Second Trimester (Unofficial)

Today is week 13, AKA the unofficial start of the 2nd trimester. According to a few sources the 2nd trimester doesn't begin until 14 weeks and 1 day- so a week from tomorrow. Either way, I see today as the beginning of feeling better! I've been doing so much better lately- eating regularly and moving around a lot more, but my nausea gets really bad at night time still. Also, vertigo hits every so often. It is definitely a weird feeling. I will be sitting in the recliner and all of a sudden I feel like someone is tilting the chair forward trying to tip me out. I have no idea what that's about! I will have to remember asking my doctor about it next time I go in if it gets any worse.

I am going to bed though! Need to go to school tomorrow and get some learning in!

Love, the Christians- Jacob, Jess, Cricket, Courage, and the PEACH growing inside my uterus

Heartbeat Again!

We heard the heartbeat again this morning! I've been having some pretty scary dreams lately, and weird pains down south, so I was nervous for this appointment. But, my little baby is ever so cooperative and we heard the little fluttering "lub-dub" again. The heartbeat was in the 160's- so a pretty nice number! After the goo was off my belly and my pants were buttoned I tried getting off the cot and fell on my butt. Nice! The worst part is that my appointment is a group type thing. 5 ladies gather to talk about pregnancy, and the doc takes us to the side and the cot, is literally that: a cot barely a foot above the ground. So a bunch of people saw me fall, how embarrassing!

Everyday I get more and more excited, but more and more nervous to meet my little baby. I am an overflowing bottle of emotion, I don't know how I can hold much more!

Love, the Christians- Jess and the little plum growing (with a beating heart) inside my uterus!

Oh My Goodness- Sweet Tarts!

The past few days I have been craving sweet tarts, and maybe Nerds... but mostly sweet tarts. Last night I decided to go to Jacob's work to catch him before he got off and get my sweet tarts. Well, he got off early and had all means of paying for the sweet tarts, so I had to go home empty handed. I was not happy. My hormones were out of control and I was crying over the darn things when I walked in the door. Today though, Jacob went with me to Walgreens and we bought a bag of the easter shaped sweet tarts and I am as happy as can be. They are so delicious! Easter is over 2 months away, I hope this craving goes away soon or the little baby will come out all hyped on sugar!

Names

Recently, Jacob and I have been toying with the possibility of keeping our name choices underwraps until the baby is actually out. There are a lot of reasons for this, the first being that I am super hormonal and super in love with my names and if someone displays a negative taste torwards my names, I may have a minor meltdown. Okay, thats a little selfish. Also, we are definitely going to be revealing the sex of the baby and we want something big to announce when he/she is born.

We'll see though! I will probably burst with excitement well before then. Although, we did tell my mom some of the names and after we convinced her we weren't joking she kept repeating, "no". A little bit frustrating,  but we expect our unusual and (in some cases) super classic names to get some side eyes. We have about 3 or 4 girl choices and 2 or 3 boy choices. For both sexes we're leaning towards one name... Although we are leaning towards different names for the boys. I still need to get to know the baby more to make a big decision!

Right now, things are getting better. My morning sickness is actually only coming at night (around 8:30pm), but I've been trying to nibble throughout the day to avoid it. It doesn't seem to help, but maybe it would be worse if I didn't? Some days are better than others. So far today is a little better than most days. I think I'm gaining some of the weight back, but in my chest. I have to hold up all my pants when I walk! Eek.

Love, the Christians- Just Jess and the little Plum growing in my uterus (yay 12 weeks now!)

Evening Sickness

Like I've said before, I get a little bit better everyday. Except for the yesterday and the day before- inescapable nausea (and even some more) despite my max dosage of anti-nausea medicines. The nausea seems to get worst in the evening, but at least I can go to school! I went Wednesday, and as exhausting as that was, I'm really hoping to get back into the swing of things. Still craving orange juice like crazy, but managed to get some scrambled eggs down- let's hope they stay there!

In other news, Jacob got a hair cut today and he looks super handsome!

