The LaGreca Family

So, the question of the week. (I guess there are two questions of the week, but one stands out a little more than the other).

The first question comes from people that live outside of San diego (or don’t see me very often):  “Are you showing?“

I can’t believe the answer to the question, but it’s: YES!  I am almost 13 weeks and I am already showing!  It’s crazy!  I BARELY had a little pooch at 16 weeks last time.  But, as most people say, you show a lot sooner with you second pregnancy.  Hmmm.  That just means I have to pull out all my “bigger” clothes sooner than I though.  I was sad to say good-bye to a pair of PRE-#1-pregnancy jeans that I was FINALLY back in!  It was fun to wear them for a few months.

The second question is asked at least 2 times a day by someone, whether at work, on facebook, or via email:  “How are you feeling?“

I am happy to report that I am feeling MUCH better.  My tummy has definitely complied with the timing of my pregnancy.  Just about to leave the 1st trimester behind – and my tummy will leave (hopefully) all ‘morning sickness’ behind.  I am glad to see it go – it’s definitely hard to feel “icky” with a 2 yr old running around. He didn’t like it when Mama was laying on the couch instead of chasing him around the house, or playing trains.

I don’t have a picture of myself or the tummy – sorry.  I bet there won’t be as many belly pictures as there was the last time. I am not as comfortable in front of the camera these days.

But, since I am almost 13 weeks, I figured I would recap some similarities & differences in the pregnancy thus far:

-Differences-

1. WAY more hungry starting the 7th week. I can’t believe how much and often I have to eat to keep up!
2. Eggs made me feel very sick one morning and had to stop eating them for a few weeks
3. Bathroom Breaks in the middle of the night have been SO bothersome this time.  I have to get up 2-3 hours after I JUST went to bed. I am sorry, but that is unacceptable (I hope the baby moves up soon, so I can have a FULL night of rest in my bed…at least for a few months)
4. Already mentioned this, but I am showing a LOT sooner than last time. It will be nice when I actually look pregnant, instead of “girl who is letting her belly get OUT of CONTROL”
5. The first trimester FLEW by this time. Last time, I felt like it was going to last forever (mostly because I was so nervous the whole time).

+Similarities+

1. “All Day Sickness” started around 6 weeks, really kicked in on the 8th week and started to die down around 11 weeks.  Almost exactly as it happened with NCL (oh – and I never actually threw up either time, and I am VERY thankful for that…close a few times, but I held my cool)
2. Cereal – even though I wasn’t AS hungry with pregnancy #1, I still always have found comfort in a bowl of cereal.  I really do love milk – and there is nothing like a bowl of rice krispies with a banana to calm a growing baby
3. Anxious about getting everything done. I feel like our list of “things to do” is growing every single day.  That’s right..nothing has changed. This is always the case in the LaGreca house (pregnant or not).

Since I don’t have any pictures of me, why not leave you with a few of Nicholas? He is so much cuter!

Swinging at Melissa’s house