10 weeks

I didn't update at 9 weeks because that's how sick I was feeling. It was a very rough week and all I wanted to do was lay around and sleep, it was not fun. I finally started feeling better over the weekend but then Tuesday came and the nausea returned, grrr. But since I'm 10 weeks now I'm hoping that means I will be on the mend from here on out and the nausea will stay away for good...and the exhaustion because I'm sleeping a lot and while it's nice I really need to get stuff done.

So that leads me to my symptoms:

• Nausea, extreme nausea
• Exhaustion, extreme exhaustion
• Irritable, extremely irritable
• Lower back pain

Last week I got some pretty intense lower back pain that eventually moved to the left side and it was this sharp pain, like a pinched nerve. I was not expecting this until the 3rd trimester so it really shocked me. I was in so much pain I could barely sleep and I just wanted to cry all day, it was horrible. It finally started to go away over the weekend and I was so thankful. Well, it came back yesterday. It's all across my lower back but I fear the left side, pinched nerve pain is going to come soon. I'm gonna chat with the doctor about this because I think it's so weird it's happening so early on. It's not just a little pain, it's horrible pain.

I'm definitely pregnant, my waist is gone and I've got a little bloated belly. Even when I suck in the belly still sticks out, this is definitely earlier than I started showing with Bria. At least a month early. Let's hope that does not mean I get bigger with this one because I was plenty big with Bria, too big.

We ask Bria if it's a boy or girl in my tummy and she always says boy. So the consensus is still boy for us. 10 more weeks and we'll find out.

My first appointment is next week and I'm looking forward to meeting and talking with the doctor. I really want an u/s but it sounds like they don't do those at the first appointment :(

I finally took a belly picture and I'm comparing it to my 11 week belly shot with Bria:

11 weeks with Bria

10 weeks with this baby

8 weeks

Well I'm 8 weeks today. So far this pregnancy is going faster than Bria's, probably because I'm chasing around a toddler. Also I don't have a belly yet to remind me of the little one growing inside me. Just the nausea ;)

Brian is still convinced we're having a little boy. I, on the other hand, am not sure. I mean, that was my first gut instinct but now I'm not sure. Guess we'll know in 12 weeks or so.

Symptoms:

• Nausea
• Irritable (I've got the whole grouchy pregnant hormonal thing going on, Brian is not a fan)

That's about it. I'm still kind of tired but not nearly as exhausted as I was last week which is good. I don't have to take 5 minute naps while Bria reads books beside me.

I will say today I feel a little different in the belly area, I think things are making room for the baby and I fear I will be showing a lot earlier than I did with Bria. And I thought I showed early with Bria, oh dear! That's what I get for being short I guess.

Ooops

7 weeks 5 days

It's a good thing no one is really following this yet because I am a total slacker. Last week was awful, just awful. We all had a cold and on top of that I started feeling very nauseous an of course was tired. Trying to take care of a sick toddler when feeling like that was incredibly hard, however, Bria really was such a good girl. She would play while I laid on the couch or floor, occasionally we'd read but I was pretty much a zombie all week. She also watched too much tv. Don't judge me, it was a bad week.

We are on the mend now, accept for my nausea and exhaustion of course, those don't want to leave apparently. Even though I would really appreciate it if they did.

In other news, I scheduled my first appointment, or appointments, plural. Apparently at this doctor's office they have a first appointment with a medical assistant and you go over stuff. Then around 10 weeks you see the doctor. So I scheduled both those appointments, my first one is February 15th and the second is March 2nd. Unfortunately I don't get an u/s :( At my last doctor's office they did an internal u/s at your first appointment and it was wonderful seeing Bria and her heart beat, I loved it. But hopefully we can hear the heart beat with the normal wand thing.

I was thinking about similarities and differences in this pregnancy and Bria's. Obviously it's really early to compare but food wise it's definitely different. With Bria I ate cereal and toast everyday for 9 months. This time, cereal does not calm my tummy like it once did, actually I fear milk may be contributing to my nausea, gah! This is not good people. I want chips and chocolate all the time, that's the only thing that sounds good. That and Canada Dry. Oh and on top of that I don't want to move, so yeah, I'm gonna gain like 100 pounds this pregnancy :(

Hopefully it gets better and once I'm past the 1st trimester I eat healthy and exercise daily.

Can't believe I'm almost 8 weeks along!