Symptoms: Morning sickness kicked in big time at 5 weeks 3 days, when I feigned a hangover and puked. From then on I was nauseous morning, afternoon, and night. I wretched while brushing my teeth, in the shower, in the bathroom at work, in my office, while changing Chase's diaper, or even if I smelled some food I was averse to (which was most). I threw up a few more times. I survived for days on saltines and ginger ale. Ugh, it was awful. With Chase, the little nausea I had went away at 8 weeks. At 12 weeks I was still having waves of nausea and at 13 weeks I still get headaches in the afternoons. Plus now I'm also exhausted. I have not exercised in WEEKS;you know that I must not be feeling well if I don't even exercise. I'm hoping these symptoms subside soon as we are tired of eating bland foods and going to bed at 9pm and I miss running (but not as much s I love sleeping)
Weight gain: In what can only be described as irony, I lost the last 4lbs of baby weight from Chase due to morning sickness with this pregnancy.
Ultrasounds: At 9 weeks 4 days, we finally had our first doctor's appointment and got to see the little one. He or she was great- measuring a little ahead with a heart flickering away at 168 bpm, little hands in front of the face, and the long skinny outstretched frog legs.
We got to see Baby Lamont 2.0 again at 11 weeks 6 days during the NT scan. Again, and thankfully, everything looked good.
(yes, this picture is sideways. I can't figure out how to turn it. Sorry)
Reaction: We are so excited. Our family is growing. Chase will be a big brother and get a best friend for life. We will have a new little baby to cuddle and love and watch in amazement as he or she grows. And we know this time how quickly it will all go and will do our best to savor every single moment. Of course we are a bit terrified too, but I think that's only natural. This time we know what we're getting into.
So our apologies to all of the friends who we have not been making plans with while I battled morning (all day) sickness and sleep. We are around again and looking forward to seeing you.
And thanks to everyone for all of your love and support!
