12 weeks!

How far along? 12 weeks 3 days 
Total weight gain/loss: 6 lbs! the good news is that i only gained 2 lbs in the last 4 weeks. so if i can keep that up until 30 weeks then i'll reach my goal of 25 lbs at the end! bad news is memorial day weekend totally threw that all off!! :-(
Maternity clothes? all maternity pants! regular shirts still. bought some shirts since gap was having a good sale. and bought some maxi dresses/skirts over the weekend!
Stretch marks? none yet

Symptoms: belly looks/feels big but no real bump yet. just fat. and feel like eating everything!
Sleep:still sleepy but able to stay up later than last week. but at the same time having trouble sleeping if i wake up in the middle of the night. one day i woke up at 4am and couldn't fall back asleep till 6!
Best moment this week: we announced our pregnancy on facebook this past weekend! it happened to be the hubs birthday so we thought we'd make an announcement with that theme. 

I posted this picture and said "Happy Birthday Albert! Your gift arrives in December!"

Also went to our NT scan today! The baby is looking good! it was so cool seeing the baby actually look like a baby, and see the baby move! the u/s tech said the baby was nodding its head alot. and we saw the baby waving its arms around too. We also might've gotten a picture of the baby sucking its thumb (not sure if its too early for that)! the baby is measuring 1 day older than my LMP due date which means 2 days older than the actual due date that i know from charting. Which means all the food i'm eating is making the baby bigger! haha oh well. Our risks for Downs and trisomy 18 is also very very low which was good. 
Movement: nothing yet!

Cravings: niu ro mein! (taiwanese beef noodle soup)!! my brother was nice and got me some on his way home for the weekend!! so good!

Anything making you queasy or sick: steamed broccoli and the thought of fish sauce! also i seem to be more sensitive to feeling sick when i don't eat regularly.  
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out? Innie 
What I miss: coffee!! i kind of had a moment when i missed alcohol this weekend. didn't drink much before pregnancy but i missed just being able to have a sip here or there!
What I am looking forward to: next appt is the 16 week appt. but we have already scheduled our anatomy scan for july 9th! that scan will be exciting! also will probably start looking more seriously about baby stuff!

Last but not least, some u/s pics! 

Thumb sucker maybe?

11 weeks!

How far along? 11 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: still hanging in at 4-5 lbs
Maternity clothes? all maternity pants! regular shirts still.
Stretch marks? none yet

Symptoms: nothing much besides the sore bb's. muffin top fo sho.
Sleep: get sleepy around 9. if i lay down on the couch i'm out. still getting up to pee about once a night.
Best moment this week: kind of boring but catching up on sleep today and hanging out with the hubs!!
Movement: nothing yet!

Cravings: dim sum!! or just good chinese food. cupcakes (got sprinkles this week!)

Anything making you queasy or sick: broccoli blah
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out? Innie 
What I miss: coffee!! love that smell
What I am looking forward to: have a 12 week appointment this friday! hopefully everything is looking good!

10 weeks!!

don't mind my hair. i had to take this picture really quickly before meeting my BIL and sister to go garage sale-ing (hi alice!!)

How far along? 10 weeks 3 days

Total weight gain/loss: 4-5 lbs it seems to have stabilized the last couple weeks. 
Maternity clothes? yes! i started wearing maternity pants almost exclusively. they're so much more comfortable. i'm even considering wearing them after pregnancy, cause u never have to worry about your fly being open, and u can eat all u want at a buffet without feeling bad! :-)
Stretch marks? none yet

Symptoms: Sore bb's still, which are the only real indication to me i'm still preggo. i've been feeling waves of nausea in the morning tho if i take my prenatals without enough food. once i down some food i'm good. i'm also alittle more tired, sleeping at 8 or 9 some nights. and i want to eat everything with carbs and sugar. my husband says i was like this before i got preggo tho. :-/
Sleep:  pretty good for the most part. still have to pee 1-2x a night. i can fall back asleep for the most part.
Best moment this week: finally telling my sister and bil and mom we're pregnant! they are def the last to know of our family and our close friends but we wanted to wait to tell them in person. me, my husband, and my brother came up with a plan to tell them at our mothers day lunch. we passed around a camera that had my bump pictures and ultrasound picture. we told them we took a funny picture this past week and wanted them to see it individually and not to say anything out loud of what their seeing. so we let my bil see it first, he definitely did a double take and just said "huh...". the real reaction we were waiting for was my sister. once she got the camera, she was like "WHAT?!?!" and thought we were trollin her. she had been quizzing me about when we would start trying right before too since she knew it was soon. 
Movement: nothing yet!

Cravings: ice cream, hamburgers, spam musubi, cookies, anything and everything bad for you.

Anything making you queasy or sick: broccoli still makes me gag.
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out? Innie 
What I miss: coffee and tuna casserole
What I am looking forward to: the NT scan in 2 weeks

9 weeks!

How far along? 9 weeks 
Total weight gain/loss: 4 lbs ugh it's alot this early but i blame it on the cruise food and bloat. i hope i can just maintain this throughout the first trimester! 
Maternity clothes? just ordered maternity pants! i could probably last a couple more weeks with my current jeans but its just so uncomfortable, especially since i sit so much at work. they come on wednesday! so excited. 
Stretch marks? none yet, using lotion 2x a day!

