How far along?: 15 weeks!
How big is baby?: a softball, except not as round and much longer
Stretch marks?: Yes! and they itch!
Maternity clothes?: Definitely!
Sleep?: yes all night every night. and waking up not as tired! it's a great feeling
Food cravings?: chocolate muffins! i was in tears and poor kel couldn't find one for me!
Movement?: not yet, but soon!
Gender?: we find out in 1 month!
Belly button?: normal! thank goodness~!
What are you looking forward to this week?: i still cling to the hope that i will someday soon feel better, although common sense says i am gonna be sick throughout the whole thing!
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
+2
How far along?: 14 weeks!
How big is baby?: still about the size of my fist, just a little longer than last week.
Stretch marks?: Yes! and they itch!
Maternity clothes?: 100%- i put on a t-shirt that has always been big on me and it was not long enough to cover my stomach completely.
Sleep?: slept last night all the way though, hoping this is a trend
Food cravings?: chocolate! i can't get enough!
Movement?: it's moving but i can't feel it
Gender?: the doc made a joke about how it seems like a boy this week! as much fun as it is to guess, i am anxious to find out!
Belly button?: normal! thank goodness~!
What are you looking forward to this week?: less stress. we met with the doctor and all is going well. I gained two pounds in two weeks, so the doctor is hopeful i am on the up rise. It's wierd to finally be gaining weight. I am hoping i don't gain too much too quick, i would like it to be nice and even at the end of it all. but baby is healthy and now is growing and i am finally getting enough nutrients in my system to support growth. I can usually eat a couple small meals a day without getting too sick! I had a sinus infection all week so i couldn't smell anything. It sucked being sick but i enjoyed the nasal relief while i had it.
How big is baby?: still about the size of my fist, just a little longer than last week.
Stretch marks?: Yes! and they itch!
Maternity clothes?: 100%- i put on a t-shirt that has always been big on me and it was not long enough to cover my stomach completely.
Sleep?: slept last night all the way though, hoping this is a trend
Food cravings?: chocolate! i can't get enough!
Movement?: it's moving but i can't feel it
Gender?: the doc made a joke about how it seems like a boy this week! as much fun as it is to guess, i am anxious to find out!
Belly button?: normal! thank goodness~!
What are you looking forward to this week?: less stress. we met with the doctor and all is going well. I gained two pounds in two weeks, so the doctor is hopeful i am on the up rise. It's wierd to finally be gaining weight. I am hoping i don't gain too much too quick, i would like it to be nice and even at the end of it all. but baby is healthy and now is growing and i am finally getting enough nutrients in my system to support growth. I can usually eat a couple small meals a day without getting too sick! I had a sinus infection all week so i couldn't smell anything. It sucked being sick but i enjoyed the nasal relief while i had it.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Welcome to teh 2nd Trimester!
How far along?: 13 weeks! Officially int eh 2nd Trimester!
How big is baby?: MY fist (there was a lot of debate, the books aid a fist, but human hands come in so many sizes that i made the decision that it is MY fist!)
Stretch marks?: no new ones
Maternity clothes?: yup
Sleep?: starting to sleep all teh way through the night, a whole 8 hours in a row! yay
Food cravings?: nope, although i eat A LOT of CRISPIX. one day that's all i ate and i finished the whole box in a day
Movement?: we can now feel and find the heartbeat when we search, and it moves around so i know baby is moving around
Gender?: no clue!
Belly button?: normal! thank goodness~!
What are you looking forward to this week?:getting better, eating more and getting active again. I haven't felt like me lately but i am hoping i start to again soon. i am still a little careful and worried from Monday, but we see the doctor this week (again, they must be making a fortune off of us) so hopefully she can answer all my questions.
How big is baby?: MY fist (there was a lot of debate, the books aid a fist, but human hands come in so many sizes that i made the decision that it is MY fist!)
