All preggers hail the maxi

Pregs: 19 weeks 3 days

Jacket: F21

Dress: F21

Shoes: Aldo

Belt: Ardene

Yay for maxi's! I don't think one pregnant lady would disagree. I'll take one in every colour please! My current clothing selection is diminishing each week...sad face. I'm going to miss a lot of my things!

Have a great weekend!

My first kick!

Cardi: Old Navy
Dress: Walmart
Shoes: Ardene
Purse: Aldo
Yesterday, at 18 weeks and and 5 days I felt and SAW my baby angel kick for the first time. It was like a 10 minute stretch full of kicks!. Husband was able to run upstairs and see it himself! It was such a cool thing to experience and to be able to see it for the first time with my husband! At first I wasn't sure what it was because I was just lying down holding my tummy, but when I actually looked I saw it poke out! I really thought that I would be creeped out feeling and seeing it for the first time. Surprisingly, I wasn't at all! It was the cutest little thing ever!
Gosh so sorry for all this baby talk! But I got baby brain! Haha

Hi

 Pregs: 18 weeks

Top: Garage (Old)
Leggings: F21
Shoes: Random
Purse: Ardene

At a loss for words today! Had a great weekend! Especially at my Cousin's baby shower! Being there got me really excited to find out what I'm having in just over 2 weeks! I can't wait to start planning...and shopping!

"Track Pants"

Pregs: 17 weeks, 1 day

Top: F21 

 Pants: F21 (similar)

Shoes: Ardene

Sunnies: Rayban

My husband hates these pants. He says I need to put some socks and runners on and get on the track. Hmph. Next to my leggings, I find these those most comfortable pants I own and I like them.  So they will stay and not end up at the garage sale I am participating in this weekend where he wants them to be. 

Flaunt it!

 16 weeks, 2 days

Skirt and Shoes: F21, 
Top: Garage
Sunnies: Rayban

That's what I am going to do! This is my second day wearing a tighter skirt that really accentuates my baby bump. I thought to myself for about half a second today, I wonder if people are going to judge me for wearing tighter clothes while I'm pregnant.  Half a second I thought about this. Then I thought, screw that, while I don't feel like a big blimp I'm going to flaunt this baby bump!

Little C update

Top and leggings: F21

Shoes: Ardene

Because I really don't like maternity clothes I decided to go to Forever21 to look for some flowy, oversized pieces instead. I feel in love with this top for the lace cuffs and detail on the back. Loove it and it'll be perfect until I get super huge.

I find most maternity clothes super boring. Since I'll be growing throughout the summer time, I'm going to stick to maxis and flowy tops and dresses.

*Baby update*

I'm 15 weeks today. I had my second midwives appointment earlier in the day. Baby is doing great! Heard that magical sound, the heart beat. Makes me love little C that much more.

Weight gain: 4 pounds

My appetite is slowly coming back. Thank goodness. As much as I don't want to snack snack snack I know it's what the baby needs. I'm really trying to push myself to eat more throughout the day, but I'm not going to lie, it's hard! Espeically on weekends. I find weekends are the most difficult for me to not skip breakfast and to snack throughout the day.

Sleeping has sucked. Besides it being hot I just can't get comfortable. Boobies hurt, back hurts, the usual.

A wild three months, baby

Jacket: Abercrombie (Ebay-Old), Dress:  ASOS, Leggings: Ardene, Shoes: Random Store, Belt: Thrifted

Oh hi there! Boy (or girl-hehe) that was a long break!

To cut to the point, I'M PREGNANT! I'm 13 weeks along now and in my second trimester.

I didn't think I was going to take such a long break, but as it turned out my little nugget, now a little lemon, wasn't making it an easy first trimester for me. It was awful. I could barely dress myself each day. Due this October!

So lets break it down:

First trimester

Morning sickness. For me, it was not morning sickness. It was all day sickness. Some mornings and evenings I would break down and cry because I couldn't take it any longer. Usually when I am sick I can just power through it without letting it get me down. But this has been near impossible. I did as best as I could and only ended up missing one day of work. Looking back, I probably should have taken more time off and taken care of myself because going to work was torture.  Car sickness crept up on me. This is the worst 'cause I can't just stop wherever I want on a busy highway. So we keep a container in the car just in case. I know there are medications you can take to help with your nausea, but I decided I wanted to try not using them and instead use Sea Bands which thank god my cousin's wife recommended. These things definitely take the edge off.  I forgot them the other day and actually barfed in the car. Yes sorry TMI.

Recently, I am doing better. I don't have nausea all day, just TIRED with the occasional sickness as well as the constant motion sickness in the car.

Eating: Not everyone is the same, but I have not started eating for 2. I heard that's a myth anyways. I actually think I might be eating a little less now than when I wasn't pregnant. It probably has something to do with the nausea and being so darn tired all the time. Either way, if my babes is healthy I'll be happy not to pack on the extra weight like some others do. My mid-wife told me a healthy weight gain for me and my body type would be 25-30lbs, so I'll try and keep it in that range. I do not want the stress over having to lose so much extra weight after I have the baby.  I've also cut down on my caffeine intake. Funny enough though, I'm totally turned off regular coffee and tea. Yuck. Makes my tummy turn even thinking about it. I used to LOVE coffee and couldn't live without it. Now I have a French Vanilla from Tim Hortons every other day. Oh and Lays Dill Pickle Chips.I crave those sometimes. Speaking of cravings, I've had them, but I don't go crazy over getting them. One of them being Jamocha Almond Fudge Ice Cream from Baskin Robbins. I haven't caved in yet.  I probably will soon though.

Aversions:  The smell of cigarette smoke sends me over the edge -barf. and Car exhaust -barf.

Exercise: Because my husband and I both drive in to work Downtown together we park near his work and I walk instead of taking the bus the rest of the way to my work. It's about a 25 to 30 min walk. So I use that as my exercise. Because half of it is up hill, it is starting to take me a bit longer, I'm out of breath! Sometimes I feel like I just ran a marathon! When the weather gets nicer, I'll hopefully add in a swims a couple times a week.

All in all I'm hoping that everyone is right when saying the second trimester is a breeze. I'm still waiting on this breeze part, but so far it's better than the first.

Thanks for sticking with me on my break.  I'm pretty excited to paste on some maternity clothing soon! Thank god maxi dresses and skirts are so in right now!