Rainbow Baby | Week 12

1. Number of weeks: 12 weeks, 4 days 

2. Due Date: April 1, 2016 

3. Gender: Not finding out this time

4. Baby size:  roughly the size of a plum.

5. Weight gain/loss: d o w n 22 lbs as of Sunday. I ended up in the ER again because I hadn't kept anything down for 36 hours. After two bags of fluid, reglan and Benadryl, I felt a little better. They did a straight catheter (so not pleasant) and found I had another bladder infection. 

6. Maternity Clothes?: not yet

7. Stretch marks?: No

8. How's the sleep?:  I sleep good in 2-3 hour increments. 

9. Best moment this week?:  Sunday. The ER Doctor did an ultrasound for me to make sure baby was okay. It's amazing the growth that happens from 7-12 weeks! I loved seeing our little peanut again :) 

10. Missing anything?:  Yes-- not being so dang sick all day, every day. At least the baby is developing on track and is healthy as far as we can tell. 

11. Baby Movements?:  Yes! I've been feeling little flutters when I'm sitting or laying still. 

12. Cravings:  Not usually. Most things make me puke. Sprite helps calm my stomach & so do lemon drop candies. 

13. What makes you sick or queasy?:  pretty much everything except the two items mentioned above.

14. Any pregnancy symptoms?: 

+ fatigue
+ bloated
+ acid reflux
+ crying/mood swings
+ acne
+ nausea/vomiting
+ some round ligament pains

+ baby flutters :)

15. Labor signs?:  nope

16. Your mood is...?:  it hasn't been the greatest. I try very hard to keep thinking positively but I'm human and sometimes I beat myself up for feeling like I'm failing at being a good mom and wife. Hyperemesis Gravidarum is a lonely condition and you simply can't understand it until you've lived it. The only time I feel somewhat good is when I'm laying down and going to sleep. That's the only reprieve I get from this awful sickness... Not very conducive to being a mom of a 2 & 3 year old! 

17. Looking forward to?:  October! It's my favorite month :) the clothes are awesome and cozy, the weather is perfect & we'll be seeing family for my brother-in-law's wedding. It'll also be the first time I photograph a wedding, so I'm excited/nervous for that.