3/30/22- (10w0d)- GRADUAITON FROM EMBRYO TO FETUS!

 

Development 

This week you are about 1.5 inches long and wiggling all around. (Mommy thinks she is feeling your movements with little fish/butterfly like flutters). She felt Warren early also, but I think you beat his record! 

This week marks your final week as an embryo.2 Some of the amazing events happening inside that little life this week include:

• All the baby's major body organs have started to form.3
• Baby's nose, mouth, and eyes are taking shape.
• Tooth buds and caps are becoming recognizable.4
• Fingers and toes lose their web look and get longer.
• Eyelids continue to grow and are closing.5
• The outer ears are forming and moving into place on the head.6

Some websites say that your sex organs have formed but not yet visible on an ultrasound.  Mommy can take a blood test to find out but we are waiting until a few more weeks at an Ultrasound on April 21st.  That’s your great grandma Gigi’s birthday! I’m sure she will be smiling down from Heaven!…We will see you but tech won’t reveal the sex.  She’ll put it in an envelope and your great grandma Richards will be the one to make the cake for the small family gender reveal party that weekend. 

The baby excitement is growing! Love you! MIMI (grandma!)

Happy 10 Weeks!!! Belly Shot!

9w6d- BRIGHT RED SPOTTING UGH!

Had some brighter red spotting this morning 😣 thank goodness for the Doppler, baby sounds good!

3-28-22 (9w5d)

I'm pretty sure I'm already feeling little movements

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9w5d

I'm able to find a heartbeat straight away now instead of searching for it!

I have been doing very very good with my diabetic diet. I have been strict diabetic since Thursday.

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9w4d- Dream and Doppler

 I had a dream last night that we had another ultrasound and the tech said that she could already tell 100% it was a boy 😂

Mommy said that she found your heartbeat with Doppler and must have been right on top of it.  The Doppler tried to register the beats per minute on the screen but each time it started you wiggled away! 

9W1D- FIRST OB VISIT WITH ULTRASOUND!

 LITTLE BEAN IS GROWING RIGHT ON TRACK! 9W1D WITH A HEALTHY HB OF 186!  Mommy still has a Subchorionic hematoma with no change in size.  The OD doesn’t seem concerned about it.  However that coupled with a low lying placenta, he put her on pelvic rest.  The nurse did the ultrasound abdominally - with their low level ultrasound machine and mommy’s tilted uterus the picture didn’t turn out as nice as before.  Mommy forgot to share the pic, so I couldn’t upload it.  BUT SHE DID SEE THE BABY WIGGLE!  YAY!

Since Caitlin was a gestational diabetic with Warren and Gracyn’s pregnancies, the OB put her on a diabetic diet now, instead of waiting for the normal glucose testing window.  Doesn’t surprise us!

At first I was predicting a girl because the HCG mirrored Gracyn’s pregnancy, but the HB is mirroring Warren’s pregnancy so now I’m predicting a boy!  Time will tell!  Mommy has her gender ultrasound around 13 weeks!  

VIDEO 9 WEEKS- HEARTBEAT ON DOPPLER

 

9 WEEKS BELLY PIC!

 

3/23/22 HAPPY 9 WEEKS!

At 9 weeks pregnant, your little one is now about 1 inch long, the size of a medium green olive — but no martinis, please.

The end of the embryo period

Would you believe your baby is only an embryo for one more week and is already developing into a fetus?

The head has straightened out and is more fully developed and the ears are continuing to grow, making baby look more human. Plus, toes are visible, and all of baby's essential organs, like the heart, brain, kidneys, liver and lungs, have begun to develop.

The arms and legs in your soon-to-be-fetus are also spontaneously moving now that minuscule muscles are beginning to develop, though you won't feel your tiny dancer for at least another month or two.

Mommy’s symptoms:

Nausea and morning sickness (sometimes all day)  

Sore breasts on and off

Round ligament pain with mild cramps every now and then

Heartbeat on the Doppler

Cravings-strawberry’s and chocolate hummus/krogers chicken salad sandwiches 😜

BLOATING

Leg and toe cramps

Weight gain 3lbs 

Kids and most family know 

Clear skin 

Belly button already changing

First prenatal massage 

Aversion to hot coffee at times 

Ice cold water only 😂

Hot flashes and shortness of breath 

Ginger/B6 candies have been a lifesaver for nausea 

First big prenatal appointment tomorrow

3-22-22 (8w6d) More Projectile Vomiting!

 This morning mommy found your heartbeat closer to center of belly!  As she was searching, a huge waive of nausea came over her and she didn't make it to the bathroom in time! Yuck. Thankfully daddy help on the hallway cleanup!

