Week 14 - 6 MONTHS LEFT!!!

14 weeks according to The Bump:

Baby is the size of a lemon (3.4" and 1.5oz)

Baby can now suck its thump and wiggle its toes!

Kidneys, liver and spleen are all doing their jobs!

Baby is growing lanugo, a thin, peach-fuzz-like hair, all over its body!

Since this is a late blog I'll post about Halloween! 

I made a pirate outfit for David and he wore it to his karate class' party a few weeks ago:

We all loved it and thought it was awesome. Well for school he could dress up and was going to wear this outfit but due to things that happened at school during that week we didn't allow it. So instead he wore his old baseball uniform!

Thank goodness I didn't spend anything on a costume because the child REFUSED to take it off and wear his actual costume lol The kid loves baseball so much that after games we have to force him out a uniform! But, we had a great night trick-or-treating and we kept getting told how well his manners are and how sweet he is! I got licked in the face by one dog, chased down a driveway by another (why they put their light on is beyond me, they weren't giving candy out or even home) and had to puck up another and put it in a house while the owner gave candy to kids because the dog wanted to go out with everyone else lol Very eventful night!

Noooow onto baby stuff! Holy cow have I popped! I swear over night it just grew. People are actually noticing the bump and asking questions. Most people look but don't ask. I washed my belly band and now its really tight on my stomach :( I need to try to stretch it out really good. If I'm laying down I swear I can feel movement. Super light, to where I can't feel it with my hand yet, but I know where peanut is. He/she reallllly like me left side. I swear it tries to sit as far left as possible, in a specific spot, and it hurts to stand up. When I'm standing I can feel it move into that spot. I think it's a girl and say "she" all the time and I joke saying maybe its a boy and its his way of getting back at me lol For being the size of a lemon it sure found a way to annoy me all ready! 

6 WEEKS LEFT UNTIL WE FIND OUT WHAT IT IS!!!

If you want to take guesses you can comment on the blog or the Facebook post for the blog! I will start keeping tally now :) I will also post on Facebook right before my appt to give anyone a chance who doesn't keep up with this blog if you want to wait! 

How far along: 14 weeks!

Total weight gain: not sure

Maternity clothes: Yes!

Stretch marks: found new ones on my boobs... I mean I did go from an A to C in a few weeks

Sleep: I need a maternity pillow

Best moment this week: feeling movement for the first time :)

Miss anything: BROCCOLI

Movement: yes, only when laying down!

Food cravings: broccoli

Anything make you queasy or sick: anything after 8pm makes me sick, again.

Have you started to show yet: oooooh yes!

Gender: think pink.. 6 weeks left until my next ultrasound

Labor signs: nope

Belly button in or out: in

Wedding ring on or off: on but loose

Happy or moody: emotional

Looking forward to: my next appt on the 20th

Week 13 - second trimester!

13 weeks - according to The Bump

Peanut is as big as a peach (2.9" and .81oz)

Forming vocal cords and teeth!

Peanut already has fingerprints

Intestines are moving from umbilical cord to tummy

I am so excited to be in the second trimester! I am praying that the awesome first trimester "fun" is coming to an end soon. I am so over being sick and exhausted. 10am on the dot every day I have to take a nap or I can't function. 

This week has been eventful. Tuesday I was bed/couch bond all day and it sucked even more because I had no help. Michael had to go to Macon to pick up something (1.5 away). Nothing tasted right and very little stayed down. I highly regretted not getting the awesome pills to help with it at my last doctors appointment lol On Thursday we had our second prenatal appointment!!! Michael and I both got our flu shots - btw, I love that my Ob's office extended the flu shot to my husband! The nurse lied about our arms not hurting after. They were so sore the rest of the day. Didn't help I hit it on my freezer handle while getting something out the fridge. Got my mass amount of blood drawn which wasn't bad at all, she got all 5 tubes done so fast because it only took her 1 try to hit the vein! The most exciting part was hearing the heart beat for the first time!

My first appointment was at 8 almost 9 weeks. My office only uses a fetal doplar to listen to the heart beat and that early on it won't work. So at my 10 week ultrasound is when we found out they only use the doplar... We were very disappointed. We had to wait until almost 13 weeks to hear it, the anticipation was crazy! When Dr. Parker put the doplar on my stomach, she only had to move it a little to get it. Little did we know the baby would be a bugger and move as soon as we landed on it. It took almost 2 mins to corner "her" (fingers crossed ;)) and get a very good listen. It was a very healthy 160!!! 

