I saw Douglas when I was around 10.5 weeks and the first thing he said when he saw me was, "wow, you are really showing!" And it's true. There is no way I can hide being pregnant unless I wore a huge trench coat! I'm definitely showing A LOT earlier than I did with my first pregnancy but this is completely normal. Luckily, I am able to wear my bella band so I can still wear my normal pants. I'm hoping not to be in maternity clothes for a while although I do wear the maternity sweatpants.
When I went to my OBGYN (Dr. Farah Shafi @ Harvard Vanguard of Burlington) at week 11, I weighed 122lbs. I gained 1 pound! When the doctor first put the instrument on my belly to hear the heartbeat, Ian started laughing! He also thinks it's funny when I have to pee in a cup. I think it's going to be fun having him at my appointments.
I've been to the beach a couple of times and thank goodness I still fit in my normal bathing suit. The maternity bathing suit, which I did try on, is much too big. But my bras aren't going to fit much longer. My breasts are getting tender now and a little bigger.
On September 6, I had my Serial Sequential Test (almost 12 weeks along) to determine what the chances are my baby will have Down Syndrome. All ultrasounds are done down in Boston. I picked up Nathan at work and the 3 of us drove down. When Ian first saw the baby on the monitor, he said, 'baby!' I could not believe it nor could Nathan. It was clear as day which the ultrasound technician also said. He had never said the word 'baby' before so it was truly amazing. He said it 3 more times during the appointment and besides seeing Baby Due for the first time, it was the best part of my day.
Baby Due at 11 weeks, 4 days
I ended up developing a bad rash which I thought was pregnancy related. After seeing the OB, the rash got worse and I saw a dermatologist who prescribed a cream stronger than the one I was currently using. Apparently pregnancy rash doesn't develop until the 3rd trimester. I hope I never get it because dealing with the one I have right now is awful! I'm just glad I didn't get it at the same time I had morning sickness! I think the cause of this rash was the extra 3mg of folic acid I was taking, which was prescribed for my 1st trimester because of the anencephaly Kevyn was born with.
I'm hoping my cravings for sweets diminishes soon or I'm going to gain a ton of weight! I'm loving chocolate (as usual), twinkies, cookies, donuts, soda, basically anything sweet. Luckily I'm also craving fruit.
I hit the 12 week mark on September 9th and I couldn't have been happier. It is just such a relief to hit that mark. Hurray!
13 weeks, 2 days
