Week 12

Today I am 13 weeks and have officially graduated to the 2nd Trimester. For some reason everyone thinks of 12 weeks as the end of 1st Tri, but technically it's 13. AND, I don't know why people say you're pregnant for nine months because it's actually 40 weeks. ANYWAY - I have been really tired this week and my hunger is weird. I am really hungry first thing in the morning, but no matter what I eat for breakfast it makes me really sick. Then I could practically go all day not eating (I force myself to eat something by 1:00 if I haven't gotten hungry yet), but then all of a sudden around 5:00 I am STARVING and if I don't have dinner right away I get an awful headache and attitude. Very weird. I have still been living on carbs, but am trying to add easy things like salad and green beans back into my diet. They just really still don't sound good.

This week I started buying maternity clothes as my jeans will no longer zip up all the way (some won't at all!) and the bella bands just aren't cutting it. The maternity jeans and pants I got are soooo comfortable! I can't wait to get them back from the tailor (darn short legs!). It's tax free weekend so I thought I'd take advantage of that and try to get some shirts and sweaters too. Some of them still are a little too long or big on me, but for the most part I've found enough to have things to wear to work and still be comfortable. I got two really cute v-neck half-length sleeved sweaters at Gap Maternity that are good for work or with jeans, so I got one color in medium and one in large as a compromise. So one's a little big now and one will be a little snug later!

Oh, another wonderful thing has begun. I seem to have little control over my bladder when sneezing for some reason. We were walking through Macy's the other night and I did not even have to pee, but I sneezed really big and a gush of pee came out. WTF!?! I was freaking out and dying laughing at the same time. Good thing we were already on our way out! It's happened twice since then, so every time I have to sneeze I cross my legs really hard. I have been extremely stuffy and sneezy since being pregnant. I'm beginning to think I'm allergic to this baby!

Well, that's about it for excitement this week. I am looking forward to popping and I hope it happens soon. Right now I just look like I've gained a lot of weight in a very short amount of time. It's becoming a little embarrassing! From what I've read, you just wake up one day and all of your bloat has magically turned into a hard little belly. That seems unlikely, but the number of people I've heard this from is unbelievable! Crossing my fingers it happens in the next couple weeks.

Dear Baby von Bauer...

Please stop making Mommy look like a lard ass who's been hittin' the twinkies a little too hard. I give entirely too many presentations in front of large groups of my peers and would prefer that they not all think I eat my emotions in a dark closet as it appears I have been doing. Feel free to pop ANY day now...go ahead...any time...really.

12 Weeks, 5 Days

Doctor's Appointment

Well, today's appointment was pretty uneventful. The doctor listened to the heartbeat, which was 160, and measured my stomach. He also yanked my pants together, joking about how UNzippable they are. Nice, lol. We talked about where he delivers and even though he does deliver at another hospital, I think we'll stick with where I work. He said 95% of the time they can get private rooms for employees and that a bunch of residents and students don't have to be involved if I'd rather them not. My next appointment is August 31st, but I'm guessing we won't have another eventful one until the ultrasound we've scheduled for September 8th!
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Week 11

Yesterday was my 12 week mark! The 2nd Trimester doesn't technically start until 13wk3d, but 12 weeks is a huge milestone. The baby is now completely developed and is entering the growth phase. I am starting to think about the baby more as a little person that is going to be a really baby soon now that we saw it hopping all over the place and moving its arms and hands during our ultrasound this week. I am convinced it's a girl...I have just felt that way from the very beginning, but I guess we'll find out in five weeks. I have a 50/50 chance of being right at least! I keep having dreams and in every one of them I am giving birth really early, but the baby is already as big as a 3 month old. LOL...it's always a girl though! I have felt MUCH better this week outside of a few waves of nausea. They are fewer and farther between though, so that is promising.

This week, the baby is the size of a plum and weight half an ounce.

We Find Out the Gender On...

Tuesday September 8th at 9:00AM. I CAN NOT WAIT!!! Mom and Steve are visiting for Labor Day weekend, so we set up an ultrasound at an independent imaging center where they do 3D/4D ultrasounds. This will just be a regular 2D because we will be too early for the others, but we are going to find out the gender and they give you tons of pictures and a DVD. Karen and Fabian are also going to come, so I thought this would be a really fun thing to all get to do together. For everyone else, the package we bought includes a live video stream of the ultrasound, so you can log into your computers and watch at home/work as we are there! More details on that to come. So in a short five weeks we will know if Baby Von Bauer is an Avery or an Aston! YAY!

NT Scan

We had our NT Scan this morning, which consists of meeting with a genetic counselor, a longer ultrasound, and some blood work. The point of the ultrasound (well, this whole appointment really) is to measure for Downs and Trisomy 18 by measuring the fat fold at the back of the baby's neck. Well in order to do that the baby has to lay still in a certain position long enough to let them measure and that did NOT happen! LOL The baby was going crazy in there - I can't believe how much it moves around and I don't even know it's happening! It was rolling around from its back to its stomach and then it would stand straight up and a couple of time it just JUMPED! It was so cool to see! It was waving its arms all around and flexing its fingers - it even rubbed its face. It was an amazing experience. Unfortunately, despite watching 15 minutes of phenomenal ultrasound footage the lady gave us four of the shittiest pictures you have ever seen! They are all of the baby's face, which doesn't look like anything and you can't see the arms and the shape of the head or body. I was PISSED, but oh well, the baby was healthy and having fun so there will be other ultrasounds.

The heartbeat was 171 (still high...maybe a girl?) and I was measuring 12wks2d, which is four days farther ahead than I really am. So either my due date will be pushed up or the baby just had a super growth spurt and it will even back out. We'll see next time. I have an appointment with my doctor on Monday, but I bet I won't have another ultrasound until the BIG ONE where we find out the gender. That's not for another month at least. I can't wait! Everyone says it's a girl, but I am okay with either...although a little girl would be so special since it's been a long time for both families.

New Tickers

I have been so wrapped up in pretending NOT to be pregnant for the past couple months that I have forgotten to keep track of fun things like what fruit that baby is or my fun tickers. So, this week the baby is the size of a lime and is enjoying a 1:1 head to body ratio. I also added new tickers to the bottom of the page. One for what the baby looks like and one for the humor. Enjoy!