27 weeks update!!

Cant believe 2nd trimester is over!!!!!!! Our little girl will be here in no time!!! :)

I had a great week! She moves more and more every day!! Oh my God she is soo active and I love her so much!!

She has been having hiccups too, its so funny! She gets them very often though... like at least once a day! I'm feeling her kicking close to my ribs... so I'm hoping that means she is head down!! We will find out at our 3d u/s!!!

Registry is finally done!!! and invitations for the baby shower sent! Baby shower will be on September 18th!!!

We are getting an answer on the house, hopefully by the end of the week! Cant wait to move and start on the nursery!! We are also buying her crib this weekend!!!! So excited!

Constipation is the same.. and no much heartburn. My back hurts... but it hasn't gotten worse. I'm still sleeping pretty well... but I'm waking up once to go the bathroom.

I get BH when I'm stressed out! My belly gets as hard as a rock! But other than that I'm feeling great!!

Oh and I'm super hungry! Eating more than before, so scared to weight myself!!

And the belly pics for the week!!

26 weeks update!!!

WOW, time is definitely flying now!!

Miss Arella moves a lot, I'm now feeling her kicks by my belly button, so I'm hoping that means she is head down! We will see at our 3D u/s next Thursday, Aug 26th at 7:00pm!!

I'm having some stretching pains too, and my belly itches!! I think I'm growing by the minute!!

We finally found a HOUSE!!! Its a 5 bedroom, and we will have our own suite with walking closet, private bathroom, small kitchen and independent access!! Arella will have her room as well!! We are just waiting on the association to approve us, hopefully we have no problems there! :)

I have had less braxton hicks since we found the house, so I definitely now they are stress triggered! I need to stress less... for my little lady, so I'm trying my best!

I'm also eating A LOT! I mean, I'm hungry ALL day long! I hope that doesn't mean I will be putting too much weight in this next 3 months!

Constipation is much better, I think the iron is actually helping instead of making it worse. I'm also eating LOTS of fiber, so that is contributing too.

Back pain is better too, I think I finally found a better way to sleep! I'm barely waking up in the middle of the night, so that is giving me more rest! I'm much much tired though.. I think I can sleep all day long!

Work is getting tedious.. UGHH... I'm having a much harder time concentrating and I'm forgetting everything!! If I don't keep an agenda, I have half of the things done! Definitely a pregnancy brain here!!

Everything is going well.. I'm soo happy and cant thank God enough! We are getting closer to meet our miracle princess!!

Here are the belly pics from week 26... you can definitely see how much I'm growing!

25 weeks update!

WOW less than 100 days to go!!! Time is flying but on the other hand it feels slow since I cant wait to meet my little princess!!

Arella moves A LOT! I feel her all day long! At night you can actually see from the outside how much she moves!! I'm growing like crazy too, I'm even getting questions like are you close to having your baby?? mmm just 6 months here!

I have been having lots of BH... my belly after 4pm gets EXTREMELY hard that is so uncomfortable... I need to lay down in bed to feel better... but when I get up it doesn't go away. I feel better in the mornings.

I have had added stress with the house issue too... basically I live with my parents, and they have been renting there for almost 8 years... and not that house is in foreclosure. And we got a notice last month that we need to be out by the 21st of Aug! So that is next week! My dad has been going to court to see if we can extend the date at least another 15 days... but we don't have an answer yet. We have been making offers on other houses too.. but for one reason or another it hasn't work. I'm going to my aunts and my stuff to a storage until we find a house. But is so stressful thinking Arella will be here in less than 3 months and I need to start on her room! Also, as I get bigger packing and unpacking gets more complicated! We are hoping we find one soon, we trust God.. so we know we will. Maybe this added stress is what is causing all my BH.

Yesterday I cried because I didn't like lunch... LOL! First time I cry for basically no reason! It was between crying and laughing at the same time!

Still very constipated, and now I'm taking iron but fortunately it hasn't worsen. Back pain is still there, but I'm managing it better. I haven't had anymore leg cramps either. I started getting some heartburn... maybe my little girl is growing some hair!!

Oh and I book my maternity session!! I'm soo excited!! It will be on September 3rd! I just filled my PTO form, so that I can get the day off!! I have a Drs appt that day too at 145... but I want to do my hair in the morning! So a day off will definitely work!

Baby shower is set for September 18th at 3pm! YAY we finally have a date. Now I'm gathering the addresses and my best friend is doing the invites, hopefully soon they will be send out, we still have time!

And here are the belly pics for week 25!

Passed my glucose but...

I got a call from My Drs nurse, I passed the glucose test!! YAY!! I got an 87 which she said was perfect :)

But... I'm anemic! I have never been anemic in my whole life! I eat VERY good, I'm such a good eater! I'm still eating great, protein, fruits, vegetables, beans, milk... and I have been taking my prenatals every day! She said I'm a bit anemic, but I need to start on iron pills because as the pregnancy progresses it could get worse. So I'm taking one tablet of slowfe a day and I guess they will check my iron again on my next appointment.

