Weeks 31 and 32, going on 33!

Yes, I'm awesome in keeping this updated. It just seems that nothing has really changed except the fact that Alex gets bigger and bigger while my poor needing-a-break body also gets bigger and bigger.

He is now 4.5- 5 lbs, and about 20 inches. We won't talk about the lbs on my side of the scale. They say these last 8 weeks (only 7 left for me!) I will gain about a pound a week, and half of that is baby. So Alex is packing on a pound every 2 weeks, doubling his weight from now until birth. Which makes for an uncomfortable belly for me. He's a kicker!

Anyway, here's an idea of how squooshed we are :)


We all love seeing the naked see-through woman with baby in belly pics, right? Of Course!

30 Weeks

{Alex is now 17-18 inches long, and weighs between 3 and 4 pounds}

I have no ambition to do this post right now (hence why it's already 3 days late!) So this'll be short and quick.

The good news is that he has turned from sideways to head down finally, relieving a ton of unbearable pain, but the bad news is things are getting more and more uncomfortable as he packs on weight and grows longer.

And that's that. :)

29 weeks

{Our chunky monkey is most likely now between 3-4 lbs, 16-17 inches.}

This past week has been rough. Everything just HURTS. Constantly. 24-7. There is no relief unless I'm in the tub. I googled it and researched and this and that, and figured it's called 'round ligament pain' ... where all the ligaments that are holding me together.. are completely giving out, so everything is super loose so the baby can come through.

It hurts to walk, stand, move, roll over in bed, it's just painful. I don't remember ever hurting this bad with Courtney, which leads me to believe this is going to be a big big boy. (like 19 lbs big!)

I've had severe pain in my left side for the last 2 days, I'm trying to decide what's going on. I have a dr. appt on Monday morning, so I'll definitely be talking to her about it.

If all goes as planned, and they induce me a week early, then I only have 10 weeks left. Tomorrow starts week 30. I don't know if I can wait 10 more weeks!

28 Weeks, 7 months down!

First off let me say, Please disregard the crazy cranky woman from the last post. I'm feeling much better now :)

Now that I'm starting week 29 (month 8!) and only have 11 weeks left (because they're inducing me a week early...yah, the math is funny, but I've already talked about that!) I feel like we're finally getting somewhere. Here's my 28 Week Mugshot:

Our little guy (as I was told by my dr.) is most likely a chunky monkey 3 pounder, and is stretching out probably around 16-17 inches by now. He kicks like CRAZY, all. the. time.! I'm pretty sure he's officially in the head-down position now, getting ready to come on out, because I haven't been kicked in the pelvic floor at all lately... all the kicking is now in my belly area. Which is nice for me... have you ever been repeatedly kicked in the pelvic floor?


I'm sure this naked see through labeled woman grosses some people out, but I find it fascinating. I saw a picture in a book of a full size baby in a person, and how incredibly squooshed all her organs were to make room for the baby. That made me want to throw up a little, so at least this isn't nearly as graphic!

Anyway, I made our 2nd purchase for the baby yesterday... being a stroller/car seat combo. It's fantastic and I love it!! I got a really super great deal on craigslist and had to get it before anyone else did... even though I have absolutely no where to put it. I sure wish our other house was move-in-ready right about now!

Anyway, last visit they pricked my finger for the hypoglycemic gestational diabetes test... it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it still didn't feel good! The results had to be under 135 to pass the test and we were all convinced I was going to fail miserably with a score over 200 because I'm gaining weight like crazy over here... my results came back at 79. Huh.. not hypoglycemic, i'm hypERglycemic! Meaning I have to eat every 2 hours or I just about fall over dead. That's why I'm gaining, because I have to be eating all day! Super.

Since we're nearing the end, Doctor visits are now every 2 weeks instead of monthly, and at 36 weeks they become weekly. That means we're getting close :)

27 Weeks and Cranky as Heck

I've decided to quit posting the Baby Center's 'How big is your baby in Vegetable Terms' because it's complete crap. This week was suppose to be a head of cauliflower. Uhhhhh no. Toss me a watermelon and then I'll post your dang picture! So on with it then.

