Pouch Pictures: Week 29-34

It is amazing how fast time has been flying. I can not believe I am already 34 weeks. I do not feel as big as I look in these pictures. The pictures really put it all in perspective for me! Even at 34 weeks, I am still completely 100% content with her staying in as long as she wants! I can't wait to meet her, hold her, snuggle with her, and introduce her to her big brother!

This blog is strictly pictures. I would do an update, but there really is not much to update. I am still in the gym. Not many aches and pains. She did drop at 32 weeks, and that was the only time I had the pains. I do feel the contractions more often and stronger, but I am almost positive they are all Braxton Hicks. We even went to London on Monday to walk around China Town since Mr. Man had not been yet. All is well so far!

Week 29

Week 30

Week 31

Week 32- When she started to drop.

 Week 33

Week 34- Mr. Man loves my belly button nose :o) 

Week 23-Week 28

 Week 23

 Week 24

 Week 25

Week 26

 Week 27

Week 28

I am almost to 30 weeks now. I can't believe how fast time is flying! And I finally took a couple of pictures with my face in them!! 

Crib/Dresser-Halloween:

Over the weekend, we received our crib and dresser. At first, I was so worried that I was going to end up not liking it or it not matching the way I thought it would. But it worked out perfectly. I absolutely love it. I am so happy because it is exactly what I wanted. I originally really, really wanted a drop-side crib because I am so short, but as everyone knows they have been being recalled like crazy. They are also going out of style and so hard to find these days. We finally found one that we liked, but I was still scared about it. We put it in the room on Sunday, and it is perfect. It is so easy to work, has a drop-side, and matches everything already in there perfectly. I could not be happier.

Here is a picture of the set.

Since I never got around to telling everyone Happy Halloween, here it is!

These are from Week 17, the week of Halloween.

Pictures of Our Pouch:

So before I go all confusing everyone, the last pregnancy belly photos were still when I had a due date of March 23. When I went for my second appointment, they changed my due date to April 5, which put me back 2 weeks. So that is how I am going to list these, but do not get all confused like I did when I went through my last set of pregnancy photos! :) 

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Week 15- At the top of Snowdon

Week 16

These are the next 5 from where I left off the last time. I know I said I would do 4 at a time for comparison, but I had to post the 5th ones because it was when I officially got my bump. I wanted you all to be able to see the difference. At 16.5 weeks I ended up having to take my belly ring out because it began stretching. This week I also had my first set of people rubbing on my belly, which I found extremely odd. I  hope you enjoy the pictures, and the next set will be pretty adorable, too! 

Almost another whole week:

Seriously, it has been almost a whole week since my last post. I am slacking big time, and I apologize. I have so much I need to catch up on. For now, I will share the belly pictures that I promised last week. Please do forgive me!

Mr. Man is still working some long hours and has worked the last two weekends. With that said, they told him he may have to work this next weekend. He is already going on 3 weeks with zero days off. It sucks, but we get a "pat on the back" for it. They are giving us a 4 day weekend whenever we choose, so another trip here we come!! 

So for now, here is the last 4 weeks of belly pictures.

 Week 9

 Week 10

 Week 11

Week 12

So I know right about now you all are thinking, "Wow, she's going fast!" The truth is... I am growing super fast! But that's what happens when you loose your diet because of food aversions and stay sick in the gym. Like I have said before, I would not have it any other way. But I must say I do miss being able to run just a little or lift weights without having to take a 5 minute break in between. Hopefully, I will begin to even out now that I got the initial growth going. 

So by viewing these pictures, I think I would say I "popped" at Week 10.

Oh, and I guess I should add that I have gained 8 lbs so far. 

This Wednesday I will be 13 weeks based on the doctor's measuring, which is what I am going by on here. 

And now I will throw in the 10 week ultrasound we had done. The baby was jumping around so much that it was so hard to get good pictures. We only got two, but the two we got are so precious. I'm in love already! And so is Mr. Man. 

 Side view of Baby C waving at us. 

Front view! Too bad he/she is so small or else it would be perfect for finding out the sex.

Also, would like to mention that Mr. Man got a stethoscope a week or so ago. He has tried so hard to listen to the baby because I feel him/her quite often now. Mr. Man has tried with the stethoscope almost every day from the day we received it. But it is estimated that you can not hear the baby's heart beat with a stethoscope until about 18-20 weeks, so I decided to buy him a Doppler device. Hopefully, we will get it in soon, and we can listen to the baby as often as we want. 

