12 weeks

 Had my 2nd appointment this past Monday. I'm officially 12 weeks today if you go by my Dr.'s stupid wheel thing but if you go by my ovulation chart then I'm 12 weeks and 1 day. Either way, I'm pretty excited about reaching the 2nd trimester next week. I got to hear the heartbeat at my appointment. That was pretty amazing. Jay almost cried but was so tired from working midnight - 8am that morning that he couldn't cry. My Dr. said I lost 6 and a half lbs. I'm pretty sure it's because I don't think I'm eating enough. I know it's not the morning sickness cause that's gone for the most part. I really only get sick now when I'm hungry and haven't ate yet. Even when I do eat, my stomach is growling like 10 minutes later. I really do eat though lol. Guess I will just try to eat more. 
      On another note, Jay and I picked out the play pen we are going to buy. It's super cute, we seen it at Toys R Us while shopping for Christmas presents. It's got a little monkey mobile on it and the monkey on the pad is really soft. That's really all for now, but here's a few things to keep you occupied until my next post!

Your baby's crown-to-rump length is almost 2.5 inches and she now weighs between 8 and 14 grams! In just three weeks, your baby's size has more than doubled and begins to look a lot more human. Even though you won't be able to feel your baby moving at this time, you can stimulate him and he will squint, open his mouth and move his fingers or toes.

By the end of this week, your uterus is too large to remain completely in your pelvis. You might be able to feel your uterus above your pubic bone. The uterus will continue to grow throughout your pregnancy and will return to its usual size within a few weeks after delivery. Before pregnancy, the uterus is almost solid and holds less than 0.3 ounces. During pregnancy, your uterus will become a thin-walled, muscular container that will hold the fetus, amniotic fluid and placenta. Before pregnancy, the uterus weighs approximately 2.5 ounces and when your baby is born, it will weigh almost 40 ounces! 

Double Digits Baby!

10 Weeks today! I'm so excited that I have finally hit the double digits. Only 30 more weeks to go now. Gosh, that really seems like forever. Symptoms are starting to taper off finally. Still exhausted most of the time but the nausea is definitely slowing down. It's funny though, as I just typed that, I can feel the nausea striking me again. Only 12 more days until my next appointment. I can't wait, we should be able to hear the heartbeat then. 
    I had the most interesting dream last night. I know they say during pregnancy you get vivid dreams but I don't remember having this many with Matt and Bri. Anyway, the dream was amazingly strange. Jay was working for the president (not Obama, it was a white man lol). Jay, some other body guard, the president, and me went to this hotel. Well, Jay and the other BG had to get the president somewhere, I stayed at the Hotel. This Hotel was amazing! I was hanging out in the biggest suit I have ever seen in my life, decided to take a stroll and found a really cool area in the Hotel. It was almost like a birthing room but it was just for ultrasounds and massages, stuff like that, to be pampered, of course isn't that what Hotel's are good for! So I go into the room and get an ultrasound. It was amazing to finally get to see our baby. I was 12 weeks in the dream and the baby was perfect. A perfect baby boy, healthy and growing right on schedule. I think it really gave me a little piece of mind. At least enough to be able to wait patiently until my actual ultrasound! 
    
   Let's see here... 2 more days until the kids are out for Christmas break... 10 days until Christmas...12 days until my appointment... 13 days until my 26th Birthday... 20 days until the kids go back to school after Christmas Break!


There are 209 days until your due date on July 13, 2011.
You are 71 days pregnant.
You are 2.3 months pregnant.
You are in your 3rd month of pregnancy.
Your 1st trimester: October 06, 2010 to January 04, 2011. (0 - 12 weeks)
Your 2nd trimester: January 05, 2011 to April 19, 2011. (13 - 27 weeks)
Your 3rd trimester: April 20, 2011 to July 13, 2011. (28 - 40 weeks)

Cloth Diapers!

 Jay and I decided to cloth diaper this baby. We made this decision several months ago, before even getting pregnant. We are both very confident in our choice and realize that quite a few people we know think we are absolutely crazy. Perfectly understandable. My first thought of cloth diapers, big ugly cloth pieces that have to be safety pinned on each side of baby, washing poopy diapers instead of throwing them away. Gross, who wants to do all of that? Cloth diapers are so much healthier for the baby as well, he/she isn't as likely to get diaper rash, they are good for the enviroment and after doing all of the math, we learned it's so much cheaper to do cloth diapers. Not to mention they are so much prettier than a regular disposable diaper! From my calculations, the entire diaper stage costs approximately $1800 for disposables (pampers, huggies and all the other brands as well), cloth diapers on the other hand will cost us about $500 to get through the first year and that goes up to 35lbs, then after that, we are looking at about $300 for the rest of the supply of diapers to get through the diaper stage!  My best friend Allison bought us our first cloth diaper and I am absolutely in love with it! 

Sea Bands

So I bought some Sea Bands from Amazon the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Sea Bands are for sea sickness, nausea, morning sickness, and anything else that makes you sick. They work by using acupuncture on your wrists or something like that. Honestly I wish I could write about how good they work but guess what... I STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED THEM YET! These are the times that I absolutely HATE Amazon. It's not really Amazon either, it's the company that I bought them from. I wish everyone that chooses to sell something on Amazon should be required to do the tracking package option. What's the point in having that option if you can't track every thing that you buy. What lazy bastards! I just want my relief from the nausea! I guess I will update when I finally get them in and then maybe I can say how awesome they are!!


Update... So I got my sea bands in today. Man these suckers are very uncomfortable. It's almost like one of those work out sweat bands but it's got the button on the inside that presses firmly against your wrist hitting the pressure point. It may just be me but it looks like it turns my hands a purplish color as if my circulation was being cut off. I can't say really if it helps the nausea or not just yet. My worst bouts with nausea are in the mornings when I first get up so I guess I will have to test them out in the morning. Not sure if I'm supposed to wear them all night or not (I haven't read the directions yet) but thinking about it now, it would scare me to sleep with them on in case they really are cutting off my circulation. That's all for now, will update again tomorrow after I test them out.