Nursery Ideas

If we have a baby girl we will have the room painted in this darker pink and have a tan/beige tree decal made out of fabric. We will also have a white and tan bedding set from Pottery Barn Kids.

If we have a baby boy we will have a sports theme. We will paint the room mostly baby blue with two stripes that are brown and a bigger stripe that is like tan. We will have CAMERON posted in letters about the crib. We will get a sports themed bedding set from Babies R Us.

 

12 weeks!

Total weight gain/loss: I am not sure. We will see on Monday when I go to the doctor. I am a little worried though because everyone on the babycenter forum is like "I've gained 10lbs". I definitely hope I have not gained 10 lbs yet.

Maternity clothes: Some of the time. I got two new pairs of jeans, new pairs of capris, two pairs of short and a handful of shirt. All thanks to my momma :)

Stretch marks? Not anymore than I had I don't think. I have been using coco butter. I am thinking of trying Bio Oil too.

Sleep: It went from sleeping amazing to sleep okay. I don't know if I don't sleep well because my hubby has been out of town or for other reasons. I wake up a lot, I am unsure if that is because my body is saying "hey roll your butt over to your left side". I hate laying on my left side, I'm not used to it at all.

Best moment this week: I got my fetal Doppler today (: which means I finally got to hear my little pumpkin's heartbeat. It was amazing, even though it took me forever to find. It took me a good 20-30 minutes to find it the first time around.

Movement: Hoping I feel something soon. I know he/she is moving around in there though because of the previous ultrasound.

Food cravings: Nothing really lately. Just eating the best I can.

Gender: We took the intel-a-gender test and it said BOY! Even though I think its a girl still. We will find out in a bout 4-8 weeks.

 

Symptoms: Nothing really lately, kinda worry some.

 

Labor Signs: Hope not

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

What I miss: my hubby hehe he has been out of town a lot lately it seems.

What I am looking forward to: My appointment and ultrasound on Monday.

Weekly Wisdom: Drink lots of water.

 

My 11 week belly picture.

My 12 week belly picture.



Double Digits, One Fourth Down!

Total weight gain/loss: When I went to the doctor on the 5th, I had lost two pounds. However, I am sure I've gained them back.

Maternity clothes: Just the bella band. I am going tomorrow with my mom to get some other stuff.

Stretch marks? Nope, and I hope I don't get anymore than the ones I got from growing. Hoping and praying the coco butter works.

Sleep: Oh man! I think this is the most exhausted I have ever been. Hubby and I are in bed and asleep but no later than 9:30 PM every night.

Best moment this week: Seeing my little pumpkin doing the happy dance and its lil heart beating away on the ultrasound! Also, we picked the names for our little one, just need to know if its a girl or boy now.

Movement: Can't feel anything YET! Hoping I feel something soon.

Food cravings: Nothing really lately. I haven't had much of an appetite.

 

Gender: Not sure. We are going to take the Intel-a-gender test in the next couple of days.

 

Symptoms: Just super tired.

 

Labor Signs: Hope not

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

What I miss: I have been wanting a beer lately and my energy back.

What I am looking forward to: Finding out if we are having a little girl or a little boy.

 Weekly Wisdom: Don't try and stay up later then what your body allows. I get super grumpy.

 

Here is my 10 week belly picture and my ultrasound which was done at 9 weeks 4 days. Little ones heart rate was 168 BPM and was measuring a day behind in size, but is not worry-some.

 

 

8 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: When I weighed myself at my parent's yesterday, I had lost 5lbs, but that scale is pretty unreliable.

Maternity clothes: None yet, even though I have been looking for some cute stuff online. I almost bought a pair of shorts, a dress and a shirt yesterday but decided to wait.

Stretch marks? Nope, and I hope I don't get anymore than the ones I got from growing.

Sleep: I've been sleeping good, I am so tired by the time its bed time so I fall asleep really easily, which is especially good when hubby is out of town. However, I usually can't sleep past 8:30am which is odd for me.

Best moment this week: Well nothing much has gone on this week but last week we did get to see our little baby and see the heartbeat.

Movement: Can't feel anything YET!


Food cravings: Lucky charms and cake.

Gender: Don't know yet. Hoping for a little girl but I have a feeling its a boy.

Symptoms: fatigue, frequent urinating and sore boobies. 

Labor Signs: Hope not

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

What I miss: nothing really.

What I am looking forward to: Monday <3 we get to have another  ultrasound and hopefully hear the babies heartbeat this time.

 Weekly Wisdom: Drink LOTS of water and try not to take naps or you'll be groggy all day long.

