Saturday, August 28, 2010
Week 35: Honeydew Melon
Just to get back to the weekly size comparisons, this week the baby is approx the size of a honeydew melon. Sweet Jesus how am I going to get this baby out of me?!?
Fast Forward
It is now August 28 and I am nearly 36 weeks pregnant with our little boy. Things had been continuing to be pretty uneventful as far as the pregnancy was concerned. Late in the second trimester I took the infamous Glucose test to test for Gestational Diabetes, which I failed. That meant I had to go back for the 3 hour version of the test where I got to drink a lovely sugar drink and then have my blood drawn every hour for the 3 hours. That was sure fun. I was relieved when I found out that I passed.
In the beginning of the third trimester, I started having more and more issues with numbness in my hands and fingers. Dr. Mills explained that it was due to pregnancy related carpel tunnel and that there wasn't really much I could do about it. Fantastic! Then I started having swelling in my feet and ankles. Again, she said that swelling is a pretty normal pregnancy complication and that I was lucky I wasn't getting varicose veins like she got, LOL.
At 33 weeks, I took a trip to NJ for work. This was fully OK'd by my doctor and I really thought it would be fine. The work part of the trip was great, but honestly, traveling alone being that pregnant was really not very fun. Plus it was HOT and HUMID as hell out there and I was pretty miserable. My feet started swelling like CRAZY during that trip and I started having some pretty nasty headaches.
The next week, at my normal 34 week appointment, my blood pressure was through the roof. Like 150/100. They did some extra urine and blood labs and diagnosed me with mild pre-eclampsia and said that I needed to be on bedrest until I deliver. Awesome.
That was nearly 2 weeks ago. So far bedrest (or as I like to call it, couchrest) is going pretty well. My body is definitely responding to it. My blood pressure is down, the swelling is down, and the protein level in my urine is down- all good things. We had an ultrasound yesterday where they estimated Nicholas to weigh 5 lbs 6 oz which is normal and they were pleased with his movement and the level of amniotic fluid. Also did an internal and told me that my cervix is closed and high, so that means he is probably not ready to come out any time soon.
Hopefully he continues to bulk up and then decides to come out a few weeks early. Honestly, I am going to be really sad if I have to blow 5 of my weeks of maternity leave before he gets here and then only have 7 or 8 weeks off with him once he comes out. Last week the doctor was talking about induction around 39 weeks for sure or possibly earlier if I was favorable for it and he was ready. We will see what happens. In the meantime, maybe I can get myself back into this blogging habit! I did get a new toy last week, so soon I will be showing you lots of pretty pictures :)
In the beginning of the third trimester, I started having more and more issues with numbness in my hands and fingers. Dr. Mills explained that it was due to pregnancy related carpel tunnel and that there wasn't really much I could do about it. Fantastic! Then I started having swelling in my feet and ankles. Again, she said that swelling is a pretty normal pregnancy complication and that I was lucky I wasn't getting varicose veins like she got, LOL.
At 33 weeks, I took a trip to NJ for work. This was fully OK'd by my doctor and I really thought it would be fine. The work part of the trip was great, but honestly, traveling alone being that pregnant was really not very fun. Plus it was HOT and HUMID as hell out there and I was pretty miserable. My feet started swelling like CRAZY during that trip and I started having some pretty nasty headaches.
The next week, at my normal 34 week appointment, my blood pressure was through the roof. Like 150/100. They did some extra urine and blood labs and diagnosed me with mild pre-eclampsia and said that I needed to be on bedrest until I deliver. Awesome.
That was nearly 2 weeks ago. So far bedrest (or as I like to call it, couchrest) is going pretty well. My body is definitely responding to it. My blood pressure is down, the swelling is down, and the protein level in my urine is down- all good things. We had an ultrasound yesterday where they estimated Nicholas to weigh 5 lbs 6 oz which is normal and they were pleased with his movement and the level of amniotic fluid. Also did an internal and told me that my cervix is closed and high, so that means he is probably not ready to come out any time soon.
