I wish my belly looked more like I'm pregnant and less like I just really like cheesecake.
Cute puppies. They always come running up whenever a camera is snapping pictures. :)
SECOND TRIMESTER, BABY! <3
I am starting to feel a little better! I'm still really nauseous all the time, but I'm definitely grateful to be over the misery that was weeks 7-11..
On top of that, I've also gained two pounds, which is also a good thing, considering I lost EIGHTEEN pounds during the first trimester from being sick all the time. I'm now up to a whopping 16 pounds.I had my first appointment with my midwife, which was AWESOME. I really struggled with going back and forth between a birth center and a hospital birth with a midwife. There are pros and cons to each, but we ultimately chose the hospital midwife due to cost. The birth center would have almost been doable, but it was not covered by insurance at all, so any other medical issues we would have would be subject to our really high deductible. After hospital stay #1, we quickly realized that covering our deductible plus the birth center fee clearly was not going to be doable. That was a really difficult decision, especially considering that there is only one hospital midwife here. Due to other hospital visits, my appointment with her kept getting pushed back, which was really frustrating, because I so desperately wanted to meet her! Well, I had my appointment with her, and I LOVE HER! I like her even more than I like the birth center midwives! This just feels like a huge confirmation of my decision, and I'm so thrilled that it went so well! :)
