12 Weeks (October 13th - 19th)

I’m 3 inches CRL and weigh one ounce. My tiny unique fingerprints and all 20 teeth are formed!

The last week, I have started to get my appetite back and I was pretty sure that I hadn’t lost anymore weight. Sure enough, I got on the scale and actually gained 4 lbs back of the 11 lbs that I had lost since I found out I was pregnant.

I ordered some maternity clothes this week. I don’t think I am quite to the point that I need them yet, but I wanted to order them early to make sure things were going to fit and have time to exchange sizes if I needed to. Plus, I have to build a diverse maternity wardrobe since I will be pregnant through winter and spring.

Grandpa and Grammy Hoisington purchased the crib/changing combo this week from JCPenney. They were going to wait longer, but my mom noticed that the one we wanted was put on clearance and she was afraid they might discontinue it. The crib actually coverts to a daybed and/or toddler bed, so they purchased the bedrails too. Click here to see the crib! Thanks Mom & Dad!

It was decided that we will be serving breakfast food for the baby shower. So far on the menu we have banana bread, fruit, cheese/egg/sausage casserole, hashbrown casserole, sausage croissants, crepes, and petit fours.

We are planning on finding out the gender of the baby at 18 weeks. However, the shower invitations will not be gender specific and guests won’t know if it is a boy or girl until they show up to the shower.

Next week I will be taking this test from Wallgreens called Intelligender. It is an over the counter gender prediction kit. Basically, I pee in a cup, add crystals from the kit and depending on what color it turns, it tells you if it is a boy or girl (Green = Boy & Orange = Girl). Even though it is just for fun, we will post the results next week!

New Symptom:
Cramping legs - Siatic nerve pain