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♥wk 13
posted on Thursday, March 12, 2009.
 Your fetus is forming teeth and vocal cords... savor this, their non-functional phase. Baby is approaching normal proportions, with a head now only one third the size of the body. Intestines are in the process of moving from the umbilical cord to baby's tummy. (Much more convenient.) Is it what i think it is When i was pregnant with Vincent i could feel him moving in about week 13, i thought it was him but i wasn't sure until he got bigger and the thumps he created were bigger. I realised the soft thumps were the same as the hard thumps i felt later and that i was right all along, that i could feel him moving so early. This baby i think i can feel too. The feeling is all too familiar. I'm pretty sure its him or her, i mainly feel it when I'm sitting still and its quiet, or if im driving. We wil see if it really was him or her in a few weeks when the feelings get stronger. Please just give me some sushi Ive been craving sushi for the past two weeks. It sounds so good i think i can almost taste it. I havent really had too many cravings this goround. I read that is a lot stronger in first time pregnancies than in following ones. I get urges to eat certain things, but it hasn't been like the first time when i would crave something and HAVE to have it no matter what, i couldn't stop thinking about it until i got it. The only craving that has followed me is my chocolate milk craving. I love my chocolate milk. Tired- always I'm starting to get tired all the time. If i stay out for a few hours i feel like i need to go home and take a nap. I get exhausted from lifting and carrying or moving things around. Ive been getting dizzy a lot the past two weeks also, same as with Vincent so nothing new. I get up too quick and need to hold on to a counter or wall until it passes.  Labels: Belly Pictures, Each week
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♥Animal Crackers
posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2009.
No my arms not tired My stomach doubles as an arm rest these days. Its also works great to set a drink on. My arms may not be tired, but if i lift or move anything, walk up stairs, or walk anywhere for a long period of time, and/ or carry or lift Vincent i feel short of breath. Ive also noticed when i carry things now, say a box for instance i carry it on my side instead of in front of me because the belly sticks out. Sunny days I'm totally in love with the weather these days. Its so much more comfortable for me to wear a skirt that actually fits instead of a pair of pants that i continuously have to keep pulling up because they keep falling down. Im loving walking down to the water and sitting on the dock listening to the birds and water. That thing in my belly I went off with my sister last weekend. She got a phone call, and i got a laugh. Shes having a conversation while sitting next to me, and I'm assuming the person on the other line, which was another sister of mine asked if Vincent was with me, and he wasn't... my sisters response to the question was "no just her, and that thing in her belly." It made me laugh really hard. Still makes me laugh. My names Ive chose the names i will use for a boy or girl and Ive been getting a lot of positive feed back, which makes me so happy. Now that i have the names picked i feel like "the thing in my belly" is actually really a person, a baby. Someone i cant wait to meet. I prefer to chose my names before i know the sex, then when i find the sex out i feel like i already know the baby in there and he or she already has a name... if that makes any sense. GreyMa Instead of calling my mom Grandma Vincent calls her GreyMa which sends my into hysterical laughs every time i hear him say it. I love it.
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@ 10:40 PM.
♥woot
posted on Monday, March 9, 2009.
Screw that last post I found my name for a boy. Daxton. I love it. Choosing a boys name is the hardest of the two for me to decide on. I needed a strong name, one that cant withstand a sibling name of Vincent. Elliot just sounded too wimpy paired with the name Vincent. I googled rare boy names and went to one of the sites and after reading what felt like one thousand names i came across the name Daxton. I said it aloud and it clicked. Its perfect. Its what ive been looking for. He will be named Daxton Reese. Reese is my dad's middle name, which is also my brother's. Im so happy i finally found a name i love. Labels: Baby Names
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♥Im thinking
posted on Saturday, March 7, 2009.
Oh boy I think i found my boy name -not one hundred percent sure, but almost. Elliot Reese. Reese being my Dad and my brother's middle name. I like it, it has a ring to it and its not a really popular name, but its still a good name. Still thinking, but so far i like it. Labels: Baby Names
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♥The Future is Coming on.
posted on Friday, March 6, 2009.
 Maybe its the weather, But I'm feeling/felt exceptionally great today. Look at that belly, i wasn't kidding. Its a for sure If the baby is a girl, her name will be Olivia Rhyen. I got the approval from my mom today, i love it, and now that i know she likes it just as well I'm making it official. I'm excited. Now for boy names...
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♥Baby Wk12
posted on Thursday, March 5, 2009.
