Tag: future babies

Ten Weeks

Post author By Suz
Post date December 3, 2011
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Double digits! No longer embryos! Full time maternity pants! Welcome to week ten.

I snapped photos before I ran out the door to meet some friends Saturday. I didn’t even look to see how they turned out & sadly the front facing shots were really blurry. Clothes in the photo above are courtesy of Suzanne aka pretty swell {thank you!}.

How far along? Ten Weeks today.

Maternity Clothes? Heck yeah! I bought a few more & sweet Suzanne of pretty swell graciously passed down a bunch of pants & tops to me Thursday night. I feel so much more comfortable in them, although there’s no hiding the belly in maternity clothes!

Weight Gain? Haven’t weighed myself but I’d think so. Will probably find out at Monday’s appt.

Stretch Marks? No.

Sleep? I added pillows on either side of me & am more used to side sleeping, so I’m sleeping better. I swear ice cream before bed helps too.

Movement? Not yet.

Genders? We hope & pray for healthy babies first & foremost. But I’d love to have boy/girl combos.

What I Miss? Doing as much as I want without being exhausted. I tried running errands after work a couple days this week & it kicked my butt a little. Of course I’m tired on the weekends too so not sure when things like cleaning, Christmas decorating & finishing up shopping will occur.

Symptoms? As long as I eat every two hours, I feel pretty darn good. I have some end of the day lower back pain which I know comes with carrying three babies.

What I’m Looking Forward to? Monday’s appointment. I can’t wait to meet the MFM doctor & hear what he says to help us bring these trips into the world.

Weekly Wisdom? Eat. Drink water {I get headaches when I slack on water}. Rock maternity pants. Comfort is amazing.

Milestones? The babies are the size of kumquats {anyone actually seen one of those?} & are now fetuses {sp?} with all their parts. My baby center app says they have peach fuzz hair & nails, swallowing fluid, can move their limbs & thus are kicking.

Tags future babies, pregnancy weekly update

Pregnancy

Nine Weeks

This is my 500th post. Wow! Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We were surrounded by family from both of our sides & enjoyed a great weekend with them.

How far along? Nine weeks Saturday so 9w1d today.

Maternity Clothes? After not being able to zip & button a bigger pair of work pants this week, I wore the BeBand with unzipped pants & broke down & purchased a pair of maternity khakis & jeans. The khakis I wore this weekend & wondered why I’d put off that maternity panel so long!

Weight Gain? Haven’t weighed myself but I’d think so.

Stretch Marks? No.

Sleep? Lots of tossing back & forth. Enough that after one night together in a double bed, Jason moved over to the twin in our room at my grandparents’ to give us both better nights’ sleep. Last night I woke up at 12:30, 1:37, 3:34 & 7:30 to pee. I had to get a snack at 4 too. I’ll be off to bed early tonight.

Movement? Not yet.

Genders? We hope & pray for healthy babies first & foremost. But I’d love to have boy/girl combos.

What I Miss? Sleeping on my tummy/back without waking up & having to roll over. I think I’m going to start surrounding myself with pillows so I stay on my sides.

Symptoms? The bump that especially appears after eating this week. And the hunger.

What I’m Looking Forward to? More maternity pant wearing this week which will mean more comfort. Counting down the days until our first MFM doctor appointment {8}.

Weekly Wisdom? Rest when you’re feeling tired. My family is all about the go, go, go. This weekend we experienced that I can no longer do that. I found chairs in every store we went into. Also smile & share in everyone’s excitement. I think Nana told at least one person everywhere we went all weekend that I was pregnant with triplets. She’s so proud & excited.

Milestones? The babes are the size of grapes this week & about an inch long.

Tags future babies, pregnancy weekly update

Everything Else Pregnancy

Baby closet craziness

I started this post back in August {at the beginning of my Infertile Fridays} but had been holding off on hitting publish until I had a chance to take photo evidence to reveal my baby stuff hoarding secret.

