Achoo

Eight weeks into this pregnancy, I can already tell it's going to be so much more different than it was with Lauren! First of all, with Lauren coming immediately following a miscarriage, I freaked out until I could feel her move. And while I had my moments, I have pretty much been at ease with this pregnancy for a few weeks. I was anxious for the ultrasound last Thursday, but really thought I did well not freaking out too much that something was wrong. Since Thursday, I haven't even really thought about it - which is a relief. I didn't want to be super-paranoid this time around. Not saying I won't have my moments, but for now all is well.

The question I immediately got from people when they found out was, "how are you feeling?" Well, compared to my pregnancy with Lauren, GREAT! Yeah, I'm tired - working full-time, taking care of a 2-year old, and making a baby takes its toll. I think some of that is even starting to go away. Last night I stayed up until 9:30! (haha) I probably could've pushed it, but I didn't want to be exhausted today. Morning sickness? Nothing I can't handle. It comes and goes. Mainly, it's in the evenings but I think that is because I try and eat consistently throughout the day and it's harder when I get home...especially when I am trying to stop Lauren from snacking so that she'll actually eat dinner. I can't set a bad example for her. And it's no use trying to tell her it's because there's a baby in my belly...she's told her teachers at school that she also has a baby in her belly. She'd just use that as justification for snacking. :) Sour candy helps me A LOT, which I learned with my pregnancy with Lauren. So, here at work I keep a stash of sour Skittles, Sour Patch Kids, and Shocktarts. They do the trick, especially early in the morning before I've eaten and start feeling a little shaky.

With Lauren, I was able to wear scrubs at work and can't really pinpoint when I started "showing." I do know that I really popped during my Residency Week in Vermont - June 2007. I was about 5 months along then. With Achoo, yeah...I'm already wearing that expander thing. It's not that you can tell I'm pregnant unless you know me and know I'm pregnant, but I think that I'll definitely show within a month or two...definitely won't wait until 5 months. It's probably more noticeable since I *unfortunately* can't wear scrubs, but it's definitely there. I need to start taking weekly pictures to keep on my ipregnancy app :)

I had a dream right after we found out we were pregnant that I had twins. We made sure to double check at the ultrasound that there was just one baby - and the tech confirmed. I just read a story on thebump.com about a couple who had an ultrasound at 8 weeks and saw the heartbeat, everything was great. At their 12-week appointment, another ultrasound was done and it showed TWINS! And the couple went to Virginia Tech. HAHA. I told Troy this and he told me to stop reading. :) I don't think we are having twins, because I trust the ultrasound tech to catch something like that, but it amused me. Maybe then Troy could have two boys named Tyler and Nixon instead of Tyler Nixon...