Love, the Christians- Jacob, Jess, Cricket, Courage, and the little lime growing in my uterus!

My Crazy Husband!

The other night, Jacob told me he was excited to show off our baby at his family reunion. My eyes bulged out of my head and I may have had a little bout of nauseau... The family reunion is September 30th, in Texas! Now, if I deliver on time and everything goes well that would mean taking a 26 day old baby on a nasty, germy, plane ride and sleeping outdoors. Don't get me wrong, I would love to go! I had a lot of fun last time, but I can't imagine taking that little one across the country before she or he gets its first set of vaccines. Not to mention... what about me?! I've never given birth, I don't know how I'll feel 3 and a half weeks after! Its still a possibility, we're going to talk to the pediatrician and my Ob/Gyn, but in the mean time I feel this is a disaster waiting to happen! Eek!

Yesterday I went to school and had an evening exam. After my test I was craving a milkshake so I went to Pappy's and sucked down a Cookies'n'Cream shake... BAD IDEA! Although baby loved the milkshake, my tummy did not. Luckily I was home before I got the second showing and my tummy stopped once it was empty.

Now I am cuddling under a blankey watching the tellie, sipping lots of orange juice! I can't get enough orange juice, we should invest in OJ stock or something.

Love, the Christians- Just Jess and the little Lime right now

Put the Lime in the Coconut!

Little baby is now the size of a lime! Crazy! We had a good weekend, little lime included. My momma came over and cleaned my whole house as it was very much needed. I feel bad that she spent most of her time doing dishes and laundry than actually visiting. A six hour drive to clean someone else's house? Sheesh- she must love me.

I'm feeling a little better these days. Eating more each day and drinking orange juice like there's no tomorrow. We went looking for cribs, strollers, and car seats yesterday and its so hard to pick gender neutral things. I can't believe it's still 11 weeks until we find out the sex! I think its a girl, along with Megan and Amy. My mom and sister are absolutely insistent its a boy. We'll see the week of May 2nd!

What else happened this weekend? We told Erin about the baby... Well, Amy did. She called her up and said, "you're going to be a Grandma again!" I think for a few seconds Erin believed Amy was the one with a baby inside, but when she asked, "You?!" Amy answered, "Well, Jacob's the father" and Erin said, "I hope its not you!" Haha. It was executed perfectly.

Telling my own grandmother didn't go so well. Bits of the conversation went as follows:
Her- "What?! Didn't you take your pill?"
Me- "No, they made me really nauseous."
Her- "Well, lots of things make me nauseous!"
and then after she calmed down a bit:
Her- "Well, what else is new? Do you have any good news?"

It made me really sad to see her react that way. I hope she comes around. In the meantime, just relaxing... I'm exhausted- haven't been sleeping well. I am trying not to nap because I am (come hell or high water) going to school tomorrow!

Love, the Christians- Jacob, Jess, Cricket, Courage, and the Lime growing in my uterus (yay! We're all watching a movie together)

Great 1st Appointment!

I am pleased to announce that my 1st appointment was nothing like that scene in "500 Days of Summer"! It went very well. My doctor prescribed me a plethora of anti-emetics and told us where we can get the best for dirt cheap! We also heard the heart beat, which was amazing... She put the gel on and said, "Well, sometimes we can't find the heartbeat this early on so don't get discour- OH WAIT!" and then we heard the "wooshwooshwoosh". I'll admit- I cried, but I think Jacob did too, though he will never admit it. The only downsides of the appointment were a) the TB test, a shot! I hate shots these days and b) the doctor told me to eat a spoonful of peanut butter every 2 hours or so. I stinking hate peanut butter! Especially plain like that- gag me with a spoon (full of peanut butter)!

In other news, the doctor also told me I could safely double the amount of meds I am taking, which I willingly did to eat. I managed to eat and keep down some sweet and sour chicken last night. Now, lets just hope I go poo soon, because I am estimating its been somewhere around 25 days. Sure, that may be TMI, but this blog is to talk about my pregnancy- all aspects. Right? Ugh!

