Week 8

This week has been busy and the babies have not been cooperating with momma! I've had some late nights, major food aversions, and more morning sickness to deal with. Babywise, this week has been a little boring. Sometimes I don't even remember that I'm pregnant! I'm looking forward to Wednesday when we are able to see our babies again on the ultrasound. I keep praying that both are still hanging out in there and thriving! I also just noted that I needed to change a few of the questions on here to make them plural! I've also been thinking about things that I thought I would do when pregnant. The first was to eat only whole, organic foods. Ya, so much for that one. Maybe I'll try it once that morning sickness subsides but for now I'll eat whatever my stomach can tolerate. The second was that we would not tell a soul until we were at LEAST 12 weeks along. Our struggles to get pregnant definitely changed that for us but we've had fun telling our best friends and family. I've seen a lot of people announcing on Facebook that they are due in June and I can't wait until we are far enough along to announce to all the rest of our friends!

Pregnancy Highlights:

Today's Date: Sunday, December 11th

How Far Along: 8 Weeks (I can't believe I'm two months!)

Size of babies: Babies are the size of raspberries.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Down 2 pounds

Maternity Clothes: No, I've been wearing a few pairs of pants I found at Old Navy that have elastic waist bands (I swear they're not a mom-jean as they sound). I'm almost afraid to try my regular jeans on! My belly has grown a tiny little bit but I think it is mostly just bloat. yuck.

Gender: No Clue! Still having visions of a boy and a girl nursery.

Movement:  None yet! 

Sleep: Exhaustion continued the first part of the week but I was able to stay up later towards the end of the week. I was surprised I made it until 1am after our party! Still waking up around 7:30 on my own.

What I miss: Again, foods that I used to enjoy!

Cravings: Still Coke Icees, bland cereal (Special K, Crispex), bagels 

Symptoms: Tired, Heightened sense of smell, Nauseous all the time, a few bouts of morning sickness, getting tired easily when walking long distances, up hills, etc. 

Best Moment this week: Sleeping when I got a chance! Also spending some quality time with Jay on Sunday evening watching football and talking about our babies :)

your baby's the size of a raspberry!

Now she weighs in (yay!) at about .04 ounces and measures about .63 inches. This week, she's growing about a milimeter each day.