Wow. As of tomorrow I will have complete 23 weeks of pregnancy. omg. I can seriously still feel my hand shaking when I held the first test up and saw that faint little line. And I still don't believe there is a human in my stomach...although he/she is going crazy inside..making me their personal punching bag :).
So this past week has been basically uneventful. The baby is on the move big time. Which I love. Had some contraction like feelings twice earlier..about an hour apart from each other lasted about a minute a piece...but I think it's more my stomach/intestines cramping..not so sure. I had salad yesterday big mistake. We watched Corbin from 8 am yesterday until 9:30 this morning...he was pretty good..I LOVE watching Dillon with him, the joy almost becomes overwhelming, I had to fight tears in the middle of Ryan's last night lol. He's not even our kid...We went to Marshall to see a car show uncle quinty helped put on...there were some NICE cars there...Corbin and I both made it out without sun burns yay for us. We then went to Uncle quinty and aunt bertos apartment where all 5 well 6 of us took naps..and then went to dinner and came back to my parents house..where Corbin threw a fit because we couldn't stay outside. Speaking of outside..my allergies are SO flippin bad..my head feels like it could explode all day every day.
Izzy left for retriever training this morning..she'll be gone a month, so I've set a goal for myself of cleaning one room a weekend/shampooing carpet to get rid of all the Izzy hair...I did the bathroom and our room today..yuck. I have to get the regular vacuum out here in minute to pick up all the hair balls the steam cleaner pulled out...so gross. Then our dear sweet truman rolled around in cow manure while we were down at the farm this evening...he's so wonderful. not.
i'm pretty tired of my job....however dillon got kind of good news at his job..so please keep us in your prayers that that goes well (don't want to say it out loud yet)
I have a Dr's appt this week and next week we get to see our bean again for the fetal echo! Yay!
Here's the 22 week info!
Your Baby
Your Mini's hands have grown bigger and stronger and the nerve endings in her fingers have developed her sense of touch. She's in there testing out her newfound abilities by touching her face and grabbing the umbilical cord. Other cool developments:
You're already raising a little Einstein. Your baby's brain is developing at a clip this week and will continue to do so until she's five years old (so load up on the Omega 3)!
Baby's hair is now a short, bright white crop (Billy Idol, eat your heart out!). No matter what color it will end up—red, blonde, black—all babies' hair lacks pigment at this point.
Your baby has started growing taste buds and may be able to detect strong flavors in the amniotic fluid. If you could see inside, you might catch her sticking out her tongue for a taste and then grimacing, a sign that perhaps you should chill on the chili powder.
Your baby now weighs almost a pound and measures almost 11 inches from her head to her heel, which is how the Stretch Armstrong in your uterus will be measured from here on out. Up 'til now your baby's legs were curled tight up against her torso, so she was measured from her head to her bottom (or crown to rump) and not head to toe. This week your mini is about as long as a package of Oreos and as heavy as a large bag of tortilla chips. Who's hungry?
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
21st week..
Look at me I'm not that far behind! :) Well I called last week 21 weeks, but I had completed 21 weeks..and was working on 22..but for the sake of saneness...last week.. :) Dill finally felt the baby move :) I had felt it for a couple days from the outside and kept having him try..although he's super impatient. But he finally felt a couple :) which was really exciting! My swelling has actually gone down some which is amazing and great! Well it was bad Friday night because i played cards for hours with my feet down but once it went down my feet feel great! Although I need a pedicure, which Chan promised for my Bday! We spent the weekend camping with net and nick and their neighbors..it was lots of fun, it really cooled off during the night time so we were nice and cool in our tent! It was nice to be away from the house! Hope everyone else had a safe weekend! I can't believe I go back to the Dr next week! and then we get to see our little pea pod in two weeks :) I had some pain in my lower stomach/pelvic area this weekend, especially after peeing, but it goes away fairly quickly..I'll have to ask the dr about it!
Here's the picture of baby last week and info!
Your Baby
Chances are good you're feeling someone performing a round-off back handspring in your uterus by now. Is there any other feeling this cool? Other highlights this week:
By now your baby looks like a mini-version of what she'll look like when she's born. All her facial features are formed and hair is growing on her head. She's even acting like a baby and will occasionally suck her thumb or yawn. Aww ...
