Well friends,
Not too much to report. This week has been a bit BLAH. I have been feeling a little down this week. I think it's because I feel like I am just in a rut. I have been in sweats and tee shirts for the most part of the week and have been super tired this week. We still can't decide on a name for her, although we have cut our list down to 2 names(a plus I guess).
In better news: We did start painting the baby's room and I love the colors! I will post a picture when we are done. Also family and friends have been sending/bringing over little gifts! I love all the bows I have gotten so far!
Baby has been moving a lot this week! I love feeling her! She has gotten so long that she pushed against my side a couple inches above my hip bone and kicks about an inch under my belly button. It is weird and amazing! Earlier in the week, Matt had his head in my lap reading to her and she kicked him in the jaw! The look on his face was hilarious! I can't wait to see what other neat things that she will do as she grows.
Week 26 Update:
Baby Size: 9+" head to rump, 14+" head to feet
Visual Changes in Mama: Getting bigger and bigger each week!
Symptoms: Mood swings... not too bad but I can feel them
Cravings: Still craving Parkway and Olive Garden
Fun Facts: Eyelids can now open! Baby now has control over head movements and Brain tissue and neurons are developing at a very quick pace.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
25 Weeks
So friends,
I don't know if the baby is having a growth spurt but I have been so hungry this week!
I went to the doctor on Monday and everything looked good. The baby had a heart rate of 157 bpm. I also had my gestational diabetes screening. The test wasn't as bad as I was led to believe. The only person I talked to that made me feel like it wasn't too bad was my S.I.L. Amber. I actually had a choice between flavors (orange or fruit punch) and I chose fruit punch. It seriously tasted like too sweet Hawaiian Punch. I didn't have anyone to drive me around after I drank the drink so I had to stay at the lab for an hour and then they drew my blood. I am really glad I had that particular lab tech because he is my favorite! For those wondering about the no driving rule LabCorp sets, it is because some people have a reaction to the drink where they black out, pass out, or vomit. If you vomit you have to come in another day to retake the test.
I got my results back on Tuesday and they were good. I don't have to take the 3 hour screening based on the results! I get to have another sono at my appointment next month and I can't wait!
Week 25 Update:
Baby size: about 9" crown to rump or about 13.5" crown to feet.
Visual Changes in Mama: My belly button is getting less deep!
Symptoms: No difference from last week.
Cravings: I really want Parkway cheese sticks or Olive Garden
Fun Facts: Capillaries are forming and filling with blood. Baby's nostrils are beginning to open and vocal cords are forming and can cause hiccups!
I don't know if the baby is having a growth spurt but I have been so hungry this week!
I went to the doctor on Monday and everything looked good. The baby had a heart rate of 157 bpm. I also had my gestational diabetes screening. The test wasn't as bad as I was led to believe. The only person I talked to that made me feel like it wasn't too bad was my S.I.L. Amber. I actually had a choice between flavors (orange or fruit punch) and I chose fruit punch. It seriously tasted like too sweet Hawaiian Punch. I didn't have anyone to drive me around after I drank the drink so I had to stay at the lab for an hour and then they drew my blood. I am really glad I had that particular lab tech because he is my favorite! For those wondering about the no driving rule LabCorp sets, it is because some people have a reaction to the drink where they black out, pass out, or vomit. If you vomit you have to come in another day to retake the test.
I got my results back on Tuesday and they were good. I don't have to take the 3 hour screening based on the results! I get to have another sono at my appointment next month and I can't wait!
Week 25 Update:
Baby size: about 9" crown to rump or about 13.5" crown to feet.
Visual Changes in Mama: My belly button is getting less deep!
Symptoms: No difference from last week.
Cravings: I really want Parkway cheese sticks or Olive Garden
Fun Facts: Capillaries are forming and filling with blood. Baby's nostrils are beginning to open and vocal cords are forming and can cause hiccups!
Friday, February 3, 2012
Quick 24 Week Post!
So Friends,
This is going to be a very quick and probably short post! So here we go!
