Boy or Girl?

In just 1 short week we are finding out if we will have a son or a daughter (weird saying those words!) I am completely craving anything spicy. Someone pass the Tabasco! Baby is a Mango this week!

Your Baby: Week 19

Vernix caseosa, a greasy white substance made of lanugo, oil and dead skin cells (yum) now coats baby's skin, shielding it from the amniotic fluid. (Picture yourself after a nine-month bath, and the need for protection makes sense.) You might actually get to see the vernix at birth, especially if baby is premature.

Babies"R"Us - Baby Registry

Babies"R"Us - Baby Registry

People have been asking what we need. Well, diapers obviously, but we really need almost everything! Please take a look at our registry, which I am sure will change next monday when we find out of baby V will be a boy or girl! <3

Baby bump alert!

18 week baby bump! ❤

Do we have a soccer star? Baby is kicking!

So baby is actively giving me tiny kicks. Though such a weird, and scary feeling, it's nice knowing the little on is safe deep in there. I have been exhausted. I think I have experienced any and every pregnancy symptom thus far. As of right now my lower back and hips are killing me... all, the, time. As for this week- baby is a sweet potato!

Your Baby: Week 18

Your fetus has become amazingly mobile (at least compared to you), passing the hours yawning, hiccuping, rolling, twisting, kicking, punching, sucking and swallowing. And, baby's finally big enough that you'll be able to feel those movements soon.

17 weeks!

In just 3 short weeks we will find out if baby Velasco is going to be a boy or girl! I cannot wait. We still haven't scheduled the ultrasound yet. I figured it could wait until I got back from vacation. Speaking of which baby did not stop moving the entire time i was on the plane. I cannot wait to find out what baby is! I do know baby is an onion this week!

Your Baby: Week 17

your baby's the size of an onion!

Baby continues to beef up. Now she's about 5.1 inches long and weighs about 5.9 ounces. Baby's skeleton is hardening, changing from rubbery cartilage to bone, and fat is finally accumulating around it. The umbilical cord is getting thicker and stronger, and those little fingers and toes are now topped by one-of-a-kind prints.

15/16 Weeks!

So I've been a bad pregnant blogger. Mostly because if I'm not at work, I'm sleeping... or trying to get my feet not to swell. I'm going to cover 2 weeks in this post since technically I am still 15 weeks until tomorrow.
I had my 16 week visit today and got to hear the heartbeat again. It's definitely reassuring to hear that every 4 weeks. It's hard to believe that my next visit will be my 20 week appointment. Which means my 20 week ultrasound and yes, finding out if baby Velasco will be a boy or girl! I cannot wait to find out and really start the stocking up and registry updating! :)

So 15 weeks:

your baby's the size of a navel orange!

The average fetus at 15 weeks weighs 2.5 ounces and measures 4 inches -- and his proportions are becoming even more normal, since his legs now out measure his arms.

Week 16:

your baby's the size of an avocado!

Now, she's about 4.6 inches long and weighs about 3.5 ounces, and she's big enough that your doctor may be able to hear her heartbeat.