13 Week Ultrasound

  
I got this thursday afternoon. The dating scan changed my due date from March 26th to March 29th so that changes the day when I post. On friday, according to the ultrasound, I will be 14 weeks.
Until then here is a little something to keep you in warm and fuzzy thoughts!

*UPDATE* - I went into my doctor and he decided NOT to change my due date because of the fact that they were so close.....so I am still going to continue to post on the tuesdays.

13 Weeks Pregnant! (More bleeding AGAIN)

This past weekend was STRESSFUL! Not only did I spend Saturday gushing blood but when I went in to see my specialist about it on Monday he sent me to the hospital for testing and monitoring. Thankfully everything is ok, saw the babe and all is good. It is frustrating that they do not know where all the blood is coming from though! It is certainly scary! My doctor said I could very well bleed through my entire pregnancy and that I should prepare myself for that reality. That doesn't make it any less frightening though.
My mom has also been in the hospital as well and gave us quite the scare over the weekend. She was doing much better today and I am hopeful that she can go home soon. Drama drama drama...does it ever end??

This weekend after my dating scan on Thursday we will probably announce on facebook. I am SUPER nervous to do so but it has to be done...im getting huge...there really is no faking it at this point...

13 WEEK INFO:

Tiny fingerprints are now at the tips of his or her fingers. Your baby has sucking muscles in her cheeks, so when you poke your tummy gently the baby will feel it and start rooting.


Your baby can make a fist and even suck his or her thumb this week. If you're really lucky, you might catch a glimpse of baby's thumb sucking on an ultrasound photo.



If you're having a girl, she now has approximately 2 million eggs in her ovaries. She will have only a million by the time she's born. She'll have fewer eggs as she gets older, and by age 17, the number will have dropped to 200,000.

Your baby's eyelids are fused shut to protect his eyes as they develop. Bones and skull are solidifying and soon itsy-bitsy ribs may appear. Baby's intestines are finally right where you want them—in his or her belly instead of poking out into the umbilical cord. Baby's tooth sockets are all loaded and ready to pop out baby teeth six or seven months after baby is born. Vocal cords and larynx are completed now.


Your baby-to-be now weighs about 20 grams and is nearly 3 inches long, or about the size of a Nutter Butter, covered in chocolate or if you are going healthy...a peach.

My Pregnancy Symptoms:

- Larger chest...at times sore
- Generally feeling much warmer
- Bloated
- Dry Lips & skin - especially on my face...major peeling
- Nausea has lessened and I feel nausea all day but only get sick about once MAYBE twice.
- Fatigue
- Minor aversion to water
- Tingling, burning, tight Nipples
- Pregnancy Acne
- My growing belly!

Best Moment Of The Week:

I am not sure there was one this week...it has been super stressful and full or worries...

Milestones:

Again...can't think of one.

Appointments:

September 20th - Hospital dating scan
September 27 with Dr.S
October 4th - Lab blood work
October 18th with Dr. Y
October 31st - Gender assessment

Other Info & Thoughts:

I am certainly tired of feeling sick...and getting sick. I apologize for my lack of belly pictures but I really just cannot feel connected to this pregnancy. With all the worries I am constantly on edge...I feel it is really hard to bond and actually accept that this will happen. I feel my past has made me a bit cynical towards this process. I so badly want to feel joy and anticipation but most of the time that is kept at a distance. I am thrilled that I am pregnant and am SO THANKFUL that I have gotten this far but I really really REALLY just want time to pass where things start to feel ok.

With all the "cause for concern" my doctor has not cleared me to go back to work until next year. Yes...that's right...I said next year. And I am still on modified bed rest. Anyone want to send some good books my way...I am pretty sure I am running out of reading material here..and there is only so much bad TV a person can watch. Just taking it day by day over here...!

12 Weeks Pregnant

The big news this week is that your baby's reflexes are becoming more honed. The baby will squirm if you prod your belly, although you probably can't feel him or her moving around yet. Fetal nerve cells have been multiplying rapidly and the neurological connections in the brain (synapses) are forming. The baby can close fingers, curl toes and clench eye muscles.
Baby's face is looking more human as eyes have now moved to the front of his head and ears are in place.

Your baby is able to swallow this week and practices on the amniotic fluid he or she floats in. Fetuses get oxygen from the blood pumped into their bodies by the placenta and don't breathe with their lungs.



Your baby's intestines are well under way, but they aren't all where you'd expect them to be. Instead of all being locked away in the body cavity, some are dangling on the outside, in the umbilical cord.

Your little nugget's finger- and toenails are forming this week. The chin and nose are also becoming more defined.

Junior has doubled in size over the past two weeks and now weighs almost ½ ounce. He's also now around 2 ½ inches long, about the length of your pinky finger or a Vienna sausage, which, in a few months, will be indistinguishable from one another.

