Baby:
Your growing baby now measures about 4 inches long, crown to rump, and weighs in at about 2 1/2 ounces (about the size of an apple). She's busy moving amniotic fluid through her nose and upper respiratory tract, which helps the primitive air sacs in her lungs begin to develop. Her legs are growing longer than her arms now, and she can move all of her joints and limbs. Although her eyelids are still fused shut, she can sense light. If you shine a flashlight at your tummy, for instance, she's likely to move away from the beam. There's not much for your baby to taste at this point, but she is forming taste buds. Finally, if you have an ultrasound this week, you may be able to find out whether your baby's a boy or a girl! (Don't be too disappointed if it remains a mystery, though. Nailing down your baby's sex depends on the clarity of the picture and on your baby's position. He or she may be modestly curled up or turned in such a way as to "hide the goods.")
Yay! Been into the second trimester for over a week now and I feel great! Also had another ultrasound yesterday and most of the blood/bleeding I had in the womb has gone now. Got to see "peanut" in there and as always, it was pretty awesome. It had it's little hand up by it's face and we got a cute picture of it's fingers. I get the strong feeling that baby is a boy every time I see it on the ultrasound but when I asked if the tech could tell she said no. Bummer. We do, however, get to find out what gender baby be on the 22nd of December. I was stoked, to say the least, that it would be before Christmas. So you guys gotta put in your guesses soon. And although I will be equally excited over either, I really think my girl would benefit from not being the only one. So if you want to send a little prayer out for another girl, that would be appreciated. I'm just sayin...
Jay and Adam left to the east for 5 days and returned again on Wednesday night. To say that I am happy to have them home would be a gross understatement. For the first three days they were gone I would get the uncontrollable urge to weep every afternoon. The house was just so quiet.
For the next week I will be scrubbing and baking in preparation to host Thanksgiving. Jay's two sisters and one brother are coming. Sadly his parents and other brother and sister won't be able to make it. I am excited and overwhelmed all at once. I am sure whatever doesn't get done will only be noticed by me. Or I am the only one who would say anything about it anyway.
On that note, I'd better get going.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
13 Weeks
Baby:
Fingerprints have formed on your baby's tiny fingertips, her veins and organs are clearly visible through her still-thin skin, and her body is starting to catch up with her head — which makes up just a third of her body size now. Your baby is almost 3 inches long (the size of a medium shrimp) and weighs nearly an ounce.
Whew! Last weeek of the first trimester. Hard to believe it's gone so fast. Not that I'm complaining, I am already feeling so much better the last couple of weeks. Although yesterday I was plagued by unexplained nausea all day. It has become less frequent and I can actually keep my eyes open past 8:30 at night! Now comes the time for activity. I am feeling more confident that things are okay now so I am going to start walking again. Nothing too extreme, just 30 minutes of brisk walking a day. Have I mentioned how miserable I was with Avril because I didn't do this? Plus my raging appetite isn't going to be any help at all in the gaining department, it is bound and determined to make me completely miserable unless I feed it every couple of hours. Speaking of which, it is yelling at me now as I have not had breakfast.
I am so excited that we get to go to Costco tonight! We have been scraping the bottom of the barrel for a couple of weeks now. It is amazing how resourceful you can be when you don't have things at hand. Lunches for Jay are the hardest as he often can't take leftovers for lack of a place to rewarm them. I think he might actually throw up if he has to eat another pb&j sandwhich. Poor guy! I did send chili with him in a thermos yesterday. I think he was glad for that.
Not that we are broke. I don't want to give the wrong impression. We just had some expensive purchases/payments the last couple of months and are trying not to dip into savings too much. Plus we ran out of last year's beef and haven't come up with a plan to buy more. Been eating ground venison instead. And it usually doesn't bother me but this baby surely does not care for venison. As hungry as I've been, I'd pretty much rather not eat if venison is involved. I just can't seem to handle it while i'm pregnant. Silly hormones!
Anyway, I didn't want anyone to think that we are hurting for money, we are just trying to be careful. And tonight I plan on making a party of our shopping trip! =) Our freezer will be replenished by the end of the night! Yipeee!
You all have a good day and weekend.
Fingerprints have formed on your baby's tiny fingertips, her veins and organs are clearly visible through her still-thin skin, and her body is starting to catch up with her head — which makes up just a third of her body size now. Your baby is almost 3 inches long (the size of a medium shrimp) and weighs nearly an ounce.
Whew! Last weeek of the first trimester. Hard to believe it's gone so fast. Not that I'm complaining, I am already feeling so much better the last couple of weeks. Although yesterday I was plagued by unexplained nausea all day. It has become less frequent and I can actually keep my eyes open past 8:30 at night! Now comes the time for activity. I am feeling more confident that things are okay now so I am going to start walking again. Nothing too extreme, just 30 minutes of brisk walking a day. Have I mentioned how miserable I was with Avril because I didn't do this? Plus my raging appetite isn't going to be any help at all in the gaining department, it is bound and determined to make me completely miserable unless I feed it every couple of hours. Speaking of which, it is yelling at me now as I have not had breakfast.
I am so excited that we get to go to Costco tonight! We have been scraping the bottom of the barrel for a couple of weeks now. It is amazing how resourceful you can be when you don't have things at hand. Lunches for Jay are the hardest as he often can't take leftovers for lack of a place to rewarm them. I think he might actually throw up if he has to eat another pb&j sandwhich. Poor guy! I did send chili with him in a thermos yesterday. I think he was glad for that.
Not that we are broke. I don't want to give the wrong impression. We just had some expensive purchases/payments the last couple of months and are trying not to dip into savings too much. Plus we ran out of last year's beef and haven't come up with a plan to buy more. Been eating ground venison instead. And it usually doesn't bother me but this baby surely does not care for venison. As hungry as I've been, I'd pretty much rather not eat if venison is involved. I just can't seem to handle it while i'm pregnant. Silly hormones!
Anyway, I didn't want anyone to think that we are hurting for money, we are just trying to be careful. And tonight I plan on making a party of our shopping trip! =) Our freezer will be replenished by the end of the night! Yipeee!
You all have a good day and weekend.
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