went in 9 w 2 d, left 7 w 2 d

So we went in for the dating ultrasound and we measured at 7 weeks 2 days! Look at that sweet little one!

N-A-U-S-E-A!!!

I think I am 9 weeks and I want to start off by saying I am so grateful that I am not throwing up (although I have been close many times, you know the feeling that you need to stop and breathe in and out slowly and swallow?)

BUT the NAUSEA is killer! going grocery shopping makes me feel icky, eating food is a chore, and all throughout the day I just feel like I got off the Ocean Motion ride!

first ultra sound tomorrow!!

its been awhile....

so it has been awhile since I posted, but we have moved! I have been fighting this forever long cold thing, and we had our first doctor's appointment!

The appointment went well! We got to ask all of our questions and got everything done that we needed to (blood test for HIV and to test for CF) and have a dating ultrasound scheduled for monday the 27th! We will get to see the baby and see it's little heart beat. By then, they are guessing I am about 9 weeks (but that is the point of doing the u/s). Just to make sure that is about how far along we are because my cycles are varied.

The house is amazing and perfect we love it!! The furniture looks great and we are just trying to get settled for the most part; the kitchen is done and the bedroom, we just need to sort out the boxes in the spare bedroom and figure out what goes into the attic and what goes where...

So feelings right now: breasts still very tender, having to pee a lot, but nausea is the big one!

Taking the prenatal vitamin everyday and no throwing up (knock on wood-but I didn't think that was going to happen), but saltines are my best friend right now!

Goals: drinking enough water and making sure I get a balanced diet (trying to exercise, but my whole day is exercise with these kiddos!)

LAying low...

Laying low for now, fever went down, going to wait and see what happens when the tylenol wears off....

never thought...

I never thought this would be me, sick with a fever so early in pregnancy. My dreams of being pregnant were eating organic, using all naturals products without harmful or toxic chemicals, and taking amazing care of myself! Now here I am sick as a dog with a fever and mucus coming out of every hole in my face! I have a raspy cough and a fever again this AM because my last does of tylenol was last night at 10, so it didn't last me through the night and I woke up again this AM with the same 100.22 (used my BBT thermometer, packed everything else-LoL). So I repeated the bringing it down process... tylenol+A/C+drinking cold water. Now I have to wait until 8:30 to call the OB office and call all of my families I would see today for work, and just wait and hope that nothing is going to happen to my sweet little blueberry :(

Praying that everything will be fine! So much for lifting a FINGER this weekend! (we are moving and closing on our house tomorrow) just got to tell people where things go, I don't like being helpless, it is a sign of weakness and I do not like to be baby-ed (except by my hubby sometimes when I am sick) but not inconveniencing my entire group of family and friends that are coming to help. :(

YIKES!

so today when i got home i felt AWFUL! I drank some tea and still felt like crap... took a rest and then then took my temp! 100.2! I got so scared that something was going to happen to the baby! So i took a tylenol to reduce the fever, put an ice pack on my head, drank water, and turned on the A/C....I tried to call the my MW but they were closed and now the temp is down to 99.3! I am going to call the Ob/GYN tomorrow....just to check in.....

My nose is all stuffy, I'm hacking up very THICK green stuff, dry throat, hurts to swallow, dripping in my chest.

Pregnancy symptoms: nauseous, tired, bloated/gassy, have to pee A LOT!!

SICK SICK SICK

so I sound AWFUL! I cant stop coughing crap up and have lost most of my voice....

to top it off i am nauseous and gassy ! The pregnant stuff is taking a back seat to this horrible chest cold thing! At least it is taking my mind off the other stuff but it is DEFINITELY slowing me down. At least i got to sleep for most of the night last night!

2 days until closing and I think I am 7 weeks!

ode to being pregnant....

WELL....I started out mellow and now it seems it is all (minus throwing up---know on wood) hitting me at once! I drive and visit kids with special needs in their homes and provide therapies and having to pee 40958349583 times a day is a pain in the neck because finding a CLEAN place to pee while staying on schedule is NOT easy. Also I have had NO appetite lately and I was ALWAYS hungry before...now i wake up nauseous and don't want breakfast (but force it down anyway for the baby), take my prenatal vitamin, then usually it is fine on my tummy but not today! didn't want lunch and I ALWAYS want lunch!

To top it off i got hit with laryngitis and my throat is SOOOO dry and no matter how much i drink i sound like i chain smoker (raspy) and have dry coughs and can't swallow (just squeaks) AWESOME! Also the stupid swallow reflex kept me up all night because my body THOUGHT i needed to swallow but the dryness said NOpE! and therefore I watched ALL the hours of the clock go by! I am crampy (TRYING SO hard to drink water and stay hydrated, but i pee so darn much i dont see how that is possible!) MY breasts are still tender and i am EXHAUSTED from lask of sleep from last night....LoL so yeah kinda feel like crap lol! OH and we close on our new house in 3 days and move this weekend! LoL

I'm gonna go take a nap!

officially sick!

so its for sure! I am definitely sick! DIN'T SLEEP AT ALL LAST NIGHT! watched each hour tick by on the clock....think it is laryngitis? Voice box part of throat is SUPER sore and dry! Squeaks when i swallow and so DRY that my throat spasm-swallows during the night and i can't get into a deep sleep because i can't control my irritating swallowing and dryness in my throat! Today when i got up i took a shower and coughed up little tiny pea-sized green phlegm balls! (Awesome visual huh?) and today would only could to get the thich stuff up...weird! When i move fast (like running up the stairs at warp speed because i have to be for the 50th time today) my throat gets so dried out i gag or have to super swallow.....ugh WEIRD!

