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.

Our little lima bean

We had our first doctor's appointment yesterday. Something a little more exciting than the deaths of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson. :) He gave us some paperwork, did an exam, had bloodwork done, and all that fun stuff. But the most exciting part was seeing the little thing! He assured us that there is only one, it is in the right place, and has a heartbeat. He only turned the screen around so I could see it for just a second, but I did see a little blob, and could see the little flicker of the heart. That was such a relief to both of us to know that all is well and good so far. We only have one picture, and it's hard to see anything, but...



He put as at 7 weeks, 0 days, with a due date of February 11, 2010. Our next appointment will be July 30. Of course, we'll keep you posted. I've found that very few of my pants will button, which depressed me at first since I'm still so early, but I'm just going to embrace it! I'm still feeling tired, and have had a few days now where I'm not feeling so great. No awful days yet, and so far my acupressure bracelet has been working when I needed it.

In other news, we found out that we are moving to Blaine, Washington! Details are still unclear on when exactly we will be going, but probably in around 2-3 months. While we are obviously sad to leave our families, especially with the baby on the way, we are so excited to be leaving Yuma, and to be starting a new adventure with our own new little family. It will only be temporary, and hopefully in 2-3 years we will be able to get back to San Diego.

...and baby makes three!

Today it has been 6 months since we got married. It has gone so fast, and I can't believe that shortly after our one year anniversary we will have our first child! The first month we started trying, I wasn't expecting much. A week after we got back from our Caribbean cruise, I learned that I was late. I took a pregnancy test on Friday, 2 days after I became late, which was negative. I was much more disappointed than I thought I would be. I decided to go to San Diego that next day since Michelle, Cameron and Haydon were in town for the weekend and it would be a nice visit. We decided to take another test on Sunday (even though I was convinced it would be negative) because Michelle was convinced it would be positive. Sure enough, this one was positive! I didn't want to tell Steven over the phone, so I had to wait several hours until I got back to Yuma. I had gotten a bib that says "I love Daddy" on it and I gave it to him when I got home. I think at first he was a little in shock (as was I several hours earlier!) In fact, he made me take another test, just to be sure, than he had to read all the instructions to me step by step to be sure I had done it correctly. After all this was done, we decided it was time to tell the family! Our first doctor's appointment will be on June 25th. As of right now, I am feeling ok. I am much more tired, and enjoy naps on the days I can get them. But other than that, still doing ok!