16 week update!

Not much happened today, other than waiting FOREVER for the doctor to come in and then hearing the heartbeat, which was 141 today.

The big day to find out the sex of the baby is August 19th, so exactly 4 weeks from today. I am so excited!

I have set up a Baby Poll game where you can guess the gender, birth weight and the date you think I will deliver. Click on the link below and it will take you right to it! If it doesn’t take you straight there, go to www.expectnet.com and enter RainesBaby2 as the game name.



http://www.expectnet.com/games/RainesBaby2

Arghh

Well, I will be “officially” out of non-maternity clothes after today… I was able to wear this one pair of black pants, but today they are feeling a bit too tight… I have to do the rubber band trick! LOL. Dang, looks like I will be in the market for some black maternity pants now.


I am really not looking forward to when I am over 30 weeks pregnant---if I am already sticking out this much now, how bad will it be then? Arghh. Oh well, I need to stop complaining. Pregnancy is a beautiful thing and I am helping to bring a new life in to this world, which I am very fortunate for. I can sacrifice my body and comfort for another 6 months…

I go back to the doctor on Friday for blood work and then hopefully I can set up my anatomy scan to find out if we are having a boy or girl! I am so excited and can’t wait to find out!

Comparison of sorts

This is my first time doing a side by side picture, so it didn’t come out the best, but it will have to do for now : )

Ok, picture on left is at 15 weeks in my pregnancy with Arielle and the picture on the right is my current pregnancy at 14.5 weeks… YIKES!!!

Baby UPDATE- 14 weeks

I just got back from my doctor’s appointment. Right after I got there, they announced that my doctor had to go downstairs for a delivery and would be back in 15 minutes or so… and she was! That was quick!


Blood pressure was perfect 120/70 and I LOST 2lbs! I have no clue how I lost weight, but she was not concerned, so neither am I. I about freaked out when she was looking for the heartbeat… she could not find it for what seemed like FOREVER, but I’m sure it was only 30 seconds or so… She finally found it on the other side and the baby’s heartbeat was 144. My results from the NT Scan last week were normal, so that is great! I go back in 2 weeks to have blood work done to check for spina bifida.

I also asked her about my headaches and drinking a can of soda to get rid of them and she said that was perfectly fine. Doctor approval= one happy camper! : )

I will try to take an updated belly pic this weekend, but the comparisons between the 2 pregnancies will not come until about 16 weeks.

Well, Happy Friday! Have a fun-filled weekend!

I'm alive

Ok, I am so bad at updating this… Work has been super busy since the layoffs and I am just slacking.. Sorry!


Anywho, I have had NO morning sickness in the past week, which is such a blessing!! BUT, now I am dealing with headaches almost every day, with migraines coming at least twice per week for the past 3 weeks. The only thing that helps the headaches is 2 Tylenol AND a soda… Bad I know, but I cannot function at work with a raging headache. And the only thing that has helped a migraine is REST! How do I keep up with work- or a 2 year old for that matter- with these headaches and migraines? I feel like I am just whining… I mean, women go through pregnancy ALL the time, yet I am the one complaining… and I am only 14 weeks tomorrow. Ugh, ok enough complaining…

I have a routine doctor’s appointment tomorrow at lunch time and I should get the results from my NT scan and hear the baby’s heartbeat again! : ) I am going to ask the doctor what she recommends for these headaches.

I hope everyone is doing well! I will report the results tomorrow or over the weekend!