12 Weeks! Dr. Appointment and First Craving!

Well I can finally breathe a little easier! Baby and I have made it to the 12 week mark! One more week I think until the second trimester begins. It's so hard to tell. I have read that the second trimester starts on week 13 others say 14. When I got pregnant I thought it was 12 so who knows. All I know is I've made it! We had a very busy week! I had my very first real pregnancy craving, I had my 12 week check up and ultrasound, and Andy and I applied for and looked at some houses.

Lets start with the craving. Unreal! I've never experienced anything like it in my life. At 10AM this past Tuesday I started thinking obsessively about hash browns/tater-tots and when the time passed for breakfast, I moved on to obsessively thinking about french fries. It was different then a normal junk food craving. All day long I felt antsy, I couldn't concentrate on anything but eating french fries. At one point at work I zoned out trying to decide which would be cheaper.....2 small fries from McDonalds or 1 Medium.....so sick right? I stopped on my way home and got fries. As soon as I ate them I felt immediately better. Like I was at peace and all was right with the world. I actually didn't like craving. It was really annoying and I hope it doesn't happen too often.

So this past Friday was my 12 week ultrasound and Dr. appointment. Baby is supposedly about the size of a small plum this week. I was so nervous about this one for some reason so I couldn't even enjoy it lol. It was the NT test that screened for Downs Syndrome and other Trisomy disorders. Everything came back normal, but I had read horror stories on the computer of babies who just stop growing and your body didn't realize it, etc.. so I was terrified. But everything was normal, and baby had grown tons! It was also super active moving around. The tech  would try and get a heart beat and it would jump around messing up the doppler. She also tried to check the sex of the baby. She looked between the legs and didn't see anything, and said she was leaning towards girl. But it could still very much be a boy and its little penis could just not be developed enough yet. We'll have to wait and see. Here are pictures from the ultrasound and before. Baby has a huge nose.

We go in 2 and half weeks for a gender scan on November 13 and I can't wait!!!!! After the Doctor Andy and I went to Babies R Us to look at cribs and baby stuff. It was so fun! I even started a registry with the big things on it. I can't wait to buy baby clothes!