Pregnancy Update: 14 weeks {1st Trimester Recap}

 

I am so happy to finally be entering the second trimester. I am thankful that those yucky pregnancy symptoms don’t last throughout my whole pregnancy like for some poor women, but those first few months are definitely rough. I don’t plan on doing weekly updates here on the blog but thought I’d at least sum each trimester starting with the first!

Goodbye first trimester!!

Baby size:

~3 1/2 inches long and about the size of a lemon. This week’s big developments are that baby can grimace, frown, pee and possibly even suck his/her thumb.

Weight Gain:

I’m up 2 1/2 pounds which is less than I’ve gained at this point with all my other pregnancies. I think just having less time to myself provides me with less time to eat! Plus some of that has to be muscle loss since I haven’t worked out much.

Sleep:

I was sleeping wonderfully when I was taking the Unisom for nausea. Then the hubs left town for a few weeks and sleep was off and on. Now that he’s back I am catching up a bit. The only problem is it gets so light here so early in the summer so that makes me wake up much earlier than normal.

Fitness:

Oh it’s been pathetic. I have worked out once in the last two months! I usually have to take off a month or so of exercise at the beginning of my pregnancies but this is the longest I have taken off EVER! I think it’s probably because this is my first time being pregnant while having 3 kids to take care of which definitely affected me. I am finally feeling back to normal and ready to sweat….so yesterday was my first day back. I started with 10 minutes of running and then did a modified version of the Soldier of Steel workout. When I say modified I did one round as opposed to 3 or 4. Then I finished with 10 more minutes of a walk/jog. Sadly, my butt was kicked, however it felt great! I didn’t want to push it being the first workout back in 2 months but I am not going to lie, it wasn’t easy. It’s shocking that before I got pregnant I was running long distances, now I feel like I am starting over. Oh well, I don’t think it will take me long to get back into shape. I definitely feel ready and am excited to start my daily workouts again.

Cravings:

Ok first part of the pregnancy when I was nauseas, there were several times when I had to drive through McDonald’s to get a a sausage biscuit and hash brown. The grease literally made me feel better. So weird. Then I got into making them at home. Thankfully that craving is gone! Now I crave summer fruit like juicy peaches, plums and watermelon. I’d rather have a peach over a bowl of ice cream. Seriously addicted. Yesterday a new craving jumped out at me at the grocery store…cottage cheese! I don’t buy cottage cheese because I don’t really care for it. I mean it’s just ok, but I had to have it. Probably the salt craving.

Symptoms:

My newest symptoms are headaches and rhinitis which basically feels like allergies- sneezy, stuffy nose, itchy eyes. It’s lovely.

Gender:

You’re not going to like this, but we don’t find out the sex until the baby pops out. I feel like there aren’t many true surprises in life but this is one of them and it’s so motivating for me to get through labor to find out if I am having a son or daughter. For me it has been the most exciting and emotional moment I’ve experienced when they announce “it’s a …..”! Hardest part about not finding out is choosing names.

Names:

No clue. I usually don’t have them picked out until close to the end. I think it’s the procrastinator in me. If you have any suggestions I’d love to hear them! Sometimes searching through a baby book just doesn’t help!

Annoyances:

This is hands down throughout the whole pregnancy, when people find out I don’t find out the sex of the baby until it’s birthday the majority will say “oh I could never do that, I am too much of a planner”. Seriously people? I am the one that has to plan. I have to plan on the possibility of having a boy or a girl! Haha. Can’t people just say “good for you”. Can you tell this makes me grouchy? Ha!

Looking forward to:

visiting family in Texas!

 

So that’s it friends. Hope you are all having a great week! Next time you hear from me I’ll be in Texas!

Question: Do you have any baby names for me? Would you find out the sex of your baby?