Pregnancy: Week 13

How far along? 13 weeks
Total weight gain: 2 pounds
Sleep: I am now consistently waking up once to twice a night, without fail. I have been cutting back on my water intake a couple hours before bed, but that doesn't seem to be helping.
Best Moment this week: Hearing the baby's heartbeat at our 12 week appointment and getting another ultra sound. The technician said our baby was really active. He/She was flipping upside down, touching it's face, waving, touching it's feet, nodding. It was soooo cool!! :)
Food cravings: I still don't have any cravings! I am not waking up at midnight, screaming at Tim to run out and get me a pickle! I don't like chicken right now, and am having a hard time getting my protein. I am typically getting protein from nuts and protein supplement I put in my fruit smoothies.
Gender: ?
What I miss: Nothing! The past couple of weeks have been fantastic.
What I am looking forward to: Finding out the sex of the baby!!
Milestones: The secret is out. Now that we are almost out of the 1st trimester, we have told all of our close friends and family!



According to The Bump, our little baby is the size of a peach.

Baby Bump: 13 weeks

I am not showing too much, but there is a small bump. I can wear all my favorite clothes still, and have no problems fitting into my pants. They aren't even tight. :) I have been told that during your first pregnancy, you tend to see a distinct belly bump closer to 5 months. If you are preggers, or a mom, when did you really start to show?

Pregnancy: Week 10

How far along? 10 1/2 weeks
Total weight gain: Not sure, honestly. I haven't stepped on a scale. I will probably just wait to weigh myself at my next doctor's appointment on May 24th.
Sleep: Occasionally I wake up once a night, but then there will be nights that I sleep sound all the way through.
Best Moment this week: Sharing the news with more friends.
Food cravings: I don't have any cravings, I just have aversions. My safe foods are: Oatmeal, Fruit (I could eat fruit all day long), and bagels with cream cheese.
Gender: ?
What I miss: Feeling good in my own clothes. I feel bloated and fat all the time. This whole body changing thing is going to be a hard adjustment for me.
What I am looking forward to: Getting out of the first trimester!
Milestones: I am starting to show. I have a small belly, that sticks out a tad.

Pregnancy: Week 8 & Our First Doctor's Appointment

How far along? 8 weeks
Total weight gain: Zero
Sleep: I get up on average of once a night
Best Moment this week: My doctor's appointment!!
Food cravings: Nothing notable this week
Gender: ?
What I miss: Alcohol. Especially now that I am in Las Vegas for the next week.
What I am looking forward to: Telling my family the big news
Milestones: Seeing the baby for the first time on the ultra sound.

Tim and I had our first doctor's appointment last Monday. Words cannot even describe the feelings. I had anxiety, fear and an overwhelming sense of joy the whole morning. The first part of the appointment was the ultra sound. The technician found the embryo right away (they don't call it a fetus until after 10 or 11 weeks). It was about 4 mm in length and it had a steady heartbeat. Multiples run in my family, and I wanted her to make sure there weren't two! Can you imagine?? She printed pictures and we immediately gushed at them. We were getting the first picture of our little baby. The moment was surreal.

The next part of the appointment was my annual, and the main check with my OBGYN. I have been seeing her for 3 years, and love her. But this was Tim's first time meeting her and I wanted him to like her. He did. We probably sat in the room and chatted for almost a good 45 minutes a about the health of the baby and our family history. She suggested a few tests that we will be starting at week 12 which tests for down syndrome and other abnormalities. It's important to us to do all the testing needed to make sure our baby is healthy. I plan on covering this in depth in another blog post but for now I am going to skip past it.

I got all my blood work done, which was a little scary. By the time the appointment was completely over, I had been there 3 hours and had scheduled my next appointment for week 12.

By the way, we looked like first time parents to be in the waiting room. We had our Mayo Clinic Pregnancy Book, all of our questions, our questionnaire forms and probably a look of anxiety all over our faces. All the pregnant women seemed like such pros with their adorable belly bumps.

I can really only say one thing so far about going through our first appointment: It makes everything feel so incredibly real. We both sat together later that evening and thought for the first time, we are going to be parents.

Pregnancy: Week 6

How far along? 6 weeks
Total weight gain: Zero
Sleep: No changes
Best Moment this week: My dreams! I have been seeing a little girl in most of them...is this a sign?
Food cravings: Pickles and OJ. I am not "craving" them per se, but my taste buds absolutely love them when I do have them.
Gender: ?
What I miss: My energy. I am fatigued all of the time.
What I am looking forward to: My first doctors appointment.
Milestones: Half way through the first trimester!

Pregnancy: Week 5 & Some Changes to this Blog

Wow, things have changed!! Tim and I are having a baby, so this blog will start documenting this new chapter for us. Both of us are still shocked, and the idea that we are going to have a baby in 9 months doesn't actually feel real!

I hope that my blog becomes a great resource for other moms-to-be & future mom's thinking of pregnancy. I know I have found knowledge in a personal forum by reading my favorite bloggers. Plus I can now document all of the pregnancy up's and down's, allowing me to keep a personal record that I can reflect back on.

While the idea below isn't exactly original, I am going to try to provide a weekly update. I might not get around to it every week, if nothing is going on, but I really want to look back and remember every single detail of this pregnancy. I am beyond excited, and I hope you stick around through all this baby mumbo-jumbo. I promise my regular posts won't always be about baby, pregnancy and some random food craving I am having....I am still obsessed with clothes and shopping, and I still have lots of confessions to make on Tuesdays :)



How far along? 5 1/2 weeks
Total weight gain: Zero. My weight is still the same as pre-pregnancy.
Sleep: No changes
Best Moment this week: Telling Tim's side of the family the big news
Food cravings: None
Gender: ?
What I miss: A glass of wine at dinner
What I am looking forward to: My first doctors appointment
Milestones: We are pregnant!

The stick doesn't lie!

After 3 tests, and many emotions later, it's true. I am pregnant! I am estimating that I am 5 weeks pregnant at this moment, but I won't know for sure until I see the doctor on April 19th.

While I was in Fremont, away on business, I had felt "off." It wasn't any type of text book symptom, it was just a feeling. My body just felt different. I was also really exhausted.

I decided to go and buy a pregnancy test, something I have never ever done. I spent 30 minutes analyzing all of the different types, brands, etc, in the grocery store aisle and finally opted on an EPT test. I needed one that tested prior to a missed period. To be exact I was testing two days early.

I waited until the morning to take the test. I peed on the stick, and then ran back to my bed for a few more minutes, taking a few deep breathes. I knew in these two minutes, that test was going to change my life.

And it did.

I took the test in my hand, and there were two faint, but visible lines that formed a +. I called Tim right away. I woke him up with an emotional outpouring of happiness. I couldn't believe I was staring at a positive pregnancy test in a hotel room, calling my husband! He was ecstatic, a little groggy, but doing his best to "be with me in the moment."

A few days later, I was indeed late on my period, so I tested two more times. Once more in Fremont, with almost the same re-enactment above; me calling Tim, waking him up, to confirm an even more visible + sign. The third and final test was another brand. I wanted a digital test; to eliminate all doubt. I did this one at my parent's house and right away not even 30 seconds after I peed on the stick, the word pregnant popped up.

I never would have imagined that my first time going through this emotion, I would be without Tim. This was the picture I took from the second test. I sent this to Tim via text, so it was like he was there. It's been a crazy two weeks, and now that I am back home, the reality of a soon to be baby is even more vivid. It's going to be one heck of an adventure....