Weekly Baby Update: Week 18

It's here, it's here, it's finally here! It's the fifth month! Oh yay! Daisy is growing like crazy! She's approximately 5 1/2 inches and 5 ounces. Gosh she's getting big. Soon she'll be big enough to come out! Daisy is practicing her hiccuping and yawning. This is the week that "What to Expect" says you may feel some of those punches and kicks but it's our secret (not really secret however) that I've been feeling Daisy since the end of the 13th week. Our doctor was surprised but said it's not unlikely.

If there was ever a week I was going to get morning sickness, it'll be this week. Daisy is compared to a bell pepper this week. Yuck! If she tastes anything like a bell pepper I will be sick! Haha. Just kidding!

New developments for me this week: My jeans no longer button! Or they do, but with a muffin top (not attractive). This is most exciting. I've mostly been losing weight so to realize that my belly is growing even though my weight is not is wonderful!

We've got our big anatomy scan 13 days from now. This is the scan that most people first find out the gender. At the last appointment though, Working Man convinced her to do an ultrasound. She also guessed a girl. Yay, Daisy is still a Daisy.

I have an appointment with a perinatologist next week. They want me to be in touch with the high risk doctor. My doctor knows there is a high chance I'll be on insulin by the end of my pregnancy. In that case, I'll be seeing this new doctor exclusively. If I don't, I'll be seeing both this new doctor and my current OB together. They will consult as well as consulting with the dietician and the perinatal center. I feel so...loved. Haha. Lots of people making sure Daisy comes out healthy after her incubation period. Of course, also making sure she doesn't cook too long!

That's all I've got this week. She's been moving around a lot lately and I do believe this really is the honeymoon stage of the pregnancy. I'm pretty comfortable most of the time. Some back aches when I stand too long. Otherwise, a-ok.

Weekly Baby Update: Week 17

Today we are 17 weeks. Daisy is now the weight of a turnip, the size of a palm. She's five inches long and approximately 5 ounces. She's practicing more than ever her sucking, breathing, swallowing. She can move her joints and her sweat glands are starting to develop. She's still pretty translucent but she's finally putting on some fat.

We've still got a ways to go but this is the last week of the fourth month. Amazing to believe that next week we'll be in our fifth month. Time is speeding along. We've got an appointment this week. I don't know if we'll see her this week or if we'll see her at the next appointment just after 22 weeks. I hope it's this week. We still have to get secondary confirmation that baby doesn't have a dangler! Lol.

Have a great day y'all! Until next week!

FFR

Nursery...Finally!

Crazy or not, the nursery is done...almost. I know, I've been saying that for a long time but really, it's almost done. I need Working Man to come home to finish the rest. Like putting up the television and the smoke detector. And at some point we'll be getting curtains and bedding but...it's done enough for pictures. After a month and a half of work, the nursery is ready to be shown to you guys.

So first, pictures of the start:

So before we did anything else, I managed to talk Working Man into removing the popcorn ceiling. My biggest thing was that this room would finally be empty and popcorn ceilings are dated. If our bedroom and living room weren't completely full, I'd empty them and get those scraped too. Anyway...

Then we had to prime the walls. Did you see how dark it was before? Yeah, our paint wasn't going to do much for that.

Then we did the ceiling. The idea behind this was for a night sky. We will be putting glow in the dark stars on there...like I said, almost done.

Then we painted the walls the light blue and MIL J started working on the horse. This part of the nursery was an intense project. It's artistic and time consuming.

Once MIL J finished with the horse and grass and flowers, she went ahead with a huge beautiful tree. She put in apples and put in letters of her name and painted them a bright apple red as well. After all that, Working Man and I put up the crib...which we did twice. Because, like good ol' rookies, we didn't realize it wouldn't fit through the door. Oops!

Next to go up, the changing table. We did not have to do this twice and we were very successful at getting it done quickly.

The last to go up, the dresser. It was a little more work, a lot more pieces, but not too hard. And the black thing on the wall is for the TV. Again, ALMOST done.

The last piece to go into the room was the glider. Actually, not technically the last piece...the last piece is baby.

Well, there you have it. All of everyone's hard work in a room. And if baby turns out to have a dangler, the name is up there with double sided tape. We'll just replace the letters. Haha. We're too tired to do anything else.

FFR

Weekly Baby Update: Week 16

This week is week 16. Although most would say that 16 divided by 4 is 4 months, months are actually 4.2 weeks long, something my chemistry teacher in high school taught me (why don't teachers tell us this more often?). Anyway, this isn't the end of month 4, that's next week. How we're changing this week:

Baby is the size of an avocado. She's about 4 1/2 inches long and about 3 1/2 ounces. In this time, she's going to be growing much more quickly.

Baby's eyes are now actually moving behind her eyelids and as we talked about last week, she's responsive to light.

Baby is pumping about 25 quarts of  blood a day, a number that will only continue as she grows.

Baby has toenails and, crazy enough to believe, the pattern for hair is present even though there isn't hair there yet. She's also got eyelashes and eyebrows!

Not much going on symptom-wise. Some gas and definitely round ligament pain (essentially the ligaments supporting the uterus are stretching and thickening). I feel her fluttering almost every day though I'd love to start feeling those kicks. I'm so anxious to know she's there every single day.

The nursery is almost complete. Small details to finish. When it's done, that's when you'll get the post with the pictures from start to finish. It's a big change and I'm totally in love with it!

FFR

Weekly Baby Update: Week 15

Hooray, hoorah! Another week down. We are now entering week 15. We are 5 weeks from the wonderful halfway point. I am so excited! Baby is the size of an apple this week at about 4 1/2 inches long and 2 1/2 ounces.

I can tell you that she is moving around a lot lately! She's supposed to be and I can feel it just about every single day now. She gives me lots of flutters and sometimes I've got the goldfish moving around in there. Working Man always wants to know if it's a strange feeling. To me, it's not and it's probably because it's something I've been waiting for!

Baby's eyes are moving to the front of her face and her ears are properly positioned now. She can move her fingers and toes and she can suck her thumb. She's practicing breathing and swallowing. Although her eyes are fused shut, she can sense light. If we were to point a light at her, she's likely to move away. She has nothing to taste, but she has something to taste with. Her taste buds are forming! Mmmm, milk!

This week Baby and I have two appointments. One has nothing to do with her, I'm getting fitted for contacts. The other has everything to do with her. We're going to see the nutritionist. Whoohoo. I'm both looking forward to and not looking forward to this. I would not be surprised if they gave me a meal plan. In spite of all my efforts, my BG numbers are still all over the place. Especially in the morning. I haven't quite figured out how to get my number under 95 before breakfast. Ah well, always a learning curve.

I am happy to say that we're almost half way through the fourth month. It's crazy to think of because it doesn't feel like it's been that long.

FFR