Pregnancy journal

12 weeks

So its been three or four weeks since the scare. We are back in Arizona, and I had my first appointment with my doctor. First of all, the doctor is Dr. Mike Bryan. He just moved into town. Trav is actually friends with him and has hung out with him a bunch of times.  The first time I met Dr. Bryan, he gave me a big hug! He is one of the nicest and funniest guys. We talked about what happened and what the condition I have is. He basically told me that I needed to be on "couch potato" rest. I can't workout or do anything that would rattle the baby up. I have been bleeding on and off since Utah, but not too bad.


18 Weeks
Things are going well. Hardly any more bleeding.I haven't been too sick from being pregnant. Mostly, foods just sound gross. I can't even look at sugar without wanting to barf. I crave salt! I love eggs and meat mostly. I've lost about 5 pounds, mostly because I don't eat much sugar! I can't stand peppermint gum. Gross! Also, we decided officially that we were going to wait and not find out the sex of the baby. Its mostly Travs idea. Since its  probably our last kid, I decided I would let him have his way. Man its gonna be hard not finding out! We got to see the babe today. They did an ultra sound to check on the clot. Everything looked good. The tech said he couldn't even see the clot, so maybe its going away? What a blessing!

20 weeks

Things are going well. I'm about 20 weeks along (half way, woot woot). This pregnancy is going by fast! Good news, the clot dissolved!!! It is gone and we don't have to worry anymore! What a relief. I can workout and resume normal life again. I started to feel the baby move inside of me a couple of weeks ago. It just feels like a little flutter inside. It is always so exciting when that happens! We got our 20 week ultra sound done. It was extremely hard to not find out what the sex was. I kept looking for private parts, but we told the tech not to scan that area. I have no patience!  That evening, we ran into Dr. Bryan, my O.B. He said that he looked at our ultra sound and he knows what sex the baby is! What a mean man, now he is just gonna mess with my mind making me think it is either a girl or a boy! He has already made a couple of comments and it makes me wonder. So far, I think it is gonna be a boy, but I won't let myself get too excited. Don't get me wrong, if it is a girl, we will be so excited as well, we will know it was meant to be a girl only family. 

For some reason, I always get Braxton Hicks contractions super early in pregnancy. My stomach just gets really hard! Those are happening as well. My appetite is coming back, and I'm starting to enjoy food more. I'm starting to gain weight. I've gained about 5 pounds. We finally told the girls that I am pregnant. They CANNOT wait! Isla doesn't have a clue that her world is going to be rocked! I'm not totally showing yet, but you can see a little tiny bump. I'm mostly just super tired. I'm craving mostly milk products like milk and cereal and chocolate milk. Also, I don't like it when people touch me, also, if you can't tell, I'm super moody! I'm so glad that the baby is growing and developing well. We can't wait to meet her/him!

25 Weeks

Here is my first pregnancy picture. 25 weeks! Baby is moving a lot more. Its fun to feel the little flutters. 

32 weeks

35 weeks

The baby is all up in my grill! I can't breath very well. I sleep with about 18 pillows at night so I can breath! I'm ready to be done! My whole body feels wrecked. 

37 weeks

I picked these out for the baby's wear home outfit. I'm leaning more towards the blue whale outfit? But I just don't know still!!! Travis thinks its a girl. We will see soon!

40 weeks

Absolutely zero percent dilated. Kill me now.  3 out of 4 kids have now stayed longer than 40 weeks in there. I hope this doesn't happen when they turn 18. My uterus is awesome.