Baby's heartbeat is getting stronger and can be heard using a good old-fashioned stethoscope. Ask for a listen at your next prenatal visit! By 21 weeks, fetal bone marrow starts making blood cells—previously done by the liver and spleen. This may not sound that exciting, but it's good news.
The amniotic fluid that has been cushioning your little bean now serves another purpose: Your baby uses it to "practice" chowing down. Yes, it sounds gross (as many aspects of pregnancy do), but it's an important step for your baby toward being able to chow down in the real world. Your baby has been swallowing amniotic fluid for a while now, but now the intestines are finally developed enough that she's absorbing small amounts of sugars from it. And let's face it, being able to effectively digest sugar is important at every stage of life.
Your baby now weighs between 10 and 11 ounces and is approximately 7 inches long—the size of a delicious, cold, frothy bottle of root beer. Float anyone?
Here's the picture of baby last week and info!
Your Baby
Chances are good you're feeling someone performing a round-off back handspring in your uterus by now. Is there any other feeling this cool? Other highlights this week:
By now your baby looks like a mini-version of what she'll look like when she's born. All her facial features are formed and hair is growing on her head. She's even acting like a baby and will occasionally suck her thumb or yawn. Aww ...
Baby's heartbeat is getting stronger and can be heard using a good old-fashioned stethoscope. Ask for a listen at your next prenatal visit! By 21 weeks, fetal bone marrow starts making blood cells—previously done by the liver and spleen. This may not sound that exciting, but it's good news.
The amniotic fluid that has been cushioning your little bean now serves another purpose: Your baby uses it to "practice" chowing down. Yes, it sounds gross (as many aspects of pregnancy do), but it's an important step for your baby toward being able to chow down in the real world. Your baby has been swallowing amniotic fluid for a while now, but now the intestines are finally developed enough that she's absorbing small amounts of sugars from it. And let's face it, being able to effectively digest sugar is important at every stage of life.
Your baby now weighs between 10 and 11 ounces and is approximately 7 inches long—the size of a delicious, cold, frothy bottle of root beer. Float anyone?
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Half way done! 20 weeks!
Ah! What a relief!! I love it...as my Sarah says...now I can count down instead of up! Yay!! :) Not much happened this week..it completely flew by. I'm not sure where time goes but goodness! The baby is certainly moving around like crazy! I love it :) I can tell it's gotten bigger this week...every time I stand up it sinks to my bladder and I instantly have to pee! Ah the joys! I also woke up one day and my face looked like a balloon! Puffy! It's went down some! Thankfully! I've had to keep a close eye on my sodium as I've been swelling some and my BP was high last week at the appt. It's perfectly fine when I'm not at the Dr...I just get nervous when I step through the doors..not sure why..something about she has the machine that finds the heartbeat! Dill calls my swollen ankles cankles :( he's so mean! :)...he also has read to the baby a couple nights this week..he tells it a rhyme if he forgets to get a book..or he makes up some crazy store lol..the baby likes it and usually will give a good kick!
I took the GRE today..I was SOOO incredibly nervous.. i studied lots this week..not sure how much it helped but I'm glad it's over with! Now it's time to get everything else ready for admissions! Waho :)
We're also getting closer to the fetal echo which means I get to see my boo again :)! Yay! June 10th is when we do that!
And I just want to say my lil booger Caiden got his first tooth this week! :) and is now 9 months old!! and ahead of his developmental schedule!! YAY for good moms and dads who work with their kids!! :)
oh i also didn't mention about last week..i had gained 8 lbs at my dr appt..opps! well it's not to bad from the beginning since I had lost..and the dr said it was good for this point!
