24 Weeks

Photo Thoughts: Love the sign this week, I think I am slouching so I look bigger then I am, and my hair looks kinda funny because I had been swimming earlier

How Far Along: 24 weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Still at 12 lbs

Size Of Baby: 10.5-11.8 inches still, about the size of a cantaloupe

Cravings: Not much in repeats this week, I'm just trying to not eat a ton because I seem to be hungry all the time

Maternity Clothes: Same ones

Stretch Marks: Same ones

What I Love: Getting to see him, and feel him (the ultrasound pictures will be at the end of the post) it was so cool to get to see him moving around and seeing where in me he is.  I also love the fact that I got a car seat (it was on a good sale) and it is my first big item for him so I am excited that we are getting started.

What I'm Looking Forward To The Most: Getting into the third trimester, it is pretty close so I am excited to hit that milestone

Worries: That I won't be ready for everything when he comes

Sleep: Lots of it, I remember some weird dreams but nothing too bad or that I remember

Belly Button In Or Out: Still half and half, it looks funny but it's cute

Happy Or Moody Most Of The Time: Happy this week mostly, I had one or two episodes but not nothing too huge 

Symptoms: Charlie horses, a little back pain and to make it fun, I went swimming and got horrible swimmers ear, it wouldn't go away for hours, it was bad.  But since I did get to go to the doctor this week I asked him about them and he told me to take magnesium for my charlie horses, to take some Aflin because it will help my ears drain (I know it sounds gross) and swimming will actually help my back so hopefully all of those can be helped.

Movement: He seems to like to sleep during the day and move in the morning and night

The Belly: I definitely have one but not everyone can tell and for being 6 months along I keep being told that I am looking tiny

Milestones: He is starting to develop white blood cells so that he can fight off infection.  His skin is becoming more opaque. His face and body are continuing to fill out and his muscles are growing, bones are strengthening and organs are continuing to develop

So at the ultrasound he had the hiccups so we could see his little chest jumping, we got to see a great footprint and he kept rubbing his eyes and touching his face, it was so neat to get to see.  They checked the heart again and everything is looking healthy.

20 Weeks

Photo Thoughts:  Cute picture, not 100% actually 20 weeks... I had issues this past month but I couldn't just not take one but it looks cute, love the board

How Far Along: 20 weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 9 lbs now I know that it is a weight jump from last week but considering how much bigger my belly and not much else of me has gotten so much bigger I figure it is ok.

Size Of Baby: 6.5 inches, about the size of a banana

Cravings: I have been eating lots of grapes and pineapple this week, I feel very healthy

Maternity Clothes: Sort of... so I realized that my pants were leaving indents in my stomach after sitting for 8 hours a day but I couldn't bring myself to buy some so my mom took me to Target to get a belly band so that I could continue wearing my normal pants and oh my gosh do I love it and it is so much better.

When we were they we also stopped to look at swimsuits because I am popping out of my current one and my parents are getting a pool so I will need something.  So we grabbed a couple (mind you I didn't want to get a maternity swimsuit I saw no reason why I couldn't just get a 2 piece and flaunt the belly) and went to try them on and quickly found out that I would have to have the largest top size possible to get my chest to fit into it.  Even then we had to have me try around 6 or 7 different ones to not only find one that fit nicely but that was cute still and not frumpy.  But I eventually found one and with my luck, it was on clearance so I got a new swimsuit for only $20

Stretch Marks: No but I have been keeping an eye out

What I Love: How much I am starting to show, I love when people that know I'm pregnant mention it and I flaunt it to the fullest, it is so much fun

What I'm Looking Forward To The Most: Starting on the room (still) hopefully within the next week or two I will start buying things and starting to do stuff for the room

Worries: That I will gain too much weight and that something will go wrong, my sister in law that is pregnant too had to be hospitalized for a few days and we were all worried that they might have to deliver her baby early and she is even farther along then me so it worries me too.

Sleep: Alright, some nights are better then others

Belly Button In Or Out: Now according to my hubby he is saying out but although my belly button hole is much more shallow, but not enough that my belly button is sticking out or anything

Happy Or Moody Most Of The Time:  Pretty good this week I am going with happy

Symptoms: Just more of the same, acid reflux, back pain, headaches are less though, and I had another charlie horse this week although not nearly as bad as the last one

Movement: I feel something, not sure if it is movement or not but I am guessing one of things that I am feeling must him so I am going with yes

The Belly: It is there, I have had lots of comments and considering it is now getting in my pants way I would say it is getting bigger.  Hubby swears that it has grown tons in the past 2 weeks and before that it didn't really look like I was pregnant but now it definitely does

Milestones: He can now recognize my voice, and the nerve cells serving  each of the senses are now developing into their particular areas of the brain. Complex connections required for development of memory and thinking functions are being formed.

So we went to the doctor and got some ultrasound pictures so I am going to post them here for everyone to see too.

He has a face now that you can see, it is pretty awesome!!

First Ultrasound

So today I went to my second doctor's appointment, my first ultrasound and it was amazing.  They didn't waste any time, I got to the room, lifted up my shirt, squirted the gel stuff (which wasn't cold at all like in the movies, it was warm) and I got to see it.  The tech pointed out the heart beating, which you could see moving, and measured it from bum to head, it was 2 cm.  Then I got to hear the heartbeat, and oh my gosh, it was so cool and fast, I was just in awe.  I videotaped the whole thing for the my husband, because he had to go out of town for work, OK actually my mom videotaped it but I was busy paying attention to everything.  That was basically it but here is the pictures that they printed out for me.

So I love how you can see it's little limbs that aren't yet developed, but it almost looks like a Plesiosaurs (the dinosaur that lives in water, and yes I did have to google that to find our the actual name).  I hope that it will be that cooperative with the next ultrasound appointment when we get to find out the sex.

Also since my mom and I had lunch beforehand and had some extra time we were going around town looking at baby stuff (which apparently in this town, the selection is slim) and stopped at the maternity store in the mall, just to look.  So we are wandering around and not only is everything really well priced, it's cute!!  Yeah I'm so excited to get new clothes once I get too large to wear my normal clothes.  Then we see a top and my mom asks, "Do you want it?"  I"m like, "Really!?"  She wanted to buy me my first maternity clothes, it was so sweet, and this is the shirt I got to have, even though I won't wear it for a few months at least.

(Obviously that isn't me, I got it from the site's website) It was a wonderful day, I got to see my baby and got to spend some fun time with my mom.