17 weeks! Holy crap!

How on earth am I 17 weeks already???
Didn't I just pee on 5 million sticks and get my betas done??
None of this feels real yet!
Much of this stays the same!

How far along: 17 weeks
How big is baby:  Onion
Total weight change:  I am slowly gaining some back I am up 3 but still down 7 (same as last week) I have an appt in a week and am wondering if they will say this is okay or not.
Symptoms: breathing sucks, sneezing makes my belly hurt from RLP pain, so tired
Maternity clothes: Not yet, but soon I think. I had to use my belly band with 2 pairs of my work pants last week. But most of them still fit just fine.
Still not really showing but my lower belly is getting harder and my permapudge (I can never get rid of it) is a little larger!
Stretch marks: only what I started with
Sleep: Ahhh sleep, I love you so much! I cannot get enough of you, I just wish I could fall asleep easier
Best moment of this week: I guess getting my first baby deal on the Ergo Carrier.
Miss anything: liking to eat protein, sneeze without pain and to be able to brush my teeth without gagging and dry heaves (same as last week)
Movement: maybe. I am feeling strange feelings but don't know if it is anything or not.
Food cravings: I just love fruit right now
Food Aversions: Protein...I have to force myself to eat meat.
Sex: Girl!
Labor signs: no way again
Belly button in or out: innie
Looking forward to: My parents come home Wednesday so I think we will tell them Thursday!!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!
Milestones: none this week!

First baby purchases!

It is so strange that I bought something for my baby!!
But Target was having a kick ass sale on the Ergo baby carrier...
So after asking if it was worth me going to get one and being told 1000% yes I trekked to Target after work!
I feel like an extreme couponer! My Target only had 2 black ones so I will exchange for the color I actually want later but it was $112-$20 (coupon)-$23 (20% coupon) -$3.70 (5% for using target red card)=$68.40 and got a $20 target gift card! so I consider that $48.40 plus tax!
Go me! Although I want the grey one... E said he kind of likes the black one so I need to decide if I am going to go exchange.

This is what I got                                        This is the one I want
                                                                I also bought a super soft fuzzy blankie... I want it to be my blankie!

16 week avocado

How far along: 16 weeks
How big is baby:  Avocado
Total weight change:  I am slowly gaining some back I am up 3 but still down 7
Symptoms: breathing sucks, sneezing makes my belly hurt from RLP pain, so tired
Maternity clothes: Not yet, but soon I think. I had to use my belly band with 2 pairs of my work pants last week. But most of them still fit just fine
Stretch marks: only what I started with
Sleep: Ahhh sleep, I love you so much! I cannot get enough of you, I just wish I could fall asleep easier
Best moment of this week: Finding out we are TEAM PINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhh that makes me so happy. I actually bought a girl outfit the other day. It was so strange that I was buying something for MY child.
Miss anything: liking to eat protein, sneeze without pain and to be able to brush my teeth without gagging and dry heaves (same as last week)
Movement: No way
Food cravings: Not much right now
Food Aversions: Protein...I have to force myself to eat meat.
Sex: Girl!
Labor signs: no way again
Belly button in or out: innie
Looking forward to: telling my parents.I decided it was not fair to my mom to tell her over the phone so telling everyone else has been put on hold until my parents get home. They are planning on getting home April 3rd. I can't wait to tell because I think I might start showing in another couple weeks. My pooch has moved up some
Milestones: 2nd tri!! woot woot!

We have a team!!!

It was decided that I call the genetic counselor yesterday morning. Hubs told me I could just wait until after work to tell him!

I was going to have a great secret ALL DAY LONG!!!!

So I pulled into the work parking lot and decided I could not wait any longer and called. (I was going to call at lunch)
Asked for A and they wanted to know why so I said to get a test result.

(Yes I am dragging it out on purpose!!)

