Slacking on Updates...

Thanks Courtney for showing your concern- and getting me to update!  When I'm working 12 hour shifts, I'm in no mood to update afterwards!  We also went to Pittsburgh over the weekend so I haven't been at a computer either... I am technically 9 wks and 5 days today!

Ultrasound this past Friday looked good!  Baby still had a heartbeat.  Appointment took forever.  We got there at the usual- 7:15 and didn't get seen until almost 9am!  Right after the appointment we drove to Pittsburgh where hubby's dad lives.  We hung out with him and took the puppy to this AWESOME dog park called Misty Pines Dog Park.  Sidney was having so much fun there, that she literally started crying (well, whining/whimpering) when it was time to go.  Before we left, we told my hubby's dad the good news.  He was excited for us.  Since all our parents know we are going through infertility treatments and when we've been doing them, I guess they were kind of expecting it.  Plus- I  CAN NOT hide my boobs anymore.  They are a dead giveaway.

I had my first OB appointment on Monday- it was just a 2hr get my history appointment and explain how all this was going to work.  Apparently appointments every 4 weeks for the first 28wks and then every two weeks, and the closer you get- then every week.  When the nurse midwife came in, I don't think she had exactly read that I had just had an ultrasound three days previously, so she preformed one at the last minute.  It took her forever to find the baby (my bladder was full) and she hadn't done ultrasounds in a while since they have an ultrasound tech that does them for her.  My appointment was just so late that everyone had left.... But finally she found little Baby and the heart was beating away and she said everything looked good.  I am scheduled for a detailed "first ultrasound" next Tuesday and then my next appointment with the actual doctor is September 23.  I'm thinking about doing the NT scan if my insurance covers it- just so we can see the baby again.  I really want to get an ultrasound everyday- and have been tempted to walk over to L&D and beg them for an ultrasound while I'm working.... am I crazy???? (I know I ask that a lot).

I still haven't had a whole lot of symptoms.  I have been getting bad migraines- but I feel like they are mostly related to being at work- but they will last over a day (I will probably post about how bad work is getting on another day- just to vent).  I know I say I haven't had a whole lot of symptoms a lot- which some people probably think is great- but it just makes me very nervous.  Everytime I don't have food aversions or I am not hungry- I freak out.  Last night I didn't get up to pee in the middle of the night and today I'm not as hungry. I'm pretty sure I'm reading too much into everything.  I don't know.  I have been thinking about getting a Doppler (or renting one) after this ultrasound, just to ease my mind.  I know that the farther I get along, the less likely it is, but I am NOT lucky!  Any suggestions on the no symptoms/ possibly renting/buying a Doppler?  I'll just feel so much better after I reach the second trimester. Almost there... Keep growing little baby!

Hubby and I leave for Nashville tomorrow. That is where I grew up and my grandparents still live there.  We are celebrating my grandfather's 80th birthday on Saturday and having a mini-family reunion.  I think once my brother and sisters see me, they are going to know something is going on.  Like I have said- I can't hide these boobs.  I'm up like two cup sizes- and for someone who had a flat stomach (that isn't flat anymore) and always wore fitted tshirts- I don't have ANY shirts that fit good anymore (or at least that I feel comfortable in- I'm my biggest critic).  I have been wearing loose fitting sundresses- which will be good in the 100 degree Tennessee heat- but will definitely give it away.  I want one more ultrasound before we go!  I just want to make sure before the rest of my family finds out!  My husband jokes with the doc and says I would get an ultrasound everyday if I could- which is totally true.  Something is wrong with me....

Anyways- I guess that is it- I will post some "fun" not boring you with my stress related pregnancy that I'm sure no one likes to hear me complain about soon- and lots of pictures.... since I am obsessed with pictures... and my dog.  :)

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Here is a pic of little one!  I'm 9 weeks (it was from this past Friday)

am i crazy?

So over the last couple days- I thought my symptoms were getting worse- more gagging and definitely more food aversions. I was hungry constantly- if I didn't eat every few hours I thought I was going to pass out or throw up.

But then last night I came home from work with a horrible migraine. I wasn't even a little bit hungry. The thought of food made me want to vomit. I took two tylenol pm and went to bed.... without dinner. I thought I was going to wake up in the middle of the night or early this morning starving... but I didn't. I woke up this morning- dare say it- normal? No food aversions no nausea... just not very hungry.

I dunno. Maybe I an overanalyzing everything too much. My husband tells me to stop stressing. I know there is nothing I can do to change anything that happens, but its just so hard. I want this little baby so bad.

