27 Weeks

27 Week Pregnancy Stats

How Far Along:
27 weeks

Size of baby:
Cauliflower (about 2 lbs)

Total Weight Gain:
2 lbs

Gender:
It's a Girl!

Movement:
Movement is the same...She tends to be more active after I eat and when I am relaxing watching tv at night

Sleep:
Sleep is still pretty good!  Can't complain!

What I miss:
Sushi

Cravings:
Buffalo wings

Symptoms:
fatigue

Best Moment this week:
Best moment of the past week was probably Christmas.  We had a great time together as a family and talked about how next Christmas will be so different with a little one crawling around. 

 

26 Weeks

So 26 weeks exactly falls on XMas Eve so I figured I would put together a timely post for once.

We don't celebrate the holiday in the religious sense but we do put up a tree and exchange presents. This year we plan to keep it very low key. We are spending it with the family as usual, just a day to hang out and eat all day! Here's a picture of our tree at home this year...we decided to go with pink in anticipation of our baby girl!

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Here it is Christmas morning and I'm up way too early as usual. We exchanged gifts on Christmas Eve because my sister had to work today...I think everyone was very happy with what they received and above all it was just so nice to all be together, happy, healthy and laughing while playing games. Best one so far!


This is a picture of the tree at my parent's house.  Cute isnt it?

25 Week Update

25 Week Pregnancy Stats

How Far Along: 
25 weeks

Size of baby: 
Rutabaga (1.5 in, 1 lb 7 oz)

Total Weight Gain:
0

Gender:
It's a Girl!

Movement:
So much movement! I feel her wiggling around a lot in the mornings and in the evenings when I'm still...

Sleep:
I have been sleeping much better... I think baby is on the same sleep schedule as me now...she sleeps at night when I do!

What I miss:
Sushi

Cravings:
Mostly sweets

Symptoms:
Constant peeing...and so tired, all the time

Best Moment this week:
Well it was actually last week...our 24 week appointment with the specialist...we got to see our baby girl again and she is doing really well...growing and thriving just like she should be!

And I am going to add a Worst Moment this week:  For some reason on Monday and Tuesday I was extremely anxious about baby's movements.  I was feeling her move but less than what was normal for her... I think it has to do with the fact that we are approaching the point in my pregnancy with Dylan where we lost him... I guess my mind was struggling with that.  To ease my mind, I went to my doctor on Wednesday and they put baby on a monitor for a while.  She was back to her old self again.  I know the worrying I was doing was just messing with my head and I felt much better after the monitoring.

Here are some pictures of the happenings of this week and last week.



Baby's ultrasound at 24 weeks 3 days

It was very difficult to get any sort of pictures of her this week because she was so active...she would barely slow down even 10 seconds....not that we're complaining!

Me at 24 weeks!  I have been so tired and lazy lately that the last thing I think about each week is setting up a fancy pregnancy pic....this is me right out of bed trying to get dressed for the day...figured we could get it out of the way and take the picture.

The sleepy eyes are a dead give-away in this picture...

This picture was taken on December 22 during our maternity center tour at Morristown Hospital.  The maternity ward was recently expanded and renovated and was absolutely beautiful.  Can't wait to have our baby there in a few short months!

lol...happy to be there!

Me and the hubby waiting on the tour to begin!

 

24 Week Update

We have an appointment on Thursday with the high risk doctor for another ultrasound...

I can't believe we are at 6 months!!

Yesterday was my dad's birthday so we were at my parent's house for dinner and cake.

 

When we got home we were surprised to see our first gift off of our registry! It was a pack of diapers!

Then today when I got home from work I was greeted with this:

Both gifts are from my husband's best friend, Paul and his fiancé Karen. This is definitely making it feel real!!! Thank you so much for your generosity!!

23 Week Update

On Monday I officially hit 23 weeks & I am feeling humongous...Every day my clothes fit a little snugger, its totally weird.

Plus people are in the holiday spirit here at work already so I am constantly being gifted with chocolates, baked goods, etc; I don't think weight gain will be a problem with this pregnancy the way it was with the last...I am gaining weight just fine....lol

UPDATE: actually after seeing the doctor, I can confirm I have not yet gained any weight...oh well

22 Week Update

Yikes! 22 weeks down and 18 to go!

Last week was Thanksgiving and probably the best one yet...we had such a nice day full of food, family, football and fun. :)

Obviously knowing that our baby girl was there with us (right?) added to the joy throughout the day. She came up in more than one conversation and knowing she will be there with us next year made it all the better.

