Gas and Leg Cramps

I was curious about my latest experience since i have been having gas. So I browse the Internet if the gas is part of my pregnancy and sad to say it is common to pregnant women. I had a little pain all over my belly yesterday and can't figured it out where and I suspected that it has to be gas because the pain moves. Later that day the search I did confirmed it. I am lucky still that I don't have the cramps, Thank God.

Gas
Excess gas in the digestive system can be painful (when it's trapped in the body) and embarrassing when it's finally released. Whichever way it's released - from the mouth or from below - it's hard to mask. Try to get over the 'social embarrassment' aspect of it. You've got a human being pressing into your digestive system. An entire human being. At least you've got an excuse. What excuse does your brother have for his thunderous outbursts? None. You, dear mother, are excused.

What else makes you gassy when you're pregnant?
Watch your diet and see if you experience gas pains or if you're a little "louder" some days. If you notice a difference from one day to the next, you may just be more sensitive to certain foods right now. If it's only a handful of foods that affect you, that's simple enough to fix. Lima beans giving you trouble? Put them on hold until baby is born. Problem solved.

What else makes you gassy? Remember those hormones that slowed down your digestive system? Slower digestion is often the cause of excess gas. But that's still something you control. Boost your metabolism and speed up digestion with lifestyle changes like adding some regular exercise to the daily routine.

When will the problem go away?
There's no pretty way to say this. For many moms, the bigger the baby grows, the gassier mom gets. The key to surviving these gassy moments during your pregnancy is by maintaining your dignity. Remain calm, crack a tasteful joke, rub your belly and smile. Keep things in perspective. It's just gas and everyone - from heads of state to fashion models - gets gassy. You just have more of it than you're used to right now.

Sad to know that I might have it for the rest of my pregnancy period but I don't really care, as long as my baby is healthy, I don't mind feeling some pain where I can just toot it out!!! hehe

First Gift

Yesterday we had an early Christmas party at my sister's house because they won't be around during Christmas eve dinner. We brought gifts for everybody whom it's not going to be present at our traditional Christmas gathering.

We kinda expect the gift we got yesterday for the unborn baby we have because they are so excited and can't wait until birth. I just want to share my baby's first gift from Courtney, our niece and Ray's God daughter.

at 17 weeks

My baby is very good, I haven't suffered any pregnancy symptoms and I am feeling normal most if not all the time. I am so excited about the feeling the first kick but I may have to wait for a week or more to finally feel my baby's kicks. I am just so thrilled and I know a lot of mommies out there have experienced it and I just want to share mine too. I get so emotional thinking and knowing that my baby is right now is is anywhere from 4.4 to 4.8 inches by pregnancy week 17 and weighs almost 3 ½ ounces! If I were to hold my baby at 17 weeks pregnant, she would fit snuggly in the palm of my hand. My baby is about the size of a small pomegranate by pregnancy 17 weeks.

It is just the feeling I would never exchange, and the excitement while waiting is just indescribable.

Week Seventeen: Fat accumulates

You are 17 weeks pregnant. (fetal age 15 weeks) The umbilical cord is growing thicker and stronger. Fetus weight is just over 5 ounces (150g). Baby is about 5 inches (14cm) long crown to rump. and would be about 9 inches (23cm) head to toe, if it could stretch out. The retina has become sensitive to light. The first stools (meconium) are now beginning to accumulate. They recycle the amniotic fluid by swallowing up to a litre a day. Meconium (composed of products of cell loss, digestive secretion and swallowed amniotic fluid), is accumulating in the bowel. Fat stores begin to develop under your baby's skin this week. The fat will provide energy and help keep your baby warm after birth. Baby's eyes are looking forward now, but they are still firmly closed. The skeleton is tranforming from cartilage to bone. The bones remain flexible to make the journey through the birth canal easier. You can feel your uterus just below your bellybutton. If you put your fingers sideways and measure, it is about two finger-widths (1 inch) below your bellybutton. Your uterus is the size of a cantaloupe. The crown to rump length of your growing baby is 5 to 5.6 inches (12.5 to 14cm) by this week. Weight of the fetus is about 5.25 ounces (150g).

