WEEK 13

How far along? 13 Weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 5 lbs. +
Maternity clothes? jeans are definitely too tight to close now, so I'm doing the hair band trick to hold them up
Sleep: sleeping good most nights, but had a couple of nights where I woke up at 4am and couldn't go back to sleep :(
Miss Anything? eating Bifi, most of my meals are vegetarian nowadays since I have to be extra careful with meat
Movement: no movement yet…or at least I can't feel it yet
Food cravings: pizza, yoghurt and granola
Anything making you queasy or sick: smell of alcohol
Symptoms: moodiness, headaches
Mood: still switching between happy and moody
Energy: came down with a cold, which I feel hit me harder than usually. Supposedly a pregnant woman's immune system is as weak as that of a cancer patient.
Looking forward to: feeling better and starting to exercise again


Favorite Moment:
On Tuesday Tommy and I drove down to Phoenix for the first trimester check up. The test is mainly done to measure the fluid sack behind the baby's neck which is a good indicator for down syndrome. But while doing this test they also do an all around check up and see if anatomically everything seems to be right. While our first ultrasounds only lasted a few seconds, and Tommy and I were really disappointed that we couldn't stare at the screen and the Baby's heart beat for longer, this ultrasound lasted 23 entire minutes! And the best thing was that the clinic recoded everything for us on dvd, so we're able to watch it over and over again. When the baby first appeared on the big flatscreen in front of us, we both couldn't believe our eyes. Just four weeks ago our baby was merely a little blob, but now it was fully developed with a head and arms and legs. When we heard the baby's heart beat, I couldn't help but starting to cry. This was so amazing! But we were in for an even bigger surprise. While the technician took all the measurements and made sure she didn't find any abnormalities, she told us she was pretty sure she could already see the baby's gender and if we wanted to know what it was. Of course we did! It's still early, usually you can't really determine the gender until week 18-20, but she said she wouldn't tell us if she wasn't very very sure of it. She could still be wrong, but it's unlikely and it looks like we're going to have a little Baby Boy!!!!!! Again we couldn't believe it! For some reason we had thought all this time that we were having a girl. Of course we're fine with either one, as long as the baby is healthy, but we do kinda wanna have a boy first. So of course we're super excited about the news.