Week 16

Little Baby Rivera #2 is not very active. I do believe that I felt Megan a little more around this time, but I'm thinking that is because I was a little smaller. My belly is bigger now with this baby (I was probably still stretched out...ha ha), so maybe that is why I don't really feel the baby. I'm trying not to worry....it's still early. But, I'll be relieved when I see the little person moving around during my Feb 10th ultrasound.

I am still really tired, and with Megan being more active (and heavier), I get winded easily. If it's like this at just 16 weeks, I can't imagine what it will be like when I'm as big as a whale and can't tie my own shoes!!! Ah, good times.

Until next week! xoxoxo

Week 15

Will I ever want to eat something other than cereal with fruit?!?!? Will I ever feel like I've slept enough? Baby Rivera #2 is just sucking the life out of me......but on the bright side.......I'm still not puking!! I can't believe that in only two weeks we'll know if we are having a boy or a girl! Then comes......THE NAME!!!! Megan was born without one, so I guess there is no huge rush. I will have to say though that this pregnancy seems to be flying by a lot faster. Probably because of Megan...she seems to be growing up too fast...so everything just goes along with that.

Nothing too exciting happing this week baby wise. I am getting bigger, and I'm starting to have to get up at night to pee.....which is actually happening a little later with this baby. I think with Megan I was getting up at night much earlier. And, if I wake up and am hungry...to the cereal I go.

I am also having a little pain in my lower left side...just like with Megan. Round ligament pain I believe they called it. It's happening mostly when I go from a sitting position to standing. I am also getting dizzy a little more with this baby. I can't get up fast at all or I get lightheaded. I was in babies-r-us today and was squatting down putting a bow in Megan's hair, and when I got up, I nearly took down a rack of clothes! Eeks! Must....move....slower!

That's all for this week. Here's a pic of my big belly! Until next week! XOXOXO

Week 14

WOO HOO! Enter second trimester. My baby is "officially" a fetus. :) We had a doctor's appointment this week, and everything is on track. The baby's heartbeat is about 160bpm. My level two ultrasound is on February 10th. This is where we will find out what little Baby Rivera #2 is....a boy or a girl. Girls seems to dominate the families....except for my sister who has two little boys, so we'll see. My ultrasound is at Duke instead of my regular physician. I get to have a big, expensive machine takes pictures of the little one. The reason? My "advanced maternal age". Funny.....I don't feel old (because that is what that means). :) If 40 is the new 20, shouldn't 35 be the new 15? Oh well.....hopefully we'll at least get some great pics and get a good view of "the goods".

I'm pretty sure that I felt the baby move today....but it could have been gas. I'll have to go back and see when I was able to feel Megan for the first time. I don't think it was this early, but I know it was around these next couple weeks.

I still have not puked, so I'm pretty happy about that. I still feel a little sick here and there, but the new thing now are my headaches. I've been getting killer headaches that last for over a day. I'm trying to decide if it's better or worse than puking. Hmmm.......

"Talk" to you all next week. Until then...lots of love, hugs, and kisses!
(PS....I'm working on getting a belly pic up!)

Week 13

Well, not to jinx myself, but I haven't been sick in a week. I haven't felt well, and I have felt a little nauseous, but I haven't been puking in the bathroom. That has to be good. I just read my blog from Megan from this week. It's funny because I said that I don't have cravings, but really have no desire for food at all. That is pretty much how I feel now! It's a struggle for me to eat because nothing tastes good to me at all. I get hungry...but no desire to eat food.

I'm also still very tired. I think that I could sleep all day, happily. That is about it....nothing too exciting. I'll get David to take some belly shots. I think I'm a little bigger this time then I was with Megan around this time, but it might be because I still have baby weight from her. :)

Miss and love everyone.

My First 12 Weeks

Well, Baby Rivera #2 is well on his/her way. The first 12 weeks are over, and it has been a little rough. I first found out I was pregnant the beginning of November. I was invited out with some friends and was looking forward to going out and enjoying a few adult beverages that I have been avoiding for over a year (with being pregnant and then breastfeeding). I just happened to have a pregnancy test left over from the month before because I was late and thought I might be pregnant, but was not. I decided to take the test "just in case". I didn't want to go out, get toasty and then find out I was pregnant. Much to my surprise, I saw two little pink lines. David looked at it and said "whaaaaaaat?" And I said, "I know!". Needless to say I stayed in that evening. The next day, still in shock, I went and got another test. This time I opted for the digital one that actually spells out "pregnant" or "not pregnant". I guess I needed to see it in writing. :) A few short minutes later, there it was....."Pregnant".

I was still nursing Megan, and around this time I also began to become a little sick. I ended up having to stop nursing Megan, which made me sad. I went though a "I can't take care of Megan anymore" stage, which luckily I quickly snapped out of. I also made our first doctor's appointment which was on December 3rd. At this appointment, we confirmed what we already knew and got our first listen to Baby Rivera 2's little heart beat. The ultrasound picture we got looks like a Lima bean.

About a week before this appointment, I was starting to feel nauseous. I can't remember the first day that I actually threw up, but once it started, I did it daily. Sometimes I'd get a break and go a day, or even two, but I constantly felt sick to my stomach. I remember one day getting sick in the bathroom and having Megan laugh at me. Apparently she thought it was funny the noises I was making. Bless her little heart. I told David that there must be 2 or 3 babies in there making me this sick!

Two weeks after our first appointment, we went back again for the physical and a second ultrasound. In just two weeks, the ultrasound pic now looks like a baby, with two arms and two legs. These pictures are attached. This is Baby Rivera #2 at 10 weeks. And in two weeks, I dropped two pounds. Worlds worst diet.

The next two weeks were the hardest. We were starting to feel confident that the pregnancy was progressing well, and yet our families still did not know. (Well, I did tell Joanne.....and she checked in daily to see how I was feeling.) We didn't tell the rest of the families until Christmas. We told David's parents at the day before Christmas Eve, and the rest of his family on Christmas Eve. My family found out Christmas. I showed my mother the ultrasound picture as soon as I got in from the long drive from CT, right before I ran to the bathroom to get sick. :)

And Christmas morning was the last time I got sick for a while. I finally started to feel "okay" again, and thought the whole getting sick thing was behind me. But, it's back. New Year's Day brought me to by knees......literally, and I've been nauseous ever since. I'm sure it will pass, but it really does suck. I remember being sick with Megan, but not like this.

Another thing I have noticed is that I am starting to get bigger a lot earlier than I did with Megan. Probably because my uterus wasn't back to normal yet! :) My clothes are already starting not to fit, and yet I'm still not quite big enough for the maternity pants (although I have been wearing a pair here and there.) I really love being pregnant, but can't wait to get to the wearing cute clothes and feeling the baby part! This bloated, sick feeling is for the birds.

I'm looking forward to keeping this blog and being able to look back on my experiences with Megan. They say that each pregnancy is different, and already that had been confirmed.

Until next week.....love you all.