Baby J3 is 9 weeks along as of yesterday and growing well. We had our 1st OB appointment and no news is good news! Those appointments are pretty boring at this point. Can't hear the heartbeat on the doppler, nothing to measure, nothing to see.
I'm cleared of high risk status since I've successfully carried a baby to term. Although I'm glad that I don't have to go to the doctor every other week, I'm sad that I don't get a chance to see the baby until week 20 when we have the 2nd trimester ultrasound (gender scan). I was really spoiled the first time around.
Tiffany predicts that baby J3 will be a monster! Delaney was born at 8lbs 4oz 2 weeks early which meant she would have been 9lbs 4oz had she gone to full term. Since 2nd babies tend to be larger, Baby J3 may push 10lbs. EEK! I have a choice of doing a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) or scheduling a C-section outright. With the chance of a 10lb baby, I'm going to save my lady parts and take the easy way out. Kudos to all the women who have vaginal births!!!
I've put on a good 10lbs myself, already. Not sure if that's true weight or a bunch of water weight at this point. I lost a good chunk of weight in the 1st tri last pregnancy. I'm doubting it's because I'm
less active this time around than I was with Delaney. Between pregnancy #1 and #2, I put on 10lbs and wasn't working out at all with her either. For pregnancy #3, I'm constantly on the go and on my feet with Delaney.
And then, there's the belly. I understand that you show earlier in your second pregnancy than in your first but when I look down and see the blob that now sits above my hips, it's a little disconcerting. My uterus is taking full advantage of the empty space where my abs used to reside. I can just see it stretching it's walls and yawning while settling in for the next 7 months. So instead of a cute baby bump forming as it does in your first pregnancy, you're left with a bunch of fat, rolls and jiggling that just gets squished and pushed to the top. So I'm not convinced that you technically show earlier with your 2nd pregnancy but your body telling the world - "hey all, check out the damage that was done last time" :). All totally worth it, of course.
I'm still feeling green around the gils with a lot of food aversions. No meat, no spices, and a lot of bread and butter. I've survived off of Cheez Its and Easy Cheese and PB&J while yearning for week 14 to hurry up and bring my appetite back. My pregnancies have been similar thus far. My back pain is starting as is the shortness of breath which has shown up much earlier than before. I'm still pretty miserable with allergies but hope it subsides with winter just around the corner.
Milestone countdown: 11 weeks until our gender scan. We'll skip the NST - what will we really have to gain by knowing if Baby J3 does have Down's Syndrome? Sure, we can learn more about it but I don't want anything more to worry about. We can deal with what God has in store for us in 30 more weeks.