Like I mentioned before, I kept a very detailed baby journal when I was pregnant with Rowan. I got it printed off into a book and I love looking back and reading about the good, the bad, the ugly.. and the growing belly ;) So I'm doing it again with this little munchkin! Here's the journal, so far..
16 Weeks: What I Know Now
- It seemed like it took forever to get pregnant this time around. It wasn't with rowan, so it was really hard and really frustrating. It was a huge faith building experience to realize that even though we have righteous desires, they still come when they are supposed to, and not when you want them to. We are extremely grateful for this little one.
- This pregnancy has been SO different thus far. I've experience a whole different sort of "ugly" with migraines, headaches & backaches; which I never did with Rowan. I'm grateful to not be throwing up- but it hasn't been all rainbows and roses. However, i'm just grateful to be pregnant, and to have a healthy baby so far. So I'll take whatever comes my way!
- Since becoming a mom, and since i have more "mom" friends.. i've heard of much more miscarriages recently. I wasn't oblivious when I was pregnant with rowan, but I really didn't worry as much with her. It has been quite the opposite this time around. Up until we saw the Dr for the first time, at 11 weeks, I was beyond stressed. I would cry and cry to Jord because it's all I thought about. We had waited for this baby for so long, and I was filled with anxiety thinking that something was wrong. Those were probably the longest days and weeks of my life before we saw that Dr for the first time. And words cant express the joy and relief I felt when we saw our sweet little babe wiggling on that ultrasound for the first time. 166 bpm was the babe's heartbeat... the sweetest little sound in the whole world.
- We got a new Dr since our last one was up in Logan. Dr. Thomas Judd- he has been around for years. He delivered alot of my siblings, and well and Jord and his siblings! He's a goof, but we like him so far.
- I've gained 2 lb's so far during this pregnancy. But I know it's comin....
- I've started feeling the babe's tiniest little kicks! The greatest feeling in the world.
- My bra size has tripled so far. For reals. And it hasn't felt too great either.
- We decided to find out early what the flavor of our babe is, and it's a BOY!!! we are BEYOND excited. I of course wanted rowan to have a little sister, but as soon as I saw/heard it was a boy, I couldn't stop smiling. We are really SO excited. I can't wait to start buying boy stuff.
