16 Weeks

Due Date:11/13/11

How Far Along: 16 weeks

How Big is The Baby: According to my baby bump app baby is the size of a avocado measuign in at 4.6 inches and weighing at 3.5oz.

Symptoms: Heartburn, Restlest sleep, Round ligament pain.

Total Weight Gain: Still unknown. At my last appt I was up 8 pounds from pre pregnancy weigth in January

Maternity Clothes:Ohhhh they are defienlty making it into my daily wardrobe. Im loving my full belly panel capris and long old navy tees. Now i just need a bigger size work pant and i think i will be set.

Stretch Marks: No new ones yet

Sleep:What is that? This is harder and harder to get. I tried the boppy pregnancy pillow loaned to me by a friend and its not helping much. I can get to sleep but stayng asleep is the hard part.
Movement:I can hear some on my home monitor and im feeling flutters below my bellybutton. I cant wait to know where my placenta is located and feel baby move.

Food Cravings:Carbs, Mashed Potatos,Burgers,Soda
What I Miss:Nothing
What I’m Looking Forward To: Our elective gender scan on Sat June 4th and then announcing to family on sunday what we are having. Im so excited to see the baby on the ultrasound screen and know all is well in the womb.

Milestones: We have hit the 4 month mark. Woohooo im so excited. Now just 5 short months left to get ready for this baby..

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15 Weeks

Due Date:11/13/2011

How Far Along: 15 Weeks

How Big is The Baby: My baby bump app says baby is the size of a navel orange and weighs 2.5ounce

Symptoms:Headaches, and sleep issuses,Sore boobs i feel like my milk is about to come in and im only 15 weeks

Total Weight Gain:Unknown but at my last appt i was up 8 from my pre pregnancy weigth in January

Maternity Clothes:My capri's and more t-shirts at work due ot my scrub tops getting tighter

Stretch Marks: No new ones

Sleep:Its getting rougher than the 1st trimester, Up and down and toss and turn and unable to get comfortable

Movement:Still soem buttfly like flutters just below my belly button

Food Cravings:Carbs, Burgers, Mashed Potatoes, Sodas

What I Miss:Nothing

What I’m Looking Forward To:Our genderr ultrasound on June 4, Next ob appt on June 6 and then schudeling our big anatomy scan for 20 weeks. Also the big changes to come with my job as i transition over to a new position in Labor and Delivery as a unit clerk/unit tech for those wonderful ladies.

Milestones:Making it to 15 weeks so far problem free.

14 Weeks

Due Date:11/13/2011

How Far Along:14 Weeks

How Big is The Baby: My Baby Bump app says baby is the size of a lemon and weighs about 1.5 oz

Symptoms:Headaches, Some upset tummy days, and rough sleep still

Total Weight Gain:At my last appt i was up 8 lbs from my pre pregnancy weight in January

Maternity Clothes:My maternity carpi's have been welcomed on the weekend to my wardrobe but I'm still wearing regular work clothes and some t-shirts when my top that day is to small.

Stretch Marks: No new ones

Sleep:UGH this has suddenly gotten worse to achieve. I toss and turn, up and down and toss and turn some more.

Movement:None yet that i can confirm. I have been having a feling of some butterflies in my lower tummy a couple of tiem this last week but im not counting that just yet

Food Cravings:Carbs, Mashed potatoes, Burgers, Soda

What I Miss:Nothing

What I’m Looking Forward To: Our gender scan on Juen 4th, My next Ob Appt on June 6th and then the offical gender scan after that

Milestones:Making it to 14 weeks without any major scares.

13 Weeks

Due Date: 11/13/2011

How Far Along: 13 Weeks

How Big is The Baby: According to my baby bump app baby measures 2.9 inches and weeights .81 ounces



Symptoms: Some tender boobs and fatigue still linger around my daily routine

Total Weight Gain: Im up 3 pounds since my last visit making my total since pre pregancy  8 pounds

Maternity Clothes: Not yet but my everyday clothes are getting tighter

Stretch Marks: No new ones

Sleep: Depending on how tired I am at bedtime determines how well I sleep. Last night was great due to the new headache meds.

Movement: None yet but I cant wait

Food Cravings: Just food in general.Im trying to watch my diet so I dont gain extra weight

What I Miss:Nothing

What I’m Looking Forward To: Our gender scan on June 4

Milestones: Making it to the 2nd trimester and setting up or gender scan

And for your viewing pleasure.

We were unable to hear babys hearbeat on doppler so I got a quick ultrasound.

