Pregnancy & Produce: Week 15

Ladies and gentlemen...we now have an Apple!!

Here's what http://www.babycenter.com/ has to say about our baby's growth this week:

"How your baby's growing:Your growing baby now measures about 4 inches long, crown to rump, and weighs in at about 2 1/2 ounces (about the size of an apple). She's busy moving amniotic fluid through her nose and upper respiratory tract, which helps the primitive air sacs in her lungs begin to develop. Her legs are growing longer than her arms now, and she can move all of her joints and limbs. Although her eyelids are still fused shut, she can sense light. If you shine a flashlight at your tummy, for instance, she's likely to move away from the beam. There's not much for your baby to taste at this point, but she is forming taste buds. Finally, if you have an ultrasound this week, you may be able to find out whether your baby's a boy or a girl! (Don't be too disappointed if it remains a mystery, though. Nailing down your baby's sex depends on the clarity of the picture and on your baby's position. He or she may be modestly curled up or turned in such a way as to "hide the goods.") "

As for me and how I'm feeling:
I really can't complain. I haven't been sick at all-moments where I thought I might but haven't actually thrown up-WOO HOO!! :::knocking on wood::: Seems like the key for me is to make sure I eat in the morning...otherwise it could get messy! Blech!!

As for my clothes-they are definitely starting to get tighter. Pants that I wore last week are no longer an option. I think it's time to start looking for some maternity clothes. Not sure I'm looking forward to that...clothes aren't my thing and finding clothes that fit without being pregnant is tough enough.

I'm SOOOO glad that Matt is back home. That was the longest he's ever been away-6 days and it wasn't fun.

I cheered myself up one day with some shopping-went into Baby Gap for fun and walked out with some great deals all for under $12 total! A cute little Halloween onesie for next year, a green onesie that says "How cute am I?" and a brown corduroy hat with those flaps that snap down-SOOOO cute! AND...I got a maternity shirt for me too-all for under $12!!

Pregnancy & Produce - Wk 14

In this week's editiion of Pregnancy and Produce...

We now have a lemon!! Our update this week from www.babycenter.com says:

"This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon — and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active."

WOW!! I'm sure our little lemon is frowning right now-Matt left last night for his "last hurrah" before baby and headed to Indio, California for Festival 8-a three day Phish festival. I'm frowning too-we all miss him!!

As for me I'm feeling great, but worry if I say that too many times I'll jinx myself! My clothes are still fitting and it seems like I'm out of the sleepy all the time phase-very thankful for both of those things!

I found myself talking to our baby yesterday...a semi cut me off on the highway and we're in the middle of a HUGE snow storm and needless to say I said some words, some not very nice words. I found myself, after recovering, talking to our little lemon (although yesterday I was calling him/her our peach) and apologizing for raising my voice and using some colorful language. When I caught myself...I just laughed and smiled...I am sooo darn excited about this baby!!

~Melissa

155 BPM

That was our baby's heart rate today-155 beats per minute. According to our Dr, that's right where our little peach ought to be!!

We got to hear the heartbeat today too...can I just say amazing??? Perm-a-grin all day long after that! Matt and I both were loving every little "whomp...whomp...whomp"-seriously, that's what it sounds like!!

Ok...about the peach. Each week we get an email telling us what the baby is doing, what is developing and changing and how big our growing baby is getting.

So this week...we've got a peach on our hands. And here are some growth facts from http://www.babycenter.com/

"Fingerprints have formed on your baby's tiny fingertips, her veins and organs are clearly visible through her still-thin skin, and her body is starting to catch up with her head — which makes up just a third of her body size now. If you're having a girl, she now has more than 2 million eggs in her ovaries. Your baby is almost 3 inches long and weighs nearly an ounce."

Now how amazing is that? La La How Our Lives Go On... : )

Looking forward to tomorrow...

tomorrow we go in for another appointment-we'll be 13 weeks 1 day pregnant. : )

Tomorrow, assuming everything goes well-and I am absolutely assuming that it will, we'll be "going public" and telling people.

So far there are very few people that know our little secret-well, big secret, currently the size of a peach (I'll explain later)-just our families and some close friends...including the Cooking Club girls too of course! : )

Tomorrow after our appointment we'll start telling more people...and as much as I have looked forward to this day for what seems like forever, it also makes me kinda nervous.

