A face only a mother can love!

A face only a mother can love!
(January 30, 2009)

OK first let me say that I know that 99.9% of the people that read this blog will have no clue what the heck they are looking at in the above sonogram even with the labels, but I wanted to post our latest picture. It still amazes me even though I have now gone through a pregnancy how quickly a baby grows and changes. Just two weeks ago my ultrasound looked so completely different my baby was just a blob (literally) with a heartbeat. Now just two weeks later you have arms, hands, legs, feet, and a definite head on a short body. There is still a huge proportion problem but all of the major parts are there. The baby was even moving (twitching) and during the moments of movement you could really see the arms and legs very clearly. Of course ultrasound pictures are always easier to see when you were there and not seeing them scanned into a computer and posted online....but hopefully some of you will be able to see what I see in the image above!

The baby is now a little over an inch long and has all of its major organs and a 4 chamber heart....CRAZY!

Everything is going smoothly and other than the fact that this pregnancy is keeping me up at night, making me feel nauseous, and overall has me feeling different than I did with Jacob there isn't anything wrong with the baby in terms of my scan and with a heartbeat of 176 and a measurement coming in at 10 weeks 3 days when I am 10 weeks 1 day is very exciting!

We are due back for another scan at 13 weeks and by then look out I should have some awesome pics of an almost perfectly formed little baby!

Mothers Intuition

Mothers Intuition
January 21, 2009

When I was pregnant with Jacob I remember having this overwhelming feeling that I was having a boy. So much so that when ever someone would ask me I would immediately say "I think I am having a boy". Lucky for me that is what I had, but now that I am pregnant again and am starting to have those same "feelings" I wonder if Jacob was just luck....I mean hey I have a 50/50 shot at guessing right. Or do women really have "a feeling" on the gender of their babies?

This time around I am having the feeling that I am going to have a girl. I could honestly care less, on one hand having another boy would be great because I already have EVERYTHING for a boy and know how to work having a boy. But of course being able to have one of each would be great too, and we all know that little girls clothes are sooooo much cuter than boys clothes!

I am curious if I will be 2 for 2 on the "mommy intuition" this go around, and am curious how often mommies-to-be have these intuitions and how often they are right....let me know!

My little bean!

My little bean!
(January 13, 2009)

Today Paul and I had our first ultrasound for the new baby. Since I am considered High Risk we will get an ultrasound at 8 weeks (which I am), 10 weeks, 12 weeks, and then every 4 weeks after that. I have a whole book of ultrasounds for Jacob and it was great being able to see him every few weeks. Since losing a few pregnancies it is nice to be able to have my stress relieved every 2-4 weeks by seeing a heartbeat or seeing a little moving baby.

My next appointment is in two weeks and by then maybe my ultrasound will actually look like a little baby, it was kind of a blob today so I am not going to be posting the ultrasound picture this week. But my little bean had a heartbeat of 167 and was measuring right at the proper length.

Paul and I will be finding out the sex of the baby because honestly I am HORRIBLE with surprises and with having an ultrasound every 2-4 weeks even the best person would be hard pressed not to sneak a peek at the "unmentionables".

I am having different feelings with this pregnancy that I didn't have with Jacob. With Jacob I had ZERO morning sickness (thanks mom for the great pregnancy genes) but I have noticed with this pregnancy if I have an empty stomach I will be extremely nauseous. I also have gotten my "bloodhound nose" (as Paul calls it) back. I can smell smells a mile away. I remember once when I was pregnant with Jacob that Paul came to bed one night and the smell of oranges was so strong that it actually woke me up, when I asked him if he was eating an orange he informed me that he had eaten one over 2 hours before but I could smell it as if he was holding it under my nose. I am DEFINITELY getting that particular symptom back!!!

The new baby is due on August 27, 2009 so Jacob and his little brother or sister will be exactly two years apart. That is a really good age difference so I am happy about that. One really neat thing that we found out today at the doctors is that we got our very first ultrasound of Jacob at 8 weeks on January 12, 2007 and got this babies first ultrasound at 8 weeks on January 13, 2009....pretty cool!!!

I will be documenting this pregnancy as things come up and trying to keep up with Jacob's blog too! Happy reading!