Week 12 and 13

Ugh...I am a terrible blogger! Not really, I just had a really busy week last week and didn't have a chance to blog. So this will be a two-fer week!

Tommy and I have been so busy moving into the new house. We finally have everything painted. (Thanks Mom!) And we have a few more boxes, but we are starting to feel at home there! We absolutely love our new house! It is so wonderful and we are so happy there!

Last week I also had a friend come home that has been gone for WAY too long. She was living in Africa for a year and a half and then in Taiwan for about 6 months. She is finally home, so I spent a lot of time with her last week...and her boyfriend!

Anyway, on the pregnancy front, week 12 was a pretty easy week. The tiredness isn't any better and I had my first migraine since being pregnant, and that sucked. But other than that nothing really to report.

The baby was the size of a plum!

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.

Last week I went to the store and had to buy a plum! It sat on the counter all week and Tom kept picking it up and putting it next to my belly and saying "Wow!

I also picked up a peach!

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.)

How amazing! I can't believe the baby is growing so fast! Such a miracle!

We had our second doctor's appointment this week and we got to hear the heartbeat! Wow! It was 155 beats per minute. The doctor said everything is looking good. The baby's heartbeat was good and strong and all my blood work came back and looks really good!

I keep thinking "Is there really a baby in there? Is this really possible?" Then to hear the heartbeat made me relax again! I guess that's why they make you go to the doctor's every month...just so I can be reassured that there is still a baby in my oven!

I did ask the doctor when we will be able to find out the sex of the baby and she told us it will be when I am 20 weeks. I will have another appointment at 17 weeks then she will move the next one up and have me come in early. I CAN'T WAIT!!! So it should be on September 14th...if everything goes as scheduled!