18 and 19 wk update!

Sorry I couldn't post before, I got back home on Sunday and its has been non stop since I got home!

I guess I will put up the highlights of this past 2 weeks!!

I'm feeling much better, I'm very hungry all the time and I'm able to eat everything!! I'm feeling Arella move A LOT, she is a very active baby :)

June 23: My best friend felt her kick, VERY hard! She couldn't believe she could feel her that much, she didn't remember that with her daughter!

June 26: Was the first time Daddy felt her kick! He had felt some flutters, but not an actual kick! It scared him though, he jumped :)

June 27: Was the first time Grandma Ana felt her too.

June 29: Alejandro, my 11 yr old brother felt her too.

My belly has definitely grown and I love it!!! I cant believe we are 20 weeks today, half way through!!

My trip to Ecuador went great! I stayed at my best friends house, and OMG her little girl (8 months) is just too cute! Most of the time I spend playing with her and of course EATING! I ate soo much that I was soo scared to weight myself!

We went to the beach 2 days too, it was on the low 70s.. so it was more like relaxing there and eating.. I saw most of my friends too and we had a great time.

My baby shower was on June 24th, about 35 people showed up! A lot of people cancelled the same day, but my best friends were all there. We had a great time, they all keep telling me how small I was, what a compliment! The next day my belly popped! I'm so thankful to my best friend and her mom, I know it was a great effort from them, I love them :)

I came back on Sunday, we went through Hurricane Alex! So we didn't have a nice flight at all.. I couldn't go to the bathroom for 2 hrs and felt like I was dying! On Monday I woke up with a sore throat and nose bleeds, and then when I would cough blood will come out, so I went to the Dr. Apparently it was just coming from my nose, I had no temperature and my throat didn't look too bad, so they told me to drink fluids, rest and have Tylenol if needed. I'm feeling perfect now. I gained 2 lbs in Ecuador, for a total of 7.5 in the whole pregnancy, not too bad.

I'm starting dance classes today, to do some cardio, I feel SOOO lazy but I know I need to exercise!

Next appointment will be on Thursday July 8th with the OB and then u/s on Friday July 9th, to measure her again since we couldn't last appointment.

All in all we are doing great! I'm doing my registry this weekend and trying to find a bedding set and crib that I like! We still looking for a house to rent, I live at my parents, they rent, but we are trying to find a bigger house so that I can have a room for Arella, so far its being VERY hard! So hopefully we will in the next few weeks!!

I will post the baby shower pics later, but for now here are the belly pics! :)

18 weeks



18 weeks with Jorge



19 weeks

Anatomy Scan and a spoiled little baby!

Scan went great, but I have a spoiled little princess! YEP, ITS CONFIRMED ITS 100% GIRL!!!

She was sleeping most of the time, even though we did MANY things to wake her up! Including coughing, moving my belly, going to the bathroom several times... u/s was more than 1 hr and we still need to go back. BTW, as soon as I got home she started moving A LOT :)

First, the tech was HORRIBLE! She is new, and last time at our 12wk u/s she had a very hard time measuring the fluid and finding the nasal bone, her supervisor had to come in and she found it in seconds. This time my u/s started at 4:30 and by that time just the Dr was there. After 45 minutes and very few measurements he came in and measured her heart and head. She was head down so he had to use a transvaginal u/s for that. He said everything looked great but since it was too late he wanted us to go back in 3 weeks for another u/s, he wants to measure again everything else besides the head and heart which is what he measured. Apparently this tech is still learning. She confirmed she is a girl and then I asked him again and he looked, and yes 100% girl again, so now I can shop without worries :)

He said my first screening was perfect, I got the best results you could get and we have a very healthy little lady. She measured at 18w1d according to the tech which was 1 day ahead, but I guess we will know better next u/s and also we will find out much she weights.

The pics I got sucked! So I'm just including the best 2, this tech was really horrible on that! I'm making an early appointment next time so that hopefully she is not there!

I'm going to Ecuador for 10 days tonight!! I will try to update from there, if not when I get back!!! Thanks to all your prayers, our little girl is growing healthy and strong :)

17 weeks update!!

I cant believe tomorrow we will be 18 weeks!!! And we will be having our anatomy scan at 4 pm!!!

I'm so excited to see our little girl tomorrow!! Find out how much she weights, and make sure she is 100% healthy!! And also to confirm she is 100% girl! Jorge has been having some nightmares that they tell us she is a boy! We would have loved a boy as well... its just that we are now set on a girl plus she has soo many clothes already!! We are just hoping for great news tomorrow!

Mostly this was a great week! I'm gaining my appetite back, and I'm able to eat everything, even chicken! Still not my favorite, but I can have it! My belly is growing slowly but I love it!

I guess the worst part is that I got a cold for the first time, UGHH I feel horrible! The Dr said it was OK to have Tylenol Cold but I'm waiting on that. For now I'm having regular Tylenol, saline nasal spray, using a humidifier and drinking lots of fluids. If I don't feel better by tomorrow night I will take the Tylenol cold, just because we are flying to Ecuador on Thursday night.

