27.5 weeks

We had another doctor's visit today with an ultrasound, but unfortunately the pictures aren't that great.  So you all will just have to look at me instead.  :)

I felt like she had grown a lot over the past few weeks, but the doctor told me she is just around 2.3lbs right now.  I was thinking she was definitely closer to 3.  She is probably exercising all of her energy off instead of using it to grow since she kicks me a lot.  The doctor also says she is currently breech, but I still have three months to go. My visits are now every 3 weeks, though, instead of 4 as I enter my third trimester next week.

Truthfully if she came today I would be just as thrilled as three months from now whether I have all the supplies I need now or not (cause I really don't yet, yikes!).  I'm ready to meet her whenever she appears, and the rest can just fall into place later.  I just want her to come out healthy and happy whenever she is ready, but the wait is definitely hard cause hubby and I are so excited to meet her!

Week 25 update

I am beginning to feel a bit more massive this week.....

Other than that, Kaylee is still a very active baby with a pretty consistent kicking schedule.  :)  We can't wait to meet our feisty little girl!

24 weeks update

Well here I am at 24 weeks....I call the first one the chicken wing pose.  :)

I got my mom to take the second one because I still feel like you can't see much of the bump without outlining it with your hands.  She definitely feels bigger although she doesn't look it.

I'm still doing really well.  Purple legs are gone, and Kaylee is becoming a bit more active kicking and turning.  Other than that it's business as usual.

We've gotten a few more things up in the nursery, so here are a few pics of that:

These are the Winnie the Pooh valances that hubby put up this weekend.  Off to the right on the other side of the bathroom is also a shelf he put up to hold our video monitor and cordless nightlight.

 This is the bathroom complete with matching Winnie the Pooh and friends rug.

And here's the closet/changing room with Miss Kaylee's growing assortment of dresses, onesies, and yes, even matching sunglasses.  ;)   You can also see my cloth diaper organizer with a few newborn diapers already stashed away ready to go.  The changing table is one I picked up from Ikea a few months ago that will fold up when we are through using it or if we need to transport it....I love it already.

Week 23 and Purple Legs Update

Well, we just had our week 23 appointment, and while there are no ultrasound pictures, it was nice to hear Kaylee's heartbeat again.  She was at 160 today, which is up from her heartbeat in the earlier months of around 153.  I figure it is because she's a growing girl and needs a stronger heartbeat to accommodate that.

The doctor also got to look at our birth plan today, which was met with optimism.  I really do like the new doctor.  He seems to be very laid back with everything, which is good for a person who likes to have control like I do.  I can't help it, though...I've done the research, and I know what I want.  All that stand between me and it is my pain tolerance, HA!

The doctor also agreed to give me two more ultrasounds over the course of the rest of the pregnancy.  One at 28 weeks and one at 36 weeks.  So I was relieved.  Apparently his office only does it for their more high risk patients, but I think I convinced him with my neurosis that it was necessary.  ;)

Finally, purple legs are gone, and we think we have an answer....blueberries.  Yep.  I don't think my body was able to process the pigment in the blueberries while pregnant, so it gathered in my legs.  My husband and I came to this conclusion in several very awkward ways.  My toilet seat had turned blue.  And only blue where my legs were...a perfect silhouette on the pristine white toilet seat.  Then after that, we noticed that my side of our cream colored sheets no longer matched his side.  I guess I was secreting blueberry pigment.  But what really tipped us off in addition to those things was the fact that we went on a trip recently where I didn't have blueberries to eat for breakfast.  By the time we returned, my legs were back to normal coloring.  All three clues put together, and viola!  Blueberry legs.

Purple Legs, Another Ultrasound, and 3D pictures

Let it be known that I am the first lady ever to have purple legs during her pregnancy.  At least that's what I'm gathering judging by the doctors' responses.  It started a few months ago when my knees went purple.  I had heard of some women getting a little purple in a few "areas", but as of yesterday, both of my legs from my hip bone to my ankles have turned purple!  So I decided it was time to call in the new doctor for an opinion.  Both his opinion and the other doctor in the practice's opinion was "Never seen or heard of it before."  How comforting!

The good news was that to be on the safe side they wanted to do an ultrasound of Kaylee to make sure she was okay.  I'm always happy when I get to see my little girl and what was even better was there ultrasound machine was top notch compared to my other doctor's.  We got 3D ultrasound pictures of her face and regular ultrasound pictures of all of her other body parts!  The 3D pictures are hilarious, though, because she wouldn't move her hands away from her face, and she kept moving around in general.  So while not the best, here they are:

And of course, the last picture is confirming once again without a doubt she is a girl.  ;)

After the ultrasound came back normal, and they told me Kaylee had already grown 2 more ounces since last week (that's my girl!), they sent me to another hospital to have an ultrasound of my legs done.  This would determine if there were any blood clots or if my legs didn't have a strong pulse going through them.  Everything looked fine to the technician.  So unless my bloodwork comes back with something different, it appears that I just have purple tinted legs while pregnant, which I'm okay with.  There are worse things to have during pregnancy I'm sure.

.......okay okay, I won't leave you hanging.  I know everyone wants to see the purple legs.  Here's my right leg with my arm next to it for a comparison....yeeeeeeeah.

Week 20

Guess what I felt last night?!  A KICK!  Finally!  I had some weird feelings in my lower abdomen, so I decided to put my hand on my stomach to see if I could feel anything better.  As soon as I did, she hauled off and kicked my hand!  Now that's a smart girl.  :)

Here is my Week 20 pic:

My mom says I definitely look pregnant now, especially since my stomach now surpasses my "girls", ha! And I'm starting to feel more pregnant for sure.  It's mostly the weight in my abdomen, though, and the increased appetite.  I have gained another 2lbs, so while I'm still not at the requisite 10 lb gain for 20 weeks, I'm closer. 

Besides Kaylee moving and growing, everything else is pretty much the same.  I'm grateful that so far this has been a relatively easy pregnancy.

The Baby Registries

This last weekend was super busy.  I went ahead and registered at all three places I had planned on: Amazon, Babies R Us and Buy Buy Baby.  I put the links to the registries to the right of the blog for easy access.

It was a hard decision deciding where to register.  I'm a renown researcher in my family...before anyone buys anything they usually ask me to check on the reviews, prices, etc.  So I used my skills to research practically every baby product out there haha!  The hard part came when almost everything I  need for Kaylee ended up being on Amazon and not located anywhere else.  I know a lot of people fear online shopping and want to do theirs locally.  So what I ended up doing is taking what I could from the Amazon registry that was available at Babies R Us and Buy Buy Baby and registering for those items at the stores.....unfortunately it only amounted to about fifty items at each store.  Needless to say the majority of the stuff is on Amazon.

The main reason for this is hubby and I are doing a lot of different things with Kaylee that many other people don't do.  For example, we plan on cloth diapering Kaylee.  No local stores carry the abundance of cloth diapering supplies that I need to have for two years, but Amazon does.  We are also following a minimalist design for the nursery (i.e.- practically no furniture but some wall decorations), and most of the decorations are only found on Amazon.  I plan on addressing these decisions in a future post, but these are some of the reasons for the Amazon registry.  The others are they beat everyone elses prices and over free shipping on anything over $25....you can't beat that.  :)