Symptoms: My symptoms this week have been fatigue, sore breasts, and nausea. I've thrown up once so far. I'm almost constantly queasy and will get light headed out of nowhere. I try to keep snacks on me to combat this. I have recently discovered how great honey nut cheerios are for settling my stomach in the morning. So hopefully that keeps up
Total Weight Gain: Ok my weight has gone up to 163. :( That puts me up 8 pounds. I really don't want to gain any more this month and I know what I need to do to stop the weight gain but I have been too tired and lazy to do it.
Measurement: I am still measuring at 34 inches. I feel bigger, even though everyone around me says that I'm not.
Maternity Clothes: none yet. I have gone through my clothes and boxed up the ones I won't see again until sometime next year. lol. So my first clothing purge is complete. I know I will have to do it again, and I still haven't gone through the clothes in my closet yet. I have bought a tummy sleeve from motherhood maternity but I haven;t used it yet, because I haven't left the house yet. lol. I also really need to get bigger bras, I just haven't been able to go to the mall this week. Maybe tonight, because I also need to get something to wear to a cookout tomorrow.
Stretch Marks: none yet. I bought this stuff from motherhood maternity called collagen boosting body butter by mum to be. It smells good. just a fresh clean scent, so I'm going to start using that. I'll let you know how it works out.
Sleep: I'm always tired. no matter how much sleep I get. I heard this eases up after the first trimester though. Nothings changed here. lol
Food Cravings: Umm I crave fast food. It's bad, and mainly why my weight gain has increased. I;m talking McDonald's, chick-fil-a, Wendy's, zaxbys, etc... All value sized. lol. I used to eat salads but they started making me queasy. I think it was the dressing I was using though, because I was using a Caesar vinaigrette, but I had a salad from McDonald's yesterday that had ranch dressing and I didn't get queasy from that. So I'm gonna try switching up my dressings.
Best Moment This Week: Hmmm IDK, I guess just relishing in the fact that I am pregnant.
Movement: none yet.
Labor Signs: none! prayerfully not for at least another 30 weeks
Belly Button In Or Out? In
What I Miss: having energy to do things. having a clean house. lol. Nothing has changed here. lol
What I Am Looking Forward To: Seeing my baby move on my ultrasound this week
Milestones: My milestone this week, would be taking my first weekly picture. lol
Weekly Wisdom: Find out what works for your queasiness and stick to it!
Ok, I know I am super late but I got busy last week and wasn't able to do my weekly update. But I have taken my first weekly picture. I'm thinking since I started with taking it in a navy blue tank top, I will continue that and as I outgrow this tank, I will swap it out for a maternity tank that looks the same.
I'm going to try a new doctor on Thursday so I will update here after that appointment. I had an appointment with my previous doctor last week, and it totally solidified why I am leaving his practice. he told me that based on my blood work that I have beta-thalassemia. Which basically means that I'm slightly anemic, and if my husband has it also, then my baby has a 1 in 3 chance of being severely anemic and needing blood transfusions. Now I found out all this info on my own. My doc basically gave me a sticky note with the name on it and said you have this, google it and we will talk more at your next appointment. THAT"S IT! No explanation of what it is, what it could mean for my baby or what type of testing needed to be done. he basically led me to believe that I would need a CVS screening. Which is basically a needle inserted into my uterus either through my stomach or my cervix to collect some of the placenta to be tested. Which to me is kinda dangerous and carries a chance of miscarriage. But in doing my own research I discovered that the best thing would be for my husband to get blood work done first to see if he carries that trait, because if he doesn't then none of this matters and wont affect my baby at all. I'm not mad about having to research, because I would have done that anyway. I'm angry about the fact that as my physician, he didn't tell me anything, but just told me to google it. Hopefully this new doctor works out much better.
Oh yeah here is my week 10 picture:
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