How far along? 9 weeks 5 days (4-21-17)
Symptoms? I’ve had both good and bad days this week with the nausea. My best time is still in the morning most days. Which seems silly because it’s called “morning” sickness, after all. 😉 I gradually feel worse as the day progresses and by bedtime, I’m ready to fall asleep to get some relief. Some nights I feel sick throughout the night but not always. I know I followed this pattern with both of the boys but to a lesser extent. I’m having some minor breast tenderness again. It seems that they are growing some more. Fine by me! 😉 Still pretty emotional – I can cry about practically anything – happy, sad, totally neutral, it makes no difference. The acne is way out of hand! Enjoyng my second go at my teenager face. HA! Still a bit more tired than usual. I think that’s pretty much it for this week.
Weight? After freaking out last week about being up 4 pounds for the pregnancy, this week I was surprised to see that I actually lost 2 pounds so I’m +2 at 137lbs. That feels better for how far along I am.
Bump? I think it looks smaller this week. Probably in part because of the Miralax finally working. 😉 Haha. TMI, sorry. I gave up on my regular jeans around 7 weeks because I just really don’t like that tight feeling on my belly. But the maternity capris I pulled out are still way too big although I’ve worn them a couple times with a band around then to keep them up. Otherwise, I’m enjoying the looseness of maxi skirts. 🙂
Sleep? Not as good as it was. I’m tossing and turning alot and having so many weird dreams. I have been taking a nap during the day when I get the chance.
Cravings/aversions? This week I only want to eat salad. At first it HAD to have Italian dressing. Now it HAS to have Ranch. I’m not even sure I want the salad as much as the dressing, although the crunch is really satisfying. I could go for a Coke Freeze anytime! That’s about it. All else is gross.
Gender? Everyone is still enjoying specualting. It’s funny how pretty much EVERYONE is sure it’s a girl. Some people have flat out told me they are praying it’s a girl! I am being 100% honest when I tell you that I really do not have a prefence. We do have a girl name picked out (for 9 years now!) but nothing so far for a boy. But if we have a boy, we have absolutely everything we need. (Clothes, toys etc.) It just really doesn’t matter to me. My boys are great and I enjoy being their mom. I can’t imagine it being better or worse to parent a girl…. though I think it’d be really fun to have a daughter.
My appointment with the new OB is in 3 days. I am nervous but also excited to see how we get along. I decided to write down a list of what I usually have vs what I would probably feel comfortable with as far as monitoring goes. I plan to ask her if we can work something out along those lines. I figure that if the MFM practice thought it was necessary, then we really should keep at least most of it. Not to mention, I just know myself and I would feel totally out of the loop and anxious. Here’s the list… After 12 weeks, I usually have:
- Anatomy ultrasound at 20 weeks w/ cervical length
- Growth ultrasound every 4 weeks until birth
- NSTs twice weekly after 32 weeks
- Weekly AFI after 32 weeks
- Bi-weekly BPP after 32 weeks
Here’s what I think I would feel comfortable with:
- Obviously they would still do anatomy ultrasound at 20 weeks but I also want the cervical length, mostly because of the damage that Levi’s birth could have caused and I’ve never had a super long cervix.
- Growth ultrasound every 4 weeks. I really don’t think I could see myself being comfortable without this.
- NSTs once a week after 34 weeks. I figure that weekly appointments start around that time anyway. We might as well do an NST. I can’t imagine being comfortable with no NSTs at all.
- Bi-weekly BPP. I figure with this, I won’t be too concerned about AFIs, mostly because they proved highly inaccurate with Levi, although neccessary with Tru.
My guess is the OB is going to think I’m crazy, but I’m ok with that. She will have to understand that I have had way extreme babying during my previous pregnancies and that is simply what I’m used to/comfortable with and it’s really not that excessive….. is it? If all else fails, I already scheduled an intake appointment with my old practice AND made sure that the Dr who was my primary before (the one who delivered Levi) will no longer be my primary and I don’t ever have to have an appointment with her. So that’s all taken care of. 🙂
Dear God, thank You for another week of pregnancy with this sweet little baby. Please continue to watch over and sustain it’s life according to Your will. Please help things to continue to go smoothly. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Haha! That acne is cracking me up!
Have you ever stopped to notice how pretty dandelions are? I hadn’t until the other day. So vibrant! And also, so tasty! I’ve already fixed them 3 times this spring. Yum! 🙂
I bought this beautiful Easter Lily the day after Easter on markdown. I hope it comes back next year! I love my lilies. And incidentally, we had a great Easter but I never got around to posting about it. Oops!
Journey For My Baby 
Guys, these spelling errors are hurting my head but I’m too tired to edit now. Sorry!!
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You look great! How do you prepare the dandelions?
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Thank you! I actually posted a recipe for how I like them cooked. https://journeyformybaby.wordpress.com/2017/04/05/dandy-dandelions-recipe/?preview=true
I know some people fry them in butter or just boil them and put a dash of vinegar on them. Some eat them raw in salads. I guess there’s a lot of ways to use them but I just stick with my favorite. 🙂
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You look great and glad you had another good week! I’ve been struggling with nausea too.. mine is usually the first half of the day and then waves of nausea hits me while I sleep and will wake me up 👎🏻 have you thrown up at all?
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Thanks. 🙂 No throwing up but I would be without the zofran. I usually take it before I get out of bed in the morning, which probably has something to do with mornings being my best time. I try to only take it once a day since I’m on my own with the boys in the morning and I just try my best to power through the evening with DH’s help. I hope the nausea doesn’t get intense for you. It’s reassuring in it’s own way but also really hard to endure longterm.
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Ugh, the “morning” sickness. I hate that name because mine was in the afternoon too! I still get mild afternoon nausea some days right before my cycle starts. Stupid hormones.
I think it’s going to be a girl too. Just from the more severe symptoms. Girls are a lot of fun. So different than boys! But boys are great too, as you know.
As far as the monitoring, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask for what you want. I didn’t have half that stuff with my twins though. I had more frequent appointments, started weekly at 34 weeks I believe, and had monthly ultrasounds but I never had an NST. I’m not even sure what a BPP is so I can’t say if I had that either. But my twins were healthy and my pregnancy went amazingly well so I only needed low monitoring. You’ve had a different experience though.
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I’m surprised they didn’t have you do NSTs! BPP stands for biophysical profile. It’s an ultrasound that scores baby on 8 things, such as practice breathing, movement, and fluid. The boys both would fail or barely pass on NSTs and we’d get sent for extra BPPs and they’d do great. That’s why I’m not really too sure that twice weekly NSTs are all that accurate. Since my babies would fail or barely pass but it didn’t really mean anything was wrong.
Thank goodness the last 3 days have been less nausea intense! I used to get sick and actually throw up during my period sometimes. Nausea seems to be my body’s go-to reaction for practically everything. Ugh! I do wonder if being done with the pio now had anything to do with the nausea lessening…. hmmmm.
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