20 wks ultrasound

We just came back from the ultrasound, the baby weight 350 gr which is the weight of a 22 week baby, huge!!!!

We were also able to see baby's penis and I tell you that was also HUGE!!! LOL

I was right from the first day, we are having a boy!

Baby's femur was 3,2 cm long and the feet were really cute!

Feeling movement

I have started these daily 'trying to feel the baby exercises', on Christmas eve (14 weeks) I felt a little knocking for the first time.

2 weeks later I am doing the same thing and as soon as I press on my tummy I feel a little kick (quite strong) as if saying: hey mommy, leave me alone!!!!!!

It was soooooooooooooo cute!!!!!!!

Looking forward to many and much more!

We told his family

We told his family yesterday, let me walk you through our night...

I called his sis and dad and said that we were going to have a 'family reunion' (that was the only way to guarantee that everyone would be there).

We brought the food and we all ate together, when we were all about done (just before, not to give anyone a chance to get up) I brought the cards.

His sis started crying!!! I just couldn't believe it!

His dad was so emotional that he was shaking!!

The reactions were stronger than I had imagined, as this is not the first baby in the family, but the first one from us.

Pretty cool!

PS:

The card:

Had in the front: SURPRISE!
Inside some saying and a picture of the ultrasound with the baby's size, age and weight.

It was a SURPRISE!

First Ultrasound

After a lot of expectation and many count downs we finally got to see the little one for the first time today.
We got to see the little heart beating, although the lady said that they don't measure the heart beat over there =(
The baby has 4.1 cm from crown to rump - crazy measuring idea that they have.
Daddy was all smile - ear to ear.
It is quite emotional!!
Looking forward to the next ultrasound where we will be albe to see the sex of our little one.

Toilet Paper Tuesdays

The title may sound a bit strange, so let me explain...

Many pregnant ladies do it just for fun, they chose a brand of toilet paper and every week they measure their tummies to figure out the growth.

I started this super precise measurement on week 8 1/2, watch this:

Week 8: 8 3/4 squares
For curiosity I also measured the bottles: 10 1/4 - growing like crazy.

Week 9: 9 squares

Week 10: Still 9 squares.

Pregnancy Fun Fact

I swear to you that when I 'ordered' the baby I was not advised of this 'side effect' - the pregnant brain!

For those who have never been pregnant or never heard of it (just like me) I'll explain: you just forget everything and your brain activities really, really slow down. If there is scientific proof I don't know, but I can tell you for a fact: it DOES happen!

First I noticed how I was forgeting things, then I tried my daily Sudoku and OMG my sudoku-abbilities are gone, I couldn't believe it. I'll surf the net and try to find a sudoku skill level: pregnant, for now.

According to 'daddy' it makes no sense as there are 2 brains with me right now, but if the whole baby is the size of small plum how big could the little brain be?

Nothing to worry about 'cause once the baby is born my brain will be upgrated to a baby brain. Thank God!

10 weeks and growing

Wow, I am amazed at how fast this is going, a whole month has gone by since we found out about the baby! The last email told me that the baby is the size of a small plum, about 4 cm.

I started to 'feel' the difference in my pants around week 8 and now I can see a little bulge that doesn't go away (I guess that there was a lot of gas on the past two weeks, 'helping' my tummy look).

Nausea-wise I am doing a lot better.

Weight: I had weighed myself last week and the scale 'accused' 4 extra pounds. This week it shows 2 less, so total weight gain is 2 lbs. Where did the other 2 go? That is a mystery!

Read a funny post at another babyfit blog, about her little one, who is 7 weeks old, having a bad day and she couldn't figure out why until the end of the day when she was changing the little girl and found out that her socks were too tight!

Oh my, I can see myself getting in that kind of trouble =)