28 weeks and 2 days...

I can't believe we have made it to our third trimester. Its an amazing feeling knowing that Presley Afton will be here in just under 12 weeks if she comes by her due date. She moves so much, I know when she's taking a little nap because I dont feel anything at all. But man when she's awake I feel EVERYTHING!!!! Anyways... we only have 82 more days until her due date. Hopefully she comes before then, I dont think I can wait that long. She will be full term on June 2nd which that is only 2 months away from today! Crazy to think that in less the 3 months I will have my baby girl in my arms. It brings me to tears to think about how lucky we are to be blessed to have a child. Even though I havent liked being pregnant I wouldnt change it for anything. And yes I would do it all over again, if we get another chance. Anyways.... here is the weekly update.


How far along: 28 weeks and 2 days
How Big: weighs two and a quarter pounds (like a Chinese cabbage) and measures 14.8 inches from the top of her head to her heels

Weight Gain: I went to the doctor on Friday and I have gained 30 pounds. HOLY CRAP, I know alot huh? But my doctor says thats fine since they are going off my BMI
Stretch Marks: Nothing that I can see yet
Maternity Clothes: all pants now, alot of maternity shirts
Sleep: sleep not so great, I'm dying of heat these days, so in the middle of the night I have been getting up and chilling on the deck while the dogs do their business
Symptoms: Migraines still and I'm dying of heat. I sit at work with the fan on me all day long!
Best Moment this Week: Knowing that we only have 4 more weekends to get Presley's room done. So I know Robb will be working hard on that
Food Cravings: reeses fast break still, I swear I have one every day!

Food dislikes: frozen meals still, and I think will cont to be.
Gender: Girl, Princess Presley
Movement: all the time
What I miss: I miss having engery, I feel like I'm always so exhausted
Belly Button: still normal :)
What I am looking forward to: starting our 3rd trimester class on April 5th
Milestone:  She can blink her eyes, which now sport lashes. With her eyesight developing, she may be able to see the light that filters in through your womb. She's also developing billions of neurons in her brain and adding more body fat in preparation for life in the outside world.

27 weeks and 3 days...

How far along: 27 weeks and 3 days
How Big: baby weighs almost 2 pounds (like a head of cauliflower) and is about 14 1/2 inches long with her legs extended

Weight Gain: yes I know I have gained prob. 20-25lbs easily, I go to the doctor Thursday so I will know more then,
Stretch Marks: Nothing that I can see yet
Maternity Clothes: all pants now, alot of maternity shirts
Sleep: Oh man its wonderful and I wish I could sleep all the time.
Symptoms: Migraines are back, but this time 10 times worse and nothing is helping :(
Best Moment this Week: Throwing my husbands birthday party at Boondocks. It was a blast.
Food Cravings: reeses fast break still

Food dislikes: frozen meals still, and I think will cont to be.
Gender: Girl!
Movement: all the time. I can tell when she's sleeping thats the only time I dont feel her move
What I miss: I miss having engery, I feel like I'm always so exhausted
Belly Button: still normal :)
What I am looking forward to: Robb's 30th birthday on the 29th, I can't wait for 3rd trimester to start on March 31st, and starting our 3rd trimester class on April 5th
Milestone:  She's sleeping and waking at regular intervals, opening and closing her eyes, and perhaps even sucking her fingers. With more brain tissue developing, your baby's brain is very active now. While her lungs are still immature, they would be capable of functioning — with a lot of medical help — if she were to be born now. Chalk up any tiny rhythmic movements you may be feeling to a case of baby hiccups, which may be common from now on. Each episode usually lasts only a few moments, and they don't bother her, so just relax and enjoy the tickle.

Fetal Fotos, 26 Weeks, Daddy & Presley...

So on Thursday afternoon we went to Fetal Fotos to see our Baby Girl. She has gotten so big from last time we were there. She looks like a newborn, with the chubby cheeks and all. She is still in love with having her hand by head. She still is my drama queen, very active little girl. There picture disk maker wasnt working so they saved all our photos and they are going to be mailing me a disk with all the photos. I cant wait to share them with all of you. She has her mommy and daddy's attitude. I say this because she was flipping us all off. No joke in the ultrasound video you see her bending every finger all at once except her middle one. It was funny, she did that after we pushed on ym tummy for a bit to try to get her to move her arm down and snap there goes the finger. She's starting young, I'm going to have to watch that. Anyways.... once I get the pics I will write up a new post with the pics on it.

