…pregnancy…

i’ve been meaning to blog about this pregnancy for a while now. and now that i dinner is done, eaten and put away and jackson is playing in the living room, i have about 2 minutes to myself to spit this out. i am about 18 weeks pregnant now and starting to show. well, actually, i started showing a few weeks ago but now people ask me “are you expecting?” several times i’ve wanted to say “NO!” and stomp

off… but i haven’t. why do i love awkwardness? we find out next week if we’re having  a boy or girl. i have a feeling it might be a girl but i’m not as certain as i was that jackson was a boy.

so far this pregnancy has been “easy.” morning sickness was bearable and over quickly at 13 weeks. i was/and-still-am tired but don’t often get a chance to rest with an almost 2 year old running around. that’s one positive thing about this pregnancy–it’s gone by rather fast. which for me is a HUGE plus…. ’cause guess what? pregnancy is not my favorite. the end result? that precious baby–makes it all worth it. but i do not enjoy pregnancy. and this particular time i think there two main reasons.

::one:: gaining that freakin’ weight! i know most women are like “YES! finally!! a reason to get FAT!!”" that was totally me during my first pregnancy. well, maybe not getting fat, but eating everything and anything i wanted or ‘craved.’ i did not eat healthy with jackson. at. all. but last year i worked very hard to lose that baby weight and get in shape and get healthy. and now i have to gain this weight back! it might sound silly to you but this is what it is for me.

::tw0:: i’m going for a VBAC this time around (verses another c-section, Lord willing) and when my Dr got my op report back from kaiser she turned and looked at me and said “GUUURRRRRLL… you were SICK!!” seriously, that’s how she said it. i love my Dr.!  i knew i had preclampsia with jackson but then i learned that i had severe preclampsia. *gasp* i had no idea!! and the chances of getting preclampsia again increases if you had severe preclampsia the first time around. *big sigh* so i’m supposed to stick to a low salt/no salt diet. and i have NO idea how to do this.  i’m praying against getting preclampsia again and doing everything i can not to get it. i’m also healthier now and eating better than i did with jackson, so i’m hoping that helps.

luckily this pregnancy is going by a lot faster than my first one. and for that-i’m thankful. lately i’ve been able to feel the baby move, which is fun. that part i like. so here’s to the second half of my pregnancy going as fast and as healthy as the first.

jackson in his NEW CAR! had to end the post with a pic of my first born!

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