dr. update!!:)

just thought i'd update...i am almost 16 weeks..wow this pregnancy is just a flying!!

i only gained 4 pounds this month..so that made me real happy!!

babies heartbeat, and my blood pressure is great!!

and our dr. told us we would have to wait till 20 weeks to get our level 2 ultrasound..well today i asked very sweetly if there was anyway we could find out at 19 weeks..he said you want to know before Christmas? I said um yes..he said ok we can work that out for you!!

i just giggled== he said andrea..you are too funny:)

so our level 2 ultrasound is scheduled for dec. 22 at 10:15 a.m....I AM SO EXCITED!!

15 weeks!!

At around 4 inches long, crown to rump, your baby now weighs about 2 1/2 ounces. He's busy inhaling and exhaling amniotic fluid, which will help the air sacs in his lungs develop. His legs are growing longer than his arms now, and he can move all his joints and limbs. That means his hands are more functional, too. Sweat glands are appearing, and although his eyelids are fused shut, he can sense light. If you were to shine a flashlight at your tummy, he'd be likely to move away from the beam.

from babygaga!

14 Weeks!!!

All the basic structures of your baby's body — internally and externally — are formed now. Of course, they're still very tiny. Head to bottom, your baby is just 3 1/2 inches long — about the length of a lemon — and weighs about 1 1/2 ounces.
Your baby's body is growing faster than her head, which now sits upon a more well-defined neck. By the end of this week, her arms will have lengthened and will be in proportion to the rest of her body. (Her legs still have some growing to do, though.) She's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair all over her body called lanugo. Her liver starts secreting bile this week, a sign that it's already functioning properly, and her spleen starts contributing to the production of red blood cells.

Your baby's also producing and discharging urine into the amniotic fluid, a normal process that she'll keep up until birth. You still can't feel your baby's movements, but her hands and feet (now half an inch long) are more flexible and active. Thanks to brain impulses, her little facial muscles are getting a workout as she squints, frowns, and grimaces. She can grasp now, too, and she may be able to suck her thumb.

from babygaga.com

13 weeks!!

Your belly may soon be big enough to announce to the world that you're expecting, but your baby is still tiny. In fact, he's only about 3 inches long, crown to rump — roughly the size of a jumbo shrimp — and weighs just about an ounce. Despite being so small, there's a fully formed baby inside your womb now who's much more proportional than he was a few weeks ago. In previous weeks, your baby's head dwarfed the rest of him — but now his head is only about a third the size of his body. His tiny, unique fingerprints are already in place. His kidneys and urinary tract are functional, and he's starting to urinate out the amniotic fluid he's been swallowing.


from babycenter.com

12 weeks

Ok so I'm posting this a few days early;)

Your baby's hit the 2-inch mark (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce. Her face is beginning to look more human. Her eyes, which started out on the sides of her head, have moved closer together on her face, and her ears are near their final positions on the sides of her head. Your baby's intestines, which have grown so rapidly that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into her abdominal cavity about now. Her kidneys are secreting urine into her bladder. Her nerve cells have been multiplying rapidly, and synapses (neurological pathways in the brain) are forming. Your baby may have acquired more reflexes by now, including sucking, and she'll even squirm if you prod your abdomen, though you still won't be able to feel her movement for several weeks.


from babycenter.com

ob update

i'm back from my ob appointment with happy news:)

lets see i was happy to learn i was wrong about my weight gain...as of today i have gained 7.5 pounds:) not bad for 12 weeks, but i know that will go up and up, especially over Thanksgiving and Christmas:)

i am so glad to have the pap and all that done--uugh--

We get to have our level 2 ultrasound the week of jan. 1- so that makes me happy:)

and since i am having a repeat c-section , dr. said he will schedule it at 39 weeks, so my new date is may 13!!:)

what a happy day!!

I will have my first regular ob appointment with dr. day on Wednesday. I am not looking forward to the exam, and bloodwork, but I am excited to hear the heartbeat again, and I am going to ask dr. day what week we get to find out if its a boy or a girl:);)and since i'm having a repeat c-section, whats the earliest he'll let me plan to have it:):)
so I will update later this week:);)

11 weeks

here's info on baby ray-ray as daddy likes to call this baby!:)

Your fig-size baby is now fully formed — measuring 1 1/2 inches long and weighing in at a quarter of an ounce. His skin is still transparent, allowing many of his blood vessels to show through. Some of his bones are beginning to harden. His fingers and toes have separated, and he may soon be able to open and close his fists. He's already busy kicking and stretching, and his tiny movements are so fluid they look like water ballet. These movements will increase as his body grows and becomes more developed and functional. As your baby's diaphragm develops, he may also start getting the hiccups. Because he's still so small, you won't feel any of his aquatic workouts or intrauterine gulps for another month or so.
from baby gaga.

all about the wee one

This week in particular, the irises of their little eyes can function, but (frustratingly for them?) their eyelids remain fused shut for a while yet. The external ears are formed, and their inner ears are now filled with fluid—so your little one actually has started to develop their sense of balance. Your baby's little swimmer legs are still relatively short, although other developments are going forward at a nice pace: their kidney is actually functioning now, which means they’ve started urinating (this might seem charming now but wait till you have to start buying diapers!).


