US - 13w4d

And here are pictures of our little bambino! We are pretty sure what it is, but no evidence to share. Sorry! Heart rate was 143, and as I suspected, the ultrasound at our doctor's office was probably incorrect because baby is still measuring right where we thought it should be. So no more shrimp for us! Baby was very mobile during the ultrasound so it made it difficult to get any great looks at first - note to self, don't eat a mini snickers right before! Luckily we were able to spend quite a while scanning so we were able to get some really great pictures. Everything looks great so far.  We got some cool looks at the baby's skull, brain, kidneys, spine, legs, feet, arms, and hands.

We are SO excited! :) A big thank you to Alyssa for doing these for us,

we appreciate it SO much!

This picture of the hand makes my heart melt. 10 perfect fingers. We may also have a thumb sucker, it kept it's right hand up to its mouth for quite awhile.

Babe looks like an alien in this picture, but I love it because you can see so well that it has its mouth open. Pretty amazing!

The placenta is anterior as you can see in the picture above (the grey right in front of baby's face is placenta), which is a bummer because it could mean that I'm not able to feel baby move as early as normal. Hopefully just a few more weeks!

And, luckily the heartburn and headaches were very short lived, and haven't had much of either since. I have also been having some prickling paresthesias on my hands and feet that is more frequent and I am wondering if it has anything to do with the pregnancy. I've never heard anything about that so I will ask my OB when we go in for our next appointment on June 29th. Still having troubles sleeping; it seems to be a trend right now. All in all, can't complain! I am just so thankful. Can't wait to feel this little one moving, especially since we got to see how active he/she is!

Love and prayers, Little One!

3 Month Belly Shots

Three months marks the beginning of my first belly pictures. Since I have started to feel like a blimp, I figured now would be a good time to begin. Still looks like I've just had too many brownies, but if you know there is more there you can probably tell something is going on, finally! These pictures aren't high quality because we don't have a decent camera (yet) and I don't own any photo editing software (yet). We also need to find a better background. But, these were last minute so they will do for now!

Getting more exciting every week now! We love you, Baby Matthes!

Pregnancy in Numbers

Here are the details of this pregnancy so far in numbers. Thought this would be a good way to be able to look back and compare to next time. I will add to the list at the bottom when we get to those things.

Weeks...13w4d (today's US said 13w5d)

Weight of Baby...?

Current Heartrate...143

Trips to bathroom at night...1

Episodes of vomiting...0!

Morning sickness...0!
Diet Pepsis...4
Miles walked in past week...17.3

Week I started noticing my clothes getting tighter...13
Pounds gained...1
Ounces of water per day...90-100

Months since we found out we were pregnant...2

Days until due date...?

1st week of maternity clothes...

Week I started showing no matter what I wore...

Week of the 1st flutter...

Week I first saw my stomach move from Baby...

Number of baby showers we've had...

Number of stretch marks I've earned...

Week I 1st felt contractions...

Centimeters dilated...

Days I'm willing to go past my due date...

Pieces of unsolicitted advice I receive daily...

Number of times my feet are swollen at any given moment...

Back shortly with belly pics and new ultrasound pictures!