Stretch marks?: no new ones
Maternity clothes?: yup
Sleep?: starting to sleep all teh way through the night, a whole 8 hours in a row! yay
Food cravings?: nope, although i eat A LOT of CRISPIX. one day that's all i ate and i finished the whole box in a day
Movement?: we can now feel and find the heartbeat when we search, and it moves around so i know baby is moving around
Gender?: no clue!
Belly button?: normal! thank goodness~!
What are you looking forward to this week?:getting better, eating more and getting active again. I haven't felt like me lately but i am hoping i start to again soon. i am still a little careful and worried from Monday, but we see the doctor this week (again, they must be making a fortune off of us) so hopefully she can answer all my questions.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Scariest Day of my LIFE!
(warning: i am not going to skip any details, so it may be TMI for some people)
So ALL day monday i had been having light cramps in my abdomen. i didn't think a thing of it because i have them ALL the time, and i was hoping that meant baby was growing that things were progressing. So then later afternoon i head to work and while i am sitting in the office listening to my boss explain something i get hit with SEARING PAIN in my abdomen. Then i felt like i had wet my pant a little bit. So for 20 minutes i sat there (i am SURE i was making faces at my boss, but really i was trying to hide the fact that i wanted to double over in pain) and tried so hard to listen to what she was saying. finally she finished explaining that particular things and i quickly excuse myself and rush to the bathroom. i knew what i would see, but i was praying it wasn't what i thought. then there it was, one little drop of blood. So i quickly pee and wipe and there are is blood everywhere now. i cleaned myself up and head back to the office. I calmly start saying i have to leave because i am headed for the ER, but my boss shouldn't worry and i will update her this evening or tomorrow. We canceled my training for the night, she asked if i was OK to drive, and i left.
I got in the car and LOST it! i called Kel 4 times and called my friend Meghan 2 times until someone picked up. I was screaming on the phone that i was loosing the baby and headed to the ER and i just want Kel, nobody else but Kel. I finally get a hold of Kel, get to the ER and go up to the lady to check in. The lady i am checking in with is pregnant. i explain that i am 12 weeks and have had severe abdominal pain and bleeding, lots of bleeding and her face must have looked like mine. i had stopped crying by now but she was in shear terror. Every fear she had ever had was on her face. She tells me to sit down and i calmly sit and watch Ellen on tv. Kel shows up and gives me a look that makes me cry, and Meghan shows up (poor girls with super sick) and starts rubbing my back. I get called in and then sent back to a room. I just sat there, crying and crying and crying. Finally a TECH came in to take me (alone, Kel wasn't allowed to come and i hated it) to an ultra sound. i saw the baby on the screen, but no movement. so as i am panicking the tech says i have to calm down because i am tensing my stomach and distorting the picture. she tries to move the screen so i can't see but i still saw as she measured babies heart beat. There it was, the little flutter that i needed to see to know that i am going to be ok!
I was sent back to the room for awhile and then the lab lady (also pregnant) came in to take blood. I have always been IMPOSSIBLE to get blood from and it took 2 different sticks, lots of tourniquet and little hand slaps to stimulate blood and the slowest flowing blood EVER for me to just get the vials filled. Finally after having blood taken out of my knuckle (SO painful) all is well and i lay back to relax.
An hour later (slowest hour of my life!) the doctor says that baby is fine, has a very strong heart beat, the are going to examine me just in case and that i can go home tonight. HUGE SIGH! I get examined and am sent home. Nobody ever really mentioned what was wrong, but i heard the doctor mention i might have torn my cervix. awesome, that doesn't sound painful. Anyway i was sent home and told to take it VERY easy for the next few days until i follow up with MY doctor. so i go home and i did not sleep one wink that night. I took the next day off work and slept all day. when i finally got up at about 4pm i was feeling better, but still had some cramping.
I called the doctor and she ironically is on vacation this week, awesome. so i talked to her nurse practitioner. Pretty much what we THINK happened is a. i ripped my cervix... fun or b. all my weight loss has led to a degrading of my body (but baby is getting all the nutrient therefor doing great) meaning that my body is slowly failing. either way it's not good. I am making sure to take care, especially until i see the doctor, and am being VERY careful until i know more information. Kel and i are still a little worried, but we have a very good fighter on our hands (despite it's laziness that gives mamma heart attacks). If at such a young fetal age our baby is fighting so much, i am scared of the thought of teenager kiddo!
