14 Weeks!

14 Weeks today and celebrating yet another holiday. I have to say, with all of the things that I "can't" do during this holiday time, it is much more fun to be pregnant and experience it this way!

There's not a chalkboard this week since I'm spending time with la familia in Georgia...and I'm going to bypass the picture too because I don't think much has changed with the bump (which really means I just don't feel like putting on makeup or getting out of my comfy sweats and big t-shirt...so classy this lady is!).

So let's get right to it...the 14 Week Pregnancy Progress!

How Big is Baby? The size of a lemon!

Weight Gain?  I've been out of town this week, so don't have my scale...oh bummer : )

Workouts this Week: What's a workout!?!? Seriously with the amount of hours I logged at work last week prior to visiting my family, I couldn't even fathom working out! I'll count the 4 super brisk 10 minute walks to and from work as my workout...ish! 
 

Maternity Clothes?  Still loving comfy, roomy clothes but don't need maternity yet

Belly Button (in or out)? In
 

Sleep: I've actually not gotten as much sleep this past week as I would have liked or needed. But I can catch up while I'm here in Georgia!

 

Cravings: Not really craving anything specifically, just trying to eat things that sound like they will stay down.

Aversions: Pick a food at any moment of the day and it'll likely end up on this list...it's a constantly rotating list.

 

What I Missed: A nice glass of cabernet with holiday dinners...or thinking ahead to tonight, a glass of bubbly toasting in the New Year tonight (although a sparkling grape juice will do just fine!).

 

Symptoms: Overall the nausea and generalized exhaustion/body aches is getting so much better this week...I certainly have had my moments of gagging, but it's not the constant horrible nausea of weeks past.  Otherwise, not much there (other than the small bump) to remind me I'm preggo.

 

Movement: Not yet, but getting so anxious to feel this!
 

Gender Prediction:*Dana- GIRL  (I can't decide...I seriously have no intuition on this, although I've been leaning more towards girl this week!!) *Jon- GIRL

Best Moment of the Week:  Being able to get out of town, force myself to relax, and spend time with my family...that, and opening Christmas gifts for Little Lerma was SO much fun.  I can't wait to see the Little One in the holiday onesies next year and start reading those books to him or her!!

Worst Moment of the Week: The ridiculous amount of hours I had to put in at work to get out of town for this week...ugh, absolutely exhausting!

 

What I'm Looking Forward To: Continuing to relax and just catch up on things I normally don't have time for when I'm at home, while spending time with my family!

 

13 Weeks

Oh my, how did the first trimester come and go (although some say it's not over til week 14)!?!?  Either way, I can't believe how fast it went. And since it was filled with many, many nauseated and exhausting days, I am certain the second and third trimester will only go faster!  Here's to hoping the nausea and exhaustion will be a thing of First Trimester's Past!

 

Onto to the 13 Week Pregnancy Update

How Big is Baby? The size of a peach!

Weight Gain?  0 this week, so +6 total

Workouts this Week: Stepmill cardio session, lower body weight session, and one serious 2 hour house cleaning that these days are considered one major aerobic workout . I'm pretty sure I sweated more that day than the other workouts combined!

Maternity Clothes?  Sweats, leggings, big sweaters and sweatshirts are still my BFFs.

Belly Button (in or out)? In

Sleep: This week sleep was great some nights, and worse on others. I had several times where I just couldn't fall back asleep after going to the bathroom, so that made for some very tiring days as work.  But for the most part, I'm still falling asleep in the 8 o'clock or early 9 o'clock hour and only getting up to pee once a night.

 

Cravings: Still nauseous, so sticking to rice chex, buttered rice noodles, ezekiel bread, and the daily spinach and fruit smoothie that I tend to choke down (gotta get the veggies in somehow!).

Aversions: Anything not listed above.

 

What I Missed: Endless energy I used to have

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Symptoms: Still super nauseous, although now it's tolerable in the morning, gets worse in the afternoon, and by evening I'm doing everything in my power to keep my head out of the toilet.  Otherwise the constipation is somewhat under better control (thanks to colace and prunes), and acne subsided this week too...thank goodness!

 

Movement: Not yet.
 

Gender Prediction:*Dana- BOY *Jon- GIRL (as our OB said this week, one of us is right!)

Best Moment of the Week:  Having my sister and her hubby stay with us for the week of Christmas!! Love getting to spend time with them!