{Alex is now over 2 pounds and about 15 inches long.} ((Head of cauliflower my expanding behind!))

If you haven't noticed, I'm irritated. I'm annoyed. I'm frustrated, I'm tired, I'm cranky, and I'm just done. Today I officially declared I have given up on real clothes and will be wearing pajamas for the next 11 weeks. I say 11, even though there are technically 12 weeks left to make it to 40. Screw 40. I'm requesting my doctor induce me a week early. I want to be done ASAP!

I've been a pretty good sport up til now. I've embraced the fat rolls, the cankles, the 300+ lbs weight gain, but I am done. I think my Cranky Pregnant Hormones have kicked in and they're here to stay in full force. Maybe it's just me and it's just today, hopefully tomorrow I'll feel better, but right now, in this very moment... AAAAHHHH!!! I'm uncomfortable, NO clothes I own make me look cute, I feel gargantually huge {Which, by the way, my elderly neighbor lady told me I was humongous and asked if I got this big with Courtney, if my due date wasn't sooner than I thought, and if there was more than one in there. Sorry Lady, you ain't seen nothin' yet. We've still got 3 months, watch me balloon!}

Maybe this is why I'm cranky. *Sigh* Maybe it's because it takes me a full 3 minutes just to roll over in bed. Maybe it's because I waddle everywhere I go. There is no sense of walking normally anymore. Maybe it's because I keep seeing all these cute little tiny pregnant girls with their tiny little basketball bellies and I feel like a dump truck next to them. Maybe because just looking in the mirror makes me want to cry.

I want my normal body back, I want my normal hormones back, and I want to feel human again!

But more than anything, I just want my baby boy here. I want to hold him in my arms, I want to be done being pregnant and just have him here. I want to not be fat anymore!

And with that, I'll sign off. Here's hoping to a less cranky post next week!

26 Weeks

{Little Mr. Alex is now as long as an english houthouse cucumber... over 14 inches, and weighs about 2 lbs.}

Well, SUMMER IS HERE!! How do I know? Because I don't have ankles anymore. Bring on the cankles! Oh summer swelling. I was standing in the wal mart garden center today, which was very very warm, when I happened to look down, and about threw up. Not only were my poor feet and ankles swollen (which I NEVER experienced with Courtney!), but I had *gulp* veins... popping out from my feet. OOH my gross. Not varicose veins, mind you, just regular swollen veins. Thank goodness as soon as I sat down and put my little porky piggers up, the veins went back to normal. I may just have had to chop off my feet if those mile high veins were permanent!

The kicking is insane, which I usually love. Except when he aims it right at my pelvic floor making me feel like I'm about to pee my pants. I'll have to do some research and see if that's an actual problem I should be worrying about! Not something I want to experience while standing in line at the grocery store....

My belly is huge and all is well. If he were to be born today, he would very likely survive. (with help from NICU of course, but still!)

I'm super excited to be moving at 7 months pregnant in Mid-July Idaho Heat... Oh wait a minute... de ja vu... pretty sure I lived that EXACT experience while pregnant with Courtney. Why do we always move when I'm hugely pregnant, completely useless, and sweltering in the sun??

Trimester 3, here I come!

25 Weeks

{Alex now weighs about the same as a rutabaga. Somewhere between 1 1/2 lbs to 2 lbs. He is about 14 inches long.}

First off, let me just say~ This truly IS as uncomfortable as it looks!

I'm pretty sure this is going to be a huge kid. Yesterday was THEE MOST PAINFUL day ever. It was like he was wedging his entire body into my left side. It was a constant severe side ache for about 3 hours straight where I just laid on my bed and tried to breathe. Last night gave me no sleep at all and I was in the tub at 6 am dark and early this morning trying to relieve some of the pain. Now his upper half is jammed into my left side and he's constantly kicking at my right side. He truly does NOT fit in there anymore and we still have 15 more weeks! I'm just dreading the day he starts breaking my ribs, he kicks THAT hard.

