Tuesday, March 30, 2010

It's a ............................. BOY!!!!!!

I will post pics as soon as Nick gets them scanned I promise!

We had the ultrasound today and everything looks good!  The baby is 15 ounces and around 10 inches long.  The doctor said he's a bit small for his age but it's nothing to worry about and that we'll have another ultrasound around week 30-32. 
Nick is so excited to have a boy.  I have to say that I was sort of hoping that I would be able to get all the frilly outfits and do a little girls hair but I am more than happy having a boy.  Now on to decorating!!!!

I'll post pictures soon!

Bri&Nick

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

18 Week Doctor Visit...

I went to my 18 week appointment today.  All is well with the baby.  He/She had a heart beat of 150 beats per min.  All of my measurements were fine and things are progressing just like they should.  I still haven't gained any weight, which my doctor said was fine... and I'm COMPLETELY fine with that!  I worked so hard to lose the 31# that I really would hate to see it come back... I've still got pleanty of extra weight that the baby can take!! :)
Since about week 14 I have been feeling "things" in my stomach.  Since this is my first I have NO idea what a baby moving around would feel like.  Yesterday I DEFINITELY felt the baby move.  After talking to the doctor and listening to it moving around I'm positive that is what I felt.  She said it should happen more often now.  You are so excited to feel the first movement but then again dread the movement when you are trying to sleep at night.  I'm already tossing and turning because I can't get comfortable.  It's just going to get worse too! 
My next appointment is March 30th and that is when we will find out what the gender is!!!  That one will be exciting!  We asked about getting a 3D ultrasound and they said they could do that but insurance wouln't pay for it.  It is more an elective thing.  It would end up costing us 175.00 so we're not sure we really want to spend the money on that right now.  Anyway,  that's the update for now.  More later!

Sunday, February 21, 2010

17 Weeks Today!

Well, today is the 17 week mark.  Three more weeks and we'll be half way through the pregnancy!  CRAZY!! 
So lately I've been throwing around names with Nick because on March 30th we will be able to tell the gender.  We can't really agree on a girl name at all.  The boy name is picked out but we would still like everyone's opinion.  So I made my own name list and you can go to the link and vote on your favorite name.  I'm still not sure about the girls names but so far this is some that we like.
http://www.babynames.com/namelist/9754042 

So go to the link and vote for us.... we would love your input!

Our next appointment is on March 2nd... we'll post more then!!

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Second Trimester is Here!

As of Sunday we are now at the 14 week mark AKA the second trimester!

Your baby measures about 4 inches, crown to rump, and weighs about 1 1/2 ounces (a little more than an extra-large egg).

To see week to week size of the baby see http://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/blogs/nb_checklists/pages/how-big-is-baby.aspx?r=0 

I've been felling pretty good.  Still EXTREMELY tired all of the time.  I don't work full time and I still take naps!  Thank god I married such a great guy that he doesn't complain about me sleeping all of the time!  I did have an appointment with the doctor on Friday and everything went very well.  The baby's heart beat was 158 beats per min.  This is very good.  I had to ask her opinion if the old wives tale was true or not.  (higher heartbeat=girl, lower=boy)  She said it wasn't true.  I keep telling Nick that the baby is going to be a girl just because we secretly want a boy :)  It doesn't phase him, he's still convinced it's a boy.  We are definitely going to find out what it is.  It will make shopping MUCH easier on everyone!  The ultrasound date is March 30th.  We can't wait! 
Anyway, enough from us tonight.... check back soon!

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Coming Soon

Hello!! This is our attempt to create a blog for our family and friends that aren't close by to see what is happening in the next 6 months. We can't promise that we will be very timely with this but hopefully you will be able to follow along as the baby's due date approaches.