sigh of relief

Hi, baby! I'm going to finally make this blog public today and I'm very excited.



We went to the doctor today for some tests/screening and so far, everything looks normal. They took some blood and some measurements of you and will have the results back to us within a week. We finally got some pictures of you that we got to bring home! It's a wonderful picture of your profile and another showing how long you are. You're right on target with where you need to be and we couldn't be happier. You were very calm, complete opposite of your sister at her 12 week sonogram. You were swallowing a lot and waved to us a couple of times and your heart rate was at 157. Daddy told me afterward that he thought we needed to come up with some boy names to discuss...we'll see. Our sweet neighbor across the street is a labor/delivery nurse and said she would tell us what sex you are at 16 weeks! Dr. Irvin told us today that usually moms feel their second baby move a couple of weeks before they do with their first baby. I hope that's the case with me. I can't wait! I'm not showing, although I didn't show with Ava until 6 months, and I haven't gained any weight yet (actually I think I may be down some pounds at this point). I actually really like my maternity clothes and I like having a baby showing in the belly so get to growing!



Well you keep growing good in Mommy's belly! I love you, baby!

continuation...

...I took a week break from that last post so here's the continuation.

Wade met me at Dr. Irvin's office and the second I got there, I started to cry and I couldn't stop! I ended up seeing Kimberly, Dr. Irvin's nurse practitioner. She decided to do a quick ultrasound just to make sure everything was okay. She's new to the office so she hadn't quite mastered the ultrasound machine. But she was able to show us the heart beat and that was good enough for us! The next day, the nausea returned but that's all that came back. Now it's been 2 weeks since that incident and I'm feeling good for the most part. I'm still tired and I do get bouts of nausea in the evenings but I don't complain.

The weather is starting to turn hot (finally) and I'm ready for a tan! We have a busy weekend planned- 3 birthday parties on Saturday, although we're only going to be able to attend 2 but I'll drop the gift off at the 3rd party. I'm looking forward to a relaxing weekend. I've had such a busy week at work- but I like it because it makes the days go by fast. I was actually afraid that this week would drag because we have an ultrasound scheduled on Monday to see you and I'm anxious for it to get here. We're doing what is called a "first screen" sonogram to make sure you are growing okay. Hopefully we'll get a picture of you to take home!!!

My office started a weight loss competition 2 weeks ago and I'm currently involved in that competition. We're split up into teams and every week, we weigh in. So far, I've actually lost like 3 pounds. Not on purpose, believe me, but I think the evening nausea has contributed to the loss. Anyway, I'll tell my office next week about you after we make sure everything is okay with your sonogram. I think I'll tell them I've been disqualified from the competition because I have a bun in the oven and that it isn't recommended that pregnant people purposely try to lose weight. I think they'll be excited. When we started this competition, we had more people on one team (conveniently I'm the extra person on one team) because I knew I would have to drop out. I'll still weigh in and try to eat as healthy as possible. But right now, I'm craving sour candy (Sour Patch Kids, Sour Straws) and cheeseburgers. I'm really only acting on the sour candy because the guilt would kill me for the cheeseburgers.

Anyway, we're trucking along and I'm very happy. I can't wait to see you on Monday so you keep growing good in Mommy's belly!

a little scare

So much has happened since my last post a week ago. So on Tuesday, April 7th, I was feeling great- no nausea, the tenderness in my breasts went away, and my skin finally started to clear up. Paige and I went to the Papa Roach, Avenged Sevenfold, and Buckcherry concert! I was totally excited! The facility was supposed to be "smoke-free" but once the lights dimmed, everybody and their dog lit up! It was awful!!! I drank a lot of water to try to flush the toxins from my system. When I got home at midnight, I had to shower because the stink was SO bad! I hate that smell! The concert was great though- my favorite was Papa Roach. Wednesday, I felt great again! Thursday, another great day but since none of my pregnancy symptoms had returned yet, I started to panic. REALLY PANIC! I called Dr. Irvin's office and scheduled an appointment for when I got off work...

Misery with food!!!

Eating is a nightmare right now. Nothing sounds good so I don't want to eat. But I have to eat so I'm forced to try to enjoy something. Then after I force that meal upon myself, I'm miserably full!!! Today I had a bowl of cereal for breakfast then I went back to bed after Daddy took Ava to school. After my nap, my stomach felt so empty so I ate most of a Zone Bar. For lunch, I ate leftovers from last night- shredded roast beef on a roll with mustard blend. For dessert I had some strawberries with some low-fat Cool Whip. Now I'm so full I feel like I'm going to bust!!!

The nausea is SO bad this pregnancy!!! Daddy got me some ginger ale yesterday and that has seemed to help better than anything so far. So I brought 2 cans of it to work today, just in case.

Today we are 9 weeks. 3 more weeks until we get to see you for our ultrasound! I'm so excited!!! After I make sure you're healthy and growing, I'll formally announce our pregnancy! Mommy loves you!