Total weight gain/loss: zero pounds according to my scale at home. I have an appointment on 4/9 which might give me a more accurate answer in this category.
Maternity clothes? nope! Although I'm looking at purchasing some sleep bras and a belly band so I can wear my pre-pregnancy pants.
Stretch marks? nope! But, I'll be using Palmer's coco butter religiously to prevent them! The smell of the coca butter is also amazing and relaxing!
Best moment this week: telling my family last weekend that I'm pregnant and then telling my friends during dinner later this week. I used the eggs to tell them too, I brought six, one for each person and inside were words on pieces of green ribbon, some had one word some had two. I told them that it was a cute Easter riddle, that my family thought it was cute so I thought I'd share it with them. Prior to this I also partook in a glass of wine (that I pretended to drink..wetting my palette about 4 times until they figured it out). The funny part is no one cracked the egg!! They all fished the message out of the larger bottom hole of the egg! haha. Jen sent me a cute picture of her son whose taken possession of the egg. The final message said "Three down, six to go. What am I?" Lindsay read it out loud and immediately said "PREGNANT" looked at me and grabbed the glass of wine sitting in front of me away, then divvied up the glass between everyone. Some say "they knew it" and others said "congrats!" And, no one had any hard feelings about my little white lie! It's great now to be able to talk about it and not have to keep it a secret with my family and close friends.
Miss Anything? being able to run without feeling like I'm dragging
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| Gavin seems happy to have the egg!! |
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| three down, six to go. what am I? |
Miss Anything? being able to run without feeling like I'm dragging
Food cravings: not particular cravings but lots of I NEED FOOD NOW! moments!
Anything making you queasy or sick: brushing my tongue...I've never had a gag reflex until recently!
Have you started to show yet: Yep!
Gender: Still too early! But, the time is nearing! I don't have an appointment scheduled yet for an ultrasound but I'm thinking at my appointment next week (4/9) one will be ordered and scheduled. I've read anywhere between 16 and 20 weeks you can tell the gender of the baby. So, another month or so we should know! Will is pretty antsy about finding out the sex!
Belly Button in or out? inny but slowly creeping to an outtie, especially after eating a big meal or at the end of the day.
Wedding rings on or off? on :) and hoping the answer is on the whole pregnancy!
Mood: happy! still tired and annoyed that I get these lingering headaches that don't let me sleep! I'm too stubborn to take any Tylenol right now. Will rubs my shoulders and neck and that helps a ton sometimes. Stretching also helps. I've been using Tiger Balm on my neck too (topical pain reliever), which my midwife says is safe long as its in moderation ;)
Looking forward to: Getting baby announcements back and mailing them out rest of our immediate family! Then, this will also be posted as our facebook announcement. My sister helped me take pictures on Easter Sunday (well, besides the ultrasound picture of course). She has fun using her new Cannon Rebel she got for Christmas last year. I ordered them through www.vistaprint.com for such a great deal! I spent under $13 for 20 announcements that come with envelopes! The best part is that I paid extra for shipping (included in the $13)so I didn't have to wait 2 weeks to receive them! I can't help but brag about a great deal. I couldn't see myself spending $3- $4 on an invitation from other sites... when I knew I could go to Meijer or Walmart and order them for somewhere around $0.60 and have them in hand 20 minuets later.
Fitness report: Running is still so HARD! I looked at the calendar yesterday and realized that there are only 5 good weeks before Kalamazoo's Half Marathon 5/5/13. And, I'll be traveling quite a bit in April, which makes longs runs hard to do. I'm going to put my best foot forward but I'm behind the point where I should be fitness level wise for a half marathon. And being mindful of not overexerting myself right now. I'd totally not worry so much if this baby wasn't coming along too, but baby is my first and main concern this time around :) I may have to consider another half marathon later in my pregnancy...and run the Borgess 5k instead this year, which I haven't participated in yet (I've only done Borgess' half and the full), so this may be a good opportunity. We'll just see how the next couple of weeks go.
What I've learned: your husband is your first priority. kids to see a healthy marriage between their mom and dad will feel security. "The single, most important thing that you can do for your children is to do everything in your power to have the best possible relationship with your spouse." (http://life.familyeducation.com/marriage/relationships/45607.html) I didn't know that...I always thought put your kids first, although it make sense! I just thought that was interesting.