On another note I called the OB/GYN today to see if i could get an appointment any earlier and they had one on friday but it was at 1 and our walk through is at 1:15 and our closing is at 2 so that won't work :( But they did have the nurse call me back. I wanted to know about moving this weekend and what is too much to lift (she said 10-25lbs is the most) and if I could take cough syrup or medicine and she said you can.....(mostly, but i'm not sure I am going to...) and also I asked about the cramps that I keep having (dull ache like early or late in my period) and she said as long as they are no sharp, VERY painful, or getting worse AND accompanied by blood, we are okay. So that was helpful, although it would have been nice to have a pic to show to the rents on saturday! I told her if anything opens up to call me (fat chance lol)

Well that all for now, going to go try to get some rest (maybe take a nap?) and listen to TV.....

work week

SOOOO tired......zzzz losing my voice from my throat which i am now beginning to think is allergies? Breasts still super sore! and want to tell everybody so bad! I want to get it over with no more suspense! Also doctor visit is coming up in 7 days and our closing in 4! We are living in a sea of boxes and can't wait to get all 5 of us (my, hubby, little green bean, and the 2 girls(kitties)) into our new place!

Packing like crazy!

So my throat hurts, but not like open sores in my throat style hurting like swollen glands neck hurts and is achy kind of hurting! Bummer! This is what happens right before i get a really bad cold or a sinus infection---what do I do? hopefully it won't develop into anything let alone anything big! :(

last night

so last night my throat hurt (weird, hope i'm not getting sick) and I woke up to pee (like I always do a billion times a night) and when i stood up, had very bad heartburn/indigestion, but it went away when i laid back down....? Lucky I guess

Still little waves of crampiness here and there, but I have read that if i drink a lot of water that may go away? I didn't drink enough water before getting pregnant and I am trying to drink more! I think i get about a liter to a liter and a half per day....

Days until doctor visit #1: 9

My mood today...

almost the weekend...

so it's almost the weekend! We are partially living out of boxes and this weekend should be living out of cardboard completely. 8 days!

Still trying to get everything situated for telling the parents, want to get it over with so bad so they will know, but nervous about it at the same time, simply because of getting the house-it is so close! We both didn't think it would work so quickly :)

My symptoms are mellow: sore/bigger breasts, have to pee ALL THE TIME, tired, gassy/bloated, and a bit queazy at times...but nothing extraordinary! Already and easy going baby! :)

trying to plan how to tell the rents!

so hubby and i are trying to tell our parents about our little button...

We have decided we are going to do a bagel breakfast and give them each a gift of a book and in it will have what we want to call them and a note: "Grandma and Pop Pop, can't wait until you read this to me" Love, Baby W or something like that. We wanted to put a picture of the sonogram in there, but the first appointment is after we see them :(

6 weeks!

So today I made our first prenatal appointment! July 20th! We will be about 8 weeks then and it is moving weekend so the doc. appointment will be a nice break!

I'm feelin....

So an update on how I'm feeling, what we are doing, and super fun stuff that is going on right now! We are due 3/3/10 and are about 5 and a half weeks pregnant

Feelin:

* VERY sore and heavy feeling breasts, which I also think are getting bigger

* I get up to pee at least 1-2 times/night and/or early morning, also peeing SEVERAL times throughout the day

* still a little bit crampy every now and then, really trying to practice sleeping on my left side so that when it becomes necessary, it will have already become a habit...

*bloated and gassy! being all bloated makes my belly look a little puffy already!

Fun Stuff: (not in order)

* Planning (although slightly stressful at times)

* Brian wanted to go get a book about becoming a daddy which I think is just the sweetest thing

* Brian has been SO helpful and kind, caring about my and the baby's well-being, helping with food and what it okay or not

* Doing pregnancy tickers online

*Splathering myself in lotion to start early to avoid those awesome stretch marks! (which is slightly useless, but it can't hurt, makes them less itchy)

* Knowing there is a little life inside me that WE created-thinking of what he/she will look like, if it will be a boy or girl, blonde hair, blue or brown eyes. personality, etc

* Planning how to tell the parents

* We are in the middle of moving to our new house so planing which room will be the babies and what we want to put in it

What we are doing:

*Looking into Home Birth vs Hospital (Bri wants hospital and I want HB, but am about 50/50 right now, so a hospital is okay as long as they honor our wishes in our Birth Plan)

*Looking for prenatal care (midwife? Ob/Gyn?) Which one?

*Just got prenatal vitamins (I am hoping I can swallow those things!!)

*reading books! researching!

*saving (like we always do)

*packing for the move

*discussing budget (we can afford it, but what about me going back to work or starting my home childcare)

*eating super healthy

*Bri talks to my tummy and says goodnight and talks to the baby (so cute-I can't wait until he/she can actually hear him/us)

Well that is what I can think of right now! Cannot wait to meet you little bean!

pregnancy fun! Tickers!

Our baby....

BFP!!!!!

Cannot believe my eyes!! Baby W: EDD 3/3/10!!!!