I am finding it harder and harder to keep up with pictures and blogs during this pregnancy.  I guess thats a good thing... means I am hard at work baking a baby!

I will try to post an updated pic for 23 weeks... I am HUGE.

 

20 Week Appointment

Half-way there!!!

I can't believe it. It's exactly halfway thru this pregnancy and we are so happy...sitting here in the waiting room of the high risk specialist waiting for our ultrasound...Here's to no issues and a clean bill of health! Will report back after we're done.
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So the visit went perfectly!  Baby girl is doing so well!  She is measuring exactly where she should be and currently weighs 13 ounces.  Doctor confirmed she has a 3 vessel umbilical chord, something we were very worried about...They did all the normal checks and especially focused around her heart with a ton of pictures.  Everything looks really good.

Here is my 20 week picture as well as some ultrasound pics.

18 Week Update

18 Week Pregnancy Stats

How Far Along:
18 weeks

Size of baby:
Sweet Potato (5.6 in, 6.7 oz)

Total Weight Gain:
-5

Gender:
It's a Girl!

Movement:
So much movement!  I feel her wiggling around a lot in the mornings and in the evenings when I'm still...

Sleep:
Sleep has not been great.  I have been experiencing this weird pain in my shoulders from sleeping primarily on my side now... weird right?

What I miss:
Real sushi, chinese food

Cravings:
Everything!  My appetite is definitely back!

Symptoms:
Constant peeing...

Best Moment this week:
We picked out her coming home from the hospital outfit!  I can not put into words what it meant for us to be in a baby store purchasing clothes for our own baby, instead of someone elses....Pure Joy... as close as we can get at the moment  :)

Election 2012

So on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 we re-elected our current President of the United States, Barack Obama.

I have to say my husband and I are not political people so I normally would not be posting about the election but this year felt different. We are expecting our daughter in April 2013 so for the first time it actually mattered to us who was going to run this country and how his decisions would affect our baby girl's future.

So Obama won so he has another 4 years to finish what he started. Let's hope we are moving in the right direction!

Oh, and one more thing...this election was the first one for both of us where we could actually vote!!! I know some people born here take that right for granted but we definitely didn't.

We worked really hard to establish our US Citizenship and are grateful everyday for the liberties it affords us.

I woke my hubby up in the morning by humming the National Anthem...too much? :). What can I say, I was excited!!!

Here we are with our "I Voted" stickers!!!

Superstorm Sandy

This post is going to be out of order because I'm a little behind in my updates but I didn't want the week to pass without acknowledging what happened here this past Monday.

Last Monday night the Northeast encountered what they are calling a "Superstorm" because the characteristics of the storm don't exactly resemble any other type of storm we can identify.

The weather forecasts were predicting it pretty early so we tried to prepare my parent's house as best we could for what we were expecting to be heavy flooding. That area is known to flood so this was nothing new for us.

We set the house and then all headed to our place to settle in for the storm.
The storm brought rain and heavy wind gusts causing our electricity to flicker throughout the night and the windows to rattle in their frames... It was one of the most frightening things I've ever been through...truly felt like the windows would shatter.

We all were sitting in our living room watching the updates on the news all night long...finally we decided to call it a night when the tv kept turning off. We figured we'd be safer in bed, away from the windows.

We woke up on Tuesday morning with our electricity still on. We were so happy! Then we turned on the tv and saw the devastation Sandy had caused to the coastal towns and were just in shock. We have been through much devastation in our lives but that doesn't mean you enjoy it when it happens to others and you are spared.

Our hearts go out to all of those families affected by the storm and we thank God for looking out for us always.

Oh and one more thing... My parents house didn't flood but they didn't get away Scott free either...

17 Week Update

Ok so I'm 3 weeks behind with my updates so I'm going to play a little catch up the next couple of days.

At 17 weeks I was still feeling pretty lousy but ok otherwise. I was sleeping A LOT.

Here is a picture of the update board that Auntie Venesa put together. I never got to pose next to it (like I said, I was feeling pretty crappy that week).

16 Week Update!

So here we are at sixteen weeks.  Week has been pretty good.  Feeling a little better, for the most part. 

I had terrible pain on Friday due to the gallbladder issue but was feeling back to normal by the next morning.

We had an excellent doctor visit at the beginning of the week too where we found out we were having a GIRL!!

We are over the moon excited!  Not that we had a preference but it just makes it a little more real to know the gender.  You can start planning (in your head at least) and really envisioning what the near future will hold for you as a family.  Its pretty cool.

