18 weeks

Today marks the first day of the 18th week. I've been feeling a little nauseous over the past 2 days, and I hope it's not any morning sickness coming back to haunt me! Hopefully it'll be gone by morning. I read online that our baby is about 5 1/2 inches now, from the top of the head to the butt. It's really growing!! I started to poke out in the last few days, and you can really notice when I lay down on my back - not as much when I'm standing. Still just looks fat to me. But, it should gain shape in the next couple of weeks. I haven't felt much movement yet, but I'm supposed to feel that in the next couple weeks too! Can't wait! Here's a picture of what I look like today. Yay!

Growth of our baby!

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15 weeks, 1 day

So, our appointment on October 27th went really well. Matt and I both really like our new doctor. He is really easy going and friendly. He spent time in the Navy too!

We had another ultrasound done, which was really exciting! Here is a snapshot of that. (Head is to the lower left, abdomen in the middle, and bunched up legs to the upper right).

We saw the heartbeat right away, and it was hard to get a clear snapshot of the baby since it was moving around like crazy! At one point, we could see it moving its arms and legs and flailing all arou

nd. Such a little miracle! We saw hands, feet, spinal cord, nasal cavities, eye sockets, umbilical cord... amazing. This was a really low-end ultrasound machine, so the picture wasn't the greatest. However, we have our next appointment on December 1st, where we have the mega ultrasound machine, and we look at the baby from head to toe in an hour-long ultrasound. We also get to find out the sex of the baby at that point!

I can't feel the baby move yet, but should be able to in the next couple of weeks.

So, here's my belly at 15 weeks, 1 day. Not too much bigger, 

but definitely more "full" than I was before.