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Dec 3, 2010 -26 weeks
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Nov 12, 2010 -23 weeks
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Oct 29, 2010 -21 weeks
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IT'S A GIRL!!
I am so excited. I was hoping for a boy (51%-49% preference) but all that melted away when I heard it was a little girl. She is 11oz and has a heart rate of 154 bpm. She is looking good and measuring right on track at 19w 5d!
................................................................................. Oct 15, 2010 -19 weeks
New shirt this week because the red one is getting a little snug.
................................................................................. Oct 8, 2010 -18 weeks
How far along? 18 weeks
Weight gain/loss: 128 lbs.
Maternity clothes? Maternity pants and regular shirts.
Stretch marks? Same.
Sleep? Starting to toss and turn a lot.
Best moment this week? Setting up the big anatomy scan!
Food cravings: none.
Gender: Not sure yet, hopefully we know in 12 days.
Belly button in or out? Neither, it's flat.
Movement? YES! Movement everyday down low. Feels like it's feet down.
What I miss? I want a beer...I don't even like beer.
What I'm looking forward to: Finding out the gender on the 20th!
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Oct 1, 2010 -17 weeks
How far along? 17 weeks
Weight gain/loss: 127 lbs.
Maternity clothes? Maternity pants all the time and regular shirts.
Stretch marks? Same.
Sleep? Good.
Best moment this week? I have felt the baby move everyday this week! Every movement was the best.
Food cravings: Mexican food!!
Gender: Not sure yet.
Belly button in or out? In.
Movement? Yes.
What I'm looking forward to: Our next appointment on the 6th.
Milestones:None.
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Progression: The first 4 months
................................................................................. Sept 24, 2010 -16 weeks
How far along? 16 weeks
Weight gain/loss: 126 lbs.
Maternity clothes? Maternity pants all the time and regular shirts.
Stretch marks? Same.
Sleep? Good.
Best moment this week? Feeling the baby more this week.
Food cravings: Mexican food.
Gender: Not sure yet.
Belly button in or out? In.
Movement? Yes.
What I'm looking forward to: Finding out the gender.::eeek:: I can't wait.
Milestones:None.
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Sept 17, 2010 -15 weeks
How far along? 15 weeks
Weight gain/loss: 126 lbs.
Maternity clothes? Maternity pants all the time and regular shirts.
Stretch marks? Same.
Sleep? Still having lots of dreams about this one being a girl.
Best moment this week? FELT THE BABY MOVE! Very slight but it was without a doubt the baby.
Food cravings: Mexican food.
Gender: Not sure yet.
Belly button in or out? In but getting more shallow.
Movement? YES!
What I miss? Not being a hormonal mess.Still.
What I'm looking forward to: Finding out the gender.
Milestones: Feeling the baby!
I can't believe I felt the baby move! It was actually around 14 weeks and 3 days, just a little thump down low. It was much harder than when I first felt Jake move.
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Sept 10, 2010 -14 weeks
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Sept 3, 2010 -13 weeks
How far along? 13 weeks
Weight gain/loss: 125 lbs.
Maternity clothes? Sometimes I put on maternity pants but still in regular shirts.
Stretch marks? Same.
Sleep? Fine except getting up to pee 4 times a night (been doing that for about 5 weeks now and it's starting to get old. Plus Jake is teething so if I am not up peeing I am up with him.
Best moment this week? Seeing little one on the ultrasound.
Food cravings: Mexican food.
Gender: Not sure yet.
Belly button in or out? In
Movement? Nope.
What I miss? Not being a hormonal mess.
What I'm looking forward to: Hearing the heart beat next week.
Milestones: Entering 2nd trimester.
We went to the NT scan on Tuesday and it was amazing! I can't get over how much the little one was moving. It was rubbing it's little eyes and trying to hide from the ultrasound wand. The test results come back wonderful with a 1 in 10000 chance. It was so wonderful!
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Aug 27, 2010 -12 weeks
I admit, I feel as tired as I look in this picture. You can tell my 'bump' is getting bigger down low. I am starting so much lower this time then I did with Jake. I will post a comparison picture of 12 weeks this time vs last time down a little below.
How far along? 12 weeks
Weight gain/loss: 124.5 lbs.
Maternity clothes? Pants (2 pair of capri's) and then I wear my yoga pant a lot.
Stretch marks? Same.
Sleep? Sleeping fine just not enough. I feel like I would need to sleep 12 hours just to keep up with the exhaustion I am feeling.
Best moment this week? Finding out my next ultrasound is covered!
Food cravings: Mexican food.
Gender: Not sure yet.
Belly button in or out? In
Movement? Nope.
What I miss? Not being a hormonal mess.
What I'm looking forward to: Seeing little one via ultrasound next Tuesday.
Milestones: None.
