27 Weeks - The 3rd Trimester!!!

Yay, I can't believe I'm in the 3rd trimester already!


It's been a busy week... went to the doctor on Monday, had a meeting with our insurance guy on Tuesday and started a pre-natal fitness course last night with Kelly... Oh, and 9 hours of work everyday + a 2.5 hour commute. Needless to say, I'm pretty fricking tired. But the end is in sight, although I realize "the end" also doesn't involve much sleep...


I'm starting to plan when I'm going off work, and I'm thinking April 4th will be my last day. That means I only have 10 more weeks of work left! With flex days, I only have 45 working days left!

It feels funny calling baby "bean" now that I know she is a girl. For some reason, "bean" seems more masculine to me... However, we have to call her something and we don't have a name picked out yet, so for now, bean it is.

Oh, and even when we do pick a name out... we won't be sharing it until she's born. We've decided to maintain some element of surprise with the birth, and we also want to minimize the amount of unsolicited feedback regarding our name selection. We are, however, open to suggestions or ideas because we're having a difficult time choosing, so feel free to leave your ideas in the comments section!

Here's the weekly status report..

Your baby is really starting to get big. This week your baby weighs almost 2 pounds (like a head of cauliflower) and is about 14.4 inches long with his legs extended. He now sleeps and wakes at regular intervals. He may suck his fingers, and although his lungs are still immature, they would be capable of functioning — with assistance — if he were born prematurely. Chalk up any rhythmic movement you may be feeling to a case of baby hiccups, which may be common from now on

~Preggo

26 Weeks and into the double digits!!

Only 98 days to go... I really can't believe it.

Things are starting to feel very REAL these days. Before it was just kind of an idea, an exciting idea, and I chose not to think about labor and childbirth and how much my life is going to change in just an instant when the baby bean is born. But now, as I get closer and closer to D-day I'm starting to freak out. Labor/Child birth is one of my biggest fears. I don't know if I will be able to handle it. I'm scared shitless of having an epidural and not being able to feel my legs. I really don't want to have a C-section. I just want to have my baby in my arms but not deal with the whole birthing process. Oh, and I'm already becoming a paranoid mess about my little girl and I still have 3 months to go. I constantly feel like I might go into labor at any minute and am analyzing every twinge and pain (which there are many of). I'll probably be one of those ladies thats in the hospital every day thinking it's time to go.

Anyhow, I think I'm just having one of those days! Must release the raging pregnancy hormones somewhere.

Kyle and I are contemplating attending a pre-natal course on labor/delivery and newborn care, so maybe that will help.

Well, here is the weekly status report for our baby girl.

Your baby now weighs about a pound and two-thirds and measures 14 inches (an English hothouse cucumber), from head to heel. Her weight will more than triple between now and birth as she rapidly puts on baby fat. She'll need that fat to help adjust to colder temperatures outside the womb and as a source of energy and calories in the first days of life. It's not uncommon for newborns, especially those who are breastfed, to lose weight (sometimes as much as 10 percent of their birth weight) in the first week after birth.

~Preggo

Womb with a view...

Best day ever.

We're having a GIRL!! Here are 2 of the pics, there are tons more and a movie of the ultrasound too, which I will attempt to learn how to put up here.

We are very happy and after the ultrasound we went directly to the mall to get some pretty pink dresses =)

~Preggo

25 Weeks!!

Another week gone by!

I had my first experience with the dreaded pregnancy leg cramp last night. OMG. I woke up at 2:30 am SCREAMING, I was like "HELP ME! HELP ME!" Kyle freaked out, he thought I was in labor or something!! Umm, I need to find out how to prevent that, I can't deal with that on a regular basis.

Baby bean is moving around all the time now and my belly grows bigger by the day. I love feeling him/her in there doing somersaults and karate moves!

Kyle and I are going to find out whether or baby bean is a girl or a boy on SATURDAY!!!

We weren't going to find out originally, we thought we wanted a surprise. However, this pregnancy seems to be taking a lifetime and we just can't wait any longer. Besides, with my shopaholic tendencies knowing the sex will make my life a lot easier. I'm just too much of a planner to not know!

