13 Weeks

How far along: 13 Weeks, 1 day!

Symptoms: Nausea on occasion, fatigue rarely, headaches frequent (not sure if this is because of the pregnancy or the fact that the sun is out, and I am VERY sensitive to the sun in my eyes - I need to get some prescription sunglasses). Still not liking most foods, but making myself eat anyway. I bought myself a bella band, since my pants are uncomfortable in the waist. I really like it. I didn't have one while pregnant with Janelle, but I am loving it this time through!

Weight gain: Hasn't changed since last update. 

Gender: Josh still has not made up his mind about whether or not he wants to find out. I just want to know what we are doing, one way or the other.

Feeling:  I feel like I am in limbo right now. I don't feel very pregnant. Aside from the occasional nausea and the fact that my pants are getting uncomfortable in the waist, I feel normal. I am looking forward to hearing the baby's heartbeat, because I think that will make everything more "real". Also cannot wait until I start feeling the baby move. The little bumps and taps are reassuring. I remember loving laying in bed, while pregnant with Janelle, and feeling her move around and settle in for the night (often accompanied by hiccups), Lots of things to look forward to right now. 

Milestones: Last week of the first trimester. Time is flying by. I think it definitely goes faster when you already have a little one running around keeping you busy.

Next appointment: May 29th, soon, hearing the heartbeat!

11.5 Weeks!

How far along: 11 Weeks, 3 Days

Symptoms: Overall feeling pretty good. Less fatigue and nausea than last week, but it is still there, catching me at random moments. I think the nausea is worse when I am tired. 

Is lack of motivation considered a symptom? I try to work out daily, and usually I can get cardio in, no problem. However, I have been really bad about strength training. Probably because I like to do muscles in the evening after Janelle is in bed, but I am too lazy by then to make myself do it. Ideally I would do strength training 4 days a week. If I can, I will, but I will be happy, at this point, if I can get 2 days in. I use a book called "You Are Your Own Gym". It is amazing. Seriously, get it. The guy is a beast, and you can do all the exercises at home, no equipment required. After completing a ten week program, I was stronger than I have ever been. 

Weight gain: 4 pounds, plus or minus a couple pounds, depending on the day.

Gender: Leaving it up to Josh this time. 

Feeling: Pretty great. It has been an easy pregnancy so far. I'm looking forward to hitting the 12 week mark on Friday, and pretty soon I'll be in my second trimester!!! Lots of things to look forward to in the coming weeks. 

Milestones: First official OB appointment went well. Nothing monumental, Didn't hear the heart beat or anything, Just had the really fun PAP smear and talked about plans for this pregnancy. My doctor is fantastic. She really takes her time and loves to chat (which can also be a drawback if your appointment is later in the day, she is almost always running late).

Next appointment: May 29th. Heartbeat by Doppler? Yes, please!

9 Weeks!

How far along: 9 Weeks, 3 days

Symptoms: Nausea, no vomiting. The nausea mainly seems to occur if I take my prenatal vitamin during the day, so I have been taking it right before bed instead. That seems to be working for the most part. Also, if I go too long without eating, I start feeling sick and NOTHING sounds good to eat. I suck it up and force myself to eat something anyway.

Still really tired. Looking forward to regaining my energy. It is definitely more exhausting when you already have one child. There isn't any resting during the day this time. 

Also, do you see the difference in my stomach the last five weeks? I guess it is true that you start to get a belly sooner the second time around.

Weight gain: 3 pounds? I blame that on Easter candy, oops. I gained it around Easter time, and it has just hung around. Nothing gained since.

Gender: Leaving it up to Josh this time. 

Feeling: Good! Ready to be really pregnant - as in obviously pregnant and having more energy. 

Milestones: Had our "confirmation of pregnancy" appointment and ultrasound this week. So fun to see the baby for the first time. We decided to start telling people after our ultrasound. We told people around 9 weeks pregnant last time, too. 

Next appointment: Tuesday! 

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Exciting news!

                             One of many tests we took :)

Just last week we found out that we are expecting our second child! We will be five weeks along tomorrow, so the only people we have told so far are our immediate family members.

I think that I would like to do weekly update on here, survey style, throughout this pregnancy.

                                                        4 weeks pregnant


How far along: 4 weeks, 6 days

Symptoms: occasional, very mild nausea, so so so tired. I am sleeping at least 8 hours a night, usually a little more, and still I have zero energy during the day. It is like I am living in a fog. When you have an almost two year old, there is no laying down to rest during the day.

Weight gain: nothing yet

Gender: undecided as to whether or not we will find out, we did not with Janelle

Feeling: excited, wanting to be further along.

Milestones: nothing major yet, it will be a while before there is any movement or anything

Next appointment: ??? I should get on that...

I am terrible at this.

Right after having my daughter I found myself with a lot of "time", as in: sitting on a chair/couch/bed while breastfeeding my daughter and not much to do except use my iphone. I cannot remember exactly how I found topbabyblogs, but I did, and I was hooked. I read mom blog after mom blog, eventually building up a list of blogs I regularly checked and cared about. I was inspired by those blogs, and determined that I would become a mom blogger. Ha. That lasted all of about 5 seconds. That last post I wrote of my daughters birth story? She will be two in a month. TWO. Janelle turned out to be an extremely active and strong willed child (who I love dearly). I spent all of my time trying to keep her entertained, as well as starting back at work one day a week, moving, buying a house, and moving into the house. Then there were what seemed like endless home improvements and time was just passing us by. There is a half finished post from just after Janelle's first birthday, so obviously I attempted to start up again and failed.

Anyway, the point is, I think that I have life as a mom semi figured out now. There is finally a feeling of normalcy. Janelle is beginning to self entertain a little, she can hold a conversation with me, count to ten, gets time outs on occasion, and is in the beginning stages of potty training. In other words, she is growing up. It is high time that I begin to write about our everyday occurrences, big plans, and the not-so-everyday things that make life interesting.

This is a start at least.