We're Expecting!
Baby’s now the size of a lime!
A lime is so much cuter than a prune from week 10. Your fetus currently enjoys a 1:1 ratio between body and head, and has skin so transparent that blood vessels show right through it. But fingers and toes are no longer webbed, and hair follicles, tooth buds, and nail beds are forming — setting up a significantly more attractive future.
How far along: 11 Weeks
Maternity clothes: None, but my jeans feel feel so much better when I unbutton them.
Total weight gain: 0 lbs
Stretch marks: The bump is protruding a little but no stretch marks.
Sleep: By the afternoon I feel like I could use a nap. Maybe I’m not getting enough at night.
Best moment this week: Telling everyone! We posted the photos of the ultrasound all over the place.
Movement: None yet.
Food cravings: A very weird specific craving overtook me. I wanted fried coconut shrimp with mango pineapple salsa that I got at a hole in the wall restaraunt on Aruba several years ago.
Food aversions: Vegies still don’t taste good. I’m forcing down carrots and spinach because I know I need the vitamins.
Gender: What do you think it will be?
Belly Button in or out: In, with my belly button ring still attached.
What I miss: Mai Tais. Wine. Rum drinks. Drinking with Jason.
What I am looking forward to: A trip to Babies R Us for Nursery ideas, Registry ideas, and to just look around in awe!
Milestones: Wow, hair follicles are beginning to form.
The morning sickness and headaches have been better this week. I’m getting better in dealing with the morning sickness now since I know it will pass soon. The headaches are a little more difficult to deal with because the only thing I can do is rest. That’s hard to do at work.
Spreading the news this week was so much fun. Jason posted it on facebook and the messages of congrats came pouring in. It is so nice to not have to keep a secret anymore.
We’re still looking for a larger home. We don’t have a nursery yet and I’m “nesting in full force”, as Jason put it. Luckily, the first time homebuyer tax credit was extended until April of 2010. Perfect!
If you want to find out more about what’s happening with the baby this week, read up the info at theBump.com.
Check out the first pictures of the baby! During the ultrasound he was dancing all around. There was so much movement for something so teeny tiny. The ultrasound was at 9 weeks so he was about half an inch long.
It’s so amazing. We are overjoyed!
By the way, I will be posting all the pregnancy pictures in the photo gallery, including ultrasound photos, belly shots, and nursery photos, etc.
{From the week of October 25th}
Baby’s now the size of a prune!
With bones and cartilage starting to form and vital organs beginning to function, baby is making major progress. Body length will almost double in the next three weeks, and arm joints are now working. (Soon, legs will start working too.)
How far along: 10 Weeks
Maternity clothes: None, but my jeans feel a little tighter than usual.
Total weight gain: -1 lbs
Stretch marks: The bump is protruding a little but no stretch marks.
Sleep: I’m trying to get used to sleeping on my side because I know I will have to later.
Best moment this week: Seeing the baby on the ultrasound!! He or she was dancing all over the place!
Movement: None that I can feel but there was a lot on the ultrasound!
Food cravings: Salmon or chocolate. I actually got a decaf mocha one morning this week.
Food aversions: Not much tastes good still. Vegies are not on the top of my list now.
Gender: Don’t Know! We’ll find out eventually.
Belly Button in or out: In, with my belly button ring still attached.
What I miss: Sleeping through the whole night without getting up once to use the restroom.
What I am looking forward to: We had the ultrsound but didn’t get a picture, so I’m still looking forward to getting the ultrasound picture and spreading the news!
Milestones: Vital organs are beginning to function.
The morning sickness continued this week on and off. I haven’t had to rush to the bathroom yet, I’ve just been queezy. The headaches have been coming more frequently and with higher severity. I’m still not taking anything for them except drinking more water and trying to relax it away.
We’re so excited about our little one. We can’t wait to spread the news to everyone.
If you want to find out more about what’s happening with the baby this week, read up the info at theBump.com.
{From the week of October 18th}
Baby’s now the size of a green olive!
Your little embryo has now officially graduated to fetus-hood. Adding to the excitement, a Doppler ultrasound device might be able to pick up the beating heart. With basic physical structures in place and increasingly distinct facial features, baby is kind of starting to look like…well…a baby!
How far along: 9 Weeks
Maternity clothes: None. I’m going to look into buying a Bella Band soon just so I’m prepared.
Total weight gain: 0 lbs
Stretch marks: None, thank goodness
Sleep: I wish I could get 8 consecutive hours of sleep again. I miss it.
Best moment this week: Jason putting Trenton to bed while I slept in the other room.
Movement: None, but we’ll see if there’s movement at the ultrasound!
Food cravings: Saltine crackers. Nothing else tastes good.
Food aversions: Nothing tastes good, even water.
Gender: Don’t Know! We’ll find out eventually.
Belly Button in or out: In, with my belly button ring still attached. I guess I need to get this taken out soon.
What I miss: Sleeping through the whole night without getting up once to use the restroom.
What I am looking forward to: Getting an ultrasound picture and finally spreading the news!
Milestones: Baby has gratuated to fetus-hood! I’m so proud of our little graduating baby.
Wow, the queeziness has really kicked it up a notch this week. I’m going through more saltine crackers than with any cold I’ve ever had in my life. Unfortunately I don’t have the morning sickness as good as Tiffany did with Cole but luckily I don’t have it as bad as my mom did with Bobby.
