15 weeks

Today I am 15 weeks along. I've got a bump, visible in clothing.
I get an email weekly from babycenter.com that tells me what is going on this week in pregnancy. They are always comparing the size of the baby to a fruit. This week, Speck is the size of an apple, about 4 inches long and weighs about 2 1/2 ounces. I think it is so amazing how much speck is growing and I am getting more and more excited about meeting speck!
In just 3 short weeks, we will know the gender of this baby. Lots will be determined then, such as name, room color and what we will end up registering for! I am looking forward to doing all this fun stuff. I have resisted buying anything for this child (except diapers) until I know the gender. Once I do, I will probably buy a cute outfit of some sort.
Here is a picture I took today:

15 weeks

14 weeks 2 days

There's a bump!!

14 weeks and some updates

October 26th, I had my first glance at speck. Jeremy and I were so excited! The feeling of seeing our baby for the first time was AMAZING!
We got to the place for the ultrasound, and they took up back to this room to talk to us about first trimester screenings. They draw blood from me and then take measurements on the baby from the ultrasound and then from all the results they put together my risk for this baby having down's syndrome, trisomy 21 and some other genetic disorders. The nurse left us to get the room ready and while we were in there, Jeremy and I talked about going ahead and doing the screening, just so we are prepared. Once we went in the room for the ultrasound, I laid down on the bed and waited on the tech to come in. The room was set up with the machine by the bed and then a huge 36" TV on the wall across from the bed. The tech found the heartbeat and the baby and then turned on the TV for Jeremy and I see speck! OMG. It was so AMAZING and words can't describe how we felt looking at our baby on the screen. It was so cool to see speck bouncing around, waving arms around, and it seemed that speck had long legs! The heart rate was 163 and she said things looked good. We gave her a DVD to record the ultrasound and she also gave us some pictures. The doctor came in and took the measurements of neck and stuff and said that speck looked perfect. When he was just about done, he asked if the tech told us the gender of the baby. I said No, but then asked him if he could tell. He said he could and asked if we wanted to know. We did. He said he thinks it's a girl. He said, "Now don't go buying a bunch of pink stuff, we are about 80% accurate when we guess the gender at this age" So now we have to wait until December 7th to find out for sure. We are really excited.
Later that day, Jeremy and I came home and watched the video from the ultrasound. It was just so cool. I skyped with my mom later that evening and we played the DVD on our TV and I put the computer (webcam) on the TV and she was able to see the ultrasound. She loved it! It was the best thing in the whole world to be able to share that with her. We also shared with with my grandma as well. We called Jeremy's dad and step mom to tell them about the ultrasound and told them about skype. They said they would look into it.
I am getting more and more excited about this baby coming and I can't wait to meet speck!!!

On a different note, I am now 14 weeks and 1 day. I am feeling pretty good. I am feeling like I am getting a little bigger and kind of can't wait until I get a baby bump. I went looking for clothes the other day and am struggling because I don't fit into maternity clothes and my current clothes are getting too tight. I am going to go shopping again this weekend with a friend to hopefully find some clothes!

Oh and another nice surprise....Sunday, I went out the front door to take out the trash and I noticed a box on my front porch. It was a little care package from my brother and sister in law and niece. It had a blanket, bib, toy and 3 gender neutral onesies and a thermometer. I told Jeremy how cool that was and that would be one less thing we need to get. This child will be so loved and spoiled!

12 weeks 6 days

12 weeks 6 days

Getting a little bigger and starting to have a little bump!

9 weeks 4 days!

As promised - here is a belly picture.

9 weeks 4 days

9 weeks

Today I am 9 weeks and 3 days. Time is passing quickly. It seems like yesterday I just found out I was pregnant.
Monday I saw my new doctor. I love her! I am so glad I decided to switch. She was very informative and answered all my questions. I had lots of questions. My biggest fear is having to have a c-section due to the doctors inability to let things progress naturally. So I asked her what her take on c-sections was and she said that they only do one if the baby is in danger or there is some other complication that puts either life at risk. It was reassuring, as I don't want to have to have a c-section. She also told me that I am very healthy, and since I don't have any health problems, she expected a pretty healthy pregnancy.
They also told me that starting at 11 weeks, they listen to the heartbeat every visit. Oh, and I go every 4 weeks until so many weeks, then I start going every 2 weeks, then every week. Sounds so exciting!
We have our first ultrasound in 3 weeks - seems to far away.
There are a few things we need to get done and start thinking about:
1. Daycare - calling around and putting our name on a waiting list for daycares and then scheduling a tour and ruling out ones that we don't want to go to
2. Finding a pediatrician - interviewing and deciding which ones are accepting new patients and who we would like to use.
3. Re-arranging the rooms - making the guest room the babys room and the scrapbooking room the guest room. We will probably start to do more of this when we know the baby's gender so we can paint and get things set up.
That's all I can think of for now - I'm sure I'll think of more later.

So as far as how I'm feeling, I'm feeling okay. Still have bouts of nausea, but mostly at night. I haven't had any particular cravings yet, but I've tried eating Italian food a few times (my favorite) and it now doesn't appeal to me at all. I did eat a jar of pickles in 2 days - I couldn't resist them, they tasted sooooo good!
I'll post some pics soon - mabye ;-)

6 weeks 4 days

So far I am 6 weeks, 4 days.
The only symptoms I have had are breast tenderness, nausea and tiredness. I still go to bed between 9 and 10 every night, I get tired pretty easily

6 weeks 4 days