27 weeks: enter the 7th month and 3rd trimester

Waist Measurements: 40" at the belly button

Weigh in: 140lbs
Pregnancy Symptoms this Week:

• Tiredness
• Increased Heartburn

Pregnancy Prep: Cleaned out the baby's room some more. I set up the bassinet, its really weird to walk by and see a bassinet in the room.

Dr Visits: None this week

Belly Shot:

What the baby looks like this week: He is as big as a teddy bear :) Eyelids (which have been fused since 11 or 12 weeks) can now open and close.This week, he weighs almost 2 pounds and is about 14 1/2 inches long with her legs extended. He's sleeping and waking at regular intervals, opening and closing her eyes, and perhaps even sucking her fingers. With more brain tissue developing, his brain is very active now. While his lungs are still immature, they would be capable of functioning — with a lot of medical help — if he were to be born now. —baby's brain tissue and neurons are all developing at a rapid pace. His brain waves are now firing away just like those of a newborn baby.

third	seven	27-30
	eight	31-35
	nine	36-40

Week 26

Waist Measurements: 39.5" at the belly button

Weigh in: 139lbs

Pregnancy Symptoms this Week:

• Tiredness
• Lower back soreness
• Killer Heartburn

Pregnancy first this week: The heartburn is definitely worse than last time. Also the movement is a lot more, This kid is bouncing off the walls. :) I love it. Another new thing is that it seems like i'm already nesting, I cleaned my kitchen and living room so thoroughly that I even impressed myself.

Pregnancy Prep: I got tons of hand me downs this week so i 

started sorting it and putting it in boxes according to size. We were going to clean out the office this week but its been raining for a few days so it didn't happen. Soon I hope. I really want to start putting it together.

Dr Visits: None this week

Belly Shot:

What the baby looks like this week: He is almost two pounds. All five senses are fully developed. The network of nerves in his ears is better developed and more sensitive than before. He may now be able to hear both of our voices as we chat with each other. He's inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid, which is essential for the development of his lungs.

Week 25

Waist Measurements: 39.5" at the belly button

Weigh in: 137lbs

Pregnancy Symptoms this Week: 

• I can poop :)
• emotional

Dr Visits: None this week

Belly Shot:

What the baby looks like this week: Weighs about 1 1/2 pounds and is 13 1/2 inches long. Is growing more hair, with a distinctive color and texture and everything. My uterus the size of a soccer ball . My fundal measurements have grown about an inch-and-a-half in the past four weeks alone. He's beginning to exchange his long, lean look for some baby fat. His hands are now fully developed and he spends most of his awake time groping around in the darkness of my uterus. Brain and nerve endings are developed enough now so that he can feel the sensation of touch. Also his nostrils, which have been plugged up until now, have cleared out and he can practice breathing through the nose. The structures of his spine are now made up of 150 joints, 33 rings and some 1,000 ligaments. The capillaries, the teeniest blood vessels, are now forming in his body, giving his formerly translucent skin a pink glow. The blood vessels in the lungs also develop this week.

Week 24

Waist Measurements: 39.5"

Weigh in: 134lbs 

Pregnancy Symptoms this Week:

• Back ache
• Insatiable Hunger

Pregnancy first this week: back ache every night.

My Pregnancy Brain: This child is bouncing off the walls and I love it. Its a constant reminder of his presence I cant wait to meet him.

Pregnancy Prep: Bought the fabric to make Ethan's crib set and blankets, now I just need to get sewing.

Dr Visits: yep had one this week, got  a new dr since my old one disappeared. I see it as a blessing in disguise because i got a really good vibe from my new dr.

Belly Shot:

What the baby looks like this week: Is just about a foot long now. Is still very skinny looking, with translucent skin, but this will all start changing soon. Is officially at the edge of viability, and most hospitals would automatically attempt every possible life-saving option if your baby were to be born now. Your baby's growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces since last week. Her brain is also growing quickly now, and her taste buds are continuing to develop. Her lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant.

Week 23

Waist Measurements: 39" at the belly button

Weigh in: 134lbs

Pregnancy Symptoms this Week:

• Very Hormonal
• Forgetfulness
• Insatiable Hunger
• nightly back ache
• still cant poop

Pregnancy Prep: Still just cleaning the office.

Dr Visits: None this week.

Belly Shot:

What the baby looks like this week: Is a tad bigger than last week! The pancreas is kicking into gear sometime around this week, and blood vessels continue to develop in the lungs. Lung development is a Big Thing right now, since babies born around 24 weeks gestation can often survive outside the womb. Her sense of movement well developed by now, your baby can feel you dance.

Length of Pregnancy Likelihood of Survival
23 weeks 17%
24 weeks  39%
25 weeks  50%
26 weeks  80%
27 weeks  90%
28-31 weeks  90-95%
32-33 weeks  95%
34+ weeks Almost as likely as a full-term baby
Sources: March of Dimes, Quint Boenker Preemie Survival Foundation

22 Weeks

Waist Measurements: 38" at the belly button

Weigh in: 131lbs.

