Twelve Weeks!

Jellybean, today starts your twelfth week.  You weigh a 1/2 ounce and are 2 1/2 inches long.  Most of your inner systems are fully formed.  Your bone marrow is making white blood cells and your pituitary gland in your brain has started making hormones!  We love you very much.

Jared and I are back from San Antonio and seeing Jared's family.  My family, his family, and some of our close friends now know our news.  Tomorrow, I'll tell my co-workers and we'll tell our church small group.  And Tuesday, the news goes up on Facebook.

Lots of Facebook friends have been announcing their pregnancies in the last six weeks.  This seems to be the year of the baby! 

In the last week, I think I've had two really good days and three fairly bad days, regarding nausea and exhaustion.  I'm hoping good days will soon outnumber the bad, and that my work won't be affected.  I'm ready for that second trimester, and feeling much better!  The first trimester is actually thirteen weeks long, so there's two weeks left.

Two days until we go public, and three days until we hear Jellybean's heartbeat!

11th Week!

Jellybean, yesterday started your eleventh week.  Before the next one starts, family will know about you!  You are about two inches long and you weigh a third of an ounce.  Your hair follicles and nail beds are growing.  All your fingers and toes are fully, individually formed, as is your nose, ears, and tongue.  If you are a girl, your ovaries are developing!  We love you very much.

                                                                           Photo of an 11 week old in the womb


I am still dealing with fatigue, weakness and all day nausea.  Folding a load of laundry and putting it all away causes me to lose my breath.  Checking on my plants outside, with a little watering and bug-spraying, makes me need to sit down for a while.  It's a little frustrating that I used to be able to do so much, and now I feel very needy and "unable".  I have gained 3-4 pounds so far, which sounds good to me--I've heard stories of women who have gained 10 pounds or more by the end of the first trimester!

Recently, Jared and I have been coasting along, and not being overly concerned about being pregnant.  We talk about plans, do a lot of reading, and scheme for the best ways to tell our family, coworkers and friends.  I have a feeling that, once the secret is out, plans and talk will become action and everything will feel that much more "real".

Three days until the telling starts, eight days before everyone knows, and nine days until we hear the heartbeat!

Visitor!

We are hosting our first weekend visitor since you came along, Jellybean!  Our friend Scott, from Charlotte, is coming to town.  We'll have a game night tonight, a cookout and movie tomorrow, and church and lunch on Sunday.  I'm hopeful that I won't be obviously sick this weekend, so that there's nothing to suspect. 

SeaBands have been doing a great job of keeping me feeling ok.  The week I was so sick, I couldn't wear them because I had poison ivy on my wrist, but I started again a few days ago and have felt much better.

Lazy Week

Of my three and a half weeks of track out, this week is my laziest.  I have planned close to nothing, and done about the same.  A big part of that is the fact that I am so, so sick all the time.  For a week now, I've only felt okay when I'm sleeping.  I'm really thankful to be tracked out, because I don't know how I would make it if I was working and feeling like this. 

I manage to get one or two little things done each day.  Yesterday, I cleaned the kitchen and did laundry.  Today, I'm going to vacuum and either hang our art or replant my blueberry bushes.

Jared is recovering from his whirlwind weekend in Texas.  He enjoyed it and learned a lot, met a lot of people...but he's never worked like this before.  All his previous jobs have been commission based, and he never had to put in a 40-hour work week.  He did earn overtime for his work this weekend, but that puts him at 40 hours last week, another 30 hours from Friday to Sunday, and 40 hours again this week.  He is some kind of tired!  He probably needs a lazy week, too. 

15 days until we start telling people our news!  It's been hard lately, because I really want to moan about how much I'm hurting, but can't.

Fighting Back

I did some research and went to the grocery store for the following: ginger snaps, gingerale, crystalized ginger, rice cakes, lemons, lemonade, and pretzels.  All of these things are supposed to help with my morning sickness.  I can tell a difference so far, using the gingerale, lemons and rice cakes.  I was wearing Sea Bands for a few days, but my wrist is itchy and looks red and puffy today. 

Two of my coworkers are pressuring me about a possible pregnancy.  I continue to tell them I'm just tired, my stomach is upset, and when there's news to share, I'll make sure they know.  I'm pretty sure they've figured it out, though!

Jellybean, we have 6 days until our first doctor's appointment together!

Hello, Morning Sickness!

I'm back from Alabama and back at work.  But today was the hardest Monday I've had in a while.  On Sunday, the first day of my seventh week, morning sickness reared its ugly head.  I've been sick 5 times in 2 days, and spent both days--minus a few hours each evening--feeling incredibly nauseous and weak.  I immediately went and bought Sea Bands, and they seem to help a little, but I'd love to find something that will take it away completely!  It's miserable.  And I can't garner any sympathy from anyone, since we haven't told anyone yet.  At least our Track Out is coming up.  Six more days of work, and then we're out for three and a half weeks!