Appointment – 14 weeks 2 days

BP: 122/76 Weight – 218 (+7)


Britt and I took the whole morning off from work. We had to go to the elementary school and complete Emