13 + 14 Weeks

Week 13 + 14: Monday, January 22nd, 2018

Eggy's Size: Peach (1.52 oz, 3.42")

Weight Gained: Completely unsure. My guess is that I've gained 1-3 lbs. Our weighing machine is all packed up and can't be found. 

Pregnancy Symptoms: Weeks 13 and 14 have been really good. Seems like the last week was a stomach flu, or food poisoning fluke. Now everything seems back to normal. I keep wondering to myself if I'm actually pregnant because I look and feel the same as I did before. The only "sign" is that I still have no period (obviously) and when I gently press on my lower tummy (under my belly button) it feels like there's something hard there. Maybe it's all in my imagination though. 

Food Cravings: Still craving vanilla and wildberry lavender ice cream from Jeni's. The savory food cravings are also increasing. Had some bacon wrapped dates the other day and those were really amazing. 

Food Aversions: Meat seems to be totally fine now (in reasonable doses). 

Mood: Feeling like my normal chipper self. Still a little tired/ fatigued but nothing crazy. 

Eggy's Mood: Eggy seems to have really quieted down a lot.

Baby Prepping Accomplishments: Still working mainly on the house and trying to get it move in ready. Missed our NT scan, rescheduled it, then discovered it would have been >$1000 out of pocket so I cancelled it and called my doctor. My doctor said the window for doing the NT has passed, but she definitely wants me to do the NIPT (non invasive prenatal testing) which is a blood test for baby specifically. Also got my blood work back, and turns out I'm still deficient in Vitamin D, so I need to take some extra supplements. Also my genetic screener has also come back Negative. I'm unlikely to be a carrier for any of the 27 genetic diseases tested for. We've also managed to tell more family members that we are expecting! Yay!

On the Horizon: Next doctors appointment is on the 29th. We will likely do the NIPT at that appointment and we will be able to assess the likelihood of Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21), Edwards Syndrome (Trisomy 18), and Patau Syndrome (Trisomy 13), also Rh blood type and MOST INTERESTING (to us) the gender!!!