Well needless to say life has been hectic! I have gone over 2 weeks without posting, although the only real thing that has changed has been my weight!! I have finally gotten the question at the supermarket: "would you like me to pack your bags for you?" Absolutely not. Until I am completely incapable of doing these things myself, I will do them!!!
Anyways I am not sure how much weight I've gained (mostly because I am scared of knowing...haha) but I'd guess around 17-20lbs. I feel huge. And I am not looking forward to being even more huge.
On the more exciting note, I LOVE feeling my little boy kicking around in there! Some days I feel it practically non-stop and other days I hardly even notice. The weird thing is when I can actually see him punching or kicking...so strange. Other times I can't see anything but I can feel him wiggling all around.
This week has been hectic, and the next couple months - and beyond - are going to be as well. I took my "life in the UK" test yesterday, we had to rent a car (ours has conveniently stopped working) and drive to Bristol, about an hour away to get to the test center. Fortunately the test was over relatively quickly, I passed, and we went for a drive. On Thursday my mom is arriving (YAY) but I have to get a bus to Heathrow to meet her. I am really looking forward to it, but it is a long bus ride!
We have had some complications getting the baby's room sorted out so hopefully we will be able to get a carpeter in before Thursday, though at this point it seems highly unlikely. Very frustrating.
Next big thing is the Sports Camp we are doing with an American sports ministry team called Uncharted Waters in June. This is going to take a lot of planning on my part and I am already stressed out about it - also in June I have to apply for my permament residency visa. There are just TOO many things to think about right now. Not to mention the fact that all this time I am trying to finish my degree.
Well, that's life at the moment. Baby is getting big, I've been tired a lot, and I can't wait to see my mom!! :)
The baby's development this week....
Your baby now weighs nearly 1 1/2 lbs and is about 14 inches long from crown to heel. He makes breathing movements but has no air in his lungs yet. At 26 weeks, fetal brain scans show response to touch. If you shine a light on your belly, your baby will turn his head, which means his optic nerve is working.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Viability!
23 weeks! This is a big milestone because up until now, if anything went wrong - sadly the hospital/doctors do nothing to intervene. Now is the time when the baby's life is "viable" which is pretty crazy to think about!
Not too much to update really, except all the exciting things to talk about with my little boy kicking ALL the time. I can feel every day he kicks harder and harder! This morning in church he was making me laugh, he was kicking so hard I could see my tummy moving! It really is the strangest but most amazing thing I have ever experienced. I have also noticed his little pattern of waking me up in the morning, and starting to move a lot just before I go to sleep. I anticipate this continuing for the next 5 years. haha.
In life-news .... I have been doing a LOT of cooking lately. It has definitely come to the point where it classifies as a "hobby." I am addicted to allrecipes.com, and have been experimenting a lot lately which has been fun. Other than that life has been continuing as normal. This week Adam and I have taken Monday-Thursday off work so hopefully this will give us time to just relax and get some stuff done around the house, since my mom is visiting in TWO weeks!!! She has officially bought her ticket and will arrive in London on April 29th! I am SOOO excited. It has been 3 years (other than my wedding, which I had no time with anyone) since anyone has visited me, so you can imagine the excitement I am feeling!
Baby Bradley is still the same fruit as last week, but here are the latest updates:
Week 23
Your baby is positively HUGE, a whopping 1.1 pound (or almost at least!). That is quite an accomplishment for someone that used to weigh less than one ounce. Your baby at 23 weeks is the size of a small baby doll you might purchase for a little girl.Your little one is now about 11 inches long!
Your Baby's Growth and Development
Your baby is still making remarkable changes at 23 weeks pregnant. Her skin is still quite red and heavily wrinkled. Your baby can hear loud noises in the womb from now and as you continue your pregnancy week by week, so don't be surprised if your baby seems to move around a bit when you are vacuuming or are in an environment where loud noises are quite common.
The bones located in your baby's middle ear are starting to form by pregnancy week 23, and your baby is continuing to fill out and look more and more proportional.
If your baby were born this week, there is a small chance your baby would survive outside the womb, however it is best that your baby stay put! Many women start to wonder what might happen if their baby is born prematurely. A baby born between 23 and 24 weeks would have a 10 to 70 percent chance of survival. It truly depends on a number of factors that have to be taken into consideration.
There are babies that are born at one pound that beat the odds and go on to live a fairly normal life, while others unfortunately die due to unexpected complications. The smallest babies may survive but grow up with some mental or motor disabilities as a result of their extreme prematurity.
Every day your baby stays in the womb increases their survival rate by approximately 3 percent during weeks 23 and 26.
Generally after 26 weeks the survival rate jumps to 80-90 percent.
Well thats all for now! I will probably add some photos or something later this week. When my mom comes, she is bringing with her the baby bedding I chose (I put a pic up a few weeks ago) and some baby clothes I ordered at OldNavy.com with a gift certificate I found from Christmas! Can't wait!!!!!
Not too much to update really, except all the exciting things to talk about with my little boy kicking ALL the time. I can feel every day he kicks harder and harder! This morning in church he was making me laugh, he was kicking so hard I could see my tummy moving! It really is the strangest but most amazing thing I have ever experienced. I have also noticed his little pattern of waking me up in the morning, and starting to move a lot just before I go to sleep. I anticipate this continuing for the next 5 years. haha.
In life-news .... I have been doing a LOT of cooking lately. It has definitely come to the point where it classifies as a "hobby." I am addicted to allrecipes.com, and have been experimenting a lot lately which has been fun. Other than that life has been continuing as normal. This week Adam and I have taken Monday-Thursday off work so hopefully this will give us time to just relax and get some stuff done around the house, since my mom is visiting in TWO weeks!!! She has officially bought her ticket and will arrive in London on April 29th! I am SOOO excited. It has been 3 years (other than my wedding, which I had no time with anyone) since anyone has visited me, so you can imagine the excitement I am feeling!
Baby Bradley is still the same fruit as last week, but here are the latest updates:
Week 23
Your baby is positively HUGE, a whopping 1.1 pound (or almost at least!). That is quite an accomplishment for someone that used to weigh less than one ounce. Your baby at 23 weeks is the size of a small baby doll you might purchase for a little girl.Your little one is now about 11 inches long!
Your Baby's Growth and Development
Your baby is still making remarkable changes at 23 weeks pregnant. Her skin is still quite red and heavily wrinkled. Your baby can hear loud noises in the womb from now and as you continue your pregnancy week by week, so don't be surprised if your baby seems to move around a bit when you are vacuuming or are in an environment where loud noises are quite common.
The bones located in your baby's middle ear are starting to form by pregnancy week 23, and your baby is continuing to fill out and look more and more proportional.
If your baby were born this week, there is a small chance your baby would survive outside the womb, however it is best that your baby stay put! Many women start to wonder what might happen if their baby is born prematurely. A baby born between 23 and 24 weeks would have a 10 to 70 percent chance of survival. It truly depends on a number of factors that have to be taken into consideration.
There are babies that are born at one pound that beat the odds and go on to live a fairly normal life, while others unfortunately die due to unexpected complications. The smallest babies may survive but grow up with some mental or motor disabilities as a result of their extreme prematurity.
Every day your baby stays in the womb increases their survival rate by approximately 3 percent during weeks 23 and 26.
Generally after 26 weeks the survival rate jumps to 80-90 percent.
Well thats all for now! I will probably add some photos or something later this week. When my mom comes, she is bringing with her the baby bedding I chose (I put a pic up a few weeks ago) and some baby clothes I ordered at OldNavy.com with a gift certificate I found from Christmas! Can't wait!!!!!
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Sunday, April 4, 2010
22 Weeks
Not too much to update on in the past 5 days! One thing I can say is that each day that passes, and the farther along I get, the more nervous I get because of how clueless I feel! We have our antenatal classes scheduled, we are going through the NCT (National Childbirth Trust) and our classes start in June. I am really looking forward to them because at the moment I just feel like I am very pregnant with no clue as far as what is coming. I know one of the important things is having a "birth plan," but even when I try to look through my pregnancy books which walk me through this I feel like half the stuff I don't even know about. I don't know -- I just can't wait for these classes! Plus Adam and I get to go to them together which will be nice!
Other than that,...well, baby hasn't been kicking as wildly in the last 5 days, I was a little nervous about it but I have my heartbeat monitor so I have been reassured that he's okay in there.
Unfortunately on the fruit of the week front we only have one fruit for the next 3 weeks (22-24 weeks)! Also I won't be putting the fruit photo up anymore since I got the thing on my side of my blogpage saying which fruit we are on :).
That's all for now - I've been cooking anbd baking like crazy lately, so I can't stop now! Must go make something chocolately. yum.
Other than that,...well, baby hasn't been kicking as wildly in the last 5 days, I was a little nervous about it but I have my heartbeat monitor so I have been reassured that he's okay in there.
Unfortunately on the fruit of the week front we only have one fruit for the next 3 weeks (22-24 weeks)! Also I won't be putting the fruit photo up anymore since I got the thing on my side of my blogpage saying which fruit we are on :).
That's all for now - I've been cooking anbd baking like crazy lately, so I can't stop now! Must go make something chocolately. yum.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
21 weeks, 2 days!
My oh my, I'm glad I am blogging this pregnancy because it seems like it was just yesterday that I didn't even believe I was pregnant. Now I've got the appetite of an elephant, the bladder the size of a sea monkey, and some kinda Rocky Balboa punching me from the inside every couple hours. How much more prego could I get?! haha :)
Let's see whats new! Well, the most exciting thing at the moment is how often I am feeling this little guy kick and punch. It's to the point where I can see my stomach move when he does! It's creepy and it feels weird sometimes when I'm not expecting it, but it always makes me smile! haha. Every time I feel him start to go crazy I yell to Adam to come feel but it's as if he just KNOWS that daddy is going to try and say hello...so he goes back to sleep. Well, just tonight I felt a big punch or kick and I said to Adam, "he's going crazy!" and he put his hand on my tummy and WAM it scares us both! It was so amazing I got a little teary...haha. Adam was in awe by it anyways, it was just so awesome to actually be able to SHARE the pregnancy! It was so cool.
In other news, my mom is planning on visiting in the beginning of May, and there's a lady at my church who is wanting to do a baby shower for us so I think the plan is to have it May 1st while my mom is here! I hope it works out, that would be AWESOME.
AND I have finally found the baby bedding that I want. It is SO cute. I know that I had decided on sheep a long time ago, but when we discovered it was a boy I felt like I probably should have waiting -- so we compromised, we are going to have a farm theme...and after much searching I have finally found the PERFECT bedding. Here it is: (Isn't it ADORABLE?!)
It's from the States so my mom is helping me out by bringing it/sending it to us! I'm SOOO happy. I LOVE IT!! :)
Well my next appointment isn't for another couple weeks so for now it's just all about watching my baby belly grow! I admit that pregnancy is WEIRD. My belly feels huge and my bellybutton is all stretched and strange looking. I can't imagine being as big as I am going to be! Oh, and so far on the weight-o-meter I have gained just under 10 pounds.
And, our baby is no longer measured crown-to-rump but head to toe! So that explains the growth spurt :)
Baby gulps down several ounces of amniotic fluid every day, both for hydration and nutrition and to practice swallowing and digesting. And, these days, those taste buds actually work! Studies show that after birth, babies are most interested in tastes they've already experienced through amniotic fluid. Meaning, think about what you want your future child to eat as you prepare your own lunch.
Let's see whats new! Well, the most exciting thing at the moment is how often I am feeling this little guy kick and punch. It's to the point where I can see my stomach move when he does! It's creepy and it feels weird sometimes when I'm not expecting it, but it always makes me smile! haha. Every time I feel him start to go crazy I yell to Adam to come feel but it's as if he just KNOWS that daddy is going to try and say hello...so he goes back to sleep. Well, just tonight I felt a big punch or kick and I said to Adam, "he's going crazy!" and he put his hand on my tummy and WAM it scares us both! It was so amazing I got a little teary...haha. Adam was in awe by it anyways, it was just so awesome to actually be able to SHARE the pregnancy! It was so cool.
In other news, my mom is planning on visiting in the beginning of May, and there's a lady at my church who is wanting to do a baby shower for us so I think the plan is to have it May 1st while my mom is here! I hope it works out, that would be AWESOME.
AND I have finally found the baby bedding that I want. It is SO cute. I know that I had decided on sheep a long time ago, but when we discovered it was a boy I felt like I probably should have waiting -- so we compromised, we are going to have a farm theme...and after much searching I have finally found the PERFECT bedding. Here it is: (Isn't it ADORABLE?!)
It's from the States so my mom is helping me out by bringing it/sending it to us! I'm SOOO happy. I LOVE IT!! :)
Well my next appointment isn't for another couple weeks so for now it's just all about watching my baby belly grow! I admit that pregnancy is WEIRD. My belly feels huge and my bellybutton is all stretched and strange looking. I can't imagine being as big as I am going to be! Oh, and so far on the weight-o-meter I have gained just under 10 pounds.
And, our baby is no longer measured crown-to-rump but head to toe! So that explains the growth spurt :)
Baby gulps down several ounces of amniotic fluid every day, both for hydration and nutrition and to practice swallowing and digesting. And, these days, those taste buds actually work! Studies show that after birth, babies are most interested in tastes they've already experienced through amniotic fluid. Meaning, think about what you want your future child to eat as you prepare your own lunch.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
20.4 Weeks, Photo!
Here we are at 20.4 weeks, I actually look pregnant now! Can't believe it :)
Me and my little boy:
Me and my little boy:
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
IT'S A BOY!!! (20 weeks, 2 days)
We are SO excited to announce our news: We are having a baby boy!!!
We had the ultrasound this morning at 9:30am, needless to say I hardly slept last night and woke up at 6:24 this morning! We took off at about 8 and I felt sick, this ultrasound is the big one where the technician looks at everything and measures the baby. They check that everything is developing properly. While I wasn't overly nervous that anything was wrong, I still had a tiny bit of anxiety so the whole way there I just couldn't wait! We finally arrived and as soon as we got there they let us in. I admit that a lot of it is a bit of a blur since I was just so excited to find out what it was! This time around the baby was a LOT bigger than at 12 weeks! It was crazy. The technology is astounding - the technician showed us all 4 chambers of the heart, the kidneys, the bladder, the stomach, the eyes (well the sockets..hahah), the lips to check for a cleft palate, the arms and legs, feet and hands...everything! She said he was a wiggly one which isn't hard to believe...I have been eating a lot of sugary things lately, haha.
They measured his bones to check that he was developing on time and he's pretty average, coming in the 50th-ish percentine for everything except for abdominal circumference which was more like 75th so he's a little chubbo! He's about 16-17 cm long (6 1/2 inches) and their guess weight is 13 ounces or just under a pound (though I wouldn't trust these weight-guesses, they are never right.)
Finally at the end she said to us, "would you like to know what I think it is?" and we said yes! She said, "I think it's a boy." Now at this stage I imagined that she would show us what exactly led her to believe it was a boy, but she didn't!!! So I asked..."Can you tell me WHY you think it's a boy?" And within minutes, let's just say I had undisputable evidence that I am having a little boy! OR a girl with some serious problems. lol.
Unfortunately I wasn't as impressed with the ultrasound photo as I was last time - the technician was acting rushed and didn't really care to try and give us a decent photo so that was annoying. Oh well, all I care about is my healthy little baby boy!!!!
So, we can now narrow our name-hunt to one gender which is very helpful! We can also be at peace with the amount of blue things we have bought :) I am soooO excited. I can't believe we are going to have a son. AHH. Also, while we've had a sheep theme going, I think we're going to extend it to "farm" theme so we can have cute tractors and stuff as well!
And, in conclusion we have our weekly fruit...he is now the size of a cantaloupe!
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