We made it to 16 weeks! It’s been a long road so far for me and baby but we’re chugging along. By far my favorite part of this week has been hearing Baby #2’s heartbeat at our appointment. We’d seen it flicker on our ultrasounds but haven’t yet heard the beautiful rhythmic beating rumbling in my belly. That sound is truly music to an expecting mommy’s ears and one that never ceases to amaze you no matter how many times you hear it. Knowing baby is well and good inside gives me so much comfort especially since it hasn’t been the easiest 16 weeks of my life.
On the good side of things my nausea and morning sickness as a whole has begun to subside, fingers crossed it stays like that for awhile. My appetite hasn’t quite returned to itself so eating is still pretty tough but I’m hoping with the other two things on their way out this one will return soon. As with my little girl, around this time I started getting some acid reflux and seeing a flare up in my migraines and sadly it seems that they too have reappeared. Thankfully, Tums seems to be keeping my acid reflux at bay and I seem to be reaching a break in my migraines, hopefully those take a backseat permanently seeing as they are one of the least fun parts of my pregnancy, okay really life in general.
It might seem a little strange to be thinking about delivery at this point in our pregnancy but with our little girl around this time we were already in the process of figuring out how she’d arrive. Seeing as my c-section didn’t leave me with the warmest of memories I haven’t been shy about wanting a vaginal delivery this time around but with my venous angioma I haven’t been entirely sure if that was even a safe possibility. I’ve spoken with my new neurologist who basically explained that there are risks with any form of delivery with me, really assuring right. But I’ve seen a shimmer of hope after my appointment yesterday where my doctor went over things with me assuring me that he feels comfortable with a VBAC delivery this time around, given that the stars all align for that to be possible. So I’m no closer to an answer for the ending of this story but at least now I can hold onto a little hope of the type of delivery that I wanted the first time around. For now, it’s just prayers for a safe and healthy pregnancy and delivery. Take a peak at a few other ins and outs over the past week.
- Go to gluten free foods: Bagels with butter, Claussen dill pickles (Kraft changed their labeling so there’s some question about them being gluten free but I’ve never had a problem eating them, knock on wood), fruit salad, snickers, some salads with Marie’s Blue Cheese Dressing
- How am I sleeping?: I’m somewhat well rested, at least when my migraines haven’t been interrupting things.
- What’s happening in our world this week: With a somewhat quiet winter so far this year, and I probably just jinxed us, we saw a little bit of snow last night along with the winter chill that me and my little girl have been less than fond of lately. As my little one says when she looks out the window “it’s freezing” so we’ve been trying to occupy ourselves inside but there’s only so many winter friendly activities I can do with my two year old before cabin fever sets in. But with a little break in the below freezing temperatures we have been able to go for a little walk around the block and I’m hoping it might warm up enough today to maybe have a little snow adventure
- Countdown to baby gender reveal: T-minus a week and a half until our biggest question so far is answered. We contemplated keeping the gender between just us three, but with so many people in our family there’s no way a secret like that can be had so I think we’ll at least keep his or her name to ourselves until the big birthday.
- What I love most at this point: Hearing that sweet heartbeat made my week. It’s a beautiful moment to hear it for the first time and I’m so glad Dan could be there to share it with me. I have to say, just like their sister, Baby #2 has us wrapped around it’s little fingers already!
Sincerely,
Lindsay (16 weeks)