I’m currently six weeks pregnant with baby #2 so baby is the size of a pea at 0.25 inches long. Baby is beginning to get facial features, its circulatory system is developing at a rapid pace, and may even be wiggling its hands and feet. 

I’m feeling pretty miserable with complete and total exhaustion, and all day nausea (no puking, just feeling like it) wearing me down. I almost wish people knew I was pregnant so I wouldn’t have to pretend to be feeling great, but not enough to actually tell. I like how it is mostly our little secret, and I’m still scared I could miscarry. 

I toured the Breath of Life Birth Center in Largo this week, and pretty much decided this is where I’d like to give birth assuming no complications. Last time around, I hated not knowing the doctor who breezed in at the last minute to help deliver, and also all the interventions that began when my water broke but no contractions started. At the Birth Center, I will get to know the entire team of midwives, nurses, and staff who will be present for delivery, and hopefully feel better cared for during the prenatal, delivery, and postpartum process. I’m also excited (and a little scared) to have a natural childbirth, something I really wanted last time around and just couldn’t make happen. I don’t have my first appointment until I’m 9, almost 10, weeks, so it’s just a waiting game at this point.