Wow where to begin. Well I apologize for not updating lately, life has been kind of hectic.
Update #1: Brian's family now knows! The big news is officially out. We are starting to tell people at work and everything. Brian's family is incredibly excited for us, and couldn't be happier about having another grandchild coming soon. Everyone is guessing the sex and the name, but since we don't know the sex, and we aren't telling the names, we are keeping people in the dark once again.
Update #2: Gestationally we are in the 2nd trimester!!! The baby is fully formed! It has every organ, and everything it needs to be a little person. The second trimester consists of letting everything mature and continue to grow. The third trimester is mostly for adding fat before birth. We are so incredibly excited to have made it this far, it really feels like a dream.
Update #3: Well I broke down right before we went to Charlotte and invested in a couple of pairs of maternity pants. They must be the most comfortable pieces of clothing I have EVER owned. I keep asking myself why I didn't get some sooner, and I have to admit it was because I was afraid of something bad happening again. Well if the amount of morning sickness and exhaustion that I have had are any sign, this little one is doing just fine.
Update #4: We are looking forward to our NT Scan on Wednesday morning, we are certain everything will be wonderful. We are looking forward to seeing the little one again soon, and getting some beautiful pictures of him/or her.
As a side note, I just wanted to send my love to a fellow blogger and online friend, Schmoodle. She tragically lost her twins this week in her 23rd week due to a placental abruption. My heart really goes out to her, I was terribly heart broken for her when I heard. She is in my prayers.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
10w3d... First OB appointment.
Today was my first appointment with my OB office. It was.... ok. The first appointment at the practice I chose is always with the nurse practitioner. I DON'T like the nurse practitioner. I have a ton of things that I could go into with her... but I won't. I'll focus on the good parts of the visit. I have lost a somewhere between 3-8 pounds. I am going to get to change my prenatal vitamins, everything looks great with me.
Oh and we HEARD the heartbeat!!! It sounded just like a little train chugging along. It was wonderful and beautiful and amazing!!!!!!
As for the not great stuff, I had glucose in my urine sample, so between that and my current weight I have to do the one hour glucose test at my next appointment in one month. It is what it is...
Oh and we HEARD the heartbeat!!! It sounded just like a little train chugging along. It was wonderful and beautiful and amazing!!!!!!
As for the not great stuff, I had glucose in my urine sample, so between that and my current weight I have to do the one hour glucose test at my next appointment in one month. It is what it is...
Sunday, March 16, 2008
10w... My family knows!
Well one set of parents and siblings down, and one to go. I wish I had a better way to tell them, but we had invited them over last night for a big St. Patty's Day dinner, and we just told them. We had printed out copies of our ultrasound picture for them to have. They were so excited. My three sisters were so happy, and they were all coming up with little things that they could do for the nursery and for the baby. My Mom and Dad spent a good half hour trying to figure out what they should go by instead of Grandma and Grandpa, it was too cute.
Its funny because I am pretty sure Mom and Dad had an idea that we were pregnant. About a week after Brian and I found out, we saw them and my dad whispered to me that I was glowing, and later told my mom that I smelled different(very odd I know). He is pretty good about these things, and can pretty much tell whether someone is pregnant the moment it happens... its such a weird skill. Anyways, they have been nice enough to let us tell them on our own schedule after we knew everything was right with the little one.
Well we also called my brother and sister-in-law. They were happy for us, although I was kind of disappointed that they said that they knew what we were calling for because we never call them. Mind you we talk to them online quite often. Oh well I am not going to let it bother me. I also called my Grandma on my mom's side, and she was SOOOO excited for us. This will be her first great-grandchild, and she almost sounded giddy. While I was in Arizona last week I had told my other grandmother while I was visiting her in the hospital. She too was extra excited, and that is from a woman who is a great-great-grandmother three times over. This will be her 20th great-grandchild.
All in all it went really well, and we are looking forward to telling Brian's family this coming Friday when we go down there for Easter. We are so incredibly excited. We never got to tell them about the last one before we found out we were having a miscarriage, so it will be nice to surprise them with some awesome news.
Its funny because I am pretty sure Mom and Dad had an idea that we were pregnant. About a week after Brian and I found out, we saw them and my dad whispered to me that I was glowing, and later told my mom that I smelled different(very odd I know). He is pretty good about these things, and can pretty much tell whether someone is pregnant the moment it happens... its such a weird skill. Anyways, they have been nice enough to let us tell them on our own schedule after we knew everything was right with the little one.
Well we also called my brother and sister-in-law. They were happy for us, although I was kind of disappointed that they said that they knew what we were calling for because we never call them. Mind you we talk to them online quite often. Oh well I am not going to let it bother me. I also called my Grandma on my mom's side, and she was SOOOO excited for us. This will be her first great-grandchild, and she almost sounded giddy. While I was in Arizona last week I had told my other grandmother while I was visiting her in the hospital. She too was extra excited, and that is from a woman who is a great-great-grandmother three times over. This will be her 20th great-grandchild.
All in all it went really well, and we are looking forward to telling Brian's family this coming Friday when we go down there for Easter. We are so incredibly excited. We never got to tell them about the last one before we found out we were having a miscarriage, so it will be nice to surprise them with some awesome news.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
9w3d.... Baby's first business trip!
Well I am back from a business trip to Arizona. Lets just say it ended better than it started.
I have had a business trip scheduled for about a month for work. I didn't want to change any of my plans because I didn't want anyone at work to know. So I went...