One of my fav clients passed away friday from a battle with skin cancer! They just diagnosed it about 6 months ago..and in that time it spread to his lungs and brain..skin isn't something to mess with folks! its your bodies biggest organ! You wouldn't lay your heart out in the sun would you??!?!? didn't think so. --stepping down off my soap box--
here's the bambini this week!
and info about it developmentally--
Your Baby
This is the week most women get that ever-important gender-revealing ultrasound. If your baby isn't shy, the genitals can be clearly seen at this point. Will the baby pee standing up or sitting down? Well, that depends on how you potty train—but if you're interested, you could leave the appointment knowing if you're carrying a boy or a girl. Other highlights this week:
Your baby has established sleep patterns akin to a newborn now. Many babies even have a favorite sleep position already. Some snooze with their chins resting on their chests, while others nap with their head flung back. Many babies at this age fall into noticeable cycles of sleep and activity, so you may know before she arrives whether you have a night owl or an early bird.
If your baby is a boy, the testes have begun descending from the pelvis into the scrotum. If it's a girl, her uterus is completely formed and the rest of her "parts" are in development. (Is that TMI?)
From this point forward, your baby will put most of her energy into gaining weight and, not coincidentally, so will you! Right now your baby weighs approximately 10½ ounces and is about 6½ inches long, about the size of a can of Red Bull (which has way too much caffeine for a pregnant woman to be drinking).
see ya next week!!
I took the GRE today..I was SOOO incredibly nervous.. i studied lots this week..not sure how much it helped but I'm glad it's over with! Now it's time to get everything else ready for admissions! Waho :)
We're also getting closer to the fetal echo which means I get to see my boo again :)! Yay! June 10th is when we do that!
And I just want to say my lil booger Caiden got his first tooth this week! :) and is now 9 months old!! and ahead of his developmental schedule!! YAY for good moms and dads who work with their kids!! :)
oh i also didn't mention about last week..i had gained 8 lbs at my dr appt..opps! well it's not to bad from the beginning since I had lost..and the dr said it was good for this point!
One of my fav clients passed away friday from a battle with skin cancer! They just diagnosed it about 6 months ago..and in that time it spread to his lungs and brain..skin isn't something to mess with folks! its your bodies biggest organ! You wouldn't lay your heart out in the sun would you??!?!? didn't think so. --stepping down off my soap box--
here's the bambini this week!
and info about it developmentally--
Your Baby
This is the week most women get that ever-important gender-revealing ultrasound. If your baby isn't shy, the genitals can be clearly seen at this point. Will the baby pee standing up or sitting down? Well, that depends on how you potty train—but if you're interested, you could leave the appointment knowing if you're carrying a boy or a girl. Other highlights this week:
Your baby has established sleep patterns akin to a newborn now. Many babies even have a favorite sleep position already. Some snooze with their chins resting on their chests, while others nap with their head flung back. Many babies at this age fall into noticeable cycles of sleep and activity, so you may know before she arrives whether you have a night owl or an early bird.
If your baby is a boy, the testes have begun descending from the pelvis into the scrotum. If it's a girl, her uterus is completely formed and the rest of her "parts" are in development. (Is that TMI?)
From this point forward, your baby will put most of her energy into gaining weight and, not coincidentally, so will you! Right now your baby weighs approximately 10½ ounces and is about 6½ inches long, about the size of a can of Red Bull (which has way too much caffeine for a pregnant woman to be drinking).
see ya next week!!
19 weeks!
Almost half way there! Holy moly!! Movements are getting much more regular during this week! I think I even felt some from the outside...although Dillon says he couldn't feel it. My mom went to the Dr with me on Wed of this week....HB was about 140....so sounding like a boy! Kolby came and stayed the weekend with us! It was so much fun he's SO smart and well behaved and I love watching Dillon with him! It was great! Oh I also took comparison belly shots...definitly have grown! We ordered the crib sheet set this week from Wal-Mart.com just have to wait for it to be sent to the store! It's jungle themed I'll PIP it too..I gave up on my stars theme..dill didn't dig it and the colors of sheet sets weren't bright enough. I want the kid to have some major color stimulation! Plus everything I've read has said don't spend too much because you can't use the comforter not supposed to use the bumper...no one sees the ruffle..so it's like an expensive sheet ;).
Allison and Jenn have said they are going to do my shower sometime in July! Can't wait :) I love getting everyone together! It's so much fun!! :) Plus we get gifts :) And I can start decorating! We need furniture for in there too! After we get Izzy's schooling paid for that will be our next big purchase!
