Pregnancy Update

We are so excited to be having another baby. I hope to keep everyone updated throughout the pregnancy, and I promise to start posting pictures soon. Believe it or not, I already have a little baby bump, and I am only 10 weeks along. With Austin, I didn't start showing till probably 14 or 15 weeks or more. It should be interesting to note the changes in this pregnancy from the last one. The biggest change we hope to have is that this baby will make it to full-term. Please pray that we have a 2010 baby!

I feel like I have had more nausea with this baby than with Austin. I've also been starving all the time, but nothing sounds good to eat. I've recently discovered that salad with strips of steak on it appeals to me, along with yogurt with berries or granola mixed in. I have been eating multi-grain cheerios and drinking carnation instant breakfast as well. I can hardly stand the thought of eating any kind of sandwich, though, so I'm a little stuck as far as lunch options. When I was pregnant with Austin, I ate a pbj sandwich and a banana just about every day, but neither appeal to me this time. It's funny how things change that way.

I remember hearing the old wives tale that women who experience minimal nausea tend to have boys, and women to have severe nausea tend to have girls (because of extra estrogen or something). Based on that, I think Joseph is betting on a girl, but I think it will probably be a boy. (I mean I haven't been as sick as most pregnant women I know) Either way, its a win-win situation. If we have another boy, Austin will have a little brother to play with, and we won't have to buy any new clothes or toys. If we have a girl, I will have a daughter to dress like a baby doll, which would be so much fun for me.

All my doctor appointments have gone well so far this trimester. We have heard the heartbeat twice, once on a ultrasound and once in the office. According to one baby website, our little child is about the size of a kumkuat, weighing like a quarter of an ounce. How tiny! From this point on, he or she will start growing exponentially, though most of the baby's weight is put on in the last few months of pregnancy.

It's going to be so much fun for me to document this pregnancy through my blog, and I promise to start posting pictures/ videos of Austin again too.

By the way, in case you are interested, I put a ticker on the right hand side of my blog that tells how many weeks I am in the pregnancy. Once I get to 37 weeks, I will be considered full-term. That is our prayer.