16 posts tagged “pregnancy”

I can feel the baby! It is awesome. Just little quivers for now but it is enough to make me smile.

Still feeling morning sick. Still exhausted.

I'm ready for bed at about 6pm...which is pathetic.

I'm excited about the next two weeks in Nevada and California. It's amazing to think by the time I get back I'll be 17 weeks and just about ready to find the sex of the baby. Which means we're 1/2 way through the pregnancy. I cannot believe how fast it is all going. I cannot wait to hold the little one in my arms :)

We had our first scare two days ago. I was about to go to bed when I realized I was spotting. It took me 2.5 seconds to freak out and think of all the bad things that could be happening. I called the doctor early the next morning and they got me in right away. That's what happens when there is a huge snow storm and no one wants to leave their house. They cancel all appointments and let us crazy people come in right away :) I was thankful.

We got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the 2nd time in two days. LOL. It made me feel good. Doc wasn't worried at all. Looks like it was just my baby growing and pushing stuff around in my insides. Awesome.

Nathan is sick. They didn't call us to come and get him but they wouldn't let him play with any of the other kids. He had to sit in another room my himself and read books. To me that seems a little harsh. If it's not bad enough for us to come and get him, why make him feel like a freak? Not to happy about it. He's going to stay home with me tomorrow for a while and then go stay with grandma so I can go to work. It is so hard to be a mom and work full time. Sometimes, like when my kid (soon kids) are sick I just want to be able to stay home and take care of them.

We're supposed to be getting a blizzard this evening. 6-18 inches which is a pretty wide range. I love how weather people can be that vague and still get paid. It's like me saying "we will get between 100 and 10,000 units out today" Just isn't acceptable that way is it? However, I guess that's why they get paid the big bucks...and I do not.

Today we heard the baby's heartbeat for the first time. We are at 13 weeks and SO EXCITED. Hearing the heartbeat always makes it that much more real. I started crying and I could tell Mike was 100x more relieved now that we could hear it. Best sound ever.

Well, here is to the blizzard. We shall see how bad it actually gets. Hopefully not to bad and people show up to work tomorrow.

One more week and I'm out of the first trimester! I'm very excited about that. Things are supposed to calm down once you hit that part and then we just deal with all the growing pains till the last semester when you've grown as big of a house. LOL.

I'm still feeling sick. Last night was horrible. It might have been more than just the baby...some sort of food poisioning perhaps? I'm not sure but I was asleep by 9pm after being sick for hours and hours. This morning was a little better but still feeling weak and dealing with nausea.

Things are moving around inside. I can feel my stomach expanding and things moving around in my abs. My pants that aren't maternity are starting to get tight and my shirts are starting to get too short. I'm glad we went shopping for clothes when we did.

I'm enjoying my 4 days off very much. I really needed some days to destress and work on the house. If I felt better I'd be doing more but It will get there. Mike is redoing the floor in the living room tomorrow with the new wood flooring we bought on Black Friday. GREAT DEAL. New floor for our whole living room for just $200. Awesome. He's going to do that so I'm making sure the livingroom is ready for him. Lots of laundry today too. We have so many clothes. We need to go through them and give some to good will.

Next Dr. appt. is December 8th. I'm excited to hear the heartbeat and learn more about how our little one is growing.

Ugh...still sick pretty much morning, noon, and night. I'm feeling like it is getting better but then I'm running to the bathroom all over again. Much of my research has been when this will end, even though with Nathan it never did. I'm praying for a normal time period when 12 weeks comes and we stop with the throwing up. I'm over it.

We told Nathan last night that we we're going to have another baby. We were going to wait till after 10 weeks but last night - out of nowhere - the kid says "Mommy, do you have a baby in your tummy?" When Mike and I wouldn't answer him he started screaming it. MOMMY, DO YOU HAVE A BABY IN YOUR TUMMY?!!?!!