Before I was even engaged, I’d amassed a pile of wedding related things I hoped to use. Favorite programs, invitations, photos I’d taken of friends’ flowers & dresses. I had ideas of location, time of year & colors. I’m a planner & it made it much easier once that ring was on my finger & the real planning needed to be done.

That said, you shouldn’t be surprised that I’ve slowly been gathering future baby things over the last couple of years. Enough that there has been a “future baby closet” for a while. It’s the closet of our office/man cave/future nursery/junk room so it works. It began when I saw the Vera Bradley owl pattern was being retired & thus the baby bag was on major sale. I love the versatility of that pattern & knew several friends who’d enjoyed that bag. A quick click or two online & it was at our doorstep. Then one day I was shopping at Target {before we were even TTC} and noticed there was an owl themed gender neutral set on sale. I went home, discussed with Jason then bought it, crib sheets & all. Nothing like being prepared way before the fact right?!

Then I discovered blog giveaways. Free baby stuff. And next thing I knew a Sophie, ruffle butt training pants, a Bird E Studios diaper wristlet, a nursing cover & an owl patterned cloth diaper were added to the closet. Then the Haute Green party at BlogHer happened & I very happily came home with eight more cloth diapers, wipes, cloth diaper laundry detergent & a Fuzzi Bunz to-go wet bag. Another cloth diaper {Soft Bums} was won recently & I also received burp wraps earlier this fall. Yep, all this before my first positive pregnancy test.

& since we announced our news, my super sweet friend Kelly gave us our first future baby gift. A precious owl lovey! I’m obsessed! My parents brought down a five pack of teeny tiny newborn onesies last weekend.

While she was in town to help, Mom & I went through the baby stash at the bottom of this closet. Of course all the ones of things need to be multiplied by three now! We organized the crib set {& later discovered at Target that while they no longer sell that one, Circo still makes another neutral one that will coordinate}, put all the toys in the diaper bag, & all the super cute cloth diapers in the tote bag. Ignore the mess, as this has been my secret closet until now…

Baby Closet — my no-longer-so-secret baby stash

Am I the only one who pre-baby hoarded tiny little things?

Tags future babies, giveaways, shopping

Pregnancy

Eight Weeks

I was told this week to put sleep & resting before blogging. With family in town & that crazy awesome NCSU win Saturday, this post is a couple days late. I didn’t take a weekly photo Saturday but shot these two before putting on pjs Sunday evening. I’ll go back to a in-jeans photo this week.

How far along? Eight weeks Saturday so 8w2d today.

Maternity Clothes? Not quite yet, but soon. I ordered a BeBand from Target online & it arrived Saturday. I think I’ll be wearing pants unzipped with that soon.

Weight Gain? I weighed myself {eekkk!} last week & will do it again this week. Been trying to eat a lot so maybe some gain.

Stretch Marks? No.

Sleep? Now that I’ve been following Dr. Luke’s Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads book & eating every two hours, I sleep better since I don’t wake up hungry/feeling sick in the middle of the night.

Movement? Not yet.

Genders? {I updated it to Genders!} We hope & pray for healthy babies first & foremost. But I’d love to have boy/girl combos.

What I Miss? Not much this week. Just feeling thankful.

Symptoms? Hungry, sore boobs, tired, & my lower belly is definitely hard/bigger at the end of the day.

What I’m Looking Forward to? I’ve been released from the RE & am supposed to hear from my new MFM practice soon to set up an appt. I’m looking forward to meeting the team of doctors who will help me bring these trips into the world. Also looking forward to eating the heck out of Thanksgiving!

Weekly Wisdom? If you find a book that has worked for other friends with multiples & makes sense to you, read it & go with it. Also great to have family read it so they’re on board. Mom read half of it this weekend then helped me be sure to eat enough of the right things often. Oh & on that note, when people offer to help, take them up on it! My mom helped me clean & organize this weekend then yesterday she & my aunt helped me make two casseroles into 6 frozen dinners.

Milestones? My former blueberries are now lentil beans with hands & feet with webbed fingers & toes & eyelids!