12 Week Update

How far along are you:  12 Weeks... unfreakingbelieveable

Fruit: A sweet little plum

Baby bump: There's a bump... it's rather odd looking but it's there. Mostly I just look really fat. Like.... when I told a woman I knew today that I was pregnant the look of relief on her face was momentous. I think she thought I'd gotten really fat for fun.

Maternity Clothes: Maternity pants all the time. I'm going to need to invest in some warm maternity tops.

Gender: Still thinking boy... more so this week then past weeks

Stretch Marks: Nothing new

Sleep: I've slept really well this week, which has been nice and is leading to more energy throughout the day.

Cravings: Still Iced Team and Iced Water and salty, salty is good

What Makes Me Wanna Gag: I drank an orange soda with lunch today. That was not a wise choice.

Exercise: Ryan is my exercise

Mood: On burn out from this week but that has little to do with being pregnant and more to do with life in general.

Favorite thing this week: Feeling better, thank you new vitamins (that I realized I forgot to take with lunch.... so smart)

Excited For:  Thanksgiving with the people that live in Boston.

In other news...I'm bowling tomorrow.... yes, I said bowling. As in that sport that requires rental shoes..... Okay, really, I'm just going for moral support. I don't bowl... .ever

Curse of the Water Buffalo

Last week at our bi-weekly management meeting our Marketing Director said the following:

I'd like to schedule new management head shots and group pictures for this December.

(entire room groans inwardly)

Don't worry Jessica, atleast you aren't pregnant this time around.....



HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA..... Guess what buddy..... just you wait!

I never fails, I get pregnant and everyone wants me to take pictures.

Two years this coming Spring we did management portraits. I was 7 months pregnant. It was a unseasonably warm day and I looked like water buffalo in all my pregnant, refusing to buy a maternity blazer self.


So yeah, now I need to go find a maternity blazer and hope I don't look like an idiot come picture day. Fan-freaking-tastic.

Updates and Such

• Last Thursday I switched from Target's gummy brand prenatal vitamin to Advocare's Coreplex with Iron. Sweet Mother of Mary, that stuff is incredible. In two days I went from feeling like I was a hit by a truck, running on fumes 75% of my day, to feeling like I actually have energy and stamina. I am kicking myself for not switching sooner and not doing this my last pregnancy
  
  
• With that said, I'm actually excited to see what my blood work looks like after my next labs are drawn... probably December or January
  
  
• Mr. Berg and I have tickets to see Alton Brown tonight. I'm pretty excited.... I'm also hoping I stay awake. Show does't start until 7:30pm... as in when I'm normally in my jammies watching Doc McStuffins with a 2 year old.
  
  
• Speaking of two year olds.... Ryan is stinking hysterical these days. His language is exploding. He's full of expressions and two-three word sentences. He constantly leaves us in stitches.
  
  
• Mr. Berg just passed the Insurance Law exam of his CPCU course work. Apparently, it was very, very tough. I'm so very, very proud of him!
  
  
• Still haven't told anyone at work that I'm pregnant. It's getting funnier as I am reach obviously pregnant status. In past weeks, the bump would begin to appear as they day went out. Over the past couple of days I've woken up with a real bump. It's pretty funny. I've gotten a couple of looks but no one has been brave enough to say "are you pregnant?"
  
• I am the bad mother that sent her child to daycare this morning with a low grade fever. He's teething and he has a cold. I don't think he's going to spread anymore germs then any of the other children in his class. Plus, he was running around our house at lightening speed this morning chattering nonsense. I think he's fine. A quick dose of Advil and we're good to go....... Watch me get the "your child is sick" phone call this afternoon.
  
• Lately I've been missing Sophie. The ache in my heart is almost worse then it was when she died. I know, that sounds crazy. But I actually cried about it last night. I know being pregnant makes you feel all the feelings, but I'm not sure how much is related to that and how much is related to time.
  I know I've said before I cried more the weeks after Bob's death then I did went Sophie died. Bob has been sick for a long time, but he was very stable. I had tricked myself into thinking he would continue that way for a long time. Then he very suddenly took a turn for the worse and was gone. It was a shock.
  Sophie was very healthy for 17 years and then quickly became ill. Her illness was rapid decline and when it came time to say goodbye I felt sadness but I also felt relief. Relief she was no long in pain, no longer having embarrassing accidents, no longer suffering. And selfishly, I was happy to not have to clean up puddles all over my house and worry about proper doses of pain medication and diabetic cat food.
  Now time has passed and I miss her more and more with each passing day. She was my buddy. I'm a little bit lost without her.
  
