Week 11, Day 3 -- 200 Days to Go!

Or so the baby ticker tells me. That is a really really long time! Although I was told by my boss today that it is not a long time, and we need to start making plans and preparations for the maternity leave so that I don't get phone calls every day. Which I do not want to happen. So I will start making plans and procedures and preparations shortly, because I really don't want to have to worry about it when it's time for me to pop.

Whoa, that was a creepy mental picture. Like a horror movie or something.

Also, Baby and I agree that Nerds are the greatest thing ever created by that genius Wonka.

Week 11, Day 2

We went to the doctor yesterday, and have new baby photos to show for it!

 

I keep thinking I'm so far along, that there's not much time left to get things ready for Baby, and then I go and look at some fetal progress website like this one and I realize no, May is pretty far away, I'm only a quarter of the way through this process, and Baby still looks like a little alien parasite. Which it is. :)

I talked to the doctor about how little I'm eating, and once I got on the scales it turns out I've lost about 15lbs since Week 1, but the doctor said that's fairly normal at this stage and nothing to worry about until we get farther along. So I'm eating as much as Baby will let me, as often as s/he will let me, and not worrying about the rest for now.

Have I mentioned how ready I am for the morning sickness to be over? I've gotten to where I can pinpoint my danger zone every morning (8:15 to 9:00am) and I've changed my morning routine to be within two steps of the toilet throughout that time zone. Poor Tristan; I've jerked him out of a deep sleep more than once, but except for one really embarrassing post-dinner episode with the office trash can, I haven't been too much of a burden in that department.

Still no names yet, but we may not have any picked out for quite a while. Like I said, May is pretty far away. :)

Week 10, Day 2

Morning sickness has taken an unexpected turn this last week. Where before I was almost always nauseated but never got sick, it seems like now the reverse is true. I really hope this phase is over soon.

I'm still not showing, but I didn't really expect to be. My stomach is a little too fluffy for a baby bump to look any different, although I have noticed my fluffy belly isn't quite as soft as it used to be. Not that some folks aren't seeing changes where there aren't any yet; I take it in stride though. If Mom and Sis are anything to go by, I will have quite the baby bump in a couple of months.

We have our second doctor's appointment next week. We'll hopefully get to see the baby again and hear the heartbeat, but we'll see once we get there. I just hope it's not another two hour wait in the doctor's office. I think we're going to start looking into our birthing options and at other doctors in the next couple weeks, about the time I finish up my first trimester.