14 Weeks

How far along? 14 weeks, 5 days

Total weight gain: none yet. Maybe a pound, but again I fluctuate. I weighed 131 fully clothed in jeans this week. (For other reference I'm 5'9-5'10)

Maternity clothes? not yet, but I don't wear maternity clothes ;) I have 'bigger' clothes waiting in the closet, but my wardrobe is very pregnancy friendly and loose.

Stretch marks? Just the old ones.

Sleep: Great. I go to bed earlier now, though. I really feel the late evenings.

Best moment of the week: feeling little baby flop around. With the anterior placenta, I have definitely noticed that movement is different than last time. but I can definitely feel baby on the inside when I'm calm and still. I've heard that it could take up to 25 weeks to feel big kicks/outside movements, so I guess we will see!

Miss anything? No

Number of times I get up to pee at night: None to once.

Movement: see 'best moment of the week'

Food Cravings: still don't really have 'cravings'. kind of just eating food now. I can eat eggs again! Oh, I like soups a lot.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Not really. I just don't like fast foods or processed anything, not really anything too new!

Gender prediction: ugh. You have no idea how bad I am at this! Boy? We might have a boy name so maybe that's a sign? (It's probably opposite of whatever I guess haha)

Labor signs: No

Symptoms: Not really. I have always had erm.. digestive issues, so pregnancy doesn't help that. Funny story- I get really bad gas pains. and before I was pregnant (ever) I swore that it must be a little bit what labor felt like. Sure enough, felt *exactly* like my stage two contractions with Mackynzie. I'm finding with this pregnancy as well, I get little 'episodes' where it kind of makes me double over. Uncomfortable, but I consider it prep work ha.

Belly button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or moody most of the time? Super happy!

Looking forward to: everything. I can't wait to find out more about this little person. I picture meeting him/her and just everything that comes with a newborn. And that baby smell...

Cody beats me in belly size when he pushes out! Haha

My Blog Killer

I do not own or claim rights to this image. 

 Instagram has killed my blogging.

I heard this from several people this past weekend and realised just how true it was!

 I love instagram. It's fun, inspirational, quick and so easy to use. I think that's exactly where the problem is. Blogging is not as easy as one may think. There is a lot of editing, writing, uploading, photo editing etc etc. But with something like instagram, its just so much easier to share your life! Snap a photo, do a quick edit, write a caption and done. Not to mention that following people and sharing things is just one click of a button.

 Scrolling through photos, and putting most of the ones you take on instagram definitely makes for a lazy blogger in my opinion. It's really easy to become sort of creatively drained after viewing all those photos and ideas. Also, it's easy to take the moments you may have to blog, and spend them on instagram instead.

I have no idea why it took others saying it to clue me in, but i'm glad I saw it. I'm going to try to really be aware of it, spend less time on instagram, and the majority of those free moments here on the blog. Because honestly, I'd rather post a picture with a caption or small blurb here and keep this space active.

What do you think? If you're a blogger, do you find instagram kills your buzz a bit?

13 Weeks

How far along? 13 weeks (5 days)

Total weight gain: hmm.. possibly. I fluctuate weight a few pounds, so it's hard to tell. Weighed myself tonight (9:40pm) and am 2 lbs heavier but that might be gone plus an extra pound in the morning.

Maternity clothes? No, but a pair of shorts don't do up anymore and jeans are getting tight...

Stretch marks? No

Sleep: No complaints!

Best moment of the week: Getting our good news at our follow up ultrasound!

Miss anything? Nothing that I can think of. I can't believe I ate so many sweets before!

Number of times I get up to pee at night: still once or not at all.

Movement: Not much right now. Placenta is anterior so I'm unsure if that will affect things for me as it grows.

Food Cravings: Still citrus and fresh foods. Still love tomato soup and LOVE lemonade with lots of ice.

Anything making you queasy or sick: not really, but just a general disinterest in anything sweet.

Gender prediction: I'm so flip floppy that I have no idea. Part thinks girl, part thinks boy.

Labor signs:NO

Symptoms: Typical sense of smell, but nothing else, really.

Belly button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or moody most of the time? Happy. Only grumpy when i'm hungry ;). We call it 'hangry'.

Looking forward to: Feeling kicks from this little one. And honestly, I'm really curious about this baby's gender.


 We learned that I have an anterior placenta with this pregnancy, which just means that my placenta is in front of the baby and is attached to the front of my uterus (so it will hang out by my belly button rather than the back or either side.). It won't affect labor and delivery, and won't cause any problems. It just happens to be the spot baby implanted. The only thing I might experience is less obvious movement and kicks, because a giant placenta will be in the way. I'm unsure how my experience with it will be, but I guess we will see!

Dinner, Urinals, and Babies

Last night we went to an impromptu dinner in the city to celebrate our healthy baby. That, and I've been really wanting the butternut squash ravioli form east side mario's. It was super fun to take a little trip and enjoy each other. We never go to the city on a weekday at 6:15 in the evening, so Mackynzie was pretty excited.

These are the pictures above the men's urinals! (taken by Cody...)

If you guys saw the video, then you know my ultrasound yesterday went great! I had been right in my research and the problem resolved itself. We are very happy and are just focused on enjoying this beautiful life now!You can view the explanation of the issue with our last ultrasound here. I got to see lots of our little bub, and can I just say how much of a difference three weeks makes?! Look how much bigger baby is!

Again, thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers for our family. You are all so generous in opening your hearts to us!

Night time convos with Mackynzie

Our bedtime conversations tend to be really hilarious. Here is one between Mackynzie and I from last week.  

 I keep recording the wrong way on my phone (I should be turning it sideways) so sorry for the thin video.                    

Ultrasound Update

Sorry about the bright light, guys. Just a really quick video after my ultrasound. 

Evening Chat: a little bit of everything