 As you move into the second trimester, baby shifts into the growth and maturation stage. After weeks in the critical development stage, almost all of baby's systems are fully formed.My Aching Back I will post this a thousand times between now and the time this baby gets here: my back is killing me. I remember clearly now how bad my back hurt with Vincent. The only time its not hurting is when im sitting and mostly when I'm laying down. Pillows everywhere, and I'm only going to get bigger. Aunts & Hats I love baby hats, especially caps, like beanies, or sock hats. I'm a sucker when it comes to baby hats, i want them all. Vincent was born at the end of May also know to floridians as the middle of summer, so i didn'tget to buy many hats until that winter, but i bought them, alot of them and he wore them all. Luckily i have a gifted Aunt who crochets very well and Ive asked her to make me a few. I'm actually really excited, this is the first thing Ive asked someone to make the baby, or even the first thing Ive thought about for the baby. When i find out if its a girl or boy im going to go pick out my yarn that day. I really cant wait. I'm going chose the yarn for the hat i want him/her to wear special for the hospital. If its a boy ill probably choose a brownish green yarn, if its a girl probably a royal purple color. Pregnant Belly, For real My stomach is looking pregnant these days, my body looks pregnant. It took forever the first time to get a pregnant belly. I know you are supposed to show sooner with your second child, but my god. I look now like i did when i was 16 wks pregnant with Vincent. I mean, I'm not complaining i love the baby belly its my favorite, but its going to get bigger. High risk or not I go back to the doctors soon to find out if I'm high risk or not. I don't know what to think. I'm kinda hoping i am, that way they monitor me and the baby better. I really don't want to have preterm labor again id like to avoid it as long as the baby stays safe. And if i my body gives me no choice but to go into labor early id like to know, and id i like the doctors to be aware this time, so they can do what they need to to maybe speed up lung maturity and make it as easy for baby as possible. Labels: Each week
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♥Knock. Knock.
posted on Tuesday, March 3, 2009.
"Knock knock. Are you in there baby?" Vincent knocks on my stomach like its a door. Ive been telling him Mommy's going to have a baby, and showing him pictures of babies and talking about babies. I ask him where his baby is and he will point at my stomach and say "right there". He turns three at the end of May. Three! Wow. Sometimes ill sit and watch him play and wonder how on earth he has gotten so big, so quick. Before i had him, while i was pregnant other moms would inform me of how fast babies grow. You will never be able to understand what they mean until you have a child of your own. It seems as if yesterday he was crawling and now today hes carrying on conversations. Its amazing, and so very rewarding. Hes my baby, and he will aways be my baby. 
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@ 7:07 PM.
♥Wowzers.
posted on Monday, March 2, 2009.
I feel like my belly got bigger in this past week. Granted i know, strangers cant really tell I'm pregnant yet, but my stomach feels alot bigger than it looks. When i was pregnant with Vincent, my belly was just part of it, i was totally use to having the big belly and couldn't remember what it was like to not have it. After he was born, even just the next day, i couldn't remember what it was like to actually have that big belly since it had disappeared just 24 hours before. I tried really hard to remember, but just couldn't. Now in this past week, im starting to remember that old feeling, i love it. Its almost like a long lost friend, one you could hardly remember and that constanly gives you backaches. I think my prenatal vitamins were making me insane: Really. Since i stopped taking the generic kind the clinic gave me, and started taking the sample packets my actual doctor gave me I'm feeling so much better. Before i was irritable and depressed, and this past week i feel almost calm again. Ive researched it and haven't found anything about prenatal vitamins causing irritability or mood swings in women, possibly it was just my hormones calming down, but either way I'm not taking the generic stuff anymore. Doing my research on Natural birth after a c-section... ...and im way pleased with what Ive been finding out. Pretty much there is no reason i shouldn't be able to have a natural birth, as long as my pregnancy progresses OK. I had a c-section with Vincent because he was in the breached position from day one and couldn't turn around. All the research i have been reading points to a natural birth as being safer for both me and baby verses having another c-section. One study i read said the overall rate of complications in women who attempt vaginal delivery after prior cesarean birth is 1 in 2000. I'mhappy with those results. Makes me smile. Im still doing reasearch, but im pretty sure i will be trying this with no medications, so far its what i really want. All the pros i have read about it out weigh my fear of the pain, so far. Women did it for centeries, women still do it.I personally have only been able to discuss it with one woman who expirenced it. Her story was amasing and lead me to realise i had more birth choices that no one had told me about, i knew they were there, but i just never gave them thought. Ive recently emailed her asking her to further her talks with me about it, i want to know more. I shall name her Olivia... Maybe. Olivia is the name I'm leaning towards if its a girl. I love it, everything about it. There is a lot of time between now and then, so it may change ten times before "she" even gets here. Olivia Rhyen. This is what happened last time, with Vincent, he was named Emily before we were informed "she" was actually a he. I guess i have a trend for choosing girl names before boys names. Maybe it will be a "he" again this time, but until then... Ive got a girl name chosen. For now. Labels: belly, birth, name, natural birth
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