Dinner for Two

November 13, 2014

9 weeks 2 days 

Everybody that I live with is currently on a diet. Everybody except me (and Lilly)! I can't imagine being on a diet and living with a pregnant woman that is eating everything in her path. My dad is down 6 lbs since Monday. I'm probably up 6 lbs since Monday. 

In fact, I am so definitely pregnant that I woke up Sunday morning and cooked (gasp!) a big Sunday breakfast complete with eggs, bacon, and about 14 pancakes. Tuesday we ate lunch in Cary at a D&S Cafeteria. That was a dream come true. I even had room for desert. Today when I got home I was greeted with the smelly smell of a crockpot meal which almost made me barf. Mike brought me home some habachi chicken with rice. I love that man. I thought I would have enough leftover for lunch tomorrow, but who am I kidding? Everybody stared at my delicious food while they ate their diet meal. And now I'm in a food coma on the couch. 

I think one reason I'm eating so much, besides the obvious reason, is because I feel like I have to feed the nausea, like it's this big mean monster that I have to keep feeding so it doesn't completly attack me. Everytime I feel the slightest bit hungry my nausea monster takes over full force and my two choices are to eat or barf. 

One food that makes me feel better is carrots. Weird, right!? Munching on a cool crisp carrot has saved me from the monster many times. Atleast it's not a snickers bar. 

And while I'm on the complain train, I might as well vent about how uncomfortable I already am. I feel huge. My stomach feels so tight and itchy already. I feel like my dinner just sits in my chest after I eat. I'm sleepy. I'm stuffed up and sneezy (common pregnancy symptom). My pregnancy brain has already embarrassed me a few times. And my jewelry is irratating my skin!! Geez, it sounds like I'm all of the seven dwarfs rolled into one. This pregnancy is already so different than it was with Lilly. I didn't dare complain when I was pregnant with Lilly. I was just so happy to be pregnant that I didn't care about anything else. I'm still happy and feel incredibly blessed to have this new baby growing inside of me, but maybe I'm a little more human this time around. Maybe because I know what to expect this time. I know way way way more about pregnancy, the good and the bad, than I ever did with Lilly's pregnancy. The more you know, the more you grow (literally)! But I'm going to soak up every minute of this pregnancy as I can because as hard as it can be, it's the most incredible experience you can have. 

I can't wait to meet this baby. 

Here We Go Again!

November 1, 2014

7 weeks 4 days

We found out we were pregnant the Friday morning of October 10. We found out we were pregnant with Lilly on a Friday morning too. It's hard to describe the feeling those 2 pink lines give you. We giggled like kids. We laughed and joked about having a baby while living upstairs in my parents house. We hope we are settled into a new house by then, but I guess there is a possibility we won't be, depending on when we sale our house. But right now we are just focusing on the positives! 

We had our first ultrasound on October 29. The baby was upside down so it looks like they are standing on their head :) We heard a strong heartbeat of 141. Best sound ever. And just like that I had the same feelings I did with Lilly. It feels weird to think about loving another baby as much as I love Lilly, but I don't think this is going to be a problem. Our due date is June 17. Lilly's due date was April 16, but she was born on the 4th. I wonder what this baby will do? I've already asked the baby to please be born on the last week of school so I can enjoy a nice long summer with him or her. Lilly seems excited and she keeps telling us she has a baby in her tummy too, named Ella Charles! 

But holy moly.... I never knew something the size of a blueberry could make me so sick. I guess this baby is already trying to outdo their big sister. I have puked and puked and puked some more. I constantly feel like I drank 15 beers the night before. I've even had throw up parties at work!! One day after school I drove straight to my grandparents house and laid on their couch for an hour. When we were sick as kids, we called their couch the "sick couch" because we would lay on it all day while grandma took care of us. The dr gave me medicine on Wednesday. Thursday was the first day in a while that I haven't lost my food. But the medicine makes me feel funny, very drowsy but jittery. And on top of that, I puked after our trick-or-treat hay ride on Halloween. Boo. This baby better be cute!! 

November 8th, 2014

8 weeks 4 days 

I need to knock on every piece of wood I see.. But... I think I'm starting to feel better. I stopped taking the first medicine the dr gave me and now I just have zofran. I'm only taking it if I feel like I'm about to puke. Yesterday and today I have felt half way normal, just a little queezy. Maybe I will be back to normal by Thanksgiving!! 

And can we talk about this baby bump! I guess it is true that you show earlier with your 2nd. None of my pants fit. I never thought maternity clothes would feel so good. We decided to announce my pregnancy now because it's getting pretty dang obvious. And we are excited. And I'm pretty sure my nieces already told everybody they knew. I think we announced Lilly's pregnancy even sooner than this baby. We are horrible at keeping secrets. Babies are blessings... Even if they do make you sick :)