Popsicle update

The baby officially loves Bomb pops as much as his/her parents do. I felt more strange movement while eating the popsicle tonight.

It's really light movement, and I have to be paying attention, but the more I focus and feel it happening - the more I am convinced it's the baby!

So here is 16 weeks, since tomorrow starts 17. And yes...I was very bored sitting here watch Brad play playstation, so I put a Blue Bunny Bomb Pop in the baby's hand --especially now that we know that s/he loves them ;)

Blog time...

Geez, I've been so busy with work and school I haven't had a lot of time. I've gotta fill you in with a few things. Firstly, only 18 days when we get to find out who this baby is!...

So I've been reading that at this time in pregnancy you could feel flutters or bubbles that is the baby. Every night before I would go to sleep I would focus, have a drink of sprite and wait...nothing, nothing, nothing. -Am I that out of tune with my body that I can't feel anything?

Well, last night I think I may have felt something. I got home from class around 9:45. Normally I am exhaused, but last night I was SUPER pumped up for kicking major ass on my presentation.
I ate some dinner and then indulged in my latest craze...Blue Bunny Bomb Pops.
Brad and I are laying on the couch and as I'm eating my popsicle I started feeling little pops. I thought it was gas, but when I would push my little bump it would do it again, like "bubble, bubble pop, pop pop"
I threw my poor puppy Tipsy off me immediately to focus on this new sensation. I felt it three times and it went away....
was it gas or baby?? hmm I don't know. Nonetheless it excited me :) I'm going to eat some more Bomb Pops when I get home...maybe the baby is going to have my taste buds after all.

16w appointment - Done.

I saw Dr. Chen on Friday. Nope, I didn't get that u/s I was secretly hoping for, but I did get two thumbs up. He said everything is great. He would like for me to start gaining weight, but said I should not be too concerned. If by 20w I don't gain anything, then he said he would look closer at my diet.
For one I was about 20 pounds overweight when I got pregnant, and that can effect weight gain and pregnancy. And for two, I don't eat crap like I used to...except the weekly steak n shake steak burger that I can't resist.
I know the baby is growing though! Tossing and turning in bed at night is a whole new adventure. I can't flop around carelessly anymore, that little bump is getting in the way!

Oh, Dr. Chen also gave the option to do get blood work for the screening. Brad and I decided not to.... And... ::drum role please:: our BIG u/s is scheduled for 2/17 at 1:15!! I can't wait. What has happened? I was ALL about not finding out the sex, and now I don't think anything can hold me back. It's probably from going to Babies R Us with Beequee the other week. That drove me crazy not knowing to look at 'blue' or 'pink'. (I don't think we'll use either of those colors).

Speaking of Beequee. Turns out we were WAY off on the calculation. She saw Dr. Chen on Friday too, and her u/s measurements said she is at 8w behind me exactly. So she's 8w1d today.

So basically it is a good report! Baby is on his/her way!

Thought you'd like to know

That I have stopped drooling. I now have 3 oranges waiting to be devoured, plus my absolutely, favoritiest drink in the world... Orange Vitamin water.

15 weeks already?!

Wow, okay. This is going by faster than I thought. The little baby is the size of an orange now!!
:::starts to drool, wanting an orange:::

I've started to really notice some changes. Brad has too! He is so sweet, being very politically correct by saying I have a cute 'bump' rather than a cute 'belly'. The word belly makes me think of beer...and then I think of a Homer Simpson/Peter Griffin beer belly, then his beer belch...and it goes on and on....

So here is what's going on under my little bump. The baby is about 4-4.5 inches big and is swimming like crazy. I can't feel anything yet though. One website even said that s/he can begin to taste things?? Not sure about that, but I am sure to eat TONS of veggies so s/he can take after me when it comes to taste buds.
Brad is the pickiest eater in the world. Ever. Period...don't even argue your point, because he is the pickiest.

Oh, I also called Dr. Chen's office today to make sure about Friday. Apparently it's not going to be exciting. I had my hopes up because Becky found out Emma was a girl at her 16 week appt. Oh well, I suppose I can wait 2-3 more weeks after that for the BIG u/s.

Since I've been bored lately

Here is what the all-knowing internet predicts the baby to be...
Madam Zartiska GIRL
Chinese Gender Predictor BOY
The Bump Predictor BOY
Tvoy Baby BOY
Baby Zone GIRL
All of these tests are ridiculous! But I like the majority say BOY :)

No one ever told me pregnancy was boring...

