21 wks

Our baby is approximately 10 1/2 inches long — the length of a carrot. I have another doc appt this week so maybe just maybe I'll get some more details or even some test results back. I think that glucose test is coming up. Ick. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it isn't going to be something I go and buy to drink on a regular basis.

20 wks down and maybe 20 more to go before we get to meet this little guy. we can't wait. i'm hoping that some of our projects around the house will be done in time.

he's getting hiccups a lot like haley did. and he's pretty restless at night like i am. so we have our 'quiet' time in the wee hours. i'm looking forward to actually talking to him in person than looking like a crazy person talking to my belly.

almost 21 wks

anyone who knows me knows i hate photos of myself. so here's a photo and i hate it of course. maybe i should just have mike cut out my face and put my belly on there. i'm still in my regular jeans, but unbuttoned :) people can definitely tell i'm pregnant now.

(see side bar photo) i am probably the same size now as i was when i was 6 mos with haley. i think it was 7.5 mos when i started really getting big and people could really really tell. we'll see what happens. i'm definitely carrying higher this time.

20 wks - HALF WAY

our baby is over average by 2 ounces. we'll take it now since he won't always be 'bigger' than average. he is the size of a banana (maybe 6.5 inches) and babycenter says 10 ounces, but the doctor said he was already 12 ounces and long. half way.

it is so nice to be able to say boy instead of it and that haley will have a brother.

still feeling good. starting to show more and maybe i'll pull out some maternity clothes soon. i've been trying to put it off as long as i can. good thing i have lots of babydoll tees.

It's a BOY!!!

We got to watch our little baby boy wiggle and hiccup for an hour and a half or so today. It was quite fun. He looks healthy and is 12 oz. (the size of a soda). We are super excited! He was sucking his thumb and boxing. We won't be posting the 'boy' part photo per Mike's request. :) He's shy. Mike is very excited that he won't be out numbered anymore.

BTW - the doctor put that note on there. on the photo where we can tell he's a boy he put 'i'm a BIG boy' with an arrow towards his penis.

I really thought we were going to have another girl. We would have been happy with either, but it's so exciting that we'll get to have both a boy and a girl. We are very lucky! Haley said 'baby' while we watched her baby brother on the big tv.

19 wks

some could say almost half way. depends on how long the large heirloom tomato (maybe 8 oz) decides to stay in my belly. haley was born at 39 wks. i could possibly be induced at 39 wks. we'll see. they won't induce me before that, but know how fast haley came and are concerned with this delivery. just don't want to have the baby in the car on the highway or anything.

heartbeat

heard the heartbeat last night for like 2 seconds. i guess when it's your 2nd kid you don't get the extra attention since we've been through it. but mike came to the appt to hear the heartbeat and he barely heard it. poor guy and i have all of 2 seconds to ask any questions and i usually forget what i'm going to ask. maybe i should have become an ob - they can't do the ultrasound for some reason and all they do is the heartbeat. not sure what we're paying her for. they even forgot to do my first rounds of blood work so last night i had to fill up 6 or 7 of those tubes. i felt whoozy. maybe i'll need to find a new ob. the delivery was good though - so i guess i can't complain. i'm just lucky to not be a high risk. starting to gain a few lbs. i'm sure i will double up those lbs soon like i did when i was pregnant with haley around 6 mos.

today we'll make an ultrasound appt and hopefully by next week we'll know if we're having a boy or girl. yay.

18 wks

baby is the size of a bell pepper and maybe 7 oz. we'll get to hear the heartbeat thurs and hopefully soon get an ultrasound and find out the sex. can't wait. we might even be able to start thinking of names.

the other night the baby kept rolling around. also during our friend's rehearsal dinner when the word meat was uttered - i got a nice little bump in my belly. so ate lots of meat :) good thing because it was a brazilian steakhouse. it was good.

