13 weeks!

How far along? 13 weeks!

How big is baby? the size of a peach :-)

Weight gain:Well, I gained .5lbs when I was at the my OB appointment on Monday. Dr.M said that was fine just wanted to make sure I was eating/not sick/etc. He said I'll probably see weight gain pretty soon and to plan on gaining around 28-35lbs! I must be losing it somewhere because my belly is getting incredibly big-fast. I'm a little worried I'm going to get huge but I guess that's out of my plans-I just really don't want a 9lb baby! eak!

Stretch Marks? Definatly not yet :-)

Sleep: No problems in that department! I do have the craziest dreams though! The other night I dreamnt Tony Yelk (an ex-fling from college) was going to kill me so I told him I was pregnant with his baby. Then he decided not to kill. Then he found out later it was Jeff's baby and was chasing me around trying to kill me again...and I woke up. haha....very strange dreams!!

Best moment this week: Seeing our little 'girl' kick like crazy at our ultrasound. It was absolutely amazing to see all her movement and it seemed so unreal! I can't wait to feel all those kicks :-)

Movement: None...but I do try to concentrate on my belly when I'm laying down at night. I just know alot of people tell me that they felt kicks but didn't realize they were kicks until later on. So I want to be very 'in tune' so when I feel them I realize what they are! :-)

Gender: Supposedly a girl...but Jeff won't let me call her 'gianna' yet because he still thinks it may be a boy ;-)

Labor Signs: None

Belly Button in or out? Definatly in...

Cravings: Hm...last night I craved tacos and I don't even like tacos! Everyday is different.

What I miss: Being able to take migraine medicine and drink as much caffiene as I wanted! haha

What I am looking forward to: Being able to feel movement and our next ultrasound...week of December 13th!

Weekly Wisdom: Enjoy every second!! I think time is going to fly by and I can't wait to meet our little girl, but I always remind myself to enjoy being pregnant too :-)

It's a....

GIRL?!?! Today we had our nt scan. Basically just a ultrasound and bloodwork to check for abornmalities which may be a sign of down syndrome and other chromosome disorders. Our results will be back in about a week!

The ultrasound was AMAZING!! Little Baby P was moving around like crazy. She would kick the side of the uterus which would make her fly up in the 'air' and land. Her arms were kicking/playing with the umbilical cord and moving all over. She looked at us a few times and squirmed a bunch....then took a short 5 minute nap. haha. At the very end she even got the hiccups!! So cute!!

I asked the ultrasound nurse to guess the gender. She said she was always right, except for once a few months ago. It really hurt her ego so now she doesn't like to guess the gender but I promised that I wouldn't go buying anything just yet (yea, right!). She showed us a spot and said.."See this line? With a boy it's straight and a girl, it's down. Looks like a girl to me." Then she moved so we couldn't make our own conclusions! Ugh! She kept calling the baby a 'she' the rest of the time though. It was overall amazing!!

Here's a quick pic...I'll add more later (like some 3d's).

ALSO-BLOG UPDATE!! (read below!!)

It's been kind of a pain in the butt to keep two blogs and I know alot of people want to continue to follow our journey. SO to make life easier on all of us I will now only be posting on our regular blog (jjplotz.blogspot.com). This blog will stay up but I won't be updating it, unless we do IVF again in the future. My other blog isn't private so you don't need an invite. On that blog I will be posting about my crafting/remodeling adventures as well so if you don't care about that just ignore those :-) Anyway-just to make life easier on all of us!!

I got fluffy mail!!!!!!

I ordered 3 BM (BumGenius 3.0 One Size) cloth diapers on Friday...they were 'repairables' and about 50% off. BM usually run about $17.50, yes for one diaper. BUT that will last us from birth to 35lbs/potty training which is a great deal. I purchased them for $8.50 because they were not good enough to sell in stores. For example, on one of mine the velcro wasn't sew on all the way so that needs fixing. For 50% off I'm more than willing to do a little work! Below is a picture of the 3 diapers I got. (I purchased boy colors because they were more gender neutral than the hot pink ones!)

The three diapers are shown in the small size, medium, and large (they have snaps/velcro which make the diaper different sizes). The BM one sizes are supposed to fit anywhere from 8lbs-35lbs (give or take). They are also pocket diapers so you stuff them with either inserts or prefolds. (We'll use prefolds because we got a bunch for a great price). You can add or subtract the
amount of inserts you want depending on your baby (overnight-stuff more!)

I also have a pic showing where the inserts go and one of my prefolds sticking out. I still need to buy a TON more but it's a good start! I also need to purchase some liners. (The liners will be placed on the inside of the diaper and catch poo-then I can just through the liner in the trash or toilet! No more washing poo diapers!! :-)

12 weeks

How far along? 12 weeks!
How big is baby? the size of a plum! A little over 2 inches from head to rump
Total weight gain:Back to -2lbs...I had gained 4 but somehow lost those over the course of the week (although I've grown quite a tummy-EAK! See below)
Stretch Marks? Definatly not yet :-)
Sleep: I've been hot at night-and other than my kitties squashing me I sleep pretty good
Best moment this week: I was able to stop my shots on Sunday and stopped Metformin on Wednesday!
Movement: None yet...can't wait though
Gender: Idk...I'm hoping at our NT scan on Monday they'll guess ;-)
Labor Signs: None
Belly Button in or out? Definatly in...
Cravings: Raman Noodles...sometimes I could/would eat anything in sight and other days nothing sounds good
What I miss: Nothing :-)
What I am looking forward to: Out NT scan on the 9th!!!
Weekly Wisdom: I'm really working on not worrying. I know I hear the baby every night with our doppler but I still worry something is wrong... I guess my weekly wisdom is just to have faith in Him and all will be good
Milestones: Ugh....a huge belly? Haha...honestly I woke up a few days ago to quite the belly. It's getting hard at the bottom and I can feel my uterus now. It's so weird. I worry I'm going to get huge because this belly came so early, but I guess I can just do my best to eat healthy! Since I haven't gained any weight I figured it's not because I'm piggin out ;-)