Hopefully he continues to bulk up and then decides to come out a few weeks early. Honestly, I am going to be really sad if I have to blow 5 of my weeks of maternity leave before he gets here and then only have 7 or 8 weeks off with him once he comes out. Last week the doctor was talking about induction around 39 weeks for sure or possibly earlier if I was favorable for it and he was ready. We will see what happens. In the meantime, maybe I can get myself back into this blogging habit! I did get a new toy last week, so soon I will be showing you lots of pretty pictures :)
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Katchup!
Obviously I have been a huge blog slacker! It is July 3 and has been over 3 months since my last post. I could kick myself because, more than anything, I really want this blog to be something I can look back on and remember this time. Oh well, I will try to be better!
I am in the 27th week of pregnancy this week. Since my last post, we found out that we are having a baby BOY. At the 20 week ultrasound they do a full anatomy scan and you get to see everything. We saw his organs, spine, other bones, face, etc. The doctors say that so far everything looks perfect. I go in again this week for a routine test for gestational diabetes- lets hope I don't have that!
So for some updates...
I started feeling the baby kick around 17 or 18 weeks. Its a pretty strange feeling at first- sort of like you are not really sure if you are feeling the effects of that spicy burrito or maybe its something else... after 2 days I decided that it couldn't have been the burrito! Every week the kicks get stronger and stronger. I'm sure that by the end of this I will be getting tired of getting kicked, but for now it's a nice reminder that he is safely tucked away in there.
Like I said, we had an ultrasound at 20 weeks. Here are some pics!
This one is the "Money Shot" lol. The technician informed us that either this is a BOY, or a girl with three legs. I am going to go with the BOY option :) She also said that our Boy is not shy because unlike some more modest babies, he flashed us a good 10 times so there is no doubt that we have a boy on our hands.
Here is a pic of his face. You can also see his spine. I think this picture is kind of creepy, but my Mom loves it. Says she thinks it looks like Josh wearing sunglasses.
Here is one of his legs and feet.
In May I made several trips home to WI which was nice. My Mom was in Indianapolis for work so I went down there and we had a nice dinner and did some baby shopping. Came home for that weekend and my Dad came down to visit and pick her up. We ordered the crib and dresser that weekend which came the next week. Took a trip to Raynham MA for work and had a great time there. Met up with one of the girls I met online on the Nest while wedding planning- Hi Casey! and also had dinner with my friend Amber who I have not seen in years. Went home again in June for my first baby shower which was awesome. This baby is already so loved! We have been working on his room which I am going to wait until it is finished to post any pics. We celebrated our first wedding anniversary last weekend- Can't believe how fast this year has flown by. I feel so lucky! This weekend (4th of July) we are visiting Josh's family in Pittsburgh. Everybody has been very excited to see the baby bump!
I guess I will leave the update at this for now. I am really seriously (hopefully) going to try to resume the weekly updates.
27 weeks Cauliflower- starting to scare me that the last picture in this series is a PUMPKIN. Excuse me, something roughly the size of a pumpkin is going to come out of where now?!?
I am in the 27th week of pregnancy this week. Since my last post, we found out that we are having a baby BOY. At the 20 week ultrasound they do a full anatomy scan and you get to see everything. We saw his organs, spine, other bones, face, etc. The doctors say that so far everything looks perfect. I go in again this week for a routine test for gestational diabetes- lets hope I don't have that!
So for some updates...
I started feeling the baby kick around 17 or 18 weeks. Its a pretty strange feeling at first- sort of like you are not really sure if you are feeling the effects of that spicy burrito or maybe its something else... after 2 days I decided that it couldn't have been the burrito! Every week the kicks get stronger and stronger. I'm sure that by the end of this I will be getting tired of getting kicked, but for now it's a nice reminder that he is safely tucked away in there.
Like I said, we had an ultrasound at 20 weeks. Here are some pics!
This one is the "Money Shot" lol. The technician informed us that either this is a BOY, or a girl with three legs. I am going to go with the BOY option :) She also said that our Boy is not shy because unlike some more modest babies, he flashed us a good 10 times so there is no doubt that we have a boy on our hands.
