Week 12 (8/7-8/13)

This week was the one where pretending like clothes weren't getting tighter went out the window. Sitting down for long periods of time now requires a discrete unbuttoning of the pants. I still refuse to use the bella band but I think that isn't going to last for long. I don't have the official in front of the dry-erase board picture but I have a sort of deconstructed version.

The smell of cooked chicken is disgusting and I'm still having a hard time with food aversions but cereal is my new best friend, fruit is always good too. I keep a stack of white chocolate kit-kat bars in the freezer but somehow my stash has been depleting at a remarkable rate and not because of me. It looks like my boyfriend is on the road to gaining the sympathy weight with me, we'll see how that goes. I'm certainly not dieting or trying to limit my food intake but I am going to try to make better food choices which so far has been remarkably difficult as so many things make me gag. I've had a hard time turning down food that doesn't make me nauseated even if it's not the healthiest. Maybe I'll have better luck next week. We'll see if I can gain the weight at a steady pace and avoid the tiger stripes.

I wanted thin crust AND pan pizza crust, it was the only way to go...

As far as actual weight gain goes, I still haven't really gained anything but my body is changing fast. I am now incapable of "sucking it in" and am no longer wearing fitted shirts without a cardigan or some sort of flowy shirt on top. So far my bottoms still fit- snugly. The big thing that is annoying is the acne, even in the worst puberty days it wasn't as bad as it has been in the beginning stages of this pregnancy. It looks like it's starting to clear up but we'll see how that goes.

The one thing that has been consistent is the fatigue. How I crave naps... ALL the time. Wake up, eat breakfast...nap time. This makes studying and trying to get work done pretty difficult, also working out.  It didn't help that this week I came back home and got a horrible cold. Three days in bed and the congestion finally started to let up. Thank goodness. Hopefully week 13 is a little better!

The pooch begins...

Baby is the size of a PLUM
Mom is craving: fish sandwiches (McDonald's style- I know, I know...), Corn pops and White Kit Kat bars