18 Weeks...Oh Dear!

How can it have POSSIBLY been a month since my last post!?!?!  Here is my 18 week update...plus info from weeks 15-17...

Pregnancy Highlights

How Far Along:  18 Weeks
Size of baby: Baby is the size of a turnip.
Total Weight Gain/Loss:  Probably about 8 pounds total, but I don't know really, since I refuse to get on a scale until my prenatal appointments.  At my last one at 16 weeks, I'd gained about 5 pounds.
Maternity Clothes: Maternity pants all the way.  I just can't wear anything else, and I've been this way for a couple of weeks.  I bought some maternity dresses, too, and some shirts.  Wore them all once, and then WHAM! it's freezing cold here again, and had to go back to other options.  My mother in law bought me a pair of skinny jeans today.  LOVE them.  I guess they're technically "jeggings" since they stretch, but I hate saying that word...
Gender: Still thinking boy, but we'll know for sure on April 11th!!
Movement: I've felt a couple of things that I THOUGHT might be the baby, but I don't know yet.  I can't wait till I really feel it!!
Sleep:  Sleeping okay...really tired in the afternoons and evening.

What I miss: Not a thing. 
Cravings:  Still not a lot...but I've made some desserts...

Symptoms: Heartburn has subsided over the past month, still get it on and off though.  Other than that, no real symptoms.

Best Moment this week:Well, in week 15 there wasn't really anything...week 16 I had my appointment, and baby's heartbeat was 150 and everything seemed good.  Week 17 was Drama Competition (kids did amazingly, btw!  All kinds of awards, and I have the best actor AND best actress in NC!!) and so that was really stressful, and then this week...well, I'm fat.  That's about all. 

14 Weeks

I know I completely skipped Week 13, but I've been so busy.  Right in the middle of competition, and doing a production of the Vagina Monologues (which was so much fun!).  But now I'm through with VM, so I can actually post!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along:  14 Weeks
Size of baby: Baby is the size of a lemon.
Total Weight Gain/Loss:  Probably about 5 pounds.
Maternity Clothes: I bought two pairs of maternity jeans, and the stretchy panel is REALLY comfy, but I'm having a problem keeping them up above my butt!  I know it's big, but still...so I haven't really worn them more than once; I'm hoping this gets better as I get bigger.
Gender: I'm really thinking this is a boy.  According to the Ramzi Method, and the Shettles Method, it's definitely a boy! 
Movement: None, but I'm really looking forward to it soon!
Sleep:  I've still been sleeping okay, but every night I can't stay out of the BATHROOM!!!  I pee about every 10 minutes until I fall asleep.

What I miss: Not a thing. 
Cravings:  Still not a lot.  This week I ate salt and vinegar potato chips every morning at ten....
Symptoms: Heartburn!  Almost every morning.  It's not terrible, but it's annoying.

Best Moment this week:  I'm going to highlight the best moments for the past two weeks.  Our appt on Feb 15 was great; we heard the heartbeat immediately, and then started telling EVERYONE.  We announced it on Facebook that afternoon, and both had an amazing outpouring of kind words.  My students are already wanting to touch my belly, which I'm totally fine with (I don't know WHY this bothers some people!  It's not like it's a big deal!)  I'm also slowly getting bigger, even thought my belly hasn't "popped" yet....

12 Weeks

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along:  12 Weeks
Size of baby: Baby is the size of a large plum.
Total Weight Gain/Loss: I have no idea, I've not been on a scale in weeks.  My guess is about 2 pounds or so.
Maternity Clothes: Still none yet, but things are a teeny bit tighter, and sweatpants feel so much better than jeans.
Gender: Still no idea.
Movement: None.
Sleep:  I've been sleeping really well.  Thursday night I cam down with a voracious stomach bug, and the next morning, got a call-in prescription for Phenegrin.  That stuff works, but it makes you SLEEPY!  I'm still feeling yucky today, but not as bad as yesterday!

What I miss: Nothing really.
Cravings:  Not really anything so far, except for sweets, off and on, but it gives me heartburn, so I'm trying to lay off that stuff.
Symptoms: Hardly any, but this is the start of the second trimester, so it's to be expected.

Best Moment this week: Making it to the second trimester!  Can't wait for my appointment on Tuesday!

11 Weeks!

11 Week Bump Shot:

 

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along:  11 Weeks
Size of baby: Baby is the size of a lime.
Total Weight Gain/Loss: Probably about two pounds.
Maternity Clothes: Not yet, but I do feel some of my tighter jeans getting a little too tight, though!  Gender: We don't know yet, but I'm thinking girl right now.  I'm craving sweets, and that's supposed to be a sign of a girl, but who knows?
Movement: None.
Sleep:  We had a full week of school last week, with a delay on Friday, so it was pretty tiring.  I'm sleeping heavily at night, but as soon as I lie down, I have to pee!

