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:)

Week 10

I have felt my very best this week. I have been able to sleep at night and even take naps in the day. Tonight seems to be different though :( so I am updating the blog. My food frenzy is finally calming down. I think that it had to be my prenatal meds that have thrown my body for a loop because I forgot to take them with me on my trip down to Mona and the week could not have been more perfect: I rarely felt nauseous in the morning, I slept perfect, and all of the other crazy pregnancy symptoms like dry eyes vanished. I took the prenatal vitamin right before I went to bed thinking nothing of it... and now I cannot sleep again. I doubt it has caffeine in it but it might as well because there is no way I am going to bed any time soon.

 Next week I think I will start posting pictures. I have noticed my pants feeling kinda tight but I still feel fat  more than pregnant. Hopefully one more week will convince me that I'm not fat and give me the confidence to post some pictures.

Baby Crow says, "In case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!" (Truman)

Week 9

This week I have been on a food frenzy. If I see food than I instantly crave it and at the same time nothing at home sounds very good (fast food sounds disgusting too). My main cravings are veggies, noodles, and any type of sugar... like a Snickers sounds sooo good. The worst part about this week is that I almost always feel starved. I can't eat a lot at a time so if I go too long in-between meals than I feel like it has been days since I ate last. I would say from 10-2pm is the worst time of day because nothing really sounds good to eat but I feel like I have to eat the entire 4 hours to not feel sick or starving. It has been an interesting adventure.

Surprisingly I still fit into my smallest sized jeans but my bras are at the point where they must go. I love the reason for my body changing, but it is so weird to get used to. I know that in the end it will all be worth it and I just have to love myself through the process. I am so excited that week 10 is already here and time is flying by. Happy Days!

Week 8

On Friday (the first day of week 9) Nate and I got to go to our first Baby Doctor appointment. I was so surprised at how long it took! I was told that it would be our longest appointment but 2 hours still seemed like a long time when our Midwife cut out part of the testing I had done in May. My veins are still shy to needles. It took a couple pokes, and some modifications in order to work with 4-5 tubes of blood rather than the original 7 that was wanted. I am so excited for my blood to start increasing :)

The best part about our visit was the heart beat!! It was so neat hearing a heart of another human inside of my body. The pulse stayed in the 160's so we will have to see if it is a boy like everyone is saying. At this point I am just happy to have a little person in me with a heart beating!

I have no new pregnancy symptoms. I had food poisoning for 24 hours because I was extremely stupid and ate muffin mix that had a raw egg (not processed) in it. It taught me to think before just putting anything in my mouth. In fact I have once again started a food journal so I can make sure I am feeding our baby with all the right nutrients. I find that I eat more vegetables and less sugar if I write down what I am eating.


Only 216 days until the expected due date of our baby!!