Saturday was my 26 weeks, I can't believe we are already this far. It feels like just yesterday I took that pregnancy test. We are now in the double digits until our due date. Its coming up so fast, she's going to be here before we know it. I feel like if I blink it will be here, thats how fast it seems to be going. That afternoon was the first time Robb felt Presley kick. It was the most exciting thing to have him be able to feel her. I'm so glad he was able to. Reality is about to kick in for him that she's really in there and she's going to be here in 3 months. Anyways... here is my weekly survey.

How far along: 26 weeks and 2 days
How Big: She now weighs about a pound and two-thirds and measures 14 inches, an English Hothouse Cucumber from head to heel

Weight Gain: yes I know I have gained prob. 20-25lbs easily
Stretch Marks: Nothing that I can see yet
Maternity Clothes: all pants now, alot of maternity shirts
Sleep: Oh man its wonderful and I wish I could sleep all the time.
Symptoms: Swollen veins in my left leg still, and starting to get little back pains
Best Moment this Week: was able to see our chubby cheek baby girl!
Food Cravings: reeses fast break

Food dislikes: frozen meals still, and I think will cont to be.
Gender: Still my little Princess
Movement: all the time. I can tell when she's sleeping thats the only time I dont feel her move
What I miss: Saturday night when everyone else was drinking green beer or mixed drinks and I was the only one who wasnt
Belly Button: still normal :)
What I am looking forward to: Robb's birthday party on the 25th, Robb's 30th birthday on the 29th, and I can't wait for 3rd trimester to start on March 31st, and starting our 3rd trimester class on April 5th
Milestone:  The network of nerves in your baby's ears is better developed and more sensitive than before. She may now be able to hear both your voice and your partner's as you chat with each other. She's inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid, which is essential for the development of her lungs. These so-called breathing movements are also good practice for when she's born and takes that first gulp of air. And she's continuing to put on baby fat.

25 weeks and 2 days...

How far along: 25 weeks and 2 days
How Big: Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. Her weight — a pound and a half — isn't much more than an average rutabaga, but she's beginning to exchange her long, lean look for some baby fat. As she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she'll start to look more and more like a newborn.

Weight Gain: yes I know I have gained prob. 22lbs.
Stretch Marks: Nothing that I can see yet
Maternity Clothes: all pants now, alot of maternity shirts
Sleep: Wish I could have more of it. I feel like once I get into a really good deep sleep its time to wake up for work
Symptoms: Swollen veins in my left leg, which make my leg very sore
Best Moment this Week: seeing all the clothes my mom has bought for presley and the super cute ones from Hawaii.
Food Cravings: PEEPS

Food dislikes: frozen meals still, and I think will cont to be.
Gender: Still my little Princess
Movement: she loves to move around, still havent gotten Robb to feel her yet.
What I miss: fitting into cute spring clothes
Belly Button: still normal :)
What I am looking forward to: This week we will be hitting the double digits on days left until Presley's due date. Robb's birthday party on the 25th, Robb's 30th birthday on the 29th, and I can't wait for 3rd trimester to start on March 31st.
Milestone:  She's also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you'd now be able to discern its color and texture.

24 weeks...

I can't believe we only have 16 more weeks (roughly) until Presley is going to be here! I can't wait!!

How far along: 24 weeks
How Big: Presley's growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces since last week. That puts her at just over a pound. Since she's almost a foot long picture a ear of corn. she cuts a pretty lean figure at this point, but her body is filling out proportionally and she'll soon start to plump up.