So this was in fact the scariest day of my life. All the feelings that i had lost baby were unbearable. God has blessed us and truly has big plans for this baby. My heart goes out to anyone who has lost a baby at any stage... you are all in my prayers! Please say a few prayers for us and for baby. I am hoping that this pregnancy gets a little bit easier, at the same time i will do whatever is asked of me in order for baby to be healthy!
So ALL day monday i had been having light cramps in my abdomen. i didn't think a thing of it because i have them ALL the time, and i was hoping that meant baby was growing that things were progressing. So then later afternoon i head to work and while i am sitting in the office listening to my boss explain something i get hit with SEARING PAIN in my abdomen. Then i felt like i had wet my pant a little bit. So for 20 minutes i sat there (i am SURE i was making faces at my boss, but really i was trying to hide the fact that i wanted to double over in pain) and tried so hard to listen to what she was saying. finally she finished explaining that particular things and i quickly excuse myself and rush to the bathroom. i knew what i would see, but i was praying it wasn't what i thought. then there it was, one little drop of blood. So i quickly pee and wipe and there are is blood everywhere now. i cleaned myself up and head back to the office. I calmly start saying i have to leave because i am headed for the ER, but my boss shouldn't worry and i will update her this evening or tomorrow. We canceled my training for the night, she asked if i was OK to drive, and i left.
I got in the car and LOST it! i called Kel 4 times and called my friend Meghan 2 times until someone picked up. I was screaming on the phone that i was loosing the baby and headed to the ER and i just want Kel, nobody else but Kel. I finally get a hold of Kel, get to the ER and go up to the lady to check in. The lady i am checking in with is pregnant. i explain that i am 12 weeks and have had severe abdominal pain and bleeding, lots of bleeding and her face must have looked like mine. i had stopped crying by now but she was in shear terror. Every fear she had ever had was on her face. She tells me to sit down and i calmly sit and watch Ellen on tv. Kel shows up and gives me a look that makes me cry, and Meghan shows up (poor girls with super sick) and starts rubbing my back. I get called in and then sent back to a room. I just sat there, crying and crying and crying. Finally a TECH came in to take me (alone, Kel wasn't allowed to come and i hated it) to an ultra sound. i saw the baby on the screen, but no movement. so as i am panicking the tech says i have to calm down because i am tensing my stomach and distorting the picture. she tries to move the screen so i can't see but i still saw as she measured babies heart beat. There it was, the little flutter that i needed to see to know that i am going to be ok!
I was sent back to the room for awhile and then the lab lady (also pregnant) came in to take blood. I have always been IMPOSSIBLE to get blood from and it took 2 different sticks, lots of tourniquet and little hand slaps to stimulate blood and the slowest flowing blood EVER for me to just get the vials filled. Finally after having blood taken out of my knuckle (SO painful) all is well and i lay back to relax.
An hour later (slowest hour of my life!) the doctor says that baby is fine, has a very strong heart beat, the are going to examine me just in case and that i can go home tonight. HUGE SIGH! I get examined and am sent home. Nobody ever really mentioned what was wrong, but i heard the doctor mention i might have torn my cervix. awesome, that doesn't sound painful. Anyway i was sent home and told to take it VERY easy for the next few days until i follow up with MY doctor. so i go home and i did not sleep one wink that night. I took the next day off work and slept all day. when i finally got up at about 4pm i was feeling better, but still had some cramping.
I called the doctor and she ironically is on vacation this week, awesome. so i talked to her nurse practitioner. Pretty much what we THINK happened is a. i ripped my cervix... fun or b. all my weight loss has led to a degrading of my body (but baby is getting all the nutrient therefor doing great) meaning that my body is slowly failing. either way it's not good. I am making sure to take care, especially until i see the doctor, and am being VERY careful until i know more information. Kel and i are still a little worried, but we have a very good fighter on our hands (despite it's laziness that gives mamma heart attacks). If at such a young fetal age our baby is fighting so much, i am scared of the thought of teenager kiddo!