I have felt quite good this week. I have had energy and have been cleaning and trying to find places to put all of the things from the music/baby's room. I am currently in the process of packing as we have a weekend away planned! Matt has a gig in Abilene tonight (Friday), then Saturday morning we are heading to Slaton for a baby shower, and then spending Saturday evening and most of Sunday with Eric, Jamie, and Baby Wes in Lubbock! It's going to be great!
Oh we also got the crib in and put together. Matt is one to want to put things together to make sure nothing is broken and I am one to want to put things together to see how awesome they are! LOL! So here is a picture of the crib!
We got the crib at Sears and are incredibly happy with it! It is so beautiful!
Week 24 Update:
Baby Size: About 8-1/2" (head to rump) or 12 to 13" (head to feet)
Visual Changes in Mama: Not much change from last week really. At least not that I have noticed!
Symptoms: Same ol' milk problem (haven't had a chance to get lactose free)
Cravings: Fruits, Veggies, Fro-Yo, and garlic bread/sticks
Fun Facts: Baby pretty much looks how they will when they are born, just a bit more wrinkly and thinner. In the next months the baby will fill out and get longer! If the baby has any hair this week, the hair has no pigment!
This is going to be a very quick and probably short post! So here we go!
I have felt quite good this week. I have had energy and have been cleaning and trying to find places to put all of the things from the music/baby's room. I am currently in the process of packing as we have a weekend away planned! Matt has a gig in Abilene tonight (Friday), then Saturday morning we are heading to Slaton for a baby shower, and then spending Saturday evening and most of Sunday with Eric, Jamie, and Baby Wes in Lubbock! It's going to be great!
Oh we also got the crib in and put together. Matt is one to want to put things together to make sure nothing is broken and I am one to want to put things together to see how awesome they are! LOL! So here is a picture of the crib!
We got the crib at Sears and are incredibly happy with it! It is so beautiful!Week 24 Update:
Baby Size: About 8-1/2" (head to rump) or 12 to 13" (head to feet)
Visual Changes in Mama: Not much change from last week really. At least not that I have noticed!
Symptoms: Same ol' milk problem (haven't had a chance to get lactose free)
Cravings: Fruits, Veggies, Fro-Yo, and garlic bread/sticks
Fun Facts: Baby pretty much looks how they will when they are born, just a bit more wrinkly and thinner. In the next months the baby will fill out and get longer! If the baby has any hair this week, the hair has no pigment!
Friday, January 27, 2012
23 Weeks and I hate milk.
That's right friends,
MILK! I have been eating cereal for breakfast because I wake up SO hungry and cereal is fast. Well my rice crispies were giving me a tummy ache (or so I thought) so today I switched to corn flakes. Not the cereal... it's the milk!!! I don't know what I'm going to do. I love milk. It makes me so sad. I am going to try 2% or skim milk, and see if that helps, but I may have to switch to soy. Yes, I have tried almond milk and I can't handle the little pieces of almond skin that float around in the milk.
That is pretty much all I have learned this week.
We spent last weekend cleaning out our drier room so we have a place to store all of the things from the music room/ baby room. So now I am back to cleaning out all of the things from the baby room and storing it all in the drier room.
Week 23 Update
Baby Size: Head to rump: 8 inches or head to feet: 11-1/2 to 12-1/2 inches
Visual Changes in Mama: My belly is getting even more round! And I am expanding.
Symptoms: Milk Milk Milk (see above) :-(
Cravings: I have been really wanting salads, Olive Garden, and Parkway cheese-sticks
Fun Facts: Eyes can open, finger prints, ears, and fingernails are complete! If you could see baby now, she would look wrinkly and saggy skinned; this is in preparation for all the fat baby will put on in the next few months. Skin is also thin and you can see bones and organs through it up until about the 8th month.
MILK! I have been eating cereal for breakfast because I wake up SO hungry and cereal is fast. Well my rice crispies were giving me a tummy ache (or so I thought) so today I switched to corn flakes. Not the cereal... it's the milk!!! I don't know what I'm going to do. I love milk. It makes me so sad. I am going to try 2% or skim milk, and see if that helps, but I may have to switch to soy. Yes, I have tried almond milk and I can't handle the little pieces of almond skin that float around in the milk.
That is pretty much all I have learned this week.
