I'm going to get in trouble soon!

After many subtle hints that I need to update this thing, I thought I'd finally listen before I get in trouble!! =)

Nothing new going on here. I was VERY sick from 5wks - 9.5wks but now things are starting to ease up. Of course, after everything we've been through to get this far, it worries me that my m/s is fading. I feel like I need to be sick 24/7 to reassure me that I'm actually pregnant. I'm still tired all the time and gag at every smell, disgusting image, thought of something gross, etc. Mike says I'm being dramatic when I start to gag - if he only knew! haha!! Anyways, I should be thankful that my nausea is easing, maybe I will be when I see by little bean again!

Speaking of seeing the bean - my mom works at an urology office where they do ultrasounds on bladders, kidneys, etc. She offered to give me an ultrasound and I couldn't resist. I knew I would be super early and there was a good chance I wouldn't see anything, but I still went. (It was an abdominal u/s and I'm extra fluffy) I was 9w4d and we did see the baby! It was incredibly grainy and hard to see, but we could see the flicker of the heartbeat! Now, my mom had to press fairly hard to get the image and I cramped pretty consistently that evening so now I'm worrying again! I can't even go ONE day without thinking something is wrong! I'm going to be completely gray once I have this baby! LOL The only thing that eases my mind is that I cramped after my first OB appt on 5/21 when he did my internal and pressed VERY hard (harder than my mom did with the u/s) on my abdomen...



See, I told you it was grainy! The head is on the right, body on the left! Little bean is growing though - you can definitely see that! =)

I think I'm going to go in again on Tuesday for another QUICK u/s. I'll tell her not to press hard (we only did b/c we were trying to get a better quality picture) and only find the flicker and be done with it. I just need to know everything is okay! I did order a doppler tonight to try to ease my worries a little. I'll probably regret it though when I can't find the heartbeat! ;)

My next OB appt is 6/17 where I'll be 12w4d! They are going to do another ultrasound and regular appt. I can't wait! Time should pass quickly as we are going on vacation next week. I can't wait! I always look forward to our yearly trips to Hilton Head! It's so relaxing and low key! I really hope I'm not so tired when we're down there because there is always so much we like to do/see! We usually drive to Savannah, GA one of the days, but I think this year we're going to do an all-day cruise to Savannah (from Harbor Town in Hilton Head). I think it will be neat to travel by water instead! I hope it doesn't make me sick! We'll see though as it's $99 a person for the cruise tickets! It does include dinner at Paula Deen's restaurant though! That place is AMAZING!

Oh, one more thing - I bought maternity pants tonight!! It was such a surreal feeling as I never thought I would walk into Motherhood for me ever in my life! I was walking to the register and started to get all teary - I'm such an emotional sap! Oh and can I just say one thing - Maternity pants are like GOLD for big girls... they are so comfy! Damn, if I would have known that - I would have been wearing them for years! haha!!!

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ONE baby!! =)



The ultrasound went great and we were able to see the little one and hear the strong heartbeat! The RE said things look perfect and he released me to my OB! So sad, I was a little teary! I wish I could stay with them throughout my entire pregnancy! (minus the 2hr drive!)

I told him who my OB would be not thinking he would know him because, like I said, we're so far away from the RE. Come to find out they were actually FRAT brothers in med-school together! How strange is that? That makes me feel good though because this will be a new OB for me and it's nice to know that he is highly respected by my RE! :) Then the RE went on to talk about frat initiations and spanking, I just stopped listening for my own good! haha!! I just love him and will miss him so much! I'll miss the way he talks in 3rd person! Haha!! He's one of a kind!

Well, I'm off to get some rest - I've felt like crud all day! Totally worth it though!

Sorry I haven't updated for awhile! It's been a crazy time full of sickness and worries!

I just realized I never updated with my numbers from last Friday! Oops! The #'s went from 434 to 1,122! :) The only bad news was that they want me to wait until 7.5 weeks for an ultrasound! How rude, right? haha! Anyways, the u/s is scheduled for 5/12/08 and it can't come soon enough!

Nothing else is really going on, I'm feeling a lot better than last week (which is good for my body, but not for my mind!) I, of course, freak out b/c I think the m/s means you're PG and no m/s means you aren't. I'm going to the RE for some other issues tomorrow, so maybe if I cry hard enough, he'll give me a pity ultrasound? I'm bad, I know.

Well, I have a lot of TV on tonight so I need to wrap this up!