Baby is the size of a plum this week. Emmy (our nick name for the baby since it was short for embryo) is starting to look just like a little baby!
Here is what I am talking about when it comes to where my 'bump' is starting this time compared to last time, granted last time was a lot of bloat (it took forever for me to actually show) this time things are spilling out everywhere.
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Aug 20, 2010 -11weeks
How far along? 11 weeks
Weight gain/loss: 124 lbs.
Maternity clothes? Sometimes pants. I hate them so much though that I am wearing a lot of stretchy non maternity pants.
Stretch marks? Same.
Sleep? Sleeping fine. (Jake is starting to sleep well again!)
Best moment this week? It's been a pretty bad week.
Food cravings: Sushi.
Gender: Not sure yet.
Belly button in or out? In
Movement? Nope.
What I miss? Still miss being hungry
What I'm looking forward to: Seeing little one via ultrasound on the 31st.
Milestones: None.
Not much happened this week. I stopped my Metformin and so I don't feel as sick so that is good. I feel like all of my bloat is gone (there is nothing to suck in)so that explains why my 'bump' looks flat and deformed this week.
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Aug 14, 2010 -10weeks
A day late and a dollar short.
How far along? 10 weeks
Weight gain/loss: 124.5 lbs. (same as last week)
Maternity clothes?Yes :( I hate maternity pants. I am still, however, in regular shirt (and sure I will be for a while, I like them big.
Stretch marks? Same.
Sleep? Sleeping fine.
Best moment this week?Jonathan being amazed that I actually am starting to look pregnant so early.
Food cravings: I find that I am liking fruit. I can't eat a lot of food at one time though (which I think is the reason I am losing weight) I am eating only a 1/4 of what I use to eat.
Gender:Back to thinking girl.
Belly button in or out? In
Movement? Nope.
What I miss? Being hungry. (Same as last week)
What I'm looking forward to: Seeing little one via ultrasound on the 31st.
Milestones:Needing maternity clothes.
And here are some random observations I have noticed between this pregnancy and last pregnancy.
1) I have lost a lot of weight. I mean I knew I did from the number difference on the scale but it wasn't until I compared the pictures from this and last pregnancy side by side until I noticed how much. 2) Either I lost all that weight in my boobs or pregnancy ate them. (In reality I think it was a combo of over production and weight lost - over production stretched them out and weight loss...well...you know).
Of course, what are words with out a visual (boring that's what) so here is a pic of what I am talking about.
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Aug 6, 2010 -9weeks
How far along? 9 weeks
Weight gain/loss: 124.5 lbs.
Maternity clothes? Nope
Stretch marks? Same.
Sleep? Sleeping fine.
Best moment this week? Seeing the baby!
Food cravings: None.
Gender: I am unsure after seeing the little bean.
Belly button in or out? In
Movement? Nope.
What I miss? Being hungry.
What I'm looking forward to: Hearing the heart beat with the doppler.
Milestones: Saw the heart beat via ultrasound!
I was having some issues so I ended up getting in to an ultrasound a couple of days early! The baby is looking fine, measuring right on track at 9 weeks with a strong heart beat of 170.
I also had a urinalysis done today and I have unexplained protein and ketones in my urine...
Jake wanted in on the picture taking action:
And here is our new little gingerbread baby:
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July 30, 2010 -8weeks
How far along? 8 weeks
Weight gain/loss: 126 or 127 depending on when I weigh myself.
Maternity clothes? No! Thanks goodness
Stretch marks? Just the same ones from the boy.
Sleep? I haven't been able to sleep for the last few days because Jake has been sick but that is the only reason.
Best moment this week? N/A
Food cravings: Food still sucks to me.
Gender: Still thinking girl but won't know for 12 more weeks.
Belly button in or out? In
Movement? Nope.
What I miss? Nothing yet.
What I'm looking forward to: Ultrasound on August 9th.
Milestones: One week closer to my ultrasound.
Okay, here is the deal, I have been getting a bad feeling about this pregnancy. I hope it's just me being crazy but I have been feeling not very confident. I have had some bad cramps (worse than is normal) and some spotting. I hope I am wrong. I hope beyond hope I am wrong, but I just needed to get it out there.
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July 23, 2010 -7 weeks
Excuse my hair..I had just got out of the shower.
How far along? 7 weeks
Weight gain/loss: 127.5 - starting to gain the weight I lost back.
Maternity clothes? No.
Stretch marks? Same.
Sleep? Getting enough.
Best moment this week? Nothing really sticks out as far as the pregnancy goes.
Food cravings: Something different all the time.
Gender: Still thinking girl.
Belly button in or out? In
Movement? Nope.
What I miss? Nothing yet.
What I'm looking forward to: Still looking forward to the next ultrasound.
Milestones: Completing week 6.
I have started to get a little bit of morning sickness. It comes in waves and usually at night. It's not too bad.