Waiting for this moment made me think back to hearing David's for the first time. I was early in the first trimester, maybe 7-8 weeks, and I had blood when I went to the bathroom. Thankfully my parents knew by now and my step mom rushed me to the emergency room. Everything looked normal from a vaginal exam, cervix was closed or whatever, but they sent me for an ultrasound just to be sure. By this point my dad and David's father were at the hospital. Since it was an emergency only the tech and I were aloud in the ultrasound room. As I'm lying there crying, terrified I lost the baby, I hear the fastest "thump thump thump thump". I looked at the nurse and asked if my heart was really going that fast and she looked at me and said "No sweetie, that's the baby! It's heart sound perfect, you didn't lose the baby!" I started crying more. I will never forget that moment! Just like I won't forget this new ones. Both kids have a great story behind this moment :)

How far along: 13 weeks!

Total weight gain: -1lb

Maternity clothes: I wore my shirt for the first time!

Stretch marks: still no new ones

Sleep: getting used to the no belly rule finally

Best moment this week: hearing the babies heartbeat!

Miss anything: my scolding hot showers

Movement: I swear I felt the tiniest movement the other day while laying down

Food cravings: grandmas Portuguese soup

Anything make you quesy or sick: nothing new

Have you started to show: oh yes!

Gender: fingers crossed for girl

Labor signs: nope

Belly button in or out: in

Wedding rings on or off: on

Happy or moody: happy!

Looking forward to: next appt in 4 weeks

Week 12

12 weeks - according to The Bump

Peanut is the size of a plum (2.1", .49oz)

Most of the critical systems are fully formed!

Peanuts about to enter the growth and maturation stage, in which the organs and tissues will grow and develop rapidly!

Reflexes are now devolving - poke my belly and peanut will move (it did this at my 10 week ultrasound!)

Opening and closing fingers and curling toes, too!

Brain is developing fast!

Thank you again for all the love surrounding this peanut! I can't say that enough. It's a lot different sharing this pregnancy than David's because, well, I'm not 18 trying to finish high school and I'm in a great marriage with an amazing guy. This baby and David have the most amazing family pouring love to them always! I don't want to say this one makes our family complete because despite the horrible start, I may still want my 3rd! Anyway, onto this weeks update!

Trying to avoid a mamas boy with strep throat is AWESOME. Thankfully he contracted it so he was down over the weekend and Michael took care of him while I barricaded myself in the room with a nasty head cold. He was so mad we wouldn't let him have hard/crunchy stuff Friday/Saturday due to his tonsils being so swollen. I didn't want him going through the pain of something cutting them. My head cold is finally gone! That was a rough week since meds are few and far between while pregnant. Resting all weekend while my husband cooked, cleaned and took care of David was so nice, not to mention Monday David was off so we had another lazy day to recoup!

Another difference in pregnancies I forgot to add to the last post: BOOOOOBS!

With David I was a 34B before and hardly got to a C when he came. Dropped to a 34A after... With this peanut I'm already wearing a 34C. What the hell! Hopefully this is a good sign. I hard a hard time breast feeding David and want to so bad with this one. It could mean nothing, except I'm getting fat ;) but I'll look at it in a different way lol

How far along: 12 weeks!

Total weight gain: not sure, don't have a scale at home!

Maternity clothes:  I neeeeed to buy some. 

Stretch marks: I thought I saw some on my boobs but they were lines from sleeping. 

Sleep: after the head cold went away its gotten better. My back has been hurting more...

Best moment this week: my belly actually rounding out! I'm getting out the "is she pregnant or fat" stage 

Miss anything: tacos!

Movement: no, I'm dying to feel some.

Food cravings: nothing crazy this week. Just the typical fries!!

Anything making you queasy or sick: the smell of onions...

Have you started to show: ooooh yes!

Gender: still don't know but my money is on girl 

Labor signs: nope

Belly button in or out: innie

Wedding rings on or off: on, except when I nap... Holy swollen fingers.

Happy or moody most of the time: emotional lol

Looking forward to: my next appt!!!