Weeks 6-13 were BRUTAL. I don't remember being so nauseous all.the.time with the boys. I've also thrown up many more times than I would have liked. But that just means everything is going the way it's suppose to for me. I'm also much busier so I take less time to eat often/decently which needs to change. Higher protein diet helps me feel better and stay full longer. A bowl of cereal for breakfast isn't cutting it anymore.
I'm at week #18 now and I'm starving every 3 hours and could eat like a lumberjack. If I don't eat some snack at night I wake up STARVING in the middle of the night. Also, taking many potty breaks as well :) The boys haven't held much interest in the baby yet. I'm not showing much (put on about 5lbs so far) but that will soon change and they'll notice more I'm sure as I slow down more and more. We find out what we are having in 2 weeks. I've had several impressions it's a boy but I'm not 100% sure. I don't care either way, just want him/her to be healthy and strong. So cliche, but that is honestly how I feel. Pregnancy is such a miracle and there are millions of things that could go wrong so I'm always grateful when I have a healthy baby, regardless of gender. Although if it is a girl, I'm not sure what I'll do with myself. My mind frame will have to change a lot to accommodate a more emotional/dramatic little person. I don't speak girl very well. But I'm sure if it's a girl she'll teach me :) I've never been pregnant during the holidays before so this should be fun enjoying all the treats without trying to get any baby weight off. Hooray! My workouts are pretty much non existent with the occasional walks around the neighborhood and yoga dvd's while Elijah is at preschool and Oliver plays around me. I'm just too tired to do any big exercises once everyone is settled/fed/dropped off and I have no desire to wake up early before Matt leaves for work to squeeze an alone workout in. I need my sleep! Chasing 2 very active boys around is workout enough :) I've started feeling the first "flutters" of the baby moving around this week too. It makes it seem more real when they start moving. I love it. I'm into the "nesting" phase already it seems. I've got this huge urge to just purge every non essential thing out of our house. It just creates clutter, more cleaning up and adds nothing to our lives. I've been going room by room and slowly donating more and more "stuff" to goodwill. Feels good to get rid of the excess. Then I can focus on projects that will actually better our home environment and make it feel like "us".
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