Baby bump 13 weeks

13 Weeks

This is a couple days shy of 13 weeks. Of course this isn't a picture of our baby but of one that is 13 weeks old. Right now, the baby is about 3 inches long and the size of a peach. The head is half the size of the body. The biggest development changes going on are that the intestines are moving from inside a cavity of the unbilical cord to the baby's abdomen (I didn't even know that the intestines were formed in the umbilical cord!!??) And also the vocal cords are forming.

We heard the hearbeat for the first time on Wednesday!! What an amazing sound. It was like I could really picture a baby inside there. I think it made it more real for Hien and I. Ali, our midwife, moved the doppler to where I could hear my heartbeat and then the baby's which was at least 2x faster than mine. Amazing!

11 and a half weeks pregnant

Thursday will be 12 weeks and the first trimester is over. This picture was taken yesterday. You can see the baby bump beginnings. It is amazing that at 11 weeks the baby is almost fully formed now. All of the fingers and toes, major organs, the brain, all the facial features. Tiny tooth buds are beginning and the bones are beginning to harden. It is starting to move and kick too although I can't feel it yet. In two days we hear the baby's heart beat for the first time!

Our first baby purchase!

I found this on Craig's List last week. Graco Quattro Tour Stroller. Only 2 years old. Sixty five dollars. Craig's list is bomb!

Stroller

Side view of stroller

Car seat

This is the infant car seat for the stroller.

Food Cravings

So, I was not expecting that when you get pregnant, you stop having full control over your body. You have no idea when you are going to be tired or not, feel sick or not or what you will feel like eating. I can't really say I have had huge cravings yet. It is more like "What foods won't make me feel sick?". I don't even like to look at vegetables right now. I have eaten salad some and corn on the cob but that is it. I am wanting to eat all my childhood foods. Mom's homemade pizza, No Peek Chicken, Chicken patty sandwiches, Grape Nuts, Fried egg sandwiches, hamburgers and, yes, even Macaroni and Cheese (weird coming from me who doesn't eat dairy). But I can't help it. And pickles, pickles, pickles always sound good. The one time I actually craved and had to have it immediately was the plain M&M's. We were driving and I mentioned that those sounded really good. Hien said well maybe later on today we will get those for you. I was like "How about right now and you can pull into that gas station right there". He did and thought he was just indulging me but is starting to realize that I have no control. My body would hurt unless I had them right then. :) So what next do I want to try eating? Bean burrito with lots of mild sauce from Taco Bell and Mom's taco salad.