19 weeks and gender reveal!

19 weeks! Just about half way! My babies have all come early in the 38th week we will go with being halfway...

Had my anatomy scan this week which almost didn’t happen because we had a freak snowstorm in October with 5 inches of snow and a 50 degree temp drop. It was 80 Saturday...But I prayed hard and God made a way. It was mostly melted by my 1pm apt. 

Baby is healthy and everything looks great. And it’s a boy!! So thankful for another little baby boy to take care of. I really do love boys...but we are gonna need a bigger house cause boys are loud...lol 

He is a big boy in 94% percentile and a big head. He was 11oz already and measuring a week ahead. He has been about a week ahead in my last 2 ultrasounds too. I get another ultrasound in 6 weeks. He loved having his hands in front of his face most of the time. I think he looks like Eli. Same nose. 

I have an anterior placenta afterall. I was kind of wondering since I only feel kicks on the sides mostly. Ben finally got to feel him kick for the first time the other morning I was so happy for him. 

Symptoms: getting more tired and harder to move around. But other than that I feel great I’m very thankful.

Movement: getting more consistent. Some days he’s still pretty quiet but on ultrasound he moves a lot so I probably just don’t feel it. 

Cravings: OJ still. Palmento cheese and crackers. 

Weight gain: I haven’t weighed this week but I’m assuming around 17lb. 

Next appt is Nov 13. 

17 weeks and dr appt

Had an appointment today and everything went great. Baby is super active my midwife said as she was chasing for the heartbeat. It was ranging from high 140’s to low 150’s. Got my thyroid bw drawn like I do every 6 weeks. My bp was still a bit high 143/77 but I was rushing to get there and maybe sat for 5 min. Plus breathing in a mask makes it hard too.  My midwife is moving so she referred me to who she thinks would be best for me and that is an OBnin the same office. I’m fine with that cause I still get a midwife for delivery as long as everything goes well and no C-section. So other updates this week:

Movement: a lot more consistent I also felt from

The outside once this week. 

Cravings: blt’s still lol and just protein in general and chocolate 

Symptoms: just fatigue at the end of the day like I fall

asleep by 8:30pm. I’m also having strange dreams which according to my baby app happens around now. I am hungry a lot too but trying to eat as healthy as I can and still gluten-free like I have for the past 6 years. It helps me a lot. 

Exercise: barre3 and walking and trying to get as many house projects done as I can while I still feel good and can bend over.  

Weight- I kept track of this all my other pregnancies I realized so I guess I will this time too. +14lb from Pre-pregnancy

10 days till my anatomy scan and gender reveal!! Can’t wait! That will be my next update probably. 

16 weeks

Haven’t taken my 16 week pic yet but here was from just a few days ago. 

Well so much for doing weekly updates lol. I feel like time has gone by fast since my last update. I guess once you start feeling better and enjoying life again the weeks go by faster.  I honestly can’t believe I’m 16 weeks already!

Symptoms: honestly I feel great. I’m not nauseous anymore since about 14 weeks and I’m working out 3 times a week and walking the other days. I do Barre3 for my workouts and I’ve been doing that for almost a year and my body is very happy with it. My allergies are going crazy right now. But I have those usually anyways. I get allergy shots and that helps. 

I did have a weird symptom today where my heart rate was pretty high just standing and waking around like 130 and I felt really tired and breathless. I think it was low salt though cause my MIL who’s a nurse suggested eating something salty and drinking water and that helped. It was odd though and triggered my anxiety today. I just don’t do well with my own health problems lol. I also go to bed at like 8pm every night cause I’m so tired and my belly just wants to rest lol.

Movement: baby is definitely more active or just bigger and I can feel it more and I absolutely love it! It helps with the reassurance that he/she is doing ok. Though some days I hardly feel the baby at all and other days a lot so I look forward to it being more consistent and feeling it from the outside so the boys can feel it too. I felt it around 16 weeks with Eli so it should be soon. I did get an at home dopplar so they could hear the heartbeat and they liked that. 

Cravings: still fresh fruit and today it was avocado toast with tomatoes and turkey bacon.. also chocolate ice cream. Lol oh and still orange juice too. 

Only a few more weeks till my gender ultrasound and I can hardly wait! We will either confirm or deny the at home sneak peek blood test I did at 8 weeks... we will see!!