Love, the Christians- Jess, Cricket, Courage, and the little prune growing in my uterus (Jacob's at work)

Appointment Tomorrow *Knock on wood*

Our first official OB appointment is tomorrow, barring any natural disasters such as a storm taking over the entire country. I don't know what to expect, I'm at least hoping to hear a little heart beat, but maybe 10.5 weeks is too early? I'm 10.5 weeks in- about 2.5 weeks until I start the second trimester. On one hand, my optimistic hand, I'm looking forward to diving into the second trimester, "the feel good trimester". On the other hand, I'm scared. What if I get into the second trimester and this nauseau and vomiting doesn't end? What if my milestone I've been so looking forward to is nothing but a missed hope? I really hope that this ends soon, its ridiculous. I read about women taking the medicines I'm taking and they're like, "Oh my God! Its a miracle! Took my nauseau completely away!" Okay, I'm thankful the meds keep me from puking every thirty minutes, and I'm thankful not to have been to the ER in a few weeks, but honestly, how stupid is my body that these miracle drugs only take the edge off?

On that note, hopefully this nauseau means a healthy pregnancy. That all the right hormones are being produced and doing the right things to get the little baby from that little poppy seed to the insanely huge watermelon.

On a side note, I've eaten more today than I have in awhile! Two popsicles, some Cheezits, chicken broth, and a piece of chocolate cake (eaten in 4 sittings). Hopefully all that food will let me use the bathroom. Its kind of gross, but I haven't in weeks and although it doesn't hurt its a wee bit worrisome. We'll see tomorrow!

Watching 500 Days of Summer right now, the part where Tom's expectations and reality don't align. I hope that is not how tomorrow goes.

TMI?

TMI? But I don't remember the last time I pooed.

Superbowl!

Okay, I actually like football. Every year at superbowl I say, "I'm going to watch more football next season!" But I never do. Right now I am watching the superbowl (alone), rooting for the Packers (their colors are green and yellow), and really missing pretty much everyone on the face of the planet. I'm super lonely and Jacob works so much that I feel like a little old pregnant hermit. I'm going to try (really hard!) to go to school tomorrow, so I'm praying I'll be strong enough...

A year from now, hopefully we'll be living back in Michigan and I can spend superbowl with some family or friends. For some reason this "holiday" is making me feel pretty homesick, even though we've never been huge football gurus.

On a side note: I graduated to 10 weeks today and our little olive is now the size of a prune! 3 more weeks of this trimester- praying (like crazy) that this is going to be the turning point of my nauseau and that this pregnancy will be downhill from here.

A Little Better

I'm feeling a little better everyday. I've been managing some chicken soup (minus the noodles, carrots, and chicken) for the past three days. And Jacob even cooked himself some Hamburger Helper without me gagging at the stench. I finally got the cheaper medicine, a whole bottle of 120 doses for only $8. The only thing is it makes me super groggy! I'm just happy to be keeping down my vitamins and water, and even some sustenance!

I'm really bored and sick of being at home- migrating from bed to chair to bed, its horrible. I am really hoping to get to class on Monday... Get some fresh air and a little bit of movement. I just hope I can do it. Yesterday, I "passed out" in the shower. I suddenly got an overwhelming wave of exhaustion, I got really dizzy, and fell, banging my knee pretty bad. Jacob was at work and I was afraid something happened to the baby but everything seems to be okay! Especially since I didn't fall on my belly or anything.

I'm off to watch tv with my cranky husband. He had a bad couple of days at work and has been eating really crappy meals lately, so I really don't blame him. I just wish there was a way for me to cheer him up!

Love, the Christians- Jacob, Jess, Cricket, Courage, and the Olive growing in my uterus

Not the Way

Well, I've told a few close family members about my pregnancy- Eric, Mom, Shannon, Dad, Sue... but this isn't how I envisioned it. I wanted to tell everyone on a happy note. I had cute plans for how to tell each person in a memorable way. I get so scared though, I want my family and I want to lean on them for support and I want their prayers for me to get better. It makes me so angry that so many people found out on a sad note, I really hope I can tell others in the ways that I had originally planned. And the gender! When we find out about the gender we are going to do the cutest things ever... I HOPE!