So we are booked for a 4D Ultrasound at UC Baby on Saturday at noon and I can't even tell you how excited we are. It's like Christmas all over again, except maybe better!

Here's the weekly update

Head to heels, your baby now measures 13 1/2 inches. His weight — a pound and a half — isn't much more than an average rutabaga, but he's beginning to exchange his long, lean look for a more rounded one. As your baby gains weight, his wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and he'll start to look more like a mini newborn. His hair is probably recognizable now in color and texture, although both may change after he's born.

~Preggo

Stroller & Carseat - Check!

Shopping for a stroller is more difficult than shopping for a car. I swear, there are more makes and models out there than you could even imagine. It's absolutely overwhelming and unbelievable some of the things you can get.

There are strollers, travel-systems, jogging strollers, bassinet type strollers and many more. Amongst those you can get strollers with air-filled tires (something I originally wanted) rather than the cheap plastic tires, height adjustable handle bars, one-hand folding mechanisms etc. They come in so many colors, weights, sizes etc. Just trust me, it's crazy!

Anyhow, Kyle and I, being the cheap and unadventerous type that we are, decided to go with a Graco Quattro Tour. Here it is:

The carseat has a base in the car that you unattach the carseat from and click it into the stroller so when you go to the store and the baby bean is sleeping you don't have to wake him/her up. Pretty cool I think. It folds down easily and will fit in the trunk of my car just fine. Oh, and it's pretty cute. We got it on sale for $100 off, we paid $299.

I just couldn't justify spending $900 on one of these alien transport looking things:

Or even better, one of these for $1200!

Don't get me wrong, if you can afford it, good on you. We certainly couldn't.

If I had all the money in the world, I would have a selection of strollers in a stroller garage outside my mansion. Maybe for the next bean....

~Preggo

22, 23, and now 24 weeks!!!

I have no excuse. I stink at updating my blog.

I did, however, manage to fall down a flight of slippery concrete stairs on December 19th while christmas shopping on my lunch break and landed myself in the ER for a few hours. I'm fine, and more importantly, so is my bean. I had a nasty bruise on my back for a few weeks there but i'm doing much better now.

Christmas was great. I was spoiled this year, more than any other, which was nice. Kyle and I are looking forward to spoiling our little bean next christmas =)

New Year's was as much fun as it can be for a pregnant person. I drank fake beers while sitting around and watching all my friends get gooned. Surprisingly, I made it to midnight, and Kyle and I left the party at 12:15!

Well, here are the last 3 weekly bean status reports. Sorry for the delay =)

22 WEEKS

Your baby now looks like a miniature newborn, checking in at 10.9 inches (the length of a spaghetti squash) and almost 1 pound. Her skin will continue to appear wrinkled until she gains enough weight to fill it out, and the fine hair (lanugo) that covers her head and body is now visible. Her lips are becoming more distinct, and the first signs of teeth are appearing as buds beneath her gum line. Her eyes are developed, though the iris (the colored part of the eye) still lacks pigment. Eyelids and eyebrows are in place, and her pancreas, essential for hormone production, is developing steadily.

23 WEEKS

Your baby is more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound (about as much as a large mango). His skin is red and wrinkled. Blood vessels in his lungs are developing to prepare him for breathing. He can swallow, but he normally won't pass his first stool (called meconium) until after birth. Loud noises heard often in utero — such as your dog barking or the roar of a vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze your baby when he hears them outside the womb.

24 WEEKS

Your baby's growing steadily, gaining about a quarter of a pound since last week, when she was just over a pound. Since she's almost a foot long (picture an ear of corn), that makes a pretty lean figure, but her body is filling out proportionally and she'll soon put on more baby fat. Your baby's skin is thin, translucent, and wrinkled, her brain is growing rapidly, and her taste buds are developing. Her lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" and cells that produce surfactant, a substance **that helps the air sacs inflate easily.

~Preggo