Oh, another pretty cool thing that happened this week, we got our fetal doppler!  I was on the fence about getting one for a long time but finally decided that it was worth it for the peace of mind it gives us.  We are now able to listen to our baby girl's heartbeat anytime we (or I) get a little anxious.  I assume that anxiety will lessen once I start to feel her regularly but for now, this will have to do.

At 16 weeks my stats havent changed so I won't include the long list but I will include some pictures!

Starting our baby registry!  I know its kinda early but we were just excited to get started! 
And on yea, we had a little helper!  She's too excited to be an Aunt.

The hubby took this pic while sitting on one of the gliders...
He needed a break....umm whos the pregnant one here!?



16 Week belly pic.  I can definitely see a difference from last week!  yikes!

15 Week Update

Here we are in the second trimester and I'm not feeling any better yet.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will happen any day now for me.  I was feeling better for about a day.  That day was a fluke!  Who knows what was going on there!?

Anyway, other than the nausea, I have been feeling pretty good.  I am still taking my shots nightly and they are not so bad.  They will probably get harder though as the baby gets bigger.  It's going to be really hard for me to do it anywhere other than the belly.  (I'm used to the belly shots!)

Everyone is pretty certain this baby is gonna be a boy, all except my sister, so we will have to wait a few weeks to find out who is right.  Hubby and I just want a healthy baby, gender is a non-issue this time.  The first time around we wanted a boy very badly and we got him  :).

We are so in love with this baby already!  I can't imagine what its going to feel like when he is finally here!  Keep on growing babybean!

15 Week Pregnancy Stats

How Far Along:
15 weeks

Size of baby:
About the size of a navel orange (4 in)

Total Weight Gain:
-8 lbs

Gender:
Too early to tell

Movement:
Too early for movement

Sleep:
I have started to sleep a little better since the weather started cooling down.

What I miss:
Pizza, sushi, junk food

Cravings:
Whopper! & Doritos

Symptoms:
24/7 nausea

Best Moment this week:
Sunday...Football & relaxing all day on the couch with the hubby

 

 

Oh yea, I just wanted to post this picture of the best husband in the world doing arts and crafts on the weekend when he would probably rather be doing anything else.  We saw this cute idea on Pinterest about weekly pregnancy updates using a chalkboard and since we couldnt find a chalkboard at the store, we transformed an old mirror into one.  I think it might need another coat of the chalkboard paint and maybe some darker chalk but I think it came out pretty cute!

 

13 Week Update

So this is it. We are about to enter the second trimester and still feeling kinda crappy...

I met with my hematologist last week and he thinks I should continue taking the lovenox shots for the blood clotting issue which means more ugly bruising on my belly! No bare belly shots for me!

Other than that, things seem to be going well. I met with my OB as well as the high risk doctor and everything is right where it should be.

Here are the ultrasound pics from my last scan at 12 weeks 4 days:

12 Week Update

Its been 6 weeks since my last update.  They have been a crazy 6 weeks.  First of all, I have felt so sick for the last month and a half that the last thing I wanted to do when I was not working was to sit in front of a computer some more.

 

Basically I have gone to work, went home, napped, woke up for a few hours to spend some time with my family and then back to bed by 9.

 

Also, about 3 weeks ago I went into the hospital for a terrible pain that we came to realize were gallstones.  So, to make a long story short, I am on a low fat diet in order to keep the pain associated with gallstones away until I am able to get them taken out.  Do you know how hard it is to eat low fat while pregnant??  Well its hard!  But I'm doing it...so far.

12 Week Pregnancy Stats
 

How Far Along:
12 weeks

Size of baby:
About the size of a plum(2.1 in)

Total Weight Gain:
-12 lbs

Gender:
Too early to tell

Movement:
Too early for movement

Sleep:
I have started to sleep a little better since the weather started cooling down.

What I miss:
Pizza

Cravings:
The last couple of weeks I've been too sick to crave anything.

Symptoms:
24/7 nausea which seems worse at night, extreme fatigue, constant peeing

Best Moment this week:
Best moment this week has to be today (9/15).  I was feeling better so we went raspberry and pumpkin picking.

So here's my catch up update!

 

 

7 Weeks

7 Week Ultrasound

8 Weeks

8 Weeks 2 Days Ultrasound

10 Weeks 6 Days Ultrasound



10 Weeks 6 Days Ultrasound

12 Weeks

12 Weeks



I am finally feeling better (knock on wood). The last few days, like a few days shy of 12 weeks, I started to feel normal again. I wasn't nauseas ALL DAY. I was ready to get out of the house again and do normal people things again. YAY!

 

Here we are pumpkin/raspberry picking: