Wondering just how big I'm going to end up?? Lol. Up a total of 10 pounds, so not too bad all in all. (Smile...)
So here I am, all boob and belly.
20 Weeks:
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Halfway There!
Today I am 20 weeks. I am halfway there.
Wondering just how big I'm going to end up?? Lol. Up a total of 10 pounds, so not too bad all in all. (Smile...)
So here I am, all boob and belly.
20 Weeks:
Wondering just how big I'm going to end up?? Lol. Up a total of 10 pounds, so not too bad all in all. (Smile...)
So here I am, all boob and belly.
20 Weeks:
Great 20 week OB apt today!
Had my 20 week OB apt today. Great results:
My blood pressure was 122/80. Last month it was 138/88, so much better. While I'd still like to see it come down some more, it's a great improvement.
Babies heart beat was in the 150s
My weight was only up 1 pound from last month; ecstatic!
I apparently passed 1hr gt last month, but was close to limits. I'll have to take another 1 hr test in about 6-7 weeks from now.
The blood test for spina bifida was in normal range.
Did a pee protein test today
Did a tetanus shot today
Discussed tube tie today - no final decision made yet, but leaning towards this route.
Next OB 3/27 @ 9:30am
Next up, Ultrasound this Thursday. Looking forward to seeing my baby again, and hoping he's more cooperative with regards to getting the missing measurements we still need. And hoping to get some decent profile and gender shots this time for the baby book and for sharing with all of you.
My blood pressure was 122/80. Last month it was 138/88, so much better. While I'd still like to see it come down some more, it's a great improvement.
Babies heart beat was in the 150s
My weight was only up 1 pound from last month; ecstatic!
I apparently passed 1hr gt last month, but was close to limits. I'll have to take another 1 hr test in about 6-7 weeks from now.
The blood test for spina bifida was in normal range.
Did a pee protein test today
Did a tetanus shot today
Discussed tube tie today - no final decision made yet, but leaning towards this route.
Next OB 3/27 @ 9:30am
Next up, Ultrasound this Thursday. Looking forward to seeing my baby again, and hoping he's more cooperative with regards to getting the missing measurements we still need. And hoping to get some decent profile and gender shots this time for the baby book and for sharing with all of you.
Monday, February 27, 2012
My Body This Coming Week
My Body This Coming Week
In the next ten weeks your weight gain will increase more rapidly as your baby grows and develops layers of fat. This is when you will gain about half of your total pregnancy weight.
You need to eat about 500 more calories per day now to support you and your baby. You will probably notice an increase in appetite during this time to keep pace with your increased needs and metabolism.
Try to avoid unhealthy snacks and try to choose snacks with the most nutritional value for you and your baby. You may experience uncommon cravings. A pregnancy condition known as pica, causes some women crave eating things that are not even edible (such as soil).
Your skin may itch. This is because it has stretched to accommodate your growing abdomen.
The top of your uterus has risen further and is now parallel with your belly button, probably making your belly button flat.
Your lower legs may be swelling somewhat, though this is improved when you are able to stay off your feet for part of the day.
You may experience heartburn or indigestion. Many antacid tablets are safe to take during pregnancy, but check with your doctor or pharmacist first.
My Baby This Coming Week
Your baby weighs about 10.5 ounces (300g) and measures about 7.2 inches (18cm) from crown to rump. He still moves about freely in amniotic fluid.
Your baby may respond to external sounds, such as the music you are listening to or your voice.
Your baby has developed some red blood cells already. The white blood cells that your baby needs to fight infections are being manufactured.
He is developing taste buds on his tongue.
His digestive system is sufficiently advanced to absorb water and sugar from the amniotic fluid that he swallows and pass it to his large bowel.
Your baby has lanugo hair on his forehead and upper lip and his eyebrows are thickening.
Vernix (the waxy substance that covers and protects your baby's skin) accumulates on your baby's eyebrows.
Your baby's eyes are still sealed shut.
Your baby continues to grow and develop and his kicking is getting stronger now.
In the next ten weeks your weight gain will increase more rapidly as your baby grows and develops layers of fat. This is when you will gain about half of your total pregnancy weight.
You need to eat about 500 more calories per day now to support you and your baby. You will probably notice an increase in appetite during this time to keep pace with your increased needs and metabolism.
Try to avoid unhealthy snacks and try to choose snacks with the most nutritional value for you and your baby. You may experience uncommon cravings. A pregnancy condition known as pica, causes some women crave eating things that are not even edible (such as soil).
Your skin may itch. This is because it has stretched to accommodate your growing abdomen.
