Week 12 Update

Total weight gain:

Apparently 0lbs according to yesterday's doc visit. I'm still at 124lbs which I find very hard to believe. I feel heavier and after one week in Switzerland where I ate so much cheese, pasta, dairy, and chocolate it's hard to believe I didn't gain 10 lbs already. It seems similar to my pregnancy with Maia, where I didn't gain much until later in the pregnancy and the weight gain comes with a big bang LOL

Body changes:

Bigger breasts, breaking out badly this week, with slight melasma on my face, which I've had since the start of this pregnancy but forgot to mention. Hard nails which is great. My legs are not as muscular anymore because I'm not working out as much anymore.

Sleep: 

Not great. My lower back pain is still there, but it's a little better. I still use pillows and move around a lot at night, which wakes me up and interrupts my sleep.

Best moment this week: 

Going to Doctor's and seeing the little nugget on ultra sound and of coursing hearing the heart beat again! At first he or she was sleeping peacefully and then suddenly woke up, dancing around a lot. It looked like the baby has Brad's legs...long and leggy haha.

Gender: 

I said girl but then suddenly I felt boy and now I'm thinking girl again only because my skin is terrible right now. I can't decide with this one...

Food Cravings / Aversions: 

I do not have an aversion towards fish but I am certainly not craving it. I eat mostly pasta, veggie and meat lately. I cut down on the dairy as well (ok, except chocolate but no more yoghurt at the moment...that craving passed). I've been craving sour things...like yesterday I made my yummy endive, hearts of palm, granny smith apple, banana, with parmesan cheese in a lemon (mostly), olive oil, dijon mustard, and a touch of sugar dressing. Yumm! I could have eaten that again today. I don't remember craving acidity and sour things as much with Maia but I'm not sure. In the mornings I eat bread (challah bread) with swiss honey that we brought over. To die for. Eggs I don't really crave anymore. I started drinking coffee again 1/2 cup in the mornings. Orange juice is what I desperately crave in the morning and that has been since day 1 of my pregnancy...same with Maia.

What I miss:

SUSHI. SUSHI. SUSHI.

Symptoms:

Feeling a little tired this week but that could be the jet lag as well. I can barely stay up past 9pm but then I'm wide awake at 6am. Lower back pain, still.

Movement: 

No.

What I am looking forward to:

Dinner with my love this weekend...celebrating our 8 years of togetherness :)

Milestones: 

getting the nursery ready....moving out all the stuff in that room will be a challenge...because where do we put it? Our garage is running out of space lol...we may just need a bigger house ;)

Thought of the week: 

So happy I submitted my chapter 5 today. Yippie!