The best part of the week.... I'M FINALLY FEELING HER!!!!!!!!!! First time was Sunday morning (June 13 for the record)!!! Its just flutters, but I can definitely tell its her!!! I have put up the Doppler when she is moving and her hb is up to 165bpm!!! I feel her more when I'm laying in bed and paying attention, but I feel her other times as well!! Cant wait for Jorge to feel her too!!!

Here are the belly pics for my 17th week!

Drs appointment and 16 weeks update!!!

I had my regular OB appointment today... WOW I still cant believe 4 weeks passed so fast!! Next appointment is on July 8th at 9:30am. Appointment was great, it was with Dr H since Dr P went to the soccer world cup!. The nurse found the Hb right away, positioned much higher than before.. it was 143-147 bpm, it was loud and strong! We even heard how much she was moving! She said by next appointment I will most likely tell her I'm already feeling her. Oh and I gained 4 lbs! So 5lbs in total for being on the 17th week... I guess we are doing a good job but I need to control my sweats and carbs!

The Dr came in, he recommended fybercon for constipation, more water for the headaches and some lower back exercises for the back pain I have been having. He also said I NEED TO EXERCISE! aahhhh... I have been soo lazy! He said you are past your 4 month mark its time to exercise! He recommended walking, swimming, yoga, pilates, spinning, or any other cardio that is not too strong. So I will be starting to exercise TODAY! It will be most likely walking since I'm going to Ecuador next week, so I will plan an exercise routine when I'm back!.

He also touched my uterus and said that the baby is on the position she should be and growing perfectly! We also got the results from my second part of the screening and we have a healthy baby! We couldn't thank God enough! I didn't get the numbers since this was a different Dr, but I will ask them to my other Dr on my next appointment.

Update from my 16th week which I can't believe is over!!! I'm definitely more hungry, but I'm still have a hard time eating chicken and fish. I'm much more constipated and have a lot more back pain specially when I wake up, even though I'm using a pillow between my legs. I'm hoping the exercises will help. I'm also having a lot more headaches, especially when I wake up. I'm changing my contacts more often and drinking more water hoping that it will help. Its not that bad, it goes away with a Tylenol and sometimes without it but its still bothersome.

I'm still waiting for my second trimester energy!! I have none!! I get home after work and all I want to do is SLEEP and EAT! I hope I get that energy sometime! I have so many things to do but no desire to do them, my to do list just keeps growing! Oh and the new thing is I'm walking up around 5am soo hungry and thirsty and having a hard time going back to sleep if I don't eat! I just drink water though, its too early to get up for something.

Next week is my anatomy scan!! On Wed June 18th at 3:45! I'm hoping they confirm its a girl and that everything looks perfect which is the most important part! Cant wait to know how much she weights, for some reason I have a feeling I'm having a BIG GIRL!

My belly is definitely growing.. I still don't look pregnant to everyone, but with certain clothes a lot of people are telling me I'm finally showing a bit! Here are the 16th week pics which I took yesterday!

3D u/s and 15 weeks update!

We had a 3D u/s yesterday... my mom, MIL, aunt, and Jorge came with me. They were all very excited to see our little princess... I was still scared they will tell us it was a boy! I really didn't care of the gender, but after all they have given her and all the dresses we had bought I wanted to be sure we are still having a princess, and we are :)

I was 16 weeks yesterday, and the tech warned us that the baby at this point looks skinny so that we would be prepared... nope not our little girl! She is already chubby!! LOL!! The tech was saying... OMG look at the belly and those arms!! She is definitely eating VERY well! I'm glad she is because I have had a very hard time eating! She looks sooo cute, I cant wait to meet her, but I'm in no hurry, I want her to keep growing safe and healthy inside me :)

I'm still not feeling her, but I'm OK with that, the Dr told me it might until my 20th week that I may start feeling her, or even later. I'm hoping is soon, but I'm enjoying my pregnancy every day. It is so unreal sometimes, I thought so many times I might never experience this and here I am. The Doppler has been a saver... I use it 2-3 times a week, it definitely gives me a piece of mind.

I'm feeling much better! I still get nauseous every once in a while, but its minimal. I'm still having a hard time eating chicken, steak and I barely have any seafood. My craving so far its been a sushi roll with plantains and cream cheese, not much of a sushi though since that is all it has... rice, cream cheese and plantains! But I love it!!! I like ice cream once in a while too, and some times rice and beans with salsa from Pollo tropical! Oh and my favorites are still fruits!

I have my second b/w for the screening today, Drs appointment is on June 14th and anatomy scan is on June 16th, so this will be a VERY busy month!! I'm going to Ecuador from June 17th until the 27th! I'm soo excited!!!

I started wearing maternity pants yesterday, I bought 2 at H&M in Orlando, they are still big but my regular pants are too small... so I'm at that stage that nothing fits! But I'm not complaining! My belly is growing, I can definitely tell, but I'm small so a lot of people still cant tell I'm preggo unless they have known me for a while.

So here are the pics of my princess Arella, I have a video too but its 30 minutes long and I'm having a hard time putting it up, I will when I figure out how.







And my 15th week belly pics!