Friday, September 30, 2011

Picture now change from a different fruit weekly to monthly.

How far along? 22 week, 2 days

Size of the baby? Baby weighs about 1 pound (no more ounces here), is 11 inches long, and is starting to looks like a miniature newborn. I think I've gained about 10 lbs thus far.

Maternity Clothes? Oh yeah! I'm getting what I can out of pre-preg pants but I really can't fit into most of them.

Gender? Surprise!

Movement? Definitely feeling little movements. Baby seems to move the most in early afternoon right after lunch.

Sleep? I've always loved to sleep and that hasn't changed.

Cravings? Not really.

Symptoms? Acid reflux :(

Exercise? I'm doing Zumba twice a week and trying to walk as well.

Weight Gain? Up another pound - 9lbs to date.

Best Moment of the Week? I was so good and didn't peek! Richard and I have started separate baby name lists and we'll compare when we're done. I have no idea where he's keeping his list and I don't go through his stuff, so its safe as long as her doesn't leave it out.. if he does though, that will be a test of my self-discipline. I can't wait until we compare lists to get Baby's possible names picked out.

Picture update - I'm a slacker and forgot to take on this morning. Great American Beer Festival is tonight, so tonight a photo probably won't happen. No worries though - I'm not drinking, I'm just going to hang out with the Sis, K, Richard, and other friends.

Friday, September 23, 2011

21 Weeks


How far along? 21 weeks

Size of the baby? Baby weighs about 12.7 oz and is 10.5 inches long. I think it's odd that the sizing comparison people say that a banana is larger than a cantaloupe. Maybe length wise, I'll buy it, but not weight-wise.

Maternity Clothes? Yep...work pants no longer fit so I'm rocking the bella band since the sale at a maternity store doesn't start until Monday. I can still wear some pre-pregnancy shirts.

Gender? Surprise! I had a dream about baby this week and what we named baby.

Movement? Definitely feeling little movements. Baby seems to move the most in early afternoon right after lunch.

Sleep? I've always loved to sleep and that hasn't changed.

Cravings? Not really.

Symptoms? Acid reflux :(

Exercise? I'm doing Zumba twice a week and trying to walk as well.

Weight Gain? Up another pound - 9lbs to date.

Best Moment of the Week? I picked up a baby name book at the library and it was HORRIBLE! Some of the names in the book were terrible - Greek Gods... yea - not a baby name. So I returned that book and grabbed 4 more and am having much better luck.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Half-Time ... 20 weeks

Updated 9/16/2011 to add 19 & 20 week photos below
How far along? 20 weeks (HALF WAY!!)

Size of the baby? Baby weighs about 10.5 oz and is 6.5 inches long (crown to rump) or 10 inches long (crown to heel). Apparently how they measure baby changes this week.

Maternity Clothes? Yep... I've had trouble getting into work pants this week, so I'm officially wearing maternity pants today. Shirts are still pre-prego shirts. (What are your thoughts on the term prego? I have days I love it and days I don't)

Gender? Surprise ... We had a bbq this past weekend and lots of people gave their guesses. Overwhelmingly, people think its one sex over the other.

Movement? I was having a mild cramp yesterday and was pushing on my tummy and someone pushed back!

Sleep? I've always loved to sleep and that hasn't changed.

Cravings? Not really.

Symptoms? Acid reflux :(

Exercise? I'm doing Zumba twice a week and trying to walk as well.

Weight Gain? I moved the scale this week and forgot to check, but as of last week I've gained 8 lbs.

Best Moment of the Week? Hospital tour last night. We're trying to figure out which one we want to deliver since we have 2 great choices near-by. Holy cow there are so many things to remember. We were definitely the least pregnant there last night. I kinda felt like I was intruding and didn't below since I was so much further behind the other moms-to-be. We definitely prefer to have lots of research under our belt so we can make a decision.

19 week photo



20 Weeks!


20 weeks again

Friday, September 9, 2011

19 Week & Doctor Update

I'm gonna start off by saying that we love our Doc! So glad I asked a friend for a recommendation. He's great to work with and always in a good mood. He is genuinely happy to see us when we come in.