Here is a pic of his face. You can also see his spine. I think this picture is kind of creepy, but my Mom loves it. Says she thinks it looks like Josh wearing sunglasses.
Here is one of his legs and feet.
In May I made several trips home to WI which was nice. My Mom was in Indianapolis for work so I went down there and we had a nice dinner and did some baby shopping. Came home for that weekend and my Dad came down to visit and pick her up. We ordered the crib and dresser that weekend which came the next week. Took a trip to Raynham MA for work and had a great time there. Met up with one of the girls I met online on the Nest while wedding planning- Hi Casey! and also had dinner with my friend Amber who I have not seen in years. Went home again in June for my first baby shower which was awesome. This baby is already so loved! We have been working on his room which I am going to wait until it is finished to post any pics. We celebrated our first wedding anniversary last weekend- Can't believe how fast this year has flown by. I feel so lucky! This weekend (4th of July) we are visiting Josh's family in Pittsburgh. Everybody has been very excited to see the baby bump!
I guess I will leave the update at this for now. I am really seriously (hopefully) going to try to resume the weekly updates.
27 weeks Cauliflower- starting to scare me that the last picture in this series is a PUMPKIN. Excuse me, something roughly the size of a pumpkin is going to come out of where now?!?
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Catching Up!
I got kind of sick of blogging for awhile, so I have missed the last seven weeks of baby updates. Sorry about that. Well, lots of development/growth have been happening in terms of the baby. It is now week 16 and the baby is the size of an avocado! Hard to think that Monkey started out the size of a poppyseed and is now this big. Can't believe (or am choosing not to think about the fact that it will be as big as a pumpkin when fully baked )
I have been feeling really good. We had a few little problems with spotting around week 9 and then what the doctor thinks was a kidney stone at week 10. The best part of those two things were that we got to see the baby!
Week 9 ultrasound:
Baby wasn't looking like much of a baby in these pics. I think this was still at the point where it was kind of shrimp like LOL.... however, it is AMAZING what a difference 1 week can make in fetal development....
Week 10 Ultrasound:
Week 9 ultrasound:
Week 10 Ultrasound:
Hard to believe the last pics were taken almost 7 weeks ago! Since then we have gotten to hear the heartbeat twice but have not seen the baby again. My next appointment is the 14th of May and we will have an ultrasound that day. My Mom is going to be in town so she will be here for that and will be with us when we learn if it is a boy or girl!
We have been making lots of baby purchases and starting to look into baby room purchase ideas. We found a crib set at that we like and are basically just waiting until we find out the sex to order- still trying to decide between black vs. white furniture. After we find out what sex the baby is we will probably go ahead and get registered. Sounds like I am going to be having 3 baby showers so can't wait for that either!
In other news, my class is finishing up this week. I put the final touches on their final exam which they will get to do as a take home next week. I will also be going on Tuesday to watch their final presentation for their group project. I have learned a lot from this experience and look forward to doing it again. They haven't offered me any additional classes yet so I am looking into possibly doing some online classes in the meantime.
Thats about it for now. Seriously going to try to be a better blogger and keep up with the weekly updates!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Week 9: Grape
We are at week 9 and the baby is the size of a Grape! Almost bigger than the quarter now!!
Week 9 the nausea started to subside, but I still noticed it in the mornings after my morning commute. I did notice some spotting this week, so after calling my doctor, they had me come in for an impromptu ultrasound. I was not supposed to see the baby until week 20, so I was excited to finally see in there!!! I will post the Week 9 ultrasound pics a bit later- I need to edit them a bit to erase my last name- never can be too careful with the internet crazies!
Baby is looking more and more human and less like a shrimp or alien, which is a good thing! All of the essential body parts are accounted for and the embryonic tail is completely gone! The placenta is almost fully developed. Baby's job over the next 30 weeks is to gain gain gain weight!
