The First Trimester Summary

Yesterday, was my first official day in my second trimester (14 weeks).  It feels like such a milestone, not only to be out of the greatest danger of miscarriage, but also to be moving on from the nausea and general feelings of grossness that plague that awful first three months.  It feels like this pregnancy has already been much different than my first one.  The morning sickness (which lasts all day) has been much worse, and I've already been having heartburn issues...which didn't surface until third trimester last time.  I suppose it might just be my circumstances that have actually been the difference: no work to take my mind off the nausea and chasing a toddler around all day instead.  However, I'm so happy to report that this past week has been much much better and I'm only nauseous at random times now.  I hope that clears up for good very soon and I can move on to that beautiful honeymoon phase in the pregnancy where my energy returns and I feel semi-normal.

Cravings: chips & salsa, pickles, vinegar, milk, honey bunches of oats cereal

Exercise: none.  I feel guilty for not even being able to get outside and walk every day, but I just haven't felt like it.  I haven't done anything since September, and I'm pretty sure it has contributed to my dark mood.  Yesterday, I exercised for the first time in months and it felt great!

Showing: yep.  already.  I guess things are just already stretched out?  ewww...

It is hard for us to get motivated in the nursery and names department until we find out the gender of the baby.  So those things won't come until later.  Uh, same with preggo pics...nobody needs to see this until we've got a visible bump going on.  In the meantime, just imagine me fat and happy.  ;)

A couple of weeks ago, we had a special ultrasound called a nuchal translucency to help determine if the baby has any of the 3 main chromosomal abnormalities: down syndrome, trisomy 13, and trisomy 18.  The ultrasound went very well, and we are happy to report that it looks like baby #2 has none of these abnormalities.  They can't be 100% positive, but they do give you odds...ours were 1 in 7,721 that the baby would have down syndrome and 1 in >10,000 that the baby would have one of the trisomy abnormalities.  I know that's way too specific, but I don't know how else to explain it.  They look for certain markers and do a calculation.  The ultrasound experience for that test is a bit nerve-wracking because of what it means, but otherwise, it's great because it is such a long ultrasound so we get a good long look at baby #2 moving all around and looking super cute.  We are extremely thankful that this test turned out so well.   This whole pregnancy process really makes you respect how much has to go right in the development of this tiny person.

14 weeks down, 26 weeks to go...