Baby Size: Savoy Cabbage Food Cravings: Chocolate Newest Milestone: Actual stretch marks.. And swelling. Current Top Name Choice: Ronyn Celise Five weeks left! Next week, I will be starting my weekly OB visits, and she’ll be checking for dilation. I will also be tested for Group B Strep, which is apparently fairly common (about 1 …
Week 29, Day 5: 3D Ultrasound
Baby Size: Pineapple Food Cravings: Fries Newest Milestone: 3D Ultrasound! After finding out the gender, I decided that I really wanted to see my baby’s face. I was hoping it would help me settle on a name. Sadly, she didn’t want to cooperate this far along; she was cuddled up against the uterine wall with …
Week 28: Gender Reveal
Baby Size: Tropical Coconut Food Cravings: Almonds in Chocolate Newest Milestone: Gender Reveal! We had our baby shower on Saturday, and it went great! A bit disorganized, and we forgot about a few food items (beans, bell peppers, lemonade), but everyone seemed to be having a good time, and nothing terrible happened (though I did …
Week 24: Update
Baby Size: Eggplant Food Cravings: Soft Pretzels Newest Milestone: Tiny Stretch Mark Pregnancy Stretch Marks: 1 24 weeks today! Which means it’s been exactly 20 weeks (this evening) since taking *just one more test* because I was starting to recognize the symptoms from last time, and my period still hadn’t shown up (and I didn’t …
Week 19, Day 2: The Anatomy Scan
Baby Size: Zucchini Food Cravings: None Newest Milestone: Anatomy Scan! Finally got to see baby again! It’s been a looong 13 weeks, and baby looks more human than that blob at the 6 week scan. Almost halfway to seeing my baby in person! Baby was mostly cooperative during the scan, until it came time to …
Week 18
Baby Size: Sweet Potato Food Cravings: None Almost half-way! Had another baby (boy) dream. So that brings the tally to 4 boy dreams, 1 girl dream (and 1 girl dream from mother-in-law). Me and hubby were sitting in the little living room we have set up in my parents’ basement, hubby was holding baby, and …
Week 17, Day 2: Kicks!
Baby Size: Pomegranate Food Cravings: Cheetos Newest Milestone: Kicks! 17 weeks and 1 day. Baby’s been making itself known for a couple days now! It was hard to tell previously if what I was feeling was baby or gas, I basically waited a few seconds to see if I felt the gas building up, and …
Week 15, Day 4: Getting Close..
Baby Size: Avocado Food Cravings: Orange Juice Strongest Symptom: Exhaustion Old Wives Tale Status: Leaning Towards Boy We had our 15 week checkup on Wednesday, and got to hear the heartbeat again (first time with hubby in the room with me). Heart rate was in the 140s, and baby was moving around like crazy in …
Week 13, Day 3: Announcing!
Baby Size: Hot Jalapeno Food Cravings: Fig Newtons Strongest Symptom: Round Ligament Pain Well, quick update on morning sickness, it almost went away and then I got sick (like, bug sick, not pregnant sick). So the past few days have sucked, majorly. But I’m feeling better again, and just in time for Valentine’s Day! Which …
Week 12, Day 2: Another Strange Dream
Baby Size: Apricot Food Cravings: Mandarins (still) Strongest Symptom: Sore Breasts Last night, I had a dream that I was hanging out with my friend Erica, just chilling outside with her and our husbands. At one point, someone mentions bug spray, and I say that I won’t be using DEET at all this summer, and …