12w5d

Happy New Year!

The only resolution I have this year is to be the best mommy I can be. This is going to be an amazing year for me and I am excited to see what I have in store.

I wish you all the very best this new year and always!

So I spent the entire day with intermittent, very mild, period-like cramping. Since it wasn't painful I didn't call the doctor (plus I'm seeing the perinatologist tomorrow and I'll be sure to mention it), but I did do some research: Round Ligament Pain.

I knew about this pain and have already experienced it, but it was more like an intense muscle pulling feeling in my lower abdomen. I was comforted to know that RLP can manifest itself as mild cramping. Before pregnancy, a woman's uterus is about the size of a lemon; at the beginning of the second trimester it's the size of a cantaloupe. Essentially, the uterus has a lot of growing to do and it is supported by 2 thin ligaments that stretch to accommodate the baby. That only means one thing: PAIN.

Morning sickness and breast tenderness are both still bad to the point where I wonder if I'll need my medication for the duration of my pregnancy. I am holding out hope.

I have also been having bad heartburn again. Heartburn was the first indication I had that I may be pregnant and I really haven't had it since my 2WW and a few weeks after that. But I guess it's back for now because I have had to take Tums and they are getting nasty, ewwww.

On that note, poor Norman is having sympathy pains but is in complete and total denial over it and will dent it every time I say it but I swear to you... he has acid reflux. He has never had acid reflux. We actually both reach for the giant Tums bottle at the same time. It's a race for the cherry flavored ones. I think it's cute lol

I should have new pictures of Nugget tomorrow. I can't wait to see him/her!

11w5d

Merry Christmas!!!

I feel like a spoiled little girl this year. I got so many wonderful presents!
Norman gave me a Journey Diamond Necklace, an amazing Marc Jacobs wallet I have been eye balling for a few weeks now and the most adorable book on cupcake baking.

My parents had been up visiting my brother since he wasn't able to come down this year We stayed back partly because Norman had to work and partly because I have been so sick. We exchanged gifts this morning and got a ton more awesome gifts! I spent the majority of the day baking cupcakes and brownies, yuuuuum.

Here are some Christmas pictures for your viewing pleasure. I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!

11w2d

Here is a picture from last night:


I am rocking a new maternity top my mom bought me for Christmas but decided to give to me early so that I would have something Christmas-y to wear.

We had a great time! We didn't leave until almost 11:30PM and I was tired but it was a blast. I laughed and talked so much my voice was hoarse when we left.

Heath, I promise to post belly pics soon....ooooh and you'd be so jealous because I had ham cachitos for breakfast this morning!!!! I wish I could ship you some :)

Have a great weekend!

11w1d

Every time I say I am feeling better I jinx myself so I’m not doing it anymore. I ended up having to take my medication Tuesday night only so far this week which is really great, but Tuesday night I was completely non-functional and now this morning I am feeling very ill. Ill, weepy and exhausted.

I woke up at 2AM last night to use the bathroom and was unable to get back to sleep until 5AM. I was tossing and turning as much as my little baby belly would allow. I decided I was thirsty so I got up and drank a lot of water, went back to bed, tossed and turned some more, got up to eat something, watched a Wolfgang Puck cooking show on Food Network, went back to bed, went to the bathroom then finally fell back asleep only to be awoken at 7AM.

I have my Holiday Party tonight at Samba Room on Las Olas Boulevard. I am hoping to get some sleep before then because when I am well rested I start getting sleepy close to 8PM and the party starts at 7:30PM.

Here’s how I feel – you know when you’ve been crying really hard for longer than 5 minutes? You know that exhaustion? That stuttered breath when you breathe in? That’s how I feel except I haven’t been crying. At least not a lot or for very long. I did cry twice in 2 hours yesterday, once was when I heard Frosty the Snowman playing on the radio lol Norman was trying to cheer me up by singing along to the song and I burst into tears because I was reminded of my childhood and how wonderful it was and then I started thinking about how the man who was singing sounded old and it was an old song and how he was probably dead now. I feel so hormonal. I’ve never felt this way before and it is weird.

I read somewhere that mood swings should ease by the second trimester but never really go away. I’ll take that.

10w0d

Yesterday night was Norman’s holiday party at Novecento on South Beach. I was in an awful mood all day. Add to that the complete exhaustion and fatigue I have been feeling and you get a really cranky, edgy pregnant lady. Poor Norman.

We had a very nice time despite the fact that I thought I would pass out from exhaustion by the time nine o’clock rolled around. I ate well but got full so quickly I was hardly able to enjoy my main course, much less my dessert. This is most likely due to the fact that I stuffed my face with bread rolls and ate most of Norman’s steak quesadilla appetizer. Being pregnant is fun; people offer me the bread basket first lol. We ended up leaving at 10:15PM and I was ready to drop.

I slept awfully despite the Unisom. I was just so full. Ever since I got pregnant, my digestion has slowed to a snail’s pace. And the heartburn? OMG forget it. You don’t even want to know. I thought I was having a heart attack the first time it happened. What can I say? I was a heartburn virgin!

I plan on finishing up my Christmas shopping tomorrow. I need to sit down tonight and make a list. I already have Norman, my brother and his girlfriend Emina (who is pregnant, too!) covered. That leaves me with about a million other people including my parents. I just have to say, Norman is going to love his gift.

I’m ten weeks today!

9w5d

Last night I felt horrendous. When I got home from work all I wanted to do was go straight to bed. My mom was dying to go to Ross because she had gone during lunch and found some really cute maternity clothes at decent prices and insisted on taking me there. So since I’m always up for shopping being the fashionista that I am, my mom, my dad and I headed over and got busy. No sooner than I parked it in the car I started feeling like I may need a large brown paper bag.

Believe me when I tell you that nausea without vomiting is one of the most horrible experiences ever. I almost feel as though if I could only throw up then maybe, just maybe, I’d feel some relief. I have vomited once in the 9w5d I’ve been pregnant and it wasn’t even food so I doubt you could technically even call it vomiting - it was stomach acid and it made me feel even worse than before.

Another ailment that has suddenly materialized is motion sickness. The minute I get into a car I feel awful. Riding in the back seat aggravates it. Driving doesn’t help much either even though it’s suggested in order to minimize it. I bought those motion sickness relievers called Sea Bands at CVS and ooohhhh the irony of those black bands around my wrists as I hug the toilet bowl. I wear them in desperation when I think I have no choice but to try anything, anything for some salvation.

So back to Ross…I looked as pale as a ghost once we finally got there. My dad gave me a mint and some gum and that really helped. I was able to shop for tops and found 4 or 5 really cute ones, success!

Tomorrow is Norman’s holiday party and I worry that I’ll feel awful because the Unisom/B6 starts to wear off in the late afternoon and once I take the medicine I am passed out within the hour. I am hoping the nausea pattern holds true; I usually have a few really bad days then some decent ones. So far today I have been feeling much better than yesterday which is great. The days I feel good I don’t need to eat nearly as much. Having to eat every minute of the day to get some relief is so annoying, not to mention fattening!