We’re having a baby! You see, we haven't been preventing a baby for the past six months, but I wouldn't really say we've been trying either. I mean we have been, but only half-heartedly. It seems we just couldn't connect between the different illnesses running through the family for the entire year so far. Obviously, we were finally able to make it happen.
We found out on Thursday, April 10 after hubby questioned when Aunt Flo would be making her appearance. I told him it should have been here the 8th and he insisted I take the one pregnancy test we happened to have on hand. It's 10:30 p.m., and I'm in the bathroom peeing on my hand in a cup in order to place the test stick in my urine. Cory was so precise with his instructions and was so giddy as he watched the + sign appear {almost immediately}.
A week later we headed out of town for Easter with my extended family. We had decided prior to going that we weren’t going to tell anybody just yet as we were still so early. Another reason we had decided to wait to tell the extended family is because we had found out that my cousin was also pregnant {after delivering a stillborn baby a few years ago} and planning to announce it at Easter. We just didn’t want to take away from her excitement. While at Easter, we found out that there are babies due in August, September, October, and November. Plus, two other cousins just had their babies {one had twins!} the two days after Mother’s Day. Looks like my Grampa will be gaining a bunch of great-grandkids this year!
We ended up telling Mr. Chaotic’s parents one night when we met them for supper. We had Bode wear his t-shirt in the above photo and they were ecstatic. We then came home and called my parents in Maryland so we could Skype. Oops, we ended up waking my mom up as she had to work the next morning. I truly think she didn’t mind the wake-up call as she had a pretty adorable little guy with a fun announcement talking to her! Mom & Dad were pretty ecstatic as well!
I thought it would be fun to keep track of this pregnancy by answering a few questions I’ve found when visiting other pregnancy blogs.
How far along: 12 weeks
Total Weight Gained: 2 pounds from my 8 week appointment to my 12 week appointment {which is good because my goal for this pregnancy is to maintain as long as possible since I’m overweight}
Maternity Clothes: Uh, yeah. 100%. I don’t even try to squeeze into my non-maternity jeans anymore.
Sleep: Well, the baby isn’t keeping me up at night. I have also been lucky in not having to get up to use the bathroom all night long {unless one of the other kids is calling for me}. The one keeping me up at night is Mr. Chaotic. He’s quite the bed hog and he snores like crazy.
Symptoms: Ugh, the nausea. It’s not going away. I cannot eat or drink anything without feeling nauseated. The thing is though, if I don’t eat, the nausea is so much worse! It also happens when I drink anything, including water. My doctor prescribed Zofran, however, it doesn’t seem to be working for me, which is really disappointing as I’ve always heard that it’s a nausea miracle drug.
Food Cravings: Weeks 6-10 I craved mozzarella cheese sticks. Right now I really don’t have any specific cravings, maybe just salty foods.
Aversions: Bode’s stinky diapers, fruit, and water are just a few. Oh, and the smell of coffee brewing in my kitchen.
Workouts: I’ve been trying to get a 30-45 minute walk in daily, but it’s more like 2-3 times a week.
Baby Items Purchased: I was at JcPenney a few weeks ago and they had a little pouch for the nuk on clearance for under $3. Our old one is really worn and falling apart.
