Baby Update

So I wrote this yesterday, but for some reason I forgot to post it then.

How Far Along? 12 weeks 5 days (week 13)

Symptoms: I’ve had nausea and have thrown up a few times. But starting yesterday, I haven’t really been feeling sick. Hopefully I don’t jinx myself by saying that. Lol. The breast tenderness is still going on, but hopefully that tapers off too. My breasts have grown, but it’s at a weird size, where I’m 2 big for my current bras, but if I go up the next size, I’m too small. SO I don’t know what to do about that

Total Weight Gain: I’m at 166 now. L I have made it a goal to do better about going to the gym next month. I don’t want my doctor to tell me that I have gained too much weight again at my August appointment.

Measurement: I am still measuring 34.5 inches. This is weird because I am officially showing now. J

Maternity Clothes: I officially have a maternity wardrobe lol. Between my sisters old clothes, and the things that I have bought I have: 7 pants (2 khaki, 2 dress, 3 jeans), Jogging suit, 3 long sleeved shirts, 6 t-shirts, 7 dress tops, 4 dresses, And I still have a few tops that should get me through at least half of my 2^nd trimester. I only have one paid of regular jeans that I can still fit. And since the belly band is not an option, I will be switching over to maternity pants. I tried some on yesterday, and they are soooo comfortable! They don’t look like maternity pants either. I guess since I don’t have the ones with the full belly panel, they feel more like regular jeans to me.

Stretch Marks: none yet. I have some itching every now and then, but I try not to scratch, and then I make sure to apply my belly cream.

Sleep: still very tired. It takes a minute to get comfortable, but once I am, I am dead to the world until i have to go to the bathroom or it's time to get up. Nothing’s changed here

Food Cravings: No real cravings. Still have an aversion to beef and pork though. Oh yeah and as of today I'm adding milk and/or cereal to that list of aversions.

Best Moment This Week: My nephew wanting my sister to buy a stuffed animal for his “Fishie” what he calls the baby. Actually anytime we are in a store remotely related to anything baby, he gathers up all the baby items he can hold and declares that Fishie needs all of this stuff. Lol. It’s so cute. Oh also him trying to talk to the baby through my belly button. lol

Movement: none yet. Excitedly waiting on that

Labor Signs: none! Prayerfully not for at least another 26 weeks

Belly Button In or Out? In, but its way more shallow than it was before

What I Miss: A clean house! I have just been really lazy. I also miss eating food at home, but it’s hard to cook, when everything I normally like, does not taste good.

What I Am Looking Forward To: feeling movement

Milestones: Buying maternity clothes and accepting that I have to wear them. lol

Weekly Wisdom: don’t try to do everything at one time. I’m going to set small weekly goals for myself to try and accomplish and check in with whether I have done them or not. Starting this week, I want to go to the gym at least twice, cook at least once, and clean my kitchen and living room.

Ok so like I said I’m to start with small weekly goals, because at this point, I feel like I’m not getting anything done. So at least I can feel some sort of accomplishment at the end of the week, even though I may not have done everything.
I can’t believe I’m showing! I had a serious convo with the hubby, because I was silently stressing about showing and about my weight gain. I didn’t want him to think I was fat and wanted to make sure that he was still attracted to me, Of course he assured me that he was still very much attracted to me and that he didn’t think I was getting fat, I am pregnant. Lol. I think my fear of starting to show comes from reading too much online. On the pregnancy message boards, most women say they didn’t start showing until they were like 16-20 weeks along. Seeing as how I’m only in week 13, I thought that something was wrong and that I was maybe eating too much and just getting fat. I’ve come to accept that every pregnancy is different as far as size and weight gain. Also I’m short (5’2) so my weight has nowhere to go but out. Lol. And hubby also pointed out, that I really don’t eat a lot, but I have been eating mainly fast food, since that’s been the only thing to really taste good to me, and I haven’t been cooking either. So I have to cook more and start going back to the gym. I also need to really up my water intake.

Here is my week 13 photo:

