Week 12

Happy New Year!

I'm excited to begin week 12, the last of my first trimester. We had a great time traveling and visiting family over the holidays. My morning sickness felt like it was subsiding, only to come back again. I was able to go one day without taking my Zofran.

I announced my pregnancy to my students yesterday and they were all so excited! They wanted to know what I was having (boys/girls) and what the names were going to be. I had a lot of requests to name the babies after my kids! Haha! I also got comments like, "that's why you've been so lazy!", "is that why you drink ginger-ale all the time?", and "you lied to us when you told us you had food poisoning!". They asked a lot of questions about morning sickness, and watched me like a hawk when I ate my bagel this morning. One girl even commented that she was so afraid for me to eat, she didn't want me to throw up in class! Some of my cheerleaders also admitted that they had a little bit of a clue when they ran an errand to my car and saw a box of pregnancy tests! Those little buggers!

I went in to the doctor yesterday to have my finger pricked for my first trimester screening. This is were they screen for genetic abnormalities. We weren't sure if we would do this testing at first because we new that even if our baby had special needs it wouldn't change our minds about this pregnancy; however, in the end our doctor advised us that knowing ahead of time will help us prepare if need be and also learn about the services and therapies our children might need. On Monday we will go in for the ultrasound that measures the babies neck and that number combined with the blood test results will give us our odds of having a child with special needs. I am just excited about seeing our babies again! 

I am so curious to know the gender that I am thinking of scheduling a gender screening at a private ultrasound facility. Our anatomy scan will happen at 18 weeks but I'd love to find out sooner! We have another appointment at 15 weeks but I'm not sure if they will do an ultrasound at that appointment.  

Pregnancy Highlights:

Today's Date: Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

How Far Along: 12 weeks

Size of babies: Babies are the size of plums.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Down 3 pounds from pre-pregnancy weight (up a pound from last week)

Maternity Clothes: Yes! I got a pair of black pants for work and some maternity leggings this week. My tops are still fitting just fine. 

Gender: I'm back to thinking that A is the girl and B is the boy.

Movement:  I can't feel that babies move but I can feel my uterus when I press down on my stomach! It's so weird! 

Sleep: I'm staying up until 10 and woke up on time for school both days this week. Yesterday I felt great and today I am exhausted! I find myself sleeping on my back every morning and think that I need to get one of those pillows that helps prevent that.

What I miss: Wine! I was parked in front of Winestore yesterday while shopping at Earthfare and contemplated going in to ask them if they had any non-alcoholic wine. haha.

Cravings: French fries and coke icees. Cravings are not super intense, more like wants.

Symptoms: Morning sickness! I woke up this morning and immediately needed Zofran, I still proceeded to get sick after :( Dare I say constipation? That is really gross to share on the internet but for the sake of being honest and sharing, Miralax is my bff :) I've also started getting headaches.

Best Moment this week: Telling my students and work colleagues! 

your baby's the size of a plum!

The average fetus at 12 weeks is about 2.1 inches long and .49 ounces. Now that she's got pretty much all her parts, her main job is to keep on growing.

Here's a look at what the twins look like inside my belly!