14 weeks

I’ll probably do a full 14 week update on Monday, but since Saturday’s are the actual day when we mark a week of this pregnancy completed, I figured I’d post a photo.

Here is a comparison of my current belly with my belly while pregnant with Emily.  At 24 weeks.  In the same maternity jeans even. I knew a started showing really late with her, but I’d forgotten how late.  At this point with Emily I was still VERY comfortable in my pre-pregnancy jeans!

Isn’t that crazy?  (Obviously my photography skills have gone down hill somewhat too!)

13 weeks: the first of the bumpdates

                                 

Total Weight Gained/Loss? So far I’ve lost around 3lbs. Last time I was down 10lbs at this point, so I’m glad I’ve been able to keep my weight up this time. 

Maternity Clothes: I feel like I’m carrying a bit lower this time (so far), which may explain why I’ve needed to dig out my maternity pants already.  The only problem is that they keep falling of my hips while I’m walking since they were stretched out with my 9 month belly last time.  Hopefully in the next few weeks there will be a little to the bump to help keep them up.

Sleep: Hasn’t been to bad so far, but I’m slowly having to rotate off my stomach and onto my side.  The intense fatigue during the day has also started to go away, so I’m enjoying waking up feeling rested instead of unexplainably sleep deprived.

Best Moment of the Week?  We had two exciting things happen this week.  The first was hearing his little heartbeat (150 bpm) on the Doppler for the first time at the midwives office on Thursday. The midwife also did my measurements and told me that I should be feeling the baby move any time, since my uterus is sitting just below my belly button.

Movement? The second exciting things?  Feeling this baby move!  A couple times last night I thought I felt little flutters in there, and then while lying in bed reading, I felt a definite wiggle across the bottom of my tummy.  With Emily I didn’t feel anything until 18 weeks right on the dot, so feeling this one moving at 13 weeks is exciting.  I guess it means my placenta is out of the way again this time.

Cravings?  Salads and fruit (just like last time), chicken wings (again, a repeat), Chalet sauce, beer (obviously left unanswered), Sushi (spicy shrimp tempura) and anything Mexican.

Gender?  We won’t find out for another 5 or 6 weeks, but so far my intuition (and a few other sources) are telling me boy.  Hopefully it’s true, since I’ve been picking up some cute boy clothes the past few weeks!

Labour Signs? Nada.  I’m wondering if I’ll experience braxton hicks this time around though.  I guess we won’t know for another couple of months.

Belly Button? In.  It barely started popping out the last time, so I don’t expect to see it until the very end again.

What I miss? Beer (although I’m not normally a beer drinker).

What I'm looking forward to: Feeling more movement, and for the time when Emily started to notice my growing belly more.

our big project of 2012

Word’s already out on Twitter and Facebook, so many of you may already have heard, but in case you haven’t, here are some details on what we’ve been working on!

 

Originally my due date was July 17th, but an ultrasound at the beginning of January knocked it back to early August.  I’m hoping he’ll come in late July instead, but either way, it looks like Emily will be getting a new sibling for her birthday!

I’m 13 weeks as of yesterday, so tomorrow I’ll start posting weekly updates again.  Things have been moving much more quickly this time around, and I’ve already broken into a lot of my maternity wear.

See you then!

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