3-21-22 (8w5d)

  Mommy usually finds your heartbeat with doppler on the right side of her belly button. She didn't find it on that side. Got nervous... Moved doppler to left side and there you were!  

3-20-22 8w4d

 I’m so grateful I can hear the heartbeat already!! Just got done listening. Of course it’s faint and doesn’t pick up BPM yet but man is it reassuring 

8w3d- Home Doppler!

Heard a faint baby heartbeat on Home Doppler- too early to register on screen!

Awe! A picture from Warren!

 

VIDEO Telling the kids! Priceless!

 Gracyn is 9 and Warren is 6 yrs. Old!

Getting ready to share news!

 

3-17-22 (8w1d)

I don’t have a belly band for me to be able to wear my regular pants. So I took an old pair of leggings and cut off the top and made my own and it works perfectly. Ha ha

8W0D- ELECTIVE ULTRASOUND!

 

 

Here you can see the yolk sac and the baby’s leg buds!

The black spot in the head is the baby’s brain!

Measuring 8w0d!!! With a beautiful HB 176!!!  The red and blue is the beautiful blood exchange in the heart!! 

And the best picture of all a 4D.  On the video we saw your eyes and nose on that big head. To the left is the umbilical cord going up to the yolk sac. And look at that cute side view of an arm and leg!

3-16-22 8 WEEKS BELLY PIC!

 Happy 8 Weeks!

3-14-22 (7W5D). More pink and brown spotting!

 More pink and brown spotting this morning 😣. Looking back at the blogs, this week coming up is the week of my big bleeds with both pregnancies.  Hopefully not the case with this pregnancy since the placenta is low lying and not considered a partial previa but I do have that sub chorionic hematoma to either pass or dissolve on its own.  Time will tell.  Hopefully will have an elective US on Wednesday to confirm all is progressing nicely.  I should be 8 weeks by then but little been is measuring 4 days behind so hoping to see at least 7w4d by to show a week’s worth of growth. We are hanging onto the fact that their is a nice strong heartbeat!

3-11-22. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND!

 3/11/22- ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND- I puked all the way to the restaurant 🤢 thank god for the kids old snack bag in the back of the car! 

3-11-22 (7w2d)- ULTRASOUND!

 Baby bean’s heart rate is 149!!! Measuring a few days behind at 6w6d but tech said this is great growth and within the normal window of development and not to worry.  Mommy has a low lying placenta near cervix and a small sub chorionic hematoma like she did with her other pregnancies. In the ultrasound, I see arm buds, leg buds, head and tail!!

3-10-22 (7w1) Pink Spotting!

 Just had more light pink spotting.  The OB wants to see me tomorrow morning for an ultrasound! Trying to stay positive!!

3-9-22- HAPPY 7 WEEKS. Belly Pic!

 

3-7-22 (6w5d)- More Pregnancy Signs!

 3-7-22 (6w5d)- the wet worm smell outside due to heavy rains is nauseating!!!  Plus I’ve produced more milk from left breast in past and that side aches more! All great signs!!

6W4D- Projectile Vomiting!

 6w4d- Just had my first projectile puking after Starbucks and yogurt  🤢

6W2D- LIGHT SPOTTING AND ANOTHER ULTRASOUND!

 6w2d- spotting! Light pink and brown. Trying to remain positive. This happened with both pregnancies before and 2 beautiful healthy babies were born!

6w2d- Bean is doing great… measuring 1 day behind… but we noticed the tech does not have the cursor on the end of the rump. We see arm buds!  Also the tech measured the heart at a slower rate than before.  Hopefully little bean was sound asleep!

6W0D- ULTRASOUND!

Our sweet little babe!!! Heart rate 125 measuring right on track!  No more pee sticks for Mommy!!

6W0D- FAULTY PREGNANCY TEST?

So I went to Kroger to get more first response because I’m just curious and I don’t have a good feeling 😢 The second line should barely be there!  Next step request an ultrasound with OB!  OR IS THIS THE HOOK EFFECT THAT I READ ABOUT..WHEN THERE’S TOOO MUCH HCG AND THE TEST IS CONFUSED?

3-2-22 HAPPY 6 WEEKS! BELLY PIC!

Your 6-week embryo is about to get cuter too, since they're starting to sprout a nose, eyes, ears, chin and cheeks. If you did have a 6-week ultrasound, the doctor might be able to see a fetal pole or fetal heartbeat—a clear sign that you've got an embryo developing in there.

March!!! (5w6d)

 Happy March! (5w6d)- Boobs are sore, round ligament pain, constipation and nausea this morning. I almost got a horrible leg cramp stretching this morning like I used too and stretched it out real fast before it got bad 😂