Pregnancy Symptoms this Week:

• Forgetfulness
• Back ache
• cant poop

Pregnancy Prep: We started looking at strollers, and cleaning out the office. Once my sisters baby shower is over I can start sewing for Ethan.

Dr Visits: None this week

Belly Shot:

What the baby looks like this week: Is about 11 inches long, which is just about one inch shorter than your average 12-inch ruler. Has likely crossed the one-pound mark in weight. Is getting more defined facial features every day, and already looks unmistakably like himself or herself on a 3D ultrasound. Her lips, eyelids, and eyebrows are becoming more distinct, and she's even developing tiny tooth buds beneath her gums. Her eyes have formed, but her irises (the colored part of the eye) still lack pigment.

21 Weeks

Waist Measurements: 38" at the belly button

Weigh in: 130lbs according to the wii.

Pregnancy Symptoms this Week:

• Heartburn
• back spasm
• cant poop

Pregnancy Prep: Finally started paining the furniture, now we just meed to clear out the room.

Dr Visits: I had an Ultrasound & a Dr. appointment, everything looks good, he is one active little boy!

Belly Shot:

What the baby looks like this week: Is about 10 1/2 inches long, head to toe. He is like, kicking for serious now.

Week 20 Half way there!!!

Waist Measurements: 37" at the belly button

Weigh in: 125lbs

Pregnancy Symptoms this Week:

• slight heartburn
• pregnancy insomnia

Pregnancy first this week: Definitely feeling kicks now. :)

Pregnancy Prep: Bought some clearance halloween stuff for next year

Dr Visits: Nope

Belly Shot: 

What the baby looks like this week: From now on he will be measured head-to-toe, instead of the head-to-rump measurements so that puts him at 10 1/2 ounces now and about 6 1/2 inches long — the length of a banana. His heartbeat can be heard with just a regular old stethoscope now and not just the fancy doppler. He is swallowing and practicing other digestive skills, and can now produce meconium, which is essentially prenatal poop that sits in the bowels during pregnancy. 

Week 19

Waist Measurements: 37" at the belly button

Weigh in: 125lbs

Pregnancy Symptoms this Week:

• itchy
• leg cramps
• upset tummy
• Slight uncomfortableness sleeping

Pregnancy first this week: Its kinds uncomfortable to sleep which i did not have last time. I can feel my belly much more and I feel like I'm squishing it.

My Pregnancy Brain: This time around its taking longer to feel "real" probable cause I'm so busy with Katelyn.

Pregnancy Prep: We picked a theme for the nursery and bought a pillow.

Dr Visits: None this week.

Belly Shot:

What the baby looks like this week: He is about 8 1/2 ounces and measures 6 inches, head to bottom. His arms and legs are in the right proportions to each other and the rest of her body now. He is now fully assembled; just needs some fattening up and lengthening out. His brain is designating specialized areas for smell, taste, hearing, vision, and touch. Some research suggests that he may be able to hear our voice now, so looks like its time to start reading aloud, talking to him, and singing to him. Oh yeah!His kidneys continue to make urine and the hair on her scalp is sprouting.

Week 18

Waist Measurements: 37.5" at the belly button

Weigh in: no weigh in this week. My grandma didn't have a scale

Pregnancy Symptoms this Week:

• Still really itchy
• Very Emotional

Dr Visits: None this week.

Belly Shot:

What the baby looks like this week: Is about the size of a baked potato, Head to rump, about 5 1/2 inches long and he weighs almost 7 ounces. Has actual cute little ears and working ear bones and can hear sounds through the amniotic fluid, similar to how things sound to you underwater.

Oh Yeah! A protective covering of myelin is beginning to form around her nerves.

Molar #4 is out

Week 17.... It's a BOY

Waist Measurements: 36" at the belly button 

Weigh in: 124lbs

Pregnancy Symptoms this Week:

• Moody
• Very Emotional
• Itchy rash, might be PUPPPS
• Slight, slight heartburn
• Lower back achiness

Pregnancy first this week: Researching this PUPPS thing, we'll see if it really is that as I right this I don't feel itchy or feel the rash, but earlier this week it was pretty bad.

My Pregnancy Brain: Finding out that we are having a boy really threw mw off, I knew it was a definite possibility but I honestly didn't think it would happen. I am so excited and I cant wait to meet Ethan.

Belly Shot:

What the baby looks like this week: His skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to bone. He weighs about 5 ounces now and he's around 5 inches long from head to bottom. He can move his joints, and his sweat glands are starting to develop.

Walking

Week 16

Waist Measurements: 36" at the belly button

Weigh in: 122lbs

Pregnancy Symptoms this Week:

• Moody
• Emotional
• Flutters
• itchy rash

Pregnancy first this week: I have a weird rash on my torso, not sure what it is from but I called the dr and they didn't seem too worried, just said to take some benadryl if I needed it. So far I haven't, I can take the itchiness for now.

