14 weeks pregnant

I found this site that had a bit more humor to the description of the 14th week of pregnancy than most other ones I found LOL.


Here ya go!!

Your Pregnancy: Week 14

You're officially in your glory days: the second trimester.
Energy levels come back up, nausea levels go down and you may have a cute little bump that's beginning to show.
It's a great time to celebrate the happy news ... if people haven't guessed already. And you'll be surprised at how oblivious some folks are. Here you are walking around at 28 weeks with a big belly and all along they've been thinking you ate too many hot wings for lunch.
Wondering what's up with your body, your baby and your life this week? Read on ...What You're Thinking:

You have reached the light at the end of the tunnel. Well, the light at the end of the first tunnel (there will be more). Chances are good that you're feeling as good as you've felt in weeks. If you're not feeling it yet, don't worry, it'll come soon. Enjoy this reprieve.

If you haven't been milking the fact that you're pregnant, make up for lost time this week. Stockpile on sleep, have your partner cater to your every need (craving Ben & Jerry's at midnight? Go get it, lover!), let your mom baby you, have your friends come over to your house, take a personal day off of work, insert whatever you normally would feel pushy doing here.

If your back is starting to hurt, you can thank yet another hormone, relaxin, for the aches and pains. Just like it sounds, relaxin relaxes the joints and muscles in your body to help your pelvis expand and loosens the joints in your hips to make room for baby to come out. It'll also help you do a wicked downward facing dog, so join a yoga class and relish your new flexibility. Relaxin production peeks at 14 weeks and remains in your system until after baby is born.

If you're feeling little contractions or pulling and stretching sensations this week, don't panic. It's just your ligaments stretching and your organs moving to accommodate your growing baby. (Don't worry, your organs will all plop back into place shortly after Junior is born.)
Think of it this way: You're a third of the way through and baby's a third of the way cooked. Now that the "big stuff" (like skeletal and organ development) is taken care of, your baby starts a period of rapid brain growth, fat buildup and detail work.

Highlights this week include:Your baby now has fingerprints! Book 'em, Danno! Believe it or not, he actually created them himself while swimming around in the amniotic fluid. (not according the Genesis LOL)As he moved his hands, the skin on the tips of his fingers formed unique ridges and folds. That's why no one on earth has the same fingerprints, not even identical twins! Cool, right? Baby's arms are now in proportion to his tiny body, but his legs are still on the short size in comparison.Meconium, that tar-like, sticky first baby poop, is now loading up your baby's intestines, which means you might want to set aside a bottle of olive oil, one of the few things that will get the gooey poop off of baby's bottom. Your baby continues to gain new and impressive skills such as practicing and controlling voluntary muscle movements (this will help him fling food across the room later in life). Your tiny dancer's movements are no longer the jerky, uncontrollable twitches of yore—he now moves with graceful control. Your baby is now weighs about an ounce and is the length of a flip phone, or roughly 3.5 inches—he's tripled in size from a mere three weeks ago! Luckily, you haven't done the same.
--- Nikki here....enjoy that?
My 14 week mark isn't really here until tomorrow or Wednesday but by then I might forget to post this LOL>
Its those pregnancy hormones that make me forget even the simple things in life right now. (its always good to blame it on something OTHER than yourself)

I've been feeling good...even went walking at Oglebay this weekend...had a nice time and felt good.
Walking up hills isn't as easy as it used to be. Someone please tell me how this can happen? Here is the scenerio...Before I was pregnant, I could run , walk, or whatever without being so out of breath...then I get pregnant and can't do anything ...even putting away laundry without my lungs wanting to find another home? I can understand when I'm further along...but geez...14 weeks? I feel like I've lost my body....I know its only temperary...yes everyone keeps telling me this....but I sure feel old!

Ok everyone...well the whole TWO people who might read this....I will write more when I can.
Cya

Starting week 13

Well, the weeks are flying by...NOT!
Just kidding. Its not too bad. Week 13 means the beginning of a new trimester which should mean I am going to start to feel human again.

Does my last statement mean I have been feeling like a Non-Human? YES YES and YES!

I haven't been feeling like my normal self since I was 6 weeks along.

I am a person who runs my house, takes care of my kids, EVERYTHING and it seems all of my abilities have gone away.

I have been sick, exhausted and no motivation whatsoever. Not to mention out of breath by just walking up the stairs to put a load of laundry away.

Last week, when I had my last OB appt, the doc did another ultrasound and baby is growing nicely.

Looks like a little baby in there! Not sure if its a boy or girl yet but hopefully will find out in a month or two. Then I can start picking out my baby stuff I will need.

More later....gonna look for some pregnancy cartoons and jokes LOL

I'm 12 weeks along now

YES!!! First trimester almost behind me.
I've had some ask me if my pregnancy is flying by and mostly I would have to say no.
Its been a long 6 weeks or so but since I am feeling better, it seems to be going by faster.

It doesn't help much now cause I am sick with a cold and fever but hey that happens sometimes.

I had an ultrasound on Tuesday again and my baby was in there , nice and cozy and in a sitting up position. My oh my how much she has grown!

Still do not know if my baby is a boy or girl yet and probably won't find out until around my 5th month so still a little while to wait.

A couple of times I could have sworn I felt the baby. I felt something like a bubble pop on my left side and that is where the baby is right now. Who knows....

Other than that, I'm doing well. My energy is returning little by little.

Its going to be a long summer :)

I might ask to try this at my next OB appt

A new way to weigh yourself!!!

Think my OB might let me record this weigh in?

It's been a while

Wow, its been a couple weeks since I last posted anything. Just not been feeling like doing much writing on here.

Ok, I'm not 11 weeks along.
Most of the time I am feeling somewhat better.
Indigestion still wants to hang around a bit...and I get tired out easily but other than that, I feel good.

I'm excited that my 1st trimester is almost over with.

Here is some info that I found online about the baby and me at 11 weeks along...

The baby is about 2 inches long.
WOAH....then why am I showing so much LOL.

Man I feel like I'm as big as a house.

I have my next doc appt on Tuesday! Yes, that means another month has passed me by.
Oh please God let the next few months go by just as quickly haha.

The next milestone I'm waiting for is to feel the baby. Usually with the other 4 I felt a little something around 16 weeks. So thats only 5 more to go :)

The best tasting liquid in the world right now to me is a big cold glass of Milk.
I actually drank milk with pizza last night. Nothing else suited me ....
Go figure!!!!

Remember this?

From Me

Hey !
well with my new due date being Dec 10th, (a difference of two days) I thought I would just jot down a few things on my mind.

First of all I got to see my baby's tiny heart beat when I went to the docs on Tuesday. My baby isn't quite an inch long but the heart beat was so strong. It just amazes me what is going on inside of me.

What I am noticing the most if how hungry I am the foods I "need" to have.
For example...this morning, I rarely eat breakfast but I got hungry and HAD to have spagetti.
Yes at 8:30 am...spagetti.

Sometimes the smell of certain things just turn me off from food so badly...and some smells just make my mouth water.

I am 2 days into my 8th week now which means only 1 more month and then I start my 2nd trimester!!!!

Oh what I am so looking forward to is the baby movement. That is one of the coolest parts of being pregnant.

I don't like the aches, pains, swelling of ankles and feet, and being so tired you lay down at 6 and don't wake up till the next day!!!
That is what happened to me yesterday. I was sooooooooooo tired....but I did wake up a bit cause I was so thirsty I would have walked 2 miles to get a drink but luckily I have wonderful children and a great husband who will get me whatever I want!!!!!

More later :)