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Back posting this entry since I was on vacation. How far along : 12 weeks How big is baby : A plum. Via app:  Weight Gain :  -5 lbs Stretch Marks : Nope.  Symptoms : Symptoms have started to lighten up! Still get tired quickly though.  Sleeping : Not sleeping very well. Tossing and turning.  Food cravings : Ice cream...!  Food aversions : These have started to lighten up.  Maternity Clothes : I have maternity pants and I really like them!  Movement : Nope, too early still.  What I did / Got for Baby : Nothing this week.  What I miss : care-free eating.  Workouts : Eventually...!  What I'm looking forward to : Feeling the baby move.  Best moment of the week : Seeing the baby on the NT scan moving around. 

FINALLY, after 2 1/2 weeks of not knowing what was going on in my womb and trying so hard to not get paranoid and worried about my baby -- I had my scan today. I was so worried we wouldn't see a heartbeat... I woke up in the middle of the night to pee & I couldn't go back to sleep, worries haunting me :(  Luckily, I had absolutely nothing to worry about! Baby is doing really good!! NT Scan What is the nuchal translucency scan? From Baby Center : The nuchal translucency scan (also called the NT scan) uses ultrasound to assess your developing baby's risk of having Down syndrome (DS) and some other chromosomal abnormalities, as well as major congenital heart problems.   The NT scan measures the clear (translucent) space in the tissue at the back of your baby's neck. Babies with abnormalities tend to accumulate more fluid at the back of their neck during the first trimester, causing this clear space to be larger than average. The NT scan is not invasive. The NT scan too...

I'm nervous... I'm going "home" for Thanksgiving and I'm tasked with telling my immediate family and close family friends about my pregnancy. To kind of level-set on things, none of them knew I was trying to have a baby. Which means they have no clue that I've been trying for almost two years and have had to go through all these cycles to finally get pregnant. I had to really think this through on *if* I should tell them and *how much* to tell them.  Infertility . There's the word. The word that followed me through much of my TTC time. I'm not that close with my family, which is why I haven't shared my TTC journey with them. I even wrote a post about it, which you can read here . They also didn't "show up" for the adoption of my son... which was really hard on me at the time. Didn't really write about it back then, maybe if I have time I'll write a post and "lessons" learned from my disappointment. My experience goin...

Have I mentioned I'm tired? The fatigue has lifted a lot, but I'm still not able to keep up to my normal pace pre-pregnancy. When I do a lot of things at one time, I'm just exhausted. Because of this, I've had to make a few changes to things. House Cleaner  At the beginning of the year I had started the Dave Ramsey plan. Part of my cutting costs plan was to cut out my house cleaner, who came every 2 weeks. I have to say, I did REALLY good with keeping the house clean for a little while. But once I started back on fertility medications in June/July, things started to go down-hill. Then when I started my FET cycle in August/September -- it got worse. Then the fatigue once I was pregnant... can I say - things got worse!! I was keeping up with doing laundry, but not folding. I was good at putting things away, but not doing any deep cleaning. The house just got out of control and it was very stressful for me. A dirty house just makes me all out of sorts, like I can't rel...

I can't believe it, I'm 11 weeks pregnant. I have to admit my paranoia hasn't "lightened" at all! But it's nice to know that the 2nd trimester is just around the corner. Baby C is becoming more real and I'm starting to really believe that he/she will be joining us in June. So close, but so far away. Here's what 11 weeks looks like:  How far along : 11 weeks How big is baby : A lime! From the Ovia App:  Weight Gain : -3 lbs Stretch Marks : No new ones Symptoms : After my energy surge at 10 weeks, I'm still feeling some fatigue - just get really tired fast. Still some food aversions. I won't be hungry and then all of a sudden I'm hit with hunger pains, "EAT NOW!" Also started getting lower back pain.  Sleeping : Tossing and turning. Waking up in the middle of the night to pee more frequently now.  Food cravings : Vanilla Ice Cream...! Eek.  Food aversions : same as last week - raw chicken, raw meat smells, Eggs. Something new, not r...

Reaching 10 weeks feels pretty monumental to me! But it also comes with doubts and fears, especially since I didn't have an ultrasound this week. I keep wondering, "is everything ok in there??!!" I hope I could hold my paranoia back until my NT scan.  I did a fun little "predictor" thing on the Internet:  Let's see how accurate this will be. It has a 50/50 chance to get the gender correct. Lol. I doubt my MFM or OB will let me go over my due date for delivery. Guess we shall see!  Here's what 10 weeks looks like:  How far along:  10 weeks How big is baby : Strawberry, from the Ovia App:  Weight Gain : -3 lbs Stretch Marks : No new ones Symptoms : Sore breasts, nausea,  , food aversions, frequent peeing, emotional, joints hurts, ligament pain. Fatigue is lifting a bit!!! I have a little more energy, but get tired easily and need to take constant breaks  Sleeping : overall sleeping is better, but I'm a side sleeper and my sides seem to get sore quic...

*** Back posting this since I wrote it last week, but didn't publish it.  I have to admit that everyday I'm pregnant, I give a sigh of relief. I just can't shake the fear. It's so hard to believe that I am pregnant and that everything is going to be ok. Paranoia from my TTC Infertility journey? Just pregnancy anxiety? Or a little of both?  There's "controversy" over when the 1st trimester really ends. My OB goes by 12 weeks, other places say it's 13 weeks. I'll feel great when I make it to 12 weeks... then 13... then 14 :) I've told one co-worker about the pregnancy because it'll impact the deal allocation schedule. Felt weird saying it out loud to someone I'm not really close to.  MFM Injection Training: Insulin  I have to admit, when I picked up my insulin from the pharmacy, I felt a little defeated. I didn't feel like this originally, I always felt it was almost inevitable to get put on insulin for my pregnancy. I also know why i...

I found this list on a blog way back when I first started TTC. I can't remember which blog I saw it on now. But it was a cute pregnancy tracker. I saved the format and thought I'd start tracking my pregnancy a little more closely. There's been so many "scares" and worries so far that I've been worried to track things or just preoccupied with worries. Now, I'm feeling it's time and I'm ready. How far along:  9 weeks How big is baby : Cherry, from the Ovia App:  Weight Gain : -5 lbs Stretch Marks : No new ones Symptoms : Sore breasts, nausea, fatigue, food aversions, frequent peeing, emotional, joints hurts, ligament pain. Sleeping : I've actually been sleeping a lot better! Food cravings : Fried chicken and hamburgers Food aversions : raw chicken, raw meat smells, Eggs Maternity Clothes : Not yet Movement : I haven't felt anything, but I've seen the baby move at my 8 week ultrasounds. What I did / Got for Baby : Nothing yet! What I miss:...

I know I'm behind on all other aspects of my blog, but as I mentioned in my last post - the fatigue is killing me. So I'm barely keeping up with the blog as is. I also mentioned that my app on my phone isn't working (keeps crashing), so makes it harder to do updates since I'm hardly on my home computer.  MFM Follow-Up - Diabetes  I had a follow-up appointment with my MFM this morning to follow-up on my diabetes. The good news is: All my labs look really good! Liver, kidney, and urine analysis all came back within range. Also, my blood pressure is perfect. My A1C was at a 6.0, which is really good for a type 2 diabetic and I'm mostly in the pre-diabetic range. Here is a chart for comparison:  Although all my labs look good, my food log looked HORRIBLE! Well, to begin with - I'm a picky eater normally. I just am and have been since I was a kid. I've ventured off onto new food adventures, but I am extremely picky. Then, hit the nausea and food aversions.... Lim...

Things have been going "OK." I had stopped bleeding last week from the subchorionic hemorrhage (SCH) and I thought I was in the clear. But this week, the spotting has started up again. The bleeding is kinda wine-colored and I am passing some stringy blood clots. Gross, I know... and sorry if TMI, but I'm trying to document all this stuff. With the bleeding, it's very hard not to worry. I'm just trying to keep things in stride and trying not to obsess over it, although I continue to Google and read more on SCH. Other than that, I've been having some other pregnancy-related issues: Major Fatigue . I'm just tired - ALL THE TIME. If I do something physical, it just exhausts me so quickly. For example, I was hanging up pictures. Not strenuous or anything, right? But then I broke out in a sweat all over my body and I was breathing loud. Sheesh. Trick or treating with my son was also an adventure. Luckily he walks slow!  Food Aversions/Nausea . I have to say that...