14 weeks survey

How far along? 14w4d
Total weight gain/loss: +11lbs
Maternity clothes? Yes, almost all the time
Stretch marks? Not yet (and hopefully I'll be able to stay away from them again this pregnancy)
Sleep: Meh, its ok. I've had insomnia this pregnancy, so my sleep hasn't been that great. Chris got kicked out of the bedroom about 3 weeks ago so at least I don't have to contend with his snoring.
Best moment this week: Anytime I hear the HB on the doppler (Its been between 155 and 165)
Movement: Nah, I think its still just gas at this point (I did find out today that I have an anterior placenta, but the doc said that it likely won't impede any feeling of movement on my end since I'm not overweight)
Food cravings: HUMMUS. And any type of dip, really (except salsa). Chips/Pita chips/crackers and dip is all I've wanted for about 10 days now.
Labor Signs: No and hopefully they don't get any ideas any time soon
Belly Button in or out? In
What I miss: My family (as always) and uninterrupted sleep
What I am looking forward to: The weekend, movement, our vacay to Puerto Rico, and uneventful and healthy pregnancy, finding out the sex, enjoying the warm weather once it finally makes its appearance.
Milestones: I don't think I have any really. A good cervix report?

State of my cervix and u/s pic!

Everything looks good on the cervix front. Its measuring 4 cm which is great. I was able to get a fab shot of the baby - here s/he is!

Latest and Greatest

Had my usual OB appt today. It was pretty 'eventful.' Not in a bad way, just lots of stuff that was checked. I have gained 10 lbs (OOPS) and the baby's HB was nice and loud on the doppler at 164 (its been in the mid 160s for about 2-3 weeks now). Which reminds me - VOTE IN MY BABY SEX POLL! Its conveniently located at the upper right side of de blog.

Moving on, I have been feeling an RLP sensation but close to where my cervix would be, so the doc did an exam and proclaimed my cervix to have plenty of length, but wanted to do a quick cervical check u/s just to be sure of the exact lentgh at this point. He said he wanted to do one between 13-14 weeks anyways, so its kind've routine too. I go in on Thursday for that. I get the clear to do low impact exercise, like yoga and walking as long as my cervix has a good report. The doc isn't expecting anything out of the ordinary there, so I'm sure things will be fine.

I don't think I'm any larger than last week, so as soon as I get around to taking a pic, I'll post it under the belly pics tab. I have a busy week ahead of me culminating with a fab trip to CA for my lovely BF's baby shower. Super excited about this. Gabriella is coming as well. Hopefully that shiny new portable DVD player keeps her happy on the plane ride :)

There's no denying it now!

Alrighty so there's no way in hell you can deny I'm pregnant now. I legitimately LOOK pregnant. I look the same way now as I did when I was about 16/17 weeks pregnant with Gabriella.

We got our b/w results back from the NT and everything came back fantastic. We're at a 1 in greater than 10K risk for Down's and both trisomies. That's the same factor we had with Gabriella so we were super excited to hear that news. The gossip has been spreading around the work place for a week now and frankly I'm beyond annoyed. I wanted to share on my own terms and I haven't really been able to do that b/c a blabbermouth friend of mine who was sworn to secrecy to me thought it was ok to confirm to the biggest office gossip that I was indeed pregnant. Um ok, thanks. Didn't realize it was YOUR news to share, but whateves. I'm over it. Rather than outright telling people I'm pregnant I'm waiting for people to actually ask me so that they can actually inquire about my pregnancy and well being. Why do you ask? I HATE that people are asking other people if I am in fact pregnant and then if they do hear a confirmation, they don't even have the decency to congratulate me and wish me well. Rather, the sole purpose of them knowing is to feed the gossip mill. No effing thanks. You want to know if I'm pregnant? Ask me directly and I'll tell you.

Sorry about the rant, I've just been quite pissed about this. Anywho, onto my bump, here it is in its 12.5 week glory. Immediately prior to taking this I was able to hear the thump thump thump of the baby's hb - still in the 160s.

Oh, and one more quick thing - I have my 1st cervical check on 5/3 and I am not allowed to know any sex guesses b/c Chris won't be there (BOO) but we did schedule our 20 week anatmoy scan - its on 6/7, Gabriella's 2nd birthday :)

NT scan :)

We had our NT scan today and everything went great. Baby was just in the right position and we were able to get everything we needed right away. Baby was out cold and did not want to move though - it would have been nice to see some action! Everything looks GREAT and the perinatologist expects my b/w to come back very good as well. Baby was measuring slightly ahead at 12 weeks exactly. I won't be spilling the beans at work or on FB until after I get the b/w back.

