January 3, 2019 was my dad’s birthday. I was supposed to get my period that day around 2:00 p.m. (yes, my periods are that prompt LOL). Anyway, I had been sick for almost a week. I had this horrible cold that I couldn’t shake and my dad was sick too so we decided that I would make him dinner at home. As the night went on I realized it was already 8 p.m. and I still had not started my period. My boobs had been sore all day so I thought for sure it was coming. However, within the past week I had grown super tired often and very forgetful which is not like me at all so I decided I should probably take a pregnancy test. I snuck away to the bathroom, took a pregnancy test and a few minutes later it came up positive. I quietly told my husband to come to the bathroom and shared the news with him : ) I’m one of those lucky women that always finds out she’s pregnant just a few weeks in (insert eye roll here). It’s a blessing and a curse. A blessing because it goes to show how in tune I am with my own body, but a curse because it makes the first trimester seem that much damn longer lol.
We decided to announce our pregnancy to immediate family during Super Bowl since we were hosting it at our house this year, but we still wanted to make it a special announcement for Atiana too. Atiana is obsessed with her elf on the shelf, Sparkle, and even though Christmas is over and done with, she still talks about him. So we decided to have Sparkle make a special appearance telling her she was going to be a big sister and we recorded the whole thing. Right before the game started Josh gathered everyone in the living room to watch the video : ) Atiana was so excited to be in on this secret we were about to share with everyone. Afterwards she lifted up my shirt and lifted up her own shirt and sucked her stomach in and said “mommy, how could you have a baby in your tummy when your stomach looks like this?” - haha
This will be my last pregnancy so I want to document it as much of it as possible. It’s so fun to go back and re-read my first pregnancy updates and now to be able to compare the two.
I started this pregnancy at 113 lbs. A little less than what I weighed when I got pregnant with Atiana. Hoping I can maintain workouts and decedent eating once again so that I have another easy pregnancy. I’ve been consistent with working out at least 5 days a week this far no matter how crappy I have felt. I try and run 5 miles 3 days a week (40 minutes of running) and full body workouts the other two days. Sometimes I workout 6 days and get 3 days of lifting in. It just depends on how the week goes, but running always makes a world of a difference on how I feel so I try to not to skip my running days.
I‘m 14 weeks as of March 14. Sunday, March 17, we find out the gender. When I was pregnant the first time we wanted a girl so bad. This time around I don’t mind what we have either way. We thought about waiting until birth to find out the gender, but Atiana really wants to know if she’s having a brother or sister and I want her to be able to connect to the baby before he/she is born so we decided to find out for her.
I’m still feeling pretty exhausted. Josh started his new job a couple of weeks ago and has been working crazy hours. He’s gone before I wake up in the morning and home right before Atiana needs to go to bed 6 days a week. So working fulltime and juggling the house, animals and Atiana alone all while being pregnant has been rough. I’m also not sleeping well at night. I do a lot of tossing and turning because my back is uncomfortable. Other than that I’m finally feeling normal. The first trimester was so rough on me this time around. I didn’t have morning sickness, I had ALL DAY sickness. I was nauseated 24/7 and would sometimes wake up around 2:00 a.m. feeling like I was going to puke. Hopefully that is all in the past now.
My cravings with Atiana were pizza, pasta and tacos. This time around I dislike pizza, pasta, tacos and Chinese food. I crave find myself craving pineapple and cottage cheese, cheese, crackers and grapes and salt and vinegar anything.
My stomach looks super bloated by the end of the day. I definitely look more pregnant this early on than I did with Atiana at this stage. My boobs are on another level and constantly feel hot and feverish because they are so big. Kinda makes me regret getting my boobs done before being done having kids because now I’m carrying even more weight there.
Well, that’s all I have to update for now.
