16 Week Survey

How far along? 16 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: down 10 lbs now
Sleep: Sleeping pretty good.
Best moment this week: Christmas!
Movement: still really sporadic but feeling more definite movements now.
Symptoms: joints are sore
Symptoms I DON'T have: I'm not so tired anymore and the morning sickness is going away (?) knock on wood.
Food cravings: ravioli, bagels with cream cheese, lucky charms
Food aversions: bacon this morning apparently
Gender: not sure yet.
Belly Button in or out? In but it does look different.
What I miss: corona and lime
What I am looking forward to: Finding out the gender. It is possible to find out as early as the end of this week
Weekly Wisdom: no wisdom lol
Milestones: christmas and feeling light kicks
Size of Baby:

Weekly Belly Picture:

15 Week Survey

How far along? 15 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: down 12 lbs now. Hoping to start gaining something soon..
Sleep: Sleep is an interesting endeavour, lots of pillows needed.
Best moment this week: Feeling another flutter, and coming home after being in Thompson for 2 weeks.
Movement: Really sporadic. Felt the first one last week and have only felt it twice since then. Last night I felt a really obvious pop which was cool.
Symptoms: morning sickness to the max again. :(
Symptoms I DON'T have: I'm not so tired anymore.
Food cravings: eggs benedict, honey dill sauce, slushes
Food aversions: Pop
Gender: not sure yet.
Belly Button in or out? In but it does look different.
What I miss: corona and lime
What I am looking forward to: Feeling movement all the time! or definitive kicks!
Weekly Wisdom: Nothing really this week.
Milestones: Feeling flutters a few times.
Size of Baby:

Weekly Belly Picture:

14 Week Survey

How far along? 14 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: not sure because there is no scale here and I have been here a week
Sleep: Sleep is getting better!
Best moment this week: Feeling my first flutter!!!!
Movement: WOOHOO! I felt flutters last night at exactly 14 weeks. Felt like popcorn popping really low. I was very excited! I had drank a big glass of juice and laid on my back.
Symptoms: morning sickness came back full blown yesterday...yayyyyy. Not that it ever left. But I do have an appetite. Also got my first (albeit tiny) varicose vein...OH NO!!
Symptoms I DON'T have: I'm not so tired anymore.
Food cravings: spicy virgin caesars, salt and vinegar chips, iced chai lattes, waffles
Food aversions: some meats.
Gender: not sure yet.
Belly Button in or out? In but it does look different.
What I miss: nothing at the moment
What I am looking forward to: Feeling movement all the time! or definitive kicks!
Weekly Wisdom: Get the christmas shopping done!!! thats not really wisdom haha but still.
Milestones: Feeling flutters for the first time!
Size of Baby:

Weekly Belly Picture:

First Purchase for Baby!

We bought our first thing for the baby today! Just a little 2-pack of outfits and Tommy's little brother Daynen picked this outfit out which is cute!

I can't wait to find out the sex of the baby so that I can start planning the nursery! :)

Free / Bargain Sites

There are some bargain baby sites that post deals everyday and I have been watching them for things that I need. Here are the ones I have been watching:

Mama Bargains
Baby Steals
Baby Half Off
Kids Woot
Zulily

Some have 2 deals a day, some have one.  Sometimes they are on useless things like baby shoes but its worth it to watch for the things like cloth diapers and strollers.

There are some free things I have done as well. Most are sampler types of things but still good!

Nestle Baby Program
Free Baby Samples Canada

13 Week Survey

How far along? 13 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: -8 lbs (down 10 then up 2)
Sleep: Sleep is getting better but still sleeping a lot.
Best moment this week: Listening to the heartbeat on the doppler.
Movement: Not that I am feeling.
Symptoms: morning sickness getting better but still there. Have a terrible cold this week.
Symptoms I DON'T have: hmm not sure.
Food cravings: not craving much just trying to get enough food in each day.
Food aversions: changes daily! or minute to minute.
Gender: not sure yet.
Belly Button in or out? In obviously 
What I miss: nothing at the moment
What I am looking forward to: Feeling movement
Weekly Wisdom: not too much just that sometimes things happen that can't be changed!
Milestones: Officially out of 1st trimester this week no matter which method you use to calculate it! :D
Size of Baby:

Weekly Belly Picture:

Kijiji

Love Kijiji! About to go get a brand new organic infant cloth diapering kit for $160! Woohoo. Saving money. Especially since the woman selling it received it as a gift and did not use any of it. Super excited!