I sat on hold for a while and she picked up and said she thought she had already given me the results, and it took so long because she had to pull my file. I said she had given us the results but that we had decided to find out the sex. She got all excited and said it was 99.4% accurate and always a good idea to have it comfirmed at our anatomy scan on the 17th.

Not a problem, we planned on keeping it quiet for at least that long anyway!!

So she asked if I was ready, uh duh yes just tell me already!!!!! and she said...

The test is 99.4% accurate as I said before and they found....

No Y chromosomes present! You are having a GIRL!!!!!! I squealed in her hear and she started laughing and asked it I was excited! I told her that I have thought girl since day one! she said there was something to be said for intuition!

So I sent a text to hubs being the mature adult that I am "I know something you don't know!! Neener neener neener!" I sent him that again toward the end of the day cuz he ignored me!

He got home from work and I was waiting for him to ask. I was going to  do something cute but didn't feel up to it. We chatted about other baby related things and I kept thinking that was going to be the next question... 4 hours later he looked at me when we were going to bed and goes... 'Hey, you still know something I don't!'

So I had him guess... He kept saying gosh I don't know I am a bad guesser... 

Then finally said Ummm... Girl. I think he was in shock when I said yes!
I think he was excited, it was hard to tell.

Then immediately said we needed to come up with names. I told him i didnt want to tell anyone the name after we picked it. He seemed okay with that.

Them suggested Helga and Brunhilda as viable options. I told him maybe we could tell people that to make them shut up!!

Finding out tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :)

Yay!!!!
So hubs and I chatted...
We decided that waiting until my parents come home is the best idea so we can tell them in person and it will be better for everyone.
So sometime after April 1st. I think they are leaving Arizona either March 31 or April 1st and probably 3 days home unless they push it.
2.5 weeks... I think we can! Hubs goes "well if we can keep it quiet until then" I have purposely only been texting and emailing my mom mostly so I don't slip up. I feel horrible but  I think she will understand!
So we are not telling anyone else until then. So the sibs have to wait and I think FB will have to wait until after our A/S.

And then I told him I was 72.93718% sure I wanted to find out if the penguin was a boy or a girl. And he said he was leaning more toward finding out lately as well. So I told him I could call the Genetic Counselor in the morning. And he said go for it.
We decided we would not say anything until after our A/S on 4/17 (well obvs I can't NOT tell my internet creepers!) So watch for an announcement tomorrow.
Man I hope my gut has been right for the last 13 weeks... it will be an adjustment in my brain if not!!

15 weeks

Oh man... there must be a hormone change or something that happens around 15 weeks... freaking migraines... had a bit of on Friday, again saturday night and I have pretty much been suffering all afternoon today. Holy crap... This better not become an every day thing!

Oh and I did my first 5k of the year this morning. It was freaking cold out. My SIL did the 10k and the 5k so she and I walked it together, we jogged the first maybe half mile and walked the rest. Official time 53:40, I am okay with it. For it being so cold, no training and just getting over a cold it is an okay time.

Anyway moving on...
How far along: 15 weeks
How big is baby:  Orange
Total weight change:  still down 9-10 lbs
Symptoms: breathing sucks, sneezing makes my belly hurt from RLP pain, so tired and no apparently headaches...
Maternity clothes: Not yet.
Stretch marks: only what I started with
Sleep: Ahhh sleep, I love you so much! I cannot get enough of you, I just wish I could fall asleep easier
Best moment of this week: Probably telling the ILs. See previous post. We still need to tell my parents and then our siblings. I need this headache gone first. There is no way I can even fake be excited on the phone today. I am hoping tomorrow.
Miss anything: liking to eat protein, sneeze without pain and to be able to brush my teeth without gagging and dry heaves
Movement: No way
Food cravings: Not much right now
Food Aversions: Protein...
Sex: No clue but I think girl.
Labor signs: no way again
Belly button in or out: innie
Looking forward to: telling my parents. I wish we could do it in person, but I don't know if I want to wait 3 more weeks to be able to do that. Also I have decided I want to know the sex, now to see if Hubs is on board with that!
Milestones: 2nd tri!! woot woot!

