Week 13!

Well, today is the last day of week 13, so I am cutting it close, but I made it on schedule! Still havent taken a picture of my belly to put on here. I guess im starting to get one, a couple friends have noticed. I just feel bloated looking and fat haha, so I guess next weeks post will be the first belly picture post!! Yay!

I went to the doctor yesterday and had blood work done and he listened to the heart for a second. He did everything he had to do and was out of my room in record time I think. Id say in under 7 minutes. Im kind of mad at that and Im starting to not like my doctor, I mean I know that im just another patient and he sees a hundred women a day, but as much as he gets paid from each one of us, I think he can give me a solid 15 minutes, and act caring and actually speak more than 5 words. I wish we had another alternative in this area, because I am very dissatisfied with all the doctors at pinehurst surgical. As you can tell my hormones are still a little off, everything seems to be making me cranky lately and Im having a hard time dealing with things not going smoothly. My patience is far too short. Im hoping this is coming to an end now that I am starting the second trimester!

 I FELT THE BABY THIS WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!! Yay, so since this is my second pregnancy they said I would feel the baby alot sooner! I only felt little flutters of course and its only at night, but its a start. I have a doppler that I bought off Ebay at home so I can listen to the baby's heart whenever I want. Apparently the baby isnt fond of having its heart listened to because he/she kicks the doppler probe and scoots away and I have to chase him/her around to hear the heartbeat. I cant help but chase the baby around in there just so I can feel it kicking me! That is just so exciting!  Im still chuggin down strawberry jello like they are shooters haha. I dont know what it is but man strawberry jello is a must daily. 

Im thinking that in the next week or so I am going to have to make the switch to maternity clothes. I have been wearing my regular pants unbuttoned with a bella band to hold them up. I could probably make it a little longer but maternity pants are way more comfy. Plus my shirts are getting tight and shorter so its about that time I think.
Here is a picture of a 13 week fetus, its a crazy picture, surprised you could see so much detail so I had to add it. Baby has little eyebrows starting! Its also starting to grow that peach fuzzy hair all over the body!

Baby in the tummy 13 weeks. Getting big! :) The baby can now swallow and practice breathing in amniotic fluid which helps develop their lung strength for their first cry! The baby can suck its thumb, and can also hear sounds now!

This is the size of the baby's height from crown to rump this week!! Size of peach!

My next appointment is scheduled for November 4th, we get to have our anatomy ultrasound bright and early!!!I cant wait!!!! Im couting down the weeks!!!! Ill be 19 weeks at the date of the ultrasound so hopefully they will be able to see everything clearly!!! Then we will know if we have a lil girl or lil boy on the way!!!

Week 12!

I was trying to figure out how I wanted to do this pregnancy update. I was at first thinking once a month then biweekly, but now I am thinking why not do it evey week. It is something I can look back on and see and everyone can follow up weekly and alot of mornings I am sitting at the daycare with nothing to do, so why not. Ill keep it short and sweet this week but Im excited that this marks the end of the first trimester! I started to feel my uterus a little bit above my pelvic bone and it is definitely filling out more as the week goes on. Im pretty excited about it, I cant wait to feel the baby jumpin around that is really the best part of being pregnant! I have been on a huge jello-spree this week. I think i have eaten like 4 - 6packs of strawberry jello! Tasty haha. My symptoms are pretty much the same as last week, so not much new there! I found some cute pictures of the the updated size of the baby. I am so excited that the baby is starting to look more baby like! I am hoping that I get another ultrasound before the one at 18weeks or so. I have an appointment next tuesday (sept 27th) we will see what all happens there!

12 week fetus, the head is still 1/3 of the babys body length. Lil bobble head :)

It has tiny ity bity fingernails!!! 12 week hand

The length of the baby is the the size of a plum! It is crazy to think I have a baby that long in me and I still cant feel it jumping around!

Photo of a 12 week fetus!!! It is looking more normal everyday! Still so tiny though!!! Well since I waited til the end of the week to post this I will probably be posting my 13 week update in just a few days. My weeks start every thursday! I will officially be in my second trimester as of thursday! Yippie!!!!

11 Weeks down 29 to go..

Well I have been moving right along with the pregnancy. I some how lost the charger to the battery for my camera and of course it only takes those fancy square rechargable ones so I am going to have to go and buy a new charger and all that, so unfortunantly I havent been taking any pictures at all the last few weeks. Which totally stinks because we have actually been a little busy lately. I probably should have waited until next week to post this because it will be the end of my first trimester, but I am bored now so its a week early. Anyway since I dont have my own pictures I thought these would be equally as interesting to show.

 These are about what the baby should look like now! Still a little funny looking with that big head but it now has all of its organs and most everything is should be functioning! Little baby has even started forming fingernails this week!

Derek and I bought a fetal heart monitor off ebay last week, so we are able to listen to the babys sweet little heart beat whenever we want. It was so exciting to hear it for the first time! Nice strong heartbeat, right around 170bpm! It is so nice having it at home so even our family can hear it too! I cant wait for the next two or three weeks to get here when I finally start showing a little bit! Pretty excited. I should also be able to feel the baby moving in the next few weeks too. At least that is what they say since its the second baby, so I'm hoping!! I havent had alot of crazy cravings, just more adversions than anything. I just love eating fruit and sweet stuff like jello, yogurt, and fruit smoothies and also rice or pasta. I am not really into meat or even vegetables. I just want to eat a giant container of berries everyday. I dont know what I am going to do this winter!!! AHH

Thought this was a pretty neat picture!

Starting to look alot more like a baby :)

This is the current size of the baby (roughly). The baby will double in size in the next couple weeks to the size of a peach! Cant wait! I have been telling everyone that I dont want to find out what the sex of the baby is because I have always wanted to have 1 baby that was a surprise, but Im thinking it will have to be the next one because I am already getting super anxious! So I think I will be finding out what we are going to have. Derek is convinced it is going to be a girl, and my mom is sure its a boy, so I will have to find out! The anticipation is too much! I honestly dont care what we have, boy or girl, I will be happy either way. However I have been having a few dreams about the baby and everytime in my dream I find out its a girl. The same thing happened when I was pregnant with Jordan, only girl dreams. Plus I have been having an excellent symptom free pregnancy again just like with Jordan, so I dont know. I hear of people feeling different with different sex babies or I could just be a super lucky person who gets to enjoy being pregnant no matter the sex. I guess we will see in another 6 weeks or so. I cant wait!!!!!! Hopefully in a couple weeks I can post my first belly picture!!! We feel really blessed and so excited! Im so thankful :)