This is going to be a long day. Ultrasound tomorrow. Should be nine weeks....

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Still not a lot of symptoms...

Gosh- I don't think I'm ever going to stop stressing... at least for a few more weeks. Today I am a little over 8 weeks. I still don't have any morning sickness. I know some of you may think I am lucky but it makes me very nervous... I have read that your chances of miscarriage are higher when you don't have morning sickness. I don't feel pregnant.... just fat. Hardly any of my clothes fit me anymore. But that could be because my boobs have grown about two cup sizes. I went from a hardly a B to a very full C. It definitely makes the hubby happy. I do have the ocasional food aversions and at times a heightened gag reflex especially when I haven't eaten. Occasionally some crampy feelings and pressure (bloating?) in the pooch area. Not really anything else.

On saturday I got sick with a sinus thing. That hasn't helped anything. There isn't much you can do- and what you can take are so limited when you are pregnant- so I am stuck with tylenol pm to help me sleep and tissues by my side throughout the day...

I dunno. Soo nervous. Next ultrasound is Friday. Keep praying that this baby is part of the Lord's plan for us and we'll see that little heartbeat flickering away.

I hope all ya'll had a better weekend than me!

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bleeding and an extra ultrasound...

So I just realized that my ultrasound post that I wrote the other day never uploaded. We had our first ultrasound last Friday when I was 7 weeks. The doc said everything looked good and when I asked what the heartbeat was they said, "oh it's really fast." I was kind of annoyed but, My mom said they just want me to stop stressing and google everything.

Last night a group of girlfriends and I went to see the movie- The Help. When I went to the bathroom during the movie I noticed some pink spotting. I went back to the movie and tried not to stress about it. Right after the movie was over I went straight to the bathroom again and noticed even more pink spotting. I was crying. I left the theater and called the hubby on the way home and the doc. I went to bed as soon as I got home trying to get my mind off everything. There is nothing we could do about it now anyways. I had no spotting overnight but when I got up- as soon as I stood up - it started again. This time it was more brown. We drove the 45 minutes to the doctors this morning. Ultrasound looked fine and showed baby with heartbeat. ( Doc still wouldn't tell me what it was). It is amazing how much bigger the baby is in just a few days. They said spotting is normal but I should keep off my feet for the next couple of days.

The doctors want me to go ahead and make an ob appointment since it can take a few weeks before they see me. We go back to the re one more time next week (probably friday) and if everything looks good, we are driving up to pittsburgh to tell the hubby's dad the good news...

This truly is God's miracles at work...

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terrified...

So tomorrow is the dreaded ultrasound. I am scared to death they will not see a heartbeat or possibly anything at all. Food aversions here and there, tired (but who is it after working 12 hours in an icy). But that is it. No other symptoms really. No morning sickness. No nausea. I don't feel pregnant at all, maybe just a little fat. Can geatational sacs disappear? Could my uterus be empty? I started feeling a little crampy off and on the other day. I was convinced I was miscarrying. I even wore a pad and dark pants to work the last 2 days convinced that I was going to find blood.

Okay now just scared to death and just stressed out. We will know in the next 12 hours.... I almost don't even want to find out.

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no symptoms...

So I am suppose to be 6 weeks and 1 day pregnant today.... but I am really nervous because I really haven't been having any symptoms. My boobs are HUGE (which my husband is loving since I was originally barely a B)... Occasionally I have food aversions or I think I might be a little nauseated- but feels so inconsistent I think its just in my head. I dunno. Our next ultrasound isn't until Friday and I am just stressing myself out. I just want to feel pregnant- besides just feeling fat!

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Ultrasound

So... I guess I am 5 weeks and 5 days pregnant today. Its been a week since I posted. All I've been doing is working. Twelve hour shifts are kicking my butt... and when I haven't been working- I have been stressing... stressing about the ultasound... worried they weren't going to see anything....

I have been nervous. I haven't really felt "different." Cramps/pooch pressure every now and then. Being tired- but then again I am always tired (icu nurse and twelve hour shifts), and occasionally certain food aversions-- but I feel like it is so far and in between that it might just be in my head!

Yesterday I got a horrible migraine- and still woke up with it this morning. After the ultasound I ended up sleeping all day- this stupid headache just won't go away! Sucks all I can take is tylenol!!!

Now- the ultrasound... (I know- save the most important part for the end)... we were able to see our little baby right away and the doctor pointed out the yolk sac. But that's all we could see. The doctor and nurse said everything looked perfect. I just wish we could have seen a heartbeat- but I know its early. Next ultrasound is next Friday! Keep praying!!!!

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