Baby Update!

I went to see Dr. Duke on Tuesday and much to my surprise and amazement I weighed in at the same weight as last time!!! So I am 19 weeks 3 days and have only gained 10 pounds!!! Woo Hoo!!

So I was in the exam room and Dr. Duke comes in and said that everything looks great from Dr. Thorp's office (my specialist) which is awesome. She said my weight, and blood pressure looked great. And the baby sounds and feels wonderful. But when she measured my fundus she said "Well, you're measuring right on track...23 weeks." And I said "I'm 19 weeks not 23." And she looked in my chart and said "You're right!" She said at my next appointment we are going to have an ultrasound to see how big Paisley is and see if I am actually farther along than we think. So that is kind of a mystery I have to wait 4 weeks to solve. =)

Oh and also, Dr. Duke asked me if I was feeling her move yet and I said no. So she taught me how to push on my uterus to get her to move and guess what....I FELT HER!!! And so did Derek. He was so excited. So now that I know what to feel for I can feel her move all the time!! It's so sweet!

I will get some ultrasound pictures up soon and another belly picture. Enjoy.

18 weeks 2 days

New belly picture! Chunky monkey...yet at my Drs. appointment the scale said I haven't gained any weight since April 25th!!! Woo Hoo!

Enjoy!

Update from the specialist

I'll be honest I was a little scared today walking into the specialist office. I'm not sure what I was expecting but it all went GREAT! The doctor was really nice and seemed to know his stuff. And it made me feel good when he said "Oh, your a patient of Dr. Duke's...well you have the best Dr. I know." Maybe he's programmed to say that...whatever but it made me feel good.

No problems with my baby! Praise Jesus! God is good! She is a she. =) She has 5 fingers on each hand!! The Dr. counted them for us. Her heart rate is 160 and she is officially 1/2 a pound!!! 8 whole ounces!! WOW what a little chunker!!

That's about all I learned today. He said even though nothing is wrong he wanted to see me back in 8 weeks to make sure all is well with our sweet girl.

Ohhhh, and he said and I quote "She is a beautiful baby girl!!" That'll make a momma feel good! =)

I'll add the ultrasound pictures in a few days. Enjoy.

17 weeks...

Here I am at 17 weeks. I feel like in the last belly picture I looked bigger but who knows. No biggie. Enjoy.

Ta-Da!!

66oz of water drank today in record time!! Yay!!

Hope I can keep up on it!

Water in - Water out

After 4 months of getting by on the least amount of water possible I have deceided I need to kick up the water drinking. I am on a mission to drink 64oz of water per day minimum. I bought a water bottle that holds 33oz. So I figure that if I fill it and drink it 2 times per day I'll be good. - I gotta have some kind of goal.

Here comes the funny part...

I have been drinking my little heart away this morning. And Boy!! If I thought I peed a lot before...think again. I feel like it's going straight through me.

And because water is soooooo YUCKY to me this is my positive thought today:

I love water!

I love water!

I love water!
I love water!

I love water!
I love water!

I love water!
I love water!

I love water!
I love water!

Maybe I'll start to believe it soon! =)

It's a GIRL!

...and her name is Paisley Jaymes Smith!



Photo #1 - Paisley's little girly parts.



Photo #2 - Paisley's pretty little profile...what a sweet little baby girl!



Photo #3 - Our pretty girl is looking at us! - a little scary but very cute.



What a blessing! I just love her so much already!

16 Weeks!

WOW! 4 months preggo!! And obviously getting larger!! haha We find out tomorrow whether we are having a baby boy or a baby girl! I can't wait. More pictures to come and ultrasound pictures too! Enjoy.