A whole new adventure!

The cat’s out of the bag!  For those of you who guess the theme of the last post was baby, you guessed right!  Brian and I are expecting a little one the end of December.  It has been a world-wind the past 3 months.  I promise I won’t turn the blog into a pregnancy/baby blog, but if y’all will indulge me, I do want to share a little with you on this new I’m embarking journey. 

Friday was my 12 weeks appointment.  So far everything has been great.   Thankfully I haven’t been sick at all, just queasy here and there.  I NEVER knew how EXHAUSTED you would be during this time.  It hit me around 8 weeks and lasted till about 10 weeks.  All I wanted to do was come home from work and lay on the couch, then go to bed around 8.  One day (it’s super crazy how this happens) I woke up in the morning and could tell that I had my energy back.  It’s the oddest thing how it is literal like turning on a light switch.  I’m hoping the next few months will be smooth sailing.  So far I haven’t had any food cravings, but I have not been able to eat meat the past few weeks.  It’s the oddest thing, raw meat doesn’t bother me, but cook meat does.  Dinner seems to be the hardest meal on me, nothing sounds appealing at all during that time.   The pro side of being pregnant (to counter the yucky feeling) is that I have actually lost weight instead of gain it!  Woo hoo!!! I’m hoping the rest of the time I can have a very small weight gain.  So far I have lost about 10 lbs since I found out I was pregnant. 

I’m sure everyone else says this about their doctor, but I’m going to go ahead and say that I have the greatest doctor.  Dr. Hudson is awesome!  For those of you who know me well, know that while I have always wanted kids, pregnancy was not something I was looking forward to at all.  Dr. Hudson has been great and understanding.  He is very meticulous about everything, but also doesn’t overwhelm you or do more than is necessary.  Fingers cross that when it comes down to the delivery time he will be the one on call or he will be willing to come in to deliver! 

I’m sure most do not care to see, but for those of you who do, below are the sonogram pictures from my 8 week appointment and 12 week appointment.  It’s amazing how 4 weeks changes things.  This time it looked like a baby. It’s fun to see how much it changes.  I was hoping he would do a sonogram the next visit too, but since he can hear the heartbeat using the doppler, no sonogram.  The next visit after that (August) will be the big one—sex identification! 

8 weeks:

12 weeks: