Tasty Tuesday...15 Weeks!!

Baby Brown is 15 weeks! Hard to believe!! And it is only suiting he/she is an orange as ALL I crave is juice, juice and juice (and fruit!) I look forward to EVERY Tuesday to read up on Baby B's developments. First thing Chris and I do when we wake up is open up our computer and search our favorite baby websites! Crazy how much he/she grows each week and how much he/she develops each week! Crazy to think 2 weeks ago Baby B was only 1 oz and it has more than doubled now in weight and length in 2 weeks...what does that mean for my weight for the future?! I feel like the first 10 were SLOW and we found out when I was about 4 1/2 weeks. But these past 5 weeks have flown! Maybe it is due to me being more relaxed, or the fact that I am enjoying pregnancy a lot more now, or even the fact that it is holiday season. Although I am anxious for May to arrive, I know it will be January very fast with the Christmas hustle approaching; and after January time will only pick up. I know this because I remember the year we got married January until May was a blur! So although time will pass fast, Baby Brown has alot of growing to do and mom and dad to be have a lot of prepping to do..so it's okay time, take YOUR time! Happy Tuesday y'all!

Baby's now the size of a naval orange!
Continuing the march toward normal proportions, baby's legs now out-measure his arms. And, finally, all four limbs have functional joints. Your fetus is squirming and wiggling like crazy down in the womb, though you probably can't feel the movements just yet.

The pure Bliss in ultrasound pictures!!

10 and 11 week shots! Hello baby Brown! 6 and 8 week u/s above and 10 week u/s below!

These are also 8 weeks!

Ok the top right on the first ultrasound pictures is baby at 6 weeks (it is a dot if you can see that small!) and the other are 8 weeks!

Ok, so I thought I would post some ultrasound pictures as I was given a hard time at home over Thanksgiving for not bringing any with me. After all, we have been blessed enough to see Baby Brown 4 times already! Because we saw a fertility specialist they did more for us and I had some unusual aches and pains so they brought me in just for procaution one time. Now, I have to mention we thought at first there could be twins because my blood levels were more than doubling (okay they were tripling!). So each and every ultrasound Chris has made sure there is just 1 baby! Our Dr. did have some fun with him though. I had alot of cysts left over from our treatments and so early on you could see them, they looked like tiny sacs. So the Dr. told Chris "Oh my gosh, look at those sacs, there are 5 babies in there!" He found it funny after he heard "just kidding"! He said he would have been happy but he was too busy calculating college funds! It is amazing to see how fast these little miracles of life grow! At 6 weeks you can not see anyting but a dot..but boy did we hear the heart loud and clear at 108 bpm! Then at 8 weeks it more than doubled in size and the heart rate was 159 bmp! Next came 10 week ultrasound with our regular OB (who also deserves his own post along with our other Dr.) and the baby more than doubled! He even gave us a 3D picture and you could see the little bean waving his/her arms and you could see toes and fingers! THe heart rate at 10 weeks was 161 bpm! Finally we had one at 11 weeks and yet Baby Brown continued to grow and the heart rate continued to increase to 169 bpm! Now some people say that is a high heart rate, but I am not sure if it was high due to baby or due to mom! I was a nervous, hot mess before each Dr. appointment. I was convinced this all was too good to be true and something was bound to go wrong..I know, such a optimist! In fact, I literally made myself sick throughout the day of each of my ultrasounds. Chris had to hold my hand just to get me to stop shaking! And at one appointment, the nurse had me lay down for 5 minutes because my heart rate was 180/90 and she was afraid I would have a heart attack! Well, it is better now and I do not "freak" out anymore! Whew! Call me crazy, but I just could not help my nerves! The last u/s was at 11 weeks so I can only imagine (well just view any expecting website to find the answer) how big the baby is now! Tasty Tuesday Fruit post to come tomorrow!

A recap of the past 14 weeks!

So, I have decided to enter the cyber world of blogging! I am going to guess that no one will read this, and that I may not even be that great of keeping up with it (or for that fact even a good writer)...BUT I am going to attempt to document this exciting time in our lives! I have started a scrap book of all ultrasound pictures, baby bump pictures, memorabilia and anything else that can go in a scrap book, however, I need a place to also document my crazy emotions, excitements and dreams for Baby Brown!
So if you are reading this by chance then yes you probably already knew, or can guess that Chris and I are expecting our first child this May!! We could not be more excited or thrilled to welcome our new baby into our family! It was a long and tough journey to Baby Brown (one I will share eventually but am not quite ready to yet) but I would not trade one tear, one heart ache or one treatment for this miracle to have happened exactly when it did..yes, I would do it ALL over again! Because it was a long journey to baby Brown, we feel more excited, appreciative and full of "bliss" than we ever have before! It has made this baby and this entire experience that much more special.
Speaking of this experience, pregnancy, has finally hit the "honeymoon" phase! Because I am already almost 15 weeks (Tuesday to be exact) I will quickly sum up the past 14 weeks.
NEVER have I..... (these are all BLISSFUL never's)
~ felt more exhausted...Chris is happy to have conscience wife now and one that is not a zombie!
~ hated food SO much! I never got sick, but I found myself dry heaving to the porcelain Gods and hating every single piece of food except for my latest craving (see below!) I even hated cheese (which is SO not me!). Chris is happy now to have a wife that likes to cook again and one who won't make him eat dinner in the other room or throw away dinner!
~ been more emotional/moody. I can cry with the best of them for no reason (or at commercials) and want to bite someones head off all at the same time. Again, sorry to my dear husband who has embraced all of this!
~been more forgetful or spacey. Yes, those of you who do know me know that this is typically a norm for me, but I feel (with all my other feelings) this is intensified
~ witnessed more changes with my body (visible and not visible) within such a short period of time..I won't share ANY more, those that have been preggo before know what I am talking about!
~ used the bathroom so much! I use to be able to go the entire day without going, but yet I go all the time now!
~ driven more careful or felt more protective/worried for a life I am in charge of
~craved fruit or fruit juice as much as I do now. I go through a gallon a week!
~ felt more excited and blessed..words can not describe my happiness, feeling of joy and appreciation right now
~ been more in love with my husband..he deserves an entire post which is soon to come, but lets just say he is my rock!

That about sums it up. And after taking the road it took to get here I have loved every second of being pregnant...even the nauseated, exhausted and moody moments! These past almost 15 weeks have been filled with excitement and joy as we have had 4 ultrasounds (pictures and explanations to come later!), celebrations with friends and family (my students included, their reactions to come later too!), nights of laying in bed for hours looking at name books and dreaming of our little bambino and everything we want for him/her, and everything in between. Although I am not officially a "mom" yet, I find myself so in love with someone I have yet to meet and already so protective/worrisome for this little being that already fills our lives with love. I would say this miracle has changed our lives already for the better and we can not wait to see what is to come.

I am excited to enjoy every minute of this pregnancy and I hope this is a place where I can reflect and share it with you. Bump pictures and updates to come! I promise the rest of my posts will not be this long (or I will try!).