Here's an idea of what's going on in there :


Something new this week: He is now starting to pack on the baby fat, turning him from a lean wrinkly baby, to filling out those wrinkles with little baby chub and turning him into the little chunker I know he's going to be!

24 weeks (6 months)

{Alex is now a little over a foot long and weighs more than a pound. He gained 4 oz just last week alone and is getting chunkier by the day!}

So the numbers don't add up. I am officially 6 months along... but I still have 4 "months" left. Which means..... THEY BIG FAT LIE when they say pregnancy is 9 months! It's 10.

(I feel like I have to explain this when people ask how far along I am, and then they ask my due date and then look at me like I don't know how to count.)

4 weeks= 1 month
8 weeks= 2 months
24 weeks= 6 months
40 weeks= 10 months

And there we have it. 10 looooong months of pregnancy.

So this being my 6th month, means I'm gettin' pretty lazy. I have no desire to get up and do a 6 month belly pic. Just imagine me with a watermelon under my shirt... and a couple of canteloupes... and that should give you a pretty accurate idea of what's going on over here!

I had a dr. visit yesterday and everything looks fabulous. His heartbeat is really strong and he is just all over the place! The kicking is insane now. All those months of me wishing he would get to this point, and now that this point is here, I'm wishing he would back off a little!

I'm starting a low carb diet plan today. I told my doctor enough is enough, give me some magical pill or something that's going to keep me from gaining 100 lbs and the best she could give me was 60 carbs a day. *sigh* fine. low carbs and high protein. I researched it and it's actually super healthy for the baby as well. Imagine.. cutting out cake, cookies, sugar, and crap= a healthy baby. Huh.

So anyway... there's my 6 month update. I'm not feeling super motivated so we'll just end it here.

23 Weeks

{Alex is now weighing as much as a large mango -over a pound- and is at least a foot long.... I imagine him to be a Subway 5 dollar foot long meatball sub, haha!}

This past week's highlight was my first purchase for him. I got it last night, actually. I found an entire nursery jungle theme set- bedding, window valance, lamp, wall hangings, hanging diaper holder, etc. It is so stinkin' cute, I'm really excited to put his room together. Jeremy will paint his room the matching tan and green. Such a little boy's room :) ...(Pics of all the goods are on my regular family blog)

I can't say this week was any different than last week. Just backaches, really, nothing much else going on. I'm feeling quite a bit more movement, though, that's always fun :)

Something fun this week: This week he'll put on another 4 ounces and really start the plumping up process.

22 Weeks

{This little monkey in there is the size of a spaghetti squash~ 11-12 inches long, and weighs about a pound now. I'm sorry, but I think BabyCenter is wrong, because personally, I'm pretty sure he's already about 12 lbs! At least that's how it feels.}

Things are getting rough. I feel like there's no room left, I don't know how I'm suppose to squeeze in 8 more pounds of baby in there. We're only at 1 pound and I'm so squished already! Considering Courtney topped in at almost 9 pounds and 23 1/2 inches, and this one being a boy and all... I'm fully expecting a 9 lbs+ baby. (Yes, thanks to Jeremy, we make chunkers!)

My back is a constant backache. Kind of like that feeling that you really need to pop your back... but you just can't! There is no relief!

Something neat this week: They say about this time you'll be able to actually see the baby moving around by just watching your belly. He's also picking up on sounds and hearing everything that's going on outside the belly. Courtney and I sang "Old McDonald" with the guitar on my belly this morning. (repeatedly!) Wonder if he was covering his ears thinking, "Make it stop!"

21 Weeks

{Baby Alex is now around 11 inches long (as long as a large carrot) and weighs about 3/4 lbs.}

Another week has come and gone. Nothing super new and exciting except the ultrasound, which I've already written about.

Movement is still just slight and barely noticeable, although I have noticed that he loves to hang out in one certain position a lot, with his little foot jammed right up against the top of my right ribs. Occasionally, like last night, I can feel his head being pushed up against my left side. Jeremy just looked at me last night and asked, "Is that the head??" because I had this little lump jutting out from my left side making me look lopsided.

