week 12 (What To Expect When Expecting)

By now, your baby weighs a full half-ounce and is about the size of a large plum. Most of his systems are in place, though there's still plenty of maturing to do. For one thing, his fetal digestive system is beginning to practice contraction movements so he can eat someday, and his bone marrow is busy making white blood cells — weapons against germs once he's out of your safe haven. The pituitary gland (at the base of the brain) has started producing the hormones that'll enable him (or her) to make babies of his (or her) own in a couple of decades or so. If all these changes sound dizzying, that may just be you dealing with yet another problematic pregnancy symptom: Lots of women experience occasional dizziness and/or feel faint due to progesterone, which causes increased blood flow to your baby by relaxing your own blood vessels. More blood flow to baby means less blood flow to your body and brain and that, along with typically lower blood-sugar levels during pregnancy, can set your world a-spinning. Do your part to keep your equilibrium by eating regularly, getting adequate rest, and standing up slowly.

late update!

OK so i had a doctors appointment on Tuesday (12/22) i had LOTS of blood work (8 vials worth!) we had the genetic testing started that day and the other blood part was just to find out my blood type and all that kinda jazz
i also found out if the baby is anything over 8 1/2 pounds i will have to have a C-Section so we shall see if its a big baby!! we didn't do a sono this time but we did hear the heart again... that never gets old!! and on my next visit (01/19) i get to meet my doctor his name is Dr.Sudela and he is very well known and from what i hear a great doctor :)

i also will be going to a specialist for the second half of genetic testing on Wed (12/30) that should include blood work and a sono. its the testing for downes and other genetic issues so please pray everything goes well with that!

PS Ive had 4 dreams in total its a girl soooooooo yea we'll see ;-)

more updates later now i have to go cook dinner :) NITE!

mommy whining

i promise not to make a habit of this but here i go
MY BACK HURTS SOOOO BAD!!!! i already had a not so great back but this is unlike any pain I've ever felt.... i know i know 'wait till childbirth' but until then this is the worst
I'm not totally sure what i can do I've been sleeping with the extra pillows and Tylenol just isn't helping i am going to ask my doctor on Tuesday what i can do if anything....

i guess this means my husband will just have to do everything for me... ;-) \

also i thought i would throw out a few of the crazy things people have said to me that no one should ever say!!

first about a month after we got married i started getting this question 'so are you pregnant or just getting fatter' ( woman lose weight for their wedding and i went on a cruise where my day consisted of eating mostly...)

then when we announced we were pregnant i got alot of
' I KNEW IT!' and "you look it' (for some reason that bothered me lol)
and
are you sure you weren't pregnant when i asked you... 5 months ago (NO I'M only 10 weeks!)

then one day while walking at work i got
' wow you are really getting out there!' (WOW)

and another was
'now you know just because your pregnant doesn't give you the excuse to eat like your eating for 2....' (is it really so wrong to punch someone at work!?)


OK the whining is done.... other than that everything is great mom and baby are just growing and sleeping!

week 10

Slightly more than two inches long now and weighing about a third of an ounce, your fetus is growing by leaps and bounds. And so is his or her head, which is equal in length to the rest of the body (don't worry — all fetuses are top-heavy). On the crown of that large head (and over the rest of the body), hair follicles are forming. Fingernail and toenail beds begin to develop this week and by next week, the nails themselves will start to grow (so don't forget to add a baby nail clipper to your to-buy list).
Your baby's body is straightening and his or her torso is lengthening (sounds like a yoga pose, doesn't it?). Other poses your baby can assume now: stretches, somersaults, and forward rolls. And while you can't tell this baby's gender by its cover yet, testes are developing if it's a boy and ovaries if it's a girl.

whats up with the baby this week!

Your baby (now the size of a prune) has small indentations on his legs (soon to be knees and ankles!), and his tiny arms even have elbows that bend (how is that for magical?). Inside that little mouth, tiny buds of baby teeth are forming under the gums. His stomach and kidneys are kicking into gear, producing digestive juices and urine, and if it's a boy, his testes are making testosterone (how manly!).

(from What To Expect When Expecting . com)

I've been very very lucky so far not to much nausea main "complaint" is being SO tired!!! but i am not really complaining i promise ;-) it is WELL worth it!!!

Our Baby

we'll its official we are having a baby!! we are due July 11th 2010 (as of now) and i had my first sono yesterday i am 9 weeks 4 days and the heartbeat was 170 its a fast one!!! our next appointment is December 22nd at 2:30 we ask for all the prayer we can get that everything with the pregnancy goes well and our baby is health and safe!

we already have names picked

for a boy its

Grayson Charles

and a girl its

Jovie Grace

**we are taking bets on date of birth time weight and of course the sex** ;-)