Until next time... :) 

First Ultrasound:

So today has come and gone. It has been such a great relief to hear and see our baby. But now I am already bummed that I will not get to see him or her for another 10 or 12 weeks. It's so disappointing to know, but was such a relief to get today over with. Sadly, the baby measured 10 weeks and 1 day instead of 12 weeks, so I am not in my 2nd Trimester yet. The worries are not as high though, not for now anyway.

We listened and watched the baby for a long time. It felt like 30 minutes, but it was probably more like 15-20 minutes. I am glad it by so slow and we could soak up the moment. Surprisingly, I did not cry. I'm not really emotional when it comes to stuff like this, but I really thought I would because I had been worrying throughout these few weeks. Which I have a feeling will be a part of me for the rest of my life. We got a couple of pictures of the baby; however, he or she was bouncing around so much, so quick that it was hard to get a good shot. We have one of him or her waving, and one of the front side. Baby C looks like he or she has a mohawk. It's quite cute if you ask me! I could see his or her legs, arms, tummy, face, everything. It was amazing. The little flash on the screen as he or she bounced around was just too adorable. Mr. Man has been saying that he or she is doing the "Clement Dance" with his or her hands in the air "crying WEEEEE WEEEEE WEEEEE alllll the way home!" Oh gosh, just thinking about it makes me laugh out loud. He is so excited, so happy. And now that they pushed me back a couple of weeks, I can possibly have an April baby, which was exactly what I was hoping for! All-in-all, this household is excited!

There really was not much discussed other than if we will breastfeed or bottle feed and if we wanted to different screenings for the abnormalities. We voted no for the screenings, but I would never abort and I would not want to worry about it all through my pregnancy. Not to mention that have way more false positives than any other test. We have no reason to suspect anything, so it is a "no-go" for us. I did mention that I plan to prepare for both, bottle and breast feeding. Obviously, I will try to breast feed and hopefully it works out, but I would like to be prepared if it does not. We discussed diet, working out, etc. My doctor actually told me to get back to lifting and doing cardio, but just lay back on the tense straining. It makes sense to me, so I will soon be hitting the weights again. I am very happy to have to green light for that. We discussed my heart murmur, which they ordered a test for to do that. I will go in soon and have that monitored. And we discussed eating lots of protein and calcium, which is hard for me. I hate meat right now, especially beef and I am "border-lined lactose intolerant." I say "border-lined lactose intolerant" because I have not been diagnosed with it, but I totally lose control of myself when I eat or drink too much diary. (Not that you care to know that!)

Now, the next big decision we have to make is whether or not we want to try and find out the sex. I, personally, want it to be a surprise. I have always said that, and I still feel that I want that. However, Mr. Man is so impatient about finding out so "he can prepare." He's so funny and so protective that it makes me giggle. I would not have it any other way, though. So, I am secretly hoping that when we go to find out, they can not see. If they can not determine the sex of the baby, then they will not try again. I am 100% ok with that, but poor Mr. Man would want to hurt me if he ever  heard me say that. (Read into the sarcasm there!) So do you have any thoughts or suggestions about finding out what we are having? Do you have any stories about your experiences? I would love to hear them!

I have already started a registry, two of them actually. I have an awesome Mom and an awesome Nanny that has been supporting me through this, and they are lending their advice and recommendations on products and such. I am happy I have that because being so far away, I need it! My Nanny is basically going to do my registry for me, but I am giving her the list of things I want. I will not be sharing those details though for a while because it's too early and we may find out the sex, too. But I do have the big stuff already picked out. YAY for that!

I think that is pretty much it. I will share a few pictures from before. Only the ones I have shared on Facebook because I need to update the family first. Family comes first ALWAYS! Hope you understand. And enjoy the "fat pictures"!  :o)

Pre-Pregnancy- May 2010

The day we found out. 6 weeks.

7 weeks.

8 weeks.

I do have 9 and 10 weeks, but I need to share those with family first, then I will do another update with them. Maybe I can post pictures like these every 4 weeks. Sound like a plan? Then there will be 4 belly pictures to come to each other!