This past week has marked alot of things:  Christmas, the New Year, and me entering my second trimester.   The first trimester came and went with all the usual symptoms.  Fatigue, being the main discomfort, still continues as I find myself sleeping until one or two in the afternoon if left undisturbed on an off day.  I was lucky in a sense I had nausea for only about a week and a half around week 7-8, but never once did I throw up.  However, on the recommendation of a handful of people, I did buy up items containing ginger to help ease my nausea and whilst it does work, I feel it will have the reverse effect the rest of my life… just thinking about ginger ale at this point makes me ill.  I can also feel my uterus as it grows, which feels like a stretching sensation in the abdomen.

More disturbing is my need to eat… all the time!  I can have a huge meal and in less than two hours feel as though I am starving.  I always have something to eat on hand, especially at work, for when that feeling of insatiable hunger strikes.    I hadn’t been weighing myself during the first trimester, mostly out of fear of what that evil device might say.  After all, I had been eating my body weight in food.  I decided that I should know how much I’ve gained, so at the beginning of my 2nd trimester… I stepped onto the scale.  Surprisingly, I’ve only gained 6 pounds, which falls in line with the recommended weight gain for the 1st trimester.  I was, needless to say, relieved.  Little Doodle is a calorie machine, I think it needs more on a daily basis than I do!

Two days ago we went in for the 12 week scan.  We were very excited as we knew Little Doodle will have grown considerably more human like.  We got into the scan room and wouldn’t you know it, Little Doodle wouldn’t cooperate!  It kept turning lazily away from the ultrasound paddle, giving mom and dad a good 20 minutes of looking at the back of it’s head.  At one point the ultrasound technician had me lift my pelvis off the table, into the air, and give my hips a good shaking in order to try to move Little Doodle into a better viewing position.  When that didn’t work, she advised me to go drink something sugary and take a 20 minute walk.

So we did.

Once back on the table, the caffeine in the energy drink proved to have actually worked, and there was Little Doodle, bouncing and twirling around in the womb! And they confirmed what I had suspected all along: Little Doodle bounces right on my bladder.  They were finally able to measure it, inspect it from head to toe, and even get a profile shot.  Little Doodle checked out as growing nicely, we got to see it wave it’s little hands and arms around.  And I feel as though, due to the difficulty of it being in the wrong position for the inspection, we got to spend alot of time with Little Doodle that day as well… and fell more in love.

My next scan is at week 20, where they will be able to tell the gender!  Alot of exciting things are going to happen along the way to that scan as well:  Little Doodle will gain the ability to hear and hear us talk to it, and in another 5 to 8 weeks I will be able to feel it’s movements.

Below is a pic of the ultrasound. It’s the best I can do until we figure out what’s wrong with our scanner, but you can quite clearly see Little Doodle’s head on the right and a profile of it’s face,  with the ear on the side of it’s head.

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