Excuse Me, What? Pregnancy: Weeks 2-13.

First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage, Then...

 

I'M PREGGIES!!

 

 

 

I am happy to announce that my dear husband and I are expecting our first bundle of love child together February 15, 2015. :)

Our birth announcement. :)

 

Apparently I'm so "in tune" with my body that I found out at about 2 weeks that I was carrying a blob of cells inside of me.

May I just debunk a few "first" pregnancy symptoms though?
These I think are not things that you can just look up on Google.

At that early of a stage of pregnancy, you don't have a curbed appetite, you don't have super smell senses, you don't pee every 30 seconds, no nausea going on, no glow, but let me tell you what...

YOUR BOOBIES HURT SO MUCH.
How I knew for sure was THE SIDES of my boobs hurt more than any other part and apparently that is a for sure sign.

When you pee, it's not your normal "I can control the stream of my pee, pee. It's a dam bursting between your dang legs that says,

"Let me out, I've been holding it for centuries and I will come out with RAAAAGE".
If you don't like TMI, quit reading because girl (OR WORSE, GUY), it's about to get the realest up in here.
Creamy.White.Discharge.
It's not pretty or spectacular, but it's a pretty obvious tell tail first sign.
I was a little poofier in my ahem... area if you will and

OH.MY.GOODNESS

THE FATIGUE!!!!

I am usually a bouncing, bursting with energy bundle of love, sunshine, rainbows, and joy, but girl please, that just a'int the case at the very first stage of pregnancy.

I am usually a go-getter, an outdoorsy goodess of go go go, but I barely wanted to get up to GO to the bathroom, eat, or take a shower. (My poor husband)

The verrry first signs of pregnancy are subtle and you have to really know your body to know that something is different and all those "signs of early pregnancy" websites I believe start at 6 weeks and up because usually normal people who don't have a lifetime of body-image issues and obsessing about their physique probably notice after 6 weeks.

I'm.not.normal.

Hello, My Name is Megan and I have issues. :)

 

 

My First Ultrasound
 

So, because I only took an at home test and had NO IDEA how far along I was, I made my first OB/GYN appointment on 6/4/14.

How nerve racking was it that when they did do the ultrasound the doctor goes,

"Hmmm, Mrs. Arnett, I don't see anything. It's not ectopic, but I'm just not seeing anything. Come back in a month and we'll see if there is anything in there."
Excuse me, what?

I started shaking with fear.

This is not what I had hoped to hear or what I expected. I mean, way to tell a first time bio-mom (I have a 2 in October step-son) that you don't see anything.
"Well, am I pregnant?" I questioned my doc.
"Yes Megan, you're definitely pregnant and your uterus is thickening up quite nicely" he responded kind of laughing at me, just a chuckle. Actually it was a polite chuckle at that and I wasn't offended, just reassured.
I guess because I had RJ (my ss) with me, they thought I had done this before. Whelp doc, no I haven't and you just scared me to death.

They of course asked when my last period was and I tried to tell them from the time I was 12, I only got 3-4 periods a year and that wasn't a great measure of time to figure out how far along I was, but they were persistent on using that last dang cycle. (My cycles are usually 80 days so how I got pregnant in less than a month after getting married is complete divine intervention. God said,

"Make babies NOW",

so we did.)

Anyways, I left crying, calling James and my mom for comfort because I was scared that I was pregnant with a ghost or worse, not pregnant at all.
What, I could love a ghost baby.

They both comforted and calmed me down and I went in 3 weeks later to find out that I was 6 weeks 3 days pregnant with what looked like a beautiful bouncing baby bird in my Candyland Gumdrop Castle. A.k.a, my uterus because come on, that shiz looks like a spectacular gumdrop. :)



My little bird in his or her gumdrop castle at 6 weeks 3 days

Symptoms: Month 1 & 2

 Let me just put you in the right mood for my symptoms because I don't think you can completely understand what I went through unless I throw this analogy at you.

When God placed this wonderful little love child in me I think he had a flashback to the 1980's and was jammin' Pat Benatar's "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" because LET ME TELL YOU, I had the one of worst 1st DIEmesters a girl could have.

