It is the beginning of week 16! The baby should be able to see light and is beginning to develop his/her hearing! So cool. Unfortunately I do not have any pictures of my baby belly to add right now, but maybe you would like to hear what's been going on.
I do have a baby belly and my normal clothes really do not fit anymore. Chelsea gave me a great invention called the bella band which lets me wear my normal shorts and pants for awhile longer, but my shirts are definitely getting too small. In the past two weeks my appetite has come one with a vengeance. I eat all the time! This is going to get expensive, I can tell...
I am not sure if I have felt the baby move yet. There have been several times where I think - that could be it! But, I'm not sure.
I need to sleep on my side now, but it is really uncomfortable. I woke up this morning with pretty strong hip pain that kept me up from 5am on. I've been reading up on how to prevent that. My friend Erin tells me that Scandinavian women are supposedly more susceptable to hip pain in pregnancy - yuck!
We are going to find out the baby's gender on August 5th as long as he/she cooperates and gives us a good view! We are getting really excited. I bought a bunch of yarn to crochet a gender-neutral blanket and Tim already set up the basinette/crib that will go in our room for the first several months! The crib made it really seem real. We are going to have a baby! Craziness. :)
Monday, June 30, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
We're pregnant!
Many of you already know that Tim and I are pregnant. What you don't know is what has been happening the last two months. Right after we found out, I had some spotting which completely freaked me out. I went to the doctor as soon as I could and she ordered an early ultra sound which we had at seven and a half weeks. Here's the first picture of our baby! She/he was 15mm from head to rump here.
Unfortunately, I got a call from the doctor several days later that the ultra sound showed the placenta had separated from the uterus which caused me to freak out again. So we had another ultra sound to see if the placenta had begun to reattach itself two weeks after the first one. Here is our baby at 9 weeks. This ultra sound wasn't as exciting as the first one because we were so nervous. I think the baby was about 3cm here. It was cool because we could see the arms and legs. One of the arms is fairly visible here.
So, after that ultra sound we discovered that the placenta had begun to reattach. (Praise God!) Just to be sure, we had a third ultra sound at 11 weeks. We were both more relaxed during this one. The technician showed us parts of the brain as well as the legs - which are long! :) On Thursday, the baby was a little over 2 inches long and its heart was beating 164 bpm. The picture below shows the face which looks slightly like an alien, but I'm sure will be a beautiful baby in 6 months.
As far as I know everything is ok and the placenta is still reattaching. I think I felt the baby move the other day, like a fluttering in my stomach. I was pretty surprised and hoped it would happen again, but it didn't.
I am already wearing some maternity clothes which might be unusual at 12 weeks. I never got very sick, just some nausea and I've been very very tired - especially in the middle of finals week about three weeks ago. Ugh. I haven't craved any food, but I've been very sick of eating since I'm hungry a lot. I think those first semester symptoms are beginning to die down. I'm getting my energy back which is great since Tim and I are driving all the way to WI tomorrow to spend the rest of the week with his family and then half of next week with mine.
I'll update again soon with some pictures of me!
Unfortunately, I got a call from the doctor several days later that the ultra sound showed the placenta had separated from the uterus which caused me to freak out again. So we had another ultra sound to see if the placenta had begun to reattach itself two weeks after the first one. Here is our baby at 9 weeks. This ultra sound wasn't as exciting as the first one because we were so nervous. I think the baby was about 3cm here. It was cool because we could see the arms and legs. One of the arms is fairly visible here.
So, after that ultra sound we discovered that the placenta had begun to reattach. (Praise God!) Just to be sure, we had a third ultra sound at 11 weeks. We were both more relaxed during this one. The technician showed us parts of the brain as well as the legs - which are long! :) On Thursday, the baby was a little over 2 inches long and its heart was beating 164 bpm. The picture below shows the face which looks slightly like an alien, but I'm sure will be a beautiful baby in 6 months.
As far as I know everything is ok and the placenta is still reattaching. I think I felt the baby move the other day, like a fluttering in my stomach. I was pretty surprised and hoped it would happen again, but it didn't.I am already wearing some maternity clothes which might be unusual at 12 weeks. I never got very sick, just some nausea and I've been very very tired - especially in the middle of finals week about three weeks ago. Ugh. I haven't craved any food, but I've been very sick of eating since I'm hungry a lot. I think those first semester symptoms are beginning to die down. I'm getting my energy back which is great since Tim and I are driving all the way to WI tomorrow to spend the rest of the week with his family and then half of next week with mine.
I'll update again soon with some pictures of me!
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