Team Blue or Team Pink?

We are officially in the countdown to our gender reveal party on the 30th. I am getting so excited I can hardly stand it. One of the things we are doing is have everyone wear the color they think the baby is to the party. So to pass some time from now until  the 30th I thought it would be fun to have everyone vote.  Just respond Team Blue or Team Pink and I will keep the stats and update them over the next week and a half on the blog. Just in case you needed a picture to guess here is our last sonogram picture from our 12 weeks scan. 

Team Pink: 

Stephanie 

Team Blue:

Luke

15 WEEKS(As of 3/15/13)

How far along: 
15 Weeks - Baby is the size of

About this week: 

I am starting to feel better in the nausea department. It seems that I will have a few good days to every bad one that I have. I feel like this week my belly has grown. It is to the point now where I have had a few people comment on seeing my baby bump. I also started looking at cribs I am pretty sure I know which one that I want but I have been scouring the internet making sure I don't change my mind. I am super excited to order it. It is crazy to think that we only have 25 more weeks left. I am sure it is going to go super super fast.

Symptoms: 

Tiredness, Bad Cold that has lingered for two weeks, indigestion

Food Aversions: 
I don't really have aversions to food but i do have a few that make me quite sick. I can not eat pizza, pasta with red sauce, chili or anything to spicy. I am super careful on hamburger and any type of beef. I have been sticking to mostly chicken and pork b/c I have not had any problems with those things lately.

Weight Gain:
Can you believe it I am still holding strong at 8LBS. If I can do this for just a little bit longer then I think I will be golden. I really need to start walking again because I am afraid that I have lost all muscle. Hurry up warm weather I really need you.

Best moment of the week:
I was able to wear a pair of non maternity jeans. I think that now that the bloating seems to have subsided a bit and the baby has moved up over my pelvis I can wear normal pants again  I will say maternity jeans are really comfortable but there was something about putting a pair of your old jeans on and being able to button them that did not make me feel as large as I have been feeling. 

What I am looking forward to:
Our Gender reveal party on the 30th. I have been wavering a lot about what I think this baby is but at the end of the day I am still thinking girl.

A blurry not great picture. My goal is starting next week to start taking decent pics. 

12 WEEKS

How far along: 
12 Weeks - Baby is the size of a Plum

About this week: 

A couple of days ago I gave in and wore my maternity pants. The next day I wore regular pants with my belly band and was miserable so it is back to the maternity pants for sure. It is super hard to find maternity jeans in Champaign-Urbana. I tried all the stores that sell jeans and I did find two pairs that fit but with my long legs and no hips it was a challenge. I will do a post in the coming weeks on what I liked and where I found what I have so far.  My sweet friend Margo gave me some stickers that you can put right on your t-shirt that say 12 weeks, 16 weeks ect. I am going to start this week.

Symptoms: 

Bloat, Nausea, Heartburn/Indigestion,trouble sleeping at night and the most crazy one is my sniffer. I seriously can smell something a mile away and most things have been giving me a gag reflex. I used to love the smell of my wall flowers at home but I had to take that down and opening the fridge or any fridge about does me in. I told Laura today this must be how dogs feel. Except they like all smells :)

Food Aversions: 
Really depends on the day. Most things just do not sound very good. I was eating an English muffin almost everyday and this week that has had to stop because I cant even swallow a bite.

Weight Gain:
Decided not to weigh myself today. It just makes me feel panicky and depressed. I am still not eating a ton and really dont eat sweets bc they do not seem appealing so I know that whatever I am gaining has to be my body adjusting to the baby and not because I eat to much.

Best moment of the week:
Hitting 12 weeks. This has been my first goal from the beginning. I feel like I can finally breath a little and that  this is really going to happen. 

What I am looking forward to:
We have a ultrasound on Monday and I am so so excited for this. These really help put your mind at ease each time you see the baby. And I think the baby is going to look so so different.

11 Weeks(As of 2/15/13)

How far along: 
11 Weeks - baby is the size of a lime

About this week: 

Last week I got to meet one of the six midwives. She was super sweet and I am ready glad that I chose to go this route. Over the rest of my pregnancy I will meet with each of the midwives at least twice so when the time comes to have the baby I should be comfortable with all of them.

Symptoms: 

Nausea & Vomiting hit like a tidal wave about 3 weeks ago

Food Aversions: 
Everything :(

Weight Gain:
I weighed myself last night on my scale fully clothed at 133 so up 6 pounds since IUI.

Best moment of the week:
Getting a prescription for Zofran to help with the vomiting. I have actually not puked in 5 days which is just awesome. 

What I am looking forward to:
Our next sonogram which is a week from today on the 25th. I am sure baby will look so much different. I am also looking forward to getting out of the first trimester. Everyone says the second trimester is awesome so here is to hoping. 

IT ALL BECAME SO WORTH IT.....

After 20 months, 1 miscarriage, 2, IUI's, 1 Laporoscpy,  ovulation sticks, temp charting, hundreds of pills/shots, countless doctor appointments, thousands of dollars and many tears it all became so worth it because....

WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!!!

Today I am 10 weeks pregnant and this picture was taken on Monday. Baby was not wanting to cooperate very well and this was the best picture we could get. You can see part of the head its two arms and two legs. We were able to see it wiggling all around which was really cool and also very weird at the same time. Needless to say we are very excited that Shermbaby will be here sooner than we know it. 

 Over the last 5 weeks I have been blogging but not publishing my weekly updates. I really wanted to have something to remember each step of the way. I will be posting those over the next few days even though they are kind of boring.