Considering how active he always is, it's a wonder I'm not feeling much movement yet! They say this is the month where I should really start feeling it. So for now I just get to feel a subtle movement here and there, and have a foot jammed in my ribs. I won't complain though, it's nice knowing something's going on in there!

Just for an idea of the size of baby, here's a babycenter.com pic of 21 weeks. Now imagine this is Jeremy's baby so he's probably twice as big! Okay, maybe not twice as big, but probably bigger than this! I know my belly is much bigger than this picture's!


I laugh because on the "21 Weeks Review" at babycenter it says, "You're probably feeling pretty comfortable these days." It makes me wonder... Who the heck is writing these articles, and have they never been pregnant before?!

Moving on to Week 22!

It's a BOY!!

I knew it! I've been telling everyone since day one that this is a boy, I knew it!

The ultrasound went really well. He was so fun to watch squirm and wiggle, and flip and somersault, wave, suck his thumb, and show off. And I mean SHOW OFF! At one point the ultrasound technician said, "Okay, that's enough! I don't want to see your pee pee no more! Yes, we know you're a boy!" It was really funny, every time she would move the ultrasound tool to try and look at something else, he would flip and turn and rotate so that he would be on display again. He wanted to make good and sure he didn't come home to a pink bedroom!

He's measuring in at 12 ounces, when the average 20 weeks along baby weighs 10 ounces. And he's looking mighty long as well. So he's going to be a big boy!

One of my favorite parts was when he pressed his little foot right up against the ultrasound tool, and we got to see each and every teeny tiny little toe in detail. So stinkin' adorable!!

I got the ultrasound results back the next day (which was super fast! they told me 2-3 weeks!) and everything is perfect. Everything has formed/is forming exactly as it should, all the measurements are perfect, nothing to give them any concern. So that's awesome!

She wasn't able to print out any pictures for some reason, but they gave me a CD with every picture that she took. We were pretty excited to come home and post pictures until we actually got home and realized our computer won't open it up. At all. Boo! So if we ever figure out a way to open them, I'll post pics then :)

New official due date: September 10, 2011

5 month belly pic

20 WEEKS BABY!!!
{We're measuring in at 10.5 inches long , about the length of a banana, and about 10.5 oz now. Not quite a pound, but getting there!)

(I'm really starting to want to not do any more of these monthly belly pics. I'm starting to look like a snowman and it's killing my self esteem!)


20 Weeks down and 20 to go! And boy do I feel big. I swear there were about 2 or 3 nights this past week where I doubled in size (at least it felt like it). All of a sudden I'm 10 times more uncomfortable and my belly feels twice as heavy... if that makes any sense. Rather than say..a big balloon filled with air in my belly, it's now a big balloon filled with water. Just...heavy.

But it is so fun to feel the movements. They're far and few in between, but when I do feel them, it's so fun! I'm really excited for Monday's appointment to find out the gender and see this little baby move around in there! Cross your fingers for me that he/she isn't shy and is willing to show it all!

This is a 20 week 3D I found online. So darn cute! It's still crazy to me to think that that's what's really in my belly!


Fun Fact: His/her eyelashes and eyebrows are have started to appear. And his/her little lips are fully formed, helping him/her to suck his/her thumb. His/her arms and legs are now in proportion with the rest of his/her body, and on Monday, these posts will no longer say "His/Her" because we will have a definite (hopefully!) answer as to just who exactly is in there!

19 Weeks

{Our baby is now the size of a large heirloom tomato. 6 inches long and 8 1/2 oz. Though I don't know that I've ever seen a 6 inch long tomato. Hm. The 6 inches only measures from head to bum, next week they officially begin measuring from head to heel, so technically as of this moment all nice and stretched out, our little jellybean is about 10 inches long.}

So I've just wrapped up week 19 and am heading into week 20. And to week 19, all I have to say is, "Doom! Doom on You!" Week 19 was painful! I was ever so rudely teased with the "Your sciatic pain is over and done with, we're moving on!" Not so. It is still very much here, and very very painful! Boo. And cue the lower back aches and the *drum roll* charlie horses. I have to say, those charlie horses are a NIGHTMARE! I get them first thing in the morning when I wake up and stretch. Even just flexing my feet will bring one on. I am Jeremy's new alarm clock. He now wakes up to "Ow Ow OW OW OW OW OWWW!!!" with my leg up in the air and a bulging spasming muscle sticking a foot out from my calf. Worst Pain EVER! It must freak him out because he is front and center within half a second rubbing it out for me. And then we go back to sleep. Fun times.