Baby Updates

Ok, so I totally missed last week. This weekly updating thing is harder than i thought. I'm not gonna do an update now, since I will be doing one on Thursday for this week. I'll just give you some highlights of last week.
SO I went to the doctor and he decided to keep my due date the same because I was positive of when my last menstrual period was and of my time frame for conception. so I'm back at being due on February 2nd. I opted out of getting the NT scan because we are still fairly young and not in the age category for the risk of those diseases. we also don't have anyone any our immediate families with any issues. We also figured that since we were not going to terminate, there would be no sense in worrying about what ifs, and if something was truly wrong it would come up later on our 20 week scan.
The doctor also had my hubby blood tested for thalasemia, so we should know the results of that soon. For anyone that doesn't know, thalasemia is a blood disorder where you are severely anemic. to the point where you may have to have blood transfusions every year. I recently found out that I am a carrier of the disorder (you can be a carrier, but not have the disease. Kinda like sickle cell). and hubby had to be tested to see if he is a carrier. if he doesn't, then great baby does not have a chance of getting it. But if he is a carrier, then baby has  1 in 4 chance of having the disease. I'm praying everything turns out ok, and will probably call the doctor next week if I don't hear back from them before then.
We were also able to hear baby's heartbeat at my appointment. I have another appointment in 3 weeks, and then in mid September I have my gender scan! (Unless we decide to pay to find out early).
I've started to show a little bit. Although at this point I'm convinced its more fat than baby. lol
You can only tell when I don't have a shirt on or when I have on a fitted top. Oh, by the way the belly band is the devil! I hate it sooo much. It only works good if I am going to be standing the whole time I'm wearing it. When I sit down with it, it rolls up. SO at the moment I only have 1 pair of jeans and one pair of dress pants that fit comfortably. I'm not ready to break out the maternity pants yet. I think I'm just gonna go buy a few dresses to hold me over until I get into maternity clothes.

And in other news, I've dyed my hair back black. I loved my color but it was causing my hair to break off. my hair in the front of my head (where it was dyed the lightest) is the same length it was 7 months ago when I dyed it. I know it has grown because of my roots. I probably had over two inches of growth in my roots, but the length stayed the same so I knew that it had to be breakage. So I decided to go back to black since my hair seems to not be able to handle color. I'll make sure you can see my hair when I take my picture for this week.

Well, this update was way longer than I intended it to be. Hope i didn't bore you too much. See you Thursday!

Baby Update

How Far Along? 11 weeks 6 days (but I say I'm in my 12th week)

Symptoms: Nausea nausea nausea. I haven't thrown up but my stomach never feels settled. I hate that feeling. So far today, I have been okay. Praying that it stays that way.

Total Weight Gain: So I'm still holding at 163. I really need to go work out though. I haven't been to the gym in a while. We have just been so busy, but I am going to have to fit in time to make it happen.

Measurement: I am measuring 34.5 inches.
Maternity Clothes: I now have a few new maternity tops and I have some of my sisters old maternity clothes, but I haven't worn any yet. Mentally I'm not ready for that yet. lol

Stretch Marks: none yet. I'm using my new cream sporadically. I like how it smells but just haven't gotten in the habit of using it every day yet

Sleep: still very tired. It takes a minute to get comfortable, but once I am, I am dead to the world until i have to go to the bathroom or it's time to get up.

Food Cravings: Not really having any cravings. I do have an aversion though to beef and pork. Not really sure about seafood. Also I can't eat as much as I would normally eat during a meal. And It's weird to eat even when I'm not hungry cause I know I will start getting nauseous if I don't.

Best Moment This Week: Ending the first trimester! yay!

Movement: none yet. excitedly waiting on that

Labor Signs: none! prayerfully not for at least another 27 weeks

Belly Button In Or Out? In, but feels like its a little more shallow than normal.

What I Miss: having energy to do things. having a clean house. lol. Nothing has changed here. lol

What I Am Looking Forward To: feeling movement

Milestones: I guess it would be ending the first trimester :)

Weekly Wisdom: Get rest! Don't over-exert yourself. Even though it's early on in my pregnancy, I get tired alot faster and don't have as much energy, so I need to make sure I don't push myself too hard.

So I know you are wondering how I skipped a whole week, well my doctor says I am measuring 8 days earlier than what my LMP calculates. So hes saying my due date is January 26th. So that makes me about to enter week 13. I'm excited for the 2nd trimester. that makes me that much closer to having my baby, and also prayerfully the end of nausea and fatigue. Not to mention all the fun stuff happens in the 2nd trimester. You start showing, you start to feel movement, and you get to find out the gender of your baby. Every thing I've read online says that the 2nd trimester is the best trimester in pregnancy. So I'm excited to see what it will bring for me.

Baby is growing fine. I may have another ultrasound next week, depending on if I decide to get the NT scan. I'm considering it, depending on how much my insurance covers since its non-invasive with virtually no risk, but we will see. I need to make a decision by Monday since I have an appointment on Thursday.

Mommy and Daddy are good. We are still in the pre-qualifying stage of home buying. So Hopefully sometime next week I can find out how much we qualify for so we can go see whats in our price range. We probably won't move until close to the end of the year, even though I will be big and pregnant by that time because we have so much going on in these next few months.  

Here is my week 12 pic:

I guess maybe I am starting to show a little bit.