My Pregnancy Brain: My belly has started popping out so it feels a more real, I'm also starting to feel some flutters.

Pregnancy Prep: I continued sanding the furniture, It might be why I'm itchy so not Paul wont let me finish it. ahh. I also when shopping with my mom for some baby clothes.

Dr Visits: Just one noting exciting, just the usuall pee in a cup take BP and hear baby. Next month I get the ultrasound.

Belly Shot: 

What the baby looks like this week: she is a little over four inches long and weighs a little over 2.5 ounces. Has fingernails and toenails, and there's a lot happening inside as well. Her heart is now pumping about 25 quarts of blood each day, and this amount will continue to increase as she continues develop.

Molar #2 has made it debut

Week 15

Waist Measurements: 35" at belly button

Weigh in: 122lbs

Pregnancy Symptoms this Week:

• Moody
• Emotional

Pregnancy first this week:

My Pregnancy Brain: 

Pregnancy Prep:

Dr Visits: none

Belly Shot:

What the baby looks like this week: Is as big as a beefsteak tomato! Measures about 4 Inches and weights about 2 1/2 ounces. S/he has started "breathing" amniotic fluid in through its nose and respiratory tract, giving those lungs some very early practice for the real thing. Can sense light and pressure from outside of the womb, yet another way to start annoying our child, and lastly the legs are growing longer than the arms now, and can move all joints and limbs.

She took 2 steps

We have a Molar!

Picture to follow

Week 14

Waist Measurements: 35" at belly button

Weigh In: 120lbs

Pregnancy Symptoms this:

• Headache
• Still sick

Pregnancy first this week: 

My Pregnancy Brain: 

Pregnancy Prep: Started sanding the bedroom set.

Dr Visits: Nope

Belly Shot:

What the baby looks like this week: Is about the size of a peach. From head to bottom measure about 3 1/2 inches. Has a strong, whoosh-whooshy heartbeat See below :). Our baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! The kidneys are producing urine, which s/he releases into the amniotic fluid around him. The liver starts making bile this week and the spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells.

Week 13

Waist Measurements: 34" at belly button

Weigh In: 119lbs

Pregnancy Symptoms this:

• Slight Heartburn
• Very Sick
• Still not hungry... but probably because I've had a really bad cold

Pregnancy first this week: Being really sick. I don't remember the last time I was this sick. Luckily I had friends and family come and help me out so I could better. I also got a comment I was dreading, "welcome to motherhood" I'm sorry yes this comes with the territory but being sick is not what makes motherhood. Being there for my child seeing her grow and guiding her to make the right decisions makes motherhood. Its amazing to me how people feel that being pregnant gives then the right to say what ever they want to you about your lifestyle, body, weight, etc. Nothing has changed I an still an healthy individual, and being pregnant doesn't change any of that. so if you wouldn't say something to be before I had kids or got pregnant please don't think its ok to say it now. its still inappropriate and hurtful.

My Pregnancy Brain: Its finally starting to hit me that in 6ish months i'm going to have two rugrats running around. I know its going to be hectic but I'm sure it will also be just as awesome. I cant wait.

Dr Visits: Had a genetic ultrasound.

Belly Shot:

What the baby looks like this week: Is about three inches long, the size of a jumbo shrimp. Has his or her own unique fingerprints already.

Week 12

Dr Visits: Nope

Belly Shot:

What the baby looks like this week: S/he is about two-and-a-half inches long. Already has pretty much every structure, organ and system needed for life, s/he is a perfect little miniature human being. One thing I love is s/he can officially be Bugged By Me. Reflexes have developed, so if I push on my uterus, s/he will squirm and move in response. I love this quote for Alpha mom "you can't feel it, but it sure is fun to imagine getting flipped off by your fetus."

And then there were 4...

Los Richardsons are happy to announce we are expecting #2
The newest addition to our little family! 

Welcome Little E.

1 Year old

A year ago today my life changed forever. I got the greatest gift any person can get. A year ago today I became a mother. I got to hold my baby girl in my arms and fall so deeply in love that it hurts. I thank God for giving me my baby girl and for keeping her healthy and safe. Happy Birthday baby girl! Mommy loves you so much... and please slow down you are growing up too fast.



Language. She talks soooo much now its so awesome to hear her in the mornings playing and talking in her crib. She will entertain herself for a good 20-30 min. I love just listening to her

Motor Skills. She can now stand unassisted for an unlimited amount of time, she also loves to walk outside with her walker, and walk holding mommy or daddies had.

Growing up. She has has a couple of milestones this month, we are starting whole milk, diluted half and half with water for now and we have also flipped the car-seat around, She is such a big girl now. We are also starting the weaning process, we are down to 3 nursing sessions a day.

Katelyn also got to go to the beach this month a play in the sand, she absolutely loved it, although she doesn't quite get why its not ok to eat the sand.