2nd trimester.

I've made it. I'm here. And already I can see the difference. My average mid-night potty break is down to one! (For now.)  I'm just as tired as always, going to bed at 8:30 seems too late.

 I found a stretch mark. Just one, but I have lotion that is so high in vitamin E that you can hardly see the mark that threatens to destroy my chances of ever wearing a bakini again. =)

Cravings? No. Actually it's the opposite. I have no desire to eat anything. I hate being asked "What do you want for dinner?"  I DON'T KNOW!! Really I don't. I like eating well enough, but I don't feel the pull of any sort of food. Nothing sounds good.

I let my husband kiss me now. I even enjoy the thought of...well I'm over the aversion of kissing my husband.

Did I mention I felt the baby? =) yep, and I'm not only bloated anymore. This bump just doesn't go away.

The doctor wants to do my next ultra sound at 18 weeks. So the first week of January. (FYI: That's the utlra sound they find out the gender. Think pink!!)

Matt and I leave the 24th for Christmas with his family. We are really excited. I just hope that my baby bump is really noticable by then. It should be, I'm already planning on buying maternity pants before we leave. I can't button any of my pants I already have.

Ok, so there is my update. A lot of small facts. No big stories yet. The further a long we get the more there will be to tell. =)

My Baby

Yes, that thump thump thump, is the very healthy heart beat of my baby. We had an appointment today. My first actually, it wasn't the long medical history I was expecting (that appointment has been made for 2 weeks from now) Nope, I walked in the room and was almost immediately asked to drop my pants. I won't really go into details about how they got this ultra sound, but just know it was not from the outside of my belly.
Matt was with me and enjoyed hearing the heart beat so much, we decided to record it so you could here it too. It might be quite but if your sound is up loud enough you can hear it just fine.
It was an amazing experience. That little "thing" inside of me actually looked like a baby, not some alien. He/she was moving! We saw little arms and legs rolling and kicking, unfortunately I couldn't feel a thing. That will come in time. Here are some other pictures:

Can't see the baby as well in this one, but it's got the heart rate down at the bottom 174 bpm(beats per minute...in case you couldn't tell.)
See! There's his/hers little head, the dots on either side are little itty-bitty arms and then the rest of him/her (I can't wait until I know whether he/she is a him/her, that way I don't have to say him/her/he/she/it)
There, my first bit of real baby news. I hope you all enjoyed that as much as we did! =)

PS: I haven't gain any weight yet, although it seems that every time I go to the doctor I'm a little shorter than the last time...They are measure me differently...I thought I was about 5' 9". A couple of regular appointments ago I was only about 5' 8" or so. Now, apparently I am only 5' 7". What is happening to me!? Oh and I still can't get enough sausage, it's some amazing stuff...or better yet...amazing IN stuff. =)
Oh! And!!! The little thing is almost 3 cm!! From head to bum. I think 2.97 cm is close enough we can say 3 right?

Pregnancy Status

Ok I found this awesome little "Pregnancy Status" thingy. I thought it would be cool to fill out every now and then...one I get farther along I can fill it out once a week and keep everyone up to date. I think it's cool. =) I can't even answer all the questions right now, but that will come in time.

How far along? 9 weeks (tomorrow)
Total weight gain/loss: ?? Starting weight was 138. don't know how much if any that has changed
Maternity clothes? Thinking of buying some prego pants.
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: It happens. It's interuppeted about twice a night.
Best moment this week: Finally finding an OBGYN who takes my insurance, and getting an appointment.
Movement: =( not yet
Food cravings: Biscuits and (sausage) Gravy
Gender: Don't know.
Labor Signs: Thank God there has been none..slightly too early for that.
Belly Button in or out? In
What I miss: Seafood
What I am looking forward to: Hearing my baby's heart beat.
Weekly Wisdom: Pregnant women are allowed to cry over what ever they damn well please, even spilt milk.
Milestones: 12 weeks, and on to the second trimester!

See now wasn't that fun? I thought so anyway. =) My first appointment is a week from today by the way. I'll be ten weeks. Hopefullly we can hear the heart beat.

Things they never told you: Part 1

I labeled this part one because I'm sure there will be more posts like this along the way. So I've found out a couple of things that I've never heard before, and yet when I've asked what was going on I get "oh yeah I had that too...don't worry it's normal" Sure it's normal but I would have liked to know that I wouldn't be able to breath through my nose the entire pregnancy. Apparently a pretty common symptom.

Or that you'll get gas...bad gas. And then out of no where you won't be able to expel that gas (Sorry for the TMI) and you're in so much pain that you can't move. From gas!! Who knew right? Apparently everyone, but me.

What about the one where you don't even want to THINK about kissing your significant other, let alone putting that into action. The thought of any form of physical affection makes me nauseous Literally.