I'm starting to feel the baby more and more, it's just whispery hints that he/she's there, but I can feel it! So that's fun.

Let's complain some more. Heartburn is awful! I can get through about 45 seconds of eating something before heartburn rears it's ugly head and takes over. You would think this would make me want to stop eating, or eat less. Um...no. I could probably put away an entire large pizza if Jeremy weren't there to stop me! Oh the wonders of pregnancy!

Only 9 more days til we find out if we're having baby Alex, or ...*sigh* Princess Cat. Yes, Courtney thinks she is in charge.

*Something fun going on right now: Our baby is no longer a baldy. He/she is now sprouting hair on that little head :)

18 Weeks

{Our little munchkin is now the size of a bell pepper. 5 1/2 inches long from head to bum and weighing in at almost 7 ounces. (More than half a pound)

The dreaded blood drawing appointment came and went without any drama. I know, I'm more shocked than you! My good friend, Cecily, has experience actually being the one to draw blood, so she gave me some pointers. Lots of water, heart rate pumping, and a relaxing song on my ipod. I totally clung to every bit of advice she gave me and plugged into my ipod before the needle even came out. I laid back, closed my eyes, and focused on my song. I felt one tiny prick in my right arm, and then a few seconds later a tiny prick in my left arm. I never flinched, grimaced, opened my eyes, or uttered a single sound. My song wasn't even half way over when Jeremy was taking my ipod away telling me to sit up. Apparently I was done and didn't even know it. (And wasn't even aware that the nurse had been trying to get me to sit up for quite some time!) The vein in my right arm had collapsed so they moved to the left. Thank goodness for Cecily's advice to help me zone out, because I can guarantee this little adventure would have been just as bad, if not worse than the last time they tried drawing my blood. And believe me, it would be mighty hard to top the 'worseness' of that last time! It's 5 days later and my arm is still purple, black, and green. At least I have something to show for it :)

Something super fantastic? My horrific sciatic pain has gone on a scale of 1-10 from a 32 to about 3. Hallelujah! My doctor says it's because the baby has finally decided that due to his/her rapid growing, that it was time to move. Off my sciatic nerve. *sigh* ah, relief. Although now my lungs are getting squished making it difficult to breathe at times.

I am still holding firmly to the belief that this is a boy. I don't remember Courtney ever making me this uncomfortable 24/7! It must be a boy to be causing me all this trouble, right? We scheduled our ultrasound for April 25 to find out the gender, and I've got to say, this should be the best appointment ever! No blood, no needles, no naked, (well, no naked for me, we're totally checking out the naked on this little baby!!) the only thing I'm not looking forward to is the drinking all the water before the appointment and not being allowed to go to the bathroom til after the ultrasound!

But anyhow, the doctor is always super excited to do the heartbeat. She keeps saying how strong and healthy it is. When she checked the heartbeat at the last appointment, she had to keep moving around, because this little acrobat in there was flipping and rolling and twirling and twisting like crazy! So far as is going perfect :)

Something fun this week: Our baby should be able to hear our voices this week. Courtney loves kissing my belly and talking to the baby. At least he/she will have lots to hear while in there!