Worst Moment of the Week: Having serious pregnancy brain several times at work this week!!  Once I stood outside our bathroom door that has a 6 digit numerical code to punch into and just couldn't come up with it.  I had to walk to another bathroom that is a several minute walk away just because it wasn't behind a locked door!  Nice.

 

What I'm Looking Forward To: Finding out the gender of Little Lerma!! We had some genetic testing done at the 12 week appointment and it takes several weeks to come back, but we should know if we are Team Blue or Team Pink in less than 2 weeks!!

What do you think??? Boy or Girl???

Baby's 12 week US

Last week we had our 12 week ultrasound that was done specifically to look at the nuchal cord and detect any possible genetic disorders...which thankfully all panned out well and baby looks perfectly healthy!

It was the first ultrasound that I had done on the belly.  And it was amazing!  Yay for being done with the transvaginal ultrasounds (which Jon so gingerly calls "up the hoo-ha ultrasounds") for the rest of this pregnancy!  I've had enough of those to last a lifetime!

Baby's heartbeat was in the 160s and measurements looked right on track.

The video is super short b/c we didn't get to hear the heartbeat that long, and Jon didn't know it was coming up...but enjoy the few beats you get to hear! I do!

Whether a boy or girl though, this one is taking after her dad already.  In order to do the scan, we needed the baby to move quite a bit.  And just like Jon, this baby likes to chill! 

Not in a bad, scary way...the baby would move it's arm and hand up to its face, or wiggle its little legs, but he/she was definitely not wanting to flip over and move all over the place like the ultrasound tech wanted him/her to. 

So after being told I had a ridiculously full bladder that was overdistended and asked to pee to relieve some of the pressure it may be placing in my abdomen, I came back, bladder empty, and baby was ready to move and shake around.  We got the screen shots that we needed, and a clean bill of health for the baby. 

BTW- that was the 3rd time during an ultrasound that I was asked to get up off the table, put the ultrasound on hold, and go to the bathroom because my bladder was insanely full. One tech said "I can't believe you're not peeing in your pants based on how full your bladder is" and another tech said "I've never seen a bladder this full before!" 

So I guess all my years as a nurse have taught me to hold my bladder for an insanely long time, and not feel all that uncomfortable!

Now enough about me and my hidden talent of holding a ridiculous amount of urine, lets get to the good stuff.  More baby ultrasound pictures!!

The first two Jon took on his camera of the big screen tv that displayed the ultrasound live! So cool!

Oh you know, just chilling on my back and lifting my hand up to my face.

Finally flipping over- now head almost facing down, and little booty facing towards us and slightly up in the air

The next ones are picutres of the print outs they gave us...sorry not the best quality!

Little baby chicken leg sticking up in the air!  And the black "hole" in the middle of the body is the stomach! So amazing!!

You can count all 5 fingers...no more, no less!

 

12 Weeks

And we have a bump folks!!  Not just a little "oh man I feel full" stomach, but a full on, oh yeah she is definitely pregnant!  I'm not entirely sure exactly when it came on, but one night this week it was highly obvious!  So much so 2 co-workers commented this week (they were co-workers who already knew I was pregnant, but still!). And I didn't even fully realize the extent of the bump until I looked at the picture from today!  Whoa mama...literally!

While I absolutely love it (if you're going to be pregnant and feel pregnant, might as well have the bump to show for it right!?), I'm pretty sure I'm showing way more than anyone I've known at this point.  So not sure what is in store for the future, but we will just have to wait and see!

And yes, this is what I call the "cheater board"...just erase the second 1 from 11, add a 2, and now you're at 12 weeks with everything else the same.  I will have a new Christmas themed board for next week!

How Far Along? 12 weeks

How Big is Baby? The size of a prune

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Weight Gain?  -3 this week, so +6 total. This whole weight thing doesn't make any sense for me...my belly is noticably bigger in the last week, and yet I lost weight. But I'll take it : )

 

Workouts this Week: The nausea hit full force again, so I only managed to squeeze in a 45 minute treadmill walk/run session (which I LOVED!!), and two very short runs (as in about 5 minutes each).

 

Maternity Clothes?  Still sticking to the good ole comfy clothes, leggings, and occasionally the maternity skinnies.

Belly Button (in or out)? In
 

Sleep: Bedtime has been about 8:30 pretty much every night, partly because I'm super tired, and partly because I can't feel the nausea if I'm sleeping! I'm sleeping well with the exception of waking up to pee, and now my hips and thighs are completely falling asleep and numb (which has NEVER happened before!).
 