Izzy goes to retreiver training in June..she'll be gone a month :(. But she needs to learn to settle down when she's told too..I hope she isn't like Marley and is untrainable haha! Nah she'll do fine!
So here is baby info and picture:
This week your baby starts bulking up and packing on the grossly named "brown fat" he'll need to keep warm when he gets evicted from his comfortable uterine home. Other highlights this week:
Vernix, a milky white coating that protects your baby's skin, appears all over your baby's body to keep his skin from getting pickled in the amniotic fluid. Think of it as if your baby has been dipped in yogurt, like those delicious but fake-healthy yogurt-covered raisins and pretzels. Ooh, we feel another craving comin' on. ... Under the vernix, a fuzzy layer of hair called lanugo now covers baby's body. Don't worry, your Mini won't look like Cousin It when he's born. Most of the fuzz will fall off before baby makes his grand entrance.
Good news: Your baby's kidneys are fully functioning and producing urine this week. Bad news: That means there will be lots of diapers in your future. But so far you're safe—at the moment the pee just passes into the amniotic fluid.
He or she now weighs about 8½ ounces and measures 6 inches, as long as a turkey sub from Subway on warm, delicious Italian Herbs and Cheese bread (or Honey Oat bread, or Oregano bread or ...)
Here are comparison pics from 13w to 19w standing and laying down...
and here is the bed decor..not the bed just the stuff that goes in it :)
k i think that's all for this week!
Allison and Jenn have said they are going to do my shower sometime in July! Can't wait :) I love getting everyone together! It's so much fun!! :) Plus we get gifts :) And I can start decorating! We need furniture for in there too! After we get Izzy's schooling paid for that will be our next big purchase!
Izzy goes to retreiver training in June..she'll be gone a month :(. But she needs to learn to settle down when she's told too..I hope she isn't like Marley and is untrainable haha! Nah she'll do fine!
So here is baby info and picture:
This week your baby starts bulking up and packing on the grossly named "brown fat" he'll need to keep warm when he gets evicted from his comfortable uterine home. Other highlights this week:
Vernix, a milky white coating that protects your baby's skin, appears all over your baby's body to keep his skin from getting pickled in the amniotic fluid. Think of it as if your baby has been dipped in yogurt, like those delicious but fake-healthy yogurt-covered raisins and pretzels. Ooh, we feel another craving comin' on. ... Under the vernix, a fuzzy layer of hair called lanugo now covers baby's body. Don't worry, your Mini won't look like Cousin It when he's born. Most of the fuzz will fall off before baby makes his grand entrance.
Good news: Your baby's kidneys are fully functioning and producing urine this week. Bad news: That means there will be lots of diapers in your future. But so far you're safe—at the moment the pee just passes into the amniotic fluid.
He or she now weighs about 8½ ounces and measures 6 inches, as long as a turkey sub from Subway on warm, delicious Italian Herbs and Cheese bread (or Honey Oat bread, or Oregano bread or ...)
Here are comparison pics from 13w to 19w standing and laying down...
and here is the bed decor..not the bed just the stuff that goes in it :)
k i think that's all for this week!
18weeks....
Time is flying! I love feeling good..it's SO much better. The hunger is a little much at times but that's alright! I was supposed to go to the dr this week but we had to reschedule! Not much happened that I remember during this week... so here is the baby info
Your Baby
Your baby's ears are now facing forward and are completely formed so she can actually hear you talking now. You don't need to abandon your potty mouth just yet, but you might want to start thinking about it! Other highlights this week:
This week is also the beginning of ossification. And while that sounds like some long and involved paperwork you'll have to fill out, it's really a fancy medical term for the hardening of your baby's miniature bones. And that's a good thing.
Your baby's nerves are making more and more complex connections. Her sense of smell, taste, sight and hearing are all developing. A substance called myelin, which makes nerve connections travel faster, is now coating your baby's nerves.
Your baby now weighs between 5 and 7 ounces and is about 5½ inches long—about the size of a pickle from the corner deli. (You're familiar with pickles, right? Your regular accompaniment to a big bowl of ice cream?)
