16 Weeks!

I'm 4 months pregnant! Baby now has finger prints and can hear!

I'm happy they baby can hear this week because we got an awesome gift in the mail. Almost all of the rock a bye baby albums from some of our favorite artists! Yay for awesome friends!

The biggest thing to happen this past week is that the baby is moving, a lot! It is the most amazing feeling ever and no matter what I'm doing every time that I feel it I just stop and smile and sometimes giggle. It feels like my tiny little baby is tickling me from the inside all day. It is making me so unbelievably happy and excited. I finally get why some people love pregnancy. This is the most amazing thing to ever happen to me and the love that I feel for this tiny little being is so huge and mind blowing.

I am now one of those people who loves being pregnant, this is the most amazing thing I've ever experienced in my life and I am just so happy. :)

Here are some belly pictures for this week...

And one of Nick tickling my baby belly...

<3

Weeks 14 & 15

Today I'm officially 15 weeks pregnant (starting my 16th week).

Baby is the size of a Naval Orange! HOLY CRAP!

Now I see what they mean when they say pregnancy goes by fast.

My first 12 weeks felt like they took forever! After that the times are flying by and I'm physically changing every day before my eyes.

As far as week 14 goes. It was pretty awesome I felt almost normal just a little tired I was also super duper hungry. Then I started to develop a really bizarre ear/face ache. I called my dr. and she instructed me to go straight to the emergency room. So that's how I spent last Saturday... Stuck in the ER for hours I got a lot of good reading in but it really wasn't worth the money. The "Dr" in the ER was kind of a jerk and ordered a CAT scan as he just had a patient die from a bone infection and thought I must have that too.... I feel like this was completely unnecessary especially when he hadn't even properly examined me or run any other tests... After that and more hours of sitting around trying not to be forced into taking Vicodin by every nurse around. I got the news I was being released but they wanted to check for a heart beat before they let me go. I was excited of of course because I love hearing that sound. But the nurse was completely incompetant and literally had no clue what she was doing with the Doppler. I asked her twice if I could try it because I had at least seen my Dr do it before. She refused and it took her like 10 minutes to find it. With my mind at ease about that she said the Dr had to talk to me before a I left. I waited for 40 min then realized my nurse and Dr were discussing their personal lives instead of letting me go home. I got my stuff together and waited in my door way staring at them until they noticed me. The look on their faces was the best part of my experience. He told me 5 possiblities of what my pain and swelling could be caused by... None of which were the actual cause.

So I went home in pain and finally Saturday night I gave in a took a few tylenol because I could not stop crying form the pain.

Sunday I experienced my first Mother's day and it was wonderful. We spent it with Nick's mom and sisters bbq and watching the kids play. It was fantastic everyone gave me nice gifts to make me feel special. My favorite was Nick's. He got me a baby memory book and a card from the baby :)

On Monday my awesome friend Lisa got me in to see the ENT where she works. He immediately diagnosed me and confirmed that the ER "Dr" was a quack. I had an outer ear infection of the eardrum and canal which is the most painful. Lucy also had a rough day as she had her dental scaling that day, we spent the majority of the evening laying around feeling poopy together. 

The rest of this week I've been growing what feels like a lot. My stomach is rounding out more and I love it. My cravings this week haven't been too bad everyday I want fruit, soups and salads... And pizza once...
I've also finally put on some weight :) I'm up 2.8 lbs! It feels like right to my tummy and possibly my boobs. Lord help me if those things keep getting bigger.

Oh I also think I felt the baby move for the first time last Saturday since I've felt it twice since. That super exciting and I can't wait until they're more definitive and Nick can feel them.

We are shopping for cribs right now. Any advice would be helpful we are completely stumped. I think Nick and I want completely different styles. Ugh.

13 Weeks

Hello second trimester :) I've been waiting quite a while to see you.

This week baby is the size of a peach :O

Now that I'm thirteen weeks my all day long nausea has vanished. I'm still nauseous every couple hours but not for very long and usually just when I'm hungry. I am sooooo thankful for this. I'm starting to see the nicer side of pregnancy. This week I've had some really awful headaches that last pretty much all day but that's just pain and I can take pain.

Hopefully this means a less whiny less cranky version of Mo. I feel like I've been complaining quite a bit these last few months and I'm ready to be more pleasant to be around.

I've had a wonderful week.

Tuesday Nick and I went for the first screen which included a blood test and ultrasound. It was amazing seeing the baby look like a baby. It is insane to think about how much moving around and kicking is going on in my uterus right now. I was pretty much oblivious to the reality of it until I saw it for myself. Little one is very active. And apparently very stubborn. The scan took about 30 minutes (which I didn't mind) the tech had to coax the baby into the correct position over and over again the baby was just not having it. She ended up getting what she needed though. We both had a sigh of relief to see that the measurements she took were well within the normal range for our little developing fetus. We also got some great pictures and a first look at the baby's profile....

 

 I was able to catch up with a few friends this week that I haven't seen since before I was pregnant. It was awesome and it made me feel like a real person again. I'm excited to continue this especially now that I'm less of a drag to be around. Audrey and Katrina and Lisa thanks for insisting on hanging out with me even while I was a cranky bitch. I feel like I would have gone even more insane if it weren't for you girls <3

I have not been as active as I wanted to be the past few months. It's kind of impossible to exercise when you feel like your going to throw up just sitting down. Due to that horrible nausea I was lucky enough not to gain any weight in the first trimester. But now that I'm hungry again I'm definitely going to kick my fitness level back up. Nick and I spent 40 minutes at the gym this morning and it was awesome! This whole week of socializing plus some good ol' exercise have made me feel like a normal person again.

In other news my belly has transformed from a normal belly to a baby bump. A real baby bump. It is hard all the time. It is sensitive all the time. To me it looks, feels and seems quite large for how far along I am. But it's definitely a baby bump and it's definitely not going anywhere so I'm embracing it. I've realized that I'm only getting bigger from here on out.

I really liked week thirteen. It's 7 pm and I'm ready to hit the sack lol. Until next week!