Week 8

 

What is baby up to at 8 weeks? 

• Baby is the size of a large raspberry
• Her or his lips, nose, eyelids, legs, and back continue to take shape
• Even though you can't feel it yet, baby is now making spontaneous movements as she/he twitches their tiny trunk and limb buds

8 weeks with baby #3

8 weeks and 4 days with Oliver

How is mama doing?

Weight Gain: 96.0 

Fitness: Doing better this week! We have been able to get out and go on a few 2 or 3 mile walks!

Cravings: Nothing yet! Still drinking a lot of ginger ale and eating a lot of bread. Also, we picked up some Preggie Pops this week that have helped a little.

Symptoms:

• Nausea: Still having off and on all day nausea
• Crazy Dreams: I have been having crazy dreams since a few days before we found out we were expecting! Sooo weird!
• Potty Breaks: Getting up to use the bathroom 1-2 times a night
• Fatigue
• Sore Breasts
• Weird taste in my mouth    
• Occasional faintness or dizziness: Especially, when waking up in the morning and get out of bed
  

Looking Forward To: Getting over the nausea "morning sickness" stage...

Week Goals: Try to drink more water to keep from getting dehydrated and go on more walks

Caesarean Section Update: Here is an update on my c-section that I had back on May 9, 2012. Since I have had two previous c-sections we are going to have to schedule another one a week or so before our due date. It is still numb around the scar but the scar is mostly faded. I have been very lucky to have two doctors that specialize in caesareans. I hope our third goes as smoothly as the last two!