12 week check-up

I went today for my 12 week check-up and everything is looking great.  We have a very cooperative little one, as we were able to hear the heartbeat immediately.  The heartbeat is now in the 150s and very strong.  On another exciting note, we go back on December 15 to find out the sex!  We're so excited to find out "who" has been growing in there. I have a feeling this will be THE longest month of my life. 

Baby B and I traveled to Wrightsville Beach over the weekend for the SWAT for Emily walk.  A group of friends from Greensboro and I walked 13.1 miles in honor of our friend Emily and her fight against Leukemia.  It was a fun, fun get together and a great walk (though I proved to myself that I am not as young as I used to be....my legs were killing me. I was in bed by 9 on Saturday night). Needless to say, I am on exercise hiatus this week.

Baby B is now the size of a lime (just over 2 inches long) and weighs 1/2 ounce. It's so wild to think that something so small can affect you so much - physically and emotionally.  

I'm starting to feel a little better each day. The nausea has become tolerable and less invasive, thank God.  I am still pretty sleepy, but sure enough, the "narcolepsy" is disappearing. I'm craving heavy foods. For example, last night's dinner was at Kabuki...where I insisted we split the "Imperial Dinner for Two," and yes, it's a gluttonous amount of food and I'm not even embarrassed about it.  I am a little embarrassed, however, that I have already polished off the leftovers, but  in the words of Chris Farley, "LAY OFF ME, I'M STARVING!" 


We're on the road to "recovery"  - bring on the second trimester!