Weeks 15-28
December 12, 2018 - March 19, 2019
Big Symptoms: hip pain, heartburn, trouble sleeping, had 3 really bad days where I felt awful - I think you were sitting on an artery blocking my bloodflow!
What I called you: Wiggle Worm, Fat Baby
Cravings: cereal, chocolate milk, milkshakes
Dr. Foster said that IVF babies have an increased rate of heart defects and that I could go see the Maternal Fetal specialists and get more sonograms and a fetal echocardiogram to make sure everything was ok.
My first appointment with them was at 16 weeks. You were starting to look like a real baby!
At the 18 week fetal echocardiogram, they found a small hole in your heart called a VSD. It was a bit scary, but the doctor told me that usually they close up on their own before birth or shortly afterwards. Yours was closed up just 2 weeks later! They kept checking for it, but they never saw it again.
Early on in this trimester I started to feel you move. At times it felt scratchy and kind of hurt! You were going crazy in there. Eventually, as you got bigger, you seemed to settle into a position you liked and you would kick at my right hip all the time.
At the very end of this trimester I had to do a gestational diabetes test. I was worried with how much I wanted sugary things that it was going to come back positive. But I passed the screening test! On the other hand, this is when I found out that my iron was low and I had to start taking supplements. It was amazing how much better I felt once I had enough iron!
December 12, 2018 - March 19, 2019
Big Symptoms: hip pain, heartburn, trouble sleeping, had 3 really bad days where I felt awful - I think you were sitting on an artery blocking my bloodflow!
What I called you: Wiggle Worm, Fat Baby
Cravings: cereal, chocolate milk, milkshakes
Dr. Foster said that IVF babies have an increased rate of heart defects and that I could go see the Maternal Fetal specialists and get more sonograms and a fetal echocardiogram to make sure everything was ok.
My first appointment with them was at 16 weeks. You were starting to look like a real baby!
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| Little hand waving |
At the 18 week fetal echocardiogram, they found a small hole in your heart called a VSD. It was a bit scary, but the doctor told me that usually they close up on their own before birth or shortly afterwards. Yours was closed up just 2 weeks later! They kept checking for it, but they never saw it again.
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| 20 weeks |
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| First 3D picture |
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| 24 weeks - estimated 1 lb 8 oz |
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| 28 weeks - this is where you got the nickname Fat Baby - estimated 2 lbs 11 oz! |
Early on in this trimester I started to feel you move. At times it felt scratchy and kind of hurt! You were going crazy in there. Eventually, as you got bigger, you seemed to settle into a position you liked and you would kick at my right hip all the time.
At the very end of this trimester I had to do a gestational diabetes test. I was worried with how much I wanted sugary things that it was going to come back positive. But I passed the screening test! On the other hand, this is when I found out that my iron was low and I had to start taking supplements. It was amazing how much better I felt once I had enough iron!
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| A little bit of a food shelf |
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| 18 weeks - totally thought I was "showing" |
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| 22 weeks |
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| Dad thought I looked like the emoji in this shirt - 19 weeks |
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| 24.5 weeks |
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| 23.5 weeks |
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| 26.5 weeks - THAT looks more like a baby bump! |
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