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
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