12 Weeks

12 Weeks Pregnant

Ok, I really need to find a new website with a cuter baby, that thing is getting ridiculous.

Now my weeks change on Mondays so I'm going to end up changing all of my tickers even though I'll have the baby a week before my due date.

I have my 3 month appt. on Thursday and I start school tomorrow, so this is going to be a hectic week for me. I just barely started getting ready for school and just bought my parking permit! OMG! I was freaking out cause the parking went up to $8 instead of $5 a day. I also printed out the syllabus for my class and called and made last minute arrangements with Audrey's school (a day change). Talk about, last minute! I still need to get my bag ready and folders all organized. I have a bunch of old stuff from last semester in my folders and backpack. Anyway! I've only told my good friend that I'm pregnant because I don't want anyone knowing, but I know once I start showing they'll find out for themselves. The good thing is that I only go on campus for 2 classes!

I'm not sure if I spoke about my energy coming back, but it has! I've felt a lot better and not needing to sleep as much as I did in the beginning. I hated the way I felt and would pray the sleepiness would go away, I didn't feel normal. My nausea went away, for the most part, I do get the occasional pukey feeling but nothing bad. Oh and I've been getting nasty hives and headaches. I was told that I couldn't take benadryl during the first trimester so I didn't take any, then I read on a lot of websites that it's safe, but I'll listen to my doctor on that one.

It's really weird how my stomach got smaller. I think a lot of it was bloating and now that it's all gone down, I don't look that big anymore, which is great! My pants were soooooo tight and then one day I tried them again and they weren't as tight, so I'm hoping I can stay small and not get HUGE. Of course, I just pray the baby grows and puts on healthy weight but I've got a lot of baggage and the baby can really hide in there :-)

The kids are still excited and now kiss my stomach and talk to the baby. They fight already about the baby so I'm afraid to see what they'll do when he/she is actually here.

Also, I wanted to talk about diapering. I tried cloth with Bubbs and I had a horrible experience, constant changing and constant washing the sheets and blankets BUT after doing much research I think I was doing it wrong...heh. I didn't know about liners and didn't know about different folding techniques for boys vs. girls, DUH! I just followed what the old folks said all around me and then realized NOW that I was folding the diaper for a girl! but still, I'm not sure I want to go that route cause I feel as if I tried and failed so I want to try something a little more advanced like bumgenius, it's an all in one cloth diaper that's a lot easier and a lot friendler for mom. The drawback is, they're $35 for 2. There's also fuzzibunz which are about the same price but these have buttons instead of velcro. I'm just keeping my options open and will most likely use these with the help of disposables when these are dirty or when I'm on the go.