To Our Daughter..

   March 9 , 2021    Now that I'm officially in the second trimester, I can feel so many changes. For starters, my nausea has thankfully gone away which means I can finally get real food in my system. From weeks 1-6, I rarely had any major symptoms except cramps and painful stomach aches. Then, I annoyingly got a stiff neck that lasted a whole month! After I got to hear my little one's heartbeat at my 9-week appointment, I even took up yoga for a short time because my whole body felt very achy. If I had to choose the worst times though, it would have to be between weeks 8-10 because my nausea was terrible-- granted I never actually threw anything up, I was just gagging A LOT . I was nauseous whether I had food in my system or not. I even carried crackers and ginger in my bag just in case.     Eventually by the start of 11-weeks, my nausea went away and since then, I've only felt it twice, THANK GOD! Another expected symptom I've gotten is sensitivity t...

  March 8 , 2021    I was really excited for today's appointment since it was the very first time your daddy got to see you! Despite all the pains you've been giving me in the last few days, I knew today would be worth it once the doctors confirmed you were healthy. The first thing the sonographer asked was if they could determine your gender today, if we would like to know and of course we said yes. Once you came on the screen, daddy could not keep still. He even told me how anxious and nervous he was seeing you for the first time. First the nurse measured behind your neck and said everything looked good, then she moved on to show us your arms, hands, legs, and feet. She said you were about 2.5 inches long too! While inspecting your bottom, she said "By the looks of it, I say there's an 80% chance that your baby is a girl ." I immediately looked at your dad and smiled. In the last few weeks, I repeatedly said that I felt like you were a boy but your dad insisted ...