12 weeks

Due Date: 11/13/11

How Far Along: 12 Weeks

How Big is The Baby: 2.1 inch about the size of a Plum and weighs about .49 ounces according to my Baby Bump App

Symptoms:Heartburn,Some nausea,Fatigue, Sore Boobs,Acne

Total Weight Gain: My home scale says 2 pounds since my last appt 2 weeks ago. Next appt next Monday so i will know the offical then

Maternity Clothes: Not yet but my regular jeans are getting tight and ive pulled out my bigger size scrub pants for work.

Stretch Marks: No new ones

Sleep: Getting better but still up on average 2 times a night to pee

Movement: Not yet but i cant wait

Food Cravings: Carbs, Burgers,Soda,Salty foods

What I Miss: Nothing

What I’m Looking Forward To: Being in the 2nd trimester next week, Making the appt for our gender ultrasound in June, and many more things

Milestones: Making it to 12 weeks =)

Looking and feeling bigger already

11 Weeks

Due Date:11/13/11
How Far Along:11 Weeks
How Big is The Baby:1.6 inches about the size of a lime

Symptoms:Much are much better this week. Little nausea, some bloating, and mega sore boobies. Im getting closer to the 2nd trimester and things seem to better.
Total Weight Gain: I stepped on my home scale today and am up 2 pounds from 2 weeks ago when i stepped on it. Still not believing that but if it is true im in some trouble at my next doc appointment.
Maternity Clothes: I pulled out all my clothes from my last pregnancy and they are way to big. Still in regular clothes but they are getting tighter on the tummy.
Stretch Marks: No new one yet
Sleep: Its been ok this last week due to major storms that role through our are during the night so I can sleep and not need to toss and turn all night and get up a million times to pee.
Movement: None yet but i have pulled out my little heart finder monitor so hopefully in the next few weeks i can use it. I will proably wait til after my next appt at 13 weeks when i know where my uterus and baby are located.
Food Cravings:Carbs,Chili dogs,Chicken, Carbs
What I Miss:Nothing
What I’m Looking Forward To: My next appt at 13 weeks and all the milestones we still have to cross,Gender,Giving the baby a name, Movement, and everything else.The changes to coem at work that will be better for my family, health and and pregnancy.
Milestones:11 weeks, almost to the 2nd trimester

10 Weeks

Due Date:11/13/2011

How Far Along:10 week

How Big is The Baby:1.2 inches  and weighs about .14ounces and about the size of a prune according to my Baby bump app.

Symptoms:Nausea,Mild Heartburn,Exhaustion

Total Weight Gain: At last ob at 9 weeks i was up 5 pounds from preganancy weight in January

Maternity Clothes: Still in regular clothes but they are getting snug around the tummy

Stretch Marks: No new ones
Sleep: hahaha what is that. I borrowed a boppy pregnacy pillow from a friend to try it out before i buy it and i think it might be too big for me. I keep getting tanglesd up in it and just cant get comfortable.

Movement: None yet.

Food Cravings:Carbs,Burgers,Soda, food in general

What I Miss:Nothing  , ok maybe just a few hours of comfortable sleep but i wouldnt trade it for where i am now

What I’m Looking Forward To: Our next appt and scheduling our early gender sacn at baout 17 weeks

Milestones:getting to 10 weeks and getting closer to the 2nd trimester

Advice for body pillow during pregnancy...

OK ladies.. This thing called sleep is awful far from my life right now and when I am able to get a few hours in its never really good sleep because I'm not comfortable.

I currently have this guy who is pretty flat and lumpy and just not a comfortable cuddle buddy during this pregnancy.

Ive looked into this guy by Snoogle the original pregnancy pillow.

Ive looked at this one also.This is the Boppy pregnancy body pillow.

So i ask my few dear followers and lurkers to give me their opinion on these pillows if you used one during a pregnancy or just every night while sleeping. Word of mouth is the best review on a product. I will probably be going out this weekend and getting one of the above pillows so i can hopefully grab a few hours of comfortable sleep at night. Hope you all are having a great week and enjoying the nice weather that is across most of the country right now.

1st Ob Appointment

We had our 1st offical Ob appointment today. Of course it involved lots of blood and many other optional test we can accept or decline in the next few weeks based off informaton we were given. We had another ultrasound and say the baby and it really looks like a little baby now instead of a little flicker like our last one.

Baby had a heartbeat of 178 per minute and was measuring right on track.

I asked if this pregnancy I would be followed by the perinatologist and Dr. H said not unless my labs come back abnormal or a ultrasound starts to show slow abnormal growth. He said my chances of preterm delivery and preeclampia again are about 50/50 due to my history but that we are going into this pregnancy better controlled and at a lower weight that he thinks we already are better off then we were at this point in my last pregnancy.

Next ultrasoudn will be at 18-20 weeks for gender and anatomy. We will possible go to Stork Vision Frisco,Texas around the 16 week mark for a gender ultrasound like we did with Hope's pregnancy.

