13 weeks and lovin' it!!

I am a new woman/girl just like everyone told me...''wait until you are in your 2rd trimester and you will feel so much better.'' It's so true!!! No more feeling car sick 24-7, ya! Overall, I'm feeling pretty good and I feel back to my old self again. I'm still pretty tired, but seriously, as long as I don't feel sick anymore, I'm doing good!

''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 are having a girl, she now had more than 2 million eggs in her ovaries. Your baby is almost 3 inches long (the size of a medium shrimp) and weighs neatly an ounce.''

Boy or Girl??

We are definately going to find out whether its a lil' girl or boy, because we are SO SO exited and we are both planners :) Gotta get that nursery perfect!

Zach and I went to the mall to buy some things for the baby..some diapers, creams etc. Just the basic things.

I have no idea what we are having....a lot of people say that you are supposed to have a ''feeling,'' but I don't think I do. At first I felt I was having a boy, but I'm not sure. My mom thinks its a girl. Zach thinks a boy..Random people that dont even know me said its a boy...So I made a poll thingie, what do you think? You can vote! You will find the poll on the right side.

The Business of Being Born

Quite a few people have told me to watch ''The Business of Being Born,'' a documentary educating people on how most children born in hospitals today are born Moday-Friday, 8-5 and how over 70% of women use a midwife in every modernized country, and less than 8% of women use midwives in the US.....so I asked my midwife if I could borrow a copy. So, last night, Zach said: '' what should we do?'' I suggested watching '' The Busniness of Being Born.''...I mean, what better to do than watch a birthing documentary in the middle of the night :) Zach, being so confident and always to the point answered, ''I'm already conviced otherwise, so why the need to watch it...'' I just love him...he is very mych for not usig an OBGYN, as I am! We ended up watching it....I recommend it to every one, especially every mother-to-be. It was so wonderful watching all the amazing and low maintenance home births. It really gives us a different perspective on how things are done in the country. I've always known (since my mom started studying bodies and nutrition) that I wanted to use a midwife, but this confirms everything....same goes for Zach. It is such a wonderful celebration of giving birth, I can't wait! I pray that everything goes well and that there will be no need for a hospital.

My life consists of......

When I get home from school i lay down on our couth and take a nap, or i am just chilling with gigi (weiner dog with an attitude) and zeus (wolf/huskie mix) my dogs. But mostly I just take a nap. Zach took this pic, my hand looks really creepy..I'm doing fine I guess...the only thing is that I'm just super tired all the time, but i will do an update soon.

Almost to my 2nd Tri-mester!!!

''The most dramatic development this week: reflexes. Your baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, his toes will curl, his eye muscles will clench, and his mounth will make sucking movements. In fact, if you prod your abdomen, your baby will squirm in response, although you won't be able to feel it. His intestines, which have grow so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into his abdominal cavity about now, and his kidneys will begin excreting urine into his bladder.

Meanwhile, nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in your baby's brain, spynapses are forming furiously. His face looks unquestionably human: His eyes have moved from the sides to the front of his head, and his ears are right where they should be. From crown to rump, your baby-to-be is just over 2 inches long (about the size of a lime) and wighs half an ounce.'' 

I'm so exited for the first trimester to be over with because I'm already starting to feel a lot better and am regaining a lot of m energy back, YA!!!

Zach and I had a very relaxing friday togheter. I didn't had school, so it was very relaxing. We stayed at his house and napped, watched movies, napped some more, ate grilled cheese (I have been eating cheese, which I haven't  really eaten in a couple of years), and were talking and laughed while laying in bed. It was so relacing and wonderful - a much needed day. We were talking about how pretty soon we will have our little baby and possible and hopefully have days like this, just the 3 of us sleeping, playing, sleeping, talking. But I know it's not going to be like that. It's going to be hard to take care of our little one and keeping up with school. But I know it's going to be all worth it.

Starting to get chubby...

Yesterday one of my friends said that I was starting to show. OK, so it's official, my belly is starting to grow. When my mom took these pictures, ONE - she wouldn't stop making me laugh and TWO - she wouldn't stop blinding me with the flash. That's why I look high.

 I can really tell in this angle that my belly is growing! I've officially gained 7 pounds already. I'm not sure if this is water retention, because my eating habits have changed or if its just normail....either way, big belly here I come! Sometimes I still don't believe that I'm pregnant and carrying a child inside of me, but every time I see the ultrasound picture, I cry, knowing that a beautiful being is inside of me. I often wonder what it's going to look like, what its personality traits from both Zach and I are going to be, what will its first word be...the questions are endless. I love this baby so much already and can't wait to meet him/her

11 weeks pregnant!

 ''Your baby, just over 1 1/2 inches long and about the size of a fig, is now almost fully formed. Her hands will soon open and close into fists, tiny tooth buds are beginning to appear under her gums, and some of her bones are beginning to harden. She's already busy kicking and stretching, and het tiny movements are so effortless they look like water ballet. These movements will become more frequent as her body grows and becomes more developen and functional. You won't feel your baby's acrobatics for another month or to - nor will you notice the hiccupping that may be happening now that her diaphragm is forming.''