I will keep perusing kijiji for more items, hopefully I can get a lot of stuff this way!! 

So far, here is the best blog/info I have found on cloth diapering:

The Much Requested Cloth Diaper Post

A Million Good Links

Everyone keeps saying I will change my mind about cloth diapering but I don't think so. Tommy is on board, my mom cloth diapered and lots of people do it.  It really isn't within my realm of values to even consider disposable diapers. All the time spent doing laundry would be spent going out to buy more disposables anyway. 

12 Week Survey

How far along? 12 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: -10 lbs
Sleep: Sleeping ok!
Best moment this week: Getting my doppler in the mail and hearing the heartbeat!!
Movement: Not that I am feeling.
Symptoms: Easing up a bit! Starting to feel a bit better
Symptoms I DON'T have: hmm not sure.
Food cravings: cheese and chips
Food aversions: lots of types of meat 
Gender: not sure yet.
Belly Button in or out? In obviously 
What I miss: nothing at the moment
What I am looking forward to: Feeling movement
Weekly Wisdom: nothing particularly earth shattering this week.
Milestones: Woohoo almost to 2nd tri, and hearing the heartbeat!! Also bought my first 2 pairs of maternity jeans :)


Size of Baby:

Weekly Belly Picture:

11 Week Survey

How far along? 11 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: -10 lbs
Sleep: Fall asleep early and wake up at the crack of dawn for no apparent reason.
Best moment this week: Coming home from my travelling with work. Also good- receiving money to eat out every meal and choose anything you want at the last minute. Proved very handy.
Movement: Not that I am feeling.
Symptoms: Still constantly sick. Switched to Flintstones vitamins to prevent ninja puke.
Symptoms I DON'T have: That symptom where you feel fine haha
Food cravings: Hmm. This might be long... cheezies, sandwiches, steak, scallops in alfredo sauce (which is interesting because prior to this craving I had never tried scallops), salads
Food aversions: I don't even want to think about it but any type of pork 
Gender: not sure. had a dream it was a girl.
Belly Button in or out? In obviously 
What I miss: Non-nausea
What I am looking forward to: Feeling movement, telling people, 
Weekly Wisdom: Don't go to football games when It's freezing and you are nauseous (and seated at the top of all of those stairs.)
Milestones: Almost to the all-important 2nd trimester. And I am more pregnant than I have ever been :) Which is awesome


Baby Size:

Weekly Belly Picture:

11 Weeks

Wow! I can't believe I am already 11 weeks. I kind of thought I would never get here. I ordered my doppler and I can't wait for it to arrive (probably sometime in a few weeks).  That will make me feel better I think.
Baby is the size of......

A lime! 2 more weeks and then we hit second trimester. I have been waiting for this moment for a long time.  I haven't written much in the blog because I have been so nervous and I haven't taken many pictures (unlike last time) but I think I am finally getting over my anxiety a little bit. 

We had an ultrasound at 9w3d and saw a heartbeat which was awesome! That definitely helped my fears out a bit. 

Not a very good picture but Tommy just snapped it with his iPhone.  Still feeling pretty sick but I will try to start doing the weekly quizzes. 

BFP!!!

So today I tested with FMU and got the faintest line but it is definitely there! So excited but feeling very cautious!!! I HOPE this is it for us. I really do!! Now what to do with myself......
At least I will be busy. I start my new job on Monday, we paint our house tomorrow, and move in on Friday. Now that spare room will be the nursery I had hoped for! I am so excited but can't tell anyone so it is a bit torturous. I will be trying to wait until 12 weeks for sure. Not sure about family (maybe sooner) but anyway that is far away.  I just hope hope hope I get a darker positive. Maybe I will go buy a digital to put my mind at rest.

My due date: June 10, 2012. (3 days after my birthday!)

Canning

So I am officially in the 2ww. I think there is something wrong with my thermometer (again). My temperatures are just really strange. Especially after getting 3 positive OPKS (the middle one being darker than the control line), and my CM matching the OPKs. So now I am not sure what it is doing but what's done is done! Hopefully my chart will become a bit clearer in the coming days.

On another note, my dad and I did some canning yesterday and made Beet Relish!

