26 Week Survey

Last weeks photo. 

How far along? 26 Weeks!

Total weight gain/loss: 13-14 lbs... Which I'm pretty sure is mostly in my ass. 

 
Maternity clothes? I bought a ton last weekend. I still feel like I need to grow into some. I found that I REALLY, really dislike rouched side shirts. 

Stretch marks? No sign in sight!

Sleep: What is that again?

Best moment this week: We painted the nursery! I also, finally, switched doctors. Actually, I switched to a midwive. I couldn't be more happy/excited!

Movement: I swear all this girl does is party. 

Food cravings: Still always want fruit. 

Gender: GIRL :D

Labor Signs: Tons of Braxton Hicks!

Belly Button in or out? Half in, half out... Yea, it looks funny. 

Wedding rings on or off? On. I haven't swelled up at all... Yet. 

What I miss: Being able to control my weight. Oh, and beer. 

What I am looking forward to: Putting more of the nursery together and finishing our cabinets in the kitchen. The things that make me happy :)

Weekly Wisdom: The more I work out = the more energy I have = the better I feel. 

Milestones: I officially need help to get off the ground, or a push to get off the couch. Ugh. 

Please excuse my lazy 26 week photo. I forgot I didn't take one today and we just got back from taking our pups for a walk. 

By the way, my belly has felt HUGE all day! I was told there was a itty, bitty girl in there... but now, I'm not so sure ;)

21 Weeks: A/S Results

 

A week ago, we went in for our 20 week anatomy scan and finally got the results on Friday. I never knew how many complications or things that could go wrong during a pregnancy until now. Not that I have a lot of things going wrong.. you just never think about it before getting pregnant. Let me tell you something, when your doctor tells you when there is an issue in your pregnancy, ask them a lot of questions and DO NOT google it. You will only scare the sh*t out of yourself (I know I did).

The good news: Baby Kratt's heart is very strong and regular. He/She has all their limbs, fingers, both kidneys, 4 chambers of the heart, extremely low chance of Down Syndrome and Spina Bifada, and is growing appropriately. We couldn't be more happy about all of that!

The not-so-good-news: The tech was unable to see the umbilical cord clearly, the amniotic fluid is lower than what the doctor likes, and I have Partial Placenta Previa. The doctor said there could be many reasons to why the amniotic fluid is low and we are just going to have to keep an eye on it. Partial Placenta Previa is when your placenta is lying unusually low in your uterus and is covering part of your cervix. Since I am only 21 weeks, it isn't too big of an issue. In most cases, it will correct itself and "migrate " upwards and out of the way. If it doesn't, then that's a problem. So, the upside to all of this is that we get to see our baby again in 4 weeks to see if anything has changed!

One other things that was able to be seen at our scan is the sex of the baby!! We didn't want to find out in the ultrasound room, so we had our tech seal it in an envelope. We immediately dropped that envelope off at The Union General in Clarkston to make us some gender reveal cupcakes for our closest family and friends. We cannot wait to find out the sex with everyone for Derrick's birthday this Friday! It's driving me crazy!

Even though my pregnancy isn't going as perfectly as I thought/hoped it would, I am still happy and thankful for the perfectly healthy baby in my belly! Stressing and worrying about things that aren't going the way I want is pointless, especially when it is completely out of my hands. Now, I'm off to relax, kick my feet up, and enjoy these precious little kicks :)

Halfway There :)

20 weeks (as of Monday) & time is starting to fly!
I am really starting to enjoy my pregnancy so much that I haven't had time to blog, haha. But seriously, I am loving being pregnant and have never felt so comfortable in my own skin :)
Let's start with the weekly bump shots we missed:

Belly is getting big and fast! Hopefully, starting on week 21, I will put my awesome chalk board to use and start doing my bump shots with that!

How far along? 20 weeks 3 days

Total weight gain/loss: like 8 pounds (I cannot stay off the scale!)

 
Maternity clothes? I've worn a maternity tank here and there just because it flatters my belly more, but my jeans and clothes still fit!! Except the bras.. I outgrew those a loonnnnggg time ago

Stretch marks? not yet and hopefully never! Keeping my belly oiled up!

Sleep: Sleeping much better than I use to that's for sure. I wake up once or twice a night, but I'm not complaining.

Best moment this week: Ahhh there's too many! These past few weeks have been awesome! Hectic, but awesome. But seeing our baby on Monday at our 20 week anatomy scan with my husband beats it all!

Movement: YES!! Makes me so excited! Little kicks and jabs. Nothing that hurts me but strong enough for my hubby to feel :)

Food cravings: Besides fruit, nothing other than what i usually eat, which I am very happy about.

Gender: No more waiting until birth!! We are finding out next Friday for Derrick's birthday!

Labor Signs: I think I still have a ways to go...

Belly Button in or out? Still in, but almost completely flat! It will be an outtie in no time.

Wedding rings on or off? On

What I miss: Beer... what I would give to have a Blue Moon!

What I am looking forward to: Finding out the sex, shopping and working on the nursery more.

Weekly Wisdom: I might have to hold off on wearing the cute little shoes until after pregnancy is over. I don't know if blisters are worth a few hours of looking cute...... who am I kidding?!? I'm a girl, that's what we do :)

Milestones: Past the halfway point! and no longer feel like I'm in the fat, puffy stage.

Derrick is convinced that bright white line in our twenty week ultrasound (picture above) is a penis. I'm pretty sure it's not... I guess we will see!

One thing we have been working on a little bit is the nursery. I am starting to nest and it is so frustrating when you drive over an hour to get to Ikea to get the one crib you REALLY want and it is discontinued :(  We were told they are suppose to bring it back in a few months, but who wants to wait that long?!

This is phase 1 of the nursery. I have it so planned out in my head what it will look like exactly. But I know it won't turn out like that... hopefully close. Even though we are finding out the sex of the baby, we are still shooting for a neutral-look room. I'm not into super gender-ized rooms or even themed rooms for that matter. I want a serene, calm nursery with a lot of artistic things in it (lots of ETSY). This is one place I CANNOT wait to spend a lot of time in :)