belly pics from early on

I am finally getting around to posting the pregnant belly pictures from the first trimester. I will post a picture from this week (19 weeks and 1 day) tomorrow. There wasn't a whole lot of change in the first trimester, but now I am over the hump and I seem to be developing a significant poof in the mid-section. We have our big 20 week ultrasound next week....no, we are not planning to look at the naughty-bits!

Here you go.
9 weeks.......



13 weeks.....
A little poofiness.....but wait until you see what has happened in the last few weeks!

OH---apparently pregnancy is catching. There are two pregnant faculty members in the department (one is due 3 days after us!). I have a friend from Junior League that is pregnant and due in March. AND I must have run into a dozen people at the conference we just attended who either just had babies or were pregnant. I guess it is going around. :-)

16 week prenatal visit

Kyle and I went to see Dr. Dawson on Tuesday....he only sees OB patients on Tuesday afternoon and Thursday mornings, so it was the usual mad house of people. The office is open until 6:45 on Tuesdays, so our 4:20 appointment was right in the thick of the busy time. Anyway, everything looks great so far. I have gained 5 pounds total (16.5 weeks along), which the doctor and Kyle assure me is right on track for this point. We heard the baby's heartbeat, which was stronger than the last visit. By the end of the week, Devo should weigh as much as a baseball and will continue a big growth spurt for the next couple of weeks. Exciting stuff is going on in my belly even if I don't feel anything all that exciting yet. :-)

We got back the results from our nuchal translucency test and had the second half of the sequential screening (for chromosomal abnormalities)....Dr. Dawson said that our chances of having a problem is very slim (VERY slim), so that is great news. We scheduled the big 20 week ultrasound for the first week of December and we are looking forward to seeing Devo in 3-D.

I promise to update with some pictures this weekend. I will post the belly pics from 11 weeks and from this week.....I am certain you will be able to figure out which is which. All 5 lbs of weight gain are in my bump.

Baby Development Calendar

A very good friend of mine got me this super-sweet baby development calendar that has all kinds of cute factoids about your pregnancy.  Each week ends with a comparison of your baby's size to a common object (usually food....3 weeks ago, Devo was the size of a taco shell!).  Most of the daily comments are written from the point of view of the fetus.  For example, "It was nice having help, but since my liver and spleen now produce blood cells, I no longer need the yolk sac".  Anyway, today I am 16 weeks and 2 days pregnant and the information for today is as follows:

"Believe it or not, I can see in here!  If you shine a bright light on your belly, I'll gradually move my hands to cover my eyes".  

There is a person in my abdomen and they have eyes!  Good lord!  Now all I can think about is the 20 week ultrasound and whether or not the doctor will let us bring one of those big flashlights to shine on my belly....I want to see little Devo's hands cover up his/her eyes.  

Belly pictures and more Devo news to come soon.