5 Weeks!

I’m pregnant!!! In case it hasn’t hit you yet!  Or maybe I just needed to type out the words so that it would actually sink in for me…because it hasn’t yet. 

I love the weekly updates that Nicki found on the Alpha Mom blog, so I’m going to use those for my weekly posts too!  They are funny and I enjoy reading them, so I’ll share them with you weekly as things progress!

Your baby:

• Is about the size of a sesame seed.
• Looks more like a tadpole than a human-variety baby.
• Making developmental leaps and bounds by the hour like a GENIUS CHILD.

You:

• Are totally for-real pregnant, with a positive home pregnancy test to prove it and everything.
• Are definitely popping a prenatal vitamin everyday.
• If you don’t FEEL very pregnant yet, don’t panic. It’s early. Breast tenderness and fatigue may be all you’ve got at this point.
• Oh, and yes, it is time to stop smoking, drinking, doing drugs and licking inner-city mailboxes, if you’re into that sort of thing.

Sorry to disappoint but I will not be including any belly pics until my belly actually looks like new-baby-belly, not left-over-Ryder-belly!  I’m feeling good, the only symptoms I have so far are HEARTBURN (just like with Ryder!) and feeling light-headed a lot.  I’m anxious to see the Doctor, my first appointment is November 8th, to see what is in store for the next 9 months.  I’m not sure how all of Ryder’s complications are going to play into this pregnancy, but you know that will be my first question!  I had gestational diabetes when I was pregnant with Ryder, so I went ahead and started the diet.  I figured it’s better for the baby just to be safe, and that way if I do have it again it won’t be traumatic to have to stop pigging out! 

5 down…35 to go!