Baby Bump Wednesday - Week 10

Double digits, baby! Woo! It feels like I've been pregnant forever and it's only been six weeks since we first found out. Nine months feels like an eternity, but everyone tells me it will go fast. So....I'm waiting for that.

Sunday was sort of a momentous (I just double checked that spelling, does it look odd to anyone else?) day, I decided to not take my nausea pill to see if I was over that. And....it seems for the most part that I am. Every once in a while (like this afternoon) I get a little queasy but as long as I keep food in my stomach I'm okay. I'm still really shocked by my good fortune, I was honestly expecting to be on my deathbed just like my mother was. I don't know how I lucked out, but I'm grateful nonetheless.  Exhaustion and a little (okay, sometimes a lot) of bloating are much easier to deal with than the constant puking, and my heart goes out to all the pregnant women out there suffering from it. May it pass soon.

Everyone keeps asking me if I have any cravings yet and for the most part the answer is no. I'm not eating dirt or demanding that Caleb make a midnight run to Taco Bell or anything. There are some things that certainly sound better than others, like potato wedges from KFC or Sour Cherry gummy Lifesavers (which I saw in a store once but didn't purchase and have been searching for them ever since). Anything tart, really. Sugar free Jello pudding, which sounds good around 3 pm every day. Cold cereal is a staple.

The other day I found a pregnancy calendar online that you can cater to your due date and print out. Each day there is some little nugget of information or just randomness. For instance, this last week it says that I should be able to hear the baby's heartbeat via a doppler, that it  now measures 1.2 inches and weighs .25 oz. The heart development is complete, and oh yeah, warm or cold compresses may help with headaches.  And some women experience only mild pregnancy symptoms. Thanks for that.  One thing I wasn't really thinking about is that I'm halfway through my third month, which seems weird. Isn't that weird? That sounds a lot better than 10 weeks though.

I'm getting a little...emotional. On Sunday I was getting our dinner ready to be cooked while we were at church and we had on a religious program. They have several different commercials reminding us about how important family is, always ending with the line, "Family - isn't it about...time?". One particular commercial came on where a little girl is asking her dad to read her a story, and by the end I was all teary and blubbery and "Oh, she just wants her Daddy's attention!". And I was all annoyed, like, come on, I've seen this commercial hundreds of times, why do I have to lose it now? And of course, chalked it up to pregnancy. Then the next commercial came on about a daughter leaving for college and her dad not able to quite say how much he'll miss her, and suddenly I hear Caleb laughing. Already on guard, (not wanting him to find out I've just cried because of a commercial) I yelled out to him, "Don't make fun!", and then heard him sniff a little as he was laughing. I dropped the vegetable I was chopping and ran into the room to find him trying to discreetly wipe tears. I asked him, a little incredulously, if he was crying, and he immediately started defending himself. I don't know how it happened, one minute I was fine and the next... I triumphantly pumped my fist in the air and teased him about it all day. I just told him yesterday that uh...I had cried too, just during another commercial. Doesn't stop me from teasing him though. Other random things I've cried over? The end of Bruce Almighty, when one of the kids hugged another on Jon & Kate Plus Eight,  and The Breakup, nearly the entire last 45 minutes or so. Though that one isn't quite random, who could have a dry eye in that movie? Seriously?

Tomorrow Caleb and I have our last ultrasound with the infertility clinic, after which we officially "graduate" and I move on to my regular OB/GYN. I'm gonna be a little sad, the doctor we've been seeing has been great and we definitely owe this pregnancy to her. I feel like I should bring something...send a card at least? I'm excited to see our little baby again and also just to have the relief that everything is going along as it should. Because so far I don't really feel that connected to the baby or the pregnancy, it sort of still feels like it isn't really happening to me. As much as I think about it I don't really register that yes, I am honestly pregnant. Meaning, at the end of this we're going to have a real live baby. I'm hoping that will change as I progress and start to look pregnant and feel the baby move etc.

Is that a bit of a bump? Or just early morning bloat? Or maybe I'm just imagining things. I can't tell. Also? I probably should have put the toilet lid down, but uh...it's just easier to have it ready. Sometimes it's that necessary. Especially at 2 am.

Comments

[Jess]

I have several responses...So the one where the little girl asks her dad and her dad tells her to ask her mom and she goes "Mommy? Can Daddy wead me stowy?" Yeah. I cried at that one too. If it wasn't that one, I have no idea what you're talking about.
And JON AND KATE! LOVE that show. I think Alexis might be my favorite. The Breakup was bad news for me from the beginning, so I'm with ya on just about everything. And I am baby-less. It will only get worse.

[Jess]

P.S. (sheesh, I know) There is a tiny hint of a baby bump there! You're going to be one of those ridiculously cute pregnant ladies. And I'll be jealous.

[turleybenson]

Um, totally with you on the emotional roller coaster. The hormones also serve useful in provoking stupid fights with one's spouse. So I've heard.

[Heather]

You are so funny that is no bump. You will be the basketball, dare I say volleyball belly girl.

Peeing? check
Emotional? check
craving ice cream? check

No honey, it's real. No kicks in the tummy needed to prove any further. (however you will love that part)

[Jennic]

You've graduated to the regular OB. Yay! It's real - and it does go fast. I was able to feel movements with our first child at about 20 weeks. It's the coolest, strangest, and best feelings in the world.

You'll probably not gain a whole lot of weight and be one of those petite pregnant woman who delivers an 8+lb baby. :-)