17 wks

approximately the size of a turnip and 5 oz. amazing how fast we go through these foods. :) feeling good. starting to be at that odd size where my normal pants could fit if i wanted to make them, but too small for maternity clothes. where people aren't sure if you are pregnant or just chubby. a few more weeks and we will find out the sex and hopefully be able to really start thinking about names.

which means some organizing for me is ahead. we have sooo many clothes for haley. i'll have to clean out her closet and start getting a big girl room set up. pretty exciting.

i did pull out some of haley's teeny tiny newborn clothes and diapers. :) we can't wait for a new little one.

question of the pregnancy

was it planned?!

it is amazing how even strangers ask us if our pregnancy was planned. yea we had a few people ask us that with haley. but i just can't believe that almost 75% of the people when told we are pregnant ask if it's planned. do they think it's their business? it's so weird. one of these times i kind of want to say no - it's hard to talk about. geez. it's just an odd question. like what if i asked a rude question that wasn't my business back - like well how often to get some? or did you plan to be overweight? did you plan to be so nosy? if it wasn't planned do you think i'd tell complete strangers? it's just odd.

YES this one was actually planned. maybe not as calculated and precise as haley was, but we were ready to have kids, but weren't to the point of overly trying (like checking temps and clocks and stuff) but still do people really want to hear that stuff? we wanted to have our kids close, but 19 mos apart still gave my body a decent break and i'm so excited to have two kids by 30. i think it will be great that haley still really doesn't know she's an only child and she'll just love having someone to play with. haley has just brought us so much joy and we are just so excited for another baby. after haley was 3 months old i was totally ready for another one, but needed to give my body a little break. and needed to give mike time to agree to another :)

oh and by the way - usually those people that ask that question are also the ones who say i'm getting huge or comments like that. it makes me feel oh so good about myself. but i love that we are blessed to be able to have children. yes i'm pregnant and i'm going to get HUGE. get over it and you don't need to tell me. i know - i know when i'm huge when i can't see my feet or when i swing wide i knock everything off the counter. ha ha. when i feel like i'm sitting super close to the steering wheel. it's like pointing out i have a huge zit on my nose. like i didn't notice it brushing my teeth this morning. come on. i see my belly growing.

ok there's my rant. i'll blame it on hormones.

belly laughs

ok so instead of putting all the details from babycenter.com for each week. i'll just stick to what size our little munchkin 2 is and maybe even my size. so right now we have a little avocado. we love avocados. most likely our baby is a little smaller than an average avocado. the odds are against the little baby - being asian and jewish :)

as for my belly - it's growing a bit more each day. not quite the size of a watermelon, but feels like it - ok maybe a cantaloupe. ok it's too hard to describe my tummy. let's just talk about the baby.

so people talk about the pregnancy brain - i just feel so scatterbrained when i'm pregnant. i can't focus. can you tell? i guess it's a good excuse to be a little out of it. plus for some reason my hormones get messed up and i don't sleep when i'm pregnant.

so when the baby comes - i feel like i'm getting more sleep than when i was pregnant.

these 16 wks have gone by fast. considering i missed 5 of them. but i'm sure it will start slowing down once i get bigger and more uncomfortable. right now i'm just happy i can still see my toes, shave my legs and cut my toenails. :) the best part of being pregnant - is feeling the hiccups, flutters and knowing all the joy that's coming.

haley makes me laugh almost every minute. and she laughs at my jokes. :)

16 wks

How your baby's growing: Get ready for a growth spurt. In the next few weeks, your baby will double it's weight and add inches to it's length. Right now, the baby is about the size of an avocado: 4 1/2 inches long (head to rump) and 3 1/2 ounces. The legs are much more developed, it's head is more erect than it has been, and their eyes have moved closer to the front of it's head. Your baby's ears are close to their final position, too. The patterning of the scalp has begun, though the locks aren't recognizable yet. It's even started growing toenails. And there's a lot happening inside as well. For example, the heart is now pumping about 25 quarts of blood each day, and this amount will continue to increase as your baby continues to develop.

baby cohen #2 -14 wks

first photo and hopefully not the last since haley has millions.

Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, it measures 3 1/2 inches - about the size of a lemon — and it weighs 1 1/2 ounces. The body's growing faster than it's head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, it's arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of their body.