• We are leaving for Boston in two weeks. I am so excited to see our Boston Family.

11 Week Letter

Happy 11th Week Baby Berg!-

You are now the size of a lime, which if you ask me, is pretty big. I was looking at the limes in the fridge last night and thinking about how that measured up to you. You're growing up there kid.

You made it through your first Halloween last week.We didn't have a lot of candy since we are both not big fans of sweets right now. But trust me, it will come, all in due time my sweet baby. Halloween aside, it's been pretty quiet at home right now. This is nice change from the days, right? I'm sorry that we're always on the go. It is very much life for us right now. Right now work for Mama is very, very busy. This a great thing but it also means we don't get to stop and rest much. I'm hoping all the good foods I try to eat and all the good vitamins I'm taking are ensuring that you're getting everything you need. Fingers crossed.

We have two more weeks before we leave for Thanksgiving in Boston. It will be chaotic, it will be loud and it will be so much fun. You have some amazing cousins up there and I am so excited for you to meet them next year.

I love you so much!

Mama 

11 Week Update

How far along are you:  11 Weeks... does time seem to be flying or is it just me

Fruit: Lime- that makes me wish I had a gin and tonic right about now.... it's been one of those weeks.

Baby bump: There's a bump, a bump made of blubber but a bump none the less. It is most prominent in the evenings or when I have to pee.

Maternity Clothes: I spent the beginning of the week in denial so I just wore dresses. Then in got cold. Maternity pants for the win.

Gender: I still think boy 80% of the time. This is bad a seriously debating topic in the Berg Household. By this time into Ryan's pregnancy I was dead set on the fact that he was a boy. This time around I have a general feeling that this is a boy. But then the "what ifs" start bugging me.

All in all, this pregnancy is very, very similar to Ryan's. I'm sitting here racking my brain trying to think of any significant differences.

So yeah, still thinking boy.

Stretch Marks: Nothing new so far, I'm cool with that

Sleep: I'm still consistently in bed by 9-9:30pm every night. Every day around 3pm I find myself totally exhausted but I rally in time for daycare pick up and evening activities. 

Cravings: Cold water, iced tea and yogurt mostly this week.

What Makes Me Wanna Gag: Leftovers... this is a problem seeing as I typically love leftovers

Exercise: Ryan is my exercise

Mood: Overwhelmed with work but otherwise holding my own just fine.

Favorite thing this week: Telling my brother and his girlfriend. They both picked up on our Big Brother T Shirt for Ryan about 45 minutes faster then my parents did. So funny!

Excited For:  The return of my energy. Mr. Berg's studying/test to be over with so I can co-parent instead of single parent.

In other news...First trimester is coming to a close pretty quickly. I can't even believe it. 

The Care and Keeping of Pregnant Me

With all the complications I had delivering Ryan and shortly there after, my doctor and obstetric nurse put a plan into place for my care as soon as we found out I was pregnant again.

This plan, so far, has included:

-In home blood pressure monitoring- so far, so good

- Extra blood work- my favorite!

- A base line 24 hour urine catch, which will be repeated at the start of each trimester and again as necessary- nothing say party like an orange container of pee

- A Prenatal Vitamin Change- Now with iron!


So far, the following as been discovered:

- You get more blood out of my right arm

- I still pass out at blood work

- I pee more then 1 jug can hold

- My MCHC count is low, which is odd but no one knows why or can pin point if it's a problem

- I am anemic- already


I start a different prenatal with iron tomorrow. Hopefully, this will help kick anemia's butt and no more issues are found.



Fingers crossed people, fingers crossed

Playing Games...

As of right now, five family members and 3 best friends know about Baby Berg Jr. I haven't said a word to the rest of the world. I have absolutely no reason to not tell anyone. I just haven't yet.

Part of that is because we'd like to tell Mr. Berg's family in person at Thanksgiving. The less people know, the less a chance of it getting back to them before hand. Another part of it is that I kind of like keeping it a little secret. It's fun. It's me and Baby Berg Jr. against the world.

There is a large part of me that thinks I probably won' tell. I'll just let people figure it out on their own. Working in a male dominated industry makes that all the more fun. At least, it does for me.

Baby Berg Jr. is getting harder and harder to hide. I've had to break out maternity pants must earlier then I did last time. Today I'm wearing a dress because it seemed easier to do that then iron pants this morning. In fact, I may just consider wearing dresses every day this week. 

Such a cop out, right?


Happy Monday Everyone!

May your coffee be strong and your workday be short!