32 weeks

Weight- 157. Starting at 129.4, so about 28 pounds. Yikes!

Symptoms- Cramping, having to pee a lot, getting out of breath very quickly, etc.  Third trimester is definitely uncomfortable, but it is manageable. Some of second trimester's symptoms have gone away, such as frequent heart burn. I am still walking those doggies! Thank you, cold weather! ;)

Stretch Marks- None yet, but I am still rather pessimistic on this point.

Movement- Less frequent, but stronger, similar to before. I read somewhere that babies sleep 95% of the time at this point, and I also read I should feel baby movement 10 times an hour. Yeah, that makes sense :P (insert sarcastic tone here).

Food aversions- Nothing really

Belly Button- Innie-ish. It is definitely getting stretched out and less deep, but has not popped out.

Food cravings- Looking forward to Thanksgiving foods!

Looking forward to- Maternity photo shoot this weekend! But hoping I don't look fat in them.. >.> Considering wearing the striped dress in the picture up top. Thoughts?

Least favorite thing- A lot of my clothes are starting to feel uncomfortable, especially my bras. But I am holding out on buying any new ones because my chest size should change once I'm breast feeding, and I don't want to have to buy bras again. But yeah, basically anything besides super stretchy clothes (dresses, yoga pants, PJS) aren't all that comfortable. My advice to any soon-to-be preggies is to not buy all your maternity clothes early like I did. I know it is exciting, but it sucks to have things not fit >:(

Baby Shower recap! We had a great time, and our families put so much love into making it special for us. We appreciate all the friends and family that were able to make it and celebrate Lily's impending arrival! 

Alison and her daughter Natalie

With Sean, Alison, and their baby Natalie

First baby Kyle ever held!

Bradley Method- Doing a separate post later today with more class by class details.

At our next doctor visit (34 weeks) we are getting an ultrasound to estimate baby size (though this is just an estimate) fluids, and baby position. So I will have some cute pictures of Lily for everyone soon! :)

10 weeks pregnant

Hello all!

Sorry for the late post, we have been very busy and just got back from a trip to Hawaii :)

How far along? 10 weeks

Baby's size: Cherry! CHEEERRY... CHEEERRY BAABY (Ya know, like Sherry baby..?)

Weight: Starting: 129.4/ Current: 132 :O (this is partly thanks to Hawaii overeating XD)

Maternity clothes? No :P

Symptoms: 

-Still with the queasiness! Tuesday was pretty awful, but overall it is mild and worse before meals

-Had some sharp pains, though not frequent. Apparently this is my body "beginning to move and expand". Basically my joints and muscles are going to creepily distort themselves to make room for our cutie Koerber :)

-Will spare you all the details, but have had an upset stomach for three days straight. Somewhat troubling, but trying to work my diet to combat this problem, including bananas, rice, applesauce, and such. 

-I do have food aversions, but usually not to foods I love. After a couple of days in Hawaii fish started to make my stomach churn. Sometimes meat in general is less appetizing. 

Miss anything? Jeggings. 

Food cravings: This week I was really craving apple juice. I gave in to this craving. I also really want some toaster strudels but I am trying to ignore this one :( 

10 weeks

At 8 weeks we had our first ultrasound! Baby was a healthy size and I got to hear the heart beat! It was so fast and a truly awesome sound.

The picture isn't very good, and the scanner is giving me problems. So I took a picture of the picture.. 

Sweet alien baby at 8 weeks

Starting on left, big black circle is head and brain, little arm on top, etc. Ok so baby didn't look like much yet, but it was only the size of a kidney bean, so cut her/him some slack :)

I am really looking forward to the end of the first trimester and beginning of the second. Then I will feel like baby is going to be  alright, and the queasiness will hopefully be gone. I'm actually looking forward to the cute prego bump :) 

I will update again soon! And Happy Birthday to my husband today! :)

Thanks for reading~

Shayla

New mama to be blog!

Hello world!

I am a new soon-to-be mom, gamer geek, animal lover etc. and I have decided to document my adventure with pregnancy with family, friends, and possibly complete strangers!

My name is Shayla K., I married the man of my dreams,Kyle, in July 2012. We own a house in Texas, and have 2 dogs and 1 cat. We are both avid fans of video games and board games. We decided we wanted to start our family, and after a couple of months of trying we got our wish! 

April 24th 2013 we found out I was pregnant, and a week later it was officially confirmed by our doctor!

How far along? 6 weeks 5 days

Baby's size: Almost a blueberry!

Weight: Starting: 129.4/ Current: 130.2

Maternity clothes? No :P

Symptoms: 

-Queasiness just started yesterday. It isn't full on nausea nor is it all the time, but it comes and goes throughout the day. 

-pimples.. on my face.. back.. chest= not the greatest!

-slightly achy chest

-period-like cramps randomly throughout the day, generally mild

-not an increase in appetite, but an increase in feeling hungry. I know this is partly being more sensitive to blood sugar, and I also know I don't actually need to increase the amount I'm eating during the 1st trimester, so I'm not going crazy and still eating pretty healthy. 

Miss anything? I missed coffee until my new queasiness, now it doesn't sounds very appealing..

Food cravings: Not really. I am still eating normally, but food in general isn't super appealing

Here are some pictures at 4 weeks, I will post new ones at 8 weeks! (and I promise to make my face/hair more presentable next time :P )

4 weeks 2 days, pregnancy bloat, not a bump :P

Thanks for reading!

Shayla