
January had this idea several weeks ago about putting together a weekly report on our lives as expectant parents. Rather than putting together a blog post at each doctors appointment or event that seemed important, it might tell a better story looking back on the pregnancy in week-long intervals, so I'm going to give it a shot.
Today officially marks The Captain's 17th week in our lives and to celebrate has graciously allowed January a full week without nausea! Yes, what we thought would never arrive, a time when the mere mention of food didn't make January's stomach turn, has finally arrived. And I've been celebrating this by cooking up a variety of tasty foods that we both enjoy but haven't been able to eat in months. Chicken and black bean soup! Enchiladas! Chocolate chip pancakes! It's like we've discovered shopping and cooking in advance for the first time here.
The downside to the decreased nausea -- and I don't know if there's a link here or not -- has been an increase in exhaustion. It may be related to the 10 hour wedding shoot she had on Saturday, but January has a bit more tired than usual this week. Rather than worry about it, though, she's reveling in it; Today marks the beginning of a month full of travel for her, so the downtime in the weeks to come may be more scarce than she's used to. This afternoon, I'm dropping her off at the airport as she heads to Telluride, Colorado to shoot a wedding this weekend. Next weekend is Philadelphia, and the weekend after that we head to North Carolina for our last baby-free vacation.
We will also be going back in to the doctor's office for our 18 week checkup on Wednesday. No ultrasound this time, but we did order an IntelliGender Gender Prediction test last week. We're prepared to take the results of this test for a grain of salt, as the reviews are pretty spotty, but we thought it would be fun to see what it says. I'll be sure to post the results in next week's update.
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