We are SO excited to be expecting a baby girl in early July. No, I am not going to tell you the names we are thinking about ... and no. I cannot yet balance a plate on my belly (a bowl, yes), and yes, I am getting uncomfortable with 10 weeks to go .... and YES, I am still able to ride my bike and run 8 miles!
It's been an amazing ride! The first trimester was a mix - for the first 6.5 weeks I had no symptoms, and in fact we did not realize we were pregnant until 6 weeks in! The next 8 weeks ... well, a different story. I was pretty sick most of the time - the only think that alleviated my symptoms was exercise. So i'd do a ride first thing in the AM and get 2 hours 'puke free' ... and sneak out for a run at lunch and get another 2 hours. Blissful :) Exercise went from 'I need to do this because i love it' to 'I need this not to puke' :)
And the sleep ... well, sleep was non-existent. for some reason I could not sleep more than 2 hours at a time. After a few weeks, this adds up ... some people say I was prepping for the arrival of little peanut ... I say I don't need that much prep when it comes to sleep deprivation ;-)
This made Brazil interesting as I am sure you can imagine. :) I don't recommend doing a 20 hour flight while being so sick. That said, Brazil was still really fun - just different than we imagined. A few weeks into the 2nd trimester the sickness slowly improved .. and so did the sleep. And then I was sleeping thru the night and hadn't puked in weeks. Yay!
The 2nd trimester was much better. and it was fun ... I had been able to feel peanut kicking and moving around as early as 8 weeks ... but now Jonathan and Emily could start to feel her from the outside ... and that was pretty cool.
Time has flown and now I am in my final trimester. I have 10 weeks to go and can't believe that time has passed so quickly. We are really looking forward to meeting Peanut!!!
