Pregnancy Business

I want to thank all of you for your well wishes regarding my pregnancy in my first pregnancy post! Well, here it is! My preggers belly! I'm now 14 weeks and showing quite a bit already, as you can see. Now, I know what you're thinking, "Is that a preggers belly or did you just have a few too many cupcakes there, Erin?" Well, there may have been some cupcakes in my past, but I assure you that's a preggers belly and not just a chubby belly! LOL! :) I'm feeling good. Queasiness and fatigue is gone. This pregnancy business sure has been busy stuff! I've had more check-ups, Doctor's visits and tests in the last month or so than I've had in my whole life, it feels! And that's not including all the information that must be known and all the decisions to make! Anyway, I'm happy to report that all looks good and healthy, the baby seems fine with a strong heartbeat (we got to hear that at the last visit, that was so cool!) and all of my tests and check-ups have come back normal, EXCEPT, there's just one issue that's come up so far that has me a little worried. I'm going to get a bit personal here, so I apologize if this is TMI for some of you! Consider yourselves warned!

I have a fibroadenma in my left breast. It's a benign, noncancerous lump that can occur in the breast. Anyone else have one of these? I know they can be common in younger women. Anyway, I have one and it's grown in size since getting pregnant. These lumps are thought to be caused by an imbalance in hormones and the hormones during pregnancy can make them grow larger. I've had this for a while and I've had it checked out many times, but since getting pregnant it's grown so much that I'm worried it may cause problems with breastfeeding later down the line. It's still too early to tell, the doctor's are monitoring it, but they can't really give me any answers yet. There's not much that can be done about it and I can't have it removed while pregnant. It's uncomfortable, it bothers me, it's huge and I need it to reduce in size or least stop growing. The only thing I can do now to help it, is to take really good care of myself, which I have been doing since I found out I was pregnant. I will continue to eat healthy and exercise regularly and hopefully I can keep it from growing any further. I'm sure it will be fine and I feel blessed that this is the only thing I have to worry about.

On a side note, there hasn't been much claying going on and speaking of that...I'm going to be taking a break from clay for a while so that I can focus on my pregnancy, taking care of myself and preparing for the baby. I will go more into that later, BUT I do have plenty of pieces from the last firing and I will be slowly getting those listed in my shop. Thank you for all your support and Thanks for listening! :)