10 weeks

WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH YOUR BABY

By the end of this week, your baby will have verifiable fingers and toes. The tadpole appearance diminishes as the tail completely disappears. Eyelids fuse and will stay shut until weeks 25 to 27. Both the external ear and upper lip are complete. The beginnings of external genitalia appear. The average size of your baby-to-be is 27 to 35mm crown-to-rump, or 1.06 to 1.38 inches and weighs in at a hefty four grams.

I'm still not having many symptoms going on, *knock on wood*! I still get bloated after I eat or drink anything and my face is still breaking out a little. I think the biggest symptom I have right now is a stuffy nose....I remember having that when pregnant with Ty! I get a little puky/barfy feeling from time to time, but mainly if I wait too long to eat. Since we got to see Nibbles, i'm not worrying about the lack of symptoms.....i'm going to enjoy it!! Although, even if I did have the morning all day sickness I would welcome it. Since this will be my last pregnancy i'm going to enjoy every minute of it! :)

Yesterday's appointment

12:30pm/Dr. Elders - I was so excited about having a pic of Lil Nibbles to share, I forgot to say how the appointment went!! The ultrasound went great! Nibbles was measuring 9w6d, and I was 9w4d yesterday so they are right on track! Their heart rate was 174 bpm, which was good as well. Tyler was in awe while looking at the screen. Honestly, Zane and I were as well!! I was so nervous while waiting to go back to get the ultrasound. Once she inserted the dildo-cam (vaginal ultrasound) the baby came up almost immediately. I looked up at the big screen they have and said "Is that the baby?!?" And she said "It sure is!" It was so exciting!!!!

We go back in two weeks for a follow-up, then the following week we go see the high risk office again for a nuchal screening.

Introducing

Little Nibbles



We are so very much in love already! In fact, the pic above is Tyler's. The tech put Little Nibbles name on it just for Ty and printed it out for him. I had a hard time getting it from him so I could scan it! He keeps hugging and kissing it.......

9 weeks

WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH YOUR BABY

This week, your baby-to-be grows to between 18 and 20mm long, or between a half-inch and an inch. Weighing in at one gram, your baby is very active, although you can't feel its movements. He or she now has all the major organs, muscles and nerves. While testes and ovaries are formed, external genitalia appear sexless, which is why it is too early for an ultrasound to reveal gender.

Woohoo, i'm on time with the update this week!!!

It's hard to believe i've been pregnant for over 2 months now already!! So far i'm still not feeling pregnant, but I have noticed my face has broken out alot the past few weeks. I've also noticed my nails have grown SO fast!!! I cut them back last week, and they are really long already!! I've been feeling so wiped out/exhausted throughout the day, but still not too bad. Also, by the end of the day, my hips are so sore!! And, Zane has pointed out that my boobs are getting H-U-G-E....leave it to him to notice that!


I am SO anxious about this weeks appointment and ultrasound. I can't wait to see Lil' Nibbles, but at the same time I am so nervous that something will be wrong. I guess it's normal to feel that way, but I won't let it get to me. :)

8 weeks

WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH YOUR BABY

Your baby's head is quite big, due to the rapid growth of the brain. The upper limbs resemble paddles. In the next few days foot plates, with the beginnings of toe rays, will appear. The external ears are present. Your baby is now 13 to 16mm long - about the size of a cherry. This is a big week, as gonads differentiate, becoming either testes or ovaries. Also, your little one begins to move spontaneously this week, though you won't feel it yet.

Ok, I know i'm slacking. I have got to write myself a note to remember to update here!!!

Anyhoo, things still seem to be going good. I still don't really have morning sickness, but then again I didn't have it with Ty either. I do tend to feel puky/queasy different times of the day, which isn't too bad. I'm still a little worried that I don't really have many symptoms, but I try not to worry about it too much. My pressure is finally doing good, and my sugars are getting better as well!!! I did notice a few nights ago that my feet were a little swollen, but I think they swelled from being on them alot that day. Once I sat down in the recliner and propped my feet up, the swelling went down almost immediately. :) At night I feel lots of "movement" in my lower belly, which I know is my uterus stretching and growing. All-in-all, things seem to be progressing well. We go back to the regular OB next Thursday to see Lil' Nibbles!!! I am really hoping we get some good pics so I can share them. :)

7 weeks

WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH YOUR BABY

Your baby-to-be is the size of a small bean, measuring in at nine millimetres, crown to rump. It has dark spots, which mark the early formation of the eye lens. Pits indicate the formation of nostrils and ears. The brain, heart, limbs and facial characteristics are now forming. Your baby's heart now has a right and left chamber.

I'm a little late with posting this, since we were 7 weeks this past Sunday. The past two days have been hectic!!

So far, things seem to be going well as far as symptoms. I still really don't feel preggo, but then again I didn't feel preggo with Ty until I was over 10 weeks. I still feel a little puky throughout the day, but it is mainly when I go too long without eating. My nose is SO stuffy at night time!! It makes it so hard to get good sleep. :( I've been using those Breathright strips and they do help, but they are SO expensive!! I still feel tired/run down, but mainly in the afternoon. Other than that, things seem to be good!!

Yesterdays appointments

Well, yesterday we had two appointments; one at 10:15 with the regular ob, Dr. Elders and one at 2:10pm with the high risk diabetic doctor. We also had to drop off a 24 hour urine test I did on Monday, plus fit in getting an EKG done!!! Yesterday was a hectic day, to say the least! LOL

The first appointment went ok. My pressure was up, of course. :( We were also hoping they were going to do another vaginal ultrasound but he said he didn't know if the other dr. was going to do one so he said he would wait. They did draw 5 tubes of blood for whatever pregnancy stuff they run. The nurses at that office are SO nice!!! And they all love Tyler. After that appointment we went to have the EKG done. We were worried we would run out of time in between appointments, but boy were we wrong!!! The EKG took a grand total of.....10 seconds!!! The longest part of it was hooking up all the wires and taking them all off after the test was done. I was only in the back for a little over 10 minutes!!! When I came out, Zane and Ty were in the waiting room and Zane gave me a worried look and asked what was wrong? I told him not a thing, we were done!!! So, we had a little over 2 hours to kill before our next appointment. We got some lunch, then went to walmart to walk around. At our second appointment, of course my pressure was still up. The diabetic dr. was impressed with how well my sugars are finally doing, and I told her the only reason they are doing so good was because I was going through so much insulin. She said that was perfectly normal, especially with being pregnant. A pregnant woman will need to use more insulin than a regular diabetic no matter how many carbs they eat, and she reassured me I wasn't doing or eating anything wrong. They did up one of my blood pressure meds so hopefully that will help with that. We didn't get to see Little Nibbles, but I really can't complain.......the diabetic doctor gave us 10 bottles of insulin!!!!! That is over $200 worth!! She told us last week if we ever needed any insulin to tell her, so I asked her yesterday if she had a bottle she could spare. She said of course and would bring it to me at the lab, since I had to have my blood drawn for the 24 hour urine sample. Well, Zane and Ty checked me out while I was in the lab, and when they were done they came in to get me and Zane had something in his hand that I couldn't quite make out. When we left he said "Check this out!" and I saw he had 10 bottles!!!! I was floored!!!! I definitely did not expect to get that many bottles! Everyone in that office is so amazingly awesome. We really lucked out with these doctors at both offices.

We go back on November 20th to the regular ob, Dr. Elders and he said they will definitely do an ultrasound then. I'll be almost 10 weeks by that time, so hopefully we'll get a good look at Little Nibbles.