Let's face it.

Most parts of pregnancy are not fun or glamorous.  Heart burn, bloating, constipation, morning sickness, nausea, swelling (gosh, I hope I don't swell this summer like I did with Hayden!), sciatica, etc, etc.  I am 14 weeks along and my morning sickness and dry heaving (for the most part--I still get some nausea here and there) has been replaced with the infamous 2nd trimester headaches--EVERY day.  BUT feeling that little lemon-sized baby do somersaults inside me makes everything worth it!  I tend to feel my babies early (maybe because I have a tilted uterus, or maybe because I'm just hypersensitive to movement--I can also feel myself ovulate and felt my ectopic pregnancy pretty early, when the ER doc told me it was too early to feel one).  Anyway, I felt Hayden move at 16 weeks, Torrin at about 14 weeks, and Grayson and this baby at 11 weeks.  Now that he/she is getting bigger, the fluttery movements are starting to feel more like kicks, jumps, and somersaults.  This is by far my favorite thing about pregnancy!  I've also had some of my energy return, which is awesome!  I'm still going to bed early most nights, but I have energy to do more around the house, and I even went to the gym twice this week so far.  I haven't really done any exercise since December, so it feels good to be doing something active again.

And can I just say?  I LOVE my midwife, Gretchen Faucett at Avenues Midwifery.  Every time I go in for an appointment I feel like I'm her only patient.  She talks to me like a friend and spends as much time with me as I need.  When I first switched to her at the end of Gray's pregnancy, Allen was a little skeptical about going with a midwife.  But she was amazing during the birth, and now Allen is completely converted.  LOL  She came in on her day off and spent time with me--rubbing my back and helping me get comfortable (Ha!  Well, as comfortable as one can get while in transition.)  It just makes me sad that we will probably move to another state before I have this baby.  :(  Wish I could take her with me!