Annick Genevieve

3 months, 1 week, 1 day

Weeks 33-36 (Month 8): Honeydew

Weekly Update

How am I feeling? Uncomfortable!

Milestones: I am well into my 3rd trimester and time is flying by! She weighs around 4 lbs... yet feels bigger to me lol! It doesn't feel like she has any more room inside of me and I can't imagine her doubling in size before she is born!

What is the little bambino up to? Baby’s senses are continuing to improve -- when light peeks in through your (extremely) stretched belly, those tiny eyelids and irises blink and dilate. And, baby can now recognize and react to simple songs… time to start practicing your lullabies! Growth (at least inside your womb) is starting to slow, and you may notice baby descend into your pelvis at the end of this month.

What am I craving? Sweets and Chocolate Milk!

What do I miss? Being able to sleep through the night without having to get up and go to the bathroom... but after she is born, it will be replaced with having to get up and feed her... so I guess my full nights of sleep are over for a long while lol!

What am I looking forward to? Our last 2 baby showers with my work and with the hockey booster club! The first 2 (at home in La and church) were a blast!

Weeks 29-32 (Month 7): Squash

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Nanner St.Vincent

Weekly Update

How am I feeling? Great! Still a bit tired, but I am getting used to it lol!

Milestones: Feeling baby move this past week! Guy and I were sitting down last Thursday night watching Vampire Diaries and I felt 2 little kicks right by my belly button. It has gotten more frequent every day since then and today I don't think baby has slept at all today lol! Baby has been very active!

How do I look? Pregnant... round belly and big boobs lol! I feel really good in my own skin though! I love my little belly :) And the hubby loves the boobs haha!

What is the little bambino up to? Baby's now the size of a banana! Baby gulps down several ounces of amniotic fluid every day, both for hydration and nutrition and to practice swallowing and digesting. And, these days, those taste buds actually work! Studies show that after birth, babies are most interested in tastes they've already experienced through amniotic fluid. Meaning, think about what you want your future child to eat as you prepare your own lunch.

What am I craving? I continue to crave salty foods! Party pizzas and Mac&Chz!!

Aversions? Peanut Butter

What do I miss? Nothing at all!

What am I looking forward to? Baby showers!!

I haven't stopped smiling in days.
Feeling so very blessed and lucky...

Cantaloupe St.Vincent

Baby's digestive system is busy creating meconium (a tarry black substance made of swallowed amniotic fluid, digestive secretion and dead cells), which will fill the first diaper after birth. And, speaking of the diaper situation... baby's genitals are now fully formed!

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Sweet Potato St. Vincent

Weekly Update

How am I feeling? Great! I continue to have menstrual like cramps and I still think it is between the baby moving and my uterus growing.

Milestones: We had our BIG ultrasound Friday, the 16th, (which actually was week 17, but oh well lol)! It lasted for about any hour since the u/s tech has to measure and get pictures of all different things... the femur bone, the heart, the stomach, the bladder, the kidneys, the brain, etc. I am happy to announce that the baby is 100% healthy! But, I am glad it lasted long lol... We had a full hour of just watching baby! The first thing we found out was the sex though! And, wow, I can't even begin to tell you how excited Guy and I are!! We will be announcing the sex to everyone at Christmas time so be on the look out for your Christmas card in December! It will be the best present for our families!

How do I look? Pregnant... round belly and big boobs lol!

What is the little bambino up to? Baby's now the size of a sweet potato! Your fetus has become amazingly mobile (at least compared to you), passing the hours yawning, hiccuping, rolling, twisting, kicking, punching, sucking and swallowing. And, baby's finally big enough that you'll be able to feel those movements soon.

What am I craving? I continue to crave salty foods!

Aversions? Peanut Butter

What am I looking forward to? Feeling flutters of movement for the first time... Registering... Going home for my baby shower in January...

And for your viewing pleasure... a belly pic 17w6d

Onion St. Vincent

Baby's skeleton is hardening, changing from rubbery cartilage to bone, and fat is finally accumulating around it. The umbilical cord is getting thicker and stronger, and those little fingers and toes are now topped by one-of-a-kind prints.

Avacado St. Vincent

Weekly Update

How am I feeling? Great! I have started to get a little crampy, but I seriously think it is the baby moving and stretching my uterus. When the cramping starts, it may only last for 10-15 seconds. Hurts like mentrual cramps, but comforts me knowing that the baby is moving!

How do I look? Pregnant... round belly and big boobs lol!

What is the little bambino up to? Baby's now the size of a avacado! Watch what you say... tiny bones forming in baby's ears mean the little one can now pick up your voice. Eyebrows, lashes and hair are starting to fill in, and taste buds are forming

What am I craving? I continue to crave salty foods!