17 Weeks

{Our baby is now the size of a turnip. About five inches long, and weighing in at 5 ounces. Feeling like it's weighing in as the size of a baby hippopotamus.}

Oy. Is all I have to say. For being so little, this baby sure is going out of his/her way to make me uncomfortable! They say you start feeling movement between 16 and 22 weeks. I'm starting week 18 and every now and then I think I feel something. I'm really excited to start feeling solid obvious movements. I still haven't bought anything for the baby, and without any real obvious movements, and not really having seen the baby (our first visit ultrasound just looked like a fuzzy white jellybean), it just doesn't seem 100% real. Of course I know it's real, but I just want something obvious to make it seem 'more' real, if that makes any sense. I'm so super excited for our ultrasound visit in 3 weeks to find out the gender and to finally be able to SEE this little one that has taken up residency.

Here's a 3D ultrasound image of a baby at 16 weeks, and I'm starting week 18, so we should be very similar, if not more developed. Seeing stuff like this completely tugs at my heart to know that's what my baby looks like. Rather than just having a big uncomfortable belly with nothing to show for it, I can look at this this and think, "Aww... that's what he/she looks like!"


Today is Saturday, and my next visit on Monday. Where they will draw my blood. I'm trying not to freak out to finally be able to get over this fear. I think I might almost be getting there. Talking about it doesn't make me want to throw up on site anymore. I can actually think about it and stay calm. So that's improvement. We'll see how the actual appointment goes, though!

4 month Belly Pic!

{Our baby is now the size of an Avacado. About 4 1/2 inches long from head to bum. That's a quarter next to it. I wish I could make these pictures bigger somehow!}


4 months down! The only good thing I can say about this picture is that at least having a huge belly makes your bum look smaller! Now if only I could find a way to make other... northernly regions look smaller as well. My sister and I were at the mall on the escalator, her on the step below me, and she had to step to the next stair down because my boobs were poking her in the back. Yep. Haha... *sigh*

Tomorrow officially brings the beginning of Month 5. The month we find out what we're having, woo hoo!! We're moving to a larger home in June, so the baby will have his/her own nursery rather than being stuffed in the computer/den room. I'm pretty darn excited to decorate!

I'm still counting down the days (9) that they take my blood again. Just thinking about it makes me cringe. DREADING next Monday's appointment!

My whole sciatic nerve pain is still very much there. Though Tylenol and I are fast becoming the best of friends because at least I can get a little sleep after taking it. These past few weeks I've been getting a little heart burn now and then. That sucks a little bit. But really, no other complaints from me :)

Month 5: please be kind to me!

15 Weeks

{Baby JellyBean is now the size of an apple}

Well, 15 weeks down. 25 more weeks to go. At this point, my single most pressing complaint is my darn sciatic nerve! I will take any other pregnancy symptom 10 fold if it meant getting rid of this pain in my sciatic nerve! They say don't sleep on your right side because it pinches off oxygen and blood flow and nutrients to the baby, they say don't sleep on your back because all the weight of the uterus, baby, and basically everything rests on your spine and vena cava causing serious problems, which leaves sleeping on your left side. And the problem is I CAN'T!! Any pressure on my left hip causes the WORST pain from my hip/butt clear to my foot. Seeing the chiropractor 3X a week isn't helping much either. Bah!

I'm hoping it will just...go away... one day. On BabyCenter.com they say that happens. So cross your fingers for me.

The best thing ever: I'm starting to feel the baby move! Almost like a little goldfish swimming around at times. And I'm not quite sure how to explain this part, but every so often I get a good solid kick in my lower abs. I'm pretty sure the baby shouldn't be strong enough to do that yet, so I don't know! But it's fun, it makes it more real.

I went shopping with my mom and sister yesterday and bought two of the world's largest bras. I told my doctor I now have porn star boobs and when the heck are they going to quit?! Her answer: When you're done nursing! So I broke down and went and found 2 of the cutest HUGEST bras I could find at Dillard's. Gotta say... It's the greatest to finally have something that FITS right again!

My belly is officially "pregnant" rather than "too many donuts". You know that 'pregnant look' where it's obvious someone's pregnant. It's nice to be able to get dressed now and not have to wonder, "Are people going to assume I'm just fat today?"

We find out in about 5 weeks what we're having. That'll be pretty darn exciting! I can't wait to start picking things out for the nursery and baby. So far I haven't bought a single thing because I don't know which gender I'm buying for! So that's something to look forward to while they're drawing my blood again in 2 weeks!

