First Trimester Complete!

I wonder at what point in history people started telling young women that pregnancy lasted nine months. Because that's a bold face lie.  Even before I got pregnant women who were pregnant would tell me that it was really 10 months, but I never believed them; I thought it was their overdramatic pregnancy hormones trying to make me feel sorry for them.  Well didn't that come back to bite me in the butt. So now that I am 12 weeks into this I feel a little bamboozled that I *think* I am one-third of the way done...what about those last four weeks! You're not fooling me!

Nothing much has changed in the last month...I have finally started gaining some weight (never thought I would use "finally" in that sentence and be happy about it) though; I am up 2 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight.  While I haven't gained much weight, as you can tell from the picture below, I am much thicker in the middle than I was in the beginning.  All my regular clothes still fit so I haven't had any freak outs wondering what I will wear to work.  I have had more headaches this past month, but that's about the only difference in the last few weeks.

I am still really tired but pretty much only in the evening. I haven't had any cravings yet, unless you count the fact that I am loving orange gatorade and didn't drink it before, but I don't CRAVE it.  I still can't handle scrambled eggs.  You would have to ask Robert, but I think I have been pretty good about keeping my hormones in check. Although, I did start crying in the car last weekend when we were running errands because I was so hungry and all I wanted was a tortilla and cheese. I am sure he will never let me forget that one.

My next doctor's appointment is this Friday so stay tuned...

The belly is a'comin... (and thankfully summer is too because this girl needs a tan!)

Buh Dum, Buh Dum, Buh Dum, Buh Dum

That's supposed to be a heartbeat! Say it really fast and it sounds like the baby heartbeat THAT WE HEARD TODAY! She only played it for like 5 seconds and I wanted to listen to it for an hour but whatevs.

yes this is a blob on a screen. but i love it more than any other blob I've seen so far

I am 9 weeks now and we had our first OBGYN appointment today and got to meet our doctor and I love her so that's good.  She tried to listen to the heartbeat on this mobile thing but she couldn't find the heartbeat (ahhhhhhhh!) so she sent me down the hall for a sonogram.  Besides finding the heartbeat the technician also told me that I have a long uterus (I'm a freak??) and that I have a cyst on (in?) my uterus that is full of progesterone.  She said that you want to have this because it releases a hormone that prevents miscarriage. Speaking of, my doctor told me that now my risk of a miscarriage is less than 2% so if I want "to spill the beans," go ahead.  This baby is about to become Facebook official!  The baby is only 25cm (1in) long and growing right on schedule so my due date is set for October 2nd.

We discussed all of the genetic testing that's available to us but, because of my age and no family history, she said I am extremely low risk. She said that they normally do testing at 12 weeks and 4 months and she would recommend that I only do the testing at 4 months because they can test for more then and it's a little less risky.

I was cleared for travel for our family trip to Hilton Head in June and to come to Kansas City for a baby shower in July. Unfortunately I was told that I can't travel after 34 weeks which means I can't go to the wedding of one of my best friend's little sisters. So sad about that! Apparently anytime after 28 weeks I can go into labor so she (and we!) doesn't want to risk it.

I still feel great. I honestly feel like I am not even pregnant, which is such a blessing.  I am really tired and starving everything couple of hours but other than that, all is well!

For the next four months our appointments are every month so our next one is on Friday March 30th at 3:45pm.

I will leave you with this little gem. This is from one of my baby apps and this is the creepiest baby picture I have ever seen; Robert won't even look at it.  Can't wait for Week 10 to get this off my iPad.