26wks today

So I have slacked on writing my blog, mostly because nothing new has really gone on. Little did I realize that I have gone 3 weeks without posting...whoops.
I had my ultrasound and doctors appointment last week. All went well. They got a great shot of his spine this time but he decided to be a stinker and cover his face with his arms so we couldn't get a goo face shot of him for me to take home. No matter I guess because the arms in front of the face crack me up. I have decided to get a 3d ultrasound, probably between the dates of Sept 14-23. After that point I will be in Chicago and when I get back he will be too big to get a nice picture.

So what is new with me...well not too much. Morning sickness is still around although there are days I can muscle through it and not get sick. I am slowly starting to gain weight which is good. I finally gained a whole 2lbs at my last doctors appt. I am sure since all Connor is doing now is growing and putting on weight I will be gaining weight now.
Sleeping has been a struggle the last few weeks. I am told I cannot sleep on my back due to circulation reasons and I cannot sleep on my stomach. They say the best side to sleep on is your left, provides the best blood circulation to the baby, but sleeping on your right side isn't bad for the baby. I find myself having to flip flop throughout the night otherwise I either A) get sore hips and shoulders or B) my arm will fall asleep. I have a nice pattern now so I can manage to sleep at least 5 hours straight a night, but I still miss the nights where I could sleep 7 hours non-stop. I know everyone keeps saying how this is nothing wait till the baby comes...well duh I know I wont sleep when the baby comes which is why I would like to get as much as I can now.

I still cannot believe how fast this is going. In just two weeks I will be entering my third trimester. In 4 weeks I will be having my baby shower. As of right now I have nothing but a few sets of cloths so really nothing in my house has changed. Once the baby shower is over and I go out and buy the rest of the things I need and start getting the nursery together I think its going to finally hit me how crazy my life is about to change. I got to admit, as miserable as I have felt I kind of like being pregnant. One would think, with how sick I was and all, that I would not want to do this over but to be honest it hasn't been all that bad. Its nothing that I cannot handle more then it was something I just had to get use to.

As far as Connor goes he is doing well. All the tests and ultrasounds have come back normal so I can only pray he is developing how he should. I am starting to get use to his sleep patterns now. I know around 5am each morning he will be awake and moving around and then usually around 2pm he is at it again. Then he is active when I get home around 7pm and I am able to lie down and relax. He really starts moving around when I drink orange juice or if I lie on my back on the couch. Part of me wishes he would move around more but I know they sleep like 18hours a day and that I am usually on my feet all afternoon and they will normally sleep when you are moving around.

Well that is about all that is new with me and Connor. Besides the 3d ultrasound I have no more scheduled, but he is still breach so they might do another one next month but they might just feel my stomach to see where he is. I have yet to feel him kick by my ribs so I have a feeling his feet are still down and his head is up but he still has 15 weeks to flip over.




How far along? 26 weeks
Weight gain/loss: total gain of 3 lbs
Maternity clothes? yep
Stretch marks? Nope, might actually get away with not getting them!!
Sleep? getting easier, do not sleep through the night anymore
Movement: daily
Food cravings: beagles and cream cheese....yuuuuum!!!
Gender: BOY!!!
Belly button in or out? in
What I miss? sleeping on my stomach
What I am looking forward to? the 3d scan, hoping to see what he is going to look like!!!

22 Weeks

Today marks 22 weeks. I still feel like these weeks are dragging by, but seeing this is my first full week back at work maybe the weeks will start speeding up again.
Sleeping on my left side is much easier now. I find that if I am on my right side at night I get uncomfortable and have a much better time falling asleep on my left. Seeing that the doc said the left side is the best side to sleep on (for circulation reasons) I am pretty happy that I sleep the easiest on that side.
My morning sickness has flipped over to nighttime now. When I wake up in the morning I find that I feel pretty good, and really its probably the best I feel during the day. I don't mind feeling sick at night because by then my day is over anyway and I don't feel like a bum if I just lie around.
I am finding that I get exhausted much easier now. I go to work at 1pm and by 5pm I am dead tired, and its not like I am doing all that much at work to begin with.
I feel Connor move every day now. I am starting to notice his sleep patterns more and more now. Usually mid-day he is quiet and is more active in the late morning and evenings.


