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I keep getting confused with how many months along I am. It seems like months would be easier to compute than weeks, but it isn’t and the math confuses me. I told someone yesterday that I was five and a half months along, but then I second-guessed myself and used a calculator and thought maybe [...]

This post has next to nothing to do with babies or pregnancy but gets progressively more exciting as you read on. I promise. Apropos of nothing: Law & Order SVU, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE? Netflix has recently added a bunch of Law & Order episodes to the Instant Play option and I [...]

Baby appointment today! We discussed the ultrasound results, in which we got re-reassured that Baby looks just perfect and has all required bits and pieces which all look great. I don’t have any blood issues either (I have Rh+ blood so I apparently won’t need the Rhogam shot) and I passed my glucose test with [...]

I’ve hit the halfway point! That’s so crazy to me – this whole pregnancy thing is already half over. I’m so thankful that I’ve had very minor complaints so far and I hope to continue to have only minor complaints until the end. (Hey, a girl can dream.) Daniel finally felt the baby kick once [...]

The ultrasound went really, really well. The girl was very nice and said she was an intern and would be looking at all the baby’s measurements and organs, and then her instructor would come in and take a quick look to confirm everything and answer any questions. She let me use the bathroom a couple [...]

This week has been pretty uneventful, which I’m thankful for after last week. I still haven’t made a decision regarding work stuffs, but our replacement rent check did finally make it to the property management company. Baby has been kicking and punching his or her little legs and arms all over this week. There have [...]

This past week, Baby got a LOT more active. I feel him/her throughout the day off and on and they are definite kicks and/or punches. It’s totally awesome and simultaneously really, really weird. Something is kicking my innards! Ack! It is cute now, but I bet it will not be cute several months from now [...]

Seventeen weeks today! I am pretty sure I have some round-ligament pain going on, since most anything that involves moving my legs with the use of my core muscles hurts. Things like holding up one leg while putting on pants or socks while standing, that sort of thing. Or getting off the couch if I [...]

Hurrah! Everything looks great! Today was the dreaded glucose test, but honestly? WHAT WAS I SO WORRIED ABOUT?!? I think I was just afraid the drink would be syrupy, like trying to drink maple syrup, but it actually just tasted like flat 7-up. (I had the lemon-lime flavor.) Totally not a big deal. It was [...]

Imagine me twiddling my thumbs over here. I’ve hit 15 weeks, but I still have a week to go before my next appointment (the one where I have to do my glucose test) and I really don’t feel too much different. My maternity pants (these ones from Old Navy) came in the mail and even [...]

I have been very bad at taking pictures of my tummy so far – I keep meaning to, but I hate my camera and photos by Daniel are… sometimes of questionable quality, and it just kind of didn’t happen. I did manage to take some 12 week pictures, and just today I took some 14 [...]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I am just beyond thrilled that so many people are so happy for us. As of yesterday, I am technically past the first trimester and into the second. This seems so crazy to me since the weeks go by soooo sloooooowly! This first bit has felt like an eternity [...]

I’ve always said I wanted to be a young(-ish) mother, and it looks like that might come true – Daniel and I are having a baby! (I’ll let that sink in for a second.) I am 12 weeks along, due mid-April, and absolutely thrilled. We weren’t trying, but we weren’t not trying so it was [...]