Almost 13 weeks

So now that you all know the secret, I guess I'll share with you the record I've been keeping of this grand little adventure. I got this questionnaire from another friend's blog and figured it'd help me keep track. I answered the questions about every month, and now you get to enjoy the catch up!

 

How Far Along: 12 weeks  and 5 days (Beginning of October)

Size of Baby: According to my research(which Magic School Bus character?), the baby is a little more than 2 inches and roughly the size of a large plum/peach

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Lost weight at first (probably from working out and it was only a pound or two) but basically the same weight I've been for years

Maternity Clothes: I don't like wearing anything tight around my hips, but my clothes all still fit 

Gender: I'll be happy either way. My guess would be boy (but I would be soo fine with being wrong ;) 

Movement: Apparently the baby is moving lots but I can't feel any of that yet

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Sleep: I was sleeping a TON, if I didn't get a nap in, I got tired by 6pm. Now I have some energy back, but with not much to do it's being wasted I guess

What I miss: Nothing yet.

Cravings: Fruit. lots and lots of fruit. I don't think I'm really "craving" it cause I have always loved fruit so much, but we'll count it

Aversions: None anymore. Often things don't sound very good to me and if I get them in front of me the smell might make me want to gag....but I usually just have to get past the first bite and then I can handle it.  BUT last month I couldn't stand even the thought of chicken. I wasn't very fond of vegetables either. Luckily those have both gone away, so I'm eating more than just simple carbs now (everyday I just wanted to eat mac and cheese). :)

Symptoms:  I am so lucky. I have heard of so many difficult first trimesters and that has just not been the case for me. I was often queasy, especially in the evenings, but I never, ever threw up! The food aversions were the worst things, and it really wasn't so bad. My newest symptom has been horrible headaches in the evening...woof. 

Best Moment: That would have to be the day we found out . It was great! I went to work that morning only to be sent home because there weren't enough kids coming into the day-care during my shift. So I went to the grocery store and picked up a pregnancy test because I was already very suspicious (my womanly cycles were running a little late you see). I also needed to go to the BYU bookstore to pick up some things for Andrew while he was at work. Since Andrew was on campus working and I knew I'd want to tell him right away if I really was pregnant, I figured I'd better hurry and find out. Plus, it was killing me not knowing! I felt really silly taking a pregnancy test on campus, but I figured, "it's BYU, I'm probably in good company" ha! Anyway, it was positive and I wanted to go tell Andrew, but I wanted to do something cute. So I went back to the bookstore and bought The Very Hungry Caterpillar because Andrew and I both loved that book as kids and I want our kiddo to love it too. I went wandering the Clyde because Andrew was in the basement with no cell service and didn't answer my calls. Luckily I found him in TA hours, so I could talk to him. After a minute of small talk, I told him that I'd gotten him something and showed him the book. He didn't get it. I think his response was something like, "oh good, I like that book". Ha. So I pulled out the positive pregnancy test and then it all clicked. He got the biggest grin. It was awesome. What a great dad he is going to be.  :)

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