Today I am 13 weeks and have officially graduated to the 2nd Trimester. For some reason everyone thinks of 12 weeks as the end of 1st Tri, but technically it's 13. AND, I don't know why people say you're pregnant for nine months because it's actually 40 weeks. ANYWAY - I have been really tired this week and my hunger is weird. I am really hungry first thing in the morning, but no matter what I eat for breakfast it makes me really sick. Then I could practically go all day not eating (I force myself to eat something by 1:00 if I haven't gotten hungry yet), but then all of a sudden around 5:00 I am STARVING and if I don't have dinner right away I get an awful headache and attitude. Very weird. I have still been living on carbs, but am trying to add easy things like salad and green beans back into my diet. They just really still don't sound good.
This week I started buying maternity clothes as my jeans will no longer zip up all the way (some won't at all!) and the bella bands just aren't cutting it. The maternity jeans and pants I got are soooo comfortable! I can't wait to get them back from the tailor (darn short legs!). It's tax free weekend so I thought I'd take advantage of that and try to get some shirts and sweaters too. Some of them still are a little too long or big on me, but for the most part I've found enough to have things to wear to work and still be comfortable. I got two really cute v-neck half-length sleeved sweaters at Gap Maternity that are good for work or with jeans, so I got one color in medium and one in large as a compromise. So one's a little big now and one will be a little snug later!
Oh, another wonderful thing has begun. I seem to have little control over my bladder when sneezing for some reason. We were walking through Macy's the other night and I did not even have to pee, but I sneezed really big and a gush of pee came out. WTF!?! I was freaking out and dying laughing at the same time. Good thing we were already on our way out! It's happened twice since then, so every time I have to sneeze I cross my legs really hard. I have been extremely stuffy and sneezy since being pregnant. I'm beginning to think I'm allergic to this baby!
Well, that's about it for excitement this week. I am looking forward to popping and I hope it happens soon. Right now I just look like I've gained a lot of weight in a very short amount of time. It's becoming a little embarrassing! From what I've read, you just wake up one day and all of your bloat has magically turned into a hard little belly. That seems unlikely, but the number of people I've heard this from is unbelievable! Crossing my fingers it happens in the next couple weeks.