One set of parents down... One to go!

Yay we finally told hubby's parents!
Today is his birthday and we were out and about and then decided to stop at their house for a visit.
It had been a while since I had been able to make it over to visit with them so it was nice to sit and chat....

I had put one of the ultrasound pics in a frame for them and then last night created this


I have the 7th circled in the final version of the pic and Baby _____ Arriving September 2014 across the bottom of it and printed it in black and white so the sock don't look like they are boy or girl.

I attached it to the front of the picture frame and wrapped it up.

So after chatting for a bit hubby got up and grabbed it and I told her we had a bit of an early birthday present for her (hers is in 10 days) and she was shocked and said she doesn't usually get birthday presents but okay. So she opened it... and looked at it for a second and teared up and handed it to my FIL who stared for a bit and I think it took him a minute and he broke out in a huge smile and asked MIL if she was happy. And she could just nod. She got up and hugged hubs and FIL hugged me so hard and then hugged hubs and MIL came and hugged me.

We all sat back down and they just sat and stared at the picture for a while. And then she said she was just so happy for us because she knew we had waited a while and that we had also been trying for a while (they don't know all the IF deets)

So then FIL starts talking about putting the baby swing back up and bringing the high chair out of the attic. I told him he probably had a year before he needed to do any of that. So then they started talking about how now they need to rethink when they will do their summer vacation. It was so cute!!!

Now I am still stressing about telling my parents. I know they will be just as excited and they will probably cry. I think my biggest problem with telling them is having to do it over the phone. And if we want to wait it will be another 3 weeks. I would be 18 weeks by then. And I want to tell more people and don't feel I can if I have not told my mom. AAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so much stress.

So I am sitting and waiting for them to call hubs for his birthday and we will tell them then I guess. If they don't call I guess we will call them tomorrow.... They always call for his birthday so I am in shock they have not yet and it is already 5pm...

14 weeks!!! 2nd Tri??????? Yikes!!

Holy cray I am in 2nd tri.... holy crap!!! how, when did this happen?
But I am starting to feel semi human again! yay!!

How far along: 14 weeks
How big is baby:  Lemon
Total weight change:  still down 9 even though my appetite is back this week!
Symptoms: Out of breath all the time,my OB said for people with asthma either it gets better or it gets worse during pregnancy... mine was never bad before so she assumed I would have some issues and to not be afraid to use my inhaler as much as needed.
 Maternity clothes: Not yet.
Stretch marks: only what I started with
Sleep: Ahhh sleep, I love you so much! I cannot get enough of you
Best moment of this week: Seeing baby twice!! NTscan went great, Mat21 results were great and got to see baby again at OBs office.
Miss anything: liking to eat protein
Movement: No way
Food cravings: Not much right now
Food Aversions: Protein...
Sex: No clue but I think girl.
Labor signs: no way again
Belly button in or out: innie
Looking forward to: telling family... hubs needs to get on board with this. He seems to be putting it off now and that bothers me. I was all ready to tell his parents today and call my mom and he looked at me like I was insane when i mentioned it to him. I don't think we will make it to 18 weeks when  my parents are home before I will start showing
Milestones: 2nd tri!! woot woot!

More picture! (Only one)

My first OB was yesterday. She was really nice. Did a quick exam and chatted a bit and I had been told she would just do the Doppler to listen to the heartbeat. So imagine my surprise when she fired up the ultrasound machine!

Then she asked if we had gotten a good pic at the NT and I told her not really baby was moving too much. And she laughed while looking at the screen and said yep this one is a mover!

She got me a cute pic though. Head on the right hand up by the face you can see the fingers. I had tears in my eyes again!

She asked if it had taken us a while (she obvi knows we did IVF) and I told her 31 months and she said she was soo happy for us and baby looks super good.