The top of your uterus has risen further and is now parallel with your belly button, probably making your belly button flat.
Your lower legs may be swelling somewhat, though this is improved when you are able to stay off your feet for part of the day.
You may experience heartburn or indigestion. Many antacid tablets are safe to take during pregnancy, but check with your doctor or pharmacist first.
My Baby This Coming Week
Your baby weighs about 10.5 ounces (300g) and measures about 7.2 inches (18cm) from crown to rump. He still moves about freely in amniotic fluid.
Your baby may respond to external sounds, such as the music you are listening to or your voice.
Your baby has developed some red blood cells already. The white blood cells that your baby needs to fight infections are being manufactured.
He is developing taste buds on his tongue.
His digestive system is sufficiently advanced to absorb water and sugar from the amniotic fluid that he swallows and pass it to his large bowel.
Your baby has lanugo hair on his forehead and upper lip and his eyebrows are thickening.
Vernix (the waxy substance that covers and protects your baby's skin) accumulates on your baby's eyebrows.
Your baby's eyes are still sealed shut.
Your baby continues to grow and develop and his kicking is getting stronger now.
Friday, February 24, 2012
My Body This Coming Week
My Body This Coming Week
Congratulations! You are now halfway through your pregnancy!
You may have a strong sense of well-being. You should be able to feel your baby moving in your uterus several times in a day.
Your bellybutton may become flat or may even actually pop outwards. It will probably continue to darken also, but will return to its usual pigmentation after birth. The top of your uterus (the fundus) is just below your navel.
As your uterus expands, you can expect it to put increased pressure on your lungs, kidneys and stomach. This increased pressure can result in breathlessness when you exert yourself physically. It may also cause indigestion and the need to urinate more often. Your expanding belly may also cause stretch marks on your belly. The stretch marks will probably fade considerably after your baby's birth and even more as time passes.
You may continue to have mood swings and anxiety, but this may begin to decrease. If you have been experiencing absentmindedness, it may continue.
My Baby This Coming Week
Your baby weighs about 9 ounces (260g) and measures about 5.6 to 6.4 inches (14 to 16cm) from crown to rump.
Her skin is thickening and developing multiple layers- the epidermis and the dermis, the deeper layer where it will form fat. Your baby is now also developing a waxy protective coating for her skin called vernix caseosa. The vernix protects your baby's skin which is continuously submersed in amniotic fluid. Vernix, which is particularly thick around the eyebrows is held in place by tiny downy hairs called lanugo.
Your baby can now grip with her fists. Toenails and scalp hair are growing.
At this point, it may be possible to determine the baby's sex by ultrasound, if the baby cooperates, but the ultrasound technician will rarely guarantee the sex based on the ultrasound results as mistakes are sometimes made at an early ultrasound.
You can hear the baby's heartbeat with a Doppler ultrasound device or a stethoscope.
Congratulations! You are now halfway through your pregnancy!
You may have a strong sense of well-being. You should be able to feel your baby moving in your uterus several times in a day.
Your bellybutton may become flat or may even actually pop outwards. It will probably continue to darken also, but will return to its usual pigmentation after birth. The top of your uterus (the fundus) is just below your navel.
As your uterus expands, you can expect it to put increased pressure on your lungs, kidneys and stomach. This increased pressure can result in breathlessness when you exert yourself physically. It may also cause indigestion and the need to urinate more often. Your expanding belly may also cause stretch marks on your belly. The stretch marks will probably fade considerably after your baby's birth and even more as time passes.
You may continue to have mood swings and anxiety, but this may begin to decrease. If you have been experiencing absentmindedness, it may continue.
My Baby This Coming Week
Your baby weighs about 9 ounces (260g) and measures about 5.6 to 6.4 inches (14 to 16cm) from crown to rump.
Her skin is thickening and developing multiple layers- the epidermis and the dermis, the deeper layer where it will form fat. Your baby is now also developing a waxy protective coating for her skin called vernix caseosa. The vernix protects your baby's skin which is continuously submersed in amniotic fluid. Vernix, which is particularly thick around the eyebrows is held in place by tiny downy hairs called lanugo.
Your baby can now grip with her fists. Toenails and scalp hair are growing.
At this point, it may be possible to determine the baby's sex by ultrasound, if the baby cooperates, but the ultrasound technician will rarely guarantee the sex based on the ultrasound results as mistakes are sometimes made at an early ultrasound.
You can hear the baby's heartbeat with a Doppler ultrasound device or a stethoscope.
