10 Weeks! Happy Halloween!

We had to take our 10 Week picture in a different spot because our living room is FULL of items for an upcoming consignment sale! Hope it turns out to be worth this giant mess! lol

How far along? 10 weeks
Trimester: 1
Days to Go: 210
Baby size: 1.2 inches, or the size of a prune or kumquat!
Baby weight: .14oz
Total weight gain:  7 pounds... depressing! lol 

9 Weeks!

How far along?  9 weeks
Trimester: 1
Days to Go: 217
Baby size: .9 inches, or the size of a green olive or grape
Baby weight: .07oz


We had our second appointment with Carol today!  It went so well!  She answered a ton of our questions, and made us feel completely at ease!  We tried to hear McMuffin's heartbeat, but it's still a little too early.  We're going to try again in 2 weeks!

On a less awesome note, I've gained about 7 pounds already!!! Eeek!  I don't love that, but I keep hearing it's "good" weight.  Carol has us eating as "naturally" as possible, meaning, nothing is fat free anymore.  Everything is full fat, lots of whole grains, i.e. carbs, I'm drinking WHOLE milk, it's all just such a HUGE change from doing Weight Watchers for the past year and a half!  I'm really upset about the size of my belly already, and I'm soo afraid of gaining too much weight.  No one seems concerned about this but ME, and everyone keeps telling me to quit stressing.  But I just worked SO hard to lose all that weight last year... I hate to see the scale going up so quickly!  But I have to eat lots of carbs to keep my nausea at bay, and Carol also wants me to eat 100g of protein every day!  It's just a LOT of food.  AND I have absolutely NO energy to exercise, when I was doing so much of that up till School started, and then even less once we found out I am pregnant! Hopefully it'll balance out here in a bit.

Second appointment stats:

Blood Pressure: 123/81

Pulse: 67

Weight: 143.5

8 weeks! McMuffin actually looks like a BABY now!

How far along? 8 weeks
Trimester: 1
Days to Go:  224
Baby size: .63 inches, or the size of a raspberry or a kidney bean
Baby weight: .04oz
Total weight gain: 4 pounds!
Maternity clothes? not yet
Stretch marks? nope
Sleep: Better now that I bought a body pillow!
Best moment this week: all my moments are great lately!
Have you told family and friends:  many, but not all!  Can't wait!
Miss anything? bubbly drinks, sushi, my ability to resist carbs!
Movement: no
Food cravings: no
Anything making you queasy or sick: eating, not eating... taking vitamins!
Have you started to show yet: my belly is definitely pooching!!!
Gender prediction: I wish I knew!
Labor Signs: no
Belly Button in or out? in
Wedding rings on or off?  on
Happy or Moody most of the time: happy and tired
Weekly Wisdom: Too many vitamins makes for a pukey girl!
Current Reads: http://www.banned-from-baby-showers.blogspot.com/
Looking forward to: feeling good again! having more energy!

7 weeks, moving right along!

How far along? 7 weeks
Trimester: 1
Days to Go: 231
Baby size: .51 inches, or the size of a blueberry!
Baby weight: still less than .04 oz
Total weight gain: still a few pounds, still hoping it's bloating!
Maternity clothes? loving my leggings and stretchy pants!  They just feel better!
Stretch marks? no
Sleep: getting a little more uncomfortable these days
Best moment this week: sharing the news with a few more people, seeing how excited they are for us!
Have you told family and friends: yes
Miss anything? ENERGY!  Eating normally!
Movement: none
Food cravings: none!
Anything making you queasy or sick: trying to eat! haha.  Waiting too long to eat! I have to eat about half my dinner and then wait a bit and lay down, and then eat the other half!
Have you started to show yet: yep, a little around the middle!!
Gender prediction:  I have no idea!
Labor Signs: none
Belly Button in or out?  in
Wedding rings on or off? on
Happy or Moody most of the time: happy... or rather just TIRED!
Weekly Wisdom:  need. more. sleep!
Current Reads: http://www.drmomma.org/
Looking forward to:  learning as much as possible!

6 weeks

                                                 

                                                        

How far along? 6 weeks
Trimester: 1
Days to Go: 238
Baby size: .25 inches, the size of a small pea or a lentil
Baby weight: less than .04oz
Total weight gain: 2-4 pounds
Maternity clothes? no, luckily I've got such a range of clothing from my weight gain/loss, I've got options!
Stretch marks? no 
Sleep: good!
Best moment this week: Meeting our midwife, Carol, and deciding to have a home birth!
Have you told family and friends: close ones!
Miss anything? bubbly drinks!
Movement: no
Food cravings: none really
Anything making you queasy or sick:  I feel good during the day, but nauseous by dinner time.  And we have to eat way earlier than we usually do or I'll gag!
Have you started to show yet: Definitely getting a little pudgy around the middle
Gender prediction: no idea!
Labor Signs: no
Belly Button in or out? in   
Wedding rings on or off? on
Happy or Moody most of the time:  I say happy, but you might ask my husband! lol 
Weekly Wisdom: rest as much as possible and don't feel guilty about it! Accept help!
Current Reads: Birth Without Fear!  http://birthwithoutfearblog.com/
Looking forward to: TELLING PEOPLE!  Keeping secrets is hard!
On the "Honey Do" list: gain as much knowledge as possible!  Being nervous is just the fear of the unknown, so the best way to relieve anxiety about labor and birth is to be as knowledgeable as possible!!!