Cravings: No real cravings this week since I've been so nauseous...but my go-to's have been saltines, buttered ezekiel bread, and rice noodles with light butter and sprinkling of parmesean cheese.
 

Aversions: Pretty much everything this week, but especially chicken breast, ground beef, steak, any meat (those will really get me gagging if I think too much about them!).

 

What I Missed: My time away from constant nausea and enjoying food once again

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Symptoms: Nausea is back full force. So much so, I can't really even think of any other symptom going on! Except the crazy acne on my chin and nose...oh yea, that hit hard this week too!

 

Movement: Not yet.
 

Gender Prediction:*Dana- BOY...GIRL...BOY (yeah, I've been waivering a lot this week on this one!) *Jon- GIRL (he's sticking to it!).

Best Moment of the Week:  Relaxing over the weekend with Jonny, watching some classic Christmas movies, some not so classic ones, and some musical holiday shows. Oh how I love Christmas time!
 

Worst Moment of the Week: Nausea, nausea, nausea!

What I'm Looking Forward To: Seeing my sister and her hubby in 3 days!!! And getting to spend an entire week with them (with the exception of me working every day but one while they are here)!!

11 Weeks!

How Far Along? 11 weeks

How Big is Baby? The size of a lime!

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Weight Gain?  +1, so +9 total...still not sure how or where this is going because all my clothes fit the same, I'm not eating a ton of calories, and I've even managed to get in a couple of workouts this week...oh well! That being said, I do need to reign it in according to my OB. She wants me to gain 25 lbs and we are almost halfway there already...not a good sign when you gain a lb a week in the third trimester!

Workouts this Week: 2 lower body strength sessions, 1 upper body strength, and 3 ten minute cardio (yes, I would have mocked the ten minutes before pregnancy, but any amount of time I can get in before I start to gag is fine with me! Hey, it all adds up, right!?)

Maternity Clothes?  Not yet, but comfy clothes are still my BFF

 

 Belly Button (in or out)? In
 

Sleep: I've fallen asleep in the 8 o'clock hour pretty much every night this week...waking up at 5 am just takes it all out of me these days.  I'm sleeping pretty well though, and several nights didn't wake up to pee until just before my alarm went off...bonus!

 

Cravings: McDonald's double cheeseburger and fries (which is weird b/c I never want this!), Chipotle burrito bowl, Mexican fiesta (basically just a smorgashborg of Mexican food : ).  Luckily this week I started getting my appetite back, although when I did eat it was much smaller volumes than normal.  I caved and got the chipotle, and we had our Mexican Fiesta Saturaday night, but still holding my guns and saying no to the McD's.

 

Aversions: Chicken breast, ground beef, raw veggies (although the veggie aversion comes and goes this week)

 

What I Missed: Margarita on the rocks with salt during our Mexican Fiesta (and how appropriate this week that Little Lerma is a little lime!)

Symptoms: The nausea was SOOO much better this week with the exception to last night and this morning, although I'm solely blaming working night shift and being sleep deprived on that one (thank you night shift to causing my drive home to be filled with a CVS plastic bag on my lap to gag/throw up in conveniently as I'm making my way home!). Headaches. Fatigue, although this too is getting much better. And still the constipation...although maybe slightly better this week??

Movement: Nope, still way too early, but I know that he or she is a kicker and a mover based on the US Thursday!  Can't wait to start to feel it!

 

Gender Prediction:*Dana- BOY...*Jon- GIRL (yes, still holding true to each of them, although Jon has said "him" or "he" several times this week which is new!)

 

Best Moment of the Week:  Getting to see our Little One moving all around, and now actually looking like a baby!  His/her head to body ratio is 50:50 which just cracks me up...and my mom said "Ohh, the baby has Jon's head!"  : ) Love it!
 

Worst Moment of the Week: Once again, night shift causing the only times during this pregnancy that I actually throw up...and in the car no less this time : (

What I'm Looking Forward To: Having the weekend off with Jonny, and not having much planned. Oh the joys of just relaxing through the weekend, watching holiday movies, and never getting out of my comfy pants and slippers!

We have a mover and a shaker!

We had our 10 week 2 day US done today at the regular OB and it was AWESOME.  Actually awesome doesn't even do it remote justice!

