Food is Good

Things I've eaten today 

• Cereal - more specifically Captain Crunch with berries
• Rice Crispy Treat
• Mozzarella Stick 
• A stolen bag of dinosaur fruit snacks from the children's department 
• Two hot dogs sans buns 
• Raspberry Yogurt 
• Fruit filled health bar 
• A stolen cookie from children's program 
• A bowl of Macaroni and Cheese with cut up sausages

Things I want to eat 

• A bowl of Apple Pie ice cream  

Why I shouldn't eat it

• See above 

Second Trimester is the best, but I'm so worried about my potential weight gain for the upcoming visit in a week. This is my life:













Ah well, I'm ridiculous. Here's a picture of me from today's program. I crack myself up.

17 Weeks!

How far along: 17 weeks. 

Baby is the size of: One website says onion, the other says turnip. I hate onions with a raging passion so I'm going with turnip. Not that that is much better.


Physical symptoms: Mostly just fatigue. I have a cold so that is overshadowing anything else. 

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I was up 5lbs at my 16 week visit. 

Maternity clothes: Yes, I've been wearing them since my last half of my 13th week. 

Stretch marks: Nothing that wasn't there already. 

Sleep: Yes, please. 

Best moment last week: We finally got to hear the heartbeat on the doppler at our visit. During our 11-12 week visit baby was super shy and stubborn and we had to have an ultrasound. 
  
Movement: I think so? I'm not totally calling it yet though. 

Food cravings: I love cereal, fruit and anything with sugar. 

Gender:  My brain says boy. Everyone else says girl. 

Labor signs: I hope not. 

Belly button: Stretched pretty horizontal. 

What I miss: Wine. I know that's crazy, but I've been really wanting a glass of wine for the last 4 months. 

What I am looking forward to: Our Anatomy Scan on the 9th! Can't wait!

Milestones: My Pregnant After Infertility Brain considers every week rollover a milestone. I get very excited when I start a new week. 

And bump. My head is cut off in this picture because I am sick and look terrible. This shirt is not flattering in the slightest. Hopefully next week I'll get a better bump picture. 

A breath of fresh air

This isn't my first blog. I've done this multiple times. I got stalled, I got lost in the shuffle and didn't know how to dig myself back out. The last blog I started was to rant and rave about trying to have a baby, then to rant and rave about infertility and the testing and treatments that came with that. I needed some space from it, especially after I got pregnant. It's not that I want to wipe all that under the rug, I just don't feel like my happy updates belong there anymore. My life has changed and I need some fresh air. So it begins.

My name is Sarah. I'm 27 years old and 17 weeks pregnant (today!) with my husband and I's first child. No we don't know what it is yet sex-wise, we may find out in about 2 weeks. I'm due on July 8th. We tried for a year and a half and conceived with the help of Femara and an IUI (inter-uterine insemination). I have two cats, which is my inspiration for the name of this blog. Yes, I know the song is "Cats in the Cradle", but this makes more sense for me. It's a play on words. I'm not new to the internet by any stretch of the imagination and I hope I do myself proud by actually updating this thing.

So until then!