Random

Just running in really quick to say that I LOVE my new doctor's office. I had my first appointment yesterday and everyone there is really nice. The office is very nice too and as alot more upgrades than my previous doctor's office. The Nurse Practitioner that I saw yesterday was shocked when I told her that my doctor told me to google beta-thalassemia. She broke everything down for me and told me that she would review my blood work and decide if i need to be retested and most likely get my husband ordered for some blood work. I got some more goodies (magazines, coupons, and a can of formula), so I need to sit down and go through that. We got to see the baby again and we were amazed at how different the ultrasounds were after a few weeks. I had an ultrasound at my old doctor's at 6 weeks 4 days, and BT (what we call the baby for now) just looked like a blob. But yesterday at 9 weeks 5 days, BT looked like a real baby! We could see the head, belly, and arms and legs, We were also able to see BT's brain, umbilical cord, and heartbeat. They also let us hear the heartbeat. It was awesome. BT was just wiggling around like crazy. I couldn't believe how big BT had gotten. They did say that I'm measuring about 8 days ahead at 10 weeks 6 days. So the doctor will determine if he needs to change my due date or not.
All in all, I am very excited about the new office. And I am excited about the upcoming weeks with BT. I almost out of my first trimester, and ready to start showing. I know I will regret that around month 8 or nine when I will be feeling huge, but right now I just feel fat and not pregnant.

Baby Update

How Far Along? 9 weeks 3 days (but I say I'm in my 10th week)

Symptoms: My symptoms this week have been fatigue, sore breasts, and nausea. I've thrown up once so far. I'm almost constantly queasy and will get light headed out of nowhere. I try to keep snacks on me to combat this. I have recently discovered how great honey nut cheerios are for settling my stomach in the morning. So hopefully that keeps up

Total Weight Gain: Ok my weight has gone up to 163. :( That puts me up 8 pounds. I really don't want to gain any more this month and I know what I need to do to stop the weight gain but I have been too tired and lazy to do it.

Measurement: I am still measuring at 34 inches. I feel bigger, even though everyone around me says that I'm not.


Maternity Clothes: none yet. I have gone through my clothes and boxed up the ones I won't see again until sometime next year. lol. So my first clothing purge is complete. I know I will have to do it again, and I still haven't gone through the clothes in my closet yet. I have bought a tummy sleeve from motherhood maternity but I haven;t used it yet, because I haven't left the house yet. lol. I also really need to get bigger bras, I just haven't been able to go to the mall this week. Maybe tonight, because I also need to get something to wear to a cookout tomorrow.

Stretch Marks: none yet. I bought this stuff from motherhood maternity called collagen boosting body butter by mum to be. It smells good. just a fresh clean scent, so I'm going to start using that. I'll let you know how it works out.

Sleep: I'm always tired. no matter how much sleep I get. I heard this eases up after the first trimester though. Nothings changed here. lol

Food Cravings: Umm I crave fast food. It's bad, and mainly why my weight gain has increased. I;m talking McDonald's, chick-fil-a, Wendy's, zaxbys, etc... All value sized. lol. I used to eat salads but they started making me queasy. I think it was the dressing I was using though, because I was using a Caesar vinaigrette, but I had a salad from McDonald's yesterday that had ranch dressing and I didn't get queasy from that. So I'm gonna try switching up my dressings.

Best Moment This Week: Hmmm IDK, I guess just relishing in the fact that I am pregnant.

Movement: none yet.

Labor Signs: none! prayerfully not for at least another 30 weeks

Belly Button In Or Out? In

What I Miss: having energy to do things. having a clean house. lol. Nothing has changed here. lol

What I Am Looking Forward To: Seeing my baby move on my ultrasound this week

Milestones: My milestone this week, would be taking my first weekly picture. lol

Weekly Wisdom: Find out what works for your queasiness and stick to it!

Ok, I know I am super late but I got busy last week and wasn't able to do my weekly update. But I have taken my first weekly picture. I'm thinking since I started with taking it in a navy blue tank top, I will continue that and as I outgrow this tank, I will swap it out for a maternity tank that looks the same.

I'm going to try a new doctor on Thursday so I will update here after that appointment. I had an appointment with my previous doctor last week, and it totally solidified why I am leaving his practice. he told me that based on my blood work that I have beta-thalassemia. Which basically means that I'm slightly anemic, and if my husband has it also, then my baby has a 1 in 3 chance of being severely anemic and needing blood transfusions. Now I found out all this info on my own. My doc basically gave me a sticky note with the name on it and said you have this, google it and we will talk more at your next appointment. THAT"S IT! No explanation of what it is, what it could mean for my baby or what type of testing needed to be done. he basically led me to believe that I would need a CVS screening. Which is basically a needle inserted into my uterus either through my stomach or my cervix to collect some of the placenta to be tested. Which to me is kinda dangerous and carries a chance of miscarriage. But in doing my own research I discovered that the best thing would be for my husband to get blood work done first to see if he carries that trait, because if he doesn't then none of this matters and wont affect my baby at all. I'm not mad about having to research, because I would have done that anyway. I'm angry about the fact that as my physician, he  didn't tell me anything, but just told me to google it. Hopefully this new doctor works out much better.

Oh yeah here is my week 10 picture: