14 Weeks! The Nitty-Gritty
We're getting close to Easter and preparing the boys for it. Ive bought them matching ties.. Yay! They still think its cool to match and Ill take advantage of that for as long as possible!
Carter is at such a fun age for Easter this year. He really is starting to like the idea of the Easter Bunny and is starting to compare him to Santa... not quite that extravagant buddy! Every day he asks me to remind him when the Easter bunny will come, its so sweet to hear his little voice have so much curiosity behind questions. Im actually quite liking the age 3. Don't get me wrong its still a crazy, tricky, embarrassing age.. but I do find it better than two. At least I can reason with him a VERY LITTLE bit!
It seems crazy to me to think by next easter we will have three little ones around us. What joy! I think this baby is going to be so lucky to have these guys as big brothers!
Bentley is lucky to have a great big brother to keep him busy and distracted when this new baby comes and he will probably slowly get used to the idea of being the "middle child".
This little babe is also lucky to have big brothers who are always going to kiss him/her.... even if its not mutual!
So now at 14 weeks and in my second trimester I am praying this nausea goes away. The rest of 12 weeks was terrible. Constant nausea and puking ... trying my best to make life "normal" with toddlers. 13 weeks was again on and off, but the tail end of 13 weeks was alight. I survived right!?
I went to my baby doctor on Monday and heard this little ones heart beat again. Lately its been around 148 beats per minute. Perfect little heart! Carter's heart was at 155 around this stage and Bentley's was higher.. more in the 160s. So each baby has been a little different! My doctors appointment went well! No concerns.. just keep taking the meds to control the nausea but I did gain 9 lbs... she said I should have gained 4.... WOW. Well, thats depressing.. but totally understandable because all Ive been able to eat is toast. Im pretty well guaranteed not to puke up toast so its been my "go to".. and every time I puke, I eat toast to settle it. Toast is NOT a craving to me though.. Its fine, but I mostly like it because I can keep it down. Im trying to broaden my horizons on the food spectrum... hopefully I am not gaining 9 lbs each appointment. lol She also mentioned that my uterus is higher at 13 weeks than most women. Great. Its fine, it just means I'm measuring bigger and showing much faster. Goodness me! I don't really have any craving yet.. mostly I just try to eat things that I can keep down. Although I am totally loving fruit juice.. like mango, peach and orange!
One of the worst parts for me is I am SO MOODY! Seriously, such a spazz! WHY!!!!! I freak out over little things that would not normally bug me at all. I do not remember being this cranky with my last two pregnancies... but it could also be because I am puking so much while trying to chase after fast little boys. Who knows, but hopefully these hormones can level out and give us all a little break soon lol
I find myself out of breath already so much and my heart is usually racing. I am way more exhausted this time and really just feel like a giant. But yes, through all of it.. I am really grateful for this little bean who is already the size of a LEMON! Im looking forward to finding out if this baby is a boy or a girl and REALLY excited about making this sweet precious babe a nursery and finding special little things specifically for this little one. I am so lucky. I love you little Nugget3!
