15 weeks 2 days - where did that come from?!

So I had an ultrasound today to make sure that baby was okay as the Doctor still couldn't find a heart beat on the doppler. No good pictures of baby's profile but the little one sure was moving around and definitely alive! My big surprise/almost scare today was when I first saw my full self in the mirror and whamo there is this huge baby belly! Where did that come from? I kind of feel like there isn't enough room for me to put food in my stomach or even take a full breath, which could be slightly problematic as I still haven't actually gained any weight this pregnancy.

Okay so one serious belly pic and one goofy just because! as you can see not much of a belly yet. I believe these were taken at 14wks give or take a day or two.

14 weeks 5 days

I had every intention of posting my latest belly picture for you but it seems it his wonderful effort to tidy our home my husband has placed our camera cord somewhere I can't find it.
I started feeling the baby moving a little bit last week. For the most part it is just a little flutter here and there but a couple times it has been a much stronger kick or shove. My morning sickness has changed but not really let up just yet. Now, at least sometimes, I am able to prevent my visits to the porcelain throne if I eat before I get overly hungry. This, of course, is easier said than done as I still have a fairly small repertoire of things I can eat without making the morning sickness worse and that can change suddenly as well. One days it seems that I live for orange juice and the next anything citrus causes the morning sickness!
I'm still feeling pretty tired and sometimes it can be hard to have enough energy o make it through a 3hr shift at work. I have also had a lot of trouble with lower back/hip pain, I seem to have pinched a nerve or something and sometimes I can't even force myself out of the position that cased the pain in the first place.
Outside of all this and despite having had two ultrasounds so far, it is still difficult for me to feel pregnant. I think I still haven't actually gained any weight, although I'm not complaining about that (the doctor did scold me some on this point, but I'm not purposely maintaining weight, I have a hard time doing that when I'm NOT pregnant.)
Yesterday, for he first time, someone looked at me and asked if I was pregnant. This made me happy although it was slightly perplexing as I wasn't rubbing my belly (something I often catch myself doing without meaning to) and I was wearing my work apron which does a great job of hiding my little bump that I'm so proud of.
Tomorrow I will go to the doctor to get my 18wk ultrasound requisition and hopefully then I will finally HEAR the baby's heart beat!

Read more: http://www.babycenter.ca/pregnancy/fetaldevelopment/14weeks/#ixzz2CyoUmySw

Crown to rump, your baby is around 3 and a half inches / 9 centimetres long and weighs one and a half ounces / 43 grams. The body is now growing faster than the head. This week, its parchment-thin skin covers itself with lanugo (ultra-fine, downy hair that usually disappears before birth). Though eyebrows are beginning to grow and the hair on top of the head is sprouting, this hair may change in both texture and colour after birth.

About now, the fetus can grasp, squint, frown, and grimace. It may even be able to suck its thumb. Researchers believe these and other movements probably correspond to the development of impulses in the brain.

Inside pregnancy video: a 3D animated look at a baby in this week of pregnancy. Take a look!

If you haven't yet made an appointment for maternal serum screening (also known as the triple test), you may want to do so now. The test provides more information about your baby, and screens for Down's syndrome and other birth defects.

Read more: http://www.babycenter.ca/pregnancy/fetaldevelopment/14weeks/#ixzz2CyoUmySw

Crown to rump, your baby is around 3 and a half inches / 9 centimetres long and weighs one and a half ounces / 43 grams. The body is now growing faster than the head. This week, its parchment-thin skin covers itself with lanugo (ultra-fine, downy hair that usually disappears before birth). Though eyebrows are beginning to grow and the hair on top of the head is sprouting, this hair may change in both texture and colour after birth.

About now, the fetus can grasp, squint, frown, and grimace. It may even be able to suck its thumb. Researchers believe these and other movements probably correspond to the development of impulses in the brain.

Inside pregnancy video: a 3D animated look at a baby in this week of pregnancy. Take a look!

If you haven't yet made an appointment for maternal serum screening (also known as the triple test), you may want to do so now. The test provides more information about your baby, and screens for Down's syndrome and other birth defects.