In other news, I'm sick again. Gabriella decided to share her head cold with me. The funny thing is that she's not even bothered by it and I've been dying the past 2 days. I took the day off work today to recoup and I'm really glad I did b/c I think it did a world of good for me. I've been sleeping like such crap lately. I wake up constantly and being sick is no exception. Hopefully I'll go back to some level of restorative sleep soon.

Gabriella is great. Aside from the sniffles, she's in fine form. We're looking forward to some warmer weather so we can get outside and expend some of her pent up energy!

Here's one pic of our big monkey. I've been trying to post one of the NT scan but blogger keeps rotating it the wrong way. Lame.

10 weeks, almost 11 weeks update

I just had my routine OB appt today and everything looks great. We were able to hear the HB pumping away in the 160s. The nurse had trouble finding it, but the doc found it instantly so that was nice. I honestly wasn't worried about it since I've been able to catch it on my doppler since about 9 weeks :)

I'm up 6 lbs, which is well, to be expected. With my nausea and aversions, I'm left with nothing to eat my refined carbs. I will say thought, I've felt great since Saturday. I only have occasional queasiness and all in all the nausea (unless provoked by overeating) is gone. I'm still relatively tired. I find it very difficult to make it past 9/9.30 without hitting the hay. But hell, as long as that nausea is gone, I'll take the fatigue any day. I have my NT scan next Tuesday and I'll be sure to update after that. I also found out today that I'll be having a cervical check u/s at 14 weeks (this is part of my routine cervical checks that I'll be having b/c of my LEEP that I had after Gabriella). Maybe we'll get an early gender prediction! I myself am pretty torn though. I've been having a boy vibe since the beginning, but that high heart rate is throwing me off!

Gabriella is doing well. She's got a little bit of a cold, but it isn't bugging her at all, thankfully. Her finger is MUCH better. The nail fell off, which we were expecting, but it looks much much better. Hopefully that new nail grows in soon so that area won't be as sensitive for her.

BTW, for those curious about belly pics, I've been posting them on a separate page. See link above, next to "tickers." :)

I know, I know. It's been FOREVER!

I've been really bad about updating. I haven't done any pg updates or updates on Gabriella. The reality is I have had no desire to look at a computer at all. I have to do it for work, but the idea of being on the computer for non work reasons makes my head hurt.

I have a few new belly pics which I need to post. Otherwise this pg seems to be going by slow and fast at the same time. I'm excited to almost be in week 9 but I just want to be out of 1st tri already. Symptoms wise...ugh, well I had super duper nausea from right before week 6 through about a week ago. Since then its been kinda ebbing and flowing. Rather than being constantly nauseous, I'm just constantly queasy with momentary nausea. My boobs are friggin huge. I've gone up nearly 2 cup sizes and they HURT. Its amazing, post BFing they lost so much density and now they're like a bag of rocks all over again. Fatigue is meh. Some days I'm ok, others I'm more tired. Today would probably be my most exhausting day yet (more on that in a sec). I've generally been going to bed about an hour earlier and that seems to keep daytime fatigue at bay. I have major aversions. Mexican food? BARF! Chinese food? BARF! Italian food? BARF! Its weird, I only know what I feel like eating right as I'm starting to get hungry. Then I have to scramble to get what feels ok to eat (in terms of meals at least).

Gabriella is super adorable. She's talking so much - it really amazes me. She's starting to put 2 words together more often and its just so cute. One phrase I was not a fan of was "Mama! Ouch!" (this was last night). Gabriella smashed her finger in a TV cabinet at the daycare lady's house and over the course of 4 days the blood that has pooled under her bruised nail got infected...so her finger got infected. During the day she is ok. She can use her finger normally and isn't protecting it. The problem is that she used this finger (her right ring finger) and her index finger to suck on to soothe herself to sleep. Well, she hasn't really been able to do that so its been wreaking havoc on her (and my) sleep. How do I send daddy in the room when she's crying "Maaaaamaaaaa...ouch!" Poor monkey. She's on meds for it and hopefully that and the Motrin will give her some more permanent relief soon!