14 weeks & 15 weeks

• How far along; 15 weeks
• Weighty Issues: gained back 1 lb so far, need to gain a couple more before I feel I can workout again but from now on I should gain almost a pound a week anyways
• Stretch Marks: None that I have noticed
• Sleep: Some nights suck, I wake up a lot. Considering I used to maybe wake up one time, once a week its a drastic difference
• Best Moment this week: not being nauseous
• Food Commentary: lots of cravings for fruit and salty things, also a lot of my normal faves sound odd to me, like popcorn is now not as tasty
• Maternity Clothes: wearing a mix of clothes still since a lot of my shirts are longer already, wearing pre-prego jeans un-buttoned
• Belly Button In or Out: more stretched
• What I miss: not much other than my Bible study group
• What I'm looking forward to: Everything, I'm ready to buy the crib and bedding and pick out names
• Weekly Wisdom: Sleep more, which I fully achieved yesterday with the longest nap ever
• Weekly WTF: 
• Nesting: um its really hard not to shop at work, only buying unisex things isn't that fun either
• Milestones: definitely showing now 

13 weeks

• How far along: 13 weeks, 2nd Trimester
• Weighty Issues: I haven't weighed myself in about a week but I gained back about a pound that I had lost from morning sickness
• Stretch Marks: None that I can see yet but I'm pretty diligent about slathering myself with cocoa butter
• Sleep: Some days its hard for me sleep, mainly due to general uncomfort and my laziness to get up to pee. Interestingly I used to only need between 6-7 hrs of sleep but now I really need around 8 hours
• Best Moment this week: My hubs being such a champ at fulfilling my cravings
• Food Commentary: Morning sickness is basically gone now! Lots of different cravings that don't seem to go away until they are fulfilled
• Maternity Clothes: I've been wearing a mix of maternity and regular shirts. Mostly only maternity pants and some regular jeans unbuttoned, skinny and straight styles haven't been worn in months now :(
• Belly Button In or Out: Still in, but mine is kinda a inny/outey so it does seem to have stretched a bit
• What I miss: Actually liking Chipotle, since prego it tastes weird to me. Also missing salami and blue cheese two items pre-prego I ate almost weekly are on the do not eat list. Straight jeans... 
• What I'm looking forward to: Finding out the sex of the baby and continuing to get bigger cause right now I kinda just look fat. To finally be able to work out now that I'm not sick all the time
• Weekly Wisdom: I must work out!
• Weekly WTH:  My ears are sooo stuffed up I can barely hear!!
• Nesting: Organizing and chucking stuff we don't need. Set up baby's co-sleeper only so I would have a spot for all baby things to be located
• Milestones: Baby is the size of a peach! Vocal chords and bones are forming. Baby can now suck its thumb. 

12 weeks

Today I am 12 weeks and I wanted to start doing a weekly survey on my progress. Some doctors say 12 weeks is the end of the 1st trimester and some say 13 weeks, I'm gonna go with 12 because I feel different now. 


Baby at 12 weeks
Baby is now the size of a plum!
The baby is shifting into the growth and maturation stage. After weeks in the critical development stage, almost all of his systems are fully formed. 






*What week are you in?  

12 weeks, 28 more to go!

*Have you had an ultrasound?

at 9 weeks, to determine my due date



*Do you know the gender of your baby? If so, what?

nope, not yet



*Do you have a name picked out? What?

we have a few ideas for boy and girl names


*Is the child being named after someone?

baby boy's middle name will be Lee just like Patricks and his dads; baby girl's middle name will be Marie like mine and my moms.

*Who is going to be with you during delivery?

My husband and mom



*Natural or medicated childbirth?

Going to attempt fully natural. I figure since my mom did it I can. Plus I want to connect better with my child, lots of drugs such as pitocin can alter the euphoria you get from birth. 


*How are you feeling right about now?

Sooooo much better, weeks 6-10 were rough but just more annoying really. I had morning sickness about 1-2 times a week but what they don't tell you is that you have to eat all the time to try to help it and I couldn't really eat anything healthy, things fried  for some reason went down much easier. One of the things that made me feel better about morning sickness, is that it is a sign that your pregnancy is going normally for the most part and that having that symptom actually lowers the chance of miscarriage.

*What was the first thing you bought for baby?

little booties



*Do you feel you are ready to have a baby?

Definitely, I feel like I have been preparing for this my whole life. Obviously it will be a drastic change to our lives but were such go with the flow homebodies I don't think too much will change in our routine.. except sleep :( something precious to Patrick and I. 


*Are you excited or scared about delivery?

Both!  Mostly excited! Our hospital has some of the lowest c-section rates in northern california and most babies are delivered by midwives :)


*Any food cravings?

steak, fries, popcorn, cheetos, berries, potstickers, pineapple



*Anything you loved before that you absolutely cannot eat anymore?

smoothies and salad I could not eat for a while but probably fine now