Thursday, October 25, 2012

12 Weeks

Today I am 12 weeks and 4 days along! It's crazy that you can be prego pregnant (i've decided I hate the word prego) for this long and still not look it!



-The fatigue, nausea, and zits were at their worst in weeks 6-10ish. They have subsided for the most part now which I'm grateful for! I'm back to normal energy levels most of the time and pretty much have my normal routine of not taking naps everyday and going to the gym and cooking dinner back. Zach says YAY. I only get nauseous when I get hungry. So I graze on food like alllll day and each about every hour.

-Still can't stomach beef or chicken. Although, I've been loovvvin some beef jerky (weird?)

-Started using lotions this past week to hopefully prevent stretch marks.  A friend's sisters, who are all mamas with no stretch marks, recommended an oil and a cream from Arbonne. I ordered that stuff right away! I guess we'll see if they work the same magic for me.

-Prenatal Vitamins: The midwives recommended this Rainbow Light brand that were pretty pricey. Another friend who's a mama of 1 with another on the way recommended the Nature's best brand. I got them at Target and they like 3 times less than the midwife recommended brand, and the midwives said Nature's best is great, too. I'm taking Prenatal +  DHA, Vitamin D plus calcium, and fish oil. Next time i'm going to get the 'burplesss' fish oil pills because if i take them after I've eaten more than breakfast, I burp them. and that my friends is grose.  

-Constipation. I don't know why this happens, but let me tell you, it's happenin! Trying to eat lots of fiber to help this.



Last week we got to hear our little baby's heartbeat. And it changed me. I laid in bed that night pondering the incredible fact that there is another heartbeat inside of ME. It hit me like a ton of bricks. Yes, this is our kid, but ultimately, this is one of God's children. God's chosen me to carry one of his precious ones? He's entrusted me to bring him/her into the world? He's chosen us to raise this one?

My eyes got teary because I have been dwelling on alot of the not so fun parts of pregnancy like nausea, frequent trips to the bathroom interuppting my sleep, inconveniently not being able to eat lots of foods, shrinking clothes, stress of finances.  When I really realized the weight of this little miracle growing inside me, I was grieved that I hadn't been thanking God every single day or hour for this healthly baby.

What a privledge this is. What an honor this is. What a blessing this is. I'm so, so thankful and don't want to take any of it for granted.

 

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