We spent last weekend cleaning out our drier room so we have a place to store all of the things from the music room/ baby room. So now I am back to cleaning out all of the things from the baby room and storing it all in the drier room.
Week 23 Update
Baby Size: Head to rump: 8 inches or head to feet: 11-1/2 to 12-1/2 inches
Visual Changes in Mama: My belly is getting even more round! And I am expanding.
Symptoms: Milk Milk Milk (see above) :-(
Cravings: I have been really wanting salads, Olive Garden, and Parkway cheese-sticks
Fun Facts: Eyes can open, finger prints, ears, and fingernails are complete! If you could see baby now, she would look wrinkly and saggy skinned; this is in preparation for all the fat baby will put on in the next few months. Skin is also thin and you can see bones and organs through it up until about the 8th month.
Friday, January 20, 2012
22 Weeks... I'm sick
Hey friends!
This is going to be a fairly short post because
1.) I am sick. I have a sinus infection; not a horrible one but it is still making me feel like poop. The NP I went to see here in Olney also checked Baby's heart beat and it was good. Her HR was 151 bpm.
AND
2.) Matt and I have vowed to finish deep cleaning the rooms we don't use as much so all I will really have to do is dust and sweep them. So we are really cleaning the weight room, drier room, and the dinning room this weekend.
Also I ordered the baby bedding Monday night and it is supposed to be here TODAY!!! I can't wait for it to get here so we can pick out room colors that match/ work well with the bedding!
That is all for now and here is the update!
Week 22 Update:
Baby Size: 7-2/3 inches head to rump or 11 inches head to feet
Visual Changes in Mommy: Bigger but I was told this week I am all baby.
Symptoms: Still have the back pain.
Cravings: Gala Apples, veggies with ranch dip, frozen fruit, and Frozen Yogurt.
Fun Facts: Baby now weighs a whole pound! She can tell the difference between light and dark, so if you shine a flashlight at your tummy, you may feel the baby react. Baby can also hear voices, your heartbeat, your tummy growls, and loud noises such as a loud TV and emergency sirens.
This is going to be a fairly short post because
1.) I am sick. I have a sinus infection; not a horrible one but it is still making me feel like poop. The NP I went to see here in Olney also checked Baby's heart beat and it was good. Her HR was 151 bpm.
AND
2.) Matt and I have vowed to finish deep cleaning the rooms we don't use as much so all I will really have to do is dust and sweep them. So we are really cleaning the weight room, drier room, and the dinning room this weekend.
Also I ordered the baby bedding Monday night and it is supposed to be here TODAY!!! I can't wait for it to get here so we can pick out room colors that match/ work well with the bedding!
That is all for now and here is the update!
Week 22 Update:
Baby Size: 7-2/3 inches head to rump or 11 inches head to feet
Visual Changes in Mommy: Bigger but I was told this week I am all baby.
Symptoms: Still have the back pain.
Cravings: Gala Apples, veggies with ranch dip, frozen fruit, and Frozen Yogurt.
Fun Facts: Baby now weighs a whole pound! She can tell the difference between light and dark, so if you shine a flashlight at your tummy, you may feel the baby react. Baby can also hear voices, your heartbeat, your tummy growls, and loud noises such as a loud TV and emergency sirens.
Monday, January 16, 2012
21 Weeks...
Hey Friends!
On Monday we had a sonogram and a doctor appointment, and I learned new things about the baby!
First I found out that I have an Anterior Placenta which isn't bad unless the placenta is in the Placenta Praevia position. An anterior placenta is just the placenta has implanted on the opposite side of my uterus, so it is closer to my belly button instead of my spine. But the placenta is far enough away from my cervix that the tech and the doctor aren't worried at all about praevia which is when the placenta is over the cervix.
The next thing we found out is that the baby is growing great and the due date is still May 25th!
Lastly we found out the gender of the baby!!! All signs point to a GIRL!!! We are so excited and are trying to decide on a name for her! I can not wait to start buying girl stuff and getting the room ready for her!
Week 21 Update:
Baby Size: 7-1/4 inches head to rump or 10.8 inches head to feet.
Visual Changes in Mommy: Getting bigger and more round
Symptoms: Nothing sickly but I have been having really bad back pain.
