Month: June 2014

Daily living

19 Weeks

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19 weeks and Baby is as long as a pickling cucumber! He/she is about 6″ long now and weighs about 7 ounces.

How far along: 19 weeks
Gender: No idea, and people seem to be split about 50/50 on their predictions for me. I did have a lady tell me I am definitely having a girl and that she is always right. We’ll see!
Weight gain: 3 lbs
Symptoms: Back pain, occasional headaches, fatigue, and random nausea. And one episode of vomiting again. 😦 I think my prenatal vitamin hit the back of my throat when I was swallowing it, and as much as I tried NOT to get sick, it happened anyway.
Maternity clothes: Yep!
Stretch marks: No
Belly button in or out: in
Sleep: Not too bad
Best moments this week: Being told I looked really good in the jeans I was wearing 🙂 It turns out you get what you pay for, even with maternity clothes! My other best moment was finding a doula that we like. We were on the fence about having one, but after doing the Doula Speed Dating event on base, we found someone we really like. We’re excited to go through the rest of our pregnancy with her guidance, and it really took some of my anxiety away regarding labor & delivery.
Miss anything: My clothes. I wear jeans and a t-shirt everyday to work, but on the weekends when I actually want to look cute? I have no idea what to wear, and everything I try on doesn’t look right. I’ve been pretty frustrated. Back to online shopping…
Movement: Once in awhile. I usually notice it in the early afternoon when I’m sitting down. It probably happens more, but I’m pretty preoccupied at work!
Cravings: Hummus or guacamole with tortilla chips, Dr Pepper, blue Gatorade, cheese sticks with Wheat Thins
Looking forward to: our next ultrasound (9th of July)
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Baby Update

18 Weeks

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IMG_230418 weeks and Baby is the size of a coconut! He/she is about 5-1/2″ long now and weighs about 5.3 ounces. He or she can yawn now too!

How far along: 18 weeks
Gender: We don’t know… but Andrew keeps calling the Baby “him” so I try to balance it out with plenty of female pronouns. 🙂
Weight gain: 2 lbs (no gain this week)
Symptoms: Back pain, occasional headaches, and random nausea.
Maternity clothes: Definitely moving toward exclusively wearing maternity clothes. Maternity jeans are SO much more comfortable at this point, and I think I’m going to start phasing out my pre-pregnancy tops.
Stretch marks: No
Belly button in or out: in
Sleep: A little less comfortable lately. My hips have been getting sore, so I toss and turn more than usual.
Best moment this week: Andrew’s first Father’s Day! Not that we did anything, haha
Miss anything: Being able to NOT get 8 hours of sleep a night. I’ve been struggling this week for sure.
Movement: Once in awhile, but not on a daily basis yet
Cravings: Hummus with tortilla chips or Wheat Thins… at least it’s healthy! 🙂 Still craving (and giving in to) Dr Pepper too.
Looking forward to: our next ultrasound
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Baby Update

17 Weeks

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IMG_2289Baby is about 5″ long now and the size of a mango! I know it’s still small, but it seems really surreal that there’s something 5″ long hanging out in my uterus.

Now for a somewhat strange question: what do I do with this mango? Do you just cut it open and eat it? I’ve never purchased one before!

I had my first 2nd trimester appointment on the 10th of June. It was pretty uneventful. According to my chart, I lost 3 lbs since my last appointment, but I think I probably had more/heavier clothes on then, so I have no idea how accurate that was. According to my own scale, I’ve regained 2 lbs total (from what I lost early in pregnancy). We listened to the baby’s heartbeat, and it was 156 bpm… healthy baby, the doctor says!

How far along: 17 weeks
Gender: unknown
Weight gain: 2 lbs
Symptoms: Back pain, occasional headaches, but the nausea is decreasing! I’ve been feeling more tightening and firmness in my uterus area. So I did jump the gun a bit with saying I’m feeling all better… I still threw up one night after I went to bed (grr), and I am still struggling to eat in the morning. The morning thing isn’t so much nausea as just a lack of appetite.
Maternity clothes: I’m impressed that I’m still able to button my regular jeans…it’s just uncomfortable to do so! So during the week it’s either regular jeans with the Belly Button band or maternity jeans. Still usually wearing regular tops since they all have some stretch to them.
Stretch marks: No
Belly button in or out: in
Sleep: A little less comfortable lately. My hips have been getting sore, so I toss and turn more than usual.
Best moment this week: ANDREW CAME HOME!! The night he came home, I had him listen to the baby’s heartbeat with the Doppler I bought. The look on his face was priceless — he looked so happy & excited to hear our little one. 🙂
Miss anything: Sushi
Movement: On Tuesday, I started feeling something, but it was while I was driving, so I wasn’t giving it my full attention. Then a few hours before Andrew came home on Thursday, I felt some definite movement! Of all the descriptions I’ve read from others, I would say it felt like popcorn popping in my lower abdomen.
Cravings: Cook-out food: hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad… I want it all!
Looking forward to: our next ultrasound
I got bored and did a 17 week white board:
IMG_2302I’m not sure if I’ll start doing weekly updates now… but I’ll for sure do bi-weekly updates. 🙂