My Pregnancy Symptoms:

- Larger chest...at times sore
- Generally feeling much warmer
- Bloated
- Dry Lips & skin - especially on my face
- Nausea has lessened and I feel nausea all day but only get sick about once MAYBE twice.
- Fatigue
- Major Aversion to water
- Tingling Nipples
- Pregnancy Acne
- My growing belly!
- Dizzy

Best Moment Of The Week:

Going baby stuff shopping with DH. He got bored really fast but picked out some really cute stuff. I was in the zone and would have bought half the store...I guess that is why DH was with me...lol

Milestones:

Moving in to my second trimester! Woot woot!! Never out of the woods but slowly but surely we are chugging along. 

Appointments:

September 20th - Hospital dating scan
September 27 with Dr.S
October 4th - Lab blood work
October 18th with Dr. Y
October 31st - Gender assessment

Other Info & Thoughts:

I thought the second trimester was supposed to bring relief? Although I feel better I still feel nauseous and am getting sick. However...it comes and goes really fast. Instead of making it to the bathroom I can barely focus before I am projectile vomiting. Lovely.

Yesterday I tried to put on a zip up hoody and it barely zipped up. It was pretty tight. I don't feel like I look that big but obviously something is going on!

I have had some bouts of emotion this week where I have gone from zero to crying in like 1.2 seconds. It is mostly when I think DH is mad at me or having an attitude. Mostly it is a misunderstanding but by that point I am already in tears.

It still bothers me that since the beginning of getting pregnant I have not had one week where "something of concern" has not happened. I would LOVE to start relaxing and enjoy the pregnancy...any time now!

More Bleeding

Well...I think that about sums it up. I started bleeding again last night and a little in to this morning. So that makes two days of red blood. I mean...I know I went to Dr.S and he gave me an ultrasound and everything looks alright but this is just downright scary. DH is now adamant that I take it more easy. How much easier can I take it??? I barely do anything as it is!
If this is what pregnancy is going to be like for me I am not sure how we are going to have #2. I mean...there is NO WAY I can be on bed rest with a toddler running around! Ah well...we will take it one step at a time I guess...
Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers. Each time something like this happens it totally freaks me out. In fact...DH and I decided that we are not going to say anything on facebook until my next scan. I don't want to risk announcing and then something happening right after that. Just taking it one day at a time...because that is all I can really do at this point...

11 Weeks Pregnant - Bleeding Scare

Before I go into this weeks post I just wanted to give an update for those who were wondering about the title of the blog. Last night and this morning I had quite a bit of bleeding. A lot actually. It was pretty frightening. I had to get blood work done today and they are in the same building as my specialist so I just popped in and hoped for the best after I had my visit to the lab. The receptionist was great she took me right in and Dr.S gave me an ultrasound even though I had no appointment and was probably interrupting his lunch. Baby is doing great. Measuring fine and has a good heart beat. They have no idea where the blood is coming from. We have speculated two things. 1. I had a very busy weekend and pushed myself too far or 2. Some sort of coincidental bleeding along side with the fact that I lowered my progersterone dose at the direction of Dr.S last week. Either way I am now back on bed rest and have been told to take my prometrium until 14 weeks. Scary stuff.

11 Week Info:

All of your baby's vital organs are now formed and functioning, so the risk of defects decreases this week as your baby becomes less susceptible to outside influences.


Baby's ears are assuming their proper place this week and the fingernail and toenail beds are beginning to form. Your little "pumpkin head" really lives up to his nickname as his head is nearly as big as the rest of his body.



While testes or ovaries are completely formed now, don't start decorating the nursery. You won't be able to see your baby's gender for a few more weeks yet.





Your baby is really on the move now. In an ultrasound you might be able to see your little acrobat flailing his or her arms and legs and doing somersaults worthy of Cirque du Soleil. You still won't be able to feel any movement, so if you feel something "kick" in there, it's probably gas.

In the next nine weeks, your baby will increase 30 times in weight and almost triple in length.




Your baby now weighs a third of an ounce, about the same as two small, Starbucks-sized packets of sugar, is about 2 inches long, the length of one of those sugar packets.

You're getting close to the end of the first trimester. A dark vertical line of pigmentation, called the linea nigra, may appear on your belly.

 

My Pregnancy Symptoms:

- Larger chest...at times sore
- Generally feeling much warmer
- Bloated
- Dry Lips & skin - especially on my face
- Nausea every day... throwing up even with the medication..worse at night
- Fatigue
- Major Aversion to water
- Tingling Nipples
- Pregnancy Acne
- My growing belly!
- Dizzy

Best Moment Of The Week:

My best moment this week was getting to feel a little bit better. Generally I am not sick ALL day but just sometimes. My throwing up has gone down to about 1-2 times a day. I can stomach more food and liquids now. I am actually enjoying food and yesterday celebrated my 1 year wedding anniversary with my husband. I actually left the house, went to a restaurant and didn't run to the bathroom once! Success!