Josh and I took a trip to FL to visit his mom during week 9. We had a fantastic time, and thanks to our impromptu doctors visit, had ultrasound pictures to surprise her with to tell her about the baby. She was very excited!!! Happily, the weather in FL was really nice, but the weather back home was much improved by the time we returned.
One more week of back posting and I will be caught up!
Week 9 the nausea started to subside, but I still noticed it in the mornings after my morning commute. I did notice some spotting this week, so after calling my doctor, they had me come in for an impromptu ultrasound. I was not supposed to see the baby until week 20, so I was excited to finally see in there!!! I will post the Week 9 ultrasound pics a bit later- I need to edit them a bit to erase my last name- never can be too careful with the internet crazies!
Baby is looking more and more human and less like a shrimp or alien, which is a good thing! All of the essential body parts are accounted for and the embryonic tail is completely gone! The placenta is almost fully developed. Baby's job over the next 30 weeks is to gain gain gain weight!
Josh and I took a trip to FL to visit his mom during week 9. We had a fantastic time, and thanks to our impromptu doctors visit, had ultrasound pictures to surprise her with to tell her about the baby. She was very excited!!! Happily, the weather in FL was really nice, but the weather back home was much improved by the time we returned.
One more week of back posting and I will be caught up!
Week 8: Kidney Bean
We are now at Week 8 of the pregnancy and baby is the size of a kidney bean!
Not much has changed for me in the past week. The nausea continues but I have not actually gotten sick yet, which I am so grateful for. Still no really weird cravings- I did polish off almost a whole jar of pickles, but I like those even when not pregnant so I don't call that a craving!
Developmentally, the eyelids and lungs are being further developed this week. The baby's brain cells are busy creating neural pathways. Babycenter says that the baby is moving all around, but I still can't feel a thing since the little bugger is still so small.
Not much has changed for me in the past week. The nausea continues but I have not actually gotten sick yet, which I am so grateful for. Still no really weird cravings- I did polish off almost a whole jar of pickles, but I like those even when not pregnant so I don't call that a craving!
Developmentally, the eyelids and lungs are being further developed this week. The baby's brain cells are busy creating neural pathways. Babycenter says that the baby is moving all around, but I still can't feel a thing since the little bugger is still so small.
Week 7: Blueberry
We are now at Week 7 and baby is the size of a Blueberry
I got behind on blogging a bit and am actually writing this post from Week 11 and trying to remember week 7. What I do remember is my first doctors appointment, which was actually pretty uneventful. I took a urine test to confirm the pregnancy, got some blood drawn, and made a follow up appointment. That was about it. It was snowing that day and the nurse correctly guessed that it was my first baby because "nobody else would come out in this storm!" People in Indiana are such wimps when it comes to snow, honestly!
The nausea was pretty bad around week 7, in fact, probably the worst it got. Boy, am I glad that is over!!!
Developmentally, the baby doubled in size since week 6 and hands and feet are starting to emerge. The tail is getting smaller and will be completely gone within a few weeks (thank goodness!) The brain and other organs continue to develop, as well as the umbilical cord.
I am still looking pretty much the same, although am starting to feel a bit tight and uncomfortable. Goes with the territory I guess!
I got behind on blogging a bit and am actually writing this post from Week 11 and trying to remember week 7. What I do remember is my first doctors appointment, which was actually pretty uneventful. I took a urine test to confirm the pregnancy, got some blood drawn, and made a follow up appointment. That was about it. It was snowing that day and the nurse correctly guessed that it was my first baby because "nobody else would come out in this storm!" People in Indiana are such wimps when it comes to snow, honestly!
The nausea was pretty bad around week 7, in fact, probably the worst it got. Boy, am I glad that is over!!!
Developmentally, the baby doubled in size since week 6 and hands and feet are starting to emerge. The tail is getting smaller and will be completely gone within a few weeks (thank goodness!) The brain and other organs continue to develop, as well as the umbilical cord.
I am still looking pretty much the same, although am starting to feel a bit tight and uncomfortable. Goes with the territory I guess!
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