Cravings: Gala apples, Flamin' hot Cheetos, frozen fruit, and veggies with ranch dip.
Fun Facts: Legs and arms are in proportion. Motion is more coodinated because neurons are connected between the brain and muscles, and cartilage is turned to bone. Lastly baby is getting to learn tastes from what you eat! Spicy or Sweet the baby will now be able to tell the difference!
On Monday we had a sonogram and a doctor appointment, and I learned new things about the baby!
First I found out that I have an Anterior Placenta which isn't bad unless the placenta is in the Placenta Praevia position. An anterior placenta is just the placenta has implanted on the opposite side of my uterus, so it is closer to my belly button instead of my spine. But the placenta is far enough away from my cervix that the tech and the doctor aren't worried at all about praevia which is when the placenta is over the cervix.
The next thing we found out is that the baby is growing great and the due date is still May 25th!
Lastly we found out the gender of the baby!!! All signs point to a GIRL!!! We are so excited and are trying to decide on a name for her! I can not wait to start buying girl stuff and getting the room ready for her!
Week 21 Update:
Baby Size: 7-1/4 inches head to rump or 10.8 inches head to feet.
Visual Changes in Mommy: Getting bigger and more round
Symptoms: Nothing sickly but I have been having really bad back pain.
Cravings: Gala apples, Flamin' hot Cheetos, frozen fruit, and veggies with ranch dip.
Fun Facts: Legs and arms are in proportion. Motion is more coodinated because neurons are connected between the brain and muscles, and cartilage is turned to bone. Lastly baby is getting to learn tastes from what you eat! Spicy or Sweet the baby will now be able to tell the difference!
Friday, January 6, 2012
Week 20!!! Yay! Halfway!
Woohoo!
Halfway point friends! And my blog is actually going out on the correct day!
This week I have felt pretty good! I have had more energy lately and I have spent my time in the music room, cleaning. So this week I have spent trying to clean out the closet that is in the room that will be the baby's (the music room). I'm storing all the clothes that no longer fit me and am condensing my wardrobe so that I have room for baby stuff! It is taking a while as I have to try on a lot of the clothes. I can't wait to have this room clean, painted, and ready for Baby S!
Hopefully after Monday we can stop calling the baby "Baby S" and actually call him/her by an actual name! I have a sonogram Monday afternoon and I am so excited to find out what our baby's gender is!
Well I must get back to cleaning so friends I leave you with this:
20 Week Update:
Baby Size: 6-1/2 inches (head to rump) or 10.5 inches (head to feet)
Visual Changes in Mommy: Even larger and more round.
Symptoms: Mainly I have no real sickness type symptoms but I get winded quite easily and I have begun to need a pillow under my belly as I sleep.
Cravings: Strawberries, celery, carrots, and ranch dip (with the veggies)
Fun Facts: Baby's fingerprints are almost complete! Baby now has teeth buds forming beneath their gum line, and eye brows and eye lashes are beginning to grow.
Halfway point friends! And my blog is actually going out on the correct day!
This week I have felt pretty good! I have had more energy lately and I have spent my time in the music room, cleaning. So this week I have spent trying to clean out the closet that is in the room that will be the baby's (the music room). I'm storing all the clothes that no longer fit me and am condensing my wardrobe so that I have room for baby stuff! It is taking a while as I have to try on a lot of the clothes. I can't wait to have this room clean, painted, and ready for Baby S!
Hopefully after Monday we can stop calling the baby "Baby S" and actually call him/her by an actual name! I have a sonogram Monday afternoon and I am so excited to find out what our baby's gender is!
Well I must get back to cleaning so friends I leave you with this:
20 Week Update:
Baby Size: 6-1/2 inches (head to rump) or 10.5 inches (head to feet)
Visual Changes in Mommy: Even larger and more round.
Symptoms: Mainly I have no real sickness type symptoms but I get winded quite easily and I have begun to need a pillow under my belly as I sleep.
Cravings: Strawberries, celery, carrots, and ranch dip (with the veggies)
Fun Facts: Baby's fingerprints are almost complete! Baby now has teeth buds forming beneath their gum line, and eye brows and eye lashes are beginning to grow.
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