Celiac Disease

I was just diagnosed with Celiac Disease (there is info about it in the page at the top). It is said to cause miscarriages. I am really hoping that this time around that won't happen to me after being on a gluten-free diet.  Yesterday was my first day of gluten free, and I was doing really well until I accidently ate a Timbit without even thinking about it. Shoot. So trying again today. Bought a really good GF cereal called Gorilla Munch:

Other than that, recipes have been kind of tough because I know for the first little while I have to check EVERYTHING with my little list of no-no ingredients. Which include:

Abyssinian Hard (Wheat triticum durum)
Alcohol (Spirits - Specific Types)
Amp-Isostearoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Atta Flour
Barley Grass (can contain seeds)
Barley Hordeum vulgare
Barley Malt
Beer (most contain barley or wheat)
Bleached Flour
Bran
bread Flour
Brewer's Yeast
Brown Flour
Bulgur (Bulgar Wheat/Nuts)
Bulgur Wheat
Cereal Binding
Chilton
Club Wheat (Triticum aestivum subspecies compactum)
Common Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
cookie Crumbs
Cookie Dough
Cookie Dough Pieces
Couscous
Criped Rice
Dinkle (Spelt)
Disodium Wheatgermamido Peg-2 Sulfosuccinate
Durum wheat (Triticum durum)
Edible Coatings
Edible Films
Edible Starch
Einkorn (Triticum monococcum)
Emmer (Triticum dicoccon)
Enriched Bleached Flour
Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour
Enriched Flour
Farina
Farina Graham
Farro
Filler
Flour (normally this is wheat)
Fu (dried wheat gluten)
Germ
Graham Flour
Granary Flour
Groats (barley, wheat)
Hard Wheat
Heeng
Hing
Hordeum Vulgare Extract
Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein Pg-Propyl Silanetriol
Hydrolyzed Wheat Starch
Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Kamut (pasta wheat)
Kecap Manis (Soy Sauce)
Ketjap Manis (Soy Sauce)
Kluski Pasta
Maida (Indian wheat flour)
Malt
Malted Barley Flour
Malted Milk
Malt Extract
Malt Syrup
Malt Flavoring
Malt Vinegar
Macha Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Matza
Matzah
Matzo
Matzo Semolina
Meringue
Meripro 711
Mir
Nishasta
Oriental Wheat (Triticum turanicum)
Orzo Pasta
Pasta
Pearl Barley
Persian Wheat (Triticum carthlicum)
Perungayam
Poulard Wheat (Triticum turgidum)
Polish Wheat (Triticum polonicum)
Rice Malt (if barley or Koji are used)
Roux
Rusk
Rye
Seitan
Semolina
Semolina Triticum
Shot Wheat (Triticum aestivum) 
Small Spelt
Spirits (Specific Types)
Spelt (Triticum spelta)
Sprouted Wheat or Barley
Stearyldimoniumhydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Strong Flour
Suet in Packets
Tabbouleh
Tabouli
Teriyaki Sauce
Timopheevi Wheat (Triticum timopheevii)
Triticale X triticosecale
Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Flour Lipids
Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Extract
Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil
Udon (wheat noodles)
Unbleached Flour
Vavilovi Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Vital Wheat Gluten
Wheat, Abyssinian Hard triticum durum
Wheat amino acids
Wheat Bran Extract
Wheat, Bulgur
Wheat Durum Triticum
Wheat Germ Extract
Wheat Germ Glycerides
Wheat Germ Oil
Wheat Germamidopropyldimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Wheat Grass (can contain seeds)
Wheat Nuts
Wheat Protein
Wheat Triticum aestivum
Wheat Triticum Monococcum
Wheat (Triticum Vulgare) Bran Extract
Whole-meal Flour
Wild Einkorn (Triticum boeotictim)
Wild Emmer (Triticum dicoccoides)

So yeah, it is a lot to look out for! Plus my office ordered pizza yesterday and that was really hard! I had to eat my rice. But I think I will get used to it. It will be SO worth it if it gets me a take-home baby.

As for TTC, I am on CD11, and my temp finally changed today to 97.1. At least I know the thermometer is working! So we are coming up to FWP week and I am hoping that goes well too. We move on Friday so I am not sure how it will work out.  My good friend Nykesha sent me all of her old OPKs, which I am really excited about! I will try those out this weekend. 

Happy Wednesday Everyone!