Week #6-Pity Party

Week #6-3/29/13


Baby is size of: Sweet Pea

Weight-146.0
Change from last week?-1.2

Symptoms: Hunger! I can't get enough to eat sometimes. Fatigue-I fall a sleep at 6:30pm on weeknights sometimes and wake up at 9:30-totally messes with my sleep schedule. The cramping comes and goes. I am also peeing a lot more-it's annoying. As long as it doesn't wake me up in the middle of the night, yet, I'm okay! Here's to hoping morning sickness holds off!

Working out:  I continue to go to Crossfit. It is so hard holding back. I am so competitive but I know maintenance is what is important now. I am nervous about doing sit ups, so instead I do Knees to elbows. I told my Crossfit coach I was pregnant. I didn't want him to think I was slacking for no reason!! If I feel tired, I take at least 15 second breaks with water.  Walking is such a great workout. I also started to include 100 squats and 30 good mornings on days I don't do Crossfit. I heard Good Mornings are great for lower back so you can support your belly as it grows.

Eating- Continues to be clean. However, I'm finding it harder and harder to eat healthy-it doesn't keep me full long enough. It really depends on the day though. Some days I am starving, others I'm just fine. I have been tracking my eating because I want to make sure I'm not overdoing the sodium and I'm getting the calcium and Iron I need. Myfitnesspal.com is great with that. You can choose which nutrients to track. I will stop tracking once I know I get in all the nutrients I need.  I have started eating chocolate again! It is nice to be able to have 1 or 2 mini Snicker's bars and stop and not feel like I have to keep eating. 1 or 2 satisfies my chocolate craving!

Food Cravings?-Nothing this week! I'm sure there will be in weeks to come!


I have to have a pity party. I'm not completely happy at this point. I know this is what I eventually wanted and I should feel grateful for being able to have a baby. I'm just having a hard time. I want to be able to drink around others and not pretend to have a drink, stay out as late as I want, not fall a sleep the second I lay on the couch, have a blast at my sister's bachelorette party and wedding, go on the out of county vacation we wanted to go on and work out as hard as I want to. Part of me is angry. I wanted this to be planned. I'm upset with my self because we were careful for so long. I know this is God's plan, but this pregnancy has not sunk in. I feel so guilty for feeling this way. I want to be excited. I'm really just not. I am forced to accept this right now. I know this will change, but it's very frustrating right now. I feel a lone about it since we really haven't told many people. I know this will all change, I just hope soon.

Some of my favorites this week: 

I had made homemade stock from a chicken I had in the slow cooker. I made broth and unthawed it. I added cabbage, chicken, onions, celery and carrots, spices and let it simmer for an hour. Yum!

Paleo "pancakes". It's been a staple in my diet since I started paleo. 1 banana, blueberries, 1 egg, flaxseed, 2 tbsp coconut flour, cinnamon and pumpkin spice. Pour it on a skillet till done. Add 1 tbsp of almond butter and yum! 

Week #5

Week #5-3/22/13
Baby is size of: Appleseed

Starting Measurements
Weight: 147.2
Waist:30
Stomach:39
Hips:39.5

Symptoms:pelvic cramping on and off, very minimal nausea in the morning.

Working out:  I have been to Cross Fit my usual three times this week. It is hard not pushing as hard as I want to...and finishing almost last, but it's important I scale back a little right now. My goal is to cross Fit for as long as I can.

Eating-Very clean. I am trying to eat more throughout the day. I eat spinach like crazy and am sticking to my usual breakfasts consisting of eggs and egg whites with veggies and usually banana and almond butter. I have started in on paleo pancakes again-my ultimate favorite. I also am more a ware of my calcium intake. I went out and bought calcium fortified orange juice, almond milk, cottage cheese, Colby jack cheese (my favorite) and string cheese. I will be eating at least 3 a day. I also went out and bought a prenatal vitamin. I was frustrated with coffee. I started drinking 4 ounces a day...but I wanted more! So, I went out and bought decaf. So now, I have about 75% decaf mixed with 25% regular.

Food Cravings-Not yet, although I have been really fond of black olives since Dan bought a bunch home!


It's been a whirl wind of a week. It's crazy how your life changes in an instant. The world looks so different now. Dan has been wonderful...almost too wonderful! It's so hard not to tell people-especially my family. Our parents are going to flip!  Dan told 2 good friends of ours; they were very happy for us. I told my two co-workers-they're like family and I spend 40 hours a week with them. We are going to wait till 8 weeks-after the first doctor appointment to tell our families and at least 16 weeks to tell the world. I plan to take this day by day and take care of myself the best I can-that's what I tell myself each day.

What I came home from work to on Thursday :)

Surprise!-We're having a baby!

My husband and I planned on not trying to conceive until next year. This year was my sister's wedding, our first out of country vacation and "our year" to do what we wanted. It was all to start January 2014.

Not so fast! My suspicion started when I had a doctor appointment with my personal care physician on Thursday, March 14, 2013. I had been having asthma issues and this was my first time seeing him in years! I was seeing another doctor, however, I just didn't like her. Pregnancy came up in conversation and he looked at me funny and said, "you sure you're not pregnant " I immediately said, "no!" I felt my period coming on so I thought nothing of it. That night, I had the most vivid dream. I went through the entire 9 months, gave birth to a baby girl and brought her home-that. was. weird. I figured my period was late due to my new way of eating-Paleo- natural, non processed foods and my heavy involvement in Cross Fit the last 7 weeks.

Saturday, March 16, 2013. I worked that day. Still no period. I felt so incredibly crampy so I knew it was coming! I was going to the bathroom almost every hour, but nothing! It wasn't like normal cramps though. I mentioned to Dan maybe I shouldn't drink till I knew for sure there was no chance of being pregnant. We went out for St. Patrick's Day that night at Horny Goat. I had one drink, then stopped. I just had a gut feeling. We ended up ending the night early, I was tired. We went home, ate and went to bed.

Sunday, Marc 17, 2013. Still no period. I was on day 31. I was ALWAYS on time since I was young. I dropped Dan and his friend off at Mulligans, our favorite Irish Bar,  around 12:30. I then went to Woodman's Grocery Store. I was in a daze the entire time. I needed some answers. I shopped, went home, put all the groceries a way and went to Walgreen's. I grabbed two different pregnancy tests: EPT and First Response. I was never more scared in my life! It took me a good 10 minutes after I got home to get the nerve to actually do the test. I did the digital one first. Within 2 minutes, it gave me an answer "pregnant". I barely looked at it and immediately started crying. My first thought was my sister's wedding. I didn't want to "trump" her in any way. This was in no way planned. We had planned on this being our year to take our tropical trip and do what we wanted to do. I paced the kitchen and living room for a while. After 10 minutes, I drank more water and tested again. This time it was the kind where you see two lines...and there were two lines. I calmed myself down as it settled in. "Okay" I thought.

I picked up Dan from Mulligans around 5:00. After we dropped Dan's friend off he asked if I had my period yet. I had brought the two tests with me. I dug them out of my purse and showed him. The look on his face was priceless. "you're pregnant?" He said with a smile. We talked most of the night about how in shock we were.

So here I am! I have an EDD of November 22. My goal is to work out at Cross Fit for as long as I can and eat as cleanly as I can during these nine months. My Doctor's appointment will be at exactly 8 weeks on April 12.

Last picture taken before we found out!