I have loved all the previous ultrasounds.  And I certainly love hearing the heartbeat each time. 

But this time, the baby grew DRASTICALLY since we last saw him/her 2 weeks ago!  It actually is starting to resemble a little baby with a clearly defined head, spine, arms, and even "skinny little chicken legs" (came directly from my OBs mouth, not mine!). BTW Little Lerma, those are courtesy of your father!

We could see the heart fluttering away and even the 2 ventricles in the brain.  SO Amazing!

But the most amazing part was getting to see him or her moving.  Oh wow, Little Lerma is a mover and a shaker!!! Kicking those little legs all around, crossing arms over their chest....awww, it was seriously the coolest thing I've ever seen! You could even see the fingers and toes when the arms and legs were moving about!

Now I can't wait to feel those little flutters that will eventually turn into full on kicks! 

So just a few stats from today:

New due date: July 1, 2014 (just moved up one day which makes sense to me when I calculated it off my LMP).

My BP: 85/60 ...um, yeah so THIS is why I have been feeling so dizzy lately, especially when I go from laying to standing or sitting to standing! Note to self...no crazy drastic movements!

Baby's heart rate: 175 bpm

Baby measuring: right on track!

Next appointment: 2 weeks

 

And the best part, here's our Little One! 

10 Weeks!

No, my shirt is not normally worn like this, but as I was taking pics with it down it's so loose it wasn't showing any shape at all.  Since I'm running out the door for work, there is no time for an outfit change, so this is what you get...and what I'm sure I'll be really embarrassed of in years to come!

How Far Along? 10 weeks


How Big is Baby? The size of a prune, small plum, or kumquat (whichever sounds nicer to you)...not sure I like the visual on any of them : )

Weight Gain? +2 this week which I'm blaming entirely on Thanksgiving and my 3 day birthday extravaganza where I got my appetite back rather than on the little one!  (= +8 since stims)

Maternity Clothes?  Stretch pants, sweat pants, and comfy sweaters are my BFFs...and skirts to work every single day!
 

 

Belly Button (in or out)? In
 

Sleep: I have days where I'm exhausted the entire day, and others where its 11pm before I know it and am still ok...weird week.  When I do sleep, I am sleeping well though.
 

Cravings: No real cravings this week, but I will say that I thoroughly enjoyed a full Thanksgiving meal, and each of my 3 birthday celebration meals out this weekend!
 

Aversions: Chicken, turkey (bummer for Thanksgiving!), red meat, some sweets (although this is slowly and surely coming back), raw veggies and most cooked ones...so pretty much anything healthy : (
 

What I Missed: Mimosas at my birthday brunch over the weekend, fresh ceviche and an ice cold beer at the Mexican restaurant we went to Saturday night, and a big cabernet with the Italian dinner we had on friday night.
 

Symptoms: This has been a weird week in regards to symptoms- I had horrible nausea and endless gagging for about half of it, and a blissful 3 days of thanksgiving and birthday celebration nausea free where I actually got to enjoy real food that tasted oh so good! I had zero energy for about half the week, and more energy (although not back to normal yet) for the other half.  And headaches (some horrible!) have been hitting pretty hard this week too. And the constipation is officially hitting a peak...not lovely.
 

Movement: Nope, still way too early, although the Little One is starting to kick this week!!!
 

Gender Prediction:*Dana- BOY...still sticking with it, although I have had 3 dreams now involving babies/kids and they've all been girls, so I could be way off on this one.

*Jon- GIRL...he's still sticking with his wishful thinking.

 

Best Moment of the Week: Spending 3 days with Jon celebrating my birthday- going to an incredible Straight No Chaser concert, and truly enjoying slim to none nausea that allowed me to completely enjoy 3 meals out! Food never tasted so good after a couple weeks of nausea and eating mostly crackers and chicken noodle soup.  Now that is progress! 
 

Worst Moment of the Week: Staying way too late at work one night in which the later it got, the more horrible I felt- by around 1 am I almost threw up on a patient while putting in a central line, and then about an hour later I almost passed out in that same room (probably from wearing an isolation mask for 2 1/2
 hours and breathing in my own breath!).  Gotta love a nurse practitioner running to a chair to put her head between her legs all while gagging. The only plus to this night was there were no parents in the room...just a nurse and a doctor I had to explain myself to!

What I'm Looking Forward To: Seeing the Little One this Thursday for our 10 week ultrasound...can't wait to see how much he/she has grown!