WEEK 17 BUMPDATE

How Far Along?

17 weeks! Size of a pomegranate!

Weight Gain?          

Almost back to my pre pregnancy weight! Woohoo!

Maternity Clothes?

I don't really need them yet but I am living in loose dresses and leggings. And sweatpants when I don't have to leave the house. I just don't like things pressing against my stomach. 

Morning Sickness?

Isn't that supposed to be over by now? I actually went on medication for nausea at about 11 weeks. It defintiely doesn't make it go away completely but I will take throwing up once a week vs throwing up multiple times a day. And for those bouts of nausea I have found that preggie pops do the trick. 

Sleep?

Never can get enough of that. I sleep SO SO SO MUCH. And yet I am still exhausted all day. Guys growing a baby is SO tiring. 

Best moment this week?

The final four was in Phoenix this weekend and Scott is a HUGE unc fan so it was so fun to be involved with all the fun activities going on over the city. And then our friends had their baby this weekend!!! And I got to capture the sweet birth for them and it was honestly one of the most amazing experiences. Made me slightly less terrified to do the same thing in 5 months.  

Weird pregnancy moment?

Guys. I am SO emotional these days. Currently working on a blog post about all the ridiculous things I have cried about. Because there have been a lot of them lately. But luckily I have a sweet husband who just holds me and wipes my tears and doesn't make me feel silly for crying over the dumbest things. 

Movement

I think I felt the baby last night!!!!!! We were falling asleep and I felt this weird flutter sort of kick so who knows if that actually was the baby but lets make me feel good and say that was!

Food Cravings:

Sweets sweets and more sweets. Really confused as to why I am not gaining weight with my diet these days. Taking all my self control not to run to the store right now to get funfetti cake mix. 

Anything making you queasy?

Still meat and eggs. I am definitely eating more meat than before cuz trying to be healthy and give the baby protein, but that doesn't mean I like it. But I can't even think about burgers #RIPinnout. And I still feel queasy pretty much every time after I eat which is not that fun. But at least I am keeping it down!

Gender:

I really can't explain why I am so sure it is a girl. But that's what I am feeling so I am sticking to it!

What I’m looking forward to:

 FINDING THE GENDER!!! 3 weeks!! And we have a fun little gender reveal planned! So stay tuned for that!  

Here are some fun pics from the final four weekend-

WEEK 14 BUMPDATE

How Far Along? 14 weeks!!

Weight Gain? Nope! I actually lost about 12 pounds after becoming pregnant (thanks morning sickness) so if anyone is looking for a good diet plan so far pregnancy has been great! But within the last week or so I have started gaining that back! So I am sure I will be packing on the pounds soon. 

Maternity Clothes? Nope! But pants are becoming more uncomfortable. I really don't enjoy things pressing on my belly. 

 Sleep? Sleep is the one thing I have NOT had a problem with. I sleep so much and it is so wonderful. I also am still able to sleep on my stomach which is really nice. 

 Best moment this week? So now that my belly isn't flat anymore and there is defintiely a little bump/bloat there I have gotten a little more self conscious in a swimsuit. Just cuz it isn't obvious I am preggers, I could just have a belly. We went to the pool on Saturday and Scott brought What to Expect When You're Excepting to read so everyone would know I was pregnant. He is too sweet sometimes. 

Weird pregnancy moment? Oh my goodness there have been so many of these. I think I need to do a separate post about all the "pregnancy" things that happened in the first trimester. 

Morning Sickness? I have always had this phobia of throwing up. Like I really really hate it and would pretty much do whatever it takes to not throw up. So because of that, I have only thrown up a handful of times in my life. I kind of figured my pregnancy would be like that but nooooooo. Starting around week 6 I got to experience it in full swing! Honestly it has been pretty horrible (hi I threw up 26 times in about 21 hours and wanted to die) but if this is what I have to do to get a healthy baby then I will do it!

 Movement? Nope! When do you start feeling that?

Food Cravings? Haha it is more like "ok what can I eat that won't make me throw up this second." It's been sad but I really haven't liked food all that much. In fact the only thing that I have enjoyed eating is mint chocolate chip ice cream! So besides that I have mostly lived off of PB&J, cheerios, saltines, and green apples.

Anything making you queasy? Meat and eggs. And pretty much everything else. Scott thinks its funny that I can just think of something and know it would make me sick. There have been multiple times where I have had to tell Scott to stop talking about certain foods because just the thought makes me throw up! I think the saddest thing is that I really can't stand the thought of In-n-out. Please pray that sounds good to me soon. 

Gender: Girl! Call it mothers intuition but I am pretty sure it's a girl!

What I’m looking forward to: Finding out the gender! And getting more energy back. And getting a bigger bump! So everyone can know I am pregnant!! 

BABY CASSCOTT

WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!!

Scott and I are so so excited and also so so terrified. It still doesn't seem real. But I hear that it never really does?

I am the type of person who always likes to have a plan and the case was no different when it came to our future children. I always had this idea in my head of waiting 5 years before having a baby. Well last February Scott and I shared an experience that is a little too personal to write here, but it left me questioning if we needed to start our family sooner. I remember later that day a friend on facebook shared some article called "to my baby's daddy" and it was incredibly cheesy and made me cry so hard. I called Scott up right after that and told him that we needed to really talk about the possibility of having a baby sooner than we thought.

I remember walking down our street in Richmond and Scott saying "I mean I guess we are as ready as we will ever be!" and being so excited but also so scared. Did you know that you usually don't get pregnant the first time you try? That was news to me but it was also a really good learning lesson for my planner self. After being pretty disappointed the first month (not really because I wasn't pregnant but more because things didn't go according to my plan...lol) we decided to adopt the mentality of "we aren't trying but we also aren't not trying" if that makes sense. It ended up being much more enjoyable and stress free for me, and took a lot of pressure off that I put on myself.  Fast forward about a year later and our little baby casscott will be here in 6 months!!!

I am really excited to document this whole pregnancy journey here on this blog and our youtube channel. I love reading other peoples bumpdates so hopefully other people will find some interest in mine? I also want to be as real as possible because even though I am so so so excited to be pregnant, it has been HARD so far. And I think it's important to share the good and the bad.

Stay tuned for my first bumpdate! I just have to wait for my bump to come in first...