Baby #2 - 19 Week Update

18 weeks

19 Weeks

How far along? 19.5 weeks!!

Baby Size: A zucchini
Total weight gain: 9ish pounds...dang you Thanksgiving!  
Maternity clothes?  Oh yeah!
Stretch marks?  Nope.
Sleep:  I'm doing pretty good, when I start tossing and turning it's usually a sign that I have to go to the bathroom really bad!!
Best moment this week:  Daddy got to feel the baby kick!!  Apparently I drank too much lemonade at Chick-fil-A the other day and the baby was squirming around.  I told Geoff and he put his hand on my belly and a minute later felt a big kick!!  
Miss Anything? Raw cookie dough...tis the Season!  haha!
Movement: Yes, it's mostly in the evening when I settle down, but it's becoming more sporadic throughout the day.  Love it!!
Food cravings: Salty.  Tortilla chips.   
Anything making you queasy or sick: Eating too much, when I eat too much I just don't feel good.  
Gender: Still thinking BOY, but we'll be finding out sooo soon!!  
Symptoms: Doing well.  As soon as I don't drink enough water though I start cramping, it's like clock work, crazy.  My knees are hurting too, so weird.  Other than that, I'm good.  
Belly Button in or out? In, but I told Geoff I might have an outtie with this one.  
Wedding rings on or off? On
Mood: Excited.    
Looking forward to: Our 20 week appointment!!  I just want to see the baby and we're praying that we're told we have another healthy baby and then of course finding out the gender.  Brayden is pretty excited too!!  :) 

Baby #2 - 17 Week Update

Photo Courtesy:  Brayden Drake McCoy

How far along? 17 weeks (as of Sunday, November 12th) 

Baby Size: A pomegranate!  Brayden saw one in the store the other day and got so excited!  
Total weight gain: 7lbs.  (ahh!) 
Maternity clothes?  Yes!  And now I need a couple pair of maternity athletic pants.
Stretch marks?  No, been rubbing on the belly cream already.
Sleep:  Just recently started to get uncomfortable.  Getting a bigger belly so I need to start getting creative. 
Best moment this week:  All the hugs I get from Brayden because he wants to hug the baby!!  I'll take them.  
Miss Anything? Not that I can think of.  
Movement: Yesterday, Brayden was talking to Snickerson.  And all of a sudden I felt a movement.  I didn't want to tell Brayden because he thinks he'll be able to feel it already, but it was a special moment.  
Food cravings: Jellied cranberry sauce.  'tis the season!  
Anything making you queasy or sick: Smells.  We work out at a brewery for SS and they were brewing yesterday...oh man, disgusting!!  
Gender: We don't know, but I'm feeling confident in my guess...BOY! 
Symptoms: Doing pretty well.  I feel like my belly popped a little so I feel like I'm getting a little more round ligament pain as the belly starts to grow!
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Mood: Blessed.  
Looking forward to: Our 18wk appointment on Monday!!  I'm ready to hear this baby's heartbeat and Brayden gets to go with me, which is super exciting!!  :)  

Baby #2 - 16 Week Update

Photo Credit:  Brayden McCoy (he's a pretty good little photographer - he said are we taking a picture of Snickerson?)

How far along? 16 weeks (as of Sunday, November 5th) 

Baby Size: A dill pickle!  
Total weight gain: 5lbs.
Maternity clothes?  Have officially made the transition, the belly band just wasn't working anymore.
Stretch marks?  No.
Sleep:  This time change has done a number to ALL of us...I'm falling asleep an hour earlier than normal, but also waking up an hour earlier!  ugh.  Just one potty break most nights.  
Best moment this week:  I picked up Brayden from school early the other day because he wasn't feeling well and he said 'Mom, I did have some time to write a birthday card for Snickerson, it says...Dear Snickerson, I hope you have a great birthday, I love you, Brayden!'  I think my heart shattered into a million pieces!  #bestBIGbrotherEVER
Miss Anything? Not that I can think of.  
Movement: Super randomly I swear I feel something, but I'm not quite sure!
Food cravings: Toasted peanut butter and honey sandwiches!!  Can't be regular, has to be toasted!!  
Anything making you queasy or sick: Raw meat!!  Geoff is panicking...he's worried I'm going to be vegan soon.  haha!!
Gender: I mean, I have all this boy stuff already!!!  :)  
Symptoms: Feeling pretty good, get an occasional pinch or cramp here or there, but it's usually because I'm not drinking enough water!  
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Mood: Excited.  Can't wait to snuggle a sweet baby!  He or she needs to keep cooking though!  
Looking forward to: We're less than a month away from our 20 week ultrasound!!  Looking forward to seeing the baby, hopefully we get a clean bill of health and of course finding out the gender!!  

Baby #2 - 14 & 15 Week Update

14 Weeks

15 Weeks

How far along? 14-15 weeks 

Baby Size: An avocado - hence the Halloween costume!  :)
Total weight gain: About 4/5 pounds
Maternity clothes?  Think I need to make the transition soon!
Stretch marks?  No.
Sleep:  Doing pretty well, I do toss and turn a little bit, but still feel like I'm getting rest.
Best moment this week: Just telling more of our friends and family about the baby.
Miss Anything? Not really.  
Movement: I think I feel a couple popcorn pops every once in a while, but I'm not quite sure.
Food cravings: Umm...just eating what sounds without eating nothing but junk.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Still smells!!  
Gender: Ughhh...the suspense is starting to wear me down.  haha!!  Everyone keeps telling me girl, but I swear it's a boy. 
Symptoms: Gotten some energy back, feel good working out still, occasionally feel a little queasy and bloated, but nothing to complain about.
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Mood: Blessed.  Feeling so lucky that we were chosen to add another baby to our family.
Looking forward to: Thanksgiving!!  haha!! 

