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....