22 weeks

 

How far along? 22 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 6 pounds
Maternity clothes? Starting to wear some of the things I bought, but I am trying to wear most of my other clothes for as long as I can!
Stretch marks? Nope.
Best moment this week: Seeing movements from my belly.
Miss Anything? Mountain biking and climbing.
Movement: Still feeling little punches and kicks daily.
Food cravings: Nothing that I don’t normally eat.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope.
Have you started to show yet: Starting to have a more noticeable bump. It always gets bigger by the end of the day.
Gender: It’s a girl!
Labor Signs: Nope.
Belly Button in or out? In.
Wedding rings on or off? On.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!
Looking forward to: Appointment on Thursday. I always like going to the doctor because I feel like I’ve made it past another milestone!

20 Weeks

 

How far along? 20 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 5 pounds
Maternity clothes? Starting to wear some of the things I bought, but I am trying to wear most of my other clothes for as long as I can! :)
Stretch marks? Nope.
Best moment this week: Feeling our little girl move around in my belly daily!
Miss Anything? Drinking coffee and eating sushi.
Movement: Starting to feel little punches and kicks daily.
Food cravings: Orange Sherbet has been my go to evening desert this week.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope.
Have you started to show yet: Starting to have a more noticeable bump. It always gets bigger by the end of the day.
Gender: It’s a girl!
Labor Signs: Nope.
Belly Button in or out? In.
Wedding rings on or off? On.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!
Looking forward to: Spring break next week! I can have a whole week to start looking at baby things and getting ideas for her room!

Boy or Girl?

 

We had our 45 minute ultrasound today and everything looks great! She was really active and moving around a lot. We got to take home a CD of the ultrasound, which I thought was pretty neat! The next appointment won't be for 4 more weeks. We are both so happy that everything seems to be going well.

18 weeks

 

How far along? 18 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 3 pounds
Maternity clothes? I did buy some shirts/pants, but don’t need to wear them yet.
Stretch marks? Nope.
Best moment this week: I think I have started to feel some flutters.
Miss Anything? Hiking to the top of the mountains and mountain biking.
Movement: Starting to feel little flutters off and on.
Food cravings: Not really. I still eat a lot of Mexican food.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope.
Have you started to show yet: Just a little bump that continues to get bigger throughout the day.
Gender: We find out February 23rd!
Labor Signs: Nope.
Belly Button in or out? In.
Wedding rings on or off? On.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!
Looking forward to: Thursday we get to have a 45 minute ultrasound to look at all the organs and features! We get to keep a video and hopefully find out the gender!

16 weeks

How far along? 16 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 0 pounds
Maternity clothes? Nope.
Stretch marks? Nope.
Best moment this week: Getting to hear the heartbeat almost daily with my home heart Doppler!
Miss Anything? Hiking to the top of the mountains.
Movement: Nope.
Food cravings: Not really. I have been eating a lot of Mexican food though.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope.
Have you started to show yet: Just a little bump that’s gets bigger throughout the day.
Gender: We find out February 23rd!
Labor Signs: Nope.
Belly Button in or out? In.
Wedding rings on or off? On.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!
Looking forward to: Our next ultrasound. It’s a 45 minute ultrasound so we get to see all of Baby B’s features and find out the gender!

13 Weeks

At 13 weeks we had an NT test using the ultrasound. This is where they measure the fluid at the back of the babies neck. Depending on the amount of space, they can make an assumption about genetic defects and downs syndrome. Once again we got some more 3D images of Baby B! It's so amazing seeing what exactly is inside your belly! It's really hard to believe! The test came back within normal average, therefore we are not considered at a high risk for genetic defects or down's syndrome.

I will go back at around 18 weeks for another ultrasound where they check for the markers for down's. They will look at all the organs and the body parts during a 45 minute ultrasound. We should also get to know the gender of Baby B!

11 weeks

We had an ultrasound at 11 weeks because I had told them I didn't think I could wait 4 weeks before my next one, so they let me schedule one again after two weeks. She switched over the ultrasound for one 3D shot and we got to see a pretty good image of Baby B and their features! This was so exciting because we both felt it actually looked like a baby and not an alien anymore!!

At around 7 through 10 weeks I was pretty sick with nausea. I was not able to eat anything and nothing sounded good. Think goodness I was not the type that was throwing up all the time! I lost about 7 pounds over Christmas break while I was home from school, but I figured it would soon be put right back on! When 11 weeks hit, I started to feel better and I was getting my appitite back. I still had no major cravings, but I did notice that I thought back to wanting a lot of my childhood foods.