3D/4D Ultrasounds

At my last doctor appointment, the doc told us that we could get a 3d/4d ultrasound. He told us that there were some places in the area that we could get the ultrasounds and that they where really neat and well worth the money.

I did a search today, and found 2 facilities in Indy. After looking through the websites, I really want to do this! When I asked my doc if I was going to get anymore ultrasounds, he said as long as everything stays healthy, no. So now we don't get to see her until she's born. So a 3D Ultrasound would be perfect! But...they arn't cheap. But...I would love to see what little Sophie looks like.

If your not sure what a 3D sonagram looks like heres an example I found on the internet....


Robby doesn't want to spend the money, and I see his point since we are saving for my maternity leave. But isn't it so tempting?

Check out Precious Peak, it's a facility in Avon, IN that does 3D ultrasounds. http://preciouspeek.net/

So would you get a 3D Ultrasound?

26 Weeks

26 weeks preggo - and this is my last week of trimester 2. Wow! When I was taking my weekly picture, I had some company from from one of my furry friends.




Link didn't care that I was trying to take a photo of my belly, he just wanted my attention and he wanted it right then.



So he got his picture too. It didn't make him happy, but he got what he wanted.



As you can see, finally my belly photo. I don't see to much change from last week, but maybe you do.

24 Full Weeks Down - 15.5 To Go!

Yay! I made it through another week. I'm now at 25 weeks. Baby is moving around more, I think its because she is losing space. Last night while laying in bed she started kicking and Robby felt her a good 4-5 times. Then this morning while waiting for my oil change he felt her again. With any luck it will start to become a regular thing (so her aunt Katy can feel her)!

Here is my 25 week photo. Its crazy that you can now see a noticeable difference each week.

MyRegistry.com

Found a pretty nifty website called MyRegistry.com the other day. It lets you combine all your registry at different stores into one convenient place. The other cool feature is that you can be surfing the web and find a product you want and hit the "Add To My Registry" button (that you add to your bookmark when you sign up) and BAM! that item is added to your registry. How cool is that!?




I'm pretty excited about it. You can use it for Wedding, Baby, Graduations, Birthday and Housewarming registry's.

You can find our Baby Registry here: www.myregistry.com/public/BabyHelms-

6 Months!

Wow, today I am 24 weeks pregnant. Thats 6 months on the dot. I can't believe it. It honestly just seems like yesterday that we found out we were having a baby! But I bet you almost anything that these next 3 months will be the slowest EVER!

I just can't wait to meet my daughter.

Here is my 24 week belly shot. Plus I'm sporting a new do. Thanks to my amazing hair dresser, Krystal.



For the first time in a very, very, very long time, I'm actually feeling good about the way I look and my health. Haha...sure, maybe because it's the 1st time ever it's been ok to put on extra pounds. Even though I've only gained about 9lbs, I feel lucky that I seem to only be gaining it in my belly (knock on wood) and not my face and everywhere else.

My doctor said I'm healthy and look great. I had a health screen this week at work and all my results were "fabulous" according to the nurse that did my screen. I think getting preggo has defiantly done some positive things for my health. Yay for being Preggo!!!

Baby Sophia is going to start packing on some serious weight now, about 6oz a week. Her sweet little face is almost fully formed (meaning she had eyebrows and eye lashes now - which I bet will be beautiful since both her mommy and daddy have nice long lashes). And her hearing is getting sharper. I think I will start reading to her soon. Any suggestions?

Buying Our 1st Pack of Diapers

I know I posted a couple months ago about what diapers we were going to use. Robby was strongly for disposable. I figured that if all the other important decisions we need to make before baby Sophia was born, that I would just make a quick decision and chose disposables.

So the other night we decided to start our diaper pile. We want to get stocked up! Who wants to run to WalMart at midnight for a diaper run. Robby doesn't (haha see how I use his name because I know I will never have to do it?)

Anyways, I did some quick research and found that the average newborn goes through 80 diapers a week! For $20 you can get anywhere from 60-95 diapers in a box. (We chose the box with 92 so that's - pretty darn good.)

