15 Weeks

Although I may not notice it, my little one is frequently getting the hiccups! I've gained no weight up until now, which is perfect, based on my pre-pregnancy weight. The baby weighs only about 2.5oz, it's about 4 inches long now, from head to bum. It's legs are growing longer than it's arms, has fully formed fingernails, and is capable of moving it's limbs. If we wanted to find out the sex of the baby we may be able to now, as the external sex organs are developed at this point.

This is generally when the baby starts moving around, so I should be able to feel him or her soon! They say first time moms are generally later, because they don't know what the feeling is like, so you may mistake it for a rumbling stomach! I've felt a couple rumblings, but Rob insists that if you're not sure, it doesn't count!

At 15 weeks, we've only got another 25 to go. We're remarkably close to the half way point, which is really exciting! I can't wait to meet our little one and see if we've got a beautiful baby girl or boy! I'll be honest, i didn't want to know the sex - I KNOW I'll survive just preparing for baby. But that being said, I've booked my 19 week ultrasound, and I'm thinking maybe, just maybe I DO want to know.... It's very important to myself (and my birth plan) that we don't find out, as I want to have those first few moments after birth to be our surprise time. But man would I love to know if I'm going to have a son or daughter!

More to come later - I've got to shop for a Maternity jacket!

14 Weeks

From head to bum, our baby is about 3 and a half inches and will weigh about one and a half ounces. It's body is now growing faster than it's head (like Rob said, thank God they grow into their heads!) Our baby is now getting his or her first hair, whether it's black, brown, blonde or red.... curly or straight :) Our little one is also sprouting tiny little eyebrows! The baby can effectively grasp, squint, frown and grimace - even suck it's thumb!

And I'm very pleased to say, I'm officially not nauseas anymore (knock on wood!) It's been a couple days, and not a single ounce of it! I can finally enjoy my pregnancy, looking forward to every little milestone to come!

13 week ultrasound

We went, we saw - and the fetus stole our hearts!

I went in, and was INSTANTLY disappointed. The ultrasound place we went to didn't give pictures!!! I wanted to show our families - I wanted to stare at our baby day in and day out! I'll have to wait now until the 20 week U/S to get some pictures. Rob waited in the waiting room while I went in for the measurements etc. He thought he wouldn't be allowed to go in, and admitted after that he was incredibly bitter LOL

When the tech had finished the measurements, she asked if anyone came with me and then went to call Rob in. He came in the room with the BIGGEST smile on his face! I've honestly never seen him glowing the way he was when he came in the room. She then had me lie back again, turned the screen, and showed us our baby! It brought tears to our eyes!

For reference though you can google "13 Week ultrasound" and see what we saw. We saw a baby, just over 3 inches long from the head to the bum. We saw the strongest, most beautiful heartbeat that you couldn't look away from. We saw the hand, up by it's face, like it was waving at us.


We saw our hearts, on the screen of the ultrasound machine.

13 Weeks

The fetus (as Rob calls it) is now just about 3 inches long from crown to rump - it weighs nearly an ounce! You can compare this to about half a banana :) It has unique fingerprints, and when I poke at my belly, the baby will start rooting, as if it's looking for a nipple.

**Please don't be offended by our use of 'it', we love our baby, but aren't finding out the sex - and Fetus sounds a little too creepy for me LOL

Our ultrasound is on Friday, only 2 more sleeps until we get to see the little one swimming around! I can't wait, and I'm totally unsure if I should go full of water or apple juice - I already have to pee ALL the time, I don't want to be about to burst when I'm there... but I dont' want to risk having a hard time seeing our bean, because I didn't drink up. I think I'll suffer with a full bladder!

And the morning sickness is back in full force! I stopped taking the Diclectin (because I was out of pills, NOT because I'm a sucker for punishment!) And sure enough, once it was out of my system, I've been feeling like crap. Two days in a row now, I've had to pull over on the highway, and get sick - totally embarrasing! I'm sure the other motorists think I'm some drugged up psycho, at 6:30am!! Honestly, if I could NOT vomit, I wouldn't!!

Rob figures that the sicker I get, the healthier our baby - so I'm pretty sure he has no sympathy for me lol I keep reassuring myself there's a light at the end of the tunnel. I just really hope it's not a train!

Week 12...

Our baby weighs between 1/3 and 1/2 an ounce, the crown to rump length of the bean is about 2.5 inches. Our baby has almost doubled in the last three weeks!

So, this week (which we're almost through) has brought a lot of things, one of them being the end to the first trimester. We are officially in the second trimester (yay!). Now, I'm told that a lot of the symptoms of early pregnancy, like morning sickness, fatigue etc, fade away and the next three months are the best ones! I'll start to feel the baby move, I've already started showing (especially after I eat!! Rob calls it our food baby), Rob will start to feel the baby move... all kinds of wonderful things are in store for us in the next three months!

We have our first ultrasound on friday, and we're both so excited, we can't wait! I'll make sure to put up pictures, once we get them!