Appointment #2

So, almost 1 year ago, when at our second OBGYN appointment, we left in tears because they were never able to find the heartbeat on the doppler. This time, we left in tears because we DID get to hear the heartbeat on the doppler!!!! It was the most beautiful sound I have ever heard in my life. In one second, my heart went from being 100% nervous about having another miscarriage, to being 100% sure that this baby is here for good and that come April, we will be meeting him/her! The heart was beating between 130 and 140 beats per minutes, which she said was perfect! Also, the baby was squirming all over the place and she could only keep the heartbeat for about 10-20 seconds at a time. Then it would move away. But she was able, at one point, to get my heartbeat at the same time as the baby's, and it was so neat to hear the comparison between the two! When the baby kept moving away, she said "Well you have a little trouble maker! He doesn't want to sit still for us!" And I said, "Actually, he's cooperating just perfectly because he let us hear his heartbeat! And that's all I wanted!" Anyway, then she did the full physical (pap smear, breast exam, etc.) That was... fun! Ha! Then she gave us a big bag of stuff! Free magazines and books and coupons and stuff. We received he same bag of stuff last time, but she wanted us to have a new one cause it had newer magazines and updated coupons. Then she gave Jeff a "dad'' diaper bag. Basically, a diaper bag that isn't feminine. It's like a backpack diaper bag. Pretty cool! He was quite thrilled really because it's MUCH less feminine than the Vera Bradley Diaper Bag we have :) So, our next appointments are October 27th - just a typical appointment. Then on November 24th (the Tuesday before Thanksgiving) we get to find out the gender!!!! WOOHOO!!!

Week 10

Sunday, September 13, 2009 marked the first day of our 10th week. That also marked the day that my nausea began subsiding! This, my friends, was a GLORIOUS day! Since Sunday, I have only had to use my nausea meds once, and I have gained 2 pounds back of the 10 I had lost! It's been a good week :)

Today I had Hot & Sour Soup for lunch and I'll tell you what... it tasted better than anything I have eaten for a couple months now! So, folks, this may be my craving... for right now anyway! Every time I think of Hot & Sour Soup my mouth starts to water like crazy! Mmmm... I want some so bad!!!!

On another note, Jeff is sick :( He woke up this morning with a sore throat. I'm just hoping it goes away fast and I don't get it! If he feels worse tomorrow I may have him go to the doctor just so there's less chance that I get it! The last thing I want is to be sick AND pregnant! 

Less than 2 weeks now until our next appointment! Woohoo! It's on Tuesday, September 29th, at 11:10am. I know I will have nothing but great news to report that day :) 

Baby Belly

Right now our baby is about the size of a large raspberry, and is growing very fast! However, my uterus is the size of a large grapefruit, and I think I see it poking my belly out a little! This is very exciting :) I noticed it the other morning and so did Jeff, so I know it's not just me wishing things! I was wondering why my pants were getting tighter when I have lost 5 pounds since I found out I was pregnant! Pants that fit just fine when I was 5 pounds heaver, now cannot be buttoned! So obviously, it's the baby! I haven't taken any belly photos yet, but probably will soon. 

I will be 9 weeks along tomorrow... wow! Time sure does fly when you're having fun! (if you call all this nausea fun) ;) But really... can you believe it has been 5 weeks TODAY since we first found out we were pregnant again?!?!?! FIVE WEEKS ALREADY!!! WOW! So I am thinking the next 31 weeks is going to REALLY fly by because there is SO much to look forward to! 

In 3 weeks we have our next OBGYN appointment (Sept. 29th)

In 7-8 weeks we can find out the sex of the baby already!

Then, after that, we will be sooo busy planning the nursery and baby showers and registries and all that fun stuff!!! So exciting :)

First Ultrasound

(Sorry the image is awful, but I took a picture of a picture with my cell phone. I will post the actual picture once I scan it into the computer)

We had our first ultrasound and OB appointment yesterday, August 18, 2009. After waiting for 45 minutes to see the ultrasound tech, we finally got to go back! The nurse told me that she was going to check some other things first and then we would look for the baby. I didn't want to look at the screen because the last time we had an ultrasound (back in November) they never found a baby - only blood clots that used to be a baby...

So, I just stared straight at the ceiling... praying... praying... Finally, after what seemed like forever, but what was really about 1 or 2 minutes, the nurse said, "There it is!" And Jeff says, "OH MY GOSH HONEY! LOOK!!!" And there it was... our precious little baby's heart just beating away! I immediately started bawling! I don't think I have ever been so happy in my life! The tech printed out a picture for us and left the room. I held our baby's first picture in my hand and sobbed for a couple of minutes, unable to believe that this was really a little precious life growing inside of me. A life that will soon be a baby that we can hold in our arms...

Then we got to go back out into the waiting room to wait to see the doctor... we waited for an hour in the waiting room! We were then taken back into a room where they took my blood pressure. It was 138/80 - a little high on the top number, but she said if I was nervous that could affect that. So then we were told that the doctor was running late from labor and delivery, and that she would see us as soon as she got here. So, we waited... another HOUR!!!! Finally she came! She went over a bunch of things with us. She told us that the baby measured right on target for an April 11, 2010 due date! She also prescribed me 2 medications (Zofran for the day and Fenagrin - not sure how to spell it - for the night) for my never-ending nausea. She told me to take the Zofran with vitamin B6 supplement as well during the day.

After that we went to the pharmacy to fill the prescriptions. Oh... and they have one of those free blood pressure checkers, so I took my blood pressure to see if it had gone down, and it was 102/70. So I thought that was MUCH better! Anyway, we got the prescriptions filled and so far they are working miracles!!!!

What an amazing day that will never be forgotten.......

Feeling Anxious

This Tuesday, August 18th, is our first Ultrasound. Although I am feeling 100% confident about this pregnancy (due to being in bed all day talking myself out of actually throwing up...) I am still feeling anxious about the ultrasound. So, for now, all I ask if for prayers that Tuesday we see a heartbeat and all is well with our little one.

Pregnancy Scrapbook

I started working on my pregnancy scrapbook today. I am really big into scrapbooking, so I am very excited to FINALLY get to do this one! I started off with the title page. It's called, "Nine Months of Love" - and of course the "o" in "love" is a heart - cheesy, I know. lol. Then I have a page of pregnancy test pictures and the picture of Jeff and I with the pregnancy test right after we found out - yes, I purposely took these pictures so I could scrapbook them! Then I put "oh baby!" through the middle of the pictures. The next page is an hCG level chart and where my levels fit on that chart - this may sound dumb to some people, but this is a very important part of the pregnancy for me because of my previous miscarriage. Then I have a page with a picture of the first thing we bought the baby, along with the tag off the outfit. Next is a page of a printout of a Chinese Gender Predictor Chart - just to have something fun on there :) It says it's a boy, so I put, "Is it a.... BOY?" on the sides of it and then wrote up a little thing about the Chinese charts. 

So far I'm having a lot of fun with it :) 

I also want to do a page in April of things like bread, gas, egg, etc. prices so I can look back years from now and say, "wow! that would be nice again!" lol. I also want to do a page with a picture of the house we live in and the cars we drive and the animals we have so we can remember that part of this time too. Lots of ideas... can't wait to put them on paper! And of course... I couldn't have done ANY of this without the Cricut that my AMAZING family got me for Christmas :)

Second Round of Bloodwork Test Results

My first round of test results came back at 403 - very good! The second round came back today at 785 - very good still! The doctor said the numbers should nearly double every 48 hours. And they did just that :)