12 Weeks!

I made it this far! I'm not sure why this has been a big landmark for me because week 13 is the start of the 2nd trimester, but I have been looking forward to 12 weeks. Yesterday we had our doctor's appointment. It lasted about 5 minutes - went over bloodwork (all is good) and heard the heartbeat (sounds normal). It took him a few minutes to find it, which of course made me really nervous. He said he could hear it finally, but I didn't hear anything. So he went over to the sink like he was done and I must have looked really disappointed because he came back over and said, "Let's try it again." He found it quicker this time, and it was much louder and more clear. It was such an awesome sound!! We recorded it on a little recorder, and then when we got home I put it on a video. It's a recording of a recording, but I think it's still good enough. Here it is...



Next appointment is August 27. The past few days I have had moments where I have felt better than I have since week 7, but the times where I do feel sick, it seems worse than it has been the past several weeks. Maybe because it's just more of a difference, when before it was just consistently having a feeling of nausea. I'm hoping that since it seems to be changing, maybe the ickiness is on it's way out completely...?

Here's what's going on with little Green Bean. He or she is 2 1/2 inches long, not counting legs, and is basically fully formed. We now have a fetus, and the critical period of development is safely behind us! Yay!



And here I am with my "food belly" as my sister lovingly calls it. I have to eat every hour or two so I don't get sick, so this is what has happened as a result... Although Steven keeps reminding me that my uterus is now like 3 times bigger than it was, so it has to be pushing stuff around in there, right? Let's go with that for now...

It's a girl!

No, not ours... we're still a little ways from finding out what we're having.  But we have a niece!  Jackie went into labor at a little over 33 weeks and had her baby girl on July 15th.  Ruthie Irene couldn't wait to meet the world!



She weighed 4 pounds, 2 ounces at birth, and she has never needed oxygen or a feeding tube. She's such a trooper and is doing great. Hopefully she'll get to go home soon!

Update

I find it funny that the last post I put on here where I say that I'm still feeling pretty good was literally my last good day. I have felt sick every day since then, off and on but throughout the whole day. I'm trying different things to try to figure out what could be causing the bulk of it. Changing prenatal vitamins, B6, ginger, Unisom, etc. Hopefully I'll get into a routine that works for me.

This afternoon at my doctor's office I have to go to a one time class that they require. Baby School, I like to call it. It's only one hour, and maybe I'll learn something new! I think we even get a free gift. :) Hopefully it will be a nice introduction, since we are planning on taking our regular baby classes at our new hospital in Washington. That's on my to-do list also - call the hospital and find a new doctor and make our first appointment. It will be interesting to change doctors halfway through the pregnancy.

We got the official word from Steven's work. His first day of work in Blaine will be September 27, so we will probably start heading up north on our road trip the middle of September. We're trying to plan our 10 day house hunting trip for the middle of August.