What we've learned: Our baby is a little smaller than an apple. He/she is about 4 inches long and weighs a little over 2 ounces. Right now our baby has a skeletal system, lanugo and organs. Its skin is translucent but it can move around like crazy but I can't feel it yet.
Cravings: Sweets! I have been craving soda, candy and fruity flavors. Usually I try to curb it with an apple or a banana but it's difficult when all I can think about is gummy worms and Pepsi. It's odd because I've never been into sweets before and usually can just say no, but now I may just be giving myself gestational diabetes.
Barf foods: Tomatoes and Ranch. YUCK. Just thinking about it makes me gag. I used to love tomatoes in my salad, on my pizza, etc and now when I try to eat them, I have to spit them out. Same with ranch dressing. Before I found out I was pregnant, I used to eat ranch on my salads everyday and now I can't even stand the smell of it.
Daddy bans: So far Andrew has banned me from a few things such as riding my bike, drinking coffee, wrestling, caffeinated soda and every once in a while doing the dishes (not so bad). I was a little annoyed at first but then realized that he has good intentions. However, coffee has been difficult to stop drinking. Especially with my sweet cravings, sometimes I just want a delicious pumpkin spice latte to wake me up in the morning - so secretly I have been ordering 8 oz half decaf coffees at Starbucks a couple times a week. I finally went to the store and bought bulk coffee and pumpkin spice creamer and Andrew was pissed when he found out I was drinking it. So I had him consult his almighty friend Josh who said that it is totally ok for pregnant women to drink coffee in moderation - which is exactly what I have been doing. Booya.
My crazy dreams: I have had some very odd vivid dreams over the last few weeks. Most recently I nursed a kitten back to life. Somehow I came across a newborn bald kitten, soaking wet and cold. I wrapped it in a shirt and put it in the hamper. I went to sleep and woke up in the middle of the night realizing I had forgotten about the kitten and worrying about it being dead. I ran to the hamper to find the kitten barely alive so I nursed it. I even made sure to switch boobs so one wouldn't feel worse than the other. Like magic, the kitten sprung to life and suddenly sprouted all its hair and began running around like a brand new kitten. I felt strange when I woke up.
Nursery updates: We started our registry at Target and Babies R Us and I kind of realized how much stuff we need, but Andrew was not on the same page as me. He is very simple when it comes to registering and was baffled at why you need so much of this and all of that. Either way we had some fun scanning stuff and now we just need to make room.
Doc updates: We have an ultrasound coming up on 11/9 and by that time we will be 16 weeks. I am secretly hoping to find out the gender so I am really excited. If we can't see the gender then we will go back at 20 weeks for another ultrasound.
Body changes: My belly has grown a little and I've been in denial. I swear it's mostly because I haven't been working out as often and I've been eating a lot. However, Andrew says that for as long as he's known me I've always had a flat stomach and this is nothing like he has seen before. Either way, it's exciting to think that our baby is growing. For the first three months it's hard not to be able to see the growth and I always worried that nothing was really happening. Now when I lie down and my bladder is full, I can feel my uterus right below my belly button. At first it scared me - I thought a muscle was popping out but then I remembered that now is the time you can feel it. It's a little bigger than a softball and it's crazy to feel the shape and now that our little baby is tucked in there.
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