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Happy Mother’s Day. I suppose I should make my announcement…

May 11, 2014 by Julie 13 Comments

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My Pregnancy announcement

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That’s right, there’s a Smurfberry growing in my belly! (That’s the nickname we started using, and it is just too cute.) I know, I’m as surprised as you! I mean, I know I agreed to do this, but I don’t think I actually believed it would happen. I’m still not sure I believe it, but I guess the photo doesn’t lie. Also, it appears this profile that I got from my Daddy which made me be nothing but chin as a child is being passed on to my little one. Sorry in advance, Smurfberry.

I’m finishing up my 12th week right now, so I’m expecting to start feeling a little better soon. Though honestly, I can’t really complain. This pregnancy so far has been so much better than I expected (actually, feared) it would be. I haven’t once broken my no puking rule (don’t get me wrong, there were quite a few times I had to convince my body that it really didn’t want to do this). Not sure how I managed that, but I’m so thankful that it has been this way. I only got “evening” sickness, so I was fine to go to work but just felt lousy every evening right after dinner and before bed. I think that might be why it has been easier on me since I could just go to bed and rest when I felt so lousy.

Up until several weeks ago, I felt pretty decent. I had the growing pains in my belly and of course the evening nausea, but I felt calm and alert. Now though I feel tired all the time. I’m constantly out of breath and it feels like it takes a tremendous amount of effort to do the most normal everyday tasks. This is especially frustrating since we just moved and I was able to make hundreds of trips up and down the stairs, as well as help, carry heavy furniture. Now I can barely walk up the stairs without getting winded. I’m looking forward to that getting better in my second trimester.

As for the being hungry all the time rumor, yep that’s true. I thought I’d be fine since being on Jenny Craig taught me to eat 6 small meals a day, but now it feels like I’m eating more like 8. I’m constantly hungry, but I can’t eat too much at a time because everything is squished around. That whole “eating for two” is crap since there’s no way I can eat two portions in one sitting. But about an hour or two later I’ll be hungry again. Thankfully I just got moved at work in my client’s office to my own cubicle and now I’m tucked away instead of in the “bullpen” with 3 other people right next to the break room. I got to hide out in my cube and stuff my face or make “I feel yucky” facial expressions without someone noticing. I still haven’t made an announcement at work, but I need to soon. I’m starting to show.

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I recently had to go buy a belly band since my normal pants just stopped buttoning one day. One day I’m fine and what seems like overnight I have a bump and none of my pants fit. Well, I was hoping to use my “fat clothes” from before the weight loss but as it turns out they are just too big. While the pants might fit more comfortably around my waist, they are just way too baggy on me. Same goes for the shirts. They might be more comfortable in the tummy but are huge in the shoulders. This makes me feel awesome about my weight loss, but I wanted to be frugal in this pregnancy! So I might have to go maternity clothes shopping sooner than I expected. We’ll see. For now, I’m sticking to the belly band with my pre-pregnancy-after-weight-loss pants and my looser tops or those with a built-in jacket type thing.

Pretty much right after we found out, I noticed my hair was extra thick and frizzy. For me, that was not a good thing because my hair is already a giant mess, but it turned into a fro mop! I had to go get a keratin treatment to calm it down back to normal. But it feels great now, so the keratin was definitely worth it. I also went back to my dark brown color. Highlights were fun, but they are no longer something I can keep up with.


I’m due mid-November. So I’ll be enjoying a good Thanksgiving sushi fest. I miss sushi so much! I’ve been good about caffeine though. I drink one cup of regular tea in the morning to get me through my drive to work, and I’ve been drinking decaf tea otherwise for flavor mostly. Cause I love my teas. I even found an expectant mother’s tea, and it tastes yummy. Since I made a lot of good habits while dieting last year, I feel like the transition to what I can and can’t eat has been pretty easy. The hard part was figuring out what all I can’t have.

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I can’t wait to find out cowboy or cowgirl. It makes it so hard to prepare if I can’t really even get an idea of what I’m preparing for. I don’t want to only be buying green and brown and yellow. Hopefully, I can find out earlier than what all the baby websites say. I have a coworker who found out at about 14 weeks or so, so maybe at my next appointment, I can ask for a blood test.

Anyway, this has been and will be an interesting journey and while I’m terrified, I’m starting to get a little more comfortable with the idea. Maybe by the time November rolls around, I’ll feel ready.

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  1. Miranda says

    June 11, 2014 at 3:18 pm

    If you’re like me you’ll never feel ready lol. It’s not that bad though. When baby comes you’ll likely figure out things you don’t have and need and things you do have but don’t need. I’m so happy for you and excited! From the lack of sickness I predict a boy. I think we found out at 16 weeks? If not it was 18. He didn’t cooperate at 14. It’s amazing how your tummy literally pops out overnight. It’ll continue to do that, getting bigger noticeably overnight. Just wait until those kicks get good and solid, it’s wild and amazing

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  2. Carrie says

    May 20, 2014 at 12:46 pm

    Congrats!! This is so exciting – I am very happy for you! Thanks for linking up at Wordy Wednesday and sharing this fabulous news. 🙂

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  3. Victor Goguen says

    May 17, 2014 at 12:44 pm

    Congratualtions! I’m dad to three teenage boys (well, youngest is 9).

    Eating healthy is the best thing for growing Smurfberries. What mom eats, baby eats.

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  4. Tara says

    May 13, 2014 at 8:27 am

    I loved your smurfberry comment 🙂 I was so surprised by your Facebook post that I had to double check it wasn’t April Fool’s Day! I think if I had a kid, I would wait until birth to find out – I don’t want to engender the kid before birth! I can understand wanting to know as much as possible about this person inside of you though.

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  5. Tanya @ mom's Small Victories says

    May 12, 2014 at 9:08 am

    yay! Congratulations! I hope you continue to feel well. Thanks for sharing the good news with #smallvictoriessundaylinky!

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  6. Dee says

    May 11, 2014 at 11:47 pm

    Haha congrats! I love that you “agreed” to motherhood, like it wasn’t necessarily a part of your plan haha

    Are you rooting for a gender in particular? haha

    Om nom nom sushi!

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    • Julie says

      May 13, 2014 at 6:33 am

      LOL it wasn’t part of my plan for a long time. I used to think we knew what we wanted but now not so sure. It is kinda weird how things change. I do want to find out asap.

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  7. Dawn at Momsanity says

    May 11, 2014 at 9:01 pm

    Wonderful news! Congrats!!! I love that you’re going to have a sushi Thanksgiving, btw. 😉

    Stopping by from the Mom’s Small Victories linkup!

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  8. Rebekah says

    May 11, 2014 at 6:30 pm

    Aww!! Congratulations! I’m visiting from Small Victories! 🙂

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  9. Debbie Smith says

    May 11, 2014 at 5:54 pm

    Congratulations! We’re having completely opposite experiences with our uteruses. 🙂 I’ll live vicariously though you!

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