We called close family to tell them when I was 13 weeks and then the next day we posted this to facebook.
The ultrasound pic was from my 9 week ultrasound which was fun because I was far enough along it looked like a baby now not just a kidney bean! Unfortunately it was finals so Joe didn't make it to that one.
The whole morning sickness just in the first trimester thing doesn't apply to me. I'm 17 weeks and still managing it, BUT I am grateful to be to the point where I can manage it now rather than being totally at it's mercy which I was pretty much from 5.5 weeks on. It's been awesome... but the prize is worth it ;)
This time around obviously it's been a different challenge managing pregnancy and kiddo but Joe has been great and most of the time Michelle is too.
One major bonus this time- not living in a studio apartment. For several weeks if Joe was home to watch Michelle I hibernated in my room. I usually ate in there too because then I didn't have to deal with the cooking smells (which Joe had to do, obviously). Also not having a job was great too :) Although Playmill is an awesome place to work with understanding employers you still have to show up and do your job! And it gets pretty hot in the tech "booth" plus you would have to run down stairs and past the audience if you had to puke... and just assume your awesome husband could figure it out, so yeah, not having that stress this time has been nice ;)
I'm starting to want to do things now but it has been so hot outside (in the 100's) that it's still hard to want to do anything! I got brave and took Michelle outside yesterday for a little while but after ten minutes even she was too hot (although she wouldn't admit it because she also didn't want to go back inside). Even with sunscreen and a hat on her I didn't dare let her stay out more than 30 min... also I was done.
At the beginning of this pregnancy every single time we asked Michelle if it was a baby brother or a baby sister it was ALWAYS a baby brother. Now it is ALWAYS a sister. Which is funny because at the beginning I was convinced it was a boy (at the 9 week ultrasound the tech even guessed boy- although that would be crazy early to really be able to tell anything) and lately I have leaning towards girl. So if you ask me what I am thinking it is, it will change on any given day! Hopefully baby will cooperate and we will get to find out in a couple weeks (as well as some good pics I hope)!
Michelle knows there is a baby in Mommy's tummy (mostly because I tell her it hurts when she smashes or hits there...) but I know she is way to young to understand it! But it is cute to hear her say it :) We have taken to telling her we will have a baby for Christmas, she likes that answer.
As far as movement, there have been a couple times I have thought I have felt the baby but it is still pretty early to feel and so it is hard to tell for sure if that's what it is ;) No karate chops yet
