Thursday, July 29, 2010

12 weeks, 4 days

Hard to see the baby belly b/c its so glaringly white!
I had a great visit home! It was very relaxing. Brandon is coming home early from his trip to Nigeria--tonight! Yay!

The baby is now about the size of a lime. Pretty soon I'll start posting my belly pics! I have made use of my beband (belly band to hold up unbuttoned pants) once, and I think it will come in handy! Not just for pregnancy-everyone would be a lot more comfortable at the holidays with one! Our next appointment is August 4, so I'm really looking forward to finding out how our little one is doing. Unfortunately, the nausea has continued to follow me, but I am expecting it to go away any day now. On a more positive note, the bleeding seems to have resolved itself!

11 weeks, 6 days

July 24, 2010

I'm at home in Paradise this Sabbath, enjoying the sunny days. Today we will celebrate my Dad's 60th birthday! Baby Watt seems to growing well. I'm looking forward to being 12 weeks along tomorrow!

10 weeks, 3 days

http://www.babycenter.com/slideshow-baby-size
July 14, 2010

We celebrated 10 weeks of pregnancy by attending the church work bee and board meeting on Sunday. Hurray! Thankfully it was a cooler than normal day, and it was fun to be working outside with friends. Our pregnancy books now compare the size of the baby to a kumquat. We've never had one, but maybe I should try Whole Foods to find one? I think the baby is now considered a fetus, instead of just an embryo-yay! I think its going to start growing more quickly now, so I may need to rethink my pants situation :)

There is nothing much new on the symptom front, nausea still comes throughout the day and I'm still having some bleeding. I'm not sure if I mentioned it before, but my dreams are still very vivid and detailed. Sometimes they make me feel tired, or, if I wake up in the night, I don't want to go back to sleep because of the dreams!

Brandon will leave this weekend for Nigeria. It will be hard to be apart for two weeks, but I'm hoping it will go by quick! I get to go home for a few days while he's gone, so I'm really looking forward to seeing Mom, Dad and Ray and getting some relaxation! I have gained about 5lbs since finding out I was pregnant, so I think I am doing okay. I just need to work out a little more often to keep things on track! Hopefully I can do a lot of swimming while at home!

9 weeks, 3 days

July 8, 2010

At our 9 week appointment yesterday, we got to hear the baby's heartbeat! We had seen it on our last ultrasound, but hearing it was something different. The doctor said there was only a 1 in 5 chance of being able to hear it, so we didn't get our hopes up, but then there it was! "whoosh whoosh whoosh" The doctor estimated the heart rate to be around 170bpm.

This week the baby is supposedly the size of a grape, around 1 inch long. I know the baby's in there, but it still seems a bit surreal. I'm looking forward to seeing what its like to be 10 weeks pregnant!

Blueberries cause change in hair and complexion


Our 7 week ultrasound shows our baby as about the size of a blueberry (11.3mm) with a heart rate that went up to 159bpm. Doc said all looks good! An area of blood is still visible, but the Dr. said it would likely resolve, so no worries. We could actually see the baby this time and the little heart blinking! Wow! On another note, one of my earliest symptoms was my hair and skin becoming oily! I guess its part of that pregnancy "glow" which I now know is really just extra oil secretion :) It was kind of fun having such a drastic switchover like that. Weird!

Spreading the news

June 16, 2010

So far we have told our immediate family members! Brandon's parents and siblings and my parents and brother all seemed pretty excited!

Size of baby is between lentil and grape

June 16, 2010

It has been making its presence know for a while now. My symptoms have included: General queasiness, fatigue, heart palpitations, bloating, crampiness, frequent urination and a few others that may be even more TMI :) Brandon's symptoms have included telling random strangers we are expecting :) hehe, I think he is pretty excited.

Welcome!


June 16, 2010

Our pregnancy timeline so far:

Friday, May 28: Got positive pregnancy tests!

Thursday, June 3: Brandon and I met with the OB nurse educator and I went for my blood work

Tuesday, June 8: First visit with doctor, scheduled dating/sizing ultrasound

Thursday, June 10: 1st ultrasound showed we were 6 weeks along!

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Migration

Hi All, Decided to move everything over here. Using Babies Online was getting irritating :) I will bring over all the posts and comments.