Read more: http://www.babycenter.ca/pregnancy/fetaldevelopment/14weeks/#ixzz2CyoUmySw

8 weeks 1 day - Happy Thanksgiving!
Things I'm thankful for :
My Hubby
My Baby
My scooter
Friends (although you're so far away!)
My Parents

Life has been rather up-side down this past week. Our car had o go in for repairs so we could get our Alberta registration and insurance. Instead of the car being in he shop for one day it was in for three, and it cost us three times the original quoted price! Now the car is uninsured because by the time we got the car back all the insurance brokers were closed for he long weekend and our insurance ran out on Saturday.
No turkey this thanksgiving and other than my hubby and brother-in-law I have no family to share it with here.
My closest friend from high school had a beautiful baby boy this week and I wish so bad I could be here to meet him and help her out anyway I could.
My hubby's maternal grandmother passed away this past week as well.She was the matriarch of he family and all family event happened at Grandma's house, family event will forever be changed without her around.
I know this is Thanksgiving weekend and I should be so grateful for all the blessings in my life- I am- but I'm feeling rather isolated and depressed right now too.

I have started taking Nutrilite's Stress B complex which is a vitamin B complex and it seems o be helping me cope with at least some of the nausea so I have finally found a few foods that I can stomach... now if I could move into some actually nutritious foods that wold be good. Right now my dietary staples are: vanilla ice cream, oatmeal, rice krispies, and peanut butter& jam sandwiches. So far my only cravings have been turkey (no go too expensive now) and root beer.

Your embryo is now called a fetus, which means 'offspring'. Your uterus expands to accommodate its new resident, which now measures approximately five-eights of an inch / 1.6 centimetres. Many changes take place this week -- the embryonic tail is gone, and all organs, muscles, and nerves are beginning to function. The hands now bend at the wrist, and the feet begin to lose their webbed appearance. Eyelids are beginning to cover the eyes.

Your pregnancy is changing your figure as well. Your breasts may have grown large enough that you'll need bigger bras with better support than your old ones (not yet although they sure do hurt!). You may notice your waistline expanding as well, forcing you to pack away your favourite jeans until next year (I started wearing maternity pants to work this week as my work pants cut right across he middle of my belly and hey hurt!). If you drink plenty of fluoridated water -- eight glasses or more a day -- you should be getting enough fluoride so calcium and phosphorus will bond well in your baby's developing teeth and bones.

7weeks 3 days

I am so new to this, but you asked for it!
Today I am 7 weeks pregnant with what we really hope will be our rainbow baby. On Wednesday I was my baby and its little heart was beating at 121bpm, it was amazing to see.
So far I am pretty relaxed about this pregnancy, which after two losses has kind of surprised me, but since this one feels so different from the last two I'm taking that as a good sign.
My symptoms are as follows:

• Nausea (all day everyday from when I wake up to when I fall asleep)

• Food aversion ( I seem to have developed an aversion to food in general as the sight, smell or even mention of a food's name can/will make me gag which makes the next symptom particularly frustrating)
• Extreme hunger (to the point of added nausea)
• Frequent peeing (can't even sleep through the night anymore)
• Sore breasts
• Exhaustion ( I think I could just about sleep all day)
• Vivid dreams (crazy, wild adventures that seem so real until I wake up)
• Mood swings (poor hubby, one minute I'm happy next minute I'm crying and then I'm angry over who-knows-what)

How my baby is growing
Now about one half of an inch / 1.25 cm long, the size of a lentil. the embryo has distinct, slightly webbed fingers and toes. It's a jumping bean, moving in fits and starts. The liver is churning out large amounts of red blood cells until the bone marrow forms and takes over this role.

The eighth week marks the beginning of a very busy developmental stage. Between now and 20 weeks, your baby will be growing rapidly, and body parts that formed in the first few weeks of life (such as the heart and brain) will become more specialized and complicated. Right now, the teeth and palate are forming, while the ears continue to develop. The fetus' skin is paper thin, and veins are clearly visible.

You're in the throes of the first trimester, when many women complain of common pregnancy aches and pains. Keeping food down may be next to impossible, thanks to morning sickness (thankfully only puked a few times so far), caused in part by the pregnancy hormones in your body. You may also need to urinate a lot more often than usual -- your growing uterus is pressing on your bladder, and hormones are affecting the balance of fluid in your body. All will diminish as your pregnancy continues.