I'm also eating lots of fiber, I have heard that iron makes you even more constipated! Like if I don't have enough with my constipation! So I'm hoping it doesn't make it that bad!

Everything else is going great, Arella moves a lot and is soo reassuring! I do get lots of braxton hicks, specially at night... but what can you expect when I'm in the middle of packing and moving :)

Drs appointment at 25 weeks

My monthly check up was today!!! I cant believe Im 25 weeks!!! Appointment went great!!

HB was 148, blood pressure 105/63, no protein in urine, belly measures 26, and I gained 3 lbs for a total of 11 lbs, which the Dr said its great!!

I had my glucose done today as well, I will get the results tomorrow!

Next appointment is on September 3rd at 1:45pm at 29 weeks. I will then go at 32 and we start the 2 week appointments! Soo excited!! He did say that since she is measuring a bit bigger, we will have an u/s done at 32 weeks to check for her growth, he keep telling her that she needs to be a 7 lb baby not a 9lb like her mommy :)

I will continue on baby aspirin until 32 weeks, he said I could take 2 Colace a day for constipation and that a massage and heating pad will work for my lower back! I have a prenatal massage on Saturday, I cant wait!!

Everything is going well!! Praise God!

24 weeks and Great Cardiologist Appointment!

We have reached viability!!! Not that I want her here anytime soon, but its great to know she has a chance to survive outside the womb! Even though that thinking scares me to death, I really want her to be full term!

I think the best about this week was knowing that she is perfectly healthy! Also, she moves sooo much, I enjoy her all day long, she never stops!!! I also enjoy seeing how much my belly is growing! I feel huge already, cant imagine how big it will get once I reach 9 months!

I do have lots of lower back pain, sometimes so much that I cant get off bed! I have sciatica pain sometimes too specially on my right leg. Constipation seems to be the worst part, doesn't matter how much fiber I take, I still have a hard time. New this week, is EXHAUSTION! I'm falling asleep at 9pm, that is soo not me! I usually go to bed by 11-12!! Also at the end of the day I usually feel more pressure down there too, so I know I need to lay down and relax, my belly tends to get very hard at night as well. But no complains here, I would do it all over again for her, pregnancy is hard but well worth it.

Best news was at the pediatric cardiologist Dr Mass yesterday, our little princess has NO MORE ARRHYTHMIA! Praise God!!! She thinks it was part of her growth spurt! I will be bringing her at 2 months old, just for a follow up checkup. I quit the caffeine as well, not sure if that has anything to do with it, but it cant harm. I'm not a bring coffee drinker, but I have a cortadito sometimes in the afternoon, but no more!

Here is a pic of her u/s yesterday! They didn't weight her again, because we just had one done last Friday, but she said she looks like a big baby and definitely long legs and arms! Maybe she will be like Daddy! She was sucking her thumb, well both of her thumbs!! She was moving a lot too and cooperate very well, so they were able to get all her measurements again!



And I'm growing by the minute!! Here are my belly pics!!









Tomorrow is my monthly checkup! Hoping I didn't gain more than 4 lbs! We will see! I will be having my glucose testing as well!!!

U/S at Dr Q

Dr Q was the Dr I was referred to for our NT scan and anatomy scan. On our anatomy scan at 18 weeks they couldn't measure everything, so they had me go back at 21 weeks. We keep joking saying that she doesn't like this Dr, or his tech, because she will be in a position that make it impossible for them to measure all her parts. They couldn't see her from the front, so they couldn't get a good measurement of the heart, and thought it was maybe deviated to the left. So he referred us to Dr Mass for a fetal echo cardiogram and then he wanted to see us again for a last u/s to make sure she was growing fine.

Our echo cardiogram was on Wednesday, and she was a perfect baby, she let them take all her measurements, she changed from having her head down low on the right of my abdomen to being on a breech/vertex position with her head on the left close to my belly buttom. Well just 2 days after that, today, she was back to that same position she has been on the last 2 u/s at this place! She is definitely a stubborn little lady, and I'm sure now that she doesn't like this Dr at all!! He was saying, Oh wow we are never going to be able to see her face! :)

On a good note, the Dr said he wasn't concerned about the arrhythmia, he said is very common and that there are no other signs of a problem, he is 99% sure if will go away on its own. YAY!

She weights 1.8 !!! She is on the 40% for some things and on the 70% for others! She is growing perfectly fine, and measures 2 days ahead!

We are still going to the cardiologist on Tuesday for a last peak and then I have my regular OB appointment on Thursday, I will be having the glucose testing that day as well.

All in all great news, and we couldn't be happier!! For the 10th time I believe I made them check she was still a girl, and she is all PRINCESS! :)