*Week 12*

Hello, again!

So here we are at week 12. Man, time flies... I cannot believe that this is the last week of my first trimester?! My younger sister told me that your second pregnancy goes by faster than your first... Not because it's not as important or that you're not paying attention as closely to everything as you did last time, but because you're busier. And it's true. Daryl is working ALOT, having a toddler who is in school and dance and is a busybody, different things going on at work, and among other things, constantly thinking about family who is out of state, sick, etc. It's just amazing how fast life goes. Wow?! SO, enough with the heavy, Bonnie...

Anyway! So week 12. I worked the weekend. We were VERY busy, the unit was full with sick little kiddos. I worked with an awesome lady so it was fun, but as I have always been more prone to retain fluid, I got small cankles by midday Saturday.. even my tiny little coworker had the same issues. We were on our feet constantly and didn't even get to eat anything until about 2pm. So, I was starving, stuffed my face, and felt sick as all get out afterwards. I was dehydrated, and tired. By the afternoon I had an excruciating headache. I went home and ate dinner but was hurting, so Daryl told me to go to bed and get some sleep. When I stood up, I was so dizzy it was crazy, I thought rest would help, but I woke up at midnight and it was still awful so I called the OB dept at the hospital where I work and the nurse told me she thinks I threw my blood sugar out of whack and was dehydrated. So, I downed about a liter of water in an hour and went back to sleep. The next morning the dizziness was gone but the headache wasn't. I told my co-workers what happened and she was on me all day about eating every 2-3 hrs and drinking water NO MATTER WHAT. She's so great :) So, that was scary... but I got through it. My BP was 134/79 at work Sunday, so I was ok with that.

Let's see. Not much else happened the rest of the week. I worked night shift Tuesday night and once I got off Wednesday morning, I went home and slept and knew that I was off for the next 8 days... so I felt relaxed and rested. NICE!! 

**How far along? 12.5 weeks

**Total weight gain/loss: Ugh, this better slow down!! + 8.5lbs

**How Big is Baby?: A plum!

**Maternity clothes? Yup! Not scrubs yet... I love maternity clothes :)

**Stretch marks? I don't even know... Have the ones from Camryn so who knows lol

**Sleep: Comes and goes...

**Nausea: Good Lord, yes! It's so bad AFTER any meal or snack... :(

**Best moment this week: Actually getting SOME sleep.

**Movement: I like to think I feel little flutters hehe

**Food cravings: OJ and spicy food!! (Wendy's spicy chicken nuggets.. yumm!)

**Gender: Don't know yet!

**Labor Signs: No way!!

**Belly Button in or out? In