13 weeks

Hey Second Trimester!   Good bye nausea!   Hello Energy!

Now, that I'm done in fantasy land, I will say that the first tri went by very fast and I hope the second is just as fast.  Let it be known that I am not a fan of pregnancy.   It is a means to an end, frankly.   I want my own children, then I pay the piper.

I am still very, very tired by 7pm, but that might be because of the 2 year old and it being summer.  Jake did pick up a lot of the slack in the first tri, but now that I am feeling ok more or less, I have been doing more things with the boy and around the house.  It's getting better.  The nausea is still worse at night, but I think at this point, it's just the tired that is the biggest factor.  My belly is also starting to stick out too.  A month or so earlier than last time.  I think I was still hanging onto my regular jeans until 15 or 16 weeks and I've been in maternity pants since 10 weeks this time.  But, I started out about 10-15 pounds heavier this time too, so there's always that factor.

You know, I was just reading my other blog, from Ryan.  I was still feeling sick well into week 15, so maybe this isn't so different than last time.  Huh!   Interesting.  Maybe I should not worry so much about the fact that I still feel terrible.  And maybe this one is a boy too.   All I can say is:  Huh!  

You know, this time, I don't care either way.   If it's a boy, super, because I'll have a ton of clothes that I can try to salvage and boy stuff galore.   And if it's a girl, that's great too.   The only part I dread is picking out a name.  Jake likes two names, and one isn't even ours to use really.   Max and Beckett are the only two on the list and Josh and Kristine currently have the user rights to Beckett.   So, there's some thinking that needs to happen here.   I do like Max though.   Max Power!   lol  

Had the ultrasound on Monday -- It went really well.  That doctor is so funny.   So German.  haha
Everything is so far, so good.  The doctor knew my dates this time, as I actually have an LMP this time, so by dates, I should have bee 12 weeks, 6 days and Baby was measuring 13 weeks, 1 day, so I'm right on time.     Baby was moving around and practicing swallowing and stuff.   It kept putting it's hands by it's face and the swallowing looked like talking.  It was pretty funny.   It was very baby-like at this point too, which was fun to see.   I still have to scan in the pics, but all-in-all, things went really well.

My next appt is Thursday at 4:45.   I figure that we can talk about c-section dates at that appt.  I'm sort of shooting for Dec 16th, mostly because it's a Friday and I can spend the weekend in the hospital.  But, if that's too early, Dec 19th is also fine.  I figure I'll have to be waiting until 20 weeks for the anatomy scan (which we sort of did, but 13 weeks is too early to check the heart and the brain all the way...and the sex, of course!), so that will probably be around the beginning of August.

Fun times!

For Kristine (10, 11, 12 weeks)

And mostly because I have missed three weeks of updating, which should tell you how awesome I have been feeling.  You might have gotten wind of it from my status updates, complaining about wanting to die around 5pm every day.

I can't begin to tell you how different this time is from Ryan.  Partially because without his blog, I wouldn't remember jack squat.  With Ryan boy, I was sick from about 7 weeks until around 11 weeks, but I had good spells here and there.   With Ryan boy, I wanted cheeseburgers day and night.  Red meat.  MORE!!!!   Carnivore!

This time:  sick started at 6 weeks and continues.  Today is the first day where I felt sort of normal all day.  The early start was due to zoloft -- when I stopped taking it, the illness got much, much better, but was still present.  I start the day feeling great and by the end of work/getting home time, I just want to curl up and sleep until the next morning.   I don't know if the tired is feeding the nausea or if it's the other way around, but my gut instinct is that the tired is feeding the nausea, because once I sleep, I have a tendency to feel better.

With this one, I want nothing to do with burgers, hot dogs, bacon, etc. etc.   Keep it away from me.  Carbs is where it's at.  Mac n Cheese, Potatoes, Chips, etc. etc.   I would rather eat chicken than a cheeseburger -- I have been eating them, out of habit, but I really have to force them down.  Pizza is my BFF right now.

I ate a lot of fruit with both, so that doesn't really mean anything, other than I love me some fruit.

We found the heartbeat at my 10 week appt, which was awesome!   The latest he put my due date was Dec. 30 at that point, which I agree with a bit more than Dec 26 or 27.   He said that I could get an "early" ultrasound or wait until 20 weeks.   I would like to see my little one, so I opted for early ultrasound.  Turns out that he uses the same geneticist that did Ryan's anatomy scan.

So, I have an appt with Dr. Herrmann at 2:30 next Monday.   I have a feeling that it will actually be a NT scan, to check for any genetic issues with the baby at this point.   As I stated after my last appt:  When I have a heartbeat at 10 weeks, I end up with a living child.  So, I am feeling nothing but positive right now.  Of course, I still feel terrible too, so that helps.  I am sort of hoping that I might be far enough along that he might be able to take a guess at the sex at this ultrasound.  Of course, I can wait until August for the next one, but I am SOOOOO impatient!  

So, in a nutshell:  Mint gum is my BFF right now, to keep my stomach under control; keep the red meat away from me or I will spit on you, and ultrasound in one week!   I'll be back with pictures then!