so behind on blogging and am now just catching up.  I wanted to do weekly posts on all of my symptoms, cravings, what I was feeling emotionally and physically etc: So here it goes with catching up:

How far along: 5 weeks, 4 days:

Woke up to a little spotting in the morning. (Nothing to be worried about, but of course being a new mommy everything made me anxious because you dont know what is normal.  My Dr. said spotting is a very common symptom that plenty of women experience at some point in their pregancy. Most experience this right after implantation in their first weeks of being pregnant. A lot of women mistake it as a light period and then dont even realize until a month later that they had conceived.

Symptoms: Nausea has begun. Spotting. REALLY HUNGRY. Boobs tripled in size from my prebaby boobs.  Exhausted. 

Dr. advised me to not work out and put me on complete pelvic rest due to the spotting just as a precaution. The nurse said specifically "try to not do anything for 7 days, if the spotting is gone for 7 days then you can proceed with activities and intercourse, etc. If the spotting comes back, wait an additional period until you have 7 days go by without spotting. I decided to take 3 weeks off from the gym until I knew for certain our little baby was safe and had a heart beat.  It was a nice break but Im not going to lie, it was hard to wait to be with my husband (we waited only 2 weeks for that), and I was going stir crazy at home, unable to work because my nausea was so awful.  

Food Adversions:  EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING HEALTHY. I couldn't even open the refridgerator or look at it. My husband had to go out and get me every meal 3 times a day because I couldn't cook or be around food in the kitchen. Every meal and every day had to be something different because the food I had eaten the day before would gross me out and nauseate me even more. This was so difficult for me because I was forced to eat foods I'd never usaully eat, especially when keeping the health of my baby in mind..i was eating fast food like taco bell, chick filet, Dafne's, subway, Del Taco, bagels from ILOVE BAGELS and Bruggers.  All I could stomach was carbs. My sweet mom made me spaghetti, macaroni, etc to try to help out.  
Cravings: none, it was more about "what foods can I tolerate? what is not going to make me puke thinking about it"

On Thanksgiving day we decided to tell our families we were pregnant using a fun homemade video with pictures of my husband and I as babies, kids, teens, and then the story of how we met, our engagement video and photos, and then our wedding..ending the video with the BIG SURPRISE of our babies first ultrasound (my best friend is an ultrasound technician so we were able to see our little baby growing at just 5weeks!)
  
The day after Thanksgiving I remember is right about when the nausea came on full force.   My husband and I went on the search for "preggie pops" and ginger capsules. We finally found them at Baby's R US and Mother's market for the capsules.