17 Weeks

This pregnancy is feeling like forever, mostly because I've been off and on pregnant since April. If I didn't miscarry I would be having a baby the beginning of next month. It's kind of weird to think about, but it's been on my mind a lot. I've even been having these dreams where I have a baby and keep forgetting about her (it's always a girl???). One dream I left her at home as I went to a beach house with some friends and then once I get there I realize I left my baby. Then the rest of the dream I'm trying to get back home to get my baby. So weird!

Now at 17 weeks (actually 18 weeks tomorrow) I'm finally starting to feel better. I still get nauseous if I don't eat every 3 hours and I get really light headed when I get up too fast. I'm also still spotting, which is the only thing that keeps me worried during this pregnancy and is also the only thing keeping me from working and exercising. I don't remember if I've mentioned that I have a blood clot on my placenta, which is the cause of my bleeding, but besides that I really don't know much about it. My doctor doesn't seem to be very concerned about it. I think it's because there is nothing she can do except wait and see if it'll go away. On the bright side of things, I'm starting to feel the baby inside me and I find out if I'm having a little girl or boy in only 2 weeks now (boy???).

Here are pictures of the belly now...I swear my belly is looking (and feeling) bigger then what's showing in my photos.

16 week photo

16 weeks

I was in Las Vegas for the Christmas and New Year break, so I haven't updated my blog, but I'm back now, nice and plump. It's kind of crazy how my body has changed in the past few weeks; even with the all day "morning sickness", colds and the stomach flu, I was still able to pack on some chub. This is all very different from my pregnancies with Miya and Emi where I lost so much weight during the 1st trimester. I like to think it's because I'm having a boy, but I wont be finding that out until Jan. 31st, so we will see. Well, here's to the NEW YEAR! I'm hoping for better health, a healthy baby, and a happy family.

Pictures to come...I have a lot to upload from our break and I need to take a new belly shot. Please stay tuned.

12 weeks

This week I've had my ups and downs, but I am starting to feel like there will be an end to this nausea and exhaustion. I'm just really hoping to feel better by the time I go to Vegas. It was torture during Thanksgiving time when there was all this delicious food in front of me and I couldn't really eat or enjoy it.

Here is my 12 week sonogram of the baby taken during my nuchal translucency. This was my first time getting a NT done and it was actually really cool. With my past pregnancies, I got one ultrasound to find out the sex and that was it. The NT is so much more thorough, they showed me the brain, the baby's everything really, and my ovaries (apparently I have a really beautiful left ovary, at least that's what the doctor told me). It was all quite fascinating and the baby is looking very healthy, YAY!

Here I am at 12 weeks. This is the hardest part of the pregnancy for me where I'm not looking pregnant yet, just chubby. Today was the first time I went and worked out in like 2 months. I took it really easy, so I don't really count it as a workout, but I got my body moving and heart rate going. I just don't want the recovery to be as hard as it was after I had Emi (I ate twix candy bars almost everyday and I didn't workout during the pregnancy).

I predict my 2nd and 3rd trimesters to be wonderful, as well as the new year!

I couldn't stop laughing!

This is an old photo that Mase and I came across the other day and couldn't stop laughing (I know this sounds cruel), but Emi doesn't normally look like this. The funny thing is is that Emi knows she looks weird in these photos, so she said she doesn't like these pictures. Anyways, Enjoy!

LOL!!! EMI KILLS ME!!! LOL!!!

11 weeks

I was 10 weeks along when I had my 1st miscarriage and I feel it's appropriate to start documenting this pregnancy now at 11 weeks. Yes, you read that right, I'm 11 weeks pregnant and things are looking pretty good this time. I've been to 3 doctors appointments already and have gotten my blood tested. Next week I'll be going in for a nuchal translucency. I'm feeling confident that this baby will continue to grow and I pray that there will be no complications, but I'm not going to lie, this has been the hardest and scariest pregnancy so far. I've been extremely sick and tired, but I guess that's normal for 1st trimesters, I just don't remember Miya or Emi's 1st trimesters being nearly as difficult. I'm going to skip the details this week. Anyway, here are a couple of my ultrasounds taken at 6 weeks (I thought I was 8) and at 8 weeks (confirming I wasn't 10 weeks along).

(6 weeks)

(8 weeks)

It's beginning to look a lot like...

CHRISTMAS!!!

I know we haven't had Thanksgiving yet, but since we'll be away for both holidays, we thought we might as well start the Christmas season early.