Your Baby
Your baby's ears are now facing forward and are completely formed so she can actually hear you talking now. You don't need to abandon your potty mouth just yet, but you might want to start thinking about it! Other highlights this week:
This week is also the beginning of ossification. And while that sounds like some long and involved paperwork you'll have to fill out, it's really a fancy medical term for the hardening of your baby's miniature bones. And that's a good thing.
Your baby's nerves are making more and more complex connections. Her sense of smell, taste, sight and hearing are all developing. A substance called myelin, which makes nerve connections travel faster, is now coating your baby's nerves.
Your baby now weighs between 5 and 7 ounces and is about 5½ inches long—about the size of a pickle from the corner deli. (You're familiar with pickles, right? Your regular accompaniment to a big bowl of ice cream?)
17th week..a little late.
So I'm getting worse about posting! Hopefully I will get better now that school is over and I just passed the GRE! phew! :)
So we had our ultra sound the day after my last post. It was SO cool! I had no clue you would be able to see both hemispheres of the brain and the cerebellum. We also could see all four chambers of the heart, two kindeys, two lungs a stomach and a liver! We asked the tech to not show us the sex, although the first position the baby moved into was the straight up the butt legs spread eagle! Pretty sure there was something there! We also have a mover on our hands! The tech couldn't keep him/her on the screen! At one point she said "I usually take these measurements in order, but yours is moving too much so I'm grabbing them as I can!". It would be on the screen and then gone 2 seconds later! It was measuring 17w3d exactly a week ahead of schedule, which probably isn't possible so I'm guessing it has my genes of big long bones! We also got to see it's hand open and close and all 5 fingers...it was SOOOO cool :) heart beat was 145! here are the pictures! Oh the tech also said he/she weighed about half a pound which is pretty big for the point we were at?!?!
Here is the info on baby at this point
Your Baby
Speaking of packing on the pounds, that what it's all about for baby this week. He's adding fat stores that will keep him warm and cozy after he's born. Your baby's weight will increase approximately six times over the next four weeks. Good to know you're not the only one tipping the scale. Also this week:
Your baby is hard at work honing his sucking and swallowing reflexes—all the better for eating that 2 AM (and 5 AM, and 8 AM ...) meal in a few months! The finger- and toenails are beginning to grow from their nail beds, which would explain why he'll need them trimmed almost as soon as he's born!
Your baby weighs nearly 5 ounces and is a little over 5 inches long—about the size of a baked potato (load on the butter and sour cream, please).
and the pic comparision
So we had our ultra sound the day after my last post. It was SO cool! I had no clue you would be able to see both hemispheres of the brain and the cerebellum. We also could see all four chambers of the heart, two kindeys, two lungs a stomach and a liver! We asked the tech to not show us the sex, although the first position the baby moved into was the straight up the butt legs spread eagle! Pretty sure there was something there! We also have a mover on our hands! The tech couldn't keep him/her on the screen! At one point she said "I usually take these measurements in order, but yours is moving too much so I'm grabbing them as I can!". It would be on the screen and then gone 2 seconds later! It was measuring 17w3d exactly a week ahead of schedule, which probably isn't possible so I'm guessing it has my genes of big long bones! We also got to see it's hand open and close and all 5 fingers...it was SOOOO cool :) heart beat was 145! here are the pictures! Oh the tech also said he/she weighed about half a pound which is pretty big for the point we were at?!?!
Here is the info on baby at this point
Your Baby
Speaking of packing on the pounds, that what it's all about for baby this week. He's adding fat stores that will keep him warm and cozy after he's born. Your baby's weight will increase approximately six times over the next four weeks. Good to know you're not the only one tipping the scale. Also this week:
Your baby is hard at work honing his sucking and swallowing reflexes—all the better for eating that 2 AM (and 5 AM, and 8 AM ...) meal in a few months! The finger- and toenails are beginning to grow from their nail beds, which would explain why he'll need them trimmed almost as soon as he's born!
Your baby weighs nearly 5 ounces and is a little over 5 inches long—about the size of a baked potato (load on the butter and sour cream, please).
and the pic comparision
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
16th week.