How far along? 22 weeks
Weight gain/loss: neither
Maternity clothes? yep
Stretch marks? Nope.
Sleep? sleep is getting better but lately I am still always tired
Best moment this week? feeling him kick all the time
Movement: daily
Food cravings: nothing
Gender: BOY!!!
Belly button in or out? in
What I miss? sleeping on my stomach
What I am looking forward to? next u/s scan

21 weeks

All of the sudden it feels like things are going in slow motion. Maybe it was because weeks 14-20 flew by but it seemed like this week dragged on forever.
Nothing much new to report. I am feeling Connor every day now, but still the kicks aren't quite strong enough to feel from the outside. I am starting to get use to sleeping on my left side now. I still have issues at night sometimes with getting sore especially my shoulders but overall it seems to be getting better. My energy is zero again along with any motivation I had.
Eating is still a struggle. I can only guess that my stomach shrank during the months I could hardly eat because now it seems I cannot eat a full meal, heck not even half a meal. I am working on eating more frequently though so hopefully that will get better. Even though the doctor didnt seem all that concerned I would feel better if I was starting to gain some weight instead of slowly going down/staying the same.
I have started buying baby cloths. I keep finding little outfits here and there that I just have to have. I thought buying for a boy would be hard but I am finding that I am having an easier time with it now.
My next step is helping my mom get my baby shower invites out.


How far along? 21 weeks (halfway there!!)
Weight gain/loss: no loss or gain
Maternity clothes? yep
Stretch marks? Nope.
Sleep? sleep is getting better.
Best moment this week? feeling him kick all the time
Movement: daily, mostly at night
Food cravings: nothing
Gender: BOY!!!
Belly button in or out? in
What I miss? sleeping on my stomach
What I am looking forward to? next u/s scan

20wk doctor appointment...

...went very well. I have to go back in 5 weeks for another ultrasound because Connor would not flip over and let the tech scan his spine. That and he was in a breach position so they just want to make sure he flips over. Other then that the doctor said everything looked good. His heart rate was 150 yesterday and you could hear through the doppler that he was moving around.
I still have yet to gain any weight during this pregnancy. Actually my weight was down again by 0.8lbs. I thought I was suppose to have gained weight by now so I asked the doc if I should be concerned. She said since the baby looked good and he was in the 73rd percentile as far as growth was concerned and my uterus was the right size that she was not concerned. She said he is a big boy so thats all that really matters. What I need to do though is work on eating small, frequent meals throughout the day so that I do not get dizzy spells and headaches (like I have been getting). Pretty much Connor is taking what he needs but not leaving much for me lol. I told the doc its hard because whenever I eat I feel like crap after but my mom said to just eat really small, but frequent meals so that hopefully I wont feel so bad after eating all the time. My blood pressure was nice and normal so my checkup went well too.
The end of August will be my next ultrasound and doctors appointment. I cannot wait to see how big he is by then.

20 weeks today!!! Halfway there!!

