To my beautiful children,
Hi, babies! I came home from work last Friday and scratched all plans that your daddy and I had to go out to a movie. I couldn’t get out of bed…I was so tired!! So we made spaghetti at home at 9 pm and watched Netflix and TV shows all night. And I loved every second.
I woke up at about 9:45 am on Saturday and felt so good! I cleaned up the house and even went on a walk in the gorgeous sunny weather. I felt pretty good on Sunday and really great on Monday. I kept thinking that the morning sickness had ended right at 12 weeks…holla!! Yeah, no. Tuesday afternoon hit me like a ton of bricks and I think you guys are growing or something because all I really want to do is lay in bed or sit on the couch. I left work early yesterday and got into my PJ’s at 4 pm. I called my mom a couple hours later and asked her if she thought it was okay to be lazy sometimes. I have this weird guilt when I’m not being productive 24/7! I put so much pressure on myself. She assured me that my job was to make babies right now and even though I was laying in bed, I was working really hard π Also, when I left work yesterday, my co-worker Kam said that when his wife was pregnant, she would always say, “I am making a human. What did you do today?” Ha ha ha…bed and Netflix it is then π
Your dad stopped by at the grocery store on his way home yesterday to get me what I wanted. I sent him a list and told him that I wanted white bagels and reduced-fat cream cheese among a few other things. He came home with 3 blocks (LOL) of fat free cream cheese. I was so grateful that he went to the store for me but that wasn’t what I wanted! When you feel like crap and the only thing in the world that sounds good is cream cheese and a bagel, that’s what you want and it can apparently be quite devastating when you don’t get it. He kindly said that he would go back to the store and get the right cream cheese. This sounds hysterically dramatic but fat free cream cheese is gross…I wanted the kind that comes in a tub for bagels. Reduced fat, not fat free!! Ha ha so I started crying because it all just built up on me. I felt so bad asking him to go back, and I have felt crappy for months and months now and it just seemed like a little too much. So I let it all out. A nice, good, sob fest. I told him that I was sick of feeling so horrible. I felt horrible for months going through IVF and now I feel nauseous and exhausted all the time. Sometimes you just have to let it all out and then you’re fine! I’m grateful I’m pregnant and I wouldn’t change a thing about our journey, but I’m only human and I just needed to cry for a bit. After I was done, he made me some dinner, went back to the store and got the right cream cheese, and we went about our night happy π He even cut up the lettuce for my salad really small like I asked. When the thought of most food makes you want to vomit, you get really dramatic when it comes to your food requests. He’s such a sweetheart.
I slept in until about 10 today then went into work. I felt pretty nauseous still but I felt fine enough to go into work for a few hours. When lunchtime rolled around, the only thing that sounded remotely appetizing was a smoothie so I drove to Roxberry Smoothies. I couldn’t decide between an acai bowl and the pina colada smoothie…so I got both. Naturally.
One of my favorite things that your daddy does right now is text me throughout the day and ask how “you three” are doing. It makes me smile! He came home tonight and saw my belly and said, “oh! I see a little belly! My babies are in there!” Nothing makes me happier than thinking about how he’ll hold and play with you. My heart could burst. Even though I’m not feeling well, it still makes me smile every time I think about you growing inside. It’s all worth it.
You’re worth it!
xo
Mama
12 weeks on Sunday right after church! I was so surprised to look in the mirror and see the bump popping a little bit in this skirt π
Feeling good on my walk on Saturday! I didn’t even care what I was wearing. Until I saw my neighbors…
The cream cheese culprits.
When you can’t decide if you want the acai bowl or the smoothie…you get both. Apparently.
This shirt made me smile the second I saw it. Readers gonna read, baby!
My hair is the source of some embarrasment lately. Mama needs her sleep. And it’s obviously not embarrassing enough to actually drag myself out of bed any earlier some days.
The dinner that my sweet Tyler made me…lettuce cut small π
Laying in bed. I do a lot of that these days.
Quick bump shot before changing into my PJ’s at 4 pm yesterday. My tummy starts out flat in the morning and starts to pop out in the afternoon. I love my sweet babies in there!
Ah loving the updates! So happy you and the babies are healthy π Just curious, what do you do in your day job? It's awesome that you're allowed to take the time you need to rest, so so important! Xo
Thank you! I work in software sales π
I had the same craving for a bagel and cream cheese. I felt so guilty that I didn't cook dinner for my hubby for 12 weeks because I was so sick. He didn't care but I did. He always calls me before he leaves work to see if I need anything. I'm 18 weeks and am finally starting to feel better. Evenings are still a little hard but much better.
