Thought process of a hypochondriac...

Sitting peacefully under a tree at work, reading my book, when all of a sudden I feel a pinch on my hand. I look down and see a tiny little black bug. Looks like a caterpillar but who knows. Then this happened.....welcome to my world. 

 

My heart rate is finally going back to normal and it's been 20-39 minutes since I got bit lol. I'm laughing right now, but 10 minutes ago I legitimately considered going to the hospital. FML. 

PS: This is what leads to googling; I now know all kinda of caterpillars in San Diego and which ones are poisonous and why type of reactions they cause. 

PPS: I should charge my phone.....

20 weeks...HALFWAY

I'm two days early but we had our fetal scan / radiology appt today so I wanted to post now. I'm simply, an impatient person. 

Here's a pic of the 20 weeks baby bump. 

I'm feeling great other than extreme heartburn and indigestion. Which, incidentally, is something I battled even before pregnancy. Still sucks, especially when I can't take my medication.  

Little girls name is officially Avery Renee Martin. Her middle name is her grandma and my middle name and her last name is obviously her papas. First name we both just feel in love with. Just like we are falling in love with our little girl more and more everyday. 

Feeling lots of little kicks, hoping that Jeff will start to feel them soon too so we can share this joy together. 

Luckily the butt hole cramps have subsided....for now. YES,that's a real thing, butt hole cramps. A pain id like to pass on ever feeling again. 

No stretch marks yet, but I have started to develop the dark line traveling from the belly button down. Which I'm totally fine with, apart from all the hair that's started to sprout, I look like a hairy blimp. BUT no stretch marks so it's all good. Lol. 

My breasts haven't grown at all....but my ass sure has. Which may be a direct result of all the ice cream I've been eating. I've also developed an obsession with fresh sourdough bread. Pop it in the toaster, slap some butter on it and you get a slice of heaven in your mouth. PIYO will be my best friend after Avery arrives. 

I'm highly disappointed in my lack of exercise thus far throught my pregnancy. I'm becoming extremely lazy. I guess the first step is admitting it, hopefully I can get my butt to the gym more often before I start to get too large. What? Walking my dogs and clumping three flights of stairs to get to my apartment daily doesn't count? Duly noted.

AND for my favorite part, some pics of Avery: 

She was curled up on her knees in downward dog...least one of is is practicing some form of exercise...

Little Avery feet, can't wait to kiss them:

And this one is the top of her nose, her lips and her belly, facing forward (the arrow is pointed towards her lips): 

19 weeks

How Far Along: 19 weeks

Gender: Girl (Avery Renee) 

Weight Gain: Last time I weighed myself I was 136 that was last week. Start our about 127-130 so around 6 lbs as far as I know. 

Maternity Clothes: Just jeans :)

Belly Button In or Out? In but getting smaller lol 

Sleep: Sleeping just fine! 

Best Moment This Week: Cuddle time with my husband 

Miss Anything: Sushi 

Movement: She likes to squirm around after I eat 

Cravings: I don't think I believe in cravings. I've never truly CRAVED anything. You're just really hungry all the time. 

Looking Forward To: Seeing baby girl on the 24th 

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to my Dadio. The best dad I could ever ask for. I love you. 

AND happy Fathers Day to my best friend and love of my life Jeffrey. Avery Renee is one lucky girl to get to call you her daddy. 

17 weeks

Officially 17 weeks and 6 days along. 

How Far Along: 17 weeks 6 days as aforementioned 

Gender: Saturdays the day everyone will find out 

Weight Gain: 6 lbs so far 

Maternity Clothes: Just pants, I can still wear my regular jeans as well but not comfortably, still got into all my tops 

Belly Button In or Out: In, I don't think I'll ever get an outtie but we shall see 

Sleep: Sleeping with a blanket between my legs, might have to invest in a body pillow. Still get up on the middle of the night to pee but otherwise sleeping fine. 

Best Moment This Week: Not pregnancy related....seeing my husband in a pair of women's spandex American Flag leggings lol the World Cup is approaching and he's putting together his crazy outfit.  

Miss Anything: Coffee, Wine....basically everything bad for you lol 

Movement: There have been a few times daily where I think I feel a little tiny flutter but it's still so early I can't tell if it's the baby or just gas : / 

Cravings: Dark chocolate covered acai berries, but I've always had a craving for those thanks to my mother-in-law so I hardly doubt it's pregnancy related ha! 

Looking Forward to: This Saturday having all our family together to announce the gender 

One year of marriage completed

Today marks one year being married to my best friend and dream come true. 

Maternity Pants

So I'm really not ready for maternity pants, I'm not really "showing". If someone I didn't know saw me walking down the street they wouldn't assume I was pregnant. Maybe just rolly ;) 

However, that said, my pants are getting tighter and as of late I have been exercising the "hair tie" trick. Which, incidentally, is extremely uncomfortable. So last night the hubs took me to get a pair of maternity pants. 

UMMMM HELLO, I don think I will ever wear normal pants again. Few reasons why: 1. They are exceptionally comfortable 2. They only come in small, medium and large, and being that they are maternity pants the sizes run large, rightfully so. Ergo, buying them makes me feel "skinny" even while I'm gaining weight cause I'm still a small. Ha. 3. I got a free shirt with the purchase of my jeans. Um, deal! 

Not sure why I took so long to finally get a pair. The sales lady in the store looked at me funny while I was shopping around, I don't think she thought I was pregnant. I wonder how many non-pregnant people have shopped there? Lol cause I would. 

Anyways, just thought if share 

Food baby or real baby?

So, you may have heard me say a few times that I feel way more prego at night. Here is why: 

This picture was taken last night right before bed. This is what I call my food baby....

This picture was taken this morning right after I woke up. I call this my real-baby-that-at-up-all-my-food-and-now-I'm-starving baby.....

And now you can see why I feel super prego at night, and confused in the mornings haha. 

Ps: Id like to take a moment to share a little something my husband said to me last night. Don't go getting all "girl" on me either It's not a big deal and totally made me laugh but when I tried to explain to him that what he said probably shouldn't be said, he didn't understand. Typical guy....

Me: (staring in the mirror at my food baby) "babe do you think this is baby or fat"

Jeff: "probably both"

Me: (shocked look on my face) "what? *start laughing* I can't believe you just said that"

Jeff: "well you've been eating a lot of food lately" 

The rest of the night turned into me making jokes about being fat and not pregnant. 

LOL what a dummie. I love you baby : ) (you said I could share)