5 Weeks Pregnant
So I've seen these baby blogs everywhere, even before we conceived and before I had one ounce of thought towards getting pregnant. The more research I do, the more I'm persuaded to keep one of my own baby blogs/pregnancy journals since it's so highly recommended.
Here's this week's update:
Let me be honest here: that's not really a baby bump just yet. Mostly I'm extremely bloated from all the water I'm forcing myself to drink and hormones that are being unleashed. Plus, I have juuust a little extra belly because - trust me - after about a year of dieting and prepping for a wedding practically depriving myself of every delicious fattening food, there was no way I was going to turn them down again any time soon after the wedding. And I haven't gone back to dieting since. Then again, it's only been 3 months since we got married!
How far along: 5 weeks.
How big is baby: The size of an Appleseed!
Total weight gain: None that I've noticed! I started at 125 ish lbs so we'll see at my doctor appointment, which is at 9 weeks.
Maternity clothes: Not yet! Still fitting in all my jeans for the most part. H&M has some pretty cute maternity clothes but knowing me, I'll create my own by just getting larger sizes.
Sleep: It’s been pretty good. Fatigue hasn't hit me...yet. Mostly the only sleep that is interrupted is from the night cramps and it's usually just before going to bed and eases up during the night. No crazy/weird dreams yet either.
Best moment of the week: A week ago today we found out that we are expecting so obviously that was the best moment. Other than that, I'm pretty much going on with my regular daily life off work. I'm resting at home only leaving to see Adam's family for a little socialization. I've been a total hermit crab this week, just unmotivated and really wanting to take care of the pregnancy. I still haven't told my side of the family yet because I'm planning to surprise them.
Food cravings: Nothing too extreme yet but definitely craving fruits and vegetables for the most part, it's actually hard to write about because my feelings and cravings hour to hour are so different! Right now I'm completely stuffed from eating cucumbers with vinegar (so weird, I know) and from drinking so much water. I really crave hot wings lately and lemons and always mashed potatoes mmmm.
Food aversions: My nose sets off aversions to the majority of food selections. Nothing sounds good to me when we go to restaurants and I end up ordering soup or mashed potatoes.
Symptoms: Cramping! Oh.my.gosh. the cramps! I have turned to Adam's cousin, Kayla, who is currently 20 or so weeks pregnant with her first baby, it's a boy! and also Adam's best friend's fiance who just found out they are having a boy too! Both girls said that the cramping is normal and that's it's my uterus stretching plus the baby implanting into the wall of my uterus. I might as well glue my heat pad to my body. I also have back pain, sore breasts, some light acne and backne which bums me out because I've never really been acne prone. But the back-ne! I've never had that before and that was my first indication that something was going on with my body. Thanks hormones.
Movement: None at all. The baby's heart JUST started beating this week so I guess you can consider that movement, just movement I can't feel. :)
Belly button: innie
Gender: We find out in 8-9 weeks!! Obviously we really want a happy, healthy baby but we are hoping for a boy first so that our second baby we can hope for a girl. Big brother to protect little sister.
What I’m looking forward to: The baby living and growing inside me and just healthily staying there! I'm praying nothing goes wrong after reading too many worse case scenarios and scary stories online. ugh. Adam is about to ban me from researching.
What I miss: Wine. But not terribly. The smell of Adam's occasional glass of wine actually somewhat repulses me. Not quite nauseates though. I also miss coffee. But my morning chai tea lattes and hot teas were making up for it. I say were because I just found out that chai tea still has caffeine in it, although it's a small amount 35-55 mg while coffee has 150mg. I'm kicking that out of my diet starting tonight/tomorrow.
Next appt: As soon as possible!
The baby doesn't look like much yet but it's crazy how quickly he/she develops and turns from blastocyst to embryo to fetus!
