21 Weeks

Yay! I'm half way there! I'm finally feeling how a normal pregnant woman should feel and I even got the OK from my doc to start working out again, well low intensity workouts. I started yesterday with a little Bi's and Tri's and then I walked all around Berkeley. I'm super soar today, but I'm feeling good. According to my last appointment (which was last Fri.) I now weigh 121lbs. That means I've gained 13lbs so far. The best thing is that the baby doesn't even weigh a pound yet, so it's all me and that tasty food that I've been eating. I'm really trying to enjoy this time being pregnant and I'm trying not to stress out over my body transformation. I know it'll be worth it! I've done this before, so it can't be too hard, right? Here are my silly 21 week photos.

Left side

Front side (covering open zipper)

Right side

For those out there who may have some boy name suggestions, I'd love to hear them. Mason and I are really having a hard time coming up with a "cool" boy name. We're stumped!

It's a BOY!!!

I never thought it was possible, but I'm so excited!!! He looks healthy and every thing looks like it's there, so I'm so relieved. This crazy pregnancy now kind of makes sense that it's a boy (so different from my other 2). Yay!!! Here are a few sonograms from today:

Foot

Profile

Scary Face

It's a penis

19 weeks

This week has been so much better! I haven't bled all week and I'm really having the urge to start working out again. I keep looking at my body and getting really frustrated, not so much because I'm getting fat, but because I'm losing all my muscle I worked so hard to gain. My atrophying muscles put things into perspective for me, not just with working out, but with everything: my testimony, relationships, languages...everything really. If I'm not continuously working to better my body, my testimony, my marriage, my Japanese; it is so easy to lose everything. No matter how sure I am about the Gospel today, if I stop praying, reading my scriptures or going to Church, I can lose my testimony. Same thing goes with my marriage, something I cherish so much and would never want to lose, if I don't show and tell my husband how much I love him, that love we have could die. I think you get the point. It's just been something on my mind and something I want to make sure I'm improving on. Anyways, tomorrow is an exciting day. I can't wait to find out if I'm having a boy or girl. I'll be blogging about it tomorrow, but for today here are my 19 week (almost 20 weeks) photos.

18 weeks

This pregnancy has been such a roller coaster ride, full of highs and lows. This past week was a low week. I had 4 longs days of constant migraines, vomiting and no sleep. It was absolute torture. I finally called my doctor and told her what was going down, so she called me in some narcotics. Thank goodness for some drugs, because Tylenol was not cutting it. I'm so grateful for a wonderful husband who took care of things while I was incapacitated. He really had a taste of being a single dad for a couple of days and I think he's grateful that I'm feeling better now too. This pregnancy has taken such a toll on my body and my head, which sure makes it hard to maintain a positive prospective. All I can do is have faith that this baby and I will survive these next 5 months. Well, till next week, enjoy my body transformation pictures.

It's getting bigger...

and bigger...

and BIGGER!!!

Hey Sponge Bob!

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.