13 Weeks

I feel like these are about to get super boring and I may have to combine weeks more often. There’s just not as much going on and I can only complain so much about nausea and gagging when I’m brushing my teeth.

This week 3BB is the size of a lemon! 3BB is like 3 inches long and weighs one whole ounce! Those are like real, conceivable numbers! Although anyone who has ever been on a diet and had to weigh out 1 ounce of cheese will know that it really is still teeny, tiny.

I had another appointment with my doctor this week and this week was a big one. I GOT TO HEAR THE HEARTBEAT! I was so, so freaking awesome! I teared up. It was so amazing to hear 3BB just hanging out inside me. The heartbeat was high 150s, so my doctor was really happy. 

No ultrasound, though, so no more pictures of 3BB. I think I won’t have one until the 20 week ultrasound, but as long as 3BB keeps growing in there, I think I’ll be OK.

My appointment was super quick, probably because I was just there two weeks ago. But I never feel rushed and my doctor sits down and answers any and every question I have. We talked about the symptoms waning, (I mentioned that it is a noticeable difference in my energy level) and that I hoped the nausea would go away soon. She said usually by 16 weeks women start to feel a lot better.

I did say that I was happy for that because I’m really excited to get rid of this excess saliva/weird taste in my mouth symptom. And she said “oh you have that? Yeah, that’s not going away until you give birth.” GAHHHHHHH! 

Although she also said some women have so much excess saliva they have to carry a cup around with them to spit into, so at least I don’t have it THAT bad.

Other than that, I feel fine overall. My clothes still are fitting, which is nice. It was REALLY hot here this week, so I didn’t go outside much because the humidity was oppressive. Thankfully it has cooled down so hopefully the worst of summer is past us. I’m fine with 80s, the 90s with a heat index of 110 is no bueno.

My back is back to killing me. Which sucks on so many levels. One, because I can’t take the gabapentin to help with the nerve pain and two, there is literally nothing I can do about it until I give birth. I am trying to get back to doing the stretches I learned in physical therapy every day. I’m trying to strengthen my core as much as possible. But I’m dealing with it as much as I can. It just sucks because I’d like to start talking walks and I can only go about a half a block before I need to sit down. 

But I found some prenatal yoga classes on Daily Burn that I’m going to try doing. Hopefully that will help. 

Meanwhile, 3BB and I are just plugging away. Only 27 weeks to go!

#3BBOnBoard