My clothes don't fit!!!

I wear scrubs to work every day of the week. Its really nice because I don't have to think about what to wear every day. I have always worn small scrubs. Within the last couple of weeks they have started getting tight. I'm not showing yet, but I have gained weight. My scrubs definitely still fit and I could probably go another few weeks at least with them, but they are just not comfortable anymore. Today I broke down and decided to buy some larger ones. I couldn't decide if I should try mediums or just go to large in anticipation of being huge later. My company won't pay for maternity scrubs, so this is all out of my pocket. I asked another coworker who is about my size what she used to wear when she was pregnant. She told me at the end she got up to an extra large! I couldn't believe that. She did have an almost 10 pound baby, but these scrubs are unisex and I can't believe she wore them that large. I just ended up going to the store and trying stuff on. I started with the large. It was pretty funny! I can't imagine I could ever be large enough to fit into those things. It was like wearing a tent! I guess I will find out later. I ended up getting the mediums. I bought 3 pairs of the cheap Dickies. I know there are 5 days in a week, but 3 pairs was $60 with the discount, so I guess I will be doing more laundry. The mediums are large enough that I think they will last for most of the pregnancy. I just have to make sure I don't gain 60 pounds.

Don't think its a boy

I am pretty certain it's a girl. No boy names have been seriously discussed. There have been a wave of girls being born lately. Yup. Gonna be a tom girl.

Back from vacation and boy am I tired!

I spent the last 10 days in Oregon visiting family, attending my 10 year high school reunion, and my brother's wedding.  It was all a lot of fun!  Of course neither of us took any pictures, but there were several hours of pictures taken by the photographer before, during, and after the wedding.  Some of them should be good anyway. :)  We got back into town yesterday afternoon and I am completely exhausted!  I know the pregnancy is making it much worse.  I feel like I would if I had mono.  I just don't have the energy to do much of anything.  At least I had today off work to recover.  I slept in this morning, so I feel a bit better.  I haven't had any other problems so far,  but I did gain more weight than I should have.  Normally I would be back on a diet now and the weight would come off quickly, but not this time.  I just have to suck it up and try not to gain any more before my sonogram.  This is going to be tougher than I thought.  I am almost 10 weeks along in the pregnancy now, and my first sonogram is at 12 weeks.  I'm really looking forward to it.  I think it will make this all seem more real.  Darren is so sure we are having a girl that he won't even consider boy names.  I'm not going to push it.  We will just wait until confirmation of what we are having.  There may not be a need to think of a boy name after all.  I should know for sure at the end of October or early November.

Tales of a pregnant klutz!

I have been told several times now by several different people that being pregnant makes you forgetful and clumsy.  I have always been forgetful, so I can't really say whether I am more so or not.  I can say with absolute certainty that I am definitely more clumsy!  The most embarassing thing happened to me yesterday!  I was grocery shopping at Walmart.  I had finished shopping and was loading all my groceries onto the conveyer at the checkout.  The very last thing I took out of the cart was a nice large container of blueberries.  Well, the blueberries didn't make it onto the conveyer.  I dumped them all over the floor!  I was completely mortified!  Of all things I could have dropped it had to be the thing that can roll forever.  There were blueberries everywhere!  I had to tell several people to be careful so they wouldn't smash them all.  A nice worker came over and swept them up for me while I ran back and grabbed another container.  I kept apologizing to her and she was very nice about the whole thing.  I just hope things like this don't become normal.  This could be a long 8 months!

Girl Name Decided

Amelia Elizabeth Winnell Byrd for a girl. No name for a boy. Stay tuned.

Growing a Baby is Hard Work!

I'm just about 7 weeks along now. Physically I am feeling great, not a bit of nausea. I have been exceptionally tired this past week though. This morning Darren got up before me. I am usually up and out of bed right away without a problem. This morning was rough though. I just couldn't seem to get going. I told Darren I was just going to call in sick. He didn't like that idea. He actually told me I need to save my sick days for when I'm pregnant! What? Hello! I already am pregnant! He can't seem to understand that. He thinks I will only be pregnant when I'm like 7 months along and huge! Its a bit annoying. Darren seems to think I have no reason to be tired. He thinks I spent the whole weekend doing nothing. Well, it was Harry Potter weekend, so I did spend a big portion reading, but I also did the dishes, washed and folded 4 loads of laundry, vaccuumed the house, and went grocery shopping. I think I accomplished a lot. I also exercised for 45 minutes both Saturday and Sunday. That, on top of the fact that I'm pregnant, is a lot of work. I am tired. I just want a little sympathy once in a while. Ok, enough bitching. I'm over it now.

In other news, I think we may have settled on baby names. We have tentatively agreed. Anything can change, so I think I'm going to keep names to myself until we know for sure what we are having. The only sticking point I can see now is that Darren insists our child have 2 middle names. I think its a completely ridiculous notion, but I can see that I will most likely cave first. Darren is waaay too stubborn to budge on anything. :)

Feeling great!

Well, I guess I am now about 5 1/2 weeks into my pregnancy. Its still very early, but I'm feeling great! I had two days last week where I felt slightly nauseous, but I haven't felt that since. I''m hopeful that morning sickness won't start at all. That would be really nice. My mom had 4 kids and says she didn't feel sick for any of them. My doctor says thats a good sign that I may not either. Of course, morning sickness might be a good thing as it would prevent me from overeating. I haven't had a problem eating anything thus far. My doctor says I need 1800 calories a day, so I'm trying to be really careful. I've been trying to eat a variety of foods and get all my fruits and vegetables. I have also been exercising every day. If I can keep this up I should be ok. I have the potential to gain a massive amount of weight if I don't pay close attention. 25-35 pounds is the range I'm supposed to gain. I'm shooting for 30 maximum. I think that will be easy enough to lose again later.

We received a nice present of baby books from Jami and Priscilla the other day. Thank you! I have to say though, I don't really think we need a book of 50,001 baby names. Can you imagine how hard picking a name will be now? Darren already had horrible names picked out. This book is going to make it so much worse! He has already said we should just close our eyes and point to one. Very scary!