Wednesday, July 30, 2008

You might be pregnant if...

These are just a few observations I've made in the last 13 weeks.  

You might be pregnant if...

...a good night sleep means that you only woke up twice to go to the bathroom instead of FIVE times.

...you can no longer stay awake through any hour long show.  Instead, you wake up at the end of the show to ask "what happened?"

...you take 5 naps a day but still end up asleep before 10pm at night.

...you can't go much longer than 20 minutes without thinking about what you will eat next.

...EVERYTHING seems to stink, even your husband's deodorant--these things in turn make you run to the bathroom.

...you go from happy and laughing to sobbing in a matter of two minutes.

...you can no longer look at a mom in the grocery store with a crying baby and think "thank goodness that's not me" because you know that in a few months, it probably will be you.

...it's normal to wake up at 3am hungry, 5am hungry, and finally grudgingly get up at or before 8am to satisfy the hunger.

...you think that saltines should be added to the food pyramid.

...you can plan out a 5 star meal that sounds so good when you start making it but after you've put forth the effort, you wonder why it sounded so good in the first place (at this point you're thankful that you have a husband who enjoys to eat).

...you think of upcoming holidays in terms of how big you will be at that point.

And though all of these things may not seem appealing, you know that in the end, it's all going to be worth it.  :)  Here's to 6 more months!

Saturday, July 12, 2008

10 weeks, 5 days

Only about a week left of my first trimester! Woohoo!! I can't even begin to describe the excitement I feel about this. I'm ALMOST bouncing off the walls...except I can't bounce without getting sick so... :)

We went to the Dr. yesterday. I almost died in the waiting room (45 minutes...grrr). The appointment we had yesterday was literally the same appointment that we had back in November when we realized we had a miscarriage. We went in to hear the heartbeat, couldn't on the doppler, were sent to get an ultrasound and then we were told there was no heartbeat and we had miscarried. (that was the last one, not this one) This one we did backwards, ultrasound then Dr. So, as mentioned above, waited in the u/s waiting room for 45 minutes, scared to death...in fact my first words to the tech were "I'm really nervous, can we please get this over with?" To which she nervously laughed. Anyway, all said and done, we saw (and heard) a beautiful heartbeat and got some great pictures of the baby (which I'll post as soon as I can figure out how to use the scanner). The Dr. is very pleased with the progress, he says all things look good for a late January/early Feb delivery. The only odd thing is that the baby keeps measuring just a little off but the Dr. seems to think this is normal, so we're not worried.

Next appointment is on August 7 and it should just be a normal checkup. We're SO looking forward to the baby!