A New Belly Shot!

Ignore the fishing pole coming out of my head . . .the point of the picture is the belly.

And now it's Week 15

Actually it's week 15 day 2 to be exact. We went perusing for paint colors this weekend and remain undecided between yellow and green. My tuscan and taupy shaded yellows have been ruled out by Jay for a more "gentle" yellow and subtle greens. The belly is getting firmer (there's something actually in there), though the picture hardly shows it's magnitude. It does however show the maternity clothes that are now part of my everyday wardrobe, specifically one of my favorite pairs of pants with what I now know is referred to as the "demi panel". Luckily my shoes still fit...though they are new because it's the only thing I feel justified buying for myself during all the sales going on....and who can resist Capacity Days? I am definitely my mother's daughter, and on that note, she can't wait to see how I deal with someone just like me. Apparently I always wanted to be "in control" as a young child (for those of you laughing you can stop now). I suppose you could say I haven't changed much, though I do wash my hair, brush my teeth, and change my underwear on a regular basis now.

Second Doctor Visit

We went to the doctor today and heard the heart beat again. I mentioned the family history regarding twins on both sides (my mom's side and Jay's mom's side), so the doctor cruised around my belly listening for a potential second heartbeat, but it sounds as though we have a single bun in the oven. (I think I felt a wave of relief and mild disappointment all at once...in the end relief won out). Other than the excitement of listening to the baby's heart, I got the flu shot, weighed in at having gained 10lbs to date, and we found out that Jay and I have the same blood type, O+. I also realized that I've been counting the weeks incorrectly up until now, as 14wks and 4dys equals week 14 and not 15. (Must be the difference between being left brained or right brained.) And so I am approaching the end of week 14!

Now that's a belly...

Can you say huge?

Yes I realize that it will in fact get bigger but wow did it get huge fast! I'm convinced that my body was aware that I informed everyone and that we were no longer keeping the belly a secret so it moved everything along quickly once the news was out! Maternity clothes are now my regular attire, and I have swapped my "normal" clothes out of my closet and replaced them with the very nice borrowed maternity clothes friends. I am much more comfortable now and was actually excited to wear them, but am still getting used to the whole having a panel in the front of my pants deal.

So my closet is cleaned out, and we cleaned out the baby's closet this weekend. We've decided on the first floor bedroom across from ours as the baby room (we have two up and two down in our house) . Apparently everyone agrees with Jay that this is the best place to put it and so it is decided. The cleaning of the closet is in preparation for painting (though not sure if Jay realizes this yet, but he will now) ;) I hope to have that out of the way before Thanksgiving. Maybe even before Halloween.....

As for how I'm feeling, things are still pretty good. I am getting headaches and lower backpain off and on, but as I have been informed, it could be a lot worse.
And for those of you that haven't met him before, meet Rosco our dog. Not sure if he realizes yet that we're expecting another bundle of joy to enter our world (as he was the first), but sooner or later I assume he'll make the connection. He loves being around other people, other dogs, kids and babies, so no worries there, we just might have to work on his uncontrollable and unstoppable licking habits. (I have never seen or heard a tongue bigger or louder than his.) For those of you that have seen it you know I am not exaggerating. His tongue, like my belly, is huge!

It's Official!

It's official! A new Conway is on the way with an anticipated arrival on April 15, 2007!

We're in week 14 of the pregnancy which means the second trimester has just begun (supposedly this is the easiest trimester but I didn't think the first one was that bad either) Hopefully not too many of you were irritated at that last statement. But it's true...the first trimester for me was pretty normal. I didn't experience any morning sickness, just the occasional crankiness, frequent hunger pains, lack of energy and many trips to the bathroom in the middle of the night. I did however gain weight and start to show fairly early (see the lovely picture Jay captured around week 10). And so Rosco and I have been taking many long walks together to try to stay healthy (our dog has apparently put on some sympathy pounds lately so the walks do us both good).

Speaking of healthy, when we first found out that we were expecting I tried to eat chicken and vegetables for dinner every night, but by the third evening the taste of chicken made my stomach churn and the smell of the grill made me want to hurl. And so ended the ultra healthy dinners. Mostly for dinners I've been eating pasta (shocking isn't it?) or salads, with occasional variety. Breakfast is almost always cereal, yogurt, or oatmeal, with lots of fruit and usually a protein bar as snacks. Lunch is whatever happens to look appetizing in our cafeteria at work (which typically limits my selection to salad, soup, or sandwhich). But then there are of course the cravings ....there was one week early on where I just had to have cookies and milk every day (probably explains the early weight gain) and more recently halloween candy has been my enemy. But I've always been this way so it's really no surprise that I still crave chocolate (the pasta food cravings come from years of fantastic Italian food with dad's side of the family and the desire for dessert definately comes from delicious treats on mom's side).

But enough about food and back to the baby . . .at the end of the first trimester we had our first doctor appointment and were able to hear the heartbeat! We're scheduled to go back towards the end of each month, with our first Ultrasound expected just before Thanksgiving.

I hope to keep this up throughout the pregnancy to keep everyone in the loop, so stay tuned!