Baby Clymer: 15 Weeks Old

Baby is the size of: Navel Orange

Well it's time to pick up the ol' blog again because so much is happening and we want to keep all of our friends and family up to date. In the past six months, we have moved to Houston, bought a house in Waller, TX, 35 miles north of Houston, and now we're expecting a baby! We like to squeeze all of the major life events into a year if possible:). The past five months have been filled with lots of house and yard work. The house we bought was a spec house and did not have any landscaping done. With the help of our friends Summer and Kirby, we hydroseeded (blue spray-on grass you see on the highway) our lawn and got a sprinkler system in. With the help of my mom, we got flowerbeds put in all around the house. It still looks a little bare, but everything is in place to be beautiful some day.

OK, but the big news is the BABY! We started trying to get pregnant at the beginning of the year and by the end of February, found out it worked! We actually found out the weekend Tim's parents were in town to visit. I took a pee test and got two lines instead of one, which is positive! We decided to hold off on telling anyone until after our first doctor's appointment to make sure and to get further along too. OK, we did share the secret with our friends Corrie and John because Corrie is also pregnant, due in October. I decided that if it was going to be a secret, I at least had to talk to one person to go through this with me. And no offense to Tim, but knowing I have a baby in me is such a crazy, weird thing to me.. and I needed a like mind to bounce things off of:).

The first doctor's appointment was amazing! I was so sad Tim was out of town because I got to do an ultrasound, which I had no idea about. They do it early on to measure the baby. By doing this, they can determine the date of conception, and therefore, the most accurate date of delivery. When I went to the doctor, I wasn't sure what I would hear from them because I had zero symptoms of being pregnant, aside from missing my period. I have been so lucky to not have any sickness at all, even until week 14 where I am now.

We went to our second doctor's appointment at the end of April (on Allison's birthday actually) and I wasn't sure what to expect then because I didn't feel pregnant at all and wasn't showing at all. I was glad to find out I was still pregnant, and even cooler -- we got to hear the baby's heartbeat! I was pretty surprised because of where they used the doppler device. It was waaay lower than I expected the baby to be. But if I think about my uterus.. that is where it is located.. so I guess that makes sense. They say that in the next month or two, my uterus will begin to rotate to point out, I believe, and that is when I will start to show.

Well, just this week, I am starting to feel slightly bigger below the belly button. It is very minimal, but I read something that said your baby bump is firm feeling, not just pudgy fat. I had gotten a little pudge around the belly button (probably because I'm eating so much), but didn't look pregnant in my opinion. I know I've been at least a little bigger though because only three pairs of pants fit me still.

Another thing that's new: The doctor told me at my last appointment that I may get some sharp pains in my uterus as the ligaments around it are stretching to adjust to its growth and movement. I think I felt the first of those this morning when I was working out with my aunt. Something definitely felt sharp, but not unbearable. It felt like cramping in the area but with sharp pain too. It went away, like she said it would, and I've felt a few of these little pains throughout the day. This is exciting because it means the baby is getting bigger and I'm going to be showing soon! People say be grateful for not showing, it will come, etc, but it's hard for me to feel pregnant when I haven't been feeling physically different... so really I'm welcoming any changes right now. I know it will come with time, but I'm getting excited as I can feel things changing, and really this is the first change.

I'll keep you all posted on our progress and all the other things going on with us. Hopefully on a frequent basis again! We'd love to hear from everyone too, so please comment!