Pregnancy Discomforts & Gender Prediction!?

HI'm giving this blogger app a try on my phone so bear with me and expect many typos. I'm terribly tired today and I blame my returning sinus congestion mixed with persistent insomnia. In my last post I mentioned that my first trimester has been pretty smooth and it has, but that's not to say pregnancy hasn't come with it's discomforts. 

For instance, sleeping has become a nightly struggle. I remember a time long ago when a queen bed seemed almost TOO big for William and I. I found myself snuggling up next to him every night in an attempt to close all that distance between us. Now, I'm thinking a California King would be more appropriate. I'm constantly asking him to move over, confining him to a small sliver of mattress on the edge of the bed. On top of that, I find myself in a total fog until around noon everyday, which is tough when you're babysitting an 8 month old...which I am. I totally feel for preggo mamas who have babies/toddlers to care for. It ain't easy. 

I could probably go on for several paragraphs just ranting about how uncomfortable I always seem to be, but I'll leave it at this: Growing a human is often exhausting. But it's also pretty cool.

Just for fun I thought I'd take an "Old Wives Tale" quiz to try to predict my baby's gender. I love doing stuff like this. I'll be using the picture below (found on Pinterest) and answering either "boy" or "girl" for each old wives tale. Here we go!

1. Girl

2. Boy

3. Boy

4. Girl

5. Girl

6. Girl AND Boy

7. Boy 

Girl: 4 points

Boy: 3 points 

I love hearing what people think I'm having! I definitely have my own guess but I won't reveal the gender until my "early" shower in November. 

Hope everyone has a fabulous Wednesday!

Goodbye 1st Tri!

Almost... Today I am 12 weeks 1 day pregnant and as these last couple of weeks of the 1st trimester come to an end, I'm feeling exceedingly grateful for how smooth this pregnancy has been so far. For the most part anyway. I think the worst of it so far has been my constant battle with stubborn and debilitating allergies. They've kept me mostly indoors and miserable since the 4 week mark. I find sleep far more appealing than food and the nausea is rarely worth getting out of bed for. All that said, I still have yet to have any morning sickness and I'm feeling more "myself" these last few days. I know that some mom's have miserable 1st trimesters and keeping that in mind has helped me to feel better about my situation. I wish I felt more productive and active but I'm happy to endure these small drawbacks.

I'm not feeling very articulate these days which has kept me from writing for a while. I don't like to put my thoughts in a public forum (or private for that matter) if I don't feel like I can express them in a clear and concise way. I loved journaling and writing any chance I got in high school, but since then I've felt less creative and I think I need to start finding an artistic outlet again so that I can get my juices flowing. I'm ranting off topic now and my very active kitten is attacking my fingers as I type so I'm going to wrap this up. My point in all this is to say that even though I don't feel as if I have much to write about, I'm trying to do it anyway. I'd like to look back and see that I journaled at least weekly throughout my pregnancy. I like to know how I was feeling at different intervals in my life. And maybe someone else likes reading this too. I know my sister and I are OBSESSED with reading blogs of total strangers and I can at least count on her to read my posts ;) Ok sorry, preggo brain is getting me way off topic. What was this post about again? 

Back to binge watching Grey's Anatomy. 

10 weeks - First Ultrasound Picture!

      Here is Baby Thorman's first picture! It was so exciting to see the baby dancing around, moving it's arms and legs all around. By the way, I hate using the word "it" to refer to my baby but I don't feel right choosing a gender pronoun yet because I feel like it will just confuse everyone if I jump around from "him" to "her". So, know that I use "it" in the most endearing and loving way possible. Seeing the baby on screen was indescribably better than just holding a blurry little picture. He or she was very active and I imagined the baby was doing a happy dance because I had just had lunch ;) It is such an INCREDIBLE feeling to see your very own baby moving and I can't wait until I can actually feel it! I can't wait to meet my little bun.

P.S. Is it just me or is this baby like…abnormally cute for a 10 week fetus…?