I came across these during my walmart visit today. I may just eat the whole bag in one sitting. Healthy almonds and my favorite Dove dark chocolate. YUM!
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
13 Weeks (and 2 days)!
According to babycenter.com, this is my final week in my 1st trimester! It's also my birthday week! :-) Baby Baum is about the size of a medium shrimp (speaking of shrimp - I'm headed to the beach for my bday on Thursday and I'm gonna have some shrimp)! I'll be thinking of baby baum while I enjoy it - good nutrients for him/her also. Fingerprints have formed & baby's body is starting to catch up with the head, which makes up just 1/3 of the body size.
I've been feeling good overall. I'm still getting tired but nothing overwhelming. I certainly don't fight naps! Yesterday Steve and I went to Winston Salem to meet my Aunt Sue, Uncle Tom, Cousin Ben, his wife Kari & Grandma Connie for lunch. We left our house around 11 and were home by 4:30. We walked around the mall after lunch, which was nice. I was beat though. I think I took a 2 hour nap after we got home! I woke up around 9pm and looked at Steve b/c I hadn't even eaten dinner (nor had he)! So I ate some cereal and we went to bed. Although I wasn't starving, I didn't want to go to bed hungry. I went to bed last night with a granola bar, in case I woke up ravenous. It was still on my nightstand when I woke up this morning.
I am still getting waves of uneasiness with my stomach and so I try to keep snacks available. And I seem to be dealing with some reflux as well - which I've never really had to deal with before, but I'm dealing with it!
And I am still fitting into my pants.
I've been feeling good overall. I'm still getting tired but nothing overwhelming. I certainly don't fight naps! Yesterday Steve and I went to Winston Salem to meet my Aunt Sue, Uncle Tom, Cousin Ben, his wife Kari & Grandma Connie for lunch. We left our house around 11 and were home by 4:30. We walked around the mall after lunch, which was nice. I was beat though. I think I took a 2 hour nap after we got home! I woke up around 9pm and looked at Steve b/c I hadn't even eaten dinner (nor had he)! So I ate some cereal and we went to bed. Although I wasn't starving, I didn't want to go to bed hungry. I went to bed last night with a granola bar, in case I woke up ravenous. It was still on my nightstand when I woke up this morning.
I am still getting waves of uneasiness with my stomach and so I try to keep snacks available. And I seem to be dealing with some reflux as well - which I've never really had to deal with before, but I'm dealing with it!
And I am still fitting into my pants.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Must Find More Dresses
I don't even have a baby bump yet and I'm already looking for more comfort. Although my jeans still fit, they're a bit uncomfortable - restricting. Bloat belly sure doesn't help. Today, I'm wearing a dress. COMFORT. I need to get more dresses.
My friend Holly has so graciously offered to let me borrow her maternity clothes and fortunately she has both spring/summer and fall/winter clothing, so that will be helpful. I just need to get them from her soon so I can go ahead and move into more comfort.
My friend Holly has so graciously offered to let me borrow her maternity clothes and fortunately she has both spring/summer and fall/winter clothing, so that will be helpful. I just need to get them from her soon so I can go ahead and move into more comfort.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
The Baby is Out of the Bag
As stated by my cousin Chris, who has known for a while that we're expecting. Yesterday I made it public knowledge to my family and my close group of college friends. I told Steve it's time for him to start spreading the news to his family b/c it will soon go REAL PUBLIC on facebook. And I really don't want to hurt anyone's feelings if they don't know the news beforehand and end up finding out on facebook. Really. We don't need that.
I told my boss yesterday before leaving for the day and told some close co-workers this morning.
It feels more real now that we're spreading the news. I'm still looking forward to the physical changes, but it's almost as if a weight is lifted in making it known and not feeling like we're hiding something.
Here's to letting the baby out of the bag!
I told my boss yesterday before leaving for the day and told some close co-workers this morning.
It feels more real now that we're spreading the news. I'm still looking forward to the physical changes, but it's almost as if a weight is lifted in making it known and not feeling like we're hiding something.
Here's to letting the baby out of the bag!
There's a baby on the way!
Message from my sister Clair:
In case I hadn't conveyed it enough, I am thrilled for y'all! I told Seth once I got your email. Aren't you impressed I kept it a secret that long? Still holding off from facebook until you give us the go ahead.
This is such a special part of life. Enjoy the picture I've included; I thought it was such a beautiful image!!
Love,
Clair
I mean, how sweet is that? Clair - you are the best!
I mean, how sweet is that? Clair - you are the best!
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Not Audible, but Definitely Visible!
Nerves set in the closer we got to the doctor's office. My stomach started hurting. All I wanted was to hear that heartbeat.
We waited for a bit and I was called to give a urine sample, weigh-in & get my blood pressure taken. I think I've gained a few pounds but don't remember what I weighed last time in comparison to today's weigh-in. No one commented on my weight so I assume I'm on track. Then I went back to the waiting room to wait to be seen by the doctor.
I was called back to an exam room where Steve and I waited for the doc. She came in and grabbed the doppler and prefaced everything with "it's still early so we may not hear the heartbeat, but if we don't, we'll get you in for an ultrasound to confirm everything is okay." She squirts the gel and places the doppler on my tummy. She searches around and finds nothing but my heartbeat. I try not to panic.
We move back into the waiting room and wait to be worked in to see the ultrasound tech. Turned out she was pretty busy and waiting may take a while, so the doc ended up bringing us into another exam room where we used a dinosaur of an ultrasound machine to pull the baby up on the screen. 2 seconds in and we saw that little heart beating away! It was a relief.
So we go back to the doc on our 4 year anniversary - June 30th. We will definitely hear the heartbeat then and the following day we will have our Level II ultrasound at Duke where they do a scan of baby baum's anatomy AND we will hopefully be able to find out the sex too!
We waited for a bit and I was called to give a urine sample, weigh-in & get my blood pressure taken. I think I've gained a few pounds but don't remember what I weighed last time in comparison to today's weigh-in. No one commented on my weight so I assume I'm on track. Then I went back to the waiting room to wait to be seen by the doctor.
I was called back to an exam room where Steve and I waited for the doc. She came in and grabbed the doppler and prefaced everything with "it's still early so we may not hear the heartbeat, but if we don't, we'll get you in for an ultrasound to confirm everything is okay." She squirts the gel and places the doppler on my tummy. She searches around and finds nothing but my heartbeat. I try not to panic.
We move back into the waiting room and wait to be worked in to see the ultrasound tech. Turned out she was pretty busy and waiting may take a while, so the doc ended up bringing us into another exam room where we used a dinosaur of an ultrasound machine to pull the baby up on the screen. 2 seconds in and we saw that little heart beating away! It was a relief.
So we go back to the doc on our 4 year anniversary - June 30th. We will definitely hear the heartbeat then and the following day we will have our Level II ultrasound at Duke where they do a scan of baby baum's anatomy AND we will hopefully be able to find out the sex too!
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