9 Weeks

Due Date: November  13, 2011

How Far Along:9 weeks

How Big is The Baby:According to my Baby Bump app baby is the size of a green olive and weighs about .07 ounces

Symptoms:Nuasea,Nausea, and more Nausea, Exhaustion

Total Weight Gain: I am up 5 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weigth in January

Maternity Clothes: I would love to wear them but they dont fit yet. My regular clothes are getting loose now that the bloating is getting better

Stretch Marks: No new ones

Sleep: Not good, Getting up 3 or more times to pee and trying to get comfortable to get back to sleep is hard and long process. I hopeing to get a new body pillow this week

Movement:None yet

Food Cravings:Carbs, Caffeine, Sweets

What I Miss:Nothing buti would enjoy just one night of good sleep right now

What I’m Looking Forward To: Our 1st offical OB appt and ultrasound today

Milestones:Making it to 9 weeks

8 Weeks

How Far Along: 8 weeks

How Big is The Baby: Accoring to my Baby Bump app baby is the size of a Raspberry and weighs about .04 ounces

Total Weight Gain: Not sure because im still not weighing on my home scale

Symptoms: Nausea, Soore boobies, Bloating,Peeing alot

Maternity Clothes:Not yet but  I picked up some shirts and tanks this weekend and also looked for some more capris

Stretch Marks: No new ones yet

Sleep: Decent i have a hard time falling asleep, then waking 3 times to pee is making for a long restless night but I wouldnt change it for anything

Movement: Not yet but i am praying for a posterior placenta this tiem so i can enjoy movement

Food Cravings: Carbs,Soda,Burgers

What I Miss:Nothing

What I’m Looking Forward To: Our 1st prenatal appr and ultrasound next Mon April 11th

Milestones:Making it 8 weeks and 1st belly shot

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7 Weeks

How Far Along: 7 weeks

How Big is The Baby: According to my Baby Bump app baby is the size of a blueberry and weighs less than .04 ounces

Total Weight Gain: Still unknown im not weighing on my home scale

Maternity Clothes:None yet and my regular clothes are fitting better

Stretch Marks: No new ones

Sleep: Rough is all i can say. Waking up 2-3 times a night to pee and having a ton of trouble getting back to sleep

Movement: none  yet but i cant wait hoping and praying for a posterior placenta this time

Food Cravings: Carbs,Burgers,Soda,Sweets
What I Miss:Nothing

What I’m Looking Forward To: telling our familes on friday night and our next appt on April 11

Milestones:Makeing it to 7 weeks and keeping it from family for 4 weeks

6 Weeks

Due Date: November 13,2011

How Far Along:6 Weeks

How Big is The Baby: According to my Baby Bump App baby is the size of a small pea and weighs less than .04 ounces

Symptoms:Nausea,Sore Boobies,Bloating,Fatigue

Total Weight Gain: Not sure last week i had lost 3 pounds in 3 weeks so we released  my Lap Band some.

Maternity Clothes: My maternity capris are so comfy but a little big still

Stretch Marks: No new ones

Sleep: Decent despite getting up about 3 times a night to pee and trying to get comfortable to fall back asleep
Movement: None yet but i cant wait

Food Cravings:Carbs, Salads,Caffeine but im avoiding it,White Cheddar Cheetos

What I Miss:Nothing

What I’m Looking Forward To: Our 1st appointment and ultrasound on April 11 and telling our families

Milestones:Making it to 6 weeks and keeping it a secret from our families for 4 weeks

Our baby at 6w 4 days due 11-13-11

5 Weeks

Due Date; Nov 13, 2011

How Far Along: 5 Weeks

How Big is The Baby: According to my Baby Bump app baby is about  the size of a sesame seed and weighs less than .04 ounces

Symptoms: Nausea,Bloating,Fatigue,Sore Boobies

Total Weight Gain: Unknown but Pre-pregnancy weight was-173 but im already down 3 pounds and its only week 5. Im blameing my weight loss on the nausea and heartburn.

Maternity Clothes: not yet but it sure does feel like it when i wear my regular clothes not my work clothes.

Stretch Marks: No new ones

Sleep: Decent despite getting up about 3 times a night to pee and trying to get comfortable to fall back asleep

Movement: None yet but i cant wait. Hoping and praying for a posterior placenta this pregnancy so I can truly enjoy the movement.

Food Cravings: Carbs and Salads,White Cheddar Cheetos
What I Miss: Nothing

What I’m Looking Forward To: Our 1st appointment on April 11 and the ultrasound

Milestones: Making to 5 weeks and keeping it a secret from our families for 4 weeks

BIg Girl Bed Naptime....

