My Pregnancy Journal (Starting at 14 Weeks)

14 weeks in. This is what is happening with My Little Loodle:Now the size of your clenched fist or a lemon, the baby is more fluid-like in their movements, so they are no longer doing the jerk every time they reposition their arms and legs. Other developments this week include a roof of their own (inside their mouth, that is) as well as intestinal activity: Their intestines are producing meconium (which is the waste that will make up their first bowel movement after birth). They are also sporting a downy coating of hair (lanugo) that keeps them nice and warm.

My Symptoms: Complete and utter exhaustion, a sensistive stomach, and some spirts of nausea in there.

Maternity clothes?  Loose long shirts. I want to hide my belly for now because it's in the in-between weird stage of not looking pregnant and looking pregnant.

Sleep?  I always want sleep!!! I come home from work, cook dinner (or watch Paul cook dinner), do some stuff online, then head to bed. 9:00pm- 6:25am

Best moment last week? A fluttering feeling during work. Weirdest thing ever and after texting my oldest sister, she said it was... BABY!

Movement?  That weird fluttering so far. On and off (some days yes, some days no)

Weight Gain: . Started at 140 lbs and now I'm 143 lbs. (+3)

Cravings:  So far I've craved avacados, homemade hamburgers, french fries (hashbrowns did the trick), cream cheese, and ham and cheese sandwiches. 

Food Aversions:  Tomato Soup.. oh my goodness, I hate the smell and just thinking about it. I used to love it with grilled cheese.

What made me cry this week: Homesickness, some work related stuff, and the arrival and departure of my parents visiting from Colorado. 

Medical Stuff:  Everything looks healthy. The baby has a heart rate of 150.

Something I am excited about: CHRISTMAS!!!! My amazing parents came in this weekend and it's made me so much more excited (if that's at all possible) for Christmas to come and for us to be out there with the whole family! This will involve lots of laughs, cookies, alcohol (not for me, don't worry), memories, and all around fun! YAY! But before that, we will be finding out the gender of this little Loodle! :D

This is the Start.

This is a start to a long journey. I've been doing a lot of searching and browsing online and I've come to the realization that everyone is so different.  How general of me. What I mean is that every single blogger has a different template, a different description, and a different way to go about meeting some sort of goal they have. Some blog about their spiritual lives, some blog about new adventures in different geographic places with different people, some blog about their emotional and physical journeys, and some just blog about ideas for redecorating houses. No matter what type of blog it is, and there are way more blogs than you could ever dream (do not mind my narrow minded list), there is always one blog that will be different from anyone else's; and that blog is your own. So I want to tell you that this is my own blog. My own ideas, my own journey, and my own goal. So, this really is the start of a long journey. And I hope you can come along with me for it is now beginning :D

O Great Saint Gerard, 

beloved servant of Jesus Christ, 

perfect imitator of your meek and humble Savior, and devoted Child of the Mother of God: 

enkindle within my heart one spark of that heavenly fire of charity which glowed in your heart and made you an angel of love. 

O glorious Saint Gerard, because when falsely accused of crime, you did bear, 

like your Divine master, without murmur or complaint, the calumnies of wicked men, 

you have been raised up by God as the Patron and Protector of expectant mothers. 

Preserve me from danger and from the excessive pains accompanying childbirth, 

and shield the child which I now carry,

 that it may see the light of day and receive the lustral waters of baptism through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Amen.