The 1st trimester I wanted nothing to do with anything healthy. Dan was on a roasted vegetables kick and I wanted to VOM every time I entered the kitchen. All I wanted to eat were carbs...specifically spaghetti & meatballs. Like, homemade spag and MBs. And garlic bread, obviously, to dunk in the spaghetti sauce. I remember craving it at work one day and went to Macy's Skyroom because I couldn't think of anywhere else that would have it. Well, Macy's didn't either. The only pasta that sounded somewhat decent on the menu board was bolognese. I asked the lady if someone in the back could whip up some spaghetti and meatballs for me and she looked at me like I was crazy. Of course they couldn't! It would be on the menu if they had it! I swear to God I had tears in my eyes. I wanted to cry - the only thing that sounded good was spaghetti & meatballs. Why was the world depriving me and my unborn child to the one thing I wanted? So I got bolognese and asked for extra sauce and extra bread followed by "sorry to be like this but I'm pregnant and I really need it" SERIOUSLY? If I had a camera crew following me around while I was pregnant a) I don't think Dan would be married to me still and b) I don't think I would have any friends. Once I ate as many carbs as I possibly could for the first several weeks I wanted to eat fruit like it was going out of style.That was one of the many reasons I loved being pregnant the time of year I was. Let me list them out:
1) Getting pregnant in January is awesome because it's cold here. And dark at 5pm. I found it totally acceptable to go to bed no later than 8pm every night for three months. People hibernate in these parts so I didn't fear I was missing out on anything by being in my cozies and on the couch every night.
2) Having a babes mid-October allowed me to be my "most" pregnant post-hot summer months so I didn't have to deal with being 40 weeks pregnant in the heat.
3) Fruit is in season! By the time I actually wanted to eat something remotely healthy fruit was all I could think of and it was everywhere and wasn't crazy expensive. Strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, pineapple, mango and watermelon. YUMMMMM.
4) I birthed a baby just in time for the two biggest holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas) to enjoy a drink or two! Oh, I also did all of my Christmas shopping online at 3am while I was pumping. That saved a ton of time!
5) October is a fantastic birthday month! It's early in the school year so Miles will be "old" for his grade (just like his mama). My absolute favorite time of year is early-mid October to enjoy the beautiful fall colors and foliage!
The other week I told Dan I wish I would have taken weekly pics of my growing belly and wrote updates on how I was feeling each week. He reminded me that wouldn't have worked because I was sleeping all the time. Case in point:
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| Reading material after our 8-week appointment. |
Some side belly shots for your viewing pleasure (some are out of order):
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| 14 weeks |
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| 17 weeks |
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| Mother's Day 2014 (17 weeks) |
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| 19 weeks (day we found out we were having a BOY!) |
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| 19 weeks |
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| 23 weeks |
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| 22 weeks |
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| 20 weeks (babymoon in Charleston, SC) |
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| 22 weeks (work trip St.Regis Monarch Bay) |
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| 22 weeks (work trip St.Regis Monarch Bay) |
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| 30 weeks |
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| 31 weeks with all my other prego friends: Jenna, Ashley and Stacy. |
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| 37 weeks |
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| 37 weeks |
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| 38 weeks |
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| Day before my due date! I went to a prenatal yoga class followed by a walk around Lake of the Isles. This baby needed to come out. STAT. |
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| 38 weeks - baby's first concert was Spoon |
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| My birthday! 40 weeks. My water broke later that night at 9pm |
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| Don't act like you didn't want to see a side view |
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