*Something neat this week: He/she can now move all the joints and limbs and even has tastebuds now! This week his/her heart will be pumping 25 quarts of blood each day.

14 weeks

{Baby JellyBean is now the size of a lemon.}

Don't ask me what happened to week 13, but here we are at 14 weeks and 2 days today. I had my doctor appointment this morning, where they determined I'm actually a week ahead of what they told me last time. So apparently I'm already headed into week 15 this week. Which is just fine with me, puts me 1 week closer to having this baby!

We heard the heartbeat today! We didn't get to last time, but today we did, and it was so strong and loud! It sounded like a choo-choo train. The doctor said everything looks great and all is going just as it should.

And the best news of all: In 3 weeks I'll have an appointment (a blood drawing one, BOO!!), but 3 weeks after that we have the ultrasound to find out the sex of the baby! That's only 6 weeks away :)

In just 6 weeks we'll find out what we're having.... aww happiness!

*Something neat this week: Our baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and suck his/her thumb!

3 Months!

{Baby JellyBean is now the size of a lime ...(compared next to a quarter)}


3 MONTH BELLY PIC:
3 months down! Goodbye 1st trimester, and on to the 2nd trimester!
First off, excuse the messy messy bathroom mirror. My lovely 3 year old artist thought it'd be fun to paint the mirror with water and her paintbrushes this morning, and I haven't cleaned off the masterpiece yet.

The 12th week came and went. I went to the chiropractor twice (last Friday and this morning) to get my hips put back where they belong, and I feel MUCH better! Jeremy has been seeing our chiropractor for the last couple weeks for his back, and I usually tag along just to get out of the house. Once they found out I was hurting, they signed me on up and got me put back together. Sleeping is so much more comfortable now! Thank goodness I tagged along, otherwise I'd still be hurting!

Funny story though... at my first chiropractor visit I told him I was pregnant. I told him! So they popped me into place and put massagers on me, which were wonderful! Today when they were getting ready to put the massagers back on, the one lady was like, 'Is this okay for the baby?" To which the doctor looked incredulously at me and asked, "Are you pregnant?!" ... Um.. yep. Told you that last time! Mentioned it 4 minutes ago when you asked when the last time I had my blood pressure taken. Yep. So good bye fabulous massagers, I'll miss you. Apparently it's no good for the baby..

And also apparently I'm still in that, "You just look fat" phase. No one at church knew I was pregnant until it came up in conversation. Then they just look at me and say.. "Really?!" Maybe it's just me (and my being super aware that i am, indeed, pregnant!) but doesn't that belly kinda shout out 'pregnant' rather than 'burrito' ?

I think the morning sickness is all but gone. So long, I will most certainly not miss you. At All. Now it's just the getting big and uncomfortable stage. Bring it!

*Something neat this week: Baby JellyBean now has fingerprints on his/her teeny tiny little fingers :)

11 Weeks

{Baby JellyBean is now the size of a fig. ( compared next to a quarter) }


Goodbye week 11, hello week 12! It's hard to believe that after this week, I will officially be done with the first trimester and heading into the 2nd. I'm almost 1/3 of the way there!

This past week was bearable. I've still got the runny/stuffy nose, but at least I can sleep through the night without having to blow my nose every 15 minutes. So that's improvement :)

Sleeping is a pain though. A literal pain. Right in my left hip. They say not to sleep on your right side because it pinches off the oxygen to the baby... so left side it is. Although, I swear, since I've gotten pregnant my bed has gotten harder and harder with each passing night. It's like all the pressure is pinpointed to one nerve on my hip making sleep impossible!!

Jeremy knows if he wakes up to an empty bed, that I'm sleeping on the (insanely much much softer) couch, and that it was one of 'those' nights.