A lil pain

Last night I am feeling a little uncomfortable because of some back pains. I was wearing a dress yesterday thinking it won't be cold but I was wrong and I suspected that the pains was from the cold and I definitely learn my lesson and I will make sure I am warm enough to avoid some pains in the future.

So far so good, beside the little pain I don't have any complains. I have read online that I definitely feel some pains as part of the pregnancy process and the call it growing pains. I don't mind getting it as long as it's for my little angel and I will be willing to feel it so my baby can have enough room for some stretching and to grow up in a normal way.

I just can't wait to see my angel. It always makes want to cry when I think of the heartbeat I heard from my baby. It's just a feeling I can't explain.

So exciting!

Today I have my monthly visit as part of my pregnancy care. I did some test as usual. The technician was telling me that all the results from my last visit came back good which made me very happy and thankful. I am starting on my second trimester now and so far so good as far as moods swings and pregnancy effects. My baby is just so good that I don't have to suffer from nausea and all that crap. We tried to listen to the baby's heart beat today and I am so happy and emotional when I heard the heart beat at about 160 beats per minute. She was still trying to convince me that I am really pregnant by letting me feel the the uterus which can only be felt when a woman is pregnant unless you go underneath. I am just ecstatic that I have been able to hear my baby's heart beat for the first time and it made me cry, it was just an amazing feeling and I am so thankful I am able to feel it.

Week Fourteen: Hormones start up

You are 14 weeks pregnant. (fetal age 12 weeks) The fetus is 3 and half inches (9cm) long. Weight is about 1 and half ounces (45 grams). The eyes are slowly moving towards the centre of the face. The nose is more pronounced. The ears are fully developed. The cheekbones are visible. The first hair is appearing. The kidneys are producing urine. In girls, the ovaries are moving down towards the pelvis. In boys, the prostate gland is developing. For girls, the ovaries move into the pelvis. Your baby now is peeing into the amniotic fluid round itself as well as making breathing movements. With the effect of hormones, the boys now have a prostate gland. For girls, the ovaries move from the abdomen into the pelvis. During this week of pregnancy the head and eyebrow hair develops. Your child's bones are getting harder and stronger by the day. Your baby's skin is very transparent still. Lanugo (very fine hair) covers the baby's body and will continue to grow until 26 weeks gestational age - Generally this will be shed prior to birth. Its purpose is to help protect baby's skin while in all that water. As your baby grows, your uterus and placenta are also growing. Six weeks ago, your uterus weighed 5 ounces (140 g). Now, it weighs about 8.75 ounces (250g). The amount of amniotic fluid around the baby is also increasing. There is now about 7.5 ounces (250ml) of fluid. You can easily feel your uterus about 3 inches (7.6cm) below your bellybutton. Your baby is 3.42 inches (8.7cm) long and weighs about 1.52 ounces (43 grams)

Necessity

I am very lucky that I don't have to suffer from morning sickness at all. I never had any problems whatsoever. My only concern right now is me taking the prenatal vitamins. It has been giving me problems. The thing that supposed to be good for the brain is just killing me. It makes me vomit every time I burp I taste the fish that is one of the the ingredients. I just can't stand with the taste in my throat. Now I just have to stick to my trick, I need to eat a lot of food over it so I can't taste anymore every time I burp. So far it has been working and I am not having problem anymore.

The beating

I went to see my care last Wednesday November 19th to make sure if I am really pregnant even though I did 3 different pregnancy test at home and all 3 came out positive. She tried to find out the heartbeat of the baby but I think she is having trouble finding it. We tried it a little bit longer but we are not lucky enough to find it. She told me that it is really hard to find if I am not 12 weeks yet. So we did another pregnancy test and it's my 4th one and still came out positive. I never had any result that says I am not pregnant. I am just kinda doubtful because I never felt any difference, I never had any morning sickness or cravings aside from being hungry all the time but I consider that normal since I am always hungry even before it's just it gets worst and of I never had my period for 3 months now. I have a little tummy but I keep saying that I got it because I have been eating like a pig. I just keep crossing my fingers until we hear the heartbeat.

