3d/4d ultrasound

We had our 3d/4d ultrasound this past Saturday!! I loved the pictures we got of our darling little girl (yup, it is confirmed that it is definitely a girl!).

Here are a few of my favorites:










Now for the fun stats!
She has HAIR!!! Her hair measures about 1cm long already! I'm not sure what is average at this point though...
According to the measurements, she is measuring 28w6d, so a little small. She weighs 2lbs.12oz which is the 47%ile.

She is still breech at this point, curled up between the uterine wall and the placenta. Her head is a little under my ribs on the right-hand side. Her bottom is sitting on my bladder ( ), and her feet are still against my cervix... It was hard to get decent pictures because she would NOT move that little hand away from her face (except to hit me when we would poke at her to get her to move )! Of course, I sleep the same way with my hand curled up by either my cheek or chin, and it looks like that is exactly what she's doing!

It was a great experience and it was amazing to see Kaylee again! Now just 11 more weeks till I can see her in person!

Closing Date coming soon...

The closing date on the new house is approaching (but not quickly enough!). We close on Tuesday, October 21, so about 2 more weeks.

We've been at my parents house since the end of August, and commuting an hour each way to work every day! It has been sooooo hard! I am exhausted all the time, I hate riding in the car, and am stuck at work each day until Brian gets off work (which has ranged anywhere from 4:30 - 10pm due to some unfortunately-timed overtime that he has no choice about).

Two more weeks and we will be in our own QUIET house with a 15 minute drive to work... Just 10 more work days left...
For those that have tried to email me, my email will be working again after we get in the new house (jschear@schear.homeip.net)


All is still going great with the baby. We have our elective ultrasound this upcoming Saturday, and I am soooo excited about it! I'll post again after our ultrasound to update the page with the pictures!

Sept. 20 -- 26 weeks

Sorry I haven't updated in awhile!

We were out of our house at the end of August (a day after school started). And with all the commotion of starting the school year, movers coming to get our stuff in storage, and moving in with my parents, it has just been crazy!

I started feeling baby moving around about a week after my ultrasound (20 weeks). So that has been a nice reassurance! I am scheduled for an elective 3d/4d ultrasound on October 11! I'm so excited for that! We will get a 20-minute ultrasound, dvd set to music, 1 color pic, 6 b/w pics, and a CD of all the color pictures to print out as we desire :) I can't wait to see her again!

It's a GIRL!

My ultrasound was moved up a few weeks because of some pain that I had last week. I was feeling a sharp stabbing pain in the cervix area, and the doctor wanted me to get in ASAP so that my cervix could be checked for any shortening.

My scan was at 8:15 this morning. The Ultrasound Tech was WONDERFUL! She described every detail that was going on :) We got to see the brain, the spine, the heart, kidneys, bladder, face, arms, legs, feet, etc! Then she announced that it is a GIRL!! She even let us watch the 3-D ultrasound for a bit.

I just can't believe it! I truly thought it was a boy, and never imagined that it could actually be a girl!

Little Katelyn (nicknamed Kaylee) is currently laying mostly on the left-lower side. The placenta is on the back wall of the uterus and she is leaning up against the placenta, as if it were a chair! Her little feet are kicking low, against my cervix (hence the pains I was feeling). She measures 18w6d and is approximately 9oz! And of course, she is absolutely adorable in black n white ultrasound :)

16 weeks

During this past week I have been focusing so intently on trying to feel movement...but have not felt anything that I KNOW is baby yet. :( At night, I lay on the couch before bed, reading quietly, and just focusing on that area trying like crazy to feel ANYTHING! Did you know you can actually feel your own heart beating in the pelvic area if you concentrate hard enough?!

In other news, our offer was accepted on the lot and house building last Thursday afternoon. Our house went on the market this past Monday. And we have an appointment to go to the Design Center tomorrow morning at 8am to pick out design options for the new house! Everything is going too quickly (except the actual building of the house!). We had a "realtor open house" yesterday morning so we were cleaning like crazy Monday night. Then, we got a phone call at 5:15pm to ask if our house could be shown at 7pm last night! The people were in and out in about 10 minutes, so I'm guessing they weren't interested...

2nd prenatal appointment

I had my 2nd appointment this past Thurssday (7/3/08). It was a real quick appointment involving a urine check, blood pressure, listening for heartbeat, and asking if I had questions. The heartbeat ranged between 165 - 168, so that was great! My blood pressure was down to normal again which is wonderful! And I had LOST 4 lbs!

Second Trimester

I think I am officially moving into the 2nd trimester! Even though I truly didn't have very many symptoms, the past 2 days I've been feeling even better. I'm not sure if it is just coincidence, or the fact that I've eaten more fruits/veggies and less carbs, or if it truly is the 2nd trimester easing the symptoms.

These two days I haven't had heartburn, I haven't had that extremely uncomfortably full feeling after I take just a few bites. I think I've had more energy as well!