Placenta brain

Placenta brain!! Think of it like the term scatterbrain. My brain is pretty empty all the time, Im forgetting what im talking about while Im talking. I feel I have to apologize for misunderstanding things. I dont talk fast enough so I get cut off, then I forget what I was talking about.

Im at my 15th week, I'm supposed to start feeling a "flutter" in my uterus. That sounds kind of cute, my baby is swimming around

baby is the size of an orange. TA-DA!!

Ok, so, as much as I think I'm hiding my craving a secret. I think for my friends its pretty obvious that my craving is donuts

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Had a quick visit to the doctor today, she went over the lab results
from my ultrasound + blood work.

The baby is fine, but they found a cyst in one of my ovaries. I can't
do anything about it until the baby comes out, so I'm not going to
worry about it.

James came too! He came in his uniform and everyone stared at us. I
put the effort into looking decent so people wouldn't think I was
being escorted from jail to the drs office, lol.

I weight 129, back in June before I became pregnant I was at 122. So
I'm not packing on too many pounds too fast. I really can't tell if
I'm eating more then before only because I eat alot, I have stopped
excersizing. I just don't have the same Billy Blanks "I can tear
through this last 20 min like Chuck Norris thunder kicking a cement
block" I'm more like "Carrots would probably taste good right now, the
small mini ones in the produce section...do I have any hummus left? I
should go get some" I'm just too tired and distracted. Oh well :)

I lost my sense of taste and smell for a day. That hella pissed me
off, I opened a bag of potato chips and stuck my face in the bag just
to see if I was crazy. Nothing like seeing a preg girl with a bag of
chips over her face.

Last weekend we visited James's family in Sacramento, his cousin had a
baby last July so I got to ask his wife all kinds of labor/baby
questions.

My cousin Jennifer also has been very helpful, she has two baby girls.
She said I can ask her anything and she won't sugar coat it.

I have another blood test coming up and the exciting ultrasound of
finding out the babys sex!

Heartbeat

My book says there are different moments when a woman's pregnancy becomes real, mine was yesterday hearing the baby's heartbeat.

My tiny plum sized baby's heart has such a strong healthy beat it brought me to tears. Inside of me is something real and alive. This was the most thrilling experience I've ever had in my entire life. The technician first used a heated gel (nice touch) and a magic wand to find my baby. The baby image was on a TV screen across the room so we could see. She showed us different views of the head. She pointed out where the feet are, so we saw a tiny foot. She gave us the measurements and pointed out where the fluids were to detect down syndrome. Then...she turned on the microphone, andddd I lost it. haha. I cried so hard I had to try to stop because it was difficult to breathe. It was a true moment when you are just overcome with an emotion. James told me he couldn't cry because I was already crying LOL. He said "I knew you were going to cry"

I felt relived, I have been stressing out because in my week by week pregnancy book it talks more about abnormalities then what's changing in me and the baby. I bought James a "Daddy's pregnant too" book and 2 weeks worth of descriptions are described on ONE page without the scary stuff. I find that to be UNfair

The blood test and the ultrasound were matched up and the doctor gave us a quick analyze of the results. The baby is fine and healthy

After we had pizza for lunch! PIZZA MY HEART!