See, we've had some minor complications along the way-some spotting, some cramping...tons of appointments, lots of ultrasounds and ultimately I was put on progesterone.

So for the first several weeks, we held our breath and frankly didn't talk much about it.

And here we are now...finishing out the first trimester, and no longer holding our breath and talking about "it" alot.

Did I mention how happy we are? Happy...very happy, extremely happy...there are no words to describe how happy we are about this baby.

More tomorrow...after we get to see our little peach-I told you...I'll explain later. : )

Sooo...Guess What?!?!?

We're pregnant!!

Yes...I'm serious!! Today we're 11 weeks 4 days pregnant...PREGNANT...Oh my gosh!

We got our BFP August 16th. Here's how that went:
I'd been thinking about taking a test, but was frankly was scared of potentially seeing that "-" show up...so I put it off. I thought about it Friday night-nope chickened out.
~Saturday morning- nope...still wasn't wanting to risk seeing bad news.
~Sunday-woke up early, woke Matt up and told him I thought I should take a test. His response was "no, it's too early." I said, "I'm a week late, too early for what?" Matt said "too early, I won't be able to NOT tell everyone."

Clearly not a good reason so I went and POAS-but then left it on the corner of the vanity and went back to bed. We laid there and talked about it for a few minutes and I told Matt he had to look at it-I was too scared. He got out of bed, went to get it...walked back in and said "I think it's inconclusive." He handed it to me and I looked at it and said "Honey, I think we're pregnant!!"

There was laughing and there were some tears...I believe "Oh my gosh" was said more than once by each of us.

We celebrated by going on a nice long 8 mile hike-yes seriously. When we got home I went back upstairs and took another test, this time a digital one, just to be sure. Guess what? It was positive too, and this time, there was no doubt-it read loud and clear "Pregnant."

WE ARE PREGNANT!!

Tent vs Bed

Matt left today for a winter camping trip with the boys. They seem to think it's fun to go up in the mountains, when snow has fallen, when snow will probably fall while they are there and sleep on the ground, in tents.

So Maddie and I are here at home having a girls weekend-under a roof, with heat, getting to sleep in a big comfy bed-I say we win.

We'll be more than happy when he comes home on Sunday-we'll have chili in the crockpot and cornbread ready for him. We'll watch the double header-Broncos game at and then the Rockies playoff game.

So...while I hope that he has a great time with the boys on his camping trip...I can't wait until my Homis gets home!

Light the Night

Tonight we walked in The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light the Night walk. This was our second year walking in memory of my good friend Marta.

Walking in memory...I hate saying that. It's so not what I want to be doing. What I want is to walk WITH Marta, in honor of Marta, not in memory of Marta. But Marta lost her battle 18 months ago now when a condition related to her years of treatment for Hodkin Disease ended up being Marta's last battle.

Some of you who will read this knew her personally and I don't have to tell you what an amazing person she was. For those of you who didn't know Marta let me tell you a little bit about my friend.

She never complained, about anything. Not the chemo, not the stem cell transplant, not about losing her hair, not about being in horrible pain from the open sores in her mouth from the massive doses of chemo, not being diagnosed and battling cancer 3 separate times, NOTHING.

It was Marta who was comforting me when she told me the cancer was back, again. We were at work and I came to see how her test results had turned out-she looked at me, smiled and said "it's back." I immediately started crying and she stood up, gave me a hug and told me "Don't cry, it's going to be alright." Here my friend was faced with having to battle cancer again and SHE is comforting me!

So that's a little bit about Marta and who we walked to CELEBRATE tonight. Marta may very well have lost her battle with cancer but this woman lived every single minute of her life. So tonight we spread Marta's wings and let her spirit soar.

I miss my friend. I miss her laugh. I miss her smile. I miss her leaving me notes on my computer when she'd stop by my office to say "hi"-I actually still have one of them and after all this time still have it on my bulletin board above my desk. I miss her keeping me grounded. I miss going to eat at Las Delicious with her. I miss her wearing Chanel open-toed, high heels in the snow. I miss her cooking. I miss her hugs. I miss talking to her about everything and anything. I miss my friend.