I’ve also been getting more headaches than usual, I think one every other day. Unfortunately I can’t take anything major for them; just half a dose of tylenol.
If you want to find out more about what’s happening with the baby this week, read up the info at theBump.com.
{From the week of October 11th}
Baby’s now the size of a raspberry!
Baby is growing like mad, putting on about a millimeter every day and continuing to straighten out in the trunk. Though you can’t feel it yet, baby is moving those little arms, legs, and (now only slightly) webbed fingers and toes like crazy.
How far along: 8 Weeks
Maternity clothes: None yet, thank goodness
Total weight gain: 0 lbs
Stretch marks: None, thank goodness
Sleep: I’m not tired all day anymore but I’m still passing out by 10:00.
Best moment this week: Jason folding the laundry so I could go to sleep. I love that man.
Movement: None, but he/she is moving in there!
Food cravings: I really wanted Broccoli Cheddar soup from Panera. I bought it one day then I went home and made a big giant pot of it the nest day! It was so good!
Food aversions: It’s very strange, food that I loved before I was pregnant doesn’t sound at all pallatable now. Sugar snap peas, carrots, walnuts, etc. Also, nothing tastes good, even water.
Gender: Don’t Know! We’ll find out eventually.
Belly Button in or out: In, with my belly button ring still attached.
What I miss: Having fru fru drinks when Jason’s drinking his kamikazis. I fool myself with Izzie drinks in the meantime.
What I am looking forward to: Hearing the heartbeat next week!
Milestones: Baby is moving like crazy!
I have been a little more queezy this week than last week. Nothing major. It just feels like slight motion sickness. I’m trying to munch on saltine crackers when I get the queezies and it has been helping.
If you want to find out more about what’s happening with the baby this week, read up the info at theBump.com.
{From the week of October 4th}
Baby’s now the size of a blueberry!
Baby’s brain — both hemispheres! — is growing fast, generating about one hundred new cells every minute. Arms and legs are emerging as joints start to form, and a permanent set of kidneys (baby’s third!) is now in place.
How far along: 7 Weeks
Maternity clothes: None yet
Total weight gain: -1 lbs
Stretch marks: None
Sleep: I’m not tired all day anymore but I’m still passing out by 10:00.
Best moment this week: First Doctor’s visit.
Movement: None, just a little queasy.
Food cravings: Beef. I was actually craving a hamburger!
Gender: Don’t Know! (but I’m thinking boy)
Belly Button in or out: In, with my belly button ring still attached.
What I miss: Sleeping throughout the whole night and not getting up to use the restroom.
What I am looking forward to: My Doctor appointment in two weeks!
Milestones: Baby is generating 100 cells a minute!!
We had out first doctor appointment this week. I was all ready to hear the heartbeat or see an ultrasound picture. Unfortunately, all we did was fill out paperwork and I got blood drawn….. so anticlimactic. I can’t wait to hear the heartbeat!! I can’t wait to see the little peanut!
We were planning on telling the rest of our friends and family once we had a picture but we got no picture. Boohoo! Our friends and coworkers will just have to wait and continue wondering why I’m not drinking coffee anymore.
{From the week of September 27th}
Baby’s now the size of a sweet pea!
Growing like crazy, baby is starting to sprout eyes, ears, nose, cheeks, and chin. Those little hands and feet — still webbed like paddles — might wiggle by week’s end, the heart is beating (almost twice as fast as yours!), and blood is starting to circulate.
How far along: 6 Weeks
Maternity clothes: None yet
Total weight gain: -2 lbs
Stretch marks: None
Sleep: Still tired but not as much as last week. Passing out by 10:00.
Best moment this week: Eating Swiss Orange Sherbert and not feeling guilty about it.
Movement: He’s so small! I can’t feel movement but I’ll bet he’s wiggling in there.
Food cravings: Nothing strange this week.
Gender: Don’t Know!
Belly Button in or out: In, with my belly button ring still attached.
What I miss: Morning Coffee.
What I am looking forward to: My Doctor appointment next week!
Milestones: Heart is beeting and blood will begin to circulate!! Amazing!
{From the week of September 20th}
Baby’s now the size of an apple seed!
Your embryo, which doesn’t look like much more than a tadpole right now, is actually starting to form major organs (heart, kidney, liver, stomach) and systems (nervous, circulatory, digestive).
How far along: 5 Weeks
Maternity clothes: None yet
Total weight gain: -3 lbs
Stretch marks: None
Sleep: I’m tired all day. I would sleep in my car on my lunch break but it’s so hot outside, 90*+.
Best moment this week: Telling the families.
Food cravings: Nothing strange craved, I’m just hungry all the time. I wonder if it’s all in my mind.
Gender: Don’t Know! (but I’m thinking girl)
Belly Button in or out: In, with my belly button ring still attached.
What I miss: Coffee. Detoxing has been hard and painful.
What I am looking forward to: Picking up some books to track my pregnancy!
Milestones: Major organs are already starting to form. Really? It’s so small!
If you want to find out more about what’s happening with the baby this week, read up the info at theBump.com.
It’s so amazing! We’re pregnant!! Jason and I couldn’t be happier. We are both so excited to begin this next stage in our lives and relationship. We already have Trenton to keep us busy but we wanted one (or two, could it be twins?) more to add to the flock.
It looks like there’s only one. Darn, twins would have been fun.
I almost forgot to add it but the due date is May 25. (Jason must have planned it that way because it is the anniversary of the first Star Wars movie, May 25, 1977!!)
