Well, this didn't help!

I must say, I was VERY productive this morning - spent an hour taking "Gender Prediction" quizzes only to become more confused about what we're having!

The majority of them say "boy", but there's a few "girl" predictions thrown in for good measure. Can't wait for our next ultrasound, mid-August, when we can find out for sure! (well... as "for sure" as it gets!)

What are YOUR predictions about what we're having?!

Nursery

So, my interior decorating juices have been flowing and I've been thinking about nursery decor! Here's what I'd like to do:

For a girl - light grey or sandy colour walls and accents in both Coral and Aqua!

For a boy - again, light grey walls, with accents of turquoise, blue and lime green!

Next order of business, finding out the gender so we can get started! Only 4-5 more weeks to wait!

14 weeks!

I found this really cute pregnancy journal template online so I'm going to try to fill it out every couple of weeks to see what's changed!

Here it is for 14 weeks!

Size of baby: 3 1/2 inches long (crown to rump) and weighs 1 1/2 ounces. About the size of a lemon! 

What's baby up to? Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.

In other news: Your baby's stretching out. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active.

Total weight gain/loss: 8 lbs (yikes!)

Pregnancy symptoms: still more tired than usual and it seems like my morning sickness/nausea has returned a little bit! After a HUGE breakfast, it seems to go away.

Maternity clothes? Almost all of my bottoms are uncomfortable (the waist band digs in when I sit down) or they’re just flat out too small! I bought a few maxi dresses, flowy skirts and a pair of maternity shorts that hopefully get me through the summer along with 2 of my regular shorts that still fit because of the low-rise. My regular tops are fine for now but I did buy 2 cute mat tops on sale! 

Stretch marks? nope

Sleep: 8 hours minimum plus an occasional 1hr nap in the afternoon

Best moment this past week: Telling my 85 year old grandma to get ready for her 3rd great-grand child! 

Have you told family and friends: FINALLY! I think everyone and their brother knows now! 

Miss Anything?  Looking good in clothes! (... and coffee!)

Movement: Not yet

Food Cravings:  I was craving salty foods, then popsicles and fruit. My cravings seem to have vanished in the last week or two.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Not really!

Have you started to show yet: Ive got a little bit of a ‘beer belly’! 

Gender predictions: Boy

Labor sigs: No

Belly Button in or out: In

Wedding rings on or off: On

Happy or Moody: Happy! 

Weekly Wisdom: Stop stressing! Worrying about every little cramp and pain is not going to help!

Looking forward to: Middle of August when we go for our next ultrasound and can find out the gender

Like mom or dad?

My mother-in-law broke out Dan's baby picture today so I decided to find one of mine so we could see who baby might look like!

What do you think?

Me (back in 1986 - would you look at those squishy cheeks!)

Dan (1983 baby - his eyes look dark but they're a really pale green now!)

just a few pics!

At 13.5 weeks, I'm just starting to show (which excites me! grow belly, grow!) so I thought I'd post a few pics :)

Me and my baby girl Lucy and moi and the bumpity bump! (... and my new maternity shorts! Can't tell, can ya!)

My first post!

Welcome to "From Bump to Babe" - my pregnancy blog! I thought it would be a neat idea to start a blog in order to keep family and friends updated on how my pregnancy is progressing. I'm 13 weeks and 3 days pregnant today and my due date based on our first ultrasound is January 12th 2013! (Due date based on the dates I think we conceived is Jan 14th, but I like the 12th better lol).

So, what have the last 13 weeks been like you may ask? Let me share some details of how things have been going since I found out I was pregnant! 

Let's rewind all the way back to April 26th, 2012. It had been all of 1 week since we started trying to conceive and already, I was feeling symptoms! Now, it could have all been in my head but my breasts were sore, I was gassier than normal (TMI, sorry!) and I was definitely more tired than usual. The symptoms continued so, four days later, on April 30th, I decided to take a home pregnancy test - negative. Ok, maybe I'm imagining things? NOPE - 2 days later, I picked up a First Response Early Result home pregnancy test (supposed to be able to detect the pregnancy hormones up to 6 days before your missed period) - it came out as a VERY faint positive line! (pic attached). So, 2 days later (May 2nd) I thought I better double check and I picked up an identical test and it was a DEFINITE positive!!!! :) Pregnant on our first try! Call me Fertile Myrtle!! :P

I called and made a doctors appointment for the following week, 3 days after my period was expected, and got it confirmed by my awesome family doctor! The following week I had my pre-natal blood work done and everything looked great. I was officially 5 weeks pregnant! We told our parents on Mothers Day (mine first in Georgetown and then Dan's in Waterloo) - everyone was delighted! 

At 7 weeks, 3 days I had my pre-natal physical, and again, all the results were good. I had my first REAL bout of morning sickness that day and had my head in the toilet all morning. My doctor was nice enough to offer me a prescription for Diclectin, which I gladly accepted. It works wonders - thank goodness! (and its completely safe for baby - its been used in Canada for over 40 years)

On June 13th (9 weeks, 5 days pregnant) we had our first ultrasound and it was absolutely AMAZING to see our little gummy bear (you'll understand why I call it that when you see the photo!) and watch it wiggle around inside of me! The ultrasound tech said it measured exactly as it should and that it was very active! We got a few pictures to take home where they are proudly hanging on our fridge. 

The most recent update is that we finally announced our pregnancy on July 3rd after a long and difficult 12 week wait! We held off telling everyone except for family and our closest friends since we wanted to make sure baby was healthy and until the chance of miscarriage was much lower than in the early weeks. 

So, here we are! 13 weeks and 3 days! I had my monthly pre-natal this morning and although the doc tried to find the heartbeat using the Doppler, she said baby  is probably just positioned in such a way that the heartbeat is too faint to pick up, which is completely normal. She reassured me that it was about 50/50 - half the time she can find it, half the time she can't. My next appointment is on August 3rd (I'll be 17 weeks), and she said we'll definitely hear it then! :) Gotta be patient! 

I think thats about it for now. Enjoy some "pee on a stick" and "Gummy Bear" ultrasound photos! 

                            Can you see the very faint line on the first test?

                                    (dpo stands for "days past ovulation")

Ultrasound at 9w5d - isn't our little Gummy Bear CUTE!?