2012 January | I'm An Okie

I start school again tomorrow. The last full semester before I am done with Nursing School. This month off was MUCH needed, but I am itching to get back. Perhaps that’s the nerd in me, but I appreciate the challenge that school brings. Not only that, but I enjoy getting to see friends everyday and I’m glad that everyone is back in town.

I’d like to say that I spent my weekend living it up, but there’s only so much “living it up” that can be done when you are pregnant. “Living it up” now means that I might stay up till 11:30 watching a movie. Uh huh–party animal.

The weekend started with Beauty and the Beast in 3D with a friend I met while I was taking my Science Pre-reqs.

Confession: I know how to play “Be Our Guest” on the recorder. I took the mandatory recorder lessons from Elementary School a little too seriously.

It was a good time. I forgot a few things about the movie….mainly that Gaston is a primetime douchebag, the “bar” girls boobs were far TOO big for a Disney movie, and it’s a little weird that they had Belle falling in love with a beast…an animal. Ah well, still romantic and happily ever after. That’s all little girls want.

Sunday was spent at my part-time job. I walk two dogs a few times a week for extra money. Pretty easy gig for me. I get a little movement and get to play with dogs. It’s a win-win.

Immediately after dog walking, I went up to Native for a workout. Sunday is open gym and we have the chance to choose whatever WOD from the week that we’d like to do or we can simply work on skills, etc.

I chose Mary, as it was easily done and there was no need to make any substitutions for being pregnant. All of those skills are still easy for me and I simply took things a little slower and didn’t work out as intense.

Meanwhile, my mom was over on the other side of the gym working on her back squats and cleans. I truly think she was made for Crossfit.

I mean, look at this woman. She’s looking good. I’m extremely proud of her and working out with her is always a big highlight of my week.

Martin Luther King day was spent with a good friend from school. Just getting ready for the semester, talking about relationships, and eating good food. I missed her and am glad she’s back in town.

Hope everyone has a good Monday night!

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It’s time to talk some baby! I’ve been debating on whether or not I wanted to do baby posts here on the blog.

I’ve been keeping a journal to remember all of the wonderful (and not so wonderful) things about pregnancy, but I realized that the journal doesn’t have pictures. Also, friends and family follow this blog…and I know they’d be interested in keeping up to date.

Now that I am past the first trimester, I feel much comfortable talking about the pregnancy. I’ve had a miscarriage before and spent a good deal worrying through the first half of the first trimester that the same thing would happen again. After a good month of that, I began to feel more confident in what was happening with my body and begin to trust the process. Pregnancy became much more enjoyable at that point.

And now here I am…I made it to the second trimester.

It feels like just yesterday that I was staring down at a pregnancy test freaking out.

The first trimester was an easy one for me.

Had very little morning sickness.
No food aversions.
No major cravings.
No constant urge to pee.
No mood swings or emotional breakdowns

The only thing I did experience was big time fatigue, some minor dizziness, boobs that hurt like hell during the first half of the first trimester, and a couple of cases of heartburn.

Other than that, life was normal. I was able to workout like normal (of course, I took it easy and kept the heart rate down) and even was able to snowboard for a few days.

The highlight of the first trimester was the First Trimester Screening. It involves a blood test to test for your risk of Downs Syndrome and Trisomy 18/13. In addition, an ultrasound is done to measure the baby’s Nuchal Translucency which also factors into the risk of Downs Syndrome, etc.

I’m thankful to say that the baby has a 1 in 10,000 risks of both of those disorders.

It was amazing to see the baby moving around and jumping left and right. It became very real at that moment. It was no longer the ball of cells that I saw when I was 7 weeks. It’s real—living, moving, and raising hell in my uterus.

As the second trimester neared, I’ve began to notice a few changes in my body. My hips and lower back all of a sudden became achy. Thank goodness I was in DC when this started happening. Chad had magic hands, was very attentive, and often made me feel much better.

In fact, at one point, we were laying in bed and I sneezed. A sharp pain shot through my lower abdomen (apparently, this is called Round Ligament Pain) and I rolled over to Chad and said…

“This is getting real.”

Indeed it is.

As each day passes, I feel more and more connected to the baby growing inside me. It’s very hard to put into words how much that love grows each and every day.

Now that I’ve given a little update, it’s time to get ready for the day.

I’m seeing Beauty and the Beast in 3D. Should be a good time.

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