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| Here's my nice 14 week update picture. |
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| And here is me realizing all of a sudden I am huge. Am I going to birth the Twilight baby? Yikes! |
As for cravings, I have really been into sub sandwiches (typically veggie and a few BLTs thrown in, there goes that meat thing again!) and salty foods. I don't know why, but the past few weeks Cheez-its have sounded wonderful, even though I know they are not the best for you. I've been feeling pretty dizzy in the mornings still until I get some sort of protein, so I've also been eating more eggs than I typically would. Otherwise, I've still been needing to lay down in random places until the dizziness passes, and that is kind of embarrassing to do in public.
Which brings me to my next thought- this pregnancy is so similar to little man, but completely different. I know I had nausea and fatigue last time as well, but this time I've had so much dizziness and many migraines. The migraines are very much not a fun time. For a few weeks, I was getting one per week. It seems to be somewhat less now that I am no longer on progesterone supplements, but I don't know if that makes a difference in the migraines or not?
I also had my first real appointment with my new Ob last week. While I was filling out the new Ob paperwork- it asked if I ever snissed myself. I laughed a little and put "Not yet this time around" or something like that :) Then, it asked if I was related to my husband. At first, I thought, well yes, we're related by marriage, he is my husband- and then I realized I'm slow and what they meant was related incest-wise and had to wonder if these types of questions are only asked in Indiana!
Since none of my appointments have been normal so far, I hadn't done any of the typical pregnancy testing they normally do, like a pap, blood testing, or even the doppler yet. I was able to have all of those done, as well as have my blood pressure and various other lady items checked.
Since none of my appointments have been normal so far, I hadn't done any of the typical pregnancy testing they normally do, like a pap, blood testing, or even the doppler yet. I was able to have all of those done, as well as have my blood pressure and various other lady items checked.
My new Ob seems really natural friendly and didn't seem fazed at all by everything that had gone on so far in this pregnancy. We talked more about little man's birth and she seemed to be really positive for trying an intervention free birth for this little one like the plan was for little man. At one point, she asked if my birth was less than what I wanted it to be, because of having pitocin and the epidural last time, and seemed surprised by my answer. I told her that while it wasn't what I had initially wanted, I was still able to vaginally deliver my child, still able to hold him close to me in those moments after his birth- still able to have time to just sit and bond and see him and fall in love in those moments. No, it wasn't what I had hoped for initially, but was I disappointed by his birth? Absolutely not, it was the most beautiful moment I've ever had in my life!
I am looking forward to my next bumpdate, because it will be only a few days after not only my next Ob appointment, but also my anatomy scan back at Maternal Fetal Medicine. So, in just about a month from now, I'll have an update on the sex of the new baby!
Anyone want to guess what we're having? (I have not done any of the old wives tale tests, but wouldn't be opposed to trying some out for the blog!)
