2nd Trimester!

14 weeks and I am officially in the 2nd trimester! YAY! The risk of miscarriage now is significantly decreased. Baby is the size of my clenched fist and growing hair! Symptoms: almost none. I've been in that awkward stage where I'm just looking fatter and not clearly pregnant yet. I have been emotional and witchy with a capital "B," as my poor husband can attest. I've also been pretty insecure about the welfare of baby from 7 weeks to 14 weeks, needing evidence at doctor's visits of the heartbeat, etc. That was because I wasn't feeling or looking pregnant, and had no idea what was going on in there. It's been strange the past few weeks as we told more people about the pregnancy, but I haven't looked pregnant or felt pregnant! But now that I'm starting to show more, and I've had some uterine cramping/stretching as it grows, I think I can feel more reassured. I had my first experience this week not being able to zip up my jeans or button them! Lastly, over the past year, I have been on a cottage cheese kick, and now I am onto my next kick: a cold glass of chocolate milk. Whole and organic, packed with nutrients, protein, calcium and vitamin D, one of the wonder foods for pregnancy, and so tasty!

Last weekend we took a hospital tour, saw the maternity floor, nursery, labor & delivery room, and recovery rooms. The hospital is really nice and the tour was helpful, now we have a reference point in our minds for the birth. Then we attended the Safe Baby class, which was two hours chock full of information. I was writing furiously the entire time, and feeling a little overwhelmed, while DH sat there bored and sleepy. If we implement everything she said, our entire house would be locked up and we wouldn't be able to do anything.