19 Week Pregnancy Update

What a great couple of weeks it's been!  I have been feeling great, which apparently is the reason for not posting last week :)  I've also been really busy at work, which makes my weekends even longer as I'm not able to get much done during the work week. 

I've also been busy working on remodeling our bathroom.  Just some cheap updates, nothing crazy.  I wasn't a fan of the pine cabinets so I decided to use the same dark gel stain I used on the dresser I recently refinished and paint the walls.  I'm not really that happy with how the cabinets turned out as I didn't sand them down enough before applying the gel stain.  In some areas the stain wouldn't adhere to the surface (in oily areas, near handles).  In person they look a bit streaky, which is why I ended up doing less coats than I had originally wanted.  My saving grace is that they do fit in with the rest of my "distressed" projects.  I really need to work on having some patience when I work on things like that... my problem is I just get so excited for the end result that I sometimes don't spend enough time prepping my projects.  Maybe that will be my New Years Resolution :)  Hmm..

Before:

After:

I am however in LOVE with the handles.  I got them at Home Depot and am just obsessed.

Anyway- back to being prego.  I think I'm finally in the honeymoon of my second trimester.  I'm back at the gym and have tons of energy- it feels great.  The only side effects I've noticed as of late are having to go pee... A LOT.  I think I counted a total of 9 times yesterday- no joke.  I have also been waking up in the middle of the night to go, which I thought would be annoying but it's not that bad since I'm not having any problems sleeping. 

I was starting to feel bad for my husband for a while since I was literally a couch potato for like 10 weeks straight.  I'm usually a clean-a-holic and love to cook but I had definitely put that on hold.  It's strange how every pregnancy is so different.. some say they've never felt better, others are in and out of the hospital they're so sick.  I guess I just got put in the middle and I'm okay with that!

Oh- And for those of you that don't think I'm showing at all, here's a lil' proof that I am!   Either that or I'm getting a milk gut (drinking SO much milk).  At 19 weeks, the baby is the size of an heirloom tomato and is 8.5 oz and 6 inches from head to rump.

~Sunny

17 Week Pregnancy Update

What a week!  I decided to better track my progress, I'm going to start writing everything down.  By writing, I mean typing of course :)

Monday: Felt great until about 2:00pm. Started developing a headache.  Took Tylenol with no help.

Tuesday: Could not go to work.  Migraine hit hard, threw up a few times.  Laid in bed all day. Was able to eat Cheerios.

Wednesday: Still unable to go to work. Migraine and throwing up. Called on-call Doctor at hospital OB Clinic to ask what I should do.  Was told to take 2 ibuprofen and drink caffeine.  After this not helping at all, they were able to squeeze me in for an evaluation.  At appointment they prescribed me Compazine and Vicodin for the migraines.  They said if it gets so bad I can't stand it, to go to the ER next time.

Thursday: Felt better but not 100%. Back to work thankfully!!!

Friday: Felt good. Got a little headache at noon but it went away with lots of water and Tylenol.  Went to dinner with some friends and felt great!

Saturday: Woke up with a headache but it went away after eating breakfast and taking Tylenol.  Got a lot done- painted our bathroom!  Tommy started redoing our front porch and he got a lot done too. My dad stopped by with a load of firewood to split.

 

Sunday: Woke up feeling great. Went to Costco.  About 2:00pm, started developing a migraine.  Took Compazine and am currently waiting for it to work!

Still no baby bump, weight gain, or feeling baby movement- hopefully soon though!  Skin has cleared up. Started using bio oil this week mixed in with my lotion.  We have an appointment on Wednesday so we are excited for that.  Oh!  We also scheduled the anatomy scan for November 5, which means we find out the gender then!

On a different note, as we left our house to meet some friends for dinner, Tommy's foot went through the steps of our porch.  Just as we thought we were going to have a relaxing weekend!  LOL!

Yeah, they were pretty hideous anyway, so I think it was a blessing in disguise :) 

As he started tearing the steps apart, he noticed the entire porch was rotted out.  Well, can't say I am not happy about it, because the porch looks SOOO much better now!  I'm lucky to have such a handy guy around!

~Sunny

I'm Pregnant!!!

Yay!  Not only am I a wifey, I'm going to be a MOMMY!  Today's the day I made my pregnancy announcement and it FEELS SO GOOD!  That was the HARDEST secret to keep from the world, but I did tell close friends and family. 

I would have loved to have made a post about every week up until now, but I was SOOOOO sick that I feel it would have just been about migraines.  And you would get sick of hearing about that :)  Hopefully from here on out I can do an update each week and there will be something new and interesting that I can blog about. 

So, here is my 1-16 week update. 

I found out I was pregnant at 5 weeks.  I took 4 pregnancy tests that day, each with a VERY faint positive line, so I didn't know if that meant I was pregnant or not.  With each test the line did get a bit darker, but it still was pretty faint.  Apparently it's not possible to get a false positive, either that or it's very rare.  I guess I just couldn't believe it!  I text Tommy the morning I found out saying I had something really important to tell him later.  We were both working so I'm sure he was anxious that day, as I made him wait 8 hours to find out the news.  I drove to the gym after work and had him meet me at my car in the parking lot.  I handed him the tests and he was pretty shocked.  Let's just say our workout  at the gym that day included a lot of looking at eachother in the mirror in disbelief.  But of course excitement :)  I worked out extra hard thinking I was never going to be able to work out again.  LOL, I guess you never know, right?   

Since that day I have only been to the gym TWICE.  I have been SOOOOOOOO sick.  I've battled with migraines for 6 years, and since about 8 weeks on I've had a headache everyday.  Some of them turn into migraines, but nonetheless, having any sort of headache suuuuuucks.  The only kind of painkiller I can take is Tylenol, and for those of you that have experienced a migraine, Tylenol doesn't do a thing.  There were three days where I didn't get out of bed at all.  Tommy was out of town and I had only told our parents, so it's not like I could call anyone to complain to.  LOL.  I think out of those three days I only got up to get a glass of milk and use the bathroom.  Periodically since I've had a few bad ones that keep me from going to work.  It's no fun using my vacation days to sit at home and puke in a toilet 

The only other weird side effects have been slight vision impairment, but it's only happened twice.  One day at about 10 weeks or so I lost my peripheral vision in my right eye, and another day recently I couldn't focus on the words that were on TV.  I got really dizzy and had to lay down.  

I can't say it's been awful, but it hasn't been pleasant, those 1-16 weeks :)  I'm really hoping and praying that now that I'm well into my second trimester the migraines will subside a bit and let me enjoy some of this! 

So far, no baby bump.  Just some bloating towards night time, and then I wake up and it's gone.  I'm still floating around 137-139 pounds, which is what I weighed at the beginning.  The Dr. recommended at our last appointment that I gain 9 pounds by our next appointment (October 16), but I don't think that's going to happen.  I think I'm just one of those freaks that can eat anything and it disappears into thin air.  Sometimes I wish that I could gain just a little bit, at least in my tummy area.  I want to LOOK pregnant, especially for what it's put me through up to this point!   It's really ironic if you think about it, you feel your worst at the beginning when you're NOT showing, and you feel your best when you are. 

No other major updates at this point.  I really just wanted to post SOMETHING about my news.  :) 

~Sunny