There's one thing about pregnancy I don't understand. The nausea. How is that I'm okay before I eat but right after I eat, I feel like
Thank goodness for these:
I got these at Whole Foods. They're pretty good. They don't taste any different from regular saltine crackers. They're also so cute! They come in different shapes!
So I can no longer sleep on my stomach. I never knew how much I
Month: March 2013
Today, Yoda is five weeks gestation! I'm officially in the second month of pregnancy. Woo-hoo! Let's see Yoda' s progress:
According to baby-gaga.com:
The changes to your growing embryo are not quite as drastic this week as they've been in the last few weeks.
Growth is now focused on your wee manatee's head, which is developing and growing much more rapidly than the rest of their tiny body. This is because their
Today, another one of my IC mamas lost her baby. She was 20 weeks along. It was her third loss. She had previously lost a 16-weeker, a 19-weeker, and now a 20-weeker.
I gave her my thoughts and prayers. And then I went into my bathroom and shed some tears for her. I wondered why. Why her? Why again? She had a TVC, but I'm not sure if it was the
Yeah, that's pretty much what I'm feeling right now.
My food aversion to vegan ice cream is replaced with a healthy, almost insane appetite for bacon. Not the healthy, fat-free turkey bacon I always eat. No. I want the pork. A lot of it. All of it. Just bring me a wheelbarrow full of bacon and I'll love you forever.
[caption id="attachment_60" align="aligncenter" width="300"] This is a bacon funnel cake. Me
It just occurred to me that when I set up this blog, I didn't allow comments. So for everyone who tried to leave a comment but couldn't, I apologize. You can do so now.
So today I had my first food aversion. Something that I previously enjoyed to my heart's content and well, not for a long while. Well, at least not until December.
Vegan ice cream.
Yes, you read that right.
When I had a blog on myspace, I used to name my entries with song titles. I think I'll carry that tradition over here.
I spoke with Dr. Davis on late Thursday evening. I give him respect for returning my call so late since I'm based in Los Angeles and he's in New Jersey. We had a lengthy conversation about the TVCIC, the different types of cerclages, and what he
This pregnancy, I'm not taking any chances. I'm working from home, so there's no need for me to go into the office. I'm drinking a ton of water, which isn't a change from what I was already doing.
But the biggest change is getting a cerclage. A preventative cerclage. I know there's the TVC (transvaginal cerclage), but I just don't trust the success rate (75-85%). I need something a little
I love doing the pregnancy comparisons per week. It's neat to see a photo to see what my little Yoda looks like. Yes, I named my little bean 'Yoda'. It just fits.
So Yoda is the size of a poppyseed, those little itty-bitty black things on the bagel in the picture. So crazy. I have little poppyseed Yoda inside of me.
According to Parents.com:
Your fertilized egg, known as a zygote, is
For those who are still trying, I'll tell you what I did. Keep in mind, it wasn't just one solid thing. If anything, it was a perfect storm:
Acupuncture (it really calmed down my nerves and made me focus on things that weren't pregnancy/baby-related)
Exercising daily (Again, just to calm my nerves and besides, I wanted to look and feel better)
More fruits and veggies and a lot of water to flush