Symptoms: Spotting has stopped for the most part since last week. but today i had what i think are growing pains. the right side above my pelvis ached. it felt better when i sat so maybe round ligament pain? not sure but i'm glad its subsided! 
Sleep:not the best. pre baby i would fall asleep within a minute of getting into bed. ever since the start of the pregnancy i've had trouble falling asleep, sometimes falling asleep after my insomniatic husband! and i've had to pee in the middle of the night for about a week or two now so its always hard to fall asleep after i get up.   
Best moment this week: Went to my 8 week appointment this week and saw our little eggroll again! he/she grew so much in a week! they look like a little gummi bear now. the heartbeat was stronger than last week at 163bpm! and the baby is measuring right on track 
Movement: i know its too early to feel anything.. but sometimes i feel weird twitches and i wonder if the baby is swimming around down there!

Cravings: Pre baby i always loved sugary foods. apparently that hasn't changed much after pregnancy! always thinking about cupcakes and cakes and boba and all those goodies. i've been pretty good at not indulging.... but i still probably eat worse than i should.

Anything making you queasy or sick: The thought of broccoli! esp steamed brocolli. blah
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out? Innie 
What I miss: Coffee!!! 
What I am looking forward to:The end of the first trimester!

And here's a picture of our little eggroll! :-)

A little hiccup

So I have been saying for awhile that I've basically been spotting starting from week 4 to now (week 7.5). So I'm pretty used to seeing something when I go to the bathroom. Well.. this afternoon I went to the bathroom and saw my liner was filled with blood! I went to wipe and I saw that I passed a clot the size alittle smaller than a dime. And as I sat there the toilet just filled with blood. I had a feeling a miscarriage was inevitable. So I called my doctor and asked what I should do, if I should just wait it out or come in, she said she had an appointment available in the afternoon and to come in. So she asks me some questions and finds out the ultrasound lady was available to take a look. So she sticks the transvaginal ultrasound wand in me and my heart kind of sank cause I saw a sac but I didn't see anything in it. BUT once she started moving it around she found the baby and even found the heartbeat. She says the baby is measuring exactly 7 weeks 4 days and the heartbeat was strong at 153bpm!! Wow. it was amazing to know and to see the baby finally and to know the baby is still in there alive and well!!! The doctor wasn't exactly sure what the clot was, she said something about it coming from behind the placenta? Not really sure what it was exactly, but for now, the baby is okay and the bleeding has stopped for the most part. Gosh I hope the rest of the 33 weeks isn't as scary as the first 7!! I can at least breathe a sigh of relief for now until my next appointment next week. And here's a picture the ultrasound lady gave me to take home!

7 weeks!

So I'm about 7 weeks 4 days now. Less than 1 week till my 8 week appointment! I can't wait to find out if there is a little eggroll growing in me. I haven't had much morning sickness. Yesterday night was the only time I felt like I might puke at the smell at my own cooking (shows how good a cook I am!!). Other than that I sometimes have times when I feel blah but I can still function normally and it usually goes away when I eat or sleep. I'm still spotting on and off which I don't know if its a good thing. I started feeling a little cramping/stretching during the week. Hopefully it means that the little eggroll is getting bigger! I also have eliminated some of my "skinnier" jeans already! Wow some of them are tight already! Right now I wear my "normal" and "fat" jeans, aka the jeans I wear when I feel bloated. I have a feeling that I'll be in maternity pants soon at this rate!

 I pray for this little guy (or girl) everyday hoping he/she will grow up healthy and strong and most importantly loves God! I still am learning to trust God and have to pray constantly to take away my worry and fears and anxieties. I just can't wait till next week (God willing I make it that far!)

And because blog posts aren't any fun without pictures, here's one of our baby kody!

6 weeks!

So today I'm at 6 weeks and 2 days. Last week we had a very nice relaxing vacation. This vacation was planned originally to coincide with the fertile period of our 6th month trying but thankfully God had other plans for us. We went on a Miami cruise to the bahamas. It was soo nice and warm and the water is just so beautiful on the east coast! I must say I take the SD beaches for granted. I only go about once a year. But our beaches aren't as beautiful as the East Coast! 

 

Coco Cay, Bahamas

Relaxing on the beach

A view from Atlantis!

I was alittle moody on our trip at times because I felt like EVERYONE and their mom was smoking around me! I tried to escape it as much as I could but sometimes you're just stuck around smokers! I just wanted to scream I was pregnant so people would move away but alas I'm too nice. Besides that for the most part everything was good. I'm still spotting on and off, mostly brown but there was some pink last week which freaked me out! I got my HCG levels tested though and it was doubling like it should so that gave me a little relief. This week should be the start of morning sickness for most people. I haven't had much symptoms besides slight nausea, my bbs are still alittle sore, and I'm starting to have to pee multiple times a night. But I'm not sure if it's just cause I'm drinking more too. Anyway, 2 more weeks til my appointment where we can find out if someone's growing inside me! Literally counting down the days...