Bear with me.. (12 weeks)

I'm in the process of making this blog better but since we don't have internet at home, it's going to take me a while.

ALSO- if you are a family member or friend and not one of my Infertile homies who is used to TMI.. this may be too much info at times, but such is pregnancy, right? Read at your own risk.
Also also- if you are a family member, please only share this blog with people once you ask me. I would hate for some people to read about my boobs or butt and be traumatized for life.

How I'm feeling:
*Tired. The exhaustion is overwhelming. It is getting better but it's the most tired you could imagine yourself being.

*Very bad low back pain that makes it hard to move at times. It feels like my hips are separating at my spine.

*Sore, very large boobs...but fun. Free boob jobs would be, right?

*Feel like my body is out of wack and it's hard to be on my feet or walk for long periods of time, but then it's hard to sit for a long time because my back starts to hurt worse. AND I'm only 3 months along!

*Uterine cramps and pelvic pressure from everything stretching. These aren't as bad as they were in the beginning, thank goodness.

*Annoying sense of smell. I smell EVERYTHING. It's so bad that it keeps me up during the night because I can smell random things. Like the bathroom rugs, the shower curtain, the dog in the hall way, stinky plants outside, the kitchen, laundry room and all the other smelly things in my house. Of course the new sense of smell couldn't possibly be a good one, like flowers, perfume, candy, chocolate.. no... just icky stuff.

* Emotional. And actually, it hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be. I haven't broken down and cried for no reason yet but I have had a couple of moments where I start to feel very impatient and just want to 1) get a little further along in the pregnancy so I can feel the baby move, find out the gender, etc. 2) See what it looks like.

*I think week 11 is the first week that I actually started to feel pregnant (different than feeling the symptoms of pregnancy). Maybe it's because it's the week I heard the heartbeat, started to feel more change in my belly...I don't know.

*Feeling very over protective and really wanting to get things in order.

* Still taking the Prometrium (Progesterone suppliment) and they knock me out. I'm also still on pelvic rest which means no action at all.

* I haven't bad any real cravings yet, just mostly food aversions, which seem to be on their way out.

* Other than all of this bad stuff, I've been feeling pretty good the last week or two. I always feel blessed, so I try to always remember that when I'm complaining about the bad stuff.


It also seems that since week 10, time has been going pretty fast.

We've been having appointments every 2 weeks since I'm technically high risk, but now that I'm progressing, we are moving to every month. My next appointment is September 14th. The following appointment should be the biggun where we find out what flavor this baby is. I can't wait. Once that happens, we can register and start shopping. Woot!