12 Weeks

I can't get enough: Chocolate milk. Every time my supervisor asks me how the pregnancy is going she tells me about how she drank a gallon of chocolate milk every day while pregnant with her son. Well, this week chocolate milk started sounding really yummy. I don't drink in the extremes that my supervisor did but it's been my lunch time or snack time beverage of choice.

New stuff for Rabbit: We just picked up a wicker basket on sale at Micheal's for Rabbit's room. It's white with a yellow cloth lining and a yellow giraffe patch on the front. It matches a basket we got a few weeks ago with a blue lining and whale patch.

New stuff for Mommy (that's me!): I picked up a few more pairs of pants from Motherhood. Since my trip two weeks ago I've been pretty much wearing my two pairs of maternity pants on rotation. Today I got another pair of work pants and a pair of jeans. Hopefully that will see me through.
I also got some cocoa butter stretch mark lotion. I've read that stretch marks are a genetic thing and you can't prevent them with lotions but the lotion smells like chocolate and it's a nice excuse to get Mr. to rub my belly. ;-)

Looking forward to: my next midwife appointment in one week! This time my mom is coming up for the weekend and to go to the appointment with me. Since she lives far away and we're going with an unconventional maternity care/birthing choice I thought it would be nice for her to get to see where Rabbit & I are being cared for.

My biggest complaint: Still feeling pretty tired. I haven't really gotten sick from all my adorable yet sneezy kiddos at work but I think fighting off all their germies is contributing to Rabbit's drainage of my energy reserves.

Mr is reading: The Caveman's Pregnancy Companion: A Survival Guide for Expectant Fathers. From what I read/scanned in the book store it's pretty funny while informative. Mr is sitting on the other end of the couch reading highlights aloud to me as I type. I'm pretty fond of it already. It has a massage guide, a chapter on pregnancy nutrition and recipes (for him to make) and for some reason he just got very upset when I told him "yes, my feet are cold" and immediately grabbed them to warm them.

I'm reading: Ask A Midwife. This is another book I grabbed from my midwife's bookshelf. This one is a vast improvement upon The Girlfriend's Guide. It's broken into chapters then subsections and presented in a question and answer format. In this aspect, it's pretty easy to navigate and skip around to get exactly the information you're looking for. It's not dense and there are pictures which i guess is nice if that's what you want in a book. So if you want a quick, easy reference, this just might be the book for you. If, however, you are like me and also are reading multiple comprehensive pregnancy guides (What to Expect; Your Pregnancy Week by Week) and tracking through a couple (*cough* seven *cough  cough*) pregnancy apps on your phone, then this book doesn't have much new information and doesn't go into as much detail. It does get props though, for avoiding cutesy or cliche phrases (What to Expect; Your Pregnancy Week by Week) and stereotypes or offensive statements (Your Pregnancy Week by Week; The Girlfriend's Guide).