How far along? 19 Weeks, 2 days

Size of the baby? Baby weighs about 7.5 oz and is 16 cm (~6 inches) long. Baby is definitely taking after his/her Daddy ... long and skinny! Baby's femur is measuring a little bigger than 20 weeks while head and belly are measuring at 18 weeks, 6 days... so the average is right where I'm at.

Maternity Clothes? Good shopping trip with my momma & sista last weekend to the outlets and got some good maternity clothing. I'm still wearing non-maternity shirts since the style works well with pregnancy and pants that were big before are TIGHT. I'm still wearing them, but you'll find with them un-buttoned a lot if I don't have a bella-band on.

Gender? We'll let you know in February! Based on the reliable old wives tale our doc told us today, since the heart-rate is 153 it's a girl. According to the wives tale, over 140bpm = girl, under 140bpm = boy. See how scientific is that? HA! I'll wait and see.

Movement? I'm not feeling too much, though based on very mild cramping I guessed the baby was more on my right side. From the ultrasound today, baby is more on my right side and is SUPER active. Richard tells me that in a few weeks I'll be wishing that I wasn't feeling the baby as much.

Sleep? still awesome!

Cravings? Not really.

Symptoms? Acid reflux :( and some forgetfulness.

Exercise? I'm doing Zumba twice a week and trying to walk as well.

Weight Gain? We're a little split on where I started. My scale at home shows 2 lbs lighter than the docs, so total weight gain is 6-8lbs. 4 lbs since my 13 week visit! I didn't gain anything from 9-13 weeks, so I was happy to see 4 lbs today!

Best Moment of the Week? Seeing Baby on the ultrasound and hearing Baby's heartbeat for the first time. I'll admit I was a bit giddy this morning before the appointment to see the baby. I'm truly amazed at how much the baby is growing and I love seeing the growth from appointment to appointment.

I'll have to take one later and add it. I forgot to last night and the cats were having an all out WWE match this morning so I got distracted. It was the funniest thing, I went downstairs to break it up since Richard was sleeping and Nahla was screaming and Khan's fur was literally flying everywhere. It looked like something out of a comic.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

19 Weeks Today

Officially, we;re 19 weeks today! However, I'm going to wait until after the doc appointment to update so that we have more official stats.

I hope Baby is modest tomorrow during the ultrasound. We wanna wait until b-day to see if Baby is a boy or girl....

Thursday, September 1, 2011

18 Weeks

I'm adding a few more categories than before below.

How far along? 18 Weeks

Size of the baby? Baby weighs about 7 oz and is about 5.5 inches long.

Maternity Clothes? Definitely right in between still. I think I'm in the stage where I just look fat as opposed to pregnant. I've noticed that the belly is more defined when I where dresses vs pants though.

Gender? We'll let you know in February!

Movement? No big movements this week. Occassionally at night I feel a little, but not much

Sleep? ..is great. I just want more of it.

Cravings? Nothing new here - sweets and Mexican!

Symptoms? Ok.. I'll admit it.. I'm getting a little forgetful at times.

Exercise? I'm doing Zumba twice a week and trying to walk as well. We went to the pool on Saturday which involved more reading than swimming, but I got some exercise in there too!

Best Moment of the Week? It was a really good week. Mom & G finished painting the baseboards in the nursery, we went stoller/car seat shopping because Babies R Us is having a sweet sale if you bring in an old car seat. We didn't decide on anything, but I feel like we're getting close to deciding. I tried on some maternity clothes with a friend and found a dress for a wedding I'm in come November. We also went to see Les Miserables last night and I loved it! They re-did the whole set/staging from when I saw it probably 10 years ago and it looks great. Wow.. that was a busy week!


18 weeks - Please ignore the mess in the background! It was late and I was too tired to straighten. Confession - I forgot to take a 17 week photo (oops!)

Because I forgot to add them a while ago - here are some of the ultrasound pics:

13 weeks - you can really see babies teeth, spine, and fingers. I think baby may be sucking his/her thumb here, but not sure.


10 weeks - first doctors visit 7/5/11!