This is the week most pregnant women look forward to because they consider themselves to be in the "safe zone" once they've reached this point. I, on the other hand, know in a way that nobody ever should, that there is absolutely NO safe zone in pregnancy. I am, however, extremely excited to have made it to another week! I get to stop taking progesterone at this point - which is exciting and scary all at the same time. I'm praying my body does what it is suppose to do to keep this baby growing and healthy inside of me until it is fully ready to be born! We don't have any doctor appointments this week (sigh) so I am looking forward to next week when I get to see our baby again!!
(I'm pretty sure the "bump" is all fluff from the food I've been eating!!!)
We announced that we were expecting to Brady's grandparents on Father's Day - the day we turned 11 weeks! We had a doctor appt the next day and everything was once again great! The newest things we could see on the ultrasound were baby's hands, feet, and umbilical cord! Baby's heart was beating away at 171 bpm - just like at the last appt! I'm still thinking boy, but I really have NO clue! After our appointment we decided to go ahead and announce our pregnancy on facebook and instagram - something we did NOT do when I was pregnant with Sloan. My reasoning for not posting it with Sloan's pregnancy was "just in case something goes wrong, I don't want everyone to know about it"... well, that reasoning was (excuse my french) shot to shit the day she was born. It seemed like the news of our hell on earth spread like wildfire... like everyone and their mommas found out... and FAST! At that point I had no control over what any particular person decided to post on facebook, which only seemed to spread the word even faster. So this time around we knew that we had already experienced one of the worst things that can "go wrong" with a pregnancy and decided there is nothing wrong with prayer, so if sharing our news on social media generates more prayers for us and this baby, then we will take all the help we can get! We definitely believe in the power of prayer! Once we announced it we received what felt like an enormous amount of congratulations, well wishes, and PRAYERS! It was a great week! :)
Not much has changed this week. I am still tired most of the time and still get nauseous at night. I feel hungry... ALL. THE. TIME! I am trying to "watch what I eat" - trying to maintain my weight for the first trimester - but all I seem to be watching is fattening food go in my mouth and the number on the scale go up! Oh well... I'm trying to continue exercising, although it seems to be getting a little harder. I just tell myself that something is better than nothing! When I was pregnant with Sloan I stopped exercising basically the day I found out I was pregnant, and my poor body took a beating! That is the only thing keeping me motivated to stay active at this point!
What an exciting week!! We started telling more people our little secret AND got to see our adorable little baby moving around on the ultrasound Monday! It put the biggest smile on my face and made me laugh! :) I was so nervous before that appointment, but seeing our baby and hearing it's fast little heartbeat {171 bpm} made me so happy and put my mind at ease!
