Nothing beats the moment you go from just regular you to an expecting mommy. The 2-3 minute wait before that seems like forever and the Clearblue blinking countdown just can’t move fast enough. But when that word “Pregnant” flashes across the screen you’re instantly filled with excitement, tears, butterflies, and about every other emotion in the book. It’s a feeling you’ll never forget and one that pretty much doesn’t leave for the next 40 weeks or so. Each time I faced the dreaded couple minute wait I had Dan right by side, just the way it should be. We had hoped and prayed together to be blessed with a baby and decided it would only be fitting if we learned the news together. And together we did! A moment neither one of us will ever forget and one we can share with both of our little ones in the future.
With my first pregnancy, I was working and we were traveling quite a bit so time just kind of got away from us making it really tough to document every step of the way, but in retrospect, I wish we had been able to capture at least more of my pregnant moments for us to look back on now. So for this time around, Dan and I decided to try our very best to capture week by week my progress through this pregnancy, from when we first found out to the day we meet our new addition. With the hoopla of the holidays passed, I decided to start with my 12 week picture even though I’m a little past that now. But no worries I’ll catch you all up in no time.
12 weeks and I already had a blossoming bump, that’s what you get with a second baby! I personally love the growing baby bump, it just reminds you of the miracle that’s happening inside. By 12 weeks I still didn’t have much of an appetite yet not to mention much of a stomach to support it even if I did. But by far my favorite part about the 12 weeks mark was seeing our little one live and on camera at our 1st trimester screen ultrasound which happened to take place a few days before Christmas, can’t ask for a better present than that! The little one was so active, bouncing around constantly, really making the ultrasound tech work hard. But the moment that really took the cake was when our little one was sucking its thumb, so precious to see this little plum sized baby look and act just like one in your arms. For a few more details about the nitty gritty of this week, take a look below for things like my go to gluten free foods.
- Go to gluten free foods: Bagels, apples with peanut butter, pretzels, chips, and some holiday treats too! Yay, homemade, gluten free pizzelles!
- How am I sleeping?: Sleep, what’s sleep? Sleeping is always tough for me but I’ve been pretty restless lately.
- Have we told our friends and family yet?: So we did spill the beans a little earlier than 12 weeks just because I was showing already but we revealed it to some of the others as our early Christmas present. I’m working on a cute formal announcement as we speak!
- What’s going on this week: Christmas is finally upon us! We’re even more excited than usual this year especially since our now two year old seems to kind of get the fun of some of the Christmas traditions.
- Looking forward to: The wait to finding out if the baby is a boy or girl reminds me of that few minute wait for the pregnancy test. We’re so excited to hear the news, 18 weeks just can’t come soon enough.
- What I love most at this point: Since we first found out we were pregnant we starting telling our little girl about the baby but now that my belly is sticking out more she’s just loving kissing and hugging it and saying hi. Each moment of her love just steals another piece of my heart!
Sincerely,
Lindsay