Journal #11: Week 15

How far along? 15 weeks
Baby size: Navel Orange (4.5 inches)
Total weight gain/loss: About 4-5+ pounds is my guess
Maternity clothes? YES! I finally went maternity shopping this week because wearing my regular jeans was beginning to literally hurt. A post to come on that soon!
Stretch marks? I don’t know if the stretch marks on my lower hips/upper thighs were there before… but there’s a few there. :/
Sleep: Getting up to pee 4-5 times a night, and my joints hurt if I sleep too long on one side.
Best moment this week: Being able to finally feel my uterus! I was exercising this week and I could feel it just by standing, and even more by lying gently on my tummy. It is the weirdest thing ever, to know that there’s someone growing inside of you and you can actually feel his/her home!
Movement: Not sure… I know it’s still a little early, but I know some women who have felt it this soon. I ate a lot yesterday for dinner, and I don’t know if it was just my digestive system doing its job, or if I actually felt little butterfly movements.
Food cravings: Lots of fruit (lucky me!), sour candy, chocolate ice cream (not so lucky me)
Anything making you queasy or sick: Rarely, and it’s usually if I don’t eat for a few hours.
Have you started to show yet: YES! I am sooo excited!! For the last three weeks it’s really started to show, especially this week. It’s still so unreal to me!
Gender: 70% sure it’s a girl… read my post about my gender draino crystal test!
Symptoms: headaches, but I’m starting to get used to that; joint aches, and occasional tummy growing pains.
Wedding rings on or off? On
Looking forward to: Feeling this little creature move!!

Journal #10: Weeks 12, 13, and 14

I've been a huge slacker and haven't posted for a few weeks! So I'll just combine the last three weeks into one :)

How far along? 14 weeks
Baby size: Navel orange- about 4.5 inches, 2-3 oz.
Total weight gain/loss: 4 pounds according to last week's doctors appt.
Maternity clothes? I am desperate for some new pants! Only 2 pairs of pants and 1 pair of shorts barely still fit! I usually still have to unbutton those. I tried on one of my maternity shirts yesterday that my mom bought me and it was SO. COMFY!
Stretch marks? not yet!
Sleep: Sleeping pretty good, I still have to get up 3 times a night to pee, and every time I do get up, my stomach starts to hurt really bad. Just by getting out of bed makes my stomach feel sick and achy, but then I get back in bed and I'm fine. Weird!
Best moment this week: Being with family for the 4th of July! And getting a BUNCH of clothes for baby at a quarter sale :) post on that coming soon.
Movement: Nope, but hopefully in the next few weeks!
Food cravings: Orange julius's, sour candy, and sweet pork salad from Cafe Rio!!
Anything making you queasy or sick: I still don't like the thought of eating meat if it's not mixed in with a dish. I have been getting a weird queasy feeling once a day, but it's not at all like the nauseous feeling I had before. It's kind of achy all around my stomach and waist, and it's effecting my actual stomach. I just don't feel good, I don't know how else to describe it.
Have you started to show yet: Just a little bump! But I just feel fat, not pregnant. I've never felt uncomfortable with my weight or size, but I'm starting to. I've never been plump!
Gender: I still think it's a girl; Matt thinks it's a boy :)
Symptoms: back aches, stomach aches, growing pains in abdomen, headaches, queasy aches- all SORTS of aches!!
Wedding rings on or off? On
Looking forward to: Feeling little baby moving and finding out gender in 6 weeks!

   I'm finally in my second trimester!! Woohooo!! I've heard almost every woman say that the second trimester was the best and easiest. Besides the nausea that I had early on (thank Heavens that's gone!), I don't feel all that much better. Still tired, even more achy, and even more emotionally off balance. But I guess I'm still just barely into the 2nd tri, so hopefully things turn around soon!

Baby Quarter Sale!

   Today was a great day! I went to the Other Mother's Quarter Sale in Nampa this morning, and for all of you who don't know what Other Mother's is, it's a secondhand store for babies, mommies, kids, teens, and even men. But it's mostly for babies and kids. Anyways, they get so many donations that every first Saturday of the month, they have this sale where they spread out piles of baby clothes and toys over 8-12 long tables, and each item is $0.25!! It's awesome. And I really don't mind secondhand stuff as long as it's barely used and looks new. The store doesn't accept clothes with lots of stains, holes, or wear. And I even got some stuff that still had the tags on. Anyways, I went this morning, 5 minutes until opening, and there was a line of about 50 women and kids at the door! My mom, sister-in-law, and aunt met me and dug through the mountains of baby clothes with me, and we had a lot of fun! Some women can really be quite vicious when it comes to bargains, and today was no exception. I didn't see any fighting, tugging, or yelling, or anything like that, but if I was going through a pile of clothes, women would just come up and go through what's already in front of me, or they'd be next to me, digging to the bottom of the pile and throwing the stuff they didn't want on top of the pile I was looking at. I am not a crazy shopper that will fight for great deals, but I expect the same kind of respect and courtesy that I give other people. Some mothers are just crazy!! Anyways, I can't believe what I got for how much I paid for!!! It was the coolest shopping trip EVER!!!!

I went home with...

            Girl                                                                               Boy        
            11 onesies                                                                     13 onesies
            2 leggings                                                                      1 legging
            3 shorts                                                                         3 shirts
            2 dresses                                                                       1 pair of sweat pants
            3 overalls (including a Ralph Lauren                               3 sleepers
            overall dress that I love!!
            2 shirts
            2 jeans

Coming to a total of $11.66!!!


        We still need a stroller, dresser, high chair, and toys. More bargain shopping posts coming later!!!

Journal #9: Week 11

How far along? 11 weeks

Baby size: Kumquat (whatever the heck that is!)

Total weight gain/loss: About 3 pounds?

Maternity clothes? Nope
Stretch marks? Nope

Sleep: I usually sleep in until 9:30 or 10, and I have to get up every night at least three times to pee. I hate that! And its always the same times, 2am, 6:45am, and 9am. 

Best moment this week: Buying a new car!! We were really worried about putting our baby in the front seat of our truck. We put our car seat in and I sat in the middle while Matt drove and it was really crammed. So we found a little car that is perfect and we could pay for straight out! No car payments for us! Wooohooo!!

Movement: No, sometimes I forget I'm pregnant! I can't wait to feel this little human!

Food cravings: Fruit, sour candy, and bugles!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Chicken makes me want to gag! Not really queasy unless I don't eat for a while. Some days I feel like I could just eat and eat and eat, and other days, I can only eat a small breakfast, lunch, and dinner with nothing in between.

Have you started to show yet: Some days my tummy sticks out and on other days I don't look pregnant at all. 

Gender: As much as I would LOVE to have a boy first, I think it's a sweet little girl!

Symptoms: A little tired, headaches every day, stuffy nose, and occasional nauseousness

Wedding rings on or off? On

Looking forward to: The end of the first trimester!


Sorry no pictures this week!