We have been able to feel hiccups and some flutters already. It's a lot earlier than with Haley. And I'm still in my regular pants, but I am much more comfortable in some sweats. Who isn't though right.

So far feeling great. Not so tired as the first trimester and keeping up with our little runner.

Just had a doctor's appointment and the heartbeat is strong and doing well. Starting to do all the blood work.

Oh yea - we find out the sex in a little over a month. YAY. We can't wait.

congrats to annie, matt and their new baby nora! and congrats to 5 of my pregnant friends - it's nice to not go through this alone! always open to advice.

day 3

all haley pics will now be at haley's new site.

haley abigail cohen is home!!

haley was born fri the 13th at 5:35 pm. she was 6lbs 7 oz 18.75 inches. healthy and a full head of black hair.

more details and photos to come

going to the hospital

water broke this morning. on our way out the door to the hospital. after i grab a quick bite to eat. yay. we'll keep you posted!!!

39 wks

How your baby's growing:

Your baby's waiting to greet the world! She continues to build a layer of fat to help control her body temperature after birth, but it's likely she already measures about 20 inches and weighs a bit over 7 pounds. (Boys tend to be slightly heavier than girls.) The outer layers of her skin are sloughing off as new skin forms underneath.

Your baby's weight and height have probably increased only a little from last week (and your overstretched skin is probably grateful for that). But her brain is still developing rapidly (a pace that continues during the first three years of life), with changes you'll be able to recognize firsthand as your baby's skill-packed bag of tricks expands almost daily.

Heard that babies cry a lot? There's definitely truth to that rumor — as you'll find out soon enough (and usually during the middle of the night). But what you may not have heard is that tiny babies don't produce tiny tears when they cry, since their tear ducts aren't open for business yet. While you'll be consoling your crying baby right from the get-go, it won't be until sometime after the first month that you'll be wiping tears off those chubby cheeks.

Your baby's skin has now finally changed from pink to white (no matter how dark-skinned he or she will be eventually; pigmentation will occur soon following birth). That's because a thicker fat layer has been deposited over the blood vessels (making your baby's cheeks — both kinds — pinchably and kissably round).

no baby yet, BUT

any minute now. just found out i'm 4 cm dilated. for those who don't know what that means. it means we're close. you dilate to 10 cm to have the baby. everyone is different. some people start contractions and their water breaks at 1 cm. so i'm just a bit farther, but have no contractions yet. so once contractions start or my water breaks - we'll head to the hospital. pretty exciting.

so can't be shy now - at the doc's office she wasn't going to check if i was dilated, but i kind of was curious. so i asked. so she checked and she got all excited. it was cute. she peaked around my legs and belly with a big smile and thumbs up. said i was 4 cm dilated already and could go any minute. she was also excited because she is on call tonight. so that would be nice if we did go tonight. i like her a lot. and then she got her intern - she had never seen or felt someone that dilated so they got excited. they asked first - i was like - what the hell - go for it. they kept apologizing because it is uncomfortable, but i figured - this is going to be nothing compared to what's to come. so good practice. usually i get really embarrassed and hate that stuff - but i was just so excited and at this point i'm like - whoohoo - as long as they are happy and things are good - then do whatever you want. ha ha. it was like some scene out of a movie. i haven't seen knocked up yet, but this would be a good scene in one of those movies. :)

we'll keep you guys posted. we have a phone tree and email list ready. so be patient with mike - he'll try to let everyone know asap. :)

baby gadgets

ok i'm the dork who likes baby gadgets. we got this today. this seems like it might be good for us new parents. it's a little gadget that keeps track of when you last changed a diaper, how long ago you fed your baby and which side you ended on also keeps track of how long your baby has slept...pretty interesting. it also has alarms so it will wake me when it's time to feed. instead of keeping it in your head or writing it down - you have this little handy gadget. it's pretty cheap and might be worth it. we'll see. i'm thinking with lack of sleep and taking turns and grandparents, etc...this thing might help us keep on schedule, not waste diapers or time trying to figure out how long it's been since we changed diapers or fed our baby. it might be a waste of money too. but that's why i love registries. :)