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.