Now that all the hype has died down, and that I can eat like a normal person. This pregnancy is kind of boring. =0

Yes, boring.
There isn't a noticable bump, no baby kicks, sore boobs....I waiting for something to happen (besides my face breaking out into a jabillion little pimples again). Okay, so I can't button my pants....but that has happend to me before, and there was no pregnancy involved. So that's not exciting. Um...I can't go to happy hours....the smoke in the bars is really awful. Obviously I can't hang out with Mich Ultra or Rum&Diet anymore. All these restrictions have been imposed on me, and I don't have any pregnancy joys or satisfactions for obstaining!

To set the record straight before you go off thinking I am an ungreatful beech. I am VERY excited, even honored that I am bearing a child. But the best way to explain it, is that I look in the mirror everyday and see the same ol' me, NOT a pregnant new me. I haven't even gained a pound yet! What's up with that?!

I just wanted to get that off my chest, and now after writing and reading it, I'm definitely not a bad person...just impatient I suppose. Next Friday may help, I get to go see Dr. Chen again....

Next appt

I go back to Dr. Chen on January 23rd at 12:30. It will be my 16 week check up, which at that time I think he is going to offer the NT scan....I'm not quite sure what that will entail. From all the posts I've seen from thebump, they say their scans involved different things. The only thing I will allow is an ultrasound. There is no way I'd jump right into amniosentisis. No matter what, we'll love him. (or her....I know...I just really want a boy).

Becky (my sis) will also have her first appt on 1/23 @12:45! Only 15 minutes after mine. OF COURSE I am going to stick around, especially since her hubbs, Jon won't be able to make it.

I am sitting here pretty miserable. My pants are unbuttoned (thank goodness no one can see me). I've misplaced the bella band Amy got me. And I broke down and finally bought a pair of maternity jeans. --I guess I figured I would only need them on the weekends?!?-- There's pregnancy brain at its best for ya. I cannot wear jeans to work.

Speaking of, I better get some work done....but I love these diagrams, so I wanted to post what things look like at 14w.

14w1d

Time has flown by up until this point. I think it's about to slow down dramatically. Now that we are in full swing with 5 day work weeks. Not to mention Spring semester starts tomorrow, so that will be 4 days a week 6-9 after work. ugh.

On a happier note, I really am starting to notice 'baby' changes. Sleeping is different now. I can feel the "hard, soft-ball" the internet keeps talking about during this week. I guess along with that has been pretty intense round ligament pain (RLP). Not painful, but definitely uncomfortable. Well, so I've accumulated 3 weeks worth of pics so far. They aren't that different, but here they are anyway.

I should probably mention that these were taken at 12w5d, 13w5d and 14w1d. Either way, it's a good enough idea. You can kind of tell a little change, but I'm still waiting for the real 'bump' that doesn't look like I've over eaten. I guess we'll compare next week!

OMG! My sister got a BFP!

I met Brad and his dad for dinner tonight, and on my way home ( I left early to spare myself from the football-loving-rowdie-fans) my sister called me asking if she could come over and take an extra HPT.
..........................."um, YES!! Of course"

She was over at my house within 10 minutes.
A little history: She bought two tests on Christmas day and took one of them while we had Christmas lunch at my house. Her and I locked ourselves in my bathroom and watched it very intently that day, but all she got was a BFN.

...so we thought....

Tonight as she was pulling out the second HPT, she asked me to look at the first one. Oh yea. There was a teeny, tiny faint line. So by now she is frantically trying to pee on the second one, while I'm trying to teach my 3-year old niece, Emma how to tell her daddy that "Deet (that's me) and mommy have babies in their tummies"

That had to be the darkest line I've EVER seen on a HPT test. HA! I am WAY too excited. So we googled due date calculators for a while and determined that she is possible in her 8th week, and will be 9w on Sunday (I will be 14w on Saturday).
She is totally freaking right now. Probably because she is worried about telling Jon. But I think once the initial shock is over they will get as excited as I am :)

Damn it! I am home alone right now. I want to talk about it so bad, and Brad isn't even here to tell.

::maybe I'll call and talk to Becky again for the 8 time since she left 2 hours ago, hmm::

What do blood and gasoline have in common?