Aversions? Peanut Butter

What am I looking forward to? Finding out the sex next Friday... Feeling flutters of movement for the first time... Registering... Going home for my baby shower in January...

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Lemon St. Vincent

Peach St. Vincent

Weekly Update

How am I feeling? I feel great! Well, minus the gas pains lol! I continue to sleep A LOT - 12 hours on some nights minus the 10 trips to the bathroom lol! I have added Dr. Pepper here and there back into my diet so the headaches are gone!!

Milestones: Second trimester - woo-hooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What is the little bambino up to? He or she is about the size of a peach! The baby may be sucking its thumb and is practicing breathing in & out. Fingerprints have formed on your baby's tiny fingertips, her veins and organs are clearly visible through her still-thin skin, and her body is starting to catch up with her head — which makes up just a third of her body size now. If you're having a girl, she now has more than 2 million eggs in her ovaries. Your baby is almost 3 inches long and weighs nearly 1oz.

What am I craving? Everything it seems like lol!

Aversions: Still Peanut Butter

What do I miss? Having energy!

What am I looking forward to? Oh! So much! I am so excited about this trimester. I can't wait to feel the first flutters & movement! Registering, the BIG ultrasound and getting to find out the sex, getting a distinct baby bump, & feeling better more energetic!

Plum St. Vincent

Weekly Update

How am I feeling? I think we have covered that in detail ;) I have been sleeping a lot and having headaches.

What is the little bambino up to? Baby's now 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.

What am I craving? Mexican food!

Aversions: still peanut butter

What do I miss? My sex drive is still MIA. Hoping it will kick into high gear as I get into 2nd tri!

What am I looking forward to? Oh! So much! I am so excited about finishing up this trimester and heading into the 2nd trimester. I can't wait to feel the first flutters & movement! Registering, the big u/s, getting a distinct baby bump, & feeling better (hopefully) just to name a few things!

That about wraps it up! I am overjoyed to be pregnant and trying to enjoy every moment. It feels more real every single day and I am looking forward to all the milestones that await. Thank you all for sharing this journey with me...

Lime St. Vincent

Weekly Update

How am I feeling? Tired! Still having headaches every other day or so.

How do I look? Same

Milestone of the week: Starting my new job!

What is the little bambino up to? Baby's now the size of a lime! Your fetus currently enjoys a 1:1 ratio between body and head, and has skin so transparent that blood vessels show right through. But, fingers and toes are no longer webbed, and hair follicles, tooth buds and nail beds are forming -- setting up a significantly more attractive future.

What am I craving? Brownies

Aversions? Peanut Butter

What am I looking forward to? Starting to show more and more... feeling the baby move for the first time... and finding out the sex in 8 weeks!

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Prune St. Vincent

Weekly Update

How am I feeling? Still pretty tired. The nausea seems to have subsided, but the headaches have started!!

How do I look? Same

Milestone of the week: Getting settled into our apartment

What is the little bambino up to? Baby's now the size of a prune — a little over an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, your baby has now completed the most critical portion of his development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in his body rapidly grow and mature.

He's swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm. Vital organs — including his kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) — are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy.

If you could take a peek inside your womb, you'd spot minute details, like tiny nails forming on fingers and toes (no more webbing) and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.

In other developments: Your baby's limbs can bend now. His hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over his heart, and his feet may be long enough to meet in front of his body. The outline of his spine is clearly visible through translucent skin, and spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from his spinal cord. Your baby's forehead temporarily bulges with his developing brain and sits very high on his head, which measures half the length of his body. From crown to rump, he's about 1 1/4 inches long. In the coming weeks, your baby will again double in size — to nearly 3 inches.will too.)

What am I craving? Nothing really is standing out this week... I am slowly starting to eat sweet things again.

Aversions? Peanut Butter and Bananas

What am I looking forward to? Going to our dr's appointment Tuesday. We are meeting our new dr here in Fayetteville for the first time!

Green Olive St.Vincent

Weekly Update

How am I feeling? Still pretty tired. I seem to have nausea for a couple days then i won't have it for a couple days. And on the days that I do have it, it's pretty bad!

How do I look? Same

Milestone of the week: Moving to Fayetteville, NC

What is the little bambino up to? Baby's now the size of a green olive! Your little embryo has now officially graduated to fetus-hood. Adding to the excitement, a Doppler ultrasound device might be able to pick up the beating heart. With basic physical structures in place and increasingly distinct facial features, baby is kind of starting to look like... well... a baby!

What am I craving? Still anything salty and fruit

Aversions? Peanut Butter and anything sweet.

What am I looking forward to? Starting to show more and more and feeling the baby move!

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