---all of my weekly updates are taken from baby-gaga.com

wow slacker mom right here:)

ok so i'm already behind on my blog! shame on me:)

lets' see we are now at week 9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

woo hoo!:) get me out of this first trimester:)

everything looked great on the ultrasound we had a few weeks back..and bryan keeps promising me he will scan the pictures but um he forgetS:) so i will keep nagging him:) until then you all will have to wait:)

we have an ultrasound on monday--woo hoo:) i cant wait to see the peanut again:)

i have been feeling ok..i'm still a bit moody and get real tired around 9:30 or 10 at night..thank God for our dvr..or i'd miss the ending of my favorite shows:)
I have only had to take one phenegran which is good...i of course had to divide into 4 pieces...there is no way i can take a whole pill with emma..Lord only knows what she would do to this house if i slept all day:)
so i'm nauseated a lot..but not getting totally sick..so there ya have it-there's my update:)

9-21 repeat beta

Praise the Lord my numbers are still rising!!

Everything looks great! Only 3 more days till we see our little peanut on the ultrasound!!

My numbers are now-

hcg-16,370
progesterone-32.3!!!

update on the bean:)

This week, your baby is about the size of a small lentil bean. Her brain, muscles, and bones are beginning to take shape. Her hands and feet resemble little paddles, with thick webbing still in place between her developing fingers and toes. And her tiny heart has begun beating. Though you probably won't actually feel anything for another ten weeks or so, she's about to make her very first movements.

I'm a wheel watcher:)

Told you Emma loved wheel of fortune!!

Repeat Beta Numbers Are In--

This weekend has been crazazy!! We had a huge get together with friends from Hannahs Prayer. Fun Times were had by all, but boy this preggy mama is TIRED:) now i got the call friday afternoon with our numbers..so without further ado here they are!:)
9-6----hcg - 45
prog.- 45.1

9-8----hcg- 102
prog.-39.2

9-14---hcg- 1371
prog- 27.1

so we have a doubling time of 38.4 hours and they want them to double between 48-72 hours, so we are good to go!
We have a repeat beta on 9-21-06, then we have an ob ultrasound to see our bean on 9-26 26!!!

I cant' wait!!

Our New Baby

Your baby is now 1 to 2 millimeters long — about the size of a sesame seed — and enjoying his first huge growth spurt. He still resembles a tadpole more than anything else, but already the cells for his vital organs, including his kidneys and liver, are forming, and this week his heart will begin beating!!!

How awesome is our God?

um yay

morning sickness is here:( Its' all worth it but uugh no fun for the mama:(
It actually makes me feel good...in a weird way..i guess since i know this is how its supposed to be:)

Sep. 8 Beta Results!!

The nurse just called and Praise the Lord everything looks Great!!

Wednes. Results- HCG- 45
Pro- 45.1
Fridays Results- HCG- 102
Prog- 39.2
So that gives me a doubling time of every 40.7 hours-- woo hoo!!:) My next beta will be Thursday, Sep. 14.

Let's talk about emma:)

She is such a joy! Bryan and I are both smitten with her! She is 15 months old now...Where did the time go on that one? Wow! We just had her appointment on Tuesday, she now weighs 22 pounds, and is 31 1/2 inches, and her noggin is 47 cm.
So for those of you who love the percentile charts, here is that info---For weight she is in the 25-50 percentile, for length she is 75'th-90'th percentile, and her noggin is in the 75'th-90'th.
I don't really enjoy the charts. A lot of people get freaked out by them, I just like to see that Em is growin!
Emma is talking up a storm these days, my favorite so far is when she said Good girl mama? Her favorite things are books...my girl could read all the day long! Her favorite show is get ready for this..here's a clue ...Can I buy a vowel? um yay thats right you read it right..her favorite show is WHEEL of Fortune:) She sits still during the entire show, and claps and turns back to make sure we're watching too!! Oh and by the way I am not one of "those" mommies who thinks their child is perfect..um No Emma is a pistol:) She is a sassy little thang--just like her mama:) The biggest challenge these days is being consistent. She is testing us, and I know thats normal. Bryan says she's bad I say shes' a 15 month old. Big Difference:)

Some recent photos of Toddler Head Emma:)