What I miss: Nothing really. 
Cravings:  None, but I need to get back to eating a little more healthy.  I ate out a LOT this week, just because I didn't feel like cooking, or fixing a lunch..
Symptoms: Hardly any.  Boobs slowly got a lot less sore; and I've only been a teeny bit nauseous a couple of times.

Best Moment this week: Nothing really, except I am looking forward to my appointment next week, on the 15th!  I'll be twelve weeks, and out of the first trimester!

Week 10

This is two days late and has no picture, but I really look exactly the same, so just see above, lol.

 

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along:  10 Weeks
Size of baby: Baby is the size of a kumquat.
Total Weight Gain/Loss: None that I know of.
Maternity Clothes: Not yet, but I do feel some of my tighter jeans getting a little too tight, though!  I thought about doing the rubberband around the button trick this morning, but I forgot about it.
Gender: We don't know yet.
Movement: None.
Sleep: I'd been loving all the snow days, but unfortuneately, it looks like we're in for a full week of school this week!  :(   I have rehearsal for competition every day this week as well, so I'm in for an exhausting week, I fear.

What I miss: Nothing really - maybe drinking real coffee or Diet Pepsi? 
Cravings:  I've been craving fruit, so I've had lots of different kinds this week.
Symptoms: Not a lot this week.  Still sore boobs a little, but not nauseous at all.  This worries me a little, but I did have a bad headache today, and I know that's a symptom too. 

Best Moment this week: Telling my high school drama teacher (and now my friend) that I was pregnant.  She was so excited!  It was fantastic.

We're Expecting!

After more than two years of trying, one miscarriage, hundreds of ovulation predictor kits and monitors, countless pregnancy tests, and night after night of crying in despair, we are finally pregnant!  We had our first prenatal appointment on January 18th, and everything looks wonderful.  Baby Martin's heart was beating, we've got two arms and two legs, and two chambers in the brain, which they look for.  We could not be more excited, and we have only God to thank for this miracle.

Sorry this picture is so blurry; it's a picture of a picture, obviously.

So from here on, I'll be doing weekly pregnancy updates:

9 Week Bump Shot:

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along:  9 Weeks
Size of baby: Baby is the size of a grape.
Total Weight Gain/Loss: None.
Maternity Clothes: Not yet, but I do feel some of my tighter jeans getting a little too tight, though!
Gender: We don't know yet.
Movement: None.
Sleep: I'm sleeping very well.  We've had so many snow days, I've been able to get lots and lots of sleep in, and I think that's why I've not been too terribly exhausted.  This week I went to work four days, so I was more tired than usual.
What I miss: Nothing really - maybe drinking real coffee or Diet Pepsi?
Cravings: I have on and off cravings, but mostly it's just hard deciding what I want to eat.  Once I know, though, I must have it, or someone might get hurt!
Symptoms: Nauseous on and off; I feel better when I eat something, but also feel nauseous when I eat too much.  Realized this morning that I felt sick, and remembered I'd eaten nothing yet! 

Best Moment this week: Seeing our precious little baby on the ultrasound!!  I will never forget that moment!

Williamsburg VA at Christmas!

This year for Christmas, Colby and I decided to take a mini vacation, just the two of us.  His mom got us season passes to Colonial Williamsburg for Christmas, so we went up there on the 23rd, 24th, and came back on Christmas Day.  It is beautiful up there!  I can't wait to go again when it's warmer; we'll probably do this on Spring Break. (If I get a Spring Break, that is....we've been to school three days since Christmas break, it's snowing now, and isn't stopping until Thursday!)

This is what I did on the drive to VA:  played with my iPod.  I love how serious I look in this picture.

Our first adventure of the evening:  eating supper at Christiana Campbell's Tavern.  Pricey, but ok food.  We sat in the basement, and were entertained by a fiddler, and a woman who monologued about being Christiana's "daughter."

They had these huge bonfires at night on the streets.  It was kind of neat, and awesome to stand close to them and (sort of) get warm.

Our lovely and cozy room at the Applewood Bed and Breakfast.  Highly recommended!  The breakfast was awesome!

The governor's palace:

The courthouse:

This was a gun and weaponry making place:

Another building...

Inside the Capitol Building:

Colby...

This was inside the museum.  There was an amazing quilt display, and this neat table where you could design your own quilt square with wooden blocks.  Of course I had to play...

On Christmas Eve, we went to a Yuletide Supper (very festive!) where we had a delicious four course dinner, and lots of authentic Christmas entertainment.  It was really awesome!  This was one of the trees inside the Williamsburg Lodge, where the Supper was held.

 

Ice sculptures outside the Lodge.

Happy Holidays!!