Let's play the guessing game!!!

not that there are many of you readers out there .. BUT. . .let's play the guessing game

what do you think i'm having?? :)

I'm 15 weeks tomorrow and I have an appointment this afternoon. . i know, LOGICALLY, we won't be able to find out. . but a part of me hopes we can.

SO. . just in case (i like to be prepared) place your guesses here!!! :)

is baby palmer a boy baby or a girl baby?? :)

14 weeks.. and sick...sick....sick

How your baby's growing: Head to bottom, your baby's 3 1/2 inches long — about the length of a lemon — and weighs about 1 1/2 ounces. Her body's growing faster than her head, which now sits upon a more well-defined neck. By the end of this week, her arms will have lengthened and will be in proportion to the rest of her body. (Her legs still have some growing to do, though.) She's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair all over her body (called lanugo). Her liver starts secreting bile this week, a sign that it's already functioning properly, and her spleen starts contributing to the production of red blood cells. She's also producing and discharging urine into the amniotic fluid, a normal process that she'll keep up until birth. You still can't feel your baby's movements, but her hands and feet (which are now half an inch long) are more flexible and active. Thanks to brain impulses, her little facial muscles are getting a workout as she squints, frowns, and grimaces. She can grasp now, too, and she may be able to suck her thumb.

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YAY for week 14. . not sure why. . it's just another week down :) but hopefully the whole tiredness thing will be better soon!

I was sidelined Monday and yesterday with some killer summer flu bug...ugh....how awful....no morning sickness at all and i get the flu. . .figures!!!

I'm feeling better now. . somewhat. . thank goodness!!!

today is the first day

That something didn't fit :(

my black capris don't fit anymore. .. I don't get it - I've only gained 1.5 pounds (well at least as of my last doctor's visit LOL). . ..what is going on???

on another note - John and I have an appointment tonight to have our first (in a series) of maternity pics taken. . .our wedding photographer is doing them. . YAY!!!! His wife just had a baby not too long ago. . so it's all fresh :)

how fun :)

hopefully i'll have pics to post here . .. don't know how he's getting us the proofs :)

13 weeks!!!

YAY!!!!

How your baby's growing: Your belly may soon be big enough to announce to the world that you're expecting, but your baby is still tiny. In fact, he's only about 3 inches long crown to rump — roughly the size of a jumbo shrimp — and weighs just about an ounce. Despite the small proportions, there's a fully formed baby inside your womb now. Much more proportional than it was a few weeks ago, his head is now only about a third the size of his body. His tiny, unique fingerprints are already in place. His kidneys and urinary tract are functional, and he's starting to urinate out the amniotic fluid he's been swallowing. As you start your second trimester, most of your baby's critical development will be completed, and your odds of miscarriage will drop considerably.

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I'm totally hoping that the 13 week mark will soon make the tiredness go away....i'm still tired LOL

I've also been plagued with a couple really bad migraines that Tylenol (xtra strength of course) is not doing a THING to ease...... Called the doctor yesterday and he ended up calling in a prescription for a migraine medication that's safe during pregnancy. Of course, I can't take it when i'm driving or at work .. so basically I have to be home so I can take it and sleep.. but some relief is better than none!!

I'm still feeling pretty lucky that all I have to "complain" about is a headache or two....

my stomach is starting to pooch out a little (or a little more than it USUALLY does ROFL) so that's pretty exciting (as exciting as gaining weight can be LOL)

I realized last night that i only have 1 more appointment until we find out what we're having. . .I go on July 31 and then the appointment after that should be the magic one :) :) any guesses????? :) :)

12 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!

our first milestone!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

12 weeks today .....woo hoo :)

here's what baby center has to say:

How your baby's growing: Your baby's hit the 2-inch mark (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce. Her face is beginning to look more human. Her eyes, which started out on the sides of her head, have moved closer together on her face, and her ears are near their final positions on the sides of her head. Your baby's intestines, which have grown so rapidly that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into her abdominal cavity about now. Her kidneys are secreting urine into her bladder. Her nerve cells have been multiplying rapidly, and synapses (neurological pathways in the brain) are forming. Your baby may have acquired more reflexes by now, including sucking, and she'll even squirm if you prod your abdomen, though you still won't be able to feel her movement for several weeks.

exciting stuff going on in my body :) :)

oh and a special note to my little baby....if you're half as easy as this pregnancy has been so far mommy and daddy are the luckiest parents in the whole world!!!!

Daddy told me today that he is SO SO happy that you are on your way to us.....and Mommy is too!!!

WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH baby :)

i just wish we could know what sex you are :) :)

11 weeks and a doctor's appointment

from babycenter:

How your baby's growing: Your fig-sized baby is now fully formed — measuring 1 1/2 inches long and weighing in at a quarter of an ounce. His skin is still transparent, allowing many of his blood vessels to show through. Some of his bones are beginning to harden, and tiny toothbuds are starting to appear under his gums. His fingers and toes have separated, and he may soon be able to open and close his fists. He's already busy kicking and stretching, and his tiny movements are so fluid they look like water ballet. These movements will increase as his body grows and becomes more developed and functional. As his diaphragm develops, your tiny tenant may also start to get the hiccups. Because he's still so small, though, you won't feel any of his workouts or intrauterine gulps until sometime between weeks 16 and 20.

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we had another doctor's appointment on monday. I have actually LOST 3 pounds and am only 1.5 pounds up from the last time I weighed in at weight watchers which was the day before I took the pregnancy test. Not bad!!!

My blood pressure was good too: 124/82 :)

we also had an ultrasound....nothing much to look at since the jellybean's so little still..but we got to hear his/her heartbeat....strong at 150 :) :) :)

Dr. Freedman told me I was the most laid back of all my cousins (he knows all 3 and has delivered babies for 2 of them :) ) . ... imagine that baby. . YOUR mommy laid back.....daddy thinks it's pretty funny!!!

Other than that. . . I feel good :)