I am also not as tired as I have been. I was taking little 20 minute naps when Jake napped in the afternoon but now I don't feel like I need them.
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July 16, 2010 - 6 weeks
How far along? 6 weeks
Weight gain/loss: 126 - down 4lbs so far
Maternity clothes? No, I hate maternity pants so I am going to try to avoid those as long as possible.
Stretch marks? Same.
Sleep? I wish Jake would sleep in later but other then that my sleep is great.
Best moment this week? We got to see the blob via ultrasound. There was no heart beat, just a gestational sac, a yolk sac, and a fetal pole, but it was measuring almost right on time.
Food cravings: Nothing right now.
Gender: I'm thinking girl but I don't know for sure at all.
Belly button in or out? In
Movement? Nope.
What I miss? Nothing yet.
What I'm looking forward to: Next ultrasound, hopefully we see the heart beat.
Milestones:Seeing our bean on the big screen!
We had our first big appointment yesterday and boy what a mess!
We got there at 10 (30 minutes before my appointment) and I walked up to the receptionist to let her know I am there for my ultrasound. She informed me that I was in fact NOT there for an ultrasound...um okay, so why was I there I wondered. She said they had me down as this being my first appointment for this pregnancy and I that I was there to get a conformation (it's my 3rd and I have already had a urine test and 2 blood tests, what more do they want).
I got back to the room to see the doctor and when he came in he told me I am indeed suppose to have an u/s, there was just a scheduling issue. So they did my pap, asked if my history had changed since last pregnancy, gave me a list of dos and do nots, and sent me down to the u/s room.
I got my u/s done internally and the baby is measuring 5w 5d (I was figuring I was around 5w 6d) so that's fine and good but there was no measurable heart beat. There was a tiny flicker of what could be a heart beat but it's so tiny they couldn't pin point it. There was, however, a sac, a yolk sac, and a fetal pole.
After the ultrasound I made an appointment for 4 weeks from that day and I headed down to the lab.
When I gave the lab tech my paperwork they told me I would have to be there for an hour. I was dumbfounded. I asked why. They said I needed to take my one hour glucose. Um, I am less than 6 weeks pregnant and I didn't fast! They said it was doctors orders and it didn't matter that I didn't fast.
So Jonathan had to go back to work and while I waited for an hour so they can draw my blood I had to hunt down a ride.
They drew 7 big vials of blood and boot me out.
I got home and on the answering machine was a message from my OB saying they NEEDED to see me in 3 weeks for another u/s and a visit with the OB.
I called the receptionist and they are like well you have an appt for 4 weeks, I said I know, I made that before I heard they want me back in 3. She put me on hold and then came back and changes my appt from the 12 of August to the 9th (big whoop).
It was crazy.
Anyway, this week baby is the size of a pea and is staring to look more like a baby. It is starting to sprout eyes, ears, nose, cheeks, chin and little webbed hands and feet.
And here is the difference between this week and last week.
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July 9, 2010 - 5 weeks
This picture was actually taken 2 days ago but it will do. As you can see I am starting to get that bloated look.
How far along? 5 weeks
Weight gain/loss: 127 pounds.
Maternity clothes? Not yet.
Sleep? I am getting enough.
Best moment this week? Scheduling my first ultrasound.
Food cravings: None yet...I am not really liking food right now.
Belly button in or out? In
Movement? No.
What I miss?Nothing yet.
What I'm looking forward to? My first ultrasound!
Weekly wisdom: Enjoy everyday!
Milestones: No major milestones.
This week the baby is the size of an apple seed. Even though it is now an embryo we are still calling it Blasty (short for blastocyst). The baby is starting to form major organs such as the heart, kidneys, liver, and stomach, and it's systems such as the nervous, circulatory, and digestive. It's pretty creepy looking at this stage...kind of like an alien - a cute, creepy, alien baby.
Here is a side by side comparison this week to last week.
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June 30, 2010 - 4 weeks
That's right! Today the doctor confirmed my pregnancy! We are so excited.
I will try do a better job of documenting my pregnancy this time since this is our last time and I didn't do as well as I would have liked the first time. (Wow, I said time a lot in that run-on sentence)
So let's being. Below is my before the bump picture (please excuse the cheesy smile, ha ha).
How far along? 3 weeks 5 days...I think.
Weight gain/loss: 129.
Maternity clothes? Nope.
Stretch marks? Yes. Tons! Thanks to my beautiful son. No new ones.
Sleep? I wish I could have more but I am sleeping well.
Best moment this week? Getting the call from my doctor with my first betas! 44!
Food cravings: Nope.
Gender: No idea!
Belly button in or out? In
Movement? No.
What I miss? Nothing right now.
What I'm looking forward to: More betas!
Weekly wisdom: Take every day one day at a time.
Milestones: Confirming pregnancy!
