13w3d

Today I am mostly sure I felt movement! I don't think I ever did this early any other time, but I was sitting on the floor kind of hunched over giving little P his meds and dinner and I could feel something right in that area! Hello, baby :) <3

13w

Wow! Second trimester already. This is seriously flying by. I had my second baby appointment today-got to see baby, he or she was wiggling around like crazy, and I'm pretty sure had the hiccups! Not sure if it's possible at this age yet. Sweet little thing. Baby is measuring a week big but thankfully I didn't have to argue to keep my due date the same. Everything else looked good and right on track though!

(4th pregnancy and having a little extra to begin with isn't merciful, haha!)

12w4d

Pregnancy: where 10pm feels like 4am.

12w

Only one more week to go in the first trimester! Jeesh has this moved fast.

Today was a good baby day. I slept a lot more than usual last night, had more than usual to eat today (for lunch: antipasta salad, Waldorf salad, and a bowl of Life cereal-HELLO pregnancy) and I got to hear baby's heartbeat! Elysia has a Doppler and after some fussing with it, we finally found it... What a sweet sound as I only got to see it during my scan last time! Just now before climbing into bed I found it again too-this time it was a little less wiggly and about lulled me to sleep with the sound. You are so loved, baby!

11w5d

Another super rough evening where I basically couldn't move. The nausea tonight was overwhelming-but it was more than just nausea, I actually feared I was going to be sick sick this time.  Every single smell put me over the edge-Emma's diaper, Maya's pizza breath... ick. At 5:45 I had no idea how I would make it to bedtime but I finally did, thank goodness.

I'm becoming increasingly aware of my uterus. It's definitely growing!

11w

I can't believe I'm this far already. Past pregnancies seemed to creep to this point-this time it's flying. 2 more weeks and I'm in the second trimester... Huh?!?! At least I bought a belly book already... Now I just need to fill it out!

Today emotions have been running high. Way too high. And my house is trashed so I'm stressed. Every single day I think "oh I'll do it tomorrow"...one of these days that's not going to serve me well at all, especially when the addition gets going!

10w3d

Through all of this so far I've learned the importance of taking care of myself, especially since I don't have anyone here to do it for me-to make sure I'm eating, to rub my feet when they are sore. Last week I woke up with a horrible kink in my neck that ran down my back. It was there for days and finally I broke down and scheduled a massage for myself-and I even walked on the wild side and scheduled it for 90 minutes! Woohoo! I figure if I am going to start treating myself, I'm going to really treat myself. After I was done I went ahead and signed up for a membership so I can keep getting this done once a month. It's going to be completely imperative through this pregnancy especially. The knot in my neck is gone... I'm hoping to sleep wonderfully (HA-decent at best) tonight.

Speaking of sleep, I had my first super vivid pregnancy dream last night-it was a horrible nightmare that someone had a gun and a flashlight and was trying to break into my house via the sliding glass door. My neighbors came to the rescue but it was still one of the most terrifying dreams I've had in a long long time. Hopefully it's not a repeating theme or anything.

I'm still pretty nauseous most of the time. I'm able to get down breakfast and then something mid afternoon. That's still a major improvement so I'll take it, but I'm very much looking forward to this part being gone forever.

I wore a maternity shirt today because my other regular shirts are starting to get a little short (laaaaame). Maternity pants are awesome though.