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So this is our first post in the second trimester we guess. It seems we are a week later than planned :) Veronika missed her end of 12 week appointment last week so got rescheduled for today. This has been the first confirmed sighting of 'baby-brain'; with many more occurrences to come.
This one was the last early term visit, and will be the last visit and last sonogram pics for at least a month or so. The primary purpose was an update on all of the early term mom tests. Results are mostly all in (except for one that'll take another week to come back), and everything is good and on track.
So get your fill of grainy blank and white alien shots now while we can...
Smallczech2.0 is getting bigger (actually the original smallczech is too. Becky just measured over 92cm/3ft for the first time in the last week.) Smallczech2.0 is now up to about 10.4cm/4in tall (8.12cm head-to-butt), which is good and still a good 3 or so days ahead of the official schedule, which is nice to see.
Mom is doing well.
She had a pretty nasty stomach bug for a day or so a week-end ago, so she lost some of her early earned weight bump, but she is gaining back up some weight at a good pace.
And is really trying to eat like a champ to get back on track :)
In reality though the belly baby bump is pretty prominent, and has been for the last few weeks. If you've seen her in the last 3 weeks you pretty much knew she was expecting, even before the typical 2nd trimester announcement. A good friend even has a new girlfriend who stopped by a month ago, and later asked said friend when Verča was due. As is expected, said friend, who sees Verča almost every week, said he had no idea what she was talking about... at least until he saw Mom-to-be-again a week later.
Anyway, we're more than a third of the way along.
Two thirds of expanding bellydom to go!
Week 14 and Mom is back only to about 53 and a 1/2 kg.
But she is healthy and just a bit more sleepy than normal.
More info as it develops.
So a quick tiny update.
It is sunny in Prague.
It's summer for crying out loud.
So the Prague Bensons headed out to the riverside Prague resort of Žluté Lázně to enjoy the sun and get in the river.
It was a quick bike ride down to chill out and soak some late afternoon rays.
And Verča has started to show smallczech2.0. The original smallczech Becky was loving it and rocking her swim belt to play in the river, and climb up and down the lovely muddy riverbanks!
Goodtimes!
OK, so the next prenatal visit rolled around just before week 11, as the second trimester looms.
The visit was a brief prelude to a bunch of blood tests, but we did get a few more pictures of the smallczech2.0, who is now 5 centimeters (2 inches) long.
The examining doctor was a bit surprised that smallczech2.0 is apparently growing quickly, and looked to be almost the size of a week older fetus. So according to size only smallczech2.0 would be about 11 weeks and 6 days.
Verča and I could have told that before the appointment. She's had a bit of a bigger appetite this go around, and has been kinda showing a bit for the past few weeks. To the point that with lighter and smaller summer clothes, the cat has gotten out of the bag on more than a few occasions around here.
Anyway, the doc was happy that all is still going well. She scheduled the thorough round of end-of-first-trimester tests, and a next appointment for just 2 more weeks.
After that, we be going public :)
As before, mother-to-be-again is doing very well. She was a bit sick a week or two ago, but attributes that more to something bad she ate, than morning sickness. She's still eating a bit more than normal (pickles have no chance of survival in our home.) She's clearly still doing well on the bike, as dad had to struggle to keep up with her this week-end (while pulling Becky in the Chariot trailer, who also seems to be putting on a few pounds.) We guess that is all for this update.
More in a couple of weeks.
Week 10 weight 54.2kg
