Dear Baby, or should I say embryo? bundle of cells? Nah, we’ll stick to Baby.
HI BABY!!!
I hadn’t dared to hope that I would have a baby in my belly right now but there you are, two pink lines on a test, nausea in my tummy, and joy in my heart. Daddy is so excited and your big sister LOVES all things that have to do with babies so I’m sure she will be SO excited when you get here. I can’t believe that in November (or maybe late October) we’re going to become a family of 4!
I’m hoping to document my pregnancy on the blog so someday you’ll be able to look back and read about it.
How we found out:
I was planning to test because I had been feeling strange and really thought I was pregnant but with a negative test last Friday I didn’t want to get my hopes up. I woke up at 6:15 and did a test and brought it back to the bedroom with me instead of waiting in the bathroom. Sleep is still pretty precious around here. I got back into bed and tried to go back to sleep but about 10 minutes later I heard Q making noise in her room so I turned on the video monitor to take a peek and by the light on the monitor I saw a second line on the test! I was speechless and shaking! So I got up, went to the bathroom and dipped another test, then went into Q’s room. That early in the morning I usually keep the lights off and we nurse in the chair but I was so excited that I forgot myself and I turned on her light and scooped her up to take her out to the living room. We nursed for a few minutes then went into the bathroom to check the second test, which was also positive. 🙂 So we went into my office and made a quick sign in the shape of a heart “Baby C. 2.0 Nov. 2012” and we took it into the bedroom where Daddy was still sleeping. He said, “it’s a bit early for Miss Q!” and I said, “She has something she wants to give to you!” and Q handed him the heart. He read it and said, “Really????!!” and I said , “Yes!!!” and we kissed. It was perfect!
Weeks pregnant: 4
Weight Gain: N/A. Last time I lost weight in first trimester. We’ll see what happens.
Size of the baby: a few cells 🙂
Emotional stuff: I was shaking when I got my positive pregnancy test. I never expected to conceive the very first time I ovulated. I’m so glad I didn’t have to wean Q to get pregnant.
Physical stuff: I’m already having nausea and headaches. I wasn’t expecting symptoms to start so early and so strong!
I can’t stop eating: Cheese! It’s one thing that is almost guaranteed to settle my stomach so at night I’ve been eating cheese and pretzels before bed. I’ve already nicknamed it my “night cheese”. Carbs are good too.
I can’t even look at: Sweets don’t appeal to me at all, nor does red meat or eggs.
Fitness: My goal is to stay as active as possible this pregnancy but I’ll admit that I didn’t really do anything this week!
Birth prep: Made an appointment with a Midwife. hopefully I’ll be happy with her, plus she is close.
Baby prep: It’s all in my head at this point. I’m already planning to go through our bins of clothing and organize it by size. Not sure when that’s going to happen though.
Breastfeeding: Q is still going strong but I’m trying to keep it to 4ish times a day. It’s getting uncomfortable 🙁
Other stuff:
