Week 29!

Here is a picture of week 29 belly.  I'm definitely starting to feel huge.  I think I have officially out grown all but maybe 2 pairs of pre-pregnancy pants. As far as how things are going,  everything looked good at my appointment last week. I got the TDAP vaccine and my arm is still a little sore from that.  This little girl, I do not believe could possibly be a more active fetus!  I am learning to screen it out a bit but she is just constantly moving.  I'm trying to see that as a blessing to be able to just know she is doing okay! (Sometimes that's a really hard perspective to obtain when it's the middle of the night....) unfortunately, nausea made a reappearance this last week but has since subsided a good amount again. She is quite the bright little baby we think.  she is getting us figured out already and already has daddy wrapped around her finger. she is totally going to be a daddy's girl. Most the time she will only settle down if he puts his hand on my belly and talks to her.. which is way sweet but not the most convenient when daddy is out of town half the week! It is so crazy to think this little girl will be here in 11 short weeks.  We just can't wait to meet her! 

Weeks 21-26

So it has been an absolutely crazy month.  But there have been lots of great changes!  I finally broke my pre-pregnancy weight.  I have been way less nauseated and definitely starting to get an appetite back.  Still have some morning sickness but I'm overall much better. So I didn't take pictures every week because I have been in the middle of moving and getting settled in Ohio. But here are a few pictures from the past few weeks.

First there is Brian's baby bump :)

So 21 weeks the morning sickness clearly had not yet let up as I still looked very sickly.

22 weeks it was starting to get better!!

And here is from 26 weeks! I finally feel like I look definitely pregnant and not just an extra meal or two in my belly.  

I other news.  We are still looking for a house. No luck yet.  Brian has started traveling so that has been quite the adjustment.  So yep.  That's what's going on here at the miskell household!

Pregnancy update: week 20!

This is a big week for us! We made it half way through!  This week we had our twenty week ultra sound.  We were able to get to see our little baby again and know everything is going smoothly!!

It's actually been a pretty great week thus far, very little severe nausea, mostly some lingering that isn't too bad to deal with!  We tried going off nausea medication but it didn't go as we'll as we had hoped so the doctor wants us to keep that going for a while longer.  

As far as the weight we aren't really too worried about it anymore.  Doc has high hopes for me to gain the essential weight over the next 8 weeks so as long as I don't have anymore really bad spells. We are out of the woods on that!  

Here is evidence that I am gaining some weight.  I may not look half way through my pregnancy but we are definitely to.  The point that there is. No denying a bump!

Baby is as long as a banana this week which is pretty cool.  And we found out baby Misk is a girl!!  We are very excited!  Right after my appointment we went to the store and got her a little outfit to celebrate!  No names yet but we are working on that. 

Here is a picture of her first outfit!

It's tough this time of year because everything is hot pink and we aren't too big of fans of overwhelming amounts of hot pink, but it may be growing on us.  We really like this outfit though and can't wait to meet her and put her in it. :)

So as you can kinda see in the picture of her outfit, our recliner as become my bad for now.  It's helped to sleep in the recliner to prevent my bloody noses at night so as much as it is kinda stinky to have to sleep in a chair it's better then waking up super sick.  And Brian is enjoying having our bed all too himself as well. :) 

Last but not least,  this girl is sure active!!! We were lucky enough to witness it in the ultra sound, she did a somersault for us.  It's so funny though how frequently she is just moving around like crazy! I'm still getting used to feeling that. It's a very different feeling.  The kicks are few and far between luckily for now but we are sure those will only increase! 

That's it for now, thanks for checking in on us!

Pregnancy update: week 19

So I was a little late on the picture this past week but better late then never right?!  Week 19 was full of big milestones for us.  First off I made it seven days without getting sick!! However, I was then sick every day for the four days after that.  But I do think the nausea is overall getting better.  Another mile stone we have reached is I feel like I'm actually starting to show! And look pregnant instead of like I just ate an extra meal! 

In unrelated to pregnancy milestones,  we found a place to live in Ohio for now.  After no luck in the house hunting adventures we have decided to rent for three months and try to find something in that time while we are out there.  We are excited about it but even more excited to finally get into a house and have a permanent residence after having moved so much in the last few months.  

Now of course this week would not be complete without something weird happening in this pregnancy!  Two strange developments this week.  One being I seem to have developed a bit of an irregular heart beat, so we will check with the doctor about that tomorrow.  And two, I have started getting nose bleeds at night but not the kind that go out your nose but the ones that go down your throat so they make me sick.  Good thing is by realizing this is happening we can hopefully do something to stop them and I will be less sick! 

Well here is what I'm sure you are waiting to see.  The bump picture: 

As you can see this was not a good day as far as nausea because I even look sickly in this picture but there it is! By the way,  the baby size of a mango! Yay for that.

And last but not least!  We are finding out gender tomorrow!  So later this week I will do a post about that and a picture from this week of me at 20 weeks. 

Pregnancy update- 18 weeks!

As you all know, I fail miserably at blogging.  At one point I tried to catch up and so I wrote the titles of several intended posts and that overwhelmed me so I gave up. :) 

But I figure now that I am pregnant, mostly for my family who doesn't get to see it all the time, I should post updates of how things are going.  So here it goes! I even took my first ever bump picture for this post! 

So I haven't yet regained the weight I lost in the first trimester.  (I'm still 19 lbs down from where I am suppose to be.)  I am able to keep a lot more down though and I'm feeling like I have more energy every day!  A few weeks ago Brian and I decided incentivizing my eating may help so we made a deal that when I go a full week without throwing up I get a party. :)  I have high hopes and have been trying really hard to reach this goal.  

As far as the baby's health goes, baby Misk is doing great! We will find out gender in 2 weeks and we are both very excited for that!  We bought a baby heart rate monitor because I am basically the most paranoid person ever and so we get to hear the baby's heart rate almost every day!! 

That's about all there is in terms of baby news.  Maybe I'll get ambitious and post a life update blog later this week :) 

Good night!