Speaking of two babies, thats exactly what we will have- TWO BABIES. Camila will barely be acquiring her land-legs when this little dude comes along. Oh, that also - LITTLE DUDE! One of each! I won't lie, I would have loved to have another little girl. I saw two similarly-aged little sisters playing at the playground the other week and it melted my heart. I also already know how to DO girls. You know, up through age 10 months. It just felt like a little girl would have slipped in nice and smooth to our little-girl life. Which is why we were STOKED when the sonogram-ist (probably not a word, but we will go with it) said its a BOY! I think both of us were pulling for a boy deep down. Donovan yelled so loud that the other baby I care for 3 days a week, who joins us for all kinds of fun outings like doctors appointments and gender reveals, immediately started crying in fear.
I was really excited for all 3 of us, but especially Donovan. Most people in his life, myself included, were sure he was destined to be the father of only girls. This is probably due to his protective and strong nature, along with the knowledge that he is a complete emotional softy - just seemed fitting that he would spend his life fretting about and spoiling his many girls.
So moving on to pregnancy itself - many were surprised at how quickly we decided to jump right in to round 2. I will use the word "decided" loosely because while we had hoped to have them close together, I was and still am nursing my daughter and (apologies for the TMI) never got my period back, which led me to believe that it wasn't in the cards for us to get pregnant while still nursing Camila. Therefor, this pregnancy was a total surprise for us also! There were a few teeny tiny signs that I should maybe buy a pregnancy test (an intense craving for clementines, nipple soreness - again with the TMI, I know), but the kicker was when my husband ever so lovingly told me that I LOOKED pregnant. Well at that point I figured it better be true, otherwise he was dead. Half joking - I brought up my belly pooch first and he hesitantly agreed. It wouldn't have been a deal at all, but him and I were smack-dap in the middle of the newest Insanity program, Max 30, and after 30 days of ass-kicking workouts and VERY MINIMAL mac and cheese (I swear it), I had GAINED an inch around my waist, as well as 7 pounds! It just didn't make any sense! 3 positive and 1 faulty pregnancy tests later, we figured I had to be 3-4 months along if Im ALREADY showing right?! Holy cow!
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| This is 9 or 10 weeks along |
However our first sonogram indicated I was only 9 weeks. So not only do yes, you show much earlier the second time around, I am now 100% convinced that the body, more specifically MY body, simply holds on to body fat when pregnant. I mean 9 weeks along and 7 pounds?! The baby was the size of a GRAPE at that point - hardly 7 pounds worth. And those smart-ass doctors will claim that you should gain MAYBE a pound in your first trimester but nothing more. Well I didn't even KNOW I was pregnant, was working my ASS off to get in better shape, and STILL gained 7 pounds. And this was after plummeting to below pre-pregnancy weight a few months postpartum. Also, as hard as I worked to maintain my fitness level last pregnancy, that last month of swollen ankles and the 6 weeks of doing nothing because my body just performed the most amazing feat, turned my body into mush. I maintained a base layer of muscle which I DO credit to my continued heavy lifting, but despite how hard I worked, I didn't maintain very much at all.
So needless to say, I am heading into this pregnancy with a much more relaxed approach to diet and fitness than before. This means weekly mac and cheese when I grocery shop at Wegmans (have you tried theirs at the hot food bar?! YUM), 3-5 days of working out a week including weight lifting, Shaun T workouts, jogging outdoors, basically anything I FEEL like that day, veggies at every meal, whole grains, lean proteins and lots of fruit, and ice cream and burgers whenever the hell I feel like it. Ive learned from experience that I will bounce back quickly, and dammit Im going to enjoy it.
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