But on a happy note, I think the thyroid medication is working some because I'm not nearly as tired as I use to be. So that's great :)

I think I've hit that stage where I want to start setting up the nursery and sewing new baby bedding and making this and that... but it's hard to do when we still have a couple more months before we find out the gender. When we talk about the baby we always say 'he, his, him' ... we've even already named him Alexander Craig Hansen... but I think I would just completely jinx myself (if we haven't already) if I start setting up a little boy nursery.

Maybe this week's project will be picking out patterns and designs and color schemes and such that can be gender neutral but still adorable....

Bring on week 12!

*Something neat this week: Baby JellyBean's little fingers will start making fists, his/her toes will start curling in and out and his/her mouth will start making sucking movements. Also, if I poke my belly, he/she will squirm around in response :)

10 Weeks

{Baby JellyBean is now the size of a kumquat (compared next to a quarter)}

I am now wrapping up week 10 and heading into week 11. These past 2 weeks have been really hard. My blood test results came back saying my thyroid levels were super low... making me extremely exhausted 24/7, and it also makes you gain weight fast. So they've put me on thyroid medication, so hopefully that'll fix the problem.

I've also come down with a really bad cold. For a full week now, going on 2, I've just been miserable with stuffy/runny nose, sore throat, bad cough, swollen tonsils, headaches, aches/pains etc. Throw all that on top of the thyroid problem, and I've been pretty useless this past week.

I've been really iffy on what medications to take. Everywhere I've read says stay away from all medications during your first trimester. But the nurse said I could take tylenol cold medicine. But then they put me on the thyroid stuff, which clearly states don't mix it with anything for nasal decongestants...but then the pharmacist said I could if I took it at least 1/2 hour after I took the thyroid pill.

I've just been getting all sorts of answers that contradict the previous answer, and I just feel in my gut that what's best for my baby, and my peace of mind, is to just stay away from anything that hasn't been directly prescribed by my doctor. So thyroid medicine I take, cold medicine I try to stay away from. Which really makes this cold all the more miserable, but it's for my peace of mind. Courtney asked if our baby was going to come out with 2 heads, so I guess this is for her peace of mind as well :)

I debated doing a 10 week belly picture, but I don't want to get up and get dressed, so perhaps I'll just keep belly pics monthly. I think my belly now looks the same as the 8 week picture, so it wouldn't be anything new!

This isn't our actual baby, but this is a 3D ultrasound of a baby 10 weeks along, right where I am. So this is what our baby looks like right now.


awwwwww......

*Something neat this week: Baby JellyBean is growing teeny tiny little fingernails and toenails right now!

9 Weeks/ 1st Doctor's Appointment

{Baby JellyBean is now the size of a grape (compared next to a quarter)}


We had our first doctor's appointment on Feb. 14. Valentines Day. The ultrasound went great. Here's our little jellybean! And really, that's all he/she looks like in this picture. In actuality, his/her little fingers and toes are already formed and all the organs are there and functional, he/she even has earlobes right now! Big White Blob= Baby.... Small White Doughnut Blob Under It= no idea! They didn't tell me and I didn't think to ask. I was looking online at other 9 week ultrasounds, and a lot of them came out MUUCH clearer than mine did. Hm.

That was the fun part of the appointment. They drew my blood next, which was a complete nightmare, and I was a total hysterical mess. We'll leave it at that, because if in the future I look back on this blog, I will solemnly vow to never get pregnant again due soley to the fact of this blood drawing experience.

It was fun though, to get to see the Ultrasound. Courtney loved it!

*Something neat this week: The 'tadpole' tail is now gone, and Baby JellyBean now looks more like an actual baby than a tadpole :)

8 weeks belly pic

{Baby JellyBean is now the size of a kindey bean (compared next to a quarter)}


At the time I took this picture, I thought I was 9 weeks along. But after our first doctor's appointment, they had decided that I ovulated a week late, and am in fact only 8 weeks along in this picture. 2 months. With Courtney I didn't even start showing until almost 5 months. They say with the second and third and so on pregnancy, you start showing earlier and earlier faster. So here's my 8 weeks belly pic looking like 5 months :)


*Something neat this week: At even just 8 weeks, Baby JellyBean is already constantly moving and shifting around, even though it can't be felt.