BLOAT IS MY NAME AND MAKING YOU LOOK FAT PREMATURELY IS MY GAME

MAD MOODY MEGAN UP IN THA HOUSE

OH HEY, A TOUCHING DOG MEME, LET'S CRY ABOUT IT

Not to mention nosebleeds, pounding headaches, acne (before this I had the clearest skin), boob and bacne, extreme fatigue, exhaustion, sore growing boobies (I'm up to a 34DD and started at a 34C, yikes), blue viens on the boobs, insomnia (which was really difficult with how tired I was), muscle cramping, muscle weakness (probably due to fatigue), dehydration, CONSTIPATION AND DIARRHEA alternating day to day, and ohhhh the sickness.
There is no "morning" to morning sickness. That is a myth.
I was sick from sun up till sun down and it woke me up those few hours I was actually able to sleep.
IT.WAS.AWFUL.
I got absolutely no relief.
I tried Preggie Pops, ginger ale, raw ginger, candied ginger, ginger gum, gin gins (which worked while they were in use) Sea Bands (worked for a couple hours and then they started cutting off my circulation), but I did not have insurance at the time so I couldn't ask for a prescription without blowing my husbands savings. One prescription can be over $800 and I just can't justify spending that much on a few measly pills that will be gone in a week or so. I just put my big girl panties on and took it as it came. 
I swear though, I was about to go to the hospital because I was so dehydrated and ask to be hooked up to an IV, but then again, no insurance, so I did what I could and prayed that our love child didn't die waiting on mommy's body to get it together and provide him/her with the proper nutrients.
I felt so bad for our little baby and I was scared for his or her life.
Somehow our little firecracker just wouldn't give up and made it through those horrible months so it looks like we have a stubborn one on our hands.
If he or she is anything like Mommy and Daddy, Lord help us because we are two of the most stubborn people I know, but Mommy more than Daddy. ;)

3 am migraine and JC went to the store just for tylenol.
Time for a selfie.
Obviously.

8 weeks, Sunday, 7/6/14 about to go eat wings

Week 5 (6/15/14), Week 7 Bloat (6/29/14), Week 12 Bloat (8/3/14)

 

Cravings

I think my cravings during the first 2 months were weird. Really up until week 8, I could only stomach junk food and I thought, why? Why is it that the thought of veggies and salad make me want to hurl, but I can eat the greasiest, most unhealthy food out there? And when I thought of pregnancy, I thought cravings were there to stick, but mine shifted from day to day.
Is that normal?
 Am I doing this wrong?
Everything I thought about pregnancy has turned out to be a lie.

Pizza
Cheeseburgers
WIIINGGSS
Hotdogs (of the chili cheese sort)
Oatmeal Cream Pies
Ice Cream
Warm Chocolate Chip Cookies

Those are the things that I craved and I didn't understand why.
Funny thing is, I didn't gain any weight and I totally thought I would have. I've always watched what I eat, I mean, I'm not super healthy, but I've always been aware of my shape and  tried to nourish my body and not just splurge. I did eat whatever I wanted whenever I wanted, just protion controlled. Most of what I wanted was pretty healthy though so I can't complain.

Now week 8-12 was a WHOLE other story. I couldn't stomach a dang thing and I didn't understand how my baby was still alive. I felt horrible emotionally and physically for feeling like I wasn't giving him or her the proper nutrition that he or she needed, but when they say that the baby will take any and all nutrients, they weren't kidding because my baby is still alive and well. :)
 I will say at the end of month 3 all I craved was turkey sandwiches, cereal, and MILK. I'm a sandwich diva though and will only eat them a certain way.
Wheat, sharp cheddar cheese, turkey, pickles, ICE COLD CRISP lettuce, a dash of black pepper, lather on the mayo and mustard, and chips please. I won't eat a sandwich without chips.
Sandwich.Diva.
 



Forever 21 non-maternity top

 

If you've made it this far, thank you and I'm sorry if I am too much.

 I'm known to spout off what comes to mind and I'm a very open person because I don't want you to feel alone. If you are going through this, YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

I am curious though as to what your cravings and symptoms were at this stage.

Did I get the short end of the stick or do I have any soul sisters out there that were hurting as bad as I was? I'm sure there are worse cases, but girlfriends, I think I had a horrible 1st DIEmester.

Thank you for bearing with me and I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday.

Keep your head up sunshine, it get's better. :)