When we decided to sit him down and tell him the truth that yes there was a baby in my tummy he immediately said I'M GOING TO HAVE A BABY SISTER! LOL. I explained we don't really know what they baby will be yet. He said he wants a brother but keeps calling the baby a she. Mike keeps correcting him saying he. I giggle. I showed him pictures of what the baby would look like in my belly at just 8 weeks. He asked if we were growing an ant. I told him no and then he said it looked like a baby chicken. What exactly is he learning in preschool anyways?

He's really excited and when he remembers about it he's all smiles and giggles. I think once baby Caleb gets here for "Christmas" next week with Mike's family then it will sink in that we're going to have a baby at our house too!

I do not remember being this sick with Nathan. I remember "morning" sickness all day long but not as strong or as ALL DAY as this is. Basically from the time I wake up to the time I sleep I have to move very cautiously to not puke on people. Sometimes I think "wow, it has been a whole hour since I threw up!" Those are very exciting times. Then, minutes later, I'm back in the bathroom. Weird part is, even talking a lot starts it up. I have been trying to keep quiet so that I don't gag as much. It's pretty funny.

I actually had someone tell me the other day "You look like shit". This person knows that I'm pregnant. I wanted to flip her off and say some nasty things but I pulled off a laugh and told her "Thanks" in a very sarcastic tone. Sometimes I can't believe what people will say.

I'm currently watching a show that is scaring the crap out of me. It's about morbidly obese women who are pregnant. Now, I'm not 300 pounds or nothing but significantly overweight for sure. I've taken a lot of precautions in these first weeks to eat healthy and keep fit (as much as possible when you're heaving all over the place and can't seem to move faster than a snail 90 percent of the time) but it still all scares me. I just really want a healthy pregnancy. I should not be watching shows like this. They're not good for my mental health.

Ready for the week to be over. I just want to sleep for a few weeks :) Hopefully this beginning stuff ends in a few weeks and the more fun part of pregnancy can start :)

Week 6-10 is a critical point in this pregnancy for me. After week 10 I'll feel a little better about breathing easy. Too bad that's a whole month away. It's going to be a lot of anxiety.

I'm still feeling sick in the morning and at night - good sign. Tonight I'm feeling a little cramping, normal, and I'm EXHAUSTED. I could have gone to bed the second I got home if it had been alright with Mike. It wasn't. Dinner to be made and then dishes to be washed. Laundry to do...blah blah blah. Someday I'm going to need a break more than I do now so I'll cash those freebees in later.

Work has been very hard to get through. I have about 3 hours of energy which kicks in from 9-12. Too bad one of those hours is lunch!

I cannot even begin to explain how far behind I am in school right. Let's just say I'll be spending the next 4 weeks making up for my lack of motivation this week. Dang hormones! Seriously dragging my butt behind me after work.

Speaking of work...that place is insane.

I need some sleep.

Yes. Mike and I went out for a lovely anniversary dinner at Outback this evening. We decided to go shoping afterwards and had a lovely time discussing baby names and playing around. We went and picked up Nathan and came home.

Well, I suppose all the commotion decided to set some motion to my tummy. I lost my Outback, outback while taking Molly out to go potty.

At least I don't have to worry about those calories right??? So sick and wrong.

I got a call from the doctor today who said my progesterone is low. Apparently, you take progesterone if your period doesn't show up. It does something to the lining of the Uterus. This is the same hormone they suggested I take if we didn't get pregnant in a years time. They did tests before I was pregnant and my levels were fine. Now they're low, which can cause miscarriage. Seeing as I have a history with those they put me on progesterone pills. This is where I realize how much insurance is awesome. Over $100 for one month of these pills! My co-pay was $30 which is pretty high for WalMart pharmacy. What happened to the $4 copay??? I guess not this time huh? Boo.

I only need to take them until I'm 10 weeks so that is nice. I really hate the idea of taking hormones.

It's funny how my hormones can be low. I'm gagging and vomiting like crazy, crying over everything, and angry over nothing. You'd think my hormones would be sky high. I guess not this important one. Again. Boo.

Welp. At least we're doing something about it and not just chancing a miscarriage. Hopefully nothing bad happens. I feel very positive about this pregnancy and I couldn't really handle losing the baby again.