Wow I am halfway done with this pregnancy. Part of me feels like I have been pregnant forever and the other half feels like this is going way to fast.
I had my anatomy scan yesterday bright and early. They took about 80 pictures and hopefully I will find out at my doctors appointment tomorrow that everything is developing normally. I was able to get the tech to tell me that she didn't see anything abnormal, but she isn't technically allowed to tell me one way or the other. She also told me he was measuring at 20wks 3 days which is about 4 days ahead so he is still growing. They checked the gender and it was clear he is still very much a boy. There wasn't much doubt from the gender scan, but it is always nice to have that reassurance.
He is starting to kick a lot more now. I notice that during the day he is mostly quiet and in the evening/nighttime hours he is up and moving around. I also notice if I try to sleep on my left side he starts kicking me...apparently he does not like me lying on that side. When I switch over to my right side he settles down for the most part.
I still have morning sickness, but its not nearly as strong as before. I think in the last 2 weeks I only got sick once and that was because I didn't take my meds in the morning. I tried holding out again today but I started feeling that strong wave of nausea hit me and I didn't want to ruin my morning (since I feel pretty good).
I am starting to get really tired again...I slept well two nights ago but for some reason after my 8am ultrasound yesterday I had to come home and pass back out again.
We are halfway done with our registry...most of our items are at Baby's R Us, but I am also going to swing by Target and start one there too. I am thinking I am going to do that this Saturday.
My dreams are starting to get really trippy. I am use to having strange dreams but these are plain crazy and make no sense. Even if I wake up and go back to sleep 30mintues later I still have the same crazy dream I was having before I woke up.
Well that is about all that is new. Will update tomorrow when I get back from my doctors appointment.

How far along? 20 weeks (halfway there!!)
Weight gain/loss: Down 7lbs from pre-pregnancy weight, but that is about a 3lb gain from 2 weeks ago
Maternity clothes? yep
Stretch marks? Nope.
Sleep? not sleeping well. cannot get comfortable and he keeps kicking me.
Best moment this week? seeing him on u/s again and feeling stronger kicks
Movement: daily, mostly at night
Food cravings: nothing
Gender: BOY!!!
Belly button in or out? in
What I miss? sleeping on my stomach
What I am looking forward to? talking to the doctor tomorrow and seeing if he is developing normally

We are having a........

BOY!!!! We went for the gender scan yesterday while I was home in Chicago and thankfully our little one was not shy about showing off the goods. He was not very active though so we didn't get to see a lot of movement, but his heart rate was 147bpm and the ultrasound tech said everything looked good.
We go in on July 20th for the anatomy scan at the hospital. That is going to take about an hour and hopefully everything will be normal.
Since I am back in Chicago its hard to keep the blog updated. In three more days I will be 19 weeks so I kind of missed my 18 week post.
I am still getting sick in the mornings and I am still getting a lot of headaches. I am definitely showing now and my stomach is very sore.
I will update more in a few days, hopefully I will have my u/s pics up as well.

How far along? 18 weeks
Weight gain/loss: unsure don't have a scale at my parent's
Maternity clothes? yep
Stretch marks? Nope.
Sleep? not sleeping well. cannot get comfortable.
Best moment this week? finding out the gender!!!!!!
Movement: every day or so
Food cravings: Now that I hit up all the places in Chicago I wanted to go to nothing really. I do crave king crab legs though
Gender: BOY!!!
Belly button in or out? in
What I miss? nothing really now...maybe not being so emotional
What I am looking forward to? the anatomy scan to make sure everything is alright and to confirm that my little one is a boy

17 weeks

Today marks my 17th week and as usual nothing really has changed. I still find that I am getting sick in the mornings, some days it only happens once and I am fine the rest of the day, other times I feel sick all day.
I am being told I am starting to finally show. I am noticing that, while I still feel sick, I do have more of an appetite. Maybe the baby is going through a growth spurt.
I still have 3 more weeks until my anatomy ultrasound. Hopefully we will find out what gender the baby is.
I leave for Chicago in about 6 days and I hope to start my registry at that time. Of course I will have to hold off on choosing items that are gender specific until the end of July, but really all that will include is the bedding and any clothing items.
Other then that nothing really new to report.

How far along? 17 weeks
Weight gain/loss: still down 7lbs from pre-pregnancy weight
Maternity clothes? not yet
Stretch marks? Nope.
Sleep? not sleeping well. Unsure why.
Best moment this week? hearing the heart beat again...such a great sound
Movement: not that i have noticed.
Food cravings: I really want soft shell tacos from Chipolte, oh and loaded fries and a hot dog from Paradise Pup
Gender: unknown
Belly button in or out? in
What I miss? being able to eat without feeling sick/being in a good mood
What I am looking forward to? Finding out the gender