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Babby is now about 11 inches, and nearly a pound! A couple weeks ago I thought that maybe I was feeling kicks, and a few days later the full-on-ninja-fest began. So YES! Those little gentle taps were baby kicks. Kicks can even be felt (and seen!) from the outside. Timmy was determined to feel one, so he rested his hand on my belly several times to no avail. Eventually the timing lined up and he loved it. I love it too, except the time baby started kicking downward on my bladder... That feels WEIRD and UGGY. Babby seems the most active in the morning when I first get up and as I'm settling in the evening. It makes me giggle to imagine it just flailing around in there for no good reason. "Baaaah! I'm a baby! Hi-YA! I have nothing to do! Take THAT!" The kicking makes it feel more real now, like baby and I are a little team. It makes me much more conscious that I am carrying Babby around and taking care of him/her.  Lucy the cat even felt a kick: she was resting her chi...

I thought that maybe I could use some of this fascinating baby experience to form pregnancy advice.  Nothing very out of the ordinary has happened so far (knock on wood), but I have had a lot of adventures in food as a pregnant lady, so here it is! My preggo food list! 1. Coconut Water In the worst stages of nausea, I would have died without coconut water. I am typically an AVID water drinker, but when you are extremely nauseated, water is the enemy (it tastes really gross). Coconut Water has hydrating effects, and tasted much more pleasant than water during that period.  It also has a crap load of potassium, which potentially alleviates restless legs (it def helped with mine). I would get up in the night with restless, achy legs and chug coconut water like it was crack. Potassium also regulates blood pressure which is important during pregnancy as well. My favorite brand is O.N.E. It may be a trendy health beverage, but it is GREAT for pregnancy. I rave about it ...

Well it happened. I turned 30. The celebration of delicious food continues as it did in Hawaii, I've had a meal date just about every night this week for my birthday, and cakes and treats have made several appearances. I really need to have some meals where I don't end up stuffed and THEN get a fancy dessert. It's a blessing that I am pregnant for all this so Babby can help me use up some calories. I caught a glance in the mirror as I was changing my bra yesterday. I don't even recognize my boobs these days. They are intimidating, aggressive even. Pregnancy makes them nips go through some changes I tell you what. Your nice peach colored silver dollars morph into prune colored pancakes. My belly button is also strange looking. It was compared to a teeny cinnamon bun resting on my torso, and one friend even cringed in fear when I revealed it. I thought I maybe felt some kicks the other day, but I'm not positive. Some women claim it feels like a flutter, some like ...

Weeks are flying by. I can't believe it but I am halfway through my pregnancy! That's insane. It's making me feel like I should be doing stuff (I probably should). Birthing classes or something? paperwork? I read a few books at the beginning, but they were mostly funny books about peeing yourself and such. Well the past few weeks have seen some belly growth for sure. A couple of those weeks were spent in Hawaii eating all sorts of delicious food, so some growth has been of the fat variety. Babby got his/her share of delicious treats... yes especially desserts. I am not typically a huge sweets person (salty in taste and disposition), but Hawaii had the BEST desserts. They're all coconut and tropical fruits and macadamia nuts. There is a local candy bar made in Maui called WowWee  which comes in the BEST flavors. The cuisine focuses highly on local fare, seafood and super foods, so unlike our usual trips to restaurants where our only vegetarian choices are carbs with da...

I am feeling a little bit better these days. The weather is helping A TON. I feel like since the moment we opened our windows, my coughing and snottiness has gone down. Obviously, nice weather improves my mood as well. I don't care if it is cloudy, rainy, or storming, as long as I can open windows and breathe real air. This baby requires mad oxygen! I still throw up most mornings, but it almost feels like part of the morning routine: get up, make some tea, watch some YouTube videos, barf, check my email, bathe... I'm starting to feel kinda chubby, and I'm trying not to let it bother me too much. Just having these huge new boobs makes me feel frumpy. I actually LIKE having small boobs. The titty fairy has stopped by, but I didn't want her to, that asshole. I feel quite hippy too, and I've been trying to do some "butt blasters" to keep from getting a squishy fat ass. Sigh. We are going to Hawaii in a little over a week and I am super excited. The travel ...

Hiya. So first of all, some updates: -At the moment, Tim and I are not planning to find out the sex of the baby beforehand. -Baby Shower will probably be some time in late July or early August. -Babby is about 4 inches long and is still trying to suck the life out of me. Sooo... It's a lot of work to feed a pregnant lady. First of all, the sheer volume of food I must consume requires a lot of groceries. I used to pick out one box of cereal and it would last me a few weeks. Now I have a miniature cereal aisle on the kitchen counter which must be restocked often. Second, a given food may sound like the most delicious thing ever, or it may sound awful. No one, not even me, will be able to advise you on what to prepare that I will want to eat until the moment its time to eat. I do not wish to hurt any feelings if you bring me food, I just may not be able to eat it! Third, if I get too hungry, you better keep your distance, or feed me asap (don't fuck with the hungry pregnant l...

I am now 14 weeks along, and still have sickness. My coughing and congestion are worse than ever. But I gotta keep swimming. I am trying to work on being really positive about everything, but its hard. Especially because it still doesn't seem real that there is a tiny person in there. I am still waiting on an official bump. My torso/stomach does seem to have a slightly different shape, and my belly button's shape has changed (weird) but it doesn't look like a pregnant belly. Believe it or not, I have built abdominal muscles from constant coughing, heaving, and retching. So hey! that's a positive thing, right?!  I am sooo positive. Last week Tim and I got to hear the baby's heartbeat via Doppler at the doctor. I have been trying to figure out how to embed it in this entry but I am not having much luck, try clicking this:  Heartbeat and Kicks . I dunno, that might work. You need to play it in itunes or quicktime. Most of my time these days is devoted to eating ...

The couch sores will now fester for a different reason: baby. Before it was just pure laziness, but these days, it really is physically difficult to get myself off the couch. So the story goes like this: a couple years ago, Tim and I thought we might be reaching a point in our lives where we were ready to reproduce (attempt to avoid visualizing). We got up the courage to "try," thinking this was it. After having been so careful in the past, one time is all it takes, right? Well yeah, for some people, like those women who ovulate 16 times a month. Well let's just say it took more than one try. After spending months believing the slightest twinge or symptom was pregnancy, multiple negative pregnancy tests, several months of no drinking for no good reason (I attended my 10th high school reunion sober... terrible mistake), we started to feel a little hopeless. I can't tell you how many times I heard "just stop trying and it will happen!" That is neither true...