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 :)