9 Weeks

How Far Along: 9 Weeks

Maternity Clothes: Nope...I have been so bloated though that I tried on maternity capri pants and was thankfully too small for them.  It makes me feel good that I don't fit them but my pants are getting to be uncomfortable when I sit...I guess I am in that annoying middle too big to be comfy in my pants too small for maternity. 

Best Moment this Week: Telling our families!  Next I get to tell my friends!  Winner of the best reaction reward: Grandpa Dalland!  We told him on Fathers Day and I have never heard him so excited!

Gender: No clue

Movement: Not Yet

Weight Gain/Loss:

 Food Craving: No real craving but I do like gummy candies while pregnant.  I think I get low blood sugar and a couple gummies can perk me up.

What I miss: Not snacking...it's hard to think of so many snacks throughout the day.  I almost think it was easier when all I could eat were Granny Smith Apples and Gummy Bears (Zack's pregnancy)

Sleep: Awesome

What I am looking forward to: Telling all my friends "remember when you asked when we would have another and I said "oh, I don't know" what I meant was JANUARY!"

Symptoms: Nausea, Fatigue, An obscene need to drink water...which leads to plenty of bathroom trips.

Same/Different:  At this point with Zack I wasn't able to eat much and didn't want to eat anything.  Now I am nauseated most of the day but can eat just about anything...most of the time chicken is OUT.  Food doesn't have any appeal but it fixes the nausea.

Tummy Shot: Forgot

8 Weeks

How Far Along: 8 Weeks

Maternity Clothes: No but I did buy a pair of pants with an elastic waste band for the drive from Charlotte to Raleigh (basically because I had my jeans unbuttoned the entire trip to Charlotte)

 Best Moment this Week: Celebrating my friend Laura's baby girl at her shower.  I also got to smile on the inside when old friends asked when we are having another..."oh, I don't know") 

Weight Gain/Loss:  Haven't weighed myself this week and I need to buy a scale.

Gender: Still no idea

Movement: Not yet

Food Craving: No cravings and food is beginning to lose it's appeal.  I eat what I need for the moment and nothing seems to taste good enough to keep me coming back for more. 

What I miss: ????  Nothing...even the side effects are totally worth the excitement of a baby.

Sleep: I can't say enough about first trimester night sleep...awesome even if you nap! 

What I am looking forward to: Telling everyone, looking pregnant, finding out if baby 2 is a boy or a girl.

Symptoms: All Day "morning" sickness, bloating, and I feel like the girls are growing a bit.

Tummy Shot: None again...It was a crazy weekend.  Not much to see though.

7 Weeks

I am going to try to document this pregnancy weekly (try).  This is my baby book, scrapbook and the easiest way to share info with my family before I forget (I may have pregnancy brain already...as if I ever got my normal brain back after Z was born).  To make it easy I am stealing this idea from my friend Sarah.

How Far Along: 7 Weeks

Maternity Clothes: No...but I have thought about it...I mean honestly maternity jeans feel like yoga pants but are jeans so you look like you got dressed in the morning. 

Best Moment this Week: My first appointment!  I got to hear the heartbeat and see his or her little picture.  Zack came with (it may be the last time) and pointed at the screen and said "dog, pfffff (woof), dog, dog, pffff, pffff).  He might be disappointed that he is getting a little brother or sister and not a dog.

Weight Gain/Loss: -3 lb

(Sarah didn't do this but I had such issues with Zack and I may have already lost weight so I want to keep track)  According to the scale at the doctor (and I usually measure heavy) I was 5 lb's less than my stable weight...the weight I have been for years...I thought I had gained weight because I am eating so much so often (um...a whole tube of Pillsbury cinnamon rolls for a between breakfast and lunch snack!)  I am going average my number and the doctors number and say I lost 3 lb.

Gender: No idea...I hope for a boy so Zack has a built in best friend (that isn't a dog) and I hope for a girl so I'm not outnumbered any more...my wallet hopes for a boy...lets face it girl stuff is soooo much cuter and very hard to resist.

Movement: Can't wait!!!!

 Food Craving: no craving

 What I miss: not being tired or nauseated...I know I am only seven weeks but I threw up 4 weeks ago and it's been downhill from there.  Thankfully I am not really sick though.

Sleep: 1st Trimester evening sleep is AMAZING...I try to take one 30 min nap while Zack naps.  Sometimes I just lay on the couch and watch talk shows.

 What I am looking forward to: Telling people...it was so easy when I would talk to people occasionally over SKYPE.  I may not be able to hold it in any longer.  I feel like some people know, and I feel like a big fat liar. 

Symptoms: Nausea

Tummy Shot: Sorry

Positive (Round 2)

I have taken one VERY positive pregnancy test.  I am really excited that there were two very solid lines on the test.  With Zack I took 6 tests that were all very faint even at 7 weeks (the day of my first appointment).  The faintness only made me question weather I was actually preggo or just wanted the test to be positive so badly that I imagined a second line. 
Is it possible for kid #2 to have second child syndrome while in the womb?  I am already treating my #2 differently.  With Zack I got my body into the best shape before I was pregnant and started eating really well once we decided we were ready to start a family.  This time I stopped exercising (not that I exercised regularly anyway) in case I have a blood clot like I had with Zack.  When the doctor saw the clot he told me no lifting more than one bag of groceries and no extra activity.  I was thinking about that today as I ran from my car to the apartment carrying Zack, 3 bags of groceries, my coupon book and a diaper bag in the rain.  Instead of eating really well I am eating all my favorite foods...just in case I won't be able to eat anything for 7 months again. 
I am basically certain that I am not going to be able to wait as long as we waited with Zack to announce the pregnancy.  It is really hard seeing and talking to friends and family without telling them our exciting news. 

Hmmmmmm

Last Wednesday I skipped breakfast.  Not an unusual event since little man ends up eating my food or panting like a dog, crawling up my leg while I try.  Ironic because he won't eat his own food and call me crazy but I don't think I am ready to give Zack a bowl of Special K and skim milk.  I give him milk and cereal of his own.  Anyway I digress...
At around 10 I felt a feeling I hadn't felt since...oh...January of last year.  I ran to the bathroom and threw up the glass of water I just drank.  Zack was taking a nap so I laid down and fell asleep for 20 min.  I woke up and still felt queasy and really wanted a bowl of popcorn (acceptable lunch/late breakfast...right?).  I ate the whole thing.
Hmmmmm.  I knew exactly what the feeling was!  Pair that with the bloating, fatigue and the sudden need for a midnight snack...CAN IT BE?
It was still a couple days early for the EARLY pregnancy test (I know...I hope the morning sickness isn't starting this early).  I took a test a couple days later and there was a faint line...last time I had a faint line it resulted in Zack.  I know that it still could be false but I will take another test this week then call the doctor. 
With Zack we waited 11 weeks (we wanted to wait 13).  I honestly wanted to tell everyone the day of my faint line so if the doctor confirms it I don't know how long we will wait.