Week 18

Today is Week 18. A lot is going on. Baby is moving all the time! Willis is even able to feel the baby now :-) Trying to eat more after my fainting episode in Walmart. I've never been an over eater so this is all new to me. I still have moments where I feel my blood sugar dropping but I definitely make sure to eat something. The Baby this week is the size of a Sweet Potato (just in time for Thanksgiving!) I am very excited that we have Thanksgiving this week so much going on. Seeing family and decorating for Christmas is helping to keep my mind off of the excitement of next week. Next week is the big ultrasound and I could not be more excited. I hope this next week flies by!

Code White

Code White...that's what they called at Walmart this morning. What is that you may ask. Well that's when someone passes out. How do I know you ask. Because that person was ME! Yes while trying to swipe my debit card and not being able to see the screen I woke up on the ground with the man standing behind me asking if I was alright and 6 Walmart employees coming to help me up. Can you say embarrassed and worried. I had been standing in line and started feeling flush and jittery and hoping I wouldn't pass out, I do not like to make a scene, so I grabbed a Pepsi to add to my items. I thought I would have enough time to pay and then crack open the Pepsi and snacks I had purchased but oh no I was wrong. They brought me a chair and I had my Pepsi and they gave me a candy bar while I sat there trying to compose myself. Normally I wouldn't be too freaked out but considering I'm growing a life in me I thought I better be safe. I called Willis to come pick me up (yes I was alone even more terrifying) and I called the OB. They told me to come right over. Blood pressure was normal, iron and hemoglobin normal so no anemia. Then came the blood sugar. After downing a Pepsi, candy bar and just to be safe a granola bar with yogurt in the waiting room my sugar was only 95. They said not to worry they don't believe I am diabetic but they definitely want me eating more protein in the morning. They also told me the best thing I could do for today would be to have a nice steak for lunch and so that's what we did. Willis took me to get a steak right after leaving the office. I did start to feel better after eating that, not as weak or shaky but still worried. I've spent the rest of the day on the couch snacking. My main concern was the baby and everything is fine. I have been feeling the little one many times since the incident and the heartbeat is still strong so no worries there. I just have to make sure I get up in plenty of time to cook in the mornings...oh how I love to sleep until the last moment. I guess some things just have to change :-)

Week 17 and Mommy Jeans

Today is Week 17! Let's just say that this weekend I popped. I finally broke down and bought maternity clothes. My first outfit a cute black dress and I'm sure I will wear a ton! My next purchase...JEANS! I hadn't needed new pants my old ones still fit and I had some jeans in the next size up from what I usually wear that fit pretty well. Yet this past weekend while getting ready for the Southern Christmas Show it happened...I had nothing to wear!!! I obviously wanted to choose something for comfort sake while doing a couple of hours of walking and shopping and after trying on 4 pairs of pants (that fit 3 days prior) suddenly didn't fit that morning. You may wonder how I didn't notice them not fitting. Well for a couple of days I worked, which meant wearing scrubs so I didn't notice the ever growing belly. Then BAM Saturday nothing fit. Well I manage to stop wallowing in pity and put on some jeans that were not comfortable just so I could go. And yes, as tacky as it is, half of the day my jeans were NOT buttoned. The next day after church Willis took me to Motherhood Maternity and I bought mommy jeans. I never thought I would be so happy to have spandex around my belly, but thank God for it! Here is a picture of me from this morning Week 17 in my new mommy jeans!

Upadates on Baby Whitley this week: Our baby is now over 5 inches from crown to rump! About the size of an onion :-) The bones are starting to harden which makes this little ones movements more obvious! Baby Whitley has fingerprints this week!
Baby Whitley is on the move! When listening with our dopplar I constantly have to move it around to keep up with the heartbeat. I am feeling the baby a lot now. I notice the baby mostly in the car. I tend to listen to my music quite loud while riding back and forth to work and the baby kicks almost the entire ride! I'm not sure if baby likes the music or not...I like to think the baby is rocking out in there ;-) While watching a moving the other night the baby would not be still and I put Willis's hand on my lower belly. He was able to feel one of the movements! Yay! I can't wait for it to happen again :-) Our countdown to ultrasound is 2weeks now. I really haven't looked at nursery items in a few weeks. It's difficult when you don't know the sex. So I'm trying to wait until the big day Decemeber 4th. We had narrowed down the furniture and bedding we liked but I'm sure everything will change when we know for sure which gender we are buying for. Stay tuned for more updates on the growing baby!

Flutters and Week 16

Yes today is week 16 and yes I have started to feel Baby Whitley moving around. For a couple of days now I have noticed a new feeling if I was sitting still and being quiet. But today sitting on the couch talking with Willis and not thinking a thing about it the I felt it! It was stronger than the past few times and I definitely knew it was the Baby. I just stopped and stared off for a few seconds and Willis was asking if I was okay. Of course I was. This is something I have been excited to experience. It is so exciting to feel the Baby I can't wait for next time!

OB appointment

Today we went back to the OB. We saw a different MD this time Dr. Robinson who lets just say had a lot of things in common with me and Willis. His daughter graduated USC Nursing the semester after me and his son graduated the same time as Willis. Not to mention our baby is due on his son's Birthday. What a small world. My OB office rotates you from the beginning through all of the doctor's and so far we have liked them. This appointment I of course got weighed and then the doctor check my belly and we listened to the heartbeat a strong 154beats/minute. One of the best things about this appointment was scheduling our next. We got back in exactly 4 weeks for our ultrasound and we will find out if Baby Whitley is a boy or girl! I still have no inclination either way. And the verdict is pretty split from everyone we know who has voiced their choice.

Willis and I both had today off and after the OB visit we did a little shopping and had lunch out. We came back to the house and sat on the couch to watch tv and this is what happened...

Willis and Abby passed out on the couch, so cute!

Week 15

Today marks Week 15! It has been a while since I posted a belly pic so here is one from this morning.

Updates on Baby Whitley:

Baby is now the size of an orange! 4 inches long and about 2.5oz. Baby is moving around inside but I have yet to feel it. In just 4 weeks we find out the sex! Yay! I am so ready to go shopping!

Week 14

Wow 14 weeks of being preggo. The time is flying by. New updates. Morning sickness is over with and has been for a few weeks. Now I have entered the stage of eternal hunger. I never new I could be so hungry all of the time. The good thing is I haven't put on a ton of weight I have actually only gained 4 lbs which I am told is a good amount to be at right now. But this hunger where did it come from. I just woke up one day and wanted to eat everything all the time. Work is becoming difficult. I have to pack so much food to be at the hospital for 12 hours and I burn so much energy I never seem to pack enough and I'm starving before I get home. Just something I have to get use to. Our little baby Whitley is growing everyday. I can definitely feel my uterus now which is quite odd. I can't wait to start feeling the little one inside!

This week Baby Whitley is the size of a lemon!

The little one is over 3 inches and sucking his/her thumb! We find out in just 5 weeks if we are having a boy or a girl...I can't hardly wait!!!!