Mallory ~14 weeks~

This is going to be a short update.  Also she would not stop moving so I couldn't get a good weekly picture (also I meant to crop it but oh well)

Breastfeeding:  

Nothing new really this week.  No clogged ducts or full feelings.  

Sleep:

She's going a 6 hour stretch and then a 2-3 hour at night.

Naps are a fail.  She doesn't want to nap but occasionally will take a decent afternoon nap.

Misc:

Super drooly this week.  Super chatty.

I thought we were past the evening fussiness but we had a few rough evenings and even some fussy days.  

We left her to go to a wedding reception on Saturday with my mother in law.  I was away four hours, and it was the longest I'd been away yet.  She didn't take a bottle, but did okay otherwise (My parents watched Eleanor so I felt better about her being just by herself in case she was cranky)

Round 2: 14 Weeks

How far along:   14 weeks

Baby Size: 


Weight:  By this mornings weight I was up 3 1/2 pounds, but it varies depending on when I weigh myself so it's between 3 1/2 and 5 pounds

Symptoms:   Still nauseous, cramping/stretching, random bouts of exhaustion

Maternity Clothes:  I've started mixing in a few maternity tops.  It's not so much that I need them, but that I'm bored with the clothes I have.

Sleep:  It's gotten a little better.  Instead of waking up every hour, it's every one and a half to two hours.

Cravings/Food Aversions:  No cravings, lots of things don't sound good.

Belly Button: In

Rings on or off:  On

Gender:  The other day I had a dream the baby was a boy, last week I dreamt it was a girl so I don't know.

Name:  Nothing if this is a girl; we have our boy name from Eleanor

Movement:  Nope

Stretch Marks:  Still what I have from Eleanor

Best moment:  I don't really have one specific moment, but I pulled out the newborn diapers for Eleanor to use with her dolls and I was so excited for cute baby fluff!

Looking forward to:  Hearing the heartbeat tomorrow

Nervous about: Appointment tomorrow.  The what if's get to me?

What I miss:  Not worrying about every twinge etc....


Labor signs:  Nope

Appointments:  Tomorrow 

Misc.  Another girl on my birth month board just lost her baby (the baby stopped growing a few weeks ago) and she was only week behind me and that stuff freaks me out.  I know my baby has grown, I've seen the heartbeat several times, but my mind always goes there.  I can't help it. 

The Eleanor Update: 14 weeks

Eleanor has a little cold so she wants to be held a lot today so this update will be short.

Breastfeeding:  Still going good.  I went to the support group last week, but not because I was having an issue.  I went because I hadn't left the house in over a week and needed to get out.  Going there is nice because I don't have to worry about how to feed her if she get's hungry.  I'm comfortable feeding her uncovered and they have pillows.

It's hard to nurse in public because I have a large chest and it's hard to do it discreetly.  And I like to use a pillow for support and I can't lug my pillow around everywhere.

Misc.:  She rolled from front to back a few times over the weekend.  Yeah!

Because of her cold I've been having her sleep in the rock n play again for naps.  I'm hoping when she's better she'll be okay back in the crib again.

I weighed her at the support group and she was 13 lbs.  She's my growing girl.

She's also super drooly.  I know it doesn't mean she's teething though, and I'm not concerned but when I'm holding her and she turns her head and wipes her drool all over my face I'm like ugh!

14 weeks.

I haven't really elaborated much on what it took to get to this point, but in this post I mention some of the things that helped us get here. 

How far along:  14 weeks

Baby Size:  A lemon

Weight:  124.2 (only up 1.4lbs since finding out.  Tell me it's normal)

Symptoms:   

• Major nausea this week. 
• I've always had really wild vivid dreams, but they happen multiple times a night now (like the dream about a fire hydrant in the middle of someones kitchen table because that was where it had to be placed per regulations.  Not sure what would happen if a firefighter needed to get into the house to access it and no one was home. Ha.)

Maternity Clothes:  No, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to finally need a new bra.  I'm okay with my chest not growing.  It's already ample enough.

Sleep:  Crummy again.  I'm thinking I'm going to have to invest in a body pillow soon. I was up Sunday night every 2 hours.

Cravings/Food Aversions:  I wouldn't really call this a craving because I didn't know I wanted them until I saw them, but we were at Sam's club over the weekend and I walked past the pickles and was like ooh gotta buy them.  Then I sent text my friend and told her because its such a stereotypical pregnant thing and she would think it's funny. 
Still not liking meat.  We were at Buffalo Wild Wings and I ate fries and chips and salsa.  I love the boneless wings, but couldn't eat them or really look at them.  I did actually eat a brat on Saturday (doused in mustard though).

Belly Button: In

Rings on or off: on

Gender:  I think I lean more toward a girl, but only because more people think its a girl and because I have more girl clothes and my favorite cloth diaper is a girls print.  I'm easily swayed though so convince me it's a boy and I might believe you. 

I had 2 baby related dreams.  The first one I had the baby and then we went home that night without the baby (maybe this was standard hospital procedure in my dream?), but we didn't know if it was a boy or girl. We never asked  I couldn't call and find out because 1) Bad parents that we don't even know and 2) I didn't want to find out over the phone.  So I woke up not knowing.

The second baby related dream involved me being in a Florida hospital because my sister was there also.  We were having dinner with my parents at the hospital and I was 36 weeks 6 days.  I thought I was going into labor, but ended up not having the baby.  Then when I really did have the baby there were so many people in the room that I had to leave my room to go use a public hallway bathroom.  When I came back my baby was born and was chilling out on a table.  It was a boy.

Name:  No final decisions, but my niece who is 7 thinks it's going to be a girl and we should name her Brooklyn.   I don't think that's going to make the cut.  It's not a bad name, but I don't think it's our style

Milestones:  Making it another week. 

Looking forward to:  Feeling the baby, looking pregnant and not looking like I am overeating.

What I miss:  Not much this week. 

Labor signs: Nope, and not for a long time either. 

Appointments:  16 week in 2 weeks, and the a/s in 4 weeks.  I really excited about Rob going (because I told him the is NO WAY he is missing it) and getting to see the baby and see how it has grown.  He was at the first ultrasound, but missed the next 2.  I know he looked at the pictures and was excited, but I want to share the moment with him, while it is still in the moment.  

14 weeks. 

Best moment this week: Getting to see extended family at Easter.  They already knew about the pregnancy, but they were all really excited and happy for us and that was fun.  

Misc. 
The results from my nt scan are in.  Baby has a 1 in 4000 chance of having downs and a 1 in 18000 chance of trisomy 18.  I feel good knowing our baby is probably going to be healthy.

Rob is nesting for sure.  This past weekend he moved the guest bed into the office (the previous weekend he had finished up the room in the basement that was to be the office/craft/hobby room), then he brought up the bedding and room decorative set we had (I won it last summer).  He changed the outlets in the room over to tamper proof ones (which he had bought a loooong time ago).  He took down the light fixture and spray painted it to update the look (bonus that we had spray paint so it was free).
I think it's to early; in part because I'm still worried even though I have no reason to be, but because if we have everything all set so early what are we going to do the next 5 months?