24 Weeks!

Your baby's growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces since last week. That puts him at just over a pound. Since he's almost a foot long, he cuts a pretty lean figure at this point, but his body is filling out proportionally and he'll soon start to plump up. His brain is also growing quickly now, and his taste buds are continuing to develop. His lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help his air sacs inflate once he hits the outside world. His skin is still thin and translucent, but that will start to change soon.

I am a horrible blogger.

How far along? 24 weeks 1 day

Total weight gain: down 8 pounds

Cravings: hmm ceasar salad

Maternity clothes? Still the same as four weeks ago. I still have pants I can wear, but I wear maternity shirts. Might start using some maternity pants since I did buy them.

Sleep: Still loving Oscar. But no matter what time I go to bed, I am always awake before 9.

Best moment this week: Being asked by a guest when I am due.

Movement: Yes, it likes to dance.

Gender: Team Green

Labor Signs: None.

Belly Button in or out? In, but Adam says it is not as innie as it used to be.

What I miss: Still drinking. We are doing our babymoon this week and not being able to drink free alcohol is going to be hard.

What I am looking forward to: Our babymoon

Weekly Wisdom: Speak up if you don't like something. I would have came home with a stroller I hated if I didn't.

20 Weeks!

Baby's digestive system is busy creating meconium (a tarry black substance made of swallowed amniotic fluid, digestive secretion and dead cells), which will fill the first diaper after birth. And, speaking of the diaper situation... baby's genitals are now fully formed!

How far along? 20 weeks 4 days

Total weight gain: down 10 pounds

Cravings: Nothing really

Maternity clothes? I am starting to retire some of my pants, pretty much all of my shirts. I still have pants I can wear, but for work I prefer to wear maternity shirts. I have to purchase more this weekend.

Sleep: Better with the snoogle. I have named it Oscar

Best moment this week: Being told I look really good and that I have lost weight.

Movement: No. Anytime now :)

Gender: Team Green

Labor Signs: None.

Belly Button in or out? In.

What I miss: Drinking, we went to a stag and doe, and it was hard with everyone drinking.

What I am looking forward to: Feeling movement.

Weekly Wisdom: Don't push too much

16 Weeks

Watch what you say... tiny bones forming in baby's ears mean the little one can now pick up your voice. Eyebrows, lashes and hair are starting to fill in, and taste buds are forming. And, if you're interested, an ultrasound might be able to determine gender.

How far along? 16 weeks and a day

Total weight gain: down 12 pounds

Cravings: Yellow & Orange peppers with onion dip

Maternity clothes? not wearing them except that sweater, but I have a feeling I will be breaking out some tops soon.

Sleep: with a pillow between my legs

Best moment this week: hearing the heart beat and making out 18 week u/s for March 1st

Movement: No, but I hope to feel some soon!!

Gender: Team Green

Labor Signs: None.

Belly Button in or out? In.

What I miss: Alcohol still

What I am looking forward to: Feeling this little one

Weekly Wisdom: McDonald Sundae's can sit in the freezer until you would like them.

15 Weeks!

Continuing the march towards normal proportions, baby's legs now outmeasure the arms. And, finally, all four limbs have functional joints. Your fetus is squirming and wiggling like crazy down in the womb, though you probably still can't feel the movements.

How far along? 15 weeks 2 days

Total Weight Gain: Down 12 pounds since finding out

Maternity clothes? The only thing I use is a tie up sweater, and that is because dress code rules changed right when I told everyone, so instead of buying something in 2 months I couldn't use, I bought a maternity one.

Stretch marks? None from this

Sleep: I miss my back sleeping.

Best moment this week: Likely will be today hearing the heartbeat again.

Movement: No

Food cravings: Chocolate chip cookies freshly baked

Gender: Team freen

Labor Signs: No

Belly Button in or out? in

What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach, my back, alcohol, liking foods

What I am looking forward to: Feeling movement

Weekly Wisdom: You gotta take things with a grain of salt.

Milestones: Nothing really this week.

12 Weeks!

Baby's now the size of a plum!
As you move into the second trimester, baby shifts into the growth and maturation stage. After weeks in the critical development stage, almost all of her systems are fully formed.

How far along? 12 weeks and a day

Total weight gain: down 10 pounds

Cravings: Perogies and sour cream

Maternity clothes? not wearing them

Sleep: not much lately but it is because we have been busy

Best moment this week: telling everyone yesterday at our AHR

Movement: No

Gender: Team Green

Labor Signs: None.

Belly Button in or out? In.

What I miss: Alcohol. It was a little hard last night not having any.

What I am looking forward to: Telling more people at work

Weekly Wisdom: To find your uterus, you start at the top of your rib cage and move down until you find the hard spot. Yes, I learned this last night in the bathroom by a soon to be nurse.

9 Weeks!

Baby's now the size of a green olive!
Your little embryo has now officially graduated to fetus-hood. Adding to the excitement, a Doppler ultrasound device might be able to pick up the beating heart. With basic physical structures in place and increasingly distinct facial features, baby is kind of starting to look like...well...a baby!

How far along? 9 weeks 2 days

Total weight gain: down 5 pounds

Cravings: Cold turkey salad

Maternity clothes? nope, got on pants though that I wasnt able to get on after learning I was pregnant today thoug

Sleep: not to shabby

Best moment this week: not having any issues so far

Movement: No

Gender: Team Green

Labor Signs: None.

Belly Button in or out? In.

What I miss: Ceasars

What I am looking forward to: Getting to 12 weeks and telling people

Weekly Wisdom: Relax when you can

2 Pink Lines

So this week has been insane. We just got back from Jamaica last night from getting married on Wednesday. I should have had my period when we got home. Since we did try this month, we stopped to pick up a POAS. I came home, and did it, and within three minutes, I seen 2 pink lines, which means we are pregnant. So far we have only told my parents, and we plan to try and wait until three months to tell everyone else. I think since I am four weeks now, we will probably tell everyone at our AHR. Hopefully I have a H&H 9 months :)