I feel the same way and I'm finally starting to get over it. I'll cook dinner again…someday! π
Oh girly, I sure love your posts. I think every momma can relate and I had to giggle a lil because I have been there! There is nothing worse then when you want a specific thing while sick and pregnant and don't get it.
I love you!! You are such a good friend. I love the preggie pop drops you gave me!
Your story about the cream cheese made me laugh so hard. When i was pregnant with my first I had a complete breakdown over the wrong York peppermint patties that my husband bought. He ended up driving to 3 other stores to find me the right ones and I cried the entire time he was gone and the rest of the evening once he got home with the right ones. It's just a right of passage as a preggo mamma to have a good cry over the wrong food! You're nailing it girl! Keep it up!
Ha ha I love it!! Thank you!! π
Jenica, you are looking really good for someone who is nauseous most of the time ?. Pregnancy definitely suits you. Wishing you all the best. Sending lots of love and hugs your way to you and the babies.
You are so kind…thank you so much!!
I made my husband go get potstickers in the middle of the night when I was pregnant! You're all good! Preggars gonna be pregnant! Love your little bump π
Love it!! Thank you!
Im 36 weeks pregnant with a little girl and all i did in the first trimester was sleep and eat bagels and cream cheese!! Thanks for sharing your story and dont worry it does get easier!!!
Yum!! For some reason they just hit the spot ha ha π Congratulations!!
This post makes me smile because this is exactly how I felt! I'm 14 weeks with twins and I can tell you I also thought I'd feel great at 12 weeks but oh no it got worse for the next two weeks and now at 14 wks I'm not so nauseous or tired yay!!! I also had many freak outs with food and could only have certain things and would cry because I'm sick of laying around feeling horrible. It does end though and now I feel like something's wrong because I don't feel horrible, lol it's a vicious cycle. Hang in there lady!
That's awesome, I'm so glad you are feeling better!! xo
I totally understand about the cream cheese incident! I was about 12 weeks on Christmas Eve and the only thing that sounded good was an In-N-Out cheeseburger, without onions. My husband thought I wanted a hamburger. To top it off, they added tons of grilled onions. I could not stop crying the rest of the night. That's probably the worst that I have cried throughout this whole pregnancy (I'm 20 weeks now). I felt so guilty about it later because we went through 6 years of infertility and here I was finally pregnant and complaining that I didn't get my cheeseburger. We laugh about it now and now when we get take out my husband makes sure we order from places that have online ordering and he makes me place the orders so that if it's messed up I can't blame him. Hopefully you'll be feeling better soon, hang in there!
Ha ha ha I'm glad we are in it together lol!
You are so cute! Being pregnant with triplets myself, I can completely relate to being so intense about food cravings. They are really motivated more by a million food aversions so when you finally figure out what you want, it's like the most important thing in the universe haha! Plus, your body gets desperately hungry in the first trimester! (And really all trimesters but the first was the most intense with the nausea.) My husband knows the drill now and is very careful to get me *exactly* what I ask for. And btw you can indulge in full fat cream cheese right now! The fat is great for developing baby brains (especially if it's organic dairy). With multiples I swear it's so hard to gain weight because the babies take EVERYTHING from you haha. Also, my nausea didn't fully go away until 20 weeks but it started to improve around week 17-18. Now it comes on slightly here and there but nothing is as bad as the first trimester!!! It will get better! Then your body will get sore but that's nothing compared to constant nausea and fatigue!
Triplets…you are amazing!! Well done, mama!! xo
Don't feel bad about having rest time with nausea. I just had my 3rd in July and I felt awful a lot. I was tired and nauseous all the time. Well a month ago my older boys were playing house. One was the parent working, one was always sick in bed. Out of the mouths of babes right? It made me laugh and hurt my heart at the same time. But your body needs rest to store up energy and keep you healthy. I was in a cat accident years ago and after would sleep 12 plus hours just to feel normal (breaking a femur takes a lot to heal). So just remember you're growing 2 so even more every energy is taken every day and that means if you want the reduced fat cream cheese in a tub, you should have it! By the way-adorable bump οΏ½οΏ½
Aw your boys sound so sweet! Don't feel bad mama; you are giving them another sibling π Thanks for your sweet message!
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