8 weeks~

Whoa. That's like a whole two months or something!!! Haha.

So yeah. I'm a little over 8 weeks right now. I'm excited and happy and feeling pretty good. I've kinda gotten back on a normal schedule... I'm still lucky to sleep more than 5 hours but at least I'm not a total vampire anymore. I am definitely not loving our bed downstairs though. It's too firm and I hurt so bad. Memory foam my ass... I don't weigh enough to sink into it... I don't want to just jump back upstairs though as I miss cuddles with Cellus and also worry that being left to my own devices up here might fuel my insomnia again since when I wake up too early I have motivation to go back to sleep even if I'm awake because Cellus is sleeping and I don't want to wake him....Oh well, it'll work out eventually. I'll just enjoy co-sleeping even more because the old mattress upstairs is pretty darn comfy to me... ;)

Anyway, so I weigh 113.8 lbs and my measurements are 34-30-35 so far.

Still no vomiting, which I am grateful for. Acid reflux seems to be doing alright. Kitties are still being lovey.

Today Cellus is taking me to the mall though. We are going to go see Beauty and The Beast 3D and then go find me some yoga/sweat/stretchy pants that will fit me since I only have a single pair of sweatpants (That used to belong to Cellus, lol).

We're also looking into consignments in the area thanks to some friends tipping us off about a couple popping up in the next couple months. Here is hoping we get some pretty awesome things for cheap!! :)

Speaking of friends, I have the best friends. They are simply amazing and wonderful and a great source of support to me. I love having people to talk to, vent to, ramble to, talk about nonsense with, laugh and cry and just be ourselves. Even if 99% of it is online instead of face to face it is something to be grateful for and appreciative of. :)

My friend Brandy mailed me three Swaddlbees one size cloth diapers and they arrived yesterday. She also threw in a little extra gift for me. Check it out:

Adorable!!! She is such a sweetheart. 

So yeah. That's really about it. ♥ :)

Pictures, updates, etc.

Happy Friday the 13th!

At 5 weeks (12/28/11):  Weight is 115. Measurements are 34-28.5-34.5

At 7 weeks (1/11/12): Weight is 114. Measurements are 34-30-35

I have no idea why my 6 week photos are being a pain to upload, oh well no big deal right now.

You can kind of tell it's getting pretty chilly out there with my poor facial expressions. Haha. Also, I have kind of given up shaving as you can sorta see. It's just not working for me right now, I'll just live with being a bit hairy for now. You might have noticed the bangs thing. Yeah, I am just not up to managing my bangs anymore so I'm growing them out. I still definitely prefer myself with bangs but they don't do me much good if I can't be bothered to make them look half decent. Darn my thick wavy hair making it so I have to put actual effort into having bangs that look good... lol

Also, I really don't think I'll ever get the hang of where exactly I'm supposed to measure my freaking hips. I should get a tattoo or something to tell me where to measure because I'm certain I shift it up or down a bit much every time... >:/

So, It turns out my chest pain and trouble breathing is due to inflamed cartilage and acid reflux. Makes sense since a lot of the breathing type pain occurred first thing in the morning after I had been laying down all night. The doctor said there is nothing he can give me for either one right now. The cartilage issue is just something that works itself out and that it's not dangerous, just annoying. He also said that none of the reflux meds he can prescribe are safe this early in pregnancy. He said sleep sitting up or at an angle and watch what I eat and not to lay down in the first 2.5-3 hours after eating and then see how things are at 12 weeks and then come back if need be.

He asked when my last period was and if I had a doctor or not yet. I told him my midwife doesn't see me until 12 weeks and smiled as he counted back the weeks as I simply told him I track everything and that the baby was conceived sometime between 11/22 and 11/25 (I never gave him my last period, and he never asked twice). He then said "Yeah. They don't need to see you as much, and you are seven weeks along then correct?" (It made my day that he said 7 instead of 9!!) and he wrote it down and we moved on. There was no hostility or any form of looking down at me or trying to correct me (There are some doctors who would insist that I should consider myself 9 weeks...ugh...). He seemed totally fine with it and seemed to trust me and my judgement (Which isn't new with him, it is one of the reasons we feel he is a great doctor). Of course I didn't mention the homebirth thing, but I don't even think he would have an issue with that.

So, after the doctor appointment we went to IHOP. I got some stacked hashbrown thing (Hashbrowns with an egg, some tomatoes, some cheese, mushrooms, etc on top) and also got my strawberry banana crepes and some hot chocolate. We also went to the natural grocer and got some more prenatal vitamins for me, some homeopathic morning sickness medicine (I still haven't had bouts of vomiting, just the nausea so far but this stuff has folic acid and B6in it which helps, it also has ginger root extract so it should help more in addition to me snacking on my candied ginger pieces and wearing my seabands), some Nux Vomica, some homeopathic reflux medicine, and some raspberry lip balm since Hubby hates my raspberry-lemonade blistex, haha.

All in all things have been pretty good. I love my life and even though it's sometimes a bit of a pain I can say I LOVE being pregnant. :)

BABY-LED WEANING AKA BABY-LED SOLIDS

A babies gut is NOT ready for solid foods before six months of age. They only NEED breastmilk or formula for the first year of life and so food is just for fun. It is best to wait until your child is at least six months of age to introduce solid foods.  If your child constantly and consistently spits food out it means she is definitely NOT ready for solids.  

It honestly makes me cry to read about how a three month old is forced fed rice cereal in a bottle and how a barely 4 month old is forced fed baby cereal from a spoon even though they spit it out repeatedly... LISTEN TO YOU BABY!!! DO RESEARCH!! THEY ARE NOT READY FOR SOLIDS YET!! It can do SO much damage to them in the short and long term and it just breaks my heart. 


http://www.babyledweaning.com/
http://www.askdrsears.com/topics/feeding-infants-toddlers/starting-solids/6-reasons-delay-introducing-solid-food
http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/solids/delay-solids.html
http://breastfeeding.about.com/od/breastfeedingbystage/a/feedingstages.htm
http://thestir.cafemom.com/baby/123600/10_reasons_to_delay_solids
http://e-patients.net/archives/2011/10/whiteout.html
http://breastfeeding.hypermart.net/solidfood.html
http://www.lactivist.net/why-delay-solids-kellymom/
http://www.facebook.com/BabyLedWeaningLetYourBabiesFeedThemselves
http://www.facebook.com/groups/2855840155/


PLEASE read some (if not all) of those links they are full of valuable information and great resources. I am sorry if some people are offended but it just breaks my heart to read about babies being forced fed solids before they are ready because I personally know the kind of damage it can possibly do in the long term and not only that but just knowing how the babies body develops and knowing that it is NOT a legitimately recommended practice that still goes on today just makes me cry. :(