Week 6

What is baby up to at 6 weeks?

• Baby is the size of a sweet pea
• Your baby's jaw, cheeks, chin, eyes, ears, and nose are beginning to form
• Their heart is now beating 80 times a minute (and getting faster every day)! 

6 weeks with baby Oliver

6 weeks with baby #3

 

How is mama doing?

Weight Gain: 0 pounds 95.4lbs

 Symptoms:

• Out of breath
• Potty Breaks: Getting up to use the bathroom 1-2 times a night
• Nausea and vomiting! (more on this at the bottom)
• Fatigue
• Sore Breasts
• Weird taste in my mouth
• Bloating: No matter what I eat or how little the portion I get bloated

  

Cravings: Nothing! Absolutely nothing sounds good!

Nausea and vomiting!

Since about 5 weeks and 3 or 4 days I have been so sick to my stomach from the moment I wake up until I go to bed. Then, I wake up to go to the bathroom around 12 or 1am and I have such trouble falling back asleep... I just laying there feeling so sick. There are points throughout the day I feel OK but it doesn't last long the nausea comes in waves. I am not sure how long this will last since I did not have this bad "morning sickness" with my two other pregnancies. It was more right when I woke up I felt nauseous (because of my empty stomach) I would usually throw up the first thing I ate then I was fine the rest of the day. This went on for a few weeks my guess is about 3 or 4 weeks. We will just have to wait and see how long my morning sickness lasts this time...

Oh one other difference I noticed between this pregnancy and my last two is my gums don't bleed when I brush and floss. I remember how horribly my gums bleed the last two times!

Weekly goals: Keep down as much water and food as possible and rest   

Looking Forward To: Our first ultrasound in ONE week!

Flash Back Friday

A flash back to being pregnant with Oliver! 9/30/11 Major bloat...

 

 And here is today with baby #3 same 5 weeks and 2 days! 

 Same major bloat...

          TGIF!      

Week 5

What is baby up to at 5 weeks?

• Baby is the size of an orange seed
  
• Crown-to-rump measuring anywhere from a fifth to a quarter of an inch!
• Taking shape this week is the baby's kidneys, liver, and lungs

How is mama doing?

Weight Gain: 1 pound 96.0 I have been drinking a lot more water. 

Fitness: Staying active! Going on walks once a day anywhere from two to five miles.

Symptoms:

• Potty Breaks: Getting up to use the bathroom 1-2 times a night and having trouble falling back asleep
• Dry Skin: I have been itchy in random spots on my legs and stomach
• Headaches: Random mild head aches in the middle of the day
• Sore breasts 
• Fatigue: By the time I put the boys down around 7:15 I am ready for bed myself
  

Cravings: Nothing specific at this point but I have been eating a lot of cashews and apples with peanut butter. 

Looking Forward To: Our first ultrasound in just 2 weeks! 

Week Goals:

• Continue to drink more water
• Continue to do some form of exercise everyday

Pregnancy Q&A

How far along are you?
I am 4 weeks and 1 day pregnant today. With a due date of February 19, 2014.

When did you find out?
We found out on June 8, 2013 when I was 3 weeks and 3 days! It was the morning we went on a trip to NJ for my grandpa's 85th birthday.

How did you tell Matt?
I had ordered these shirts from etsy for Landon and Oliver a month earlier knowing we were going to start trying soon. When Matt was in the shower I got the boys dressed in their new big brother shirts and asked Matt to come see the boys... they had something to share with him! He was so surprised! It was the best feeling :)

Who else did you tell?
A few close friends and of course my mom and dad. For my mom I asked Landon to give grandma her birthday present a little early (June 12th instead of June 23rd) she was so surprised to open the box to find two new little grandchildren (one boy one girl with February birthstones) for her grandma necklace!

Week 4

How Big is the Baby? About the size of a sesame seed.

How is mama doing?

Weight Gain: 0 pounds I am starting this pregnancy at 95.3lbs.

Fitness:

I have been taking the boys on 2 or 3 mile walks a few times a week in the double stroller... Nothing too intense.
  
Symptoms:

• Morning Sickness – So far I feel great! I have had one or two days in the mid-afternoon that I felt nausea but besides that I have been fine. I am not expecting to have horrible morning sickness because with both my other pregnancies I only got sick in the morning and only once at most. That lasted probably from weeks 5 to 10.
• I have been using the restroom non stop 
• Sore breasts
• Cravings  –Nothing yet!

 Looking Forward To: Our first ultrasound on July 3rd! I will be 7 weeks then.