So, if you even bother to read this then you probably know we are expecting our second child in March! This pregnancy has been so different than my first. Firstly, I have been wayyyyyyy sicker. For several weeks I was throwing up every day, while with Eli I only got physically sick a few random times. The morning sickness did lift around week 14 but now that it's allergy and sinus season my gag reflex is in overdrive once again. Secondly, I'm a terrible pregnant person this time around. When you don't have any kids yet, you have all this time to just think about being pregnant. I was so intentional about eating right and exercising during my first pregnancy but I can tell you how many times I've worked out this time around (twice) and my diet is too shameful to talk about. Thirdly, I am so insanely tired this time around and I definitely drink coffee every day. I never drank ANY coffee during the first pregnancy. Eli still totally sucks at sleeping through the night (lately he cannot even make it past midnight in his own bed) and it's pretty rough. At least we'll still be in newborn mode, I guess.
I saw the baby's movement from the outside yesterday! That is approximately 5 weeks earlier than with Eli so that is crazy! It wasn't a hard kick or anything but at night I've been enjoying reading in the bath (Harry Potter, for the billionth time) and waiting to feel any movement. I seem to feel the tiniest little movements in the bath. I don't know if it's because baby loves water or it's because I'm finally still and relaxed enough to notice! I remember Eli used to go crazy in the womb when I would go swimming, and he's turning out to be quite the little swimmer. Maybe his sibling will be the same!
I've already had three ultrasounds for this pregnancy. The first one was an outpatient emergency because of bleeding early on (around 8 weeks) but everything was fine. My second one was an early scan at my OB's office around 9 weeks and I was diagnosed with a marginal previa (placenta attached next to the cervix) and had instruction not to lift anything heavy aaaaand no sex, and my third was at 13 weeks to check and make sure the previa had moved. The placenta still low-lying but no longer considered a previa so my restrictions were lifted! Also the tech asked me if I wanted to know the baby's gender which I was definitely not expecting. I felt bad because Rob wasn't there, but I was way too weak to pass on the chance to know. SO, I am pretty sure I know our baby's gender! We aren't telling anyone until our official anatomy scan, which will be on November 11!
SO STAY TUNED.
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