Let me tell you....

A way to ruin a Thursday morning!!

I have never really had problems with nosebleeds (except when I worked in a chemistry lab...but I mostly blame the chemicals). This morning, on my NEW, clean, king-size white sheets my nose decided to gush all over the place. --not to mention, just 3 minutes before the alarm went off ( I HATE waking before the alarm)--
I couldn't get it to stop for 10 mintues, not to mention it is just disgusting.
...Yep, and I googled and found out it's a pregnancy joy...

After that, I had to get gas before work. It's freaking freezing outside on top of everything. And gas got ALL over my hands. Of course, by now I'm late for work, so I had to just jump in the car getting high and nauseous at the same time for the 40 minute commute.

So now it's 8:30 in the morning, my hands have been scrubbed twice, and all I can smell is gasoline, and all I can fear is my nose bleeding all over the place.

::Dear Lord, I need help::

What is wrong with me?!?--kinda long, I'm rambling

I don't know if it's because I was spoiled with so many days off, or if it's because I really hate what I do at work...but I don't want to do a damn thing while I'm there.

--Long story, but I've worked at my job for over a year (with 5 years prior experience) and am now practically just the bitch (not regarded as a professional AT ALL).-- I am an Environmental, Health and Safety Specialist at a health and beauty manufacturer.

So maybe in my subconscious I don't want to work hard anymore because it's not going to get me anywhere? Or maybe it's because all of my job shifting-shit happened when I found out I was pregnant and I can't get over this pregnancy brain....either way, I need to find some type of motivation.

Seriously I get to work and look at the clock....

I wish I was doing what I really loved, which would be working with environmental issues. Right now my job only 15% environmental and the rest is safety ( I HATE safety; just don't stick your fingers in the freaking machines...that's how you will keep all your fingers, not that hard of a concept).

What's kind of funny is that DH is taking a marketing class and one of his projects is to make a business plan. So maybe I can open my little green/organic store one day after what he researches.

Oh, and he is the sweetest....last night was the first night we slept in our new king size bed and tonight I asked him if he felt like something was missing. He said, "Yes, snuggles".

:: may start to cry because my hormones have taken over::

The bed was so big, by the time he came to bed I was asleep and we didn't snuggle like we normally do...and he notice. Love him.

Anyway, at least he and this little baby is something to look forward to. Them, the maternity leave and hopes of finding my dream job....

I know, I'm lucky....

We have been doing a really good job saving money lately. But the last few days we've splurged a bit. We paid for our airline tickets (but we got one free because of frequent flier miles)...so I don't really feel bad. However, we bought a king sized bed this past weekend.
Seriously though...listen to this. Tell me if you could resist.

We went to Macy's furniture clearance (because I love good bargains) and saw a king size Tempur-Pedic bed. It didn't have any tags on it, but I've been asking for a new mattress off-and-on now for about 4 months. We had wait, and wait for the lady to look up the price...but it was worth the wait!!

We practically stole that bed for ...... ::drum role:: $300 and $50 for each box spring! For a total of $400 we have a $3,000 mattress. Better yet, it was only manufactured in June, and there is nothing wrong with it. Just dirty. I've already washed the slip cover, and this bed is BRAND-SPANKING new.

So, we are going to move around our funiture and set it up today. I'm very excited to go to sleep tonight!!

13 weeks

Wow. I can't believe how time has flown by. I found out I was pregnant 9 weeks ago (tomorrow)!! So far I have been pretty fortunate. Not much sickness at all, just a little queasy here and there. Probably the worst symptom is feeling so TIRED! I know Brad is anxious for that to get behind me. I rarely even clean the house (he's cleaned the last 4 weekends in a row).

Oh well, enjoy it while I can right?

We went to see Dr. Chen yesterday. While everything was PERFECT. I was disappointed we didn't get to see the baby in true baby form. Oh well. We heard the heart beat via the doppler and it was the perfect little sound at 150 bpm.

I also got my blood work results, and everything was in the range it needed to be. This is such a relief, knowing that things are going well. God has really blessed me....lets just hope this baby is as good when it comes out :)

So here is what it's looking like right about now. --I'll probably post my first belly pic soon, now that I'm feeling like the 'bump' is really baby versus the root beer floats that wont seem to leave me alone.

Hi my little baby in there. I love you.