Goodbye, Farewell, Auf Wiederseh’n, Adieu…

Adios first trimester and hello second! Today marks the 12th week of pregnancy and Sprout is now the size of a lime. Funnily enough, Abby craves and mostly drinks limeade and/or sparkling water with lime.
Also, now that we have heard Sprout’s heartbeat and are through the first trimester we have begun telling friends we’re pregnant. [...]

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heat.

It’s hot. Very hot. After a few 90+ days, my mom and Liza bought us an AC for the bedroom (you know, so we don’t over-cook their grandkid). So now we sleep nice and peacefully (10 hours last night! beat that!), but during the day is a different story. I [...]

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heart beat!

We just got back from our appointment with the midwife.  Sprout is doing great, we’re just over 11 weeks now (fig sized).  And we got to hear the heart beat!  Apparently, old wive’s tales say that a low heart rate means boy, and high means girl (normal ranges from 120-180ish).  Well, Sprout was loud and [...]

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a grape

Sunday was the 9 week milestone, which means an update in the food size: Sprout is now the size of a grape.  But I have a feeling it’s an oversized grape…

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alive again

All I have to say is thank you to our excellent midwife, and the drugs (vistaril?) she gave me. I am back in the land of the keeping-food-and-liquids-down. Simple nausea, this I can handle. And thank you to Sara, who did things like make huge batches of homemade mashed potatoes when I [...]

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Porcelain Queen

As of this past Tuesday Abby has been dubbed the “Porcelain Queen.” After a few days of some mild nausea, morning sickness has hit Abby in full force. She hasn’t really eaten anything since Monday night. A handful of oyster crackers, some sparkling water, and ice cubes don’t really count as a meal. Iced Passion [...]

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Blueberry

So I get emails every week from Baby Center, which inform me, among other things, of how big the baby is now. In terms of food. This week (7 weeks), I’ve got a blueberry in me. I’ve been peeking ahead. I can’t wait for kumquat. Or rutabaga.

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Not only is today Mother’s Day (and sort of our first), but it is also our 6 year anniversary (when we met), AND today marks our 7th week of pregnancy! That’s a lot for one day.
This weekend has been quite eventful as we told our parents and siblings about being pregnant. Everyone is so excited [...]

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Sprout at 6 weeks and 1 day

Voila, the sprout, heartbeat and all!  The sprout is circled in red in the bottom image.  Makes this whole pregnant thing a little less theoretical…

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Superhero

Pregnancy has given me the power of super-smell.  Sadly, if I had to pick a superpower, I think this would be pretty far down the list.  I wish I could trade it for something like flying.  Or even super-vision, that would seem like a logical trade.

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