Week 14

This week has been my running week. Nate and I started a new goal to run just a mile a day. I figure it's realistic to stick with even while I'm prego. The picture above is just after a run so ignore the red face and tank top :)

This week has been pretty uneventful. I didn't sleep for a bunch of the first part of the week but the last few days have been better and I am starting to feel like myself. On Sunday I felt like I really started to stick out just a little. It seemed like in one day I had a little tummy. I am so excited for our growing little bundle of joy.

Week 13

This week has been a very exciting one! Nate and I were able to see our baby for the first time on his birthday and it was amazing. I couldn’t stop laughing and the technician was really bugged that she couldn’t get a very good picture because of my uncontrolled laughing but I didn’t care. I was disappointed that the tech didn’t even look for the gender and didn’t record the DVD right so we didn’t get to take home a video of the ultra sound so I think that we are even.

When I went in to do the ultra sound for the nuMom2be study I was lucky enough to only have our little Crow measuring at 13W 1 day. This made it so that it really was possible to be in the study because even though I was 13W 6days if I happened to measure over 14W they wouldn’t have let me participate in the study. I am really happy to see our baby more often so I am glad it worked out. Lucky for us we even got to sign up for a few more studies. They don’t pay much but I think it is worth it for the experience. One of them is a sleep study. I had to wear a sleep “machine’ for a night and have all sorts of  gadgets monitoring me in my sleep. I put a picture of it below trying to act sick for kicks and giggles. It wasn’t super uncomfortable and I only have to wear it one more time in my 3rd trimester.

The lack of sleep I have been experiencing has been week 13 pretty unpleasant. I have been so grumpy because I am so sick from not sleeping yet my body won’t let me sleep. I not only have a hard time getting to sleep but now I can’t stay asleep. I wake up without a reason and then it takes forever to get back to sleep. It has been extremely frustrating and I have not been a pleasant person because of it. For week 14 I am going to try Benadryl because I can’t keep going without sleep.

 

My sister, Tine took this picture right when I woke up.

I absolutely love the profile in this picture.

The average measurement was around 6.95cm

The spine is best shown in this picture.

Week 12

I really don't have anything new to report but I figured that I would keep up with the tradition of at least writing a little note. Nate and I are hoping to find out the gender on Thursday (Nate's Birthday) so I thought for this week we would both put in our last guess on what we think we are having...

Nathan: (Mel's interpretation) A girl, but I think he secretly wants a boy first :)

Melanie: I keep picturing that we will see a boy on the ultrasound but every time I think of bringing a baby home I think girl. I don't think there really will be a mix up I just can't make up my mind. Most family members are thinking boy, but if I follow my mom's same pattern and am less tired with girls than I am definitely having a little girl. For the purpose of this blog i will make a final decision and say boy.

I will post another picture for the 13th week and I will be sure to write if we get to know the gender. I can hardly wait to find out who is growing in my tummy!

Week 11

I have hated pictures sense age 3 and my dislike has not changed in the slightest. I am posting pictures for the sake of documentation on the baby. I am smiling out of happiness of being pregnant and not because of the picture, I want to make that clear. I am also wearing the tightest shirt I own so that hopefully my belly shows so no judgments please!

I realize that I am posting slightly early but I don’t think things will change too much. I have finally been sleeping relatively normal. I feel like my old sleeping self. I have started to take half of my prenatal and night and the other half in the morning and it has helped a ton. I have at times forgotten that I am pregnant because I no longer have any symptoms other than my jeans feeling slightly tight. I can hardly believe that I am done with my first trimester, only a few short months left until I get to hold a baby all day:)