So this was in fact the scariest day of my life. All the feelings that i had lost baby were unbearable. God has blessed us and truly has big plans for this baby. My heart goes out to anyone who has lost a baby at any stage... you are all in my prayers! Please say a few prayers for us and for baby. I am hoping that this pregnancy gets a little bit easier, at the same time i will do whatever is asked of me in order for baby to be healthy!
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Best Week So Far
How far along?: 12 weeks!
How big is baby?: a large plum... but i don't eat plums so it's easier to say an average sized orange
Stretch marks?: there actually seem to be less this week. but i have one particular one that itches like crazy
Maternity clothes?: yup, but they are still a little bit big on me in the tummy area.
Sleep?: yeah, but i always wake up with aches and pains in various spots!
Food cravings?: nothing, i am just so glad when i get a chance to eat food!
Movement?: not that i can feel all the time, but it's getting really easy for me to find and feel the heartbeat whenever i want. And the heartbeat location changes all the time, so i know baby is moving in there. although for the ultrasound this week Baby was still a lazy Baby, maybe it's just that time of morning. We did get to see Baby move once at the end when i giggled a little bit. Baby seemed to be stretching.
Thanks Megan for the frame! WE LOVE IT! this is baby at 10 weeks... the 12 week ultrasounds didn't turn out so well, but same just more defined limbs and fingers, etc!
Gender?: Online quizzes say it's a boy, midwives tales say it's a girl, pretty much it is whatever people want it to be right now!
Belly button?: honestly alert: i am weirded out by belly buttons and have always appreciated my MAJOR innie. but now that i am faced with the day it pops out like a snooze button; i am honestly concerned adn don't want a weirdo prego belly button.
What are you looking forward to this week?: FOOD! i am FINALLY feeling 100% better. I am off my progesterone (which is you've been on it you will do a virtual kart-wheel with me) and my attitude, crumminess, constant nausea, fatigue (somewhat, I'm still very very tired throughout the day, but not nearly as bad as it was), and bloating are all gone! i'm so glad to feel like me + 1! i can finally get excited!
So i went to the doctor this week. We found out this is in fact my last week in the first trimester! This is just music to my ears! I also heard something i NEVER thought i would hear. The doctor said she is worried about my weight loss (i've lost 25 pounds SINCE i got pregnant-aka since my wedding). For a girl MY size to loose that much weight is bothersome. Most women who loose weight during pregnancy gain a lot of water weight first and then start "loosing" all the bloating and water weight they have gained. That is not at all my case. I have literally eaten so little and thrown up so much that in the past 3 months that i am at my lowest wight since junior year of college. And this all happened during the holidays! Anyway, back to my doctor: she said that the baby is big for it's "age" and very strong. She is not at all worried that the baby is not getting what it needs. between my vitamins, hormones, and little bits of food here and there the baby is sucking nutrients out of my body. So her concern is actually for me, the mama. She is worried that because baby is getting so many nutrients that i am not getting the nutrients i need. this in turn is making me sicker because i can't support myself and it can cause problems AFTER the baby with recovery, getting sick easily, breastfeeding, etc. My doctor is hoping that i gain AT LEAST 15 pounds (from this point, so still -10 from where i started!) of baby weight. If i don't start gaining soon she said she is gonna have to try a few things. But i am already feeling better and i have not puked or wanted to puke in 3 days, so i have hope that we wont have to "try" anything. I am excited about my weight loss now that i know baby is healthy, but i have to work 2X harder to make sure i eat as much nutritious food as possible (i am eating SO MUCH vitamin C) to make sure I get some yummy vitamins too! It's weird to think i have lost weight because my stomach is getting bigger each week and i don't look like I've lost it except in my face and arms.