Time flies. People say it gets worse once you have kids. EEK! Things have been okay this week, threw up a little this morning, the burning nasty vile stuff. Yuck, but then I was a lot better afterward! So that's better. I maybe getting a cold. I've had a headache for two days. Or it could be pregnancy symptoms either way it's not fun. I forgot to mention in the last post. That I think I felt movement for the first time last Wed night. So I would have been 15w2d. It was like a rolling sensation in my lower belly area, but on the inside of course. It was a sensation I haven't felt before. Kind of a push/tap feeling. I was laying on my stomach when I felt it. It's been hard to tell the difference between heartbeat and baby. But when it's different, it's different. So I'm guessing that's it. Then earlier this weekend, I had the "feels like gas, but no gas comes out" feeling. And the movements are coming with a little more regularity (like when I lay down, or sit down/still for a long time). So I'm pretty sure it's baby. Or I'm thinking so hard I'm hallucinating. Either way, I LOVE IT! :) Tomorrow is ultrasound day. I can't wait. I've told Dillon finding out the sex is his choice. I still don't want to know it, but if he does, then we can find out, since I make most of the decisions around here, this one is his. :) I don't think he's decided yet.
so after tomorrow, I'll have a real 16w picture, but here's the other one for now:
and the info.
Your Baby
Your baby is already mugging for the camera as she practices all sorts of facial expressions, such as squinting, yawning and grimacing, which will come in handy when you introduce her to pureed spinach. Check out what else is happening in utero:
You're just getting comfortable with being a new mom, but you're actually on the road to being a grandma. If your baby is a girl, her uterus is fully developed and the ovaries already hold primitive egg cells. Did that just make you feel a thousand years old, or what?
Your baby's skin is still translucent and wrinkly, not unlike an old man's, but more fat will soon accumulate under the dermas to plump her out. If you could peer inside right now, you'd be able to see all of her veins under her skin. And speaking of veins, your baby's heart now pumps about 25 quarts of blood per day, and she hasn't even seen Orlando Bloom yet! Also, her eyes are now locked and loaded at their final destination, facing forward rather than to the sides. (Whew!)
This is the week women get an amniocentesis, if their doc recommends it. In addition to supplying doctors with a boatload of info about the baby's health, amnios are also more than 99 percent accurate in determining what version of baby you'll be having. So if you want to know and you're getting an amnio, now's a great time to find out for sure.
Your baby weighs about 3 ounces this week and measures between 4 and 5 inches, about the length of your mascara.
I'll hopefully post soon after the u/s. We're going to go eat at Cheesecake factory. Then go to BRU, and bass pro! it's gonna be a fun day!! keep us in your prayers!!!
so after tomorrow, I'll have a real 16w picture, but here's the other one for now:
and the info.
Your Baby
Your baby is already mugging for the camera as she practices all sorts of facial expressions, such as squinting, yawning and grimacing, which will come in handy when you introduce her to pureed spinach. Check out what else is happening in utero:
You're just getting comfortable with being a new mom, but you're actually on the road to being a grandma. If your baby is a girl, her uterus is fully developed and the ovaries already hold primitive egg cells. Did that just make you feel a thousand years old, or what?
Your baby's skin is still translucent and wrinkly, not unlike an old man's, but more fat will soon accumulate under the dermas to plump her out. If you could peer inside right now, you'd be able to see all of her veins under her skin. And speaking of veins, your baby's heart now pumps about 25 quarts of blood per day, and she hasn't even seen Orlando Bloom yet! Also, her eyes are now locked and loaded at their final destination, facing forward rather than to the sides. (Whew!)
This is the week women get an amniocentesis, if their doc recommends it. In addition to supplying doctors with a boatload of info about the baby's health, amnios are also more than 99 percent accurate in determining what version of baby you'll be having. So if you want to know and you're getting an amnio, now's a great time to find out for sure.
Your baby weighs about 3 ounces this week and measures between 4 and 5 inches, about the length of your mascara.
I'll hopefully post soon after the u/s. We're going to go eat at Cheesecake factory. Then go to BRU, and bass pro! it's gonna be a fun day!! keep us in your prayers!!!
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