24 weeks

Today I am 24 weeks and 6 days pregnant. Baby Piki is the size of a cantaloupe and his skin is getting less opaque and more pink. We've also reached viability which is a big goal every pregnancy. While I need him baking as long as possible if he were to come into the world right now he would have anywhere from a 39-70% chance of survival depending on what website you look it up. It always makes me feel 100x's better seeing that statistic.


So what happened this past week? Here not very much. The main thing that I was working towards on Sunday where I was accepted into the Episcopal Church. Originally I was brought up in the Catholic Church, but I realized it just wasn't the right place for me to be in. Especially with this surrogacy journey i'm on i've become to feel more uncomfortable with attending because to them what i'm doing is wrong. Thankfully I am now in a Church that I not only feel comfortable in but just fully feels right.


Like most of the US and possibly the world i've also felt pretty upset over what happened in Newtown CT. As much as i've tried to just ignore the coverage and not focus on it it's hard not to. I guess it may have to do with now being a parent and realizing just how lucky I am to have two girls that I can cuddle,play,feed, and tuck in at night while 20 parents are not having that opportunity right now. While i'm not even sure who really reads this blog I ask that anyone who gets to this post tonight to just hug your loved ones and keep those families in your thoughts.

23 weeks

This week baby piki is the size of a grapefruit. He can now hear noises and voices and listens to my heartbeat. He's probably hearing a lot of screeching from my girls since starting this week began a phase of constantly yelling and having temper tantrums. The terrible two's is now in full force with D. On the 9th we had D's 2nd birthday party. I honestly couldn't think of a good theme so since there was a game we choose a Saints one. Unfortunately they lost to the Giants, but we had good food and cake! She also got a baby that was fought over with her sister. I ended up going to Walmart the next day and buying the same baby just so they would each have one.

22 weeks

This week baby Piki is the size of a papaya. He now is looking more like a newborn and has started a sleep cycle throughout the day. Everytime I would lay down I would be able to feel him moving around in there.

I had my 20 week ultrasound this week and again he was absolutely perfect. He was measuring for the most part a week ahead and moving around like crazy. Unfortunately I found out I have partial placenta previa (a low lying placenta) so it's something that is going to have to be monitored later on. The doctor who did the ultrasound wasn't too worried and said it would correct itself.

Here is one of the pictures of his sweet little face.

21 weeks

This week baby piki is the size of a pomegranate (and to be honest, I had no idea that's what one looked like). He's gulping amniotic fluid and is tasting what i'm eating. Like my last pregnancy I have a bit of a sweet tooth so he's enjoyed a cookie or two.


I've been so busy so I have to try to remember what happened this week. Thanksgiving was this week and instead of spending that Thursday with family we hung out at home. I did this 2 years ago when I was pregnant with Darcy and it was just so much fun. The next day I did some Christmas shopping and we set up our tree.