13 Weeks

Hello second trimester :) I've been waiting quite a while to see you.

This week baby is the size of a peach :O

Now that I'm thirteen weeks my all day long nausea has vanished. I'm still nauseous every couple hours but not for very long and usually just when I'm hungry. I am sooooo thankful for this. I'm starting to see the nicer side of pregnancy. This week I've had some really awful headaches that last pretty much all day but that's just pain and I can take pain.

Hopefully this means a less whiny less cranky version of Mo. I feel like I've been complaining quite a bit these last few months and I'm ready to be more pleasant to be around.

I've had a wonderful week.

Tuesday Nick and I went for the first screen which included a blood test and ultrasound. It was amazing seeing the baby look like a baby. It is insane to think about how much moving around and kicking is going on in my uterus right now. I was pretty much oblivious to the reality of it until I saw it for myself. Little one is very active. And apparently very stubborn. The scan took about 30 minutes (which I didn't mind) the tech had to coax the baby into the correct position over and over again the baby was just not having it. She ended up getting what she needed though. We both had a sigh of relief to see that the measurements she took were well within the normal range for our little developing fetus. We also got some great pictures and a first look at the baby's profile....

 

 I was able to catch up with a few friends this week that I haven't seen since before I was pregnant. It was awesome and it made me feel like a real person again. I'm excited to continue this especially now that I'm less of a drag to be around. Audrey and Katrina and Lisa thanks for insisting on hanging out with me even while I was a cranky bitch. I feel like I would have gone even more insane if it weren't for you girls <3

I have not been as active as I wanted to be the past few months. It's kind of impossible to exercise when you feel like your going to throw up just sitting down. Due to that horrible nausea I was lucky enough not to gain any weight in the first trimester. But now that I'm hungry again I'm definitely going to kick my fitness level back up. Nick and I spent 40 minutes at the gym this morning and it was awesome! This whole week of socializing plus some good ol' exercise have made me feel like a normal person again.

In other news my belly has transformed from a normal belly to a baby bump. A real baby bump. It is hard all the time. It is sensitive all the time. To me it looks, feels and seems quite large for how far along I am. But it's definitely a baby bump and it's definitely not going anywhere so I'm embracing it. I've realized that I'm only getting bigger from here on out.

I really liked week thirteen. It's 7 pm and I'm ready to hit the sack lol. Until next week!