Week 12

Woohoo!! Im into my 2nd Trimester now! I think it officially starts at 13 weeks but close enough!

This week the baby is the size of a Kiwi!

I just demolished a Rogue Gardenburger before this picture so my stomach is pretty distended lol.

I just read today that until about 19 weeks the measurement of the baby is from "crown to rump" so they don't take the legs into consideration yet. Man its growing fast! 

So last wednesday I was waking up to go to the bathroom and as I was laying in my bed about to get up I felt a weird sensation that I thought might've been gas. But the feeling was enough to make me think twice and concentrate really hard to see if it happened again. 

Then last night I was woken up because a really bad wind storm was making our doors creek... so I sat there listening intently to make sure it was just the wind and I felt that feeling again! This time I can definitely narrow it down to either of two things... it definitely wasn't gas but it was either a tiny muscle spasm in my uterus or the baby! Both times it happened in the same spot and it just lasted for a second. Last night I waited to see if it would happen again and it did one more time so I could definitely pin point the feeling. 

I'm going to go against all the skeptics and just pretend I'm feeling the baby every time I feel that little spasm! Cuz I'm pretty sure that is what it would feel like anyway and it just makes it so much more real!

It kind of reminds me of the show "Monsters Inside Me" lol! just kidding. Its weird though.

Anyway. Definitely have my appetite back and Im not really nauseous anymore so if I could just get my face to clear up everything would be perfect! 

Im excited to ask my midwife what she thinks about the "Spasm" on Thursday! I'll let you know what she says.

Love ya!

Week 11

Still not too much of a change in belly size yet! 

I was going to start trying to find fruits/food that were the size of the baby to put in the picture but me and Garrett couldn't find a fig or a walnut today! 

I'm not really nauseous this week... but smells have been making me gag, dry heave and once I even threw up lol! 

So I'm learning to stay away from recently used bathrooms, some foods, morning breath... but its pretty hard to avoid the dog poop and vomit at work lol... I know its gross but its just a hazard of the job.

I can't believe I only have one more week of the 1st trimester! Crazy! 

Oh! and today is mine and Garrett's one year anniversary! <3 He's so awesome. I'm such a lucky girl lol! And this baby's gonna be pretty lucky too cuz its gonna have an awesome dad!

Baby @ week 10!

It's the size of a Kumquat! 

Week 10

I cant believe only 2 more weeks and I'll be in my 2nd trimester! Geez the weeks go by fast! 

This week the baby is about the size of a grape (1 1/4 inches long).

I still get a little nauseous and tired... maybe a little moody here and there. But thats about it! 

Its fingers and toes aren't webbed anymore... its crazy how fast it grows in there. 

Love you guys!

Week 9

Weight Gain: 2 lbs

The baby is officially a Fetus!!! 

All the baby's features are starting to look like an actual baby now too!

It's about the size of an olive and its wiggling around even though I cant feel it. 

I'm still nauseous every morning and periodically through the day. 

I can eat but I don't have much of an appetite... I have to talk myself into eating because nothing sounds good. 

I have definitely been tired lately but other than that all is good! 

Still hard to believe!! =) 

It's a Baby!

Aww it's such a cute little living blob! <3

Can you imagine a little mini Garrett running around? Oh man.

Or if it's a mini me I wonder if Uncle Kevin will let her dress him up like I did to him hahaha! <3

The black space is my uterus and the little guy there that looks kinda like a baby chick is the embryo! 

It will officially be a fetus next sunday!! Woohoo!! 

My midwife measured it and it was about 14 mm long! 

So ya about the size of a raspberry!

Below is a zoomed in pic of the above one and I circled where you could see the heart fluttering! 

We tried to listen to it on the doppler but it's too small and I was too gassy lol! But maybe next time we'll get to hear it!

The midwife said something about being able to see the arm and leg buds... but I just dont see it.

So we're like 95% sure that that is just one baby in there lol! So probably no twins. But that was kind of intimidating to think of anyway! Our next ultrasound will be at 20 weeks! And then we'll be able to tell if it's a boy or girl!