no chance in hiding it now....im 12 weeks and its obvious. ben and i are expecting our first kiddo! love it. we're super excited. well, my excitement has been a little dulled for like...7 weeks because of the nausea, hot flashes, hunger, exhaustion, mood swings...etc. its all good! all in the process. praise jesus i havent thrown up. im very very thankful for that.
so thats a little bit of how ive been feeling. now im not as nauseous, but every few days i'l keep feeling lumps coming up in my throat that says..eat now or you shall be sick. ha! i must say though, im enjoying eating. im actually craving healthy things! (except for mcdonalds...but ive only had it twice in 12 weeks!) im loving carrots...carrots and hummus, carrots and ranch...carrots. yum. and WATER...thats all i want. its ridiculous. that and 40% less sugar motts for tots applejuice. haha! so good. im totally diggin salads too. my full-of-guilt cravings are nesquik chocolate milk, cheeseburgers, and grilled cheese. oh yea im all about some grilled cheese lately.
im proud to say ive gained about 4 pounds so far...not too bad. im not all concerned with that stuff though....ofcourse my goal is to do things as healthily as possible..but im not gonna be counting calories. i mean come on, im growing a human. there ARE two of us. when im hungry, i eat. thats how its gonna be.
im keeping up with my ob appointments and everythings cool so far. i have another ultrasound at 18 weeks to find out what im growin...soooo excited to find out!! people have mixed feelings about "finding out" these days but hey..i have very little patience and the whole gender neutral thing sucks. i wanna know! so does ben. he thinks its a boy..so do i. we shall see. a boy would be sweet. but im not picky...just as long as its healthy, im cool.
im really bad at keeping up with journal/blog type things, but im determined to....after all, how many times do you have your first kid? haha. only once!!! gotta document it.
i'll update with pictures and ultrasound stuff later!