Baby's size: Fig, lime, or Brussels sprout, depending on which site you go by.
Next appointment: May 12 (first full OB appt., first time we'll get to hear the heartbeat!)
Total weight gain: 7.4 lbs. :: sob :: Non-obese people are told to keep their first trimester weight gain to 5 lbs. or less. Please let this be the artificial hormones!
Exercise: Nothing official, but I've been doing a lot more walking. And I went grocery shopping with Mr. Hope this weekend for the first time in forever. Plus, I get to help cook again. So that's all really good.
Sleep: Still averaging about 8.5 hours a night. The exhaustion comes and goes.
Food cravings: Dairy. Lots and lots of dairy.
Food aversions: None, but I made Brussels sprouts for dinner last night (before I knew a pregnancy site would compare my unborn child to one!) and they tasted bitter and wrong. And I *love* Brussels sprouts.
Symptoms: I can feel the uterus stretching. More groin pressure, some mild lower back cramping, a few twinges here and there. And I feel crazy fat. So bloated. My fingers have started to swell into fat sausages. Swapped my wedding band out for a larger ring I got years ago. The wedding band still fits but only just barely, and I didn't want to take any chances.
What I'm loving: That I've made it this far. That I've graduated from the RE. That I spend more time thinking about what it means to have a baby than I do fearing losing the baby.
What I'm not loving: How fat I feel. Some of it is normal hot weather stuff (I tend to swell in heat regardless) but my boobs are spilling out of my bra, my jeans are getting too snug for comfort, and I don't know. It's just uncomfortable. (I'm sure it's going to get worse.)
What I'm looking forward to: Getting the results of my MaterniT21 Plus test. The tech said it could be four days to a week, so I could get them anywhere between today and Monday.
Best moment this week: Seeing our little ninja punching and kicking all over that ultrasound!
Oh I'm so jealous about the blood test! Fingers crossed :) xxxxx
ReplyDeleteWon't get results until next week. Bummed. We're still telling family this weekend, but won't tell Mini-Hope until we get the results back.
DeleteBtw here is the Doppler I have, highly recommend!
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Vendido Por HUGECARE Baby-bump Sound...
Found it on Amazon for $36. Mr. Hope insisted I order!
Delete11 weeks!! Yay!!! I know it is hard, but try not to think about feeling fat- your body is busy making a new little human. It will do what it needs to (or wants to do to piss you off). Technically I gained 5 kilos in about two weeks in my first trimester (though I didn't count it because I lost 6 in the two weeks before that). AND at nearly 30 weeks, with the way I am carrying, I still look just like a fat beer guzzling trucker not a pregnant lady! And that is with slow weight gain too. So I guess what I am saying is we are all going to get fat. Hmm...that doesn't sound very inspirational...let me try again...um...this won't last forever? We get babies at the end?? Now is the one time in our lives the scales should be going up??? Ah, bugger it. Where did I put that cheesecake?
ReplyDeleteI'm working on it! I think until I get off these hormones I won't know what's going on for reals. Until then, enjoying the precious life blooming in my big, fat belly. :)
DeleteI'm dying for the dang results! My boobs got big on the meds, got a bigger bra, went off meds, went back to normal bra, and only now having to reconsider bigger bra. The medicine puts you in early third trimester, at least it did me.
ReplyDeleteYou're dying! WE ARE DYING! But I will say your comment gives me so much hope. My boobs get deep ridges from a bra that's already one full cup size bigger and I *never* thought my fingers would swell out of my wedding band this early. Literally counting down the days until I'm off the meds!
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