Weight Gain: yes just got weighed on Tuesday and I have gained 19 pounds since my first weigh in on December 8th, 2011.
Stretch Marks: Nothing that I can see yet
Maternity Clothes: all pants now, some maternity shirts
Sleep: Not sleeping good this week, all I want to do is lay on my tummy cause thats the only time I feel comfortable this week. I guess no more laying on my tummy until Presley gets here.
Symptoms: heartburn pretty much every day no matter what I eat or drink
Best Moment this Week: Buying Presley more clothes and having my Uncle Dave come over and sheetrocked the ceiling of Presley's closet, now I just need to get Robbie to finish the rest.
Food Cravings: Sweet tart Gummies still. YUMMY

Food dislikes: frozen meals still, I think that will always be my dislike through this pregnancy
Gender: TEAM PINK, Honey and I love being ahead of the boys again.
Movement: she's a little mover for sure, trying to keep track when so that we can go back to fetal fotos to see her.
What I miss: Snowboarding, we got tons of snow the last two days and all I can think about is boarding.
Belly Button: still normal
What I am looking forward to: We only have a few more weeks left of second trimester. I'm excited for the 3rd trimester because it means we are getting so close to meeting her. Oh yeah and going to start out 3rd trimester class on April 5th.
Milestone:  Her brain is also growing quickly now, and her taste buds are continuing to develop. Her lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help her air sacs inflate once she hits the outside world. Her skin is still thin and translucent, but that will start to change soon.

The first REAL kick and 23 weeks 2 days...

So Saturday evening I was laying on the couch watching movies when I felt Presley moving around (the most I ever have for a long period of time). So I decided to place my hands on my tummy so I can feel the movements when all of a sudden I feel this big kick on my left hand. It was crazy, she kicked so hard my hand moved so I yelled for Robb to come feel her and once he put his hand on my tummy she stopped moving. That little stinker I want her daddy to be able to feel her. Maybe next time.

Anyways.... here is our weekly update.....

How far along: 23 weeks and 2 days
How Big: she's more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound about as much as a large mango

Weight Gain: yes, I have gained 18 pounds that I know of since my first weigh in on December 8th, 2011, I go back in tomorrow, hopefully not to much more.
Stretch Marks: Nothing that I can see yet
Maternity Clothes: all pants now, some maternity shirts
Sleep: Sleep has been pretty good this week, she's been letting her mommy sleep at night.
Symptoms: heartburn and headaches
Best Moment this Week: was able to see my baby girl for a little bit at fetal fotos however she was sleeping. Found out she sleeps like her mommmy
Food Cravings: Sweet tart Gummies. YUMMY

Food dislikes: frozen meals still, I think that will always be my dislike through this pregnancy
Gender: Girl still, we had them check again at fetal fotos.
Movement: oh yeah I feel her kicking or punching about half the time to almost every time she moves.
What I miss: this week its beer again, hung out with friends and family Sunday for the Daytona 500, and they were all drinking and I so wanted to have a beer
Belly Button: still normal
What I am looking forward to: going back to fetal fotos in 2-3 weeks, hopefully she wont be sleeping when we go
Milestone:  Blood vessels in her lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that your baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing her for entry into the outside world. Loud noises that become familiar now — such as your dog barking or the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze her when she hears them outside the womb.

Second Trip to Fetal Fotos...

So yesterday I let Presley listen to music all day and she was moving around like no other. So I was like this is perfect, she's going to be so active when we get to fetal fotos. Nope I was so wrong. She was pretty much sleeping. We couldnt get her to move around so we could get some pics. So the doctor had me lay on my right side for about 5-10 mins to see if she would move. The doctor came back in and she was still in the same position she was when I was on my back so we pushed on my tummy to see if that would do anything, she would just move her arm by her head and then started to cover her face. She must of been really tired from listening to music and dancing all day. So we wanted to try one more time before we left so the doctor had me lay on  my left side for about 5-10 mins. She came back in and Presley was so done she wouldnt move her hand away from her face and cont. to sleep. So we just had to let her be and get some rest. So Fetal Fotos gave us a voucher to come back another day. They will try two more times without charging us again. So I'm going to give it maybe about 2 weeks before we go back. I think I may have to go abck during the day time because that right now seems to be here active time. Which is fine for me because she's letting me sleep through the night. I felt bad that Presley didnt want to show off last night because my mom, gma, niece, and of course Robb were all there to watch her in action. Oh well maybe next time. We were able to only get three pics of her last night. One her sleeping just like her mom with her mouth a little open, the next when she moved her arm up to her head, and the last when she put her arm in front of her face.