Hello all- I have decided to get back into blogging!! With baby on the way and everyone wanting updates I just felt like this would be a great way to share with friends and family and a neat way to document for myself how everything is going! I also do a daily journal called Dear Baby, where I am journaling to my sweet baby everyday. I think it will be fun for me to look back on someday and I cannot wait to share it with he or she when they are older!
I was hoping to have started this a couple of weeks ago, but quite honestly up until the past week it has been all I could do to just go to work and do my normal house stuff. I have been so dead tired and absolutely sick as a dog!!! At about 6 weeks the nausea set in and I have had morning sickness, actually more like all day sickness, for over 7 weeks. There were days I was lucky to keep one meal down! Luckily once the second trimester hit things have finally started to turn a corner and I am finally keeping food down and feeling a little more like my old self.
For any of you that dont know Kyle and I are expecting our first baby, and baby Janecek is due January 2014!! We found out shortly before Mother's Day which was wonderful and such a great time to get to share it with our parents! But from that weekend until we finally decided to share it with the world was the longest 6 weeks of my life! It was super hard for the grandparents-to-be as well, they were all so excited and you could just see it beaming off of their faces! Besides the morning sickness and nausea everything has gone pretty smooth so far, so we just pray it continues that way.
Kyle is thrilled and tells everyone we talk to how excited he is and how fun it will be to be a dad. I am so lucky to have a great husband who will be such an amazing dad. He has been so supportive of me when Ive been sick and has been great about picking up on the cooking lately! I love watching his face light up anytime anyone brings up him becoming a dad, he will be one proud papa!
I have found this little survey on some mommy blogs and will try and update every few weeks or so on our progress and our journey to becoming parents!
How Far Along: Almost 14 weeks
Gender: Wont know for a few more weeks :)
Baby is the size of: A lemon
Symptoms: The nausea has started to subside and I havent thrown up in a week, however I am still quite tired.
Sleep: Cant seem to get enough. I could sleep all day long if I had the time.
Movement: No movement felt yet, however at my appointment last week the doctor said he could hear an active baby in there!
Food cravings: Green olives
Anything making you queasy or sick: Most everything, especially meat.
Miss anything: I miss wanting to plan meals, and Im sure Kyle has missed me planning meals too!!!
Belly button in or out: In
Maternity Clothes: Over the past week or so I have really noticed my pants getting tighter at the waistline, finally invested in some maternity :)
Wedding ring on or off: Off, since I have been so sick I have lost a bit of weight, which means the wedding ring is now too big. Bummer, but Im sure it will fit again soon!
Labor signs: Nope
Strangest Moment of the Week: I had an OB appointment this week, and for now I have to rotate between the two doctors at the clinic we go to, and this week was the first time I had ever been seen by a male OBGYN. I was nervous but it went great and he was AWESOME!!! Now I feel comfortable no matter who is on call the day baby comes!
Fun moment this past week: Got to hear the heartbeat again this week, I will never get sick of that! And lucky for me there was also a student doing rounds with the doctor so I got to hear it twice! Kyle and I also went crib shopping last weekend, which was super fun! Now we just have to decide, lol! There are so many options out there! And I have finally had to go to some maternity clothes! I went shopping with one of my girlfriends this weekend and got some cute maternity things, suprisingly! Also picked up a few things for the nursery!!!
What I am looking forward to this week: I am looking foward to feeling better, a few weeks ago I felt like I was never going to get better! So if I can keep my food down and get my energy back I would be one happy camper, and so would my doctors! Never thought Id hear a doctor tell me they'd like me to gain some weight before they saw me next, but all of the puking has really taken a toll on my weight!!! I am also excited to start shopping, alot of things I will wait to buy until we know pink or blue, but now that I've hit 2nd trimester I have the urge to start buying!!!
Thanks for reading, and please keep us in your prayers for a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby!
