February 4th - Almost done with the first trimester

Dear Baby,

Its been almost a month since I have written to you. You must think that I am such an awful mommy. Honestly, there really hasn't been anything new to report. I am considered 13 weeks and 5 days pregnant which means I am getting closer to the end of the first trimester. A third of the way there! Yay! I am glad to report that the morning sickness has been minimal over the past couple of weeks and the nausea and vomiting has died down tremedously. However, I find that I have been peeing a whole lot more than I did before. I didn't have a strong bladder before, but now, its gotten worse. I can't even make it through the night without having to get up at least once to go pee. The bad thing about that is that when I do wake up in the middle of the night like that, I am always hungry. I have had a middle of the night snack every night for the past week. If I keep that I up, the 5 pounds I have gained so far from being pregnant is going to quickly turn into 50 pounds. Yikes!

Even though my belly is nowhere close to what resembles a baby belly, I can certainly tell that you are in there because the part of my stomach a couple of inches below what was my belly button is getting just a tad bit firmer than the rest of my belly. The rest of my belly on the other hand is all fat. Yuck. I know.

Next week on Tuesday I will be visiting my doctor again so that he can check on me and you to see how things are progressing. I am hoping that he or the nurse will check for your heartbeat using a doppler so that I can hear your heartbeat. It would be so great if they do that. I am also hoping they will go ahead and schedule my appointment for the ultrasound that will tell me if you are a girl or a boy. You already know if you are a girl or a boy, but I will have to wait until the ultrasound to find out. I sure hope you are cooperating that day.

Until next time.

I will always love you,
Your Mommy