Week 11

 Week 11

March 23, 2012

We had another check up on Friday and everything is still healthy.  We heard the little pumpkin heartbeat again - 165bpm.  It's pumping fast now.
It looks like pumpkin will have have a few birthday friends.  Today at church we found out a couple in our Sunday school class have a due date of October 16th and someone who works at USM and has done volunteer work at Southern Pines with me is due on the 12th.  It's fun to know people going through pregnancy at the same time.
Steve and I went with my mom and Tiff to see The Lion King in New Orleans on Thursday.  It was amazing!  I think Pumpkin enjoyed it too except I was up way past his/her normal bedtime.  
Steve left today to finish up with school.  He has 3 weeks in TN then he'll come home for 3 weeks before we head back to TN to watch him graduate.  It has been a LONG 27 months I just hope these next 3 weeks don't drag out too long.  We sent the cats to stay with my mom since I'm off litter duty but I do have Dash with me still.  Hopefully, I'll stay busy or just catch up on sleep - I'm guessing it will be the latter.

Here's what's going on this week:

Physical:
Sometimes I think I can see the beginnings of  a baby bump but other times I'm pretty sure I'm just bloated.  I actually lost 2lbs at the Dr. appt.  I haven't gotten sick any but I have had a lot of food aversions and I can usually only eat a little bit of food at a time - I guess that is why I'm down. 
The tiredness has increased.  I can go from feeling fine and energetic to all of a sudden being completely exhausted. Bloat, food aversions, tiredness and boob soreness have been my main symptoms so far.  Not being sick kind of worried me  for a while but I'm now just accepting that I'm fortunate.  I've also been able to mostly keep up with my workout which I think has maintained my saneness.

Emotional:

I teared up about 3 or 4 times in the lion king and almost any other movie we watch. It's crazy. A lot of anxiety about something going wrong has decreased since the last appt on Friday; we're so close to the 2nd trimester I figured it's ok to quit worrying so much.  I'm sure this will only last a few more days though.

The other big stress in our family right now is a job for Steve.  He found out last week that the job he was hoping for isn't hiring so he has been searching but it's not looking great.  He's getting pretty discouraged.  While he's in TN he'll be interviewing for a position in KY.  It's been sort of an emotional roller coaster to think we may have to move to another state for him a job.  I can't imagine having a baby where I don't know anyone.  We'll just continue to pray something opens up around here.

Weeks 9 and 10

March 19, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

As of last week we have an actual fetus; our baby is no longer an embryo.  The little pumpkin who is far from the size of a pumpkin is already growing so fast!
Last week was my Spring Break so after working half of the week I decided we needed to do something fun.  Steve and I decided to go to New Orleans for the day to be tourists.  We did a tour of homes in the Garden District, scarfed down some po-boys at Mahony's, shopped a little, took a street car to the French Quarter, shopped a little and did a quick walking history tour there before WALKING back to the Garden District.  The street car was so crowded we didn't want to endure it again.  We had a lot of fun and surprisingly I didn't poop out too early.  Sure it was depressing not to be able to get a daiquiri but I sufficed with a smoothie. The only other part of the trip that made me feel pregnant was the usually nearly intolerable smell of Bourbon Street was definitely intolerable then.
On our way back to Hattiesburg we stopped by my mom's to pick up Dash and to our surprise there was a mini family reunion going on.  My aunt Sib was down from AR so a bunch of other aunts and cousins came over to visit; many of whom Steve had yet to meet.  It was great seeing everyone and getting to share the news.  I think Steve got a little nervous about his chances of having a son when he saw the amount of girls our family produces.
On Fri and Sat we celebrated St. Patty's day at the Keg and Barrel and Irish Italian festival in town.  It was an excuse for Steve to wear his skirt kilt out.  Unfortunately for him, Dash got all of the attention with his mini version of the kilt. Despite Dash's new blotched up hair-cut earlier that day - he's still a handsome pup.
Last week was pretty busy and this week is looking the same way.  We're going back to New Orleans on Thurs to see The Lion King with mom and TIff and the next baby appt is on Friday.  Steve then has to pack to go back to TN to finish up school - bittersweet.

Changes for this week and last:

Physical:
Random naps are needed sometimes.  I think part of this is because I'm not sleeping well at night.  I just can't get comfortable, I keep waking up with neck pain.  I'm not sure if has to do with pregnancy or not.  I know the peeing in the middle of the night does though.  I've gotten a few waves of nausea but they pass pretty quickly.  My most common complaint is an acidic stomach. I feel like a constantly have heart burn, and am very limited in the foods I want to eat most of the time. The bloat is still there on and off too.



Emotional:
I think the hardest thing for me right now is thinking about Steve leaving. I know it's only 6 weeks this time but I feel like so much can happen between now and then. I've also been having a few body image freak outs with all of this bloat and my belly feeling squishy.  I just have to keep reminding myself why it's worth it.  I've also noticed myself being even more impatient lately/ irritable.  I'm trying be aware of it and not act on it but sometimes it's just easier to let the hormones do as they wish.

Dash's (Patches) new haircut by mom