I didn't post last week because I was so busy and tired. However, we got some good news. On 2/13/12 at 6 weeks 4 days, we went in for another ultrasound because we didn't see much the week before.Well, this time we saw our little pumpkin and it's lil heartbeat. The heart rate was 118bpm. It was so exciting. I cannot wait to see the progress of growth and hear the heartbeat this coming Monday at 9 weeks 4 days. Here is a picture of our little one from 2/13/12.

I've been playing around with gender prediction tricks. So far the Chinese gender chart, ring test, and possibly the placenta placement theory all point towards a little boy. I am unsure where the placenta is exactly so that's why I am not positively sure on it.





6 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: I don't think any yet. BUT I sure am bloated so who knows.

Maternity clothes: None yet, far too soon

Stretch marks? Nope, and I hope I don't get anymore than the ones I got from growing.

Sleep: That's all I want to do. I think I've slept at least 15 of the last 24 hours. I really need to get up and go for a walk but its so cold lately. I hate the cold.

Best moment this week: This week was a hard week. We were so excited for our first doctors appointment but it didn't turn out too well. Everything was going great until we got our ultrasound. They did not see anything, but my blood work was good. I am trying to stay hopeful. I probably aren't quite six weeks yet. Who knows, we will find out Monday when we have another ultrasound if everything is progressing the way it should. My hCG level was 20,136 that day so that is good and had more than doubled from my previous one. So that is a good sign.

Movement: Can't feel anything YET!


Food cravings: This week I've experienced a lot of food aversions. Nothing sounds good and I can not eat anything until I find something I want. Like chips and salsa from El Tapitio (which I did make my hubby go get one night at 9PM). AND guacamole chicken burgers, which we got at almost 10PM another night. haha.

Gender: Don't know yet

Symptoms: exhausted. Food aversions. The start of morning sickness. Bloated.

 

Labor Signs: Hope not

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

What I miss: feeling myself and not being tired.

What I am looking forward to: Monday, when we have our second ultrasound. Hoping and praying we see baby and the heartbeat.

 Weekly Wisdom: Drink LOTS of water!

 

See how huge I am......ugh hoping its all bloat or twins haha

 

5 weeks!!

Today we are 5 weeks 2 days today!!

Total weight gain/loss: I don't think any yet. BUT I sure am bloated so who knows.

Maternity clothes: None yet, far too soon

Stretch marks? Nope, and I hope I don't get any!

Sleep: That's all I want to do. We've only know for about a week now so at first I had a million things running through my head which made it hard to sleep but now I'm sleeping great.

Best moment this week: Telling our parents their gonna be grandparents.We made them cute lil canvas paintings and handed them to them and  they got it right away. My mom cried and had to call her mom, my dad wasn't sure what to think but now he is super excited.Cameron's mom jumped in glee while his dad cried. It was neat to see all the reactions. Here is a picture of the signs  we gave them.

Movement: Can't feel anything YET!


Food cravings: None really, all I know is when I am hungry I am starving haha

Gender: Don't know yet

Symptoms: sooo exhausted, peeing a lot. Some cramping. And if you asked the hubs he'd say moody hahaha

Labor Signs: Hope not

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

What I miss: Hmm, nothing yet.

What I am looking forward to: Our first prenatal appointment on Tuesday (: we already had a confirmation blood test and my hcg levels checked. They were good at the first draw (1615) but haven't got my results from the second draw since everything was closed yesterday due to it snowing like 2 feet. No joke.

 Weekly Wisdom: Drink LOTS of water!

Extremely bloated to the point that I look like I'm showing.



SURPRISE!!

SURPRISE!!

I have been having major baby fever lately. So many people I know are pregnant or have already had children. Well, hubby and I had not necessarily protected ourselves against pregnancy nor were we trying. Well this month something was just different then the other. I just knew that this was the month it was going to happen. Well I was due for my period on January 28th and it came and gone. Well yesterday (January 29th), we waited all day and finally when we were coming home from dinner at hubby's parents house I said lets just get a test and see. So that is what we did. At about 9PM, I said I'm going to take this. So I did and there it was.... a BIG FAT POSITIVE. I ran out to my husband and just looked at him and he already knew. His exact words were "No way..." with a lil smirk on his face. I told him to come look and there it was.

We took another one this morning just to make sure. We both are so excited and hubby is being so cute about it. However, we are a little worried about it all because I did have an ectopic pregnancy four years ago. We are hoping and praying everything turns out great. We go to my family practitioner tomorrow and the OB/GYN on Tuesday February 7, 2012.

As of right now, we believe our estimated due date is October 4, 2012. We are about 4 weeks, five days pregnant.