Oh yeah! AND you'll be really really REALLY hungry, and then eat...and feel like throwing up everything from what you just had to breakfast from three days ago.

But hey...It'll all be worth it in the end...right?

Back in time: How I found out.

September 28, 2009
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I had to find a doctor close by, I thought I might have a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI.) Since Matt and I just moved we didn't have internet yet, so I enlisted Holly's help. She found a doctor that was 5 minutes away (walking!) Yay! So I called and made an appointment for 1 that afternoon...Not in any amount of hurry.
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When I got off the phone with the phone with the (obviously gay, but very friendly) receptionist, I decided for kicks and giggles I would take a HPT (home pregnancy test. I figured they would do one at my appointment, just to make sure of what anti-biotics they could put me on. I didn't really have my hopes up when I took the test...First if I was pregnant I would have just gotten pregnant and it probably wouldn't show.

That little pink cross showed up. It took me a couple of seconds to be sure I could see it. And then I flipped. What if it was wrong?! What if....it was RIGHT?! When in doubt call your sister...
So I called Holly....bawling...out of excitement or fear, I will never know. I ended up taking a picture of the little pink cross and sent it from my phone to Holly...I couldn't deny you could see it even on the phones crappy camera.

I called the doctors office back, not wanting to wait for another 5 hours to confirm what I just saw. Now I only had to wait 45 min....

They tested for a UTI, and I told them I took an HPT earlier and it was positive. They took blood, and they tested my urine. Both proving that the little pink cross really was there. I was 3 weeks and 5 days, when I found out.

I walked from the doctors office right to Matt's work, not stopping. Can you believe he had NO reaction! I thought of 50 different ways of throwing the news at him and he just said "Oh, I'm not surprised" What the heck!?

I think the best reaction was from both of our mothers. "Are you serious!!" (high pitched and everything...it was funny) Sounded exactly the same. =)

Gah!

Why can't I put space between my paragraphs...gah! Sorry it's all squished together...but I don't have the patience to figure it out today. =P

Our day with Jackie.

Jackie is a professional photographer. She is awesome. We met her last night for our photoshoot. It was freezing but really fun. We went all over downtown Hillsboro, started in a parking garage, sat on some stairs, stood in front of an ugly green wall (she assures us that it wont be ugly after she's done with it...I believe her.) You know that truck Bella has in Twilight...well we got pictures with one that was older than that...with the wood slats on the back...you know? Well you'll see eventually. We even went to the Rose Garden. She tried to take pictures of us jumping...HA! I can't jump to save my life. Ha ha ha...We had an amazing time. We'll get the CD with pictures on it in about two weeks.

Remember in Juno where she says "I've got heartburn that is radiating my knee-caps!" Yeah...Towards the end of the photo shoot I got that. Never had heart burn before in my life...and now it's like I'm getting it everyday. Sure you hear that pregnancy is not that pretty all the time, it's uncomfortable, it's...blah blah blah. Do the girls who want to get pregnant care? NO. they just want a baby. They aren't listening to you tell them you will be constipated for the next nine months and beyond. They don't hear you tell them you'll be up every hour (on the hour) to pee.

Ok so I haven't hit that point yet. But I'm listening now...Only I still don't want to hear. I'm stopping everyone right now.

I don't want to hear your horror stories!!

Ok? So yeah. Don't tell me about the 36 hours you spent in labor, or how many stitches you needed after the little "bundle of joy" positivly shredded his way out. okie dokie?

Thanks. =)

5 Weeks and Counting!!

Welcome! This blog is for my friends and family, (and I guess anyone else who cares to read). It's to keep everyone updated on what is happening with Matt, Me and the baby.

5 weeks today. And not feeling the least bit pregnant. But I'm not worried. The dreaded AF (Aunt Flo...you know...that monthly visitor...every teenage girls best friend, the enemy of any woman trying to conceive) Anyway she hasn't come a knocking, and she's a week late. So all is well in Prego Land. Well when I say I'm not worried I mean I occasionally have small break downs, cry and then remind myself that there are no signs that I'm NOT pregnant either. I guess I just can't wait to feel the fluttering, hear the heart beat and know what gender I'm going to be raising. And whether or not there will be two of them. (Which is likely considering Matt's family. We'll find out soon enough.)

So much has to happen before anything can happen! It's slightly irritating. I think first and foremost the husband and I need to get married. Which means he needs an ID (which he lost 6 months ago and has procrastinated to the point I feel like strangling him...but I wont.) After we get the marriage papers signed we can get insurance, which I've heard is a good thing to have when pregnant. (Am I right?) And THEN I can find a practitioner in my area, which would also be helpful.

Well, it took me so long to find a name fitting for this blog I am losing all my creative energy and I can hear the couch, with it's comfy cushions, and warm blanket calling my name.