10 weeks!

How far along: 10 weeks…. Is that all?!?! Feels like I should be further along…

Size of baby: The size of a kumquat (per babycenter.com)… Umm. Exactly what is a kumquat?? Yes I googled it. ;-)

Total weight gain: Ok, this is going to be an issue…. because my scales and the doctor’s scales are totally off. Their scales have me weighing like 5 lbs more than I do at home. So, I’m going to go by my scales at home. My scales say I have gained 3 or 4 lbs.

Maternity clothes: I have worn maternity clothes on and off for the past two years… mostly because they are more comfortable. I’ve been wearing a lot of stretchy pants, but that’s nothing unusual. I can still fit my jeans, if that’s what you are wondering…. :-)

Gender: Too early to know. And we aren’t going to find out anyway…

Movement: Nothing yet…

Sleep: Can’t get enough of it! When Sweet Pea isn’t in the bed with me, I sleep pretty well. But when she is in the bed with me…. I am miserable. She kicks and slaps and…. she’s just very combative when she sleeps!

What I miss: Caffeine (I do have some occasionally), diet sodas (because of artificial sweetener), Caesar dressing (because of raw egg), and margaritas. I can’t even remember the last time I had a margarita, but now that I definitely can’t have it… I want it!!! Ha!

Cravings: Nothing in particular… Just random stuff… Mexican food was my craving last night at 9:00.

Symptoms: Nausea, fatigue, short tempered (off my medicine). Luckily I haven’t had morning sickness. I had very little when I was pregnant with Sweet Pea. I guess I’m just one of few that doesn’t go through the vomiting part…

Food aversions: Nothing that I can think of…

Milestones: I made it to the double digits in weeks!

Some stuff...

Well, I guess it’s time to fill y’all in on some baby details.

First of all… I can do that now because I’m back on day shift as of this past Monday and I feel like I have more time! You have NOOOOO idea how relieved I am! I was absolutely miserable on night shift. Like… I would sometimes be tempted to gouge my eye balls out with a fork than go in to work…

Yes. It. was. that. bad…. in my opinion.

Anywho. My new schedule is 8am-6:30pm (still 7 on 7 off) which isn’t bad at all. And I am finally at home with Sweet Pea at night!

So… You might be hearing from me more often…. hopefully.

On to Baby #2…

I’m 9 weeks and 6 days (according to my ticker… everything says something different…) My due date is December 16th-ish… According to my last period it is the 16th. According to the ultrasound it is the 19th… So… I’m just going to stick with the 16th. So, we will have a new baby by Christmas!! :-) Oh, Mr. Right’s cousin is due a month before me! So we are going to have 2 babies in the family by Christmas! It’s going to be exciting!

The heartbeat is 170ish. She did it twice and the first time was 171 and the second time was 179. So… if you believe the old wives tales… we will be having another girl. Ha! Oh Lordy… But we are NOT going to find out the gender this time around. I want to be surprised!

My doctor, who is 8 feet tall and as big as a toothpick, is already hounding me about my weight. So, I can already tell this is going to be fun…. (I’m using the same doctor I used with Sweet Pea. He’s a good doctor, but he’s just very particular about weight gain, especially when you are already heavy set…) Enough of that…

Sweet Pea is so funny when I ask her where Mommy’s baby is… She points to my belly and then tries to lift my shirt and says “See it???” I think she is going to be a great big sister! She such a sweet child (when she’s not throwing a tantrum… :-)

Anyway… I’ll post my “pregnancy highlights” tomorrow when I’m 10 weeks. Don’t expect any bump pictures any time soon though…. You can’t even tell where the bump is because I’m already chunky… Haha!

Adding on by two feet…

Yep… That’s right!

Sweet Pea is going to be a big sister!