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4 Weeks

Due Date: Nov 13,2011

How Far Along: 4 weeks

How Big is The Baby: According to my Baby Bump app baby is about the size of a poppy seed and weighs less than .04 ounces

Symptoms: Nausea,Fatigue,Sore Boobies,Heartburn,Bloated

Total Weight Gain: Unknown Pre-pregnancy weight was 173

Maternity Clothes: Not yet but i sure feel like I need to be because all my regualr jeans are to tight on my bloated belly

Stretch Marks: No new ones yet

Sleep: Decent im up on average of 3 times a night to pee and trying to get comfortable after I go back to bed takes forever it seems

Movement: None yet

Food Cravings:Carbs and salads,White Cheddar Cheetos

What I Miss: Nothing

What I’m Looking Forward To: Our 1st Appointment on April 11
Milestones: Getting pregnant the 1st cycle on Clomid 150mg without any other assistance from doctors.Keeping this pregnancy a secret from our families for 4 weeks

ABC’s of Me

ABC’s of Me

A-AGE:26

B – BED SIZE: King
C-CHORE YOU HATE: Dishes
D-DREAM JOB: .Stay at Home Mom

E-ESSENTIAL START YOUR DAY ITEM: Shower
F-FAVORITE COLOR: Purple

G-GOAL IN LIFE: To be a stay at home mom
H-HEIGHT: 5ft 3 inches

I-INSTRUMENTS YOU PLAY: I played the clarinet in middle school

J-JOB TITLE: Unit Clerk\Scrub Tech

K-KIDS: 1-16 and half month old little Hope and hopefully another one baking in my oven soon:)
L-LIVE:In Denison Texas

M-MAJOR IN COLLEGE: None

N-NICKNAMES: Mom, Shelly,Shell
O-OVERNIGHT HOSPITAL STAYS: Lap Band Weight Loss Surgery in June 2008, Birth in Oct 2009

P-PET PEEVE: Slow Drivers and my husband not cleaning up after hisself
Q-QUOTE FROM MOVIE: "If you cant say something nice then dont say anything at all." Bambi
R-RIGHT OR LEFT HANDED: Right
S-SIBLINGS:1 younger brother

T-TIME YOU WAKE UP: 0515
U-UNDERWEAR: Boy Shorts from Victoria Secrets
V-VEGETABLE YOU DISLIKE: None

W-WHAT MAKES YOU RUN LATE: Hope being awake and me not wanting to leave her
X-X-RAYS YOU’VE HAD DONE: Post Surgery Lap band,
Y-YUMMY FOOD YOU MAKE: Sheperds Pie, Enchilidas, and many other things, My hubby says im a good cook.
Z-ZOO, FAVORITE ANIMAL: Colorful birds of all kinds except like the eagles and such

Bows for Maddie

In Honor of 4 month old Maddie who passed away suddenly last week.

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Dropside Crib Vs Non Dropside Crib?

We have a problem.

We have been using the Jenny Lind crib that my mother-in law used for my husband.

Its 26+ years old and in great shape.

It has been through a set of twin boys and then our nephew 6+ yrs ago.

We love the crib and would love to use it again for the next baby.

 Ive recently seen a few articles online regarding the use of a old drop side crib.

I know the goverment has issused a big recall and said for all companies to stop rpoducing them and saleing them.

They sale a Jenny Lind with stationary sides but i dont want to have to invest in the new crib.

I just dont see spending another 200 on a crib when we have a prefectly working crib in our house to use.

I dont want to sound selfish or cheap for the safety of our child.

Our old Jenny Lind has the long metal rod sliding system so unless the wood breaks or we lose on of the screws it seems fine to me.

Our current crib doesnt even come apart for storage it just collapses down into a long flat bed.

We plan on moving Hope to a toddler bed when we become pregnant hopefully soon.

I would love to hear everyones opinion on this topic as we figure out what we will do.

We are trying to prepare now instead of the last minute in case of another premature delivery with the next baby.

Hope everyone is having a great week and a Happy Hump day.



We are offically trying....

My most recent cycle started on Wed feb 2, 2011 while I was stuck at work due to a horrible winter storm blowing through North Texas. This cycle started exactly 2 years after my last cycle that resulted in the birth of our daughter Hope Elizabeth. Im proably reading into things to much as im thinking that this means something to us. I started clomid on sun  Feb 6. I will start taking a daily ovulation test on sun feb 13 and if everything works out i will get my positive ovulation test around cycle day 17 or on feb 19. I have a follow up appointment with my ob on friday feb 18 and should know more about what will come in the next cycles if this cycle is a failure which i dont think it will be.

Thanks to all my supportive friends and co-workers as we have started trying to add one more baby to our family. I couldnt stay positive and sane if it werent for you all.