19w2d
Missing my Alice Rose today. My pregnancy with her ended at 19w2d, which is where I was yesterday. It was a bitter sweet day for me. Sad to have lost her, but thrilled to be passing this hurdle with Hiccup who is still thriving and growing every day.
For those that don't remember what happened with Alice, here's a recap of her story:
Alice had a large cystic hygroma discovered at her 11 week u/s nt scan. After a CVS we knew she didn't have Downs or T13 or T18. We didn't know what caused it though. After more tests and scans she went from bad to worse. Her organs had hydrops basically large holes in her heart liver lungs and kidneys. We were told her chances of survival were slim.
She had not formed well and was now feeling pain in utero.
We had to terminate the pregnancy.
It was the worst thing I've ever had to do. We had the D&E at 19w2d. The autopsy did show that it was not a viable pregnancy. She had no chance of survival. If we had not terminated she would have either passed before my EDD or I'd be delivering a still born. And she'd had been in pain in utero during all of that. I couldn't have done that to her.
It was heart breaking.
Natalya was 2 years old during all of this. The pregnancy was terrible all the way through. Emotionally and physically. We did get pregnant again two years later, but I had a miscarriage at 8 weeks.
This is why I take this pregnancy one day at a time.
Whatever happens happens. So far it's been going well. I have no complaints and if we are truly lucky I will bring my son home.
For those that don't remember what happened with Alice, here's a recap of her story:
Alice had a large cystic hygroma discovered at her 11 week u/s nt scan. After a CVS we knew she didn't have Downs or T13 or T18. We didn't know what caused it though. After more tests and scans she went from bad to worse. Her organs had hydrops basically large holes in her heart liver lungs and kidneys. We were told her chances of survival were slim.
She had not formed well and was now feeling pain in utero.
We had to terminate the pregnancy.
It was the worst thing I've ever had to do. We had the D&E at 19w2d. The autopsy did show that it was not a viable pregnancy. She had no chance of survival. If we had not terminated she would have either passed before my EDD or I'd be delivering a still born. And she'd had been in pain in utero during all of that. I couldn't have done that to her.
It was heart breaking.
Natalya was 2 years old during all of this. The pregnancy was terrible all the way through. Emotionally and physically. We did get pregnant again two years later, but I had a miscarriage at 8 weeks.
This is why I take this pregnancy one day at a time.
Whatever happens happens. So far it's been going well. I have no complaints and if we are truly lucky I will bring my son home.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
It's a......
BABY!
Lol... Torturing friends and family in real life, but having sooooo much fun doing this... tee hee.
I had my "big" ultrasound today.
It went well-ish, but we have to go back on the 1st to try again at 20 weeks (oh darn, another peek at baby and covered by insurance), as baby wasn't super cooperative and we couldn't get a couple shots of the palate and lower spine.
However... 90% chance we're having a normal baby. No signs for spinal bifida, or other neural tube defects.
Heart Beat 138 BPM.
Also, my placenta is in the front, anterior placenta, which means the baby is hiding behind it. That's why I'm not really feeling the baby as much as I think I should be right now. Phew!
And... frank breech...again! What is it with my kids??? (DD was frank breech too)
No biggie. Still time to flip around, and I'm getting a c-sec anyway. Just want to avoid hip displasia if you know what I mean... (Frank Breech babies are at risk for hip displasia after they're born).
This is what we posted on FB:
Overall... Baby is healthy, we found out what the baby is. Here are a few names we're kicking around: Avery, Cameron, Jessie, Payton, or Devon...
...stay tuned...
-Barbara
Lol... Torturing friends and family in real life, but having sooooo much fun doing this... tee hee.
I had my "big" ultrasound today.
It went well-ish, but we have to go back on the 1st to try again at 20 weeks (oh darn, another peek at baby and covered by insurance), as baby wasn't super cooperative and we couldn't get a couple shots of the palate and lower spine.
However... 90% chance we're having a normal baby. No signs for spinal bifida, or other neural tube defects.
Heart Beat 138 BPM.
Also, my placenta is in the front, anterior placenta, which means the baby is hiding behind it. That's why I'm not really feeling the baby as much as I think I should be right now. Phew!
And... frank breech...again! What is it with my kids??? (DD was frank breech too)
No biggie. Still time to flip around, and I'm getting a c-sec anyway. Just want to avoid hip displasia if you know what I mean... (Frank Breech babies are at risk for hip displasia after they're born).
This is what we posted on FB:
Overall... Baby is healthy, we found out what the baby is. Here are a few names we're kicking around: Avery, Cameron, Jessie, Payton, or Devon...
...stay tuned...
-Barbara
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