Milestones:

Getting to take home an ultrasound picture & watching as DH proudly showed it off to friends and family.

Appointments:

September 20th - Hospital dating scan
September 27 with Dr.S
October 4th - Lab blood work
October 18th with Dr. Y
October 24th - Gender assessment

Other Info & Thoughts:

It is REALLY hard setting a balance in life right now. On one hand I want to be normal but on the other hand "normal" is not good for the baby...so I am pretty much back to bed rest and that kinda sucks. With all the scares we have had it makes me really nervous to announce on facebook in the next couple weeks. It is almost like I keep putting it off. I know it has to be done soon because I am starting to show but I am still super nervous! This baby is sure keeping me on my toes!

Sweet Child Of Mine

The doctors visit went great today! He is really concerned that I have lost 5 pounds since the last time I saw him due to the throwing up of everything that I eat....but other then that all looks great. In fact...see for yourself!

That right there folks in a head, two little arms and a sweet little body with a strong heart just beating away!

10 Weeks Pregnant!

By the end of Week 10 baby graduates from embryo to fetus, which literally means "little one."

Your baby has finally morphed from a little tadpole into, well, a baby. Not only is the face more human-like, but that unflattering "tail" (really just the developing spinal cord) has disappeared, fusing into the spinal column.

Your baby now has discernible fingers and toes, which will explain the steady stream of kicks and punches you'll feel down the line.

Junior's skeleton is starting to grow and harden. The ears are beginning to take shape and the eyelids are no longer transparent. Tooth buds are forming, although your baby won't get any teeth until six or seven (or eight or nine or 10) months after birth.


Baby's brain will make an incredible 25,000 new neurons every minute this week. While you may feel like you're losing as many as he's gaining, we can assure you it's not permanent. "Pregnancy brain," like nausea and bloating, is a temporary symptom that soon shall pass.

If you're baby is a boy, he's started producing that macho hormone testosterone. And whether your baby is a boy or a girl, the kidneys are creating copious amounts of urine. Lucky for you, you won't have to change a diaper for another 30 weeks.


Baby weighs only 4 grams and measures 1½ inches, about the size of a mondo Brazil nut or prune. And it's not just your baby who's growing. Your uterus (womb) is now the size of a grapefruit. You may even be able to feel it above the middle of your pubic bone.


 My Pregnancy Symptoms:

- Larger chest...at times sore
- Generally feeling much warmer
- Bloated
- Dry Lips & skin - especially on my face
- Nausea every day... throwing up even with the medication..worse at night
- Fatigue
- Major Aversion to water
- Tingling Nipples
- Hunger
- My growing belly!

Best Moment Of The Week:

Not being able to "suck it in" anymore. To most it would just look like I am carrying more around my midsection but to me its a whole new world...and a whole new me...

Milestones:

Finding out that a dear person in my life is also expecting literally two weeks after me!

Appointments:

August 30th with Dr. S.

Other Info & Thoughts:

I have not spotted in a week - knock on wood, fingers crossed. Nausea is always there....worse in the evenings. I felt so bad for DH last night...he made a lovely (expensive) meal and then two hours later I was throwing it up. I feel tired all the time. Even after hours of sleeping ...I just want to crawl back in to bed.

DH and I celebrate our anniversary this coming weekend. One year married...wow...it seems like so much longer...probably because so much has happened in the last year. Three weeks from now I will announce on facebook that we are pregnant. I am super nervous about that and am anxiously waiting for my ultrasound appointment on thursday to just make sure everything is fine.

Because I am so sick I am not gaining anything. In fact from the last time I was weighed in at the Dr's office I have lost 3-4 pounds. Not good. The one thing I crave like crazy is juice. And not just any juice...It has to be in juice boxes...orange juice, apple juice, punch...I will drink it all...everything except water that is...still makes me gag. I can get away with a bit of cold milk as well. Milk goes down easier if it is in a steamed milk or hot chocolate. It is hard ensuring I am getting everything I am needed especially with me so sick.

I really wanted a doula and birth photographer but the cost was a little scary...$700...*gulp*. Thankfully I just signed a few more clients and in one signing it paid for then both. Huge weight off my shoulders and one less thing to figure out how we would save for it.

Other then that I am just waiting patiently for my 2nd trimester...I hear things get easier then. Hopefully I will be able to feel and eat a little more like a normal human being. And I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to leave with house without a bucket (just in case I get sick). One thing at a time though! Once again just thankful to be here!