Pictures!!!

So I wrote that whole post and didnt attach my pictures... Duh!!!

These are from the NT scan. A arm/hand and sorta profile where it looks like baby has a beak! See it really is a penguin! (Head is down picture is sideways sorry!)

Saw baby penguin today!!!!!!!!! :)

Today was awesome!!!!!!!!!!
Aside from being sick it was a good day!
We had our NT Ultrasound this morning.
The radiologist called us back to the ultrasound room and the genetic counselor I met last week came in with her and said she had just gotten the e-mail with the Mat21 results and everything looked great!
And if we wanted to know she could tell us with 9?% certainty the sex of pengy... I told her I would have to call her because we were undecided still.

Anyway the tech pulls out the wand an gels up my belly (an abdominal ultrasound what is that? I go to keep my pants on? This is unheard of!)
And right away there is baby. Sleeping on her/his belly hand/arms folded up in front of its face. Stayed still for a while and she got her measurements and then all of a sudden baby started wiggling all over the place. She followed it around and let us watch for a long time.
She got a picture of baby's had sticking out close to the wand. And tried to get us a good profile pic while baby was moving. She was not super successful at it I wish we had gotten one of the ones she used for measurements but that is okay.
Baby was measuring 13w 3 days so 2 days ahead and had a HB of 153.
She took the file out to show one of the MFM docs to make sure it all looked good. and while she was gone E and I started to discuss if we wanted to know sex or not. I said I am 50/50 and he said there are very few surprises so that might be a good one, but we have been so involved this whole time that maybe we should know. And then we would only have to argue over half as many names and it would be easier to plan. I said that since it might be our only one maybe we should find out. WELLLLLL I should not have said that. He got all pouty about having his heart set on 2 and why would I say that. UGH.... basically stopped talking to me after that.... (so later I texted him the pic of the US of the babies arm and told him baby was waving hi. I think that broke the ice!)
Anyway... we made our appt for the anatomy scan for April 17th yay!!! can't wait to see pengy again in 6 weeks!
So when E got home tonight he told me he was sad that I said we wouldn't have more kids. SO I stopped him right there and said that I said we "MIGHT" not have more. Because right now I can't see myself going through the poking and prodding and shots and ultrasounds and ERs and ETs etc etc etc. And he said he understood because it was a lot and I told him he had no idea. So I think we are okay there for now. Besides by the time we think about having #2 I would be 38 (or close to it) and he would be 39 so who knows how things would even look at that point.
AHHHHHHH I am going to be 37 right after our anatomy scan... and hubs is 38 in 12 days... Gawd we are old!
Tomorrow is my first OB appt. I am officially down 10 lbs as of this morning... So I am sure I will get a talking to! I plan on making an appt with their nutritionist. I lost 2 over the weekend when I was sick, no appetite and still can't breathe.

13 weeks... almost 2nd tri

Holy crap... Thursday is 2nd Tri... OMG!

How far along: 13 weeks
How big is baby:  Peach
Total weight change:  down 9 lbs but I have been sick with a cold the last 2 days and have hardly eaten.
Symptoms: Out of breath all the time, don't know if it the weather/asthma related or pregnancy. I can't wait until my OB appt to discuss it. Nausea was feeling better. The head cold is not helping anything
Maternity clothes: Not yet.
Stretch marks: only what I started with
Sleep: Ahhh sleep, I love you so much! I cannot get enough of you
Best moment of this week: Nothin!
Miss anything: feeling like a normal healthy person
Movement: No way
Food cravings: Not much right now
Food Aversions: Protein...
Sex: No clue but I think girl.
Labor signs: no way again
Belly button in or out: innie
Looking forward to: Getting the MaT21 results this week. and then 3/3 and 3/4 for US and OB appts
Milestones: This week will be NT Ultrasound, getting the Mat21 results, first US and telling the parents and siblings... Yay!! I can't wait. I am ready for this to get out there to more people!