Tag Archive: Pregnancy


19 Weeks

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Weekly Updates:

How far along: 19 weeks

Baby’s size: Heirloom Tomato – Your baby equals a large heirloom tomato in size and weighs 8.5 ounces. (CRL: 6 inches)

Sleep: Turns out the lack of sleep I was getting was due to my anxiety about the ultrasound. Since the ultrasound, I have been sleeping a lot again.

Maternity Clothes: Yep. Went out and bought some jeans a couple sizes bigger that are stretchy denim so hopefully they will fit for a while.

Food Cravings: Donuts. Specifically, Blueberry donuts from AM Donuts. I wanted them on New Years Day and they were closed, so I am still waiting. šŸ™

Food Aversions: Nope.

Symptoms I have: The acne is still not going away! No matter what I do. Other than that, just really big sore boobs.

Doctor’s Appointment: Midwife appointment on the 14th. OB appointment on the 15th. And since I am slightly high risk, I will be getting an ultrasound every 4 weeks, so we go back to the MFM on the 30th.

Movement: I have been feeling baby about once a day since New Years. It still isnā€™t regular, but it is getting there.

Belly Button: Innie.

Gender: Team Yellow!

What I’m looking forward to: Finding a name for Sprout.

What I miss: I was missing my peppermint schnapps in hot chocolate last night. Good thing I still had some crushed candy cane to mix in it.

 

So, last Wednesday (1/2) was our ultrasound that is usually the only ultrasound many women get. I was very anxious going into the ultrasound as all I wanted to hear was good news, but I was preparing myself for bad news.

The news was so good I cried during most of the ultrasound. šŸ™‚

The doctor was very quick at it, and Sprout cooperated enough for him to get all the measurements he needed. It was only about a 10 minute ultrasound, but it was enough to measure everything and for the doctor to inform us that everything looked perfect.

Sprout’s internal organs are all growing like they are suppose to. Sprout’s head is a decent circumference without any added fluid on the brain and all brain matter inside the skull. šŸ™‚

He was able to see all Sprouts fingers and toes and inform us that thus far, no sign of amniotic bands. That was a big one for us. I am fine if something happened and our baby was missing a few fingers or a limb. It would be challenging, but totally workable. However, the bands can cause fatality (as we have already experienced), so it was very relieving to hear that there were none affecting baby. The doctor even checked the blood flow of the umbilical cord just to double check for us.

Sprout’s heart has all four chambers and they are pumping perfectly.

Doctor measured leg bones and arm bones and then let us know that we have a slightly big baby and there is a chance baby could be born early. According to Baby Center, at 18 weeks, Sprout should have been weighing in at approximately 7 ounces. Our baby weighed in at approximately 9 ounces. The MFM said that if Sprout keeps up at this pace, he wouldn’t be surprised if we delivered early. šŸ™‚ I am hoping for late May, but am definitely not holding my breath as things can be wrong.

Normally, I put in some ultrasound photos in these posts. Unfortunately, Sprout cooperated enough to get the measurements, but as Sprout was just waking up (started yawning and moving towards the middle of the ultrasound), we didn’t get any good photos this time. There was one that was hard to read, one of the heartbeat, so it didn’t show much, one of the face yawning which is an ok-ish photo, and the last one is of Sprouts profile, but baby turned while the photo was being taken and so it is pretty funny looking. Maybe the next ultrasound will give us better photos.

We are just so happy that it is a healthy baby and we are excited to really start working on names for Sprout. We know we still have a very long 21 weeks to go, but we are excited to be slowly closing in on the end.

18 Weeks

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Weekly Updates:

How far along: 18 weeks

Baby’s size: Bell Pepper – Your baby is as big as a bell pepper and weighs almost 7 ounces. (CRL: 5.5 inches)

Sleep: Has been very bad the last few days. I only get a few hours at a time and then I toss and turn for a little bit. I am hoping it gets better in the next few days. Iā€™m not exactly enthralled with the insomnia.

Maternity Clothes: Yep. Went out and bought some jeans a couple sizes bigger that are stretchy denim so hopefully they will fit for a while.

Food Cravings: No cravings. Seem to be doing fairly well on the food front.

Food Aversions: Nope. Very grateful for this.

Symptoms I have: Still have the few zits that havenā€™t gone away since the beginning of pregnancy. Thatā€™s about it though. So far the second trimester is slowly becoming easier.

Doctor’s Appointment: Tomorrow! It is our level II ultrasound, so we are excited to get to see Sprout again.

Movement: Occasionally, but it is now like every other day instead of maybe twice a week. I can drink some orange juice and lay down and feel baby move a little bit.

Belly Button: Innie.

Gender: Team Green!

What I’m looking forward to: Feeling Sprout kick regularly and our level II ultrasound tomorrow!

What I miss: Sleep. Iā€™m either tired all the time or so awake there is no way I can sleep. Gah!

 

17 Weeks

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How far along: 17 weeks

Baby’s size: Turnip – Your baby weighs 5 ounces this week — about as much as a turnip. (CRL – 5 inches)

Sleep: So far so good. I am taking naps during the day and just all around taking it easy.

Maternity Clothes: Yep. Even though they arenā€™t exactly ā€œmaternity,ā€ just larger regular clothes.

Food Cravings: Nothing this week. Iā€™ve been good and havenā€™t eaten a lot of the sweets that I have baked in the last week.

Food Aversions: None at this time.

Symptoms I have: Still have the few zits that havenā€™t gone away since the beginning of pregnancy. Thatā€™s about it though. So far the second trimester is slowly becoming easier.

Doctor’s Appointment: January 2. It is our level II ultrasound, so we are excited to get to see Sprout again.

Movement: Still occasionally, but it is starting to become more regular. There are occasions where I donā€™t know if it is baby or not, but I am sure it will start to be regular in the next couple of weeks.

Belly Button: Innie.

Gender: Team Green!

What I’m looking forward to: Feeling Sprout kick regularly and our level II ultrasound in 8 days.

What I miss: As we are getting ready to prep the house and move, I kind of miss being able to pack and move boxes on my own.

 

16 Weeks

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Weekly Updates:

How far along: 16 weeks

Baby’s size: Avocado – Your baby measures up to an avocado now and weighs 3.5 ounces. (CRL – 4.5 inches)

Sleep: Great when at home in bed. Not so great on an air mattress when itā€™s cold outside. šŸ™‚

Maternity Clothes: Yep. Even though they arenā€™t exactly ā€œmaternity,ā€ just larger regular clothes.

Food Cravings: Taquitos with sour cream and guacamole! Good thing I bought some the other day, so I think that will be lunch tomorrow. šŸ˜›

Food Aversions: None at this time.

Symptoms I have: Acne has still been pretty bad. I woke up on Saturday feeling absolutely crappy, but after a few hours it went away.

Doctor’s Appointment: Midwife appointment tomorrow.

Movement: I felt the flopping fish for a few minutes on Sunday while driving home from camping. Nothing other than that though, but it is still a little early.

Belly Button: Innie.

Gender: Team Green!

What I’m looking forward to: Feeling Sprout kick regularly and our Level II ultrasound in 15 days.

What I miss: Iā€™m still missing my jeans, so I might cave before long and go ahead and buy some maternity pants. We shall see.

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