What I'm Wearing

I thought it would be fun to do some posts called "What I'm Wearing" so you can see some of my new maternity clothes. :)  I may try to do one of these per week through the summer, but we'll see.  No promises; you know my track record as a faithful blogger!!

First of all, I'm happy that I made it to my goal of being able to wear regular clothes till 15-16 weeks.  I will be 16 weeks on Saturday, and I can still fit into my regular clothes and even still button my jeans and zip my skirts--but it's a squeeze!!!  I have already been adding in some of my new maternity stuff because a) it's more comfy now, and b) I was impatient to start wearing some new things. ;)  I'll admit that I would not be nearly this excited if I hadn't been able to buy some new clothes!  But having them is making the pregnancy more fun. :)

So without further ado, here is my outfit for today:

I don't think this shirt looks as flattering from the front, but I think it will look better when my tummy is a little bigger. :)  It is definitely comfy, though!

 From the side.  Yeah, not much of a belly bump yet, but I'm trying to show what little there is!

I am the type that thinks it is interesting to read outfit details, so here goes.  

Cami: Forever 21

Shirt: Old Navy (this was from the huge lot of used clothes I bought)

Pants (which convert to capris): Motherhood (I bought these at the thrift store, but the other clothes I bought came with an identical pair, just a size larger--which should work great also!)

I need to rave about these pants for a minute. :)  This is the first time I've had a pair with the "secret fit" belly panel, and it. is. FABULOUS.  So super comfy.  When we first announced our pregnancy, my sis-in-law recommended the Oh Baby! by Motherhood brand of capris found at Kohl's.  I think these are very similar, and I love that they can be either pants or capris, so they are super versatile.  I'm excited to have 2 pairs!  They are similar to these, which can be found at Kohl's.  And these from Motherhood.  Only buying used made them a lot cheaper. ;)

And if you ever wanted to see a super silly/scary pic of me, here ya go: 

My photographer (Sam) wouldn't stop pressing the shutter button, so I was coming after him . . . :D

I may count this post for my 16 week photo, unless I decide to stick with my plan of always posting a pic of me in a black shirt.  Which probably depends on if I remember to take a picture on Saturday. :)

There isn't a whole lot of new pregnancy stuff to report.  Still feeling little wiggles and flutters now and then, and my tummy is definitely continuing to grow, so that's good.  So far I've been keeping up with my exercise goal of walking/running (mostly walking!) on the treadmill 3-5 times a week.  I've already started drinking pregnancy tea, which I believe has made a big difference in my past births--I drink it iced, which is so yummy and will be wonderful this summer!  I am going to need to order more herbs soon from the Bulk Herb Store . . . right now I am using up what I had from 6+ years ago!

Speaking of Bulk Herb Store, they have had a lot of great pregnancy/birth/postpartum posts on their blog lately, by various writers.  Lots of helpful stuff.  I'm even more inspired to make this my healthiest pregnancy yet; however, I have lots of work to do!  I know I can do better with nutrition, especially.  I would love to buy their book Making Babies or the DVD set that goes along with it . . . but they are pricey!!  They are actually both on special this month though, so I might be able to splurge on the book.  I've had my eye on these ever since they came out, but since we didn't expect to have more kids, I didn't expect I would really need them!  Anyway, this summer I hope to do more intentional study on good nutrition for me and baby, and learn more about herbs, teas, etc. that would be helpful.  

Well, I think I have made this post long enough for today!!  Guess I felt chatty. :)  Thanks for reading!

14 Weeks

{12 Week Photo--one of these days I WILL get a pic up with an update on the right week!}

Time for another update!  My 14 week appt. was supposed to be on Monday, but it ended up rescheduled to today because my midwife was at someone's labor (which turned out to be a false alarm, actually!).   I took the kids with me for the first time--they all wanted to hear baby's heartbeat. Unfortunately baby wasn't cooperating today and we never did hear the heartbeat!  I'm not worried, as we never heard Julia's and Josiah's till later, but it was a little disappointing since we were able to hear it so well at my first appt.

Everything else looked good.  My blood pressure was 100/70.  I've gained a total of about 9 lbs--a little more than I'd like, but I'm still fitting in my pre-preg. clothes so far. :)  We talked about my eating habits (I had to fill out a food journal for one week) and how I need to work on incorporating more veggies, and especially more protein and iron.

I've been feeling baby flutters much earlier this time around.  They started sometime between 12-13 weeks, I think.  Mostly it is just that "butterfly" feeling, but occasionally I get a pretty strong little kick.  As we were leaving the library later this afternoon I got one of those, which was fun--and assures me that all is most likely well with baby.  :)

I will try to update again at 16 weeks with at least a photo, since I am trying to take one every 4 weeks. I won't have any new appt. updates to post yet, but I am sure to look more pregnant by then. ;)