Going natural

I have decided to go natural because I just don't like what I have seen in my research especially when it comes to epidurals. I just saw a whole lot of videos on how the perform it and I don't like it. My other friend just told me yesterday about it that even though it's been 8 years she still feel it sometimes when she bend. I's rather feel the pain on labor than feeling the effects on medicine after. I just think that natural way of delivering my baby will be safer for both of us and better in the future as long as there's no complications.

Week Ten: Embryo is now a Fetus

Our calculation is now 10 weeks but it is not quite accurate since I can't really remember the exact date of my period but I have a good memory of it being the last week of august.

You are 10 weeks pregnant. (eight weeks after conception)

• From this week until birth, the developing organism is called a fetus.
• The fetus is now the size of a small strawberry.
• The feet are 2mm long (one tenth of an inch).
• The neck is beginning to take shape.
• The body muscles are almost developed. Baby has begun movement.
• While still too small for you to feel, your little one is wriggling and shifting.
• The jaws are in place. The mouth cavity and the nose are joined.
• The ears and nose can now be seen clearly.
• Fingerprints are already evident in the skin.
• Nipples and hair follicles begin to form.

The unborn baby is now called a fetus. Though the fetus is constantly moving, you will not be able to actually feel fetal movement for several more weeks. All of the organs, muscles, and nerves are in place and beginning to function. As the hands and feet develop fingers and toes, they have lost their paddle like look. The touch pads on the fingers form and already have fingerprints.

During this week of pregnancy the crown to rump length of the fetus is 0.9 inch to 1.2 inches (22 to 30mm), weight 0.07 ounce (2gm). They are now on the way to forming their testicles or ovaries, getting ready for the next generation. Until the ninth week of fetus development, the fetal reproductive apparatus is the same one for the both sexes. The head is still large and curves into chest.

Each week your uterus grows larger with the baby growing inside it. You may begin to see your waistline growing thicker by this time. A pelvic exam will detect that your uterus has grown from it's normal, size of your fist, to a little bigger than a grapefruit.


Source: http://www.baby2see.com

First Visit

Today I had my first visit with my gynecology. Actually I decided to go natural with my baby. My friend actually convince me to do it naturally. She said that it is just different when you do it all natural even though there will be time that it will hurt but the feeling when she saw her baby, it just erase all the pains. So here i am taking her advice. My husband and I look for a good care in our area and finally found one. They will be taking care of me and my baby from now until after birth. They did some blood works earlier and some test plus I have to fill out a million of paper works but it's okay, I like the place because they are all friendly even their clients are all friendly. It took us two hours and it wasn't bad at all. I already had my appointments for my next visits too.

A little confused!

Today I had an appointment for my first visit to the gynecology here in Tampa at 8:45 am. It wasn't too bad getting up since my sleep time had changed dramatically. I used to sleep late and wake up late, now it's a little different. I still can't sleep early yet I am awake around 6 to 7 am every morning which is really surprising. I never been an early bird even though I don't get up that early I just watch TV. Anyway, we went to my gynecologist appointment and waited for almost an hour to find out that they have different rules and fees which they told me a complete different version of it over the phone. So my appointment this morning was a bummer and I don't want to go through it with them when they can't have any consistency in communications by relaying messages to their patients . So we decided to find another gynecology and I have to look for another one again.

I'm on the hunt....

Finding it out

We have been planning for this for quite a few months now. I had my pregnancy test on September 22, 2008 and it came out positive yet I wasn't really sure because the second line was fuzzy. So I did another test on the 25th and it still came out positive, this time we told our relatives and friends that I might be pregnant with our first baby. They were very happy and supportive. Now I am looking for the right gynecologist who will take care and assist through this process. Hope I can find one soon and I definitely do an entry from now on. I am doing this mainly for my baby.

Life within and beyond

Am I ready? Are we ready to step up for the next level? I have been a very attentive with my nieces and nephews, I always been very close to them while growing up. I am always really fond of children. I love kissing them and babysitting them.
Now that my husband and I has come to a point that we think we are ready to complete our little family. We have traveled enough that we are ready settle down and complete the gap. We have been very cooperative and understanding with our differences throughout the years and to those difficult times it just made our relationship stronger that we are ready to take the next level.