10w - bump update! in The REAL Baby Journey!

Huh. So I guess something IS happening in there!

Officially hit 'double digits' today and still feeling good, overall. I can already feel my energy returning in bits and pieces - more good days every week than the week before. Less crushing exhaustion and more foods I can eat without gagging and dry heaving through them. It still boggles me how I can plan an entire delicious meal and be so excited for it and then once it's made I'm repulsed and couldn't stomach it if you paid me. Baby changes its mind pretty quickly, apparently!

My only real concern at this point is my weight gain. Thanks to craving only carbs and being nauseated by all vegetables & fruits (they all smell rotten to me for some reason :(), I've been plowing through mashed potatoes and cheeseburgers and french fries and greasy, delicious but so unhealthy food. I'm already up 8 lbs in only 6 weeks of knowing I'm pregnant and am a little nervous for my appointment next week & the resulting doctor lecture after another weekend of celebratory indulgences. Officially decided to cut out all fast food and soda (my fast food habit led to making everything a 'meal deal' and drinking soda - something I hadn't done in well over a year at all before I got pregnant!) and to focus on more water, finding fruits/veggies that are allowed by my belly bean and reigning in the indulgences. Post-baby weight loss is a challenge all its own so I'd like to set myself up for as much chance of success as possible. I also know I'll spend much of December - aka The Fattest Month Of All Time Ever - pregnant and I can't pack on all this weight now if I have any chance of reasonable overall weight gain!

In other fun news, I officially booked all of my ultrasounds (I will be monitored more closely to make sure the baby is meeting growth expectations for each stage - with half a uterus it may run out of space more quickly and some babies don't continue to grow despite there be weeks left of gestation) and Rob and my mom split up which ones they could go to. I am endlessly thankfully to my mom for being so eager, excited, both feet in about all of this and it's rubbing off on me. Only recently has this started to feel like maybe it might stick after all. I've spent so much of this pregnancy waiting for the other shoe to drop, for bleeding to start, for something to go wrong...and so far, with each appointment, things are boring and routine and perfect. I'll take that any day of the week. Sign me up for 40 boring weeks! :)

Beyond that, ecstatic Memorial Day weekend is here! We have a weekend jam packed with grill outs and charity runs and Farmer's Market exploring and traveling to Chicago for a birthday party and generally enjoying ourselves, sleeping in, hanging out together and relaxing. It will be marvelous.

Here's hoping all of you have similarly wonderful weekends ahead as well. The forecast for the midwest is gorgeous - mid-70s to low-80s with sunny skies and light winds - and I wish all the same for each one of you, even if you aren't celebrating Memorial Day. :)

And a bonus that made me laugh? I'm starting to be uncomfortable in my regular jeans so I went out to check out some maternity bottoms today. Ended up finding some absolutely perfect, dark wash, super comfortable, might-never-take-them-off maternity jeans with the stretchy panel as well as some capris, a tan/black maxi skirt and some coral shorts. They have a bump you can strap on in the fitting rooms to give you a sense of how the clothing may fit once you're further along. Of course I had to try it on. ;)