Speaking of which- I used to get a little bit of a blue feeling regularly, with strong bursts of pink. But now, I feel mostly pink, to the point I call the little olive, "she". We'll see! May 2nd I'll be 22 weeks and thats when we'll find out. Its so far!

Love, the Christians- Jess, Jacob, Cricket, Courage, and the olive growing in my uterus!

How the...

How the heck am I supposed to fit a 7-9lb baby inside of me? Jacob just had to calm me down due to a minor breakdown I just had. Courage was lying on my belly. I was petting him and recalled his last vet checkup said he was a little under 8lbs. I started freaking out. A similar feeling I had when I held Quintavious, but for some reason it hit me harder. I got really scared and sobbed for about 10 minutes, which isn't good for me when my pee is the color it is.

I am better now, but really, how the heck does the work? Do babies come with little space-bags and like once they're out of you they spring to life like a down comforter? Aaaaaaaah!

Evening of February 3rd

8:10pm- Jacob walks in the door from work.
Me- "Did you get my soup and popsicles?"
Jacob- Pulls out Kroger brand soup and all-natural fruit popsicles.
Me- "What the heck!? I said Campbell's and Bomb Pops! Bomb Pops are red, white, and blue! BOMB POPS!"
Jacob- "These are the same thing!"
Me- "Those are pink, green, and purple! BOMB POPS are red white and blue!"

8:30pm
Me- "I think I'm ready for soup"
Jacob- Makes me soup
Me- "How much did that can cost because I am only going to eat the broth"
Jacob- "One dollar! Eat the noodles!"
Me-"I'm not eating the damn noodles! Put the bowl on the plate!"
Jacob- Does everything I say
Me- "I love you so much"
Jacob- "I love you more"

9:00pm
Me- "NEW EPISODE OF THE OFFICE IS ON COME QUICK WITH A GLASS OF ICE COLD WATER"
Jacob- Kicks back and takes off his shoes
Me- "Take your shoes outside, take off your socks, and while your at it wash your nasty feet, I'll press pause!"
Jacob- Does everything I say



I feel soooooo horrible right now. I can't believe what a you-know-what I've been. Jacob has been 10000% amazing. I can't wait until I feel better. I am going to make him delicious meals every night (his current menu is cereal, mac-n-cheese, and Ravioli because I can't stand the smell) and give him lots of kisses (his deodorant kills me) and cuddle lots and lots (see comment about the deodorant).

I love you Jacob!

Dumb Blizzard Takes Over the World

Because of this dumb Snowpocalypse/Snow.M.G./Snowmageddon/ whatever the heck you want to call it, my appointment was cancelled. I am very upset about this. Not only was I looking forward to getting a prescription refill for the cheaper anti-emetic  (my Zophram is $6/dose!), but I wanted to hear the baby's heart beat and was even thinking about telling my dad about the little Olive. I am really pissed off and really cold. Please excuse my two-year-old temper tantrum, but IT'S NOT FAIR! NONE OF THIS IS FAIR! I can't prepare for being a mother because of all of this nauseau and I think I am starting to get vertigo (please God, no!)

Right now, my amazingly awesome adorable adoring husband is playing video games in the other room and in a few hours we'll be watching a movie together! I am happy he's home today, but I hope we can reschedule (soon) for a day that he has off.

Food

The amount that I think and dream about food is crazy. I have dreams about food every night- turkey dinners, pot roast, pizzas, cakes, donuts, ice cream... You name it, I probably have a dream about it. My latest favorite hobby is to browse ImgFave for pictures of delicious food. Its like torture, but I am mentally making a list of all of the crap I am going to eat when my nauseau goes away. First meal- pot roast for sure. I think about it all the time. The moist meat, soft potatoes, perfect carrots, and gravy! Droooool. This is for sure ridiculous. Please pray that the damn nauseau goes away (and soon) so I can eat something other than popsicles!

Thanks! Love, Jess and the Olive growing in her uterus