How far along: 13 weeks
Baby is the size of: a peapod, about 3 inches long!
Gender Prediction: Boy!
Total Weight Gain: 8 pounds (I thought it'd be more with the holidays!)
Starting to show yet?: Yes! Finally!
Maternity clothes: Yes! Finally! I am SO much more comfortable!
Stretch marks: Just a lot of old ones.
Belly button in or out: In
Sleep: It depends. We moved our bedroom upstairs and it's taking a few nights for me to get use to. I've also been getting hot flashes at night. I woke up this morning covered in sweat.
Movement: Not yet.
Best moment this week: Christmas and seeing all of my in-laws that traveled from Florida and Texas!
Worst moment this week: All of the sickness being passed around by the family. It's been bad.
Miss anything: Working out, NOT being sick, and smaller boobs.
Wedding rings on or off?: On
Cravings: Pasta in any form.
Aversions: Raw chicken.
Appetite: Normal
Aversions: Raw chicken.
Appetite: Normal
Queasy or sick: Queasy off and on. My morning sickness only comes once in a while now. THANK GOODNESS!!!!
Workouts: Non-existent with all of the family in town and all of the sickness going around. I have to be home to tend my sick girls. Plus Charles was sick, so I had to tend to him, too. No real free time for me to leave my house this past week.
Workouts: Non-existent with all of the family in town and all of the sickness going around. I have to be home to tend my sick girls. Plus Charles was sick, so I had to tend to him, too. No real free time for me to leave my house this past week.
Emotionally: Doing MUCH better since my prenatal appointment last week. I feel like I better understand my emotions and where they are coming from. I am finally celebrating my pregnancy, wearing maternity clothes, and NOT sucking in my belly anymore! (I did that for fear that someone would tell me I look "fat" or "larger" than someone should look at only 12/13 weeks pregnant.) I don't cry as much or as often as I did the first few weeks. I feel like I am getting a better hold on my emotions!
Physically: Still a little bloating, but I feel so much better than the early weeks! I am itching to move my body. I haven't hardly worked out in the past six weeks and I can tell. Maybe I'm just being a bit vain, but I can tell that I've gained weight. And I wonder what other people would say/think about my weight gain. Yes, it probably seems silly because I am pregnant, but I don't want to use that as a crutch to not workout and eat what I want. It's the morning sickness, flu, and everything else that has hit my family that has kept me from working out. But I can feel the weight. In my face, arms, butt, thighs, etc. I feel it all the time. Since my lowest weight right before the marathon, I've gained almost 20 pounds. I weighed myself the day I found out I was pregnant (the morning of, I took the test later that evening), and that's what I've been going by for my total weight gain. Mind you, I stopped running almost completely after the marathon, and that is where I feel that I went wrong. Again, I feel vain talking about it. I know plenty of women who would give anything to be at my current weight. But I honestly never thought the transition from losing weight, to maintaining my weight, to being pregnant would be so hard on me physically and mentally. I want to NOT care what people think, but some people are so mean and critical. I am trying to focus on the fact that physically, I feel great. I am loving my body for holding this little life. I still feel strong. Even through the weight gain. I feel great. It's all in my head... which it's easier to say that I can shut off those thoughts, when really, I am having trouble shutting off those unkind thoughts towards myself.
Physically: Still a little bloating, but I feel so much better than the early weeks! I am itching to move my body. I haven't hardly worked out in the past six weeks and I can tell. Maybe I'm just being a bit vain, but I can tell that I've gained weight. And I wonder what other people would say/think about my weight gain. Yes, it probably seems silly because I am pregnant, but I don't want to use that as a crutch to not workout and eat what I want. It's the morning sickness, flu, and everything else that has hit my family that has kept me from working out. But I can feel the weight. In my face, arms, butt, thighs, etc. I feel it all the time. Since my lowest weight right before the marathon, I've gained almost 20 pounds. I weighed myself the day I found out I was pregnant (the morning of, I took the test later that evening), and that's what I've been going by for my total weight gain. Mind you, I stopped running almost completely after the marathon, and that is where I feel that I went wrong. Again, I feel vain talking about it. I know plenty of women who would give anything to be at my current weight. But I honestly never thought the transition from losing weight, to maintaining my weight, to being pregnant would be so hard on me physically and mentally. I want to NOT care what people think, but some people are so mean and critical. I am trying to focus on the fact that physically, I feel great. I am loving my body for holding this little life. I still feel strong. Even through the weight gain. I feel great. It's all in my head... which it's easier to say that I can shut off those thoughts, when really, I am having trouble shutting off those unkind thoughts towards myself.
Looking forward to: Working out! Running! Week 14! Finding out the baby's gender (no date set for an ultrasound yet.)!
