15 WEEKS TODAY!!! I can not believe that Christmas 2008 is coming to an end. How quickly the time goes. Next year at this time it will not just be Dave and I, we will have a little baby to tote around from house to house. We have had a decade of Christmases just the two of us and we are ready for the addition!!!
That is who I feel like. Guess what...I am in my second trimester....this is getting ridiculous:) I promise I will not renege on this one!! I am 14 weeks today:) Baby is now about the size of a lemon.
It is true, I am an impostor!!! I have been walking around and pretending to be in my second trimester, but the Dr appt yesterday confirmed the truth....I am still in my 1st!! 14 weeks is the start. I blame this mistake on my ignorance and eagerness to claim the next step:):) So tomorrow, yes tomorrow, will be the third time that I have claimed to be in my second trimester, only this time it will be true;) As a third time 2nd trimesteree, I am sure it will be a smooth transition:)
Dr appt went great yesterday. It was my first time taking my first morning urine in. After carrying around a "full" sample cup all day long, she dipped in a tiny test strip, waited a second, said it looked normal and threw it all away. What a waste. Next time I will take a much smaller sample!! We got to hear the heartbeat beating away which is always nice. The Dr also mentioned that he could tell I was feeling better, was he some kind of mentalist I wondered, No, he could tell by the fact that I had gained some weight. We all have our ways and his proved to be pretty accurate I guess. So the next time I notice someone has packed on a few pounds I will just assume that they are feeling better;)
January 6th is still the date that will give my shopping a green light!!! I always thought I would be super cautious and not want to buy anything until closer to the end, but I am not so sure that is going to be the reality of things.
Got both sets of test results back today and the good news is that we tested negative for the first trimester screening....whew....big sigh of relief. Of course this does not mean that we are out of the woods, but it definitely makes us feel better. Much better!! My natural killer levels are still just barely elevated by .5 so I will be getting another infusion, but a different much shorter one since the doctor is not too concerned:)
We have our 14 week ultrasound tomorrow at 5:15, but nothing exciting....just your run of the mill stuff. I am so excited to step on the scale and see how this holiday cheer has been adding up:):):) It is all worth it....every lb!
It's official, I am in my second trimester!!! Some references will say that the 2nd trimester doesn't start until 14, but I have seen many who say 13 qualifies so I am sticking with them!! Once we get the blood work back from earlier in the week (and see that it is all good) I will be able to put my mind at even more ease. This is starting to sink in a little bit. I think that once we find out the sex it will be even more real for us b/c we can start looking at bedding and names and using a "he" or "she" instead of "it":):)
Due to my 4 previous miscarriages we had our 1st trimester screening yesterday. The screening looks at a series of ultrasounds and blood tests to determine if your baby is at a higher risk of having Down Syndrome, Trisomony 13, Trisomony 18, and other genetic/chromosomal abnormalities....fun right. It was so nice to see the baby in there moving around with a heart rate of 164 bpm. I was 12 weeks 5 days yesterday and the baby was measuring at 13 weeks 1 day so we have a grower in there:) We will not know the official results of the test until we get the blood work back which will not be until Mon or Tues. We go back to the perinatal January 6th and I will almost be 17 weeks along. The tech said that we will most likely find out the sex then!!!! Here are some of the pics of our little bun from yesterday.
Baby from front view...I don't know that I would use the word "adorable" with this one:):)
Full body profile....now this one is adorable:)
Side profile view with baby's hand by it's face....looks like it is scratching it's chin in deep thought.
My favorite....it looks like baby is sucking it's thumb...or maybe picking it's nose:):)
The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face. -Jack Handey
I am 12 weeks today and I am slightly dissapointed that I still have another week before I am in my 2nd trimester....I really thought that was today...oh well:) Look how big my uterus must be getting....and the baby!!!!
Okay, so I know I have been slacking, but there is really nothing to talk about. I am in a lull. I have no fun appointments, no ultrasounds...nadda!! The only thing I do have is this extra padding in my midsection. I am all about getting a baby belly, but this in between stuff is for the birds....I got muffin top out of this world!!! I spend most of my time at work sitting here with my pants undone:) Thank God long shirts are in, I would be in some big trouble if crops were the thing...who am I kidding, if I wore a crop right now I would look like Joe Dirt with a beer belly hanging out...the only thing missing would be the mullett.
Tomorrow I will be 12 weeks, but I jumped the gun thinking I would be out of my first trimester. Officially, I will not be in my 2nd trimester until I finish the 12 weeks....so one more week.
My next chance to see bun-bun will not be until the week of January 12th when we should be able to find out if bun-bun is a "breadstick" or "dinner roll":) Then the fun can begin. As of now, this still seems surreal, but once we know the sex we can start looking at bedding and furniture and cute little baby clothes...awwww!!!