Baby #2 - 12 Week Update

How far along? 12.5 weeks!  

Baby Size: A lime
Total weight gain: About 3 pounds
Maternity clothes? Haha!  I feel like I've been in them for weeks already.  I've been using the belly band for several weeks and I'm loving my yoga pants!  
Stretch marks?  Nope.
Sleep:  Sleeping pretty good, I've been having CRAZY dreams and I've been getting up at least once a night for a potty break.  
Best moment this week: Seeing the baby yesterday and telling Brayden he's going to be a BIG BROTHER!!  
Miss Anything? Lunch meat, again!  
Movement: I swear I've felt a couple flutters, but they say usually closer to 16 weeks.
Food cravings: I wouldn't call them cravings, it's just what sounds good. I've been much more queasy this time around than last, so I've been a little more picky.  Loving CFA french fries!!  
Anything making you queasy or sick: Smells!!  I don't do dairy, but I bought dairy free cheese the other day, just the smell of it made me want to puke!!  
Gender: Don't know yet.  Geoff is adamant that it's a girl, I think boy, for sure!  #boymom 
Symptoms: Those first 8 weeks were TOUGH, like nauseous ALL DAY LONG.  Would feel a bit better after I'd eat, but then nauseous again and EXHAUSTED.  Within the past 2 weeks I feel like I've gotten some energy back and I'm only nauseous a couple times a day...usually when I start to get hungry!
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Mood: Excited!!  Telling Brayden and the rest of our family and some close friends has been amazing.  I feel like I can be myself again.  haha!  
Looking forward to: Telling more people about our little Snickerson!  :)  

We're DUE with Baby #2!!

We couldn't be more excited that we were chosen, again, to be parents to a beautiful baby!  It was a long journey, a journey that tested my patience and tested my faith, but I just had this feeling that our family wasn't quite complete yet.  I think we tried to conceive for about 2 years!!  When we decided we were ready we went back to the Dr, knowing already that we'd probably need some medical help to guide us.  The Dr. was pretty confident that because I got pregnant with Brayden on the 2nd round of clomid, that clomid would probably work again.  Well 3 failed rounds of clomid later, they ran some tests and they all came back that I had a new disorder...(can't remember the exact name) but it pretty much means that you're infertile.  I was devastated, but they referred me to a specialist, Dr. Greene at Conceptions and we re-ran all the tests.  They came back that the new disorder was NOT the case, I just had a serious case of PCOS, which is what I already knew.  But it was a relief honestly, to hear that news.  Because I had done failed rounds of clomid already, Dr. Greene wanted to try letrozole.  Tried 2 rounds of that...to no avail!  UGH!  (Typing this out, it seems like this happened quickly, but it really doesn't!!)

So they told me I had 2 options...ovarian drilling or IVF.  We had already discussed IVF and knew that wasn't a route we wanted to go down.  So ovarian drilling it was.  This is a laparoscopic procedure where they go in and 'burn' cysts out of your ovaries to hopefully free up some room so nice mature eggs can form.  I had the surgery in May...that took longer than expected for me to get back to feeling normal again, but we knew this was our last shot!  Round 1 of letrozole produced an EGG, but not one that they thought would be mature enough.  I was HAPPY, progress!  Thank God!!  2nd round of letrozole, did the trick!!  I remember texting Geoff saying we have an EGG to trigger, meaning they'd give me a trigger shot to make my body release the egg.  4.5ish weeks later, we found out we were pregnant!!

I had picked up a terrible head cold that I just couldn't shake, I felt terrible.  Headache, exhausted, sinus drainage that I thought the sinus issue was making me super nauseous!  I just couldn't pull it together, I remember Geoff asked one night if I was pregnant and I said, 'I have a head cold!' He must have sensed something.  Right at the 32 day mark, I took a test, expecting a negative and saw this...

Whoa!!!  I was so excited, so excited to carry another baby and so excited for Brayden to be a sibling, it was something he had talked about for so long!!  Geoff was at work, so I waited until after I put Brayden to bed to tell him.  I found a shirt that said 'Big Brother' on the computer and I told Geoff, 'I think we should get this for Brayden!'  He was shocked!  haha!

We did blood work with Conceptions and everything was looking great.  So at 6 weeks I went to my appointment and saw the little nuggets heart beat, which is the best feeling EVER!

Then a couple weeks later, I went back for my 9 week appointment and this was my graduation from Conceptions.  They said if all looked well, I'd be transferred back to my general Ob/Gyn.  All looked great and I even got to hear the baby's heart beat.

Geoff and I had agreed that we were going to wait for the 12 week appointment before we told Brayden, so we both were chomping at the bit for that 12 week appointment.  We wanted a thumbs up so we could tell Brayden!!  Well on October 11th, we got it.  I got Brayden a Big Brothers are the Best book, a big brother shirt and a lime to represent how big the baby was.  He opened everything up and didn't have a clue what it was...but we explained and here are a couple pictures.  I did take video, but it's too long to upload!  

Brayden is sooo excited!!  He quickly said he wanted a sister, but named 'him' 'Snickerson'.  I think Snickerson might stick during the pregnancy.  My friend Erin, told Brayden to make sure to give Mommy lots of hugs, because then he'll be hugging the baby.  It's GREAT...I get hugs all day long.  And when Brayden woke up the next morning the first thing he said was, 'how's Snickerson, did he get bigger, can I feel him move?'  haha!  I can't even handle it...and Brayden was so excited to tell our family members!!  

Again, prayers for a healthy baby and a safe and healthy pregnancy are always appreciated.  We're looking forward to this journey and adding more love to our family!!