We are standing in the diapers isle, trying to figure out what diapers to buy. Pampers? Huggies? Luvs? I went straight to the Pampers. Robby wanted to compare prices. They were both about the same price, but he wanted to buy Huggies for some reason. And I wanted to buy Pampers. So I turn around to see a man looking for baby wipes. So I decided to ask!

Me: "Excuse me, do you have a baby at home?"
Guy: "Yes I do"
Me: "Could you tell me what diapers you use?"
Guy: "Pampers all the way! Huggies feel like trash, we won't buy them!"
Me: "Thank you very much!"



I won!!! As we walked away with our 1st box of diapers, Pampers diapers, Robby said "you think your so smart don't ya?" haha - you know it! A mommy knows best!

Pregnancy Brain

What is Pregnancy Brain?

"Pregnancy brain is a condition that affects expectant mothers, usually during the first and third trimesters. Sometimes known as placenta brain or baby brain drain, the condition is usually characterized by short-term memory loss or forgetfulness. Some medical experts say that pregnancy brain is a myth, but evidence shows that many women have experienced this condition.

The effects of pregnancy brain vary greatly among women. They can be as simple as forgetting phone numbers that one has dialed for years or placing toilet paper in the fridge. One mother-to-be drove home only to find she had arrived at a previous home she had not lived in for six years."



Well folks, I am suffering from pregnancy brain. It started about 2 weeks ago where I just started forgetting tasks that I wanted to do. Then last week I started losing my phone. My phone is always attached to my hand or in my pocket. I NEVER forget my phone. Oooo, but no anymore.

Then, I was for sure that Father's Day was on June 6th. So I hurried to the store to buy a Father's Day card for my dear ol' dad, and sent it in time for him to get it the day before. Then Sunday morning when I was on Facebook, I realized NO ONE was telling their dad's happy Father's Day. I was shocked! Why do all the Mom's get love but the dads don't? So then I thought to my self, wait a minute....

Did a Google search and found that I had a whole 2 week! Wow Lauren, wow!

It's starting to happen at work now too. We had a Health Screen at work and I needed 20 employees to sign up. I was worried the day before that we still needed 2 more people to sign up. When the health screen people came that morning, and I gave them our sign up sheet, they were like "You actually have 23 people signed up, but we did bring enough supplies for a few more". Wow, did I really miscount that many times? haha sure enough, I took a look at the sign up sheet and I can't figure out how the heck I miscounted, so many times!

Oh and I can't tell you how many times this happens: If you catch me off guard and talk to me or ask me a question, you'r likely to get a handful of incomplete sentences that don't make since!

Well, since I still have 16 weeks left of this pregnancy, I'm sure I will have more embarrassing stories to share of my losing my mind.

Felt Baby Kick!

Last night, little Sophia was moving around while I was trying to fall asleep. I put my hand on my tummy, like I normal do, in hope of feeling her kick...then it happened!

She kicked twice. Then with out telling Robby I grabbed Robby's hand placed it on my tummy in the same spot.

Then she kicked again, and I asked Robby if he felt it and sure enough, he did! It wasn't extremely strong, but we felt it. To be honest, I'm pretty sure it freaked him out. All he could say was "That was weird".

Well now that I felt it once, its only a matter of time before I feel more!

23 Weeks Preggo

Here is my 23 week baby belly photo....



We had our monthly doctor's appointment on Wednesday with our new doctor. It went well, I really like the new Dr. We got to listen to Sophia's heart beat for a good amount of time. And man o man is she a mover! The Dr. chuckled because of how active she was. At the end of the listen, he said "Well you have a very healthy baby in there!"

Everything is going well, Sophia and I are both progressing well. I'm right where I need to be with the weight gain and he hopes the rest of the pregnancy continues to go well.

My emotions have settled down a bit. I think the long weekend helped, but man has this short week gone by so slow!

My food cravings are starting to kick in a bit more this week. I crave fruit - any kind of fruit. And I crave KFC. Yeah, KFC is good and I have always liked KFC, but I think I have eaten it more in the last 2 weeks then I did in the last 2-3 years!



I mean...doesn't that look yummy? haha I get the grilled Chicken though!