Halfway There

Weeks Along: 20
Morning Sickness: Well behind me.
Weight Gain/Loss: -4 (not sure how doc is going to feel about that)
Sleep: Trying to get as much as possible because toddler and pregnancy wearing me out.
Movement: Some definate bumpin and thumpin goin on in there. Notice it most when laying with feet up resting, other times I am moving too much to feel her well or I put her to sleep :-)
Gender: Girl, yeah!
Looking Forward To: Looking for cute things that could go in her room now that I have a color scheme in mind (purple, lavender and white).

The Results Are In And...

Ted and I went to Stork Vision last night for our sonogram. The place was very nice and calming. The room looked more like a living room than an exam room. The doctor was really nice and after getting baby to cooperate, told us it was a girl. Ted and I were both a little surprised. I think we were both thinking it was more likely a boy. So, we got to see our little girl for a little bit while doc took pictures for us. Then we saw 3D images for a few minutes. As, I am only 18 weeks, it is still a little early for quality 3D imaging but I think we still saw some great shots. We got to see her yawn and do a front flip. Overall, it was a great moment with my hubby and little baby.



18 week sono-profile

Confirmation shot with arrow showing we have a girl

3D sono-you can see facial features; eyes, ears, nose, and her right hand up by her face

After leaving the office, Ted and I went to the Melting Pot for a nice dinner. Trystan was home with his Aunt Kellen, who graciously agreed to babysit for us. Over the course of our dinner, we were able to narrow our name selections down to 5. I will more than likely be posting them to get votes and feedback on what you all think. Other than that, we are still just enjoying having seen our baby again and finding out the gender.

18 Weeks

Weeks Along: 18
Morning Sickness: Gone, thank goodness!
Weight Gain/Loss: -2
Sleep: Trying to stay on left side because supposed to be best for baby, just not sure its best for Mommy.
Movement: A few flutters here and there and a kind of rolling movement.
Gender: Unknown but finding out really soon.
Looking Forward To: Going to Stork Vision and finding out baby's gender so I can start making decisions about things.

4 Month Appointment

It was nice to go into the office for my appointment. It feels like I am making progress with the long road that is pregnancy. Another appointment means another month has passed. No sonogram because the baby should be big enough to hear the heart beat with the dopplar device. The doctor kept moving it around and around and I was getting the flutterings of panic. When I said, "I'm getting a little worried here, doc", she replied that there was no issue other than the fact that the baby was playing hiding seek. Everytime she would catch baby with the dopplar, he/she would move and hide before she could get a reading. Finally we caught up to baby and the heart beat is a healthy 150 beats/min. Not too often do you hear your doctor say that you need to gain weight but because I weighed in still 5 pounds below where I started, she wants me to start gaining weight. Healthy weight of course and only a little at a time. I look at my picture from this week and can't believe that I am lighter than the start of my pregnancy. I feel like I am so big for only 4 months. I look back at pictures of my pregnancy with Trystan and I feel like I look as big now as I did with him around the 6-month mark. Oh well, as long as baby is healthy and I am too, the rest doesn't matter much. I am hoping to go to a place and have a sonogram done in next few weeks to find out gender. My doctor doesn't want to do it until April 4th and that is just crazy. We'll see what hubby says and I'll keep you posted.

Weeks Along: 16
Morning Sickness: A spell here and there but pretty much gone.
Weight Gain/Loss: -5
Sleep: Still some very weird dreams.
Movement: Felt a little flutter last night.
Gender: Unknown still but we're hoping to find out soon.
Looking Forward To: Feeling more and more movements as baby grows bigger.

14 Weeks

Weeks Along: 14
Morning Sickness: Still a little bit
Weight Gain: Down another 3lbs, so -5 total
Sleep: Restless and very weird dreams
Movement: None
Gender: Unknown still
Looking Forward To: Heading south to see my Dad, Janis and Me-me for a week. Leaving Fri 2/10/12

3 Month Appointment

This morning, I had my 12 week appointment with Dr. Ali. Ted had to drive me because Frederick had major freezing rain and I was nervous about the roads. He had a 2 hour delay at work cause it was worse there, so it worked out well that he didn't have to use any leave time. Dr. Ali went over my blood work I had done a couple weeks ago and said everything looked good so no worries there. She wasn't sure if I was far enough along to hear heart beat through dopplar, so she tried but couldn't get anything. So she had to do a sonogram to check on heart beat. Oh darn, another chance for me to see Baby T haha. She let me see the baby for a little bit. She pointed out head and body which is more obvious now than at 8 weeks. I saw a hand and asked her to make sure. It was up by baby's mouth, maybe starting to suck? Then she played around with the angle a bit and we saw both hands go up and move around. Pretty cool. Then she did a reading on heart for us to hear and it was at 166/min and sounding good. She wants me back in 4 weeks for another check-up and even though I don't go until March, she gave me the paperwork for my sonogram at 18-20 weeks when we can find out the gender. I am posting the picture she took today at the appointment. Again, it isn't the best quality but you can kind of see. Baby's head is on the right and just above neck/chest you can see faint outline of arm and hand.
Weeks Along: 12
Morning Sicknesss: Yes still unfortunately.
Weight Gain: -2
Sleep: Not so well, Trystan keeps waking up in night because of "ghosts".
Movement: No
Gender: Don't Know.
Looking Foward To: Having this morning sickness go away and having some energy back, hopefully soon!

The Worst Two Weeks

Just after the holidays, the first week of January, Trystan got pretty sick. He had a temperature of 104, no appetite, cough, runny nose and just overall ickiness. I was still having a hard time with pregnancy symptoms, i.e. tiredness, nausea, morning sickness. So, trying to take care of him was a challenge. We took him to the doctor when his fever didn't come down on the third day and they said it was just a cold. That "just a cold" lastest 6 days. Once he started to feel better, Ted and I started coming down with the same symptoms. So now we had a feeling-better toddler and two sick parents. This "cold" was a beast and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. And of course being pregnant, I was resigned to tylenol doses every 4-6 hours, which was doing absolutely nothing. My temp was around 101 with the tylenol, Ted's hit upwards of 102.7. Just like Trystan, there wasn't much we could do except try and keep temperature down, get a lot of fluids and rest. Not easy when you have a toddler. It was hitting me extra hard because it threw my morning sickness into hyperdrive. All I could manage was water, gingerale (occasionally because it hurt my sore throat), crackers and toast. Ours lasted around 6 days too, equalling the worst two weeks. We finally just got our Christmas tree down and did a preliminary cleaning of the house. It needs a lot more work since our toddler had basically been running the show for a week. I am posting a picture at 11 weeks, obviously it was taken after I was feeling better from last week.
Weeks Along: 11
Morning Sickness: Still a big yes!
Weight Gain: -2
Sleep: Better now with pillow.
Movement: No, not yet.
Gender: Don't know.
Looking Foward To: My next appointment so I can hear the heart beat again and know baby is doing good.