Oh and my hubby wants me to add that the baby bump is obvious (to those who know me) now and he is super excited about it. he WONT stop touching my stomach whenever it's in reach. It's slightly annoying, but i'd rather him than random people be all over my stomach since it's his kid too! Oh and he is kinda bummed he doesn't get to be a bigger part of it all (and i read that is true for most hubbies) but i told him i can always give him food poisoning and he can pretend he's a part of it and he declined, so i think he's just being whinny!
bad picture of me.... good one of my tummy!
How big is baby?: a large plum... but i don't eat plums so it's easier to say an average sized orange
Stretch marks?: there actually seem to be less this week. but i have one particular one that itches like crazy
Maternity clothes?: yup, but they are still a little bit big on me in the tummy area.
Sleep?: yeah, but i always wake up with aches and pains in various spots!
Food cravings?: nothing, i am just so glad when i get a chance to eat food!
Movement?: not that i can feel all the time, but it's getting really easy for me to find and feel the heartbeat whenever i want. And the heartbeat location changes all the time, so i know baby is moving in there. although for the ultrasound this week Baby was still a lazy Baby, maybe it's just that time of morning. We did get to see Baby move once at the end when i giggled a little bit. Baby seemed to be stretching.
Thanks Megan for the frame! WE LOVE IT! this is baby at 10 weeks... the 12 week ultrasounds didn't turn out so well, but same just more defined limbs and fingers, etc!
Gender?: Online quizzes say it's a boy, midwives tales say it's a girl, pretty much it is whatever people want it to be right now!
Belly button?: honestly alert: i am weirded out by belly buttons and have always appreciated my MAJOR innie. but now that i am faced with the day it pops out like a snooze button; i am honestly concerned adn don't want a weirdo prego belly button.
What are you looking forward to this week?: FOOD! i am FINALLY feeling 100% better. I am off my progesterone (which is you've been on it you will do a virtual kart-wheel with me) and my attitude, crumminess, constant nausea, fatigue (somewhat, I'm still very very tired throughout the day, but not nearly as bad as it was), and bloating are all gone! i'm so glad to feel like me + 1! i can finally get excited!
So i went to the doctor this week. We found out this is in fact my last week in the first trimester! This is just music to my ears! I also heard something i NEVER thought i would hear. The doctor said she is worried about my weight loss (i've lost 25 pounds SINCE i got pregnant-aka since my wedding). For a girl MY size to loose that much weight is bothersome. Most women who loose weight during pregnancy gain a lot of water weight first and then start "loosing" all the bloating and water weight they have gained. That is not at all my case. I have literally eaten so little and thrown up so much that in the past 3 months that i am at my lowest wight since junior year of college. And this all happened during the holidays! Anyway, back to my doctor: she said that the baby is big for it's "age" and very strong. She is not at all worried that the baby is not getting what it needs. between my vitamins, hormones, and little bits of food here and there the baby is sucking nutrients out of my body. So her concern is actually for me, the mama. She is worried that because baby is getting so many nutrients that i am not getting the nutrients i need. this in turn is making me sicker because i can't support myself and it can cause problems AFTER the baby with recovery, getting sick easily, breastfeeding, etc. My doctor is hoping that i gain AT LEAST 15 pounds (from this point, so still -10 from where i started!) of baby weight. If i don't start gaining soon she said she is gonna have to try a few things. But i am already feeling better and i have not puked or wanted to puke in 3 days, so i have hope that we wont have to "try" anything. I am excited about my weight loss now that i know baby is healthy, but i have to work 2X harder to make sure i eat as much nutritious food as possible (i am eating SO MUCH vitamin C) to make sure I get some yummy vitamins too! It's weird to think i have lost weight because my stomach is getting bigger each week and i don't look like I've lost it except in my face and arms.
Oh and my hubby wants me to add that the baby bump is obvious (to those who know me) now and he is super excited about it. he WONT stop touching my stomach whenever it's in reach. It's slightly annoying, but i'd rather him than random people be all over my stomach since it's his kid too! Oh and he is kinda bummed he doesn't get to be a bigger part of it all (and i read that is true for most hubbies) but i told him i can always give him food poisoning and he can pretend he's a part of it and he declined, so i think he's just being whinny!
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