Brian and I had tickets for Celtic Woman last Saturday night. Since the concert was so late, and I had an early morning flight on Sunday(not considering the time change), I took two naps during the day on Saturday. We thought that this would help me get through the concert, and make it through the early morning. Well we had a blast at the concert, and I came home and went straight to bed. The next morning we got up, and I was not feeling well at all, bad bad morning sickness. Well I made it through the drive to the airport, and still felt pretty sick. And after I got through security, I went to my gate, and then I had to go straight to the bathroom to throw up.... twice... ugh it was terrible. Well then I made it through my two flights on ginger ale and attempted sleep. I was still feeling ill by the time I got to Tucson. Well I tried to eat again... and promptly lost everything... for the entire day. I was in bad shape.... and all by myself. Well I decided to try to go to bed early to sleep off the sick and hopefully feel better in the morning. I slept 11.5 hours... and felt a little better...
Well I didn't throw up again the whole trip... but did feel queasy a few of the days. I came home today, and survived the flights. Its so good to be home...
I think I have lost several pounds between throwing up and having no desire to eat. I forgot to bring my prenatals with me on the trip, so I have missed three nights of them, but I'll start on them again tonight.
I have had a business trip scheduled for about a month for work. I didn't want to change any of my plans because I didn't want anyone at work to know. So I went...
Brian and I had tickets for Celtic Woman last Saturday night. Since the concert was so late, and I had an early morning flight on Sunday(not considering the time change), I took two naps during the day on Saturday. We thought that this would help me get through the concert, and make it through the early morning. Well we had a blast at the concert, and I came home and went straight to bed. The next morning we got up, and I was not feeling well at all, bad bad morning sickness. Well I made it through the drive to the airport, and still felt pretty sick. And after I got through security, I went to my gate, and then I had to go straight to the bathroom to throw up.... twice... ugh it was terrible. Well then I made it through my two flights on ginger ale and attempted sleep. I was still feeling ill by the time I got to Tucson. Well I tried to eat again... and promptly lost everything... for the entire day. I was in bad shape.... and all by myself. Well I decided to try to go to bed early to sleep off the sick and hopefully feel better in the morning. I slept 11.5 hours... and felt a little better...
Well I didn't throw up again the whole trip... but did feel queasy a few of the days. I came home today, and survived the flights. Its so good to be home...
I think I have lost several pounds between throwing up and having no desire to eat. I forgot to bring my prenatals with me on the trip, so I have missed three nights of them, but I'll start on them again tonight.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
8w4d... GRADUATION!!!!
We went to our very last fertility specialist appointment today, kind of bitter sweet since we have come to love everyone in that office. However, we wouldn't have been released if everything wasn't perfect with our little one.
We had our second ultrasound today, and that baby is so incredibly beautiful. Its amazing how much changes in just two weeks. We actually saw the little one wave its arms at us and move its head! The heartbeat was a very strong 178 beats per minute, which is absolutely wonderful. The little one measured exactly 8w4d, exactly where we expected it to be. Here are some pictures, you can easily see the head, body and arms and legs. The round circle is what is left of the yolk sac, it should be gone within the next week, and the placenta should take over completely.
When we left we got to finally make our first appointment with our OB's office. We will be seeing the nurse practitioner on March 19th, and then seeing one of eight other OB's on a rotating basis for each subsequent visit.
We were also given a referral for an NT scan for between 11-14 weeks. An NT scan is a very detailed ultrasound where they measure many things on the baby, to determine the risk for many possible genetic abnormalities. We scheduled that for April 2, we will be over 12 weeks at that point, and the baby will be much bigger at that time.
All in all it was a great appointment, and nothing but great news! As a thank you for the office, we brought in a box of muffins and cookies and a thank you note. They loved it! We have really become so close with them over the last 8-9 months, it was a little surreal knowing that we wouldn't see them again till we were showing off our little one in October.
Now we have to tell the families.... :-)
We are telling my parents at dinner on March 15th when they come over to our house to celebrate St. Patrick's day, and we are telling Brian's family while we are down in Charlotte for Easter. If anyone has a great idea for how we should tell them, leave me a comment or send me an email, we want to make this good.
Love to all!
We had our second ultrasound today, and that baby is so incredibly beautiful. Its amazing how much changes in just two weeks. We actually saw the little one wave its arms at us and move its head! The heartbeat was a very strong 178 beats per minute, which is absolutely wonderful. The little one measured exactly 8w4d, exactly where we expected it to be. Here are some pictures, you can easily see the head, body and arms and legs. The round circle is what is left of the yolk sac, it should be gone within the next week, and the placenta should take over completely.
When we left we got to finally make our first appointment with our OB's office. We will be seeing the nurse practitioner on March 19th, and then seeing one of eight other OB's on a rotating basis for each subsequent visit.
We were also given a referral for an NT scan for between 11-14 weeks. An NT scan is a very detailed ultrasound where they measure many things on the baby, to determine the risk for many possible genetic abnormalities. We scheduled that for April 2, we will be over 12 weeks at that point, and the baby will be much bigger at that time.
All in all it was a great appointment, and nothing but great news! As a thank you for the office, we brought in a box of muffins and cookies and a thank you note. They loved it! We have really become so close with them over the last 8-9 months, it was a little surreal knowing that we wouldn't see them again till we were showing off our little one in October.
Now we have to tell the families.... :-)
We are telling my parents at dinner on March 15th when they come over to our house to celebrate St. Patrick's day, and we are telling Brian's family while we are down in Charlotte for Easter. If anyone has a great idea for how we should tell them, leave me a comment or send me an email, we want to make this good.
Love to all!
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