Pregnancy Week 14

Dear Nakasone-Chan,

Sorry, I neglected to write you the last couple of weeks. You have been busy growing inside of me and unfortunately it’s taken a major toll on my body. I’ve officially joined the ranks of sloth-hood and haven’t been doing much at all lately except for working, watching TV and sleeping. Of course lately sleeping has been my all time #1 favorite activity. Who knew I could beat my current record of 12 straight hours of sleep?

The most notable thing that happened in the last couple of weeks was that we got to see you for the very first time. It was such an amazing experience for both me and your dad. Such an overwhelming feeling came over me when I first saw you on the ultra sound. I’ve never felt that kind of emotion before in my life. I guess that’s motherhood.

According to our ultra sound video you are very active baby (which definitely doesn’t come from me)! The doctor kept commenting on how much you were moving around. Every time she would try and take a still shot, you would move to the next position.

We found out this week that you are 2 weeks further along than what we originally anticipated. This means your expected birthday is now February 18th, which is only a day before my birthday! If you are born on February 18th, you will share a birthday with your second cousin, Emma.

So far, most of our friends and colleagues (that know about you) think you are boy. However, we won’t find out until October 13th.

Even though we are both now entering the second trimester, my nausea has not subsided. Although I’m now getting a couple hours of relief in the afternoon it’s still raging on in the morning and at night. Your grandmom Knapp (my mom) experienced the same pattern of morning sickness. She said that she felt relief towards her 16th week. I’m praying that I’m following the same path, because a whole 9 months of nausea does not sound fun.

Cravings this week:
HOTDOGS!
Originally I read that you shouldn’t eat hotdogs while pregnant. However, I’ve been seriously craving them since week 11. I asked the doctor at my last appointment whether it was ok to eat the occasional hotdog. Luckily for me she said yes, but don’t make a habit of it since they aren’t very good nutritionally. The first thing I did after my appointment was rush to the Home Depot food stand (which make excellent hotdogs and polish sausages) and ordered up a jumbo dog. IT WAS DELICOUS! Fortunately, that one hotdog satisfied my cravings and I haven’t been tempted to eat anymore hotdogs.

Love,
Mommy