18 weeks

We've been quarantined at home the last 3 weeks due to Coronavirus. And honestly, I am enjoying all the family time. It's nice to have Nick home all the time. We go for walks and play outside. Such an historic time in life. I am grateful for all of us to be healthy

I am feeling great. No issues so far. Knock on wood. I have my OB checkup in two days. I still check my blood pressure and blood sugar occasionally and all have been perfectly normal so far. I started feeling butterfly flutters and barrel rolls depending on the way I am laying, so it is nice to feel baby girl and know all is ok.

We are still on the fence about names. Top contenders are Brielle, Claire and Elle, Naming a daughter is so HARD! One day, I'm like, this is her name and the next, I'm like nope, this is her name. I've never been this indecisive on anything.

15 weeks

Time is flying by!

With Matheson at 15 weeks, I had a massive hemorrhage from a subchorionic hematoma and I thought I lost him.

This pregnancy, no issues so far. I feel great other than getting up several times per night to pee and getting over a cold that Matty gave me.

It's Spring Break right now and Tristan is home. We usually plan on traveling, but are staying local due to the pandemic of Coronavirus.

I was 174lbs pre-pregnancy and weighed in at 182 at my visit last week. I am definitely looking pregnant these days and not just fat.

We’re having a ......

12 weeks

I made it to 12 weeks and graduated from weekly HFI visits! Even though this was a natural pregnancy, it was nice to be monitored weekly and make sure my hormones were what they needed to be. And weekly ultrasounds to see and hear my baby’s heartbeat was the best!

I had some spotting a few days ago, but was told not to worry as the cervix is very sensitive and miscarrying at this point is rare and if so, I would bleed enough to be hospitalized. 

Still no gender results! Natera took too long to process my blood and I needed a redraw yesterday. I was beyond annoyed. I called customer service several times last week as I knew it was taking too long and from reading in several online groups, the women that needed redraws was when Natera took too long to process lab results. Also, I went to Sneak Peak for next day gender results, but yesterday was President’s Day and the holiday delayed results another day. Grrrr. I just want to know pink or blue and announce my pregnancy!!

10 weeks

Weekly ultrasound today showed a gummie bear baby just dancing her heart out! Strong, beautiful heartbeat on the monitor. I only have two more visits with at HFI. I am grateful Dr Yeh has been monitoring my spontaneous pregnancy weekly since I found out.

I finally felt some relief from the near constant exhaustion I have felt since taking a pregnancy test. The last five weeks, I have felt like a lazy mom as I just can't muster up the energy to do as much with Matheson that I used to do.

I told Tristan today. The tween years have been testing my patience and I need him to understand that he needs to step up.

3 kids. Am I really capable of this?

We plan on announcing our pregnancy on social media on Valentine's Day. February has so much meaning to us. Our Transveranniversary is 2/9 and our dating anniversary is 2/28. Along with Valentine's Day, it's just a month filled with love.

8 weeks

I made it past the week I miscarried my twins. This was an important milestone with Matheson and this pregnancy as well. 

While there are never guarantees in early pregnancy during the first trimester, I feel a sense of relief. Baby has a strong heartbeat of 178bpm and is measuring on schedule (actually one day ahead today). No sign of any bleeding in my uterus and hormone levels are good. 

I have a strong feeling that this determined baby is a girl and have even slipped when referring to “her”. Bloodwork in 2 weeks, then 2 weeks for results, so we should know in a month. Of course, gender doesn’t matter. Another boy would be wonderful to grow up with Matheson, so my only hope is for health. 

15 months

Matheson's vocabulary has blown up the last 2 weeks. He is sounding out words and talking more every day. Along with common words like car, baby, book, boy, dog, mama, dada; he is saying complex words like Daisy and Doogan.
I find it amazing how much he understands. He knows when I say, "It's bath time, let's go take a bath". Matheson will run to the bathroom and try to get in the tub. We can tell him, "Go get the book, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" and Matheson will go to the bookshelf and pickout that book. If he's hungry, he will go to the high chair and try to climb in or if I say, "Are you hungry, do you want to eat?", he will go towards the high chair.

Molars are a BEAST. Last month, he got in his second upper molar and I can see the bottom two are working their way out as well. His gums are red and swollen and Matty definitely has been cranky/whiny from it.

He has been sleeping 7-7am and naps are either one long nap midday or two shorter naps. It is harder to get him to nap nowadays as there is so much to do and explore.

Curiosity can be the best adjective to describe M's behavior. He is curious about the world around him and into EVERYTHING. He was convined to the bathroom with me while I was using the toilet. Matheson opened the shower and proceeded to remove the shower drain and was digging in the gross hair glob in the drain....ewwwwww. He wants to dig and eat the dirt, pickup rocks and put in his mouth. Basically, ALL BOY. He still loves books and will pull all of them off the shelves and look through them. It's getting harder for him to sit and listen to me read to him though. Toys, toys and toys. He loves playing with toys. I enjoy watching him put the animals in the farmhouse or push the cars down the track.

The world is his oyster and Matheson is intent and finding pearls.