28 Weeks

28 weeks, 0 days

Latest belly picture at 28 weeks! It was cold yesterday, so my hands are in my pockets. Just wait until January when I take my monthly picture... brrr! Also, you'll notice it's not as sunny out as in previous pictures. I take these pictures at about 5pm when I get home from work and now it is darker then.

Today I went to a check-up. It was the normal stuff - take blood pressure and weight, measure belly and listen to baby! Heartbeat was about 140. Also, I had to do the glucose test, where you drink the disgusting glucose orange drink, to test for gestational diabetes. And they gave me a rhogam shot. Kory actually came to this appt., since he is not busy at work and we carpooled today.

According to my weekly babycenter.com e-mail, baby is about the size of a head of cauliflower. He's kicking along quite frequently. Some days more than others. I get back aches if I'm not careful about how I'm standing or sitting. And my legs feel stiff when I wake up. Is that just from getting older?

Photo Booth

I got a new Mac at work. The old one will be going home with me to use to work at home when I'm on maternity leave. This iMac has a camera at the top and a fun program call Photo Booth. I think you can even use the camera feature to video chat with people. But I don't know anyone else with such a computer to video chat back at me.

24 weeks

24 weeks, 0 days

Well, I'm 24 weeks now. And I didn't realize how much bigger my belly looks until I saw some recent pictures! I think it depends on what I wear and in this picture that shirt is really not a maternity shirt and the pants are snug (but comfortable). Also, Molly was caught in the picture. She was trying to play fetch with me while Kory took the picture.

I really don't feel as big as I look. Sometimes I even forget it's there. Although getting up from sitting and laying isn't as easy and it's harder to find a comfortable position. The fetal movements still feel the same, like little blurps. They seem to change when they occur each day. I don't notice them when I sleep, so that's good. I really can't complain too much; I feel pretty good so far.

Here's a picture from 22 weeks.

22 weeks, 3 days

Last Friday, me and Mom went to my latest check-up. It was a short appt. No more ultrasounds unless needed. That's too bad... I really liked getting to see the little one! Dr Miller did use a microphone like device on my belly (not sure what it is officially called). We could hear the heart beat and hear him moving around. She even felt him kick while she was holding the device. We were glad to hear that, because I wasn't sure I had felt anything yet. Mom kept telling me it would feel like butterflies and I would know it when I felt it. But for about a week or so I had been feeling like "burps" in my belly and I just thought it was gas. So I guess that was it!

According to my weekly e-mail from babycenter.com, he is about the length of a butternut squash, head-t0-toe.

Also, today happens to be my birthday. Maybe I will try to post a photo soon, when I get a chance. I need to get caught up from the long weekend. Mom, Rachel and Craig came to visit. We had a birthday party for me at Dave and Busters. It was really fun!

UPDATE: Here's a picture from my birthday past. I must be about 2 or 3. Sitting with my Grandma Rosalie.

20 weeks

20 weeks, 0 days

Yeah, we made it to 5 months! The bump is growing, slowly and gradually. You don't realize until you're actually pregnant that you just don't get a big bump over night (somewhere in my subconscious that is what I thought). The little one is the size of a banana from head to toe this week. Still haven't felt anything. Maybe I have, but nothing that stands out different from other movements near there. I've given in to wearing maternity clothes; they're so comfortable. I think I want to wear elastic-waist pants all the time.

Symptoms: Still going potty a lot. I guess that will get worse as more weight rests on my bladder. I've started having baby dreams. Actually, the night before we went in to have the us to determine the sex, I dreamed it was a boy! And in all of my baby dreams, the baby talks to me - kinda weird. He has told me he is too warm a couple times. No crazy food cravings, yet. Some days I'm more hungry than others, but that is normal for me depending on how much I have eaten the day before. We are still on a BLT kick - I think Kory is starting to have sympathy cravings for them :-)

Notice how I'm wearing long sleeves in this belly photo, compared to shorts and tank in the others. The weather is changing... it was only in the 50s that day.

Pikes Peak

The guys (just Kory and Mike) climbed another 14er - Pikes Peak, the mountain near Colorado Springs that most people drive up. It was an easier climb, but a very long one. It took them almost all day to get up and back down.

Oh, Boy!

Here are pictures and a video from our latest ultrasound, for anatomy. Everything looked good. And we got to find out the sex as you can see in the picture below. He weighed 10 oz and had a heartbeat of 136. And is about the size of a tomato this week. Kory is thrilled we are having a boy and I am happy either way!

Mt Sherman

Last Sunday morning, Kory, Mike and Chris climbed Mt Sherman (14,036 feet), which is near Fairplay - about a two hour drive. That weekend was the coldest of the summer, with Denver in the 50s and getting non-stop rain for almost 3 days (I enjoyed the cooler weather change from being dry and hot and over 90˚). They said it was really cold up there, probably 32˚ since it was snowing. This climb was an easier one. Hopefully me and Marcia will do it next summer.

16 weeks, 0 days

16 weeks, 0 days

Here's a picture at 16 weeks. I think there's a little bump coming in! The little one is the size of an avocado this week. Last week was an apple, which doesn't seem smaller than an avocado.

Some pants are not fitting. But I'm still in denial about needing maternity clothes, so I unbutton them and wear a stretchy belt. My low-wasted ones still fit.

Symptoms: The burping/indigestion thing still creeps up some mornings. And starting this week I have to go potty A LOT. Also, I haven't remembered having any baby dreams yet, but I did dream about eating pumpkin pie one night :-)

14 weeks, 5 days

Yesterday was the 14 week check-up. I finally got to see my regular doctor, Dr D'Ambrosia. She is the best doctor I've ever had for anything. She is really enthusiastic and caring. She came in and gave me a big hug and was so excited for us. She had us do a quick us, just to make sure everything looked ok. She did it on a smaller portable us machine. We could see the little one moving around and had a heart rate of 154. The us pic wasn't too good. It was hard to see probably because my bladder was emptier and the little one likes to hide back there.

We also got to schedule an us appt. for the anatomy earlier than the one I had already scheduled for September 17. Dr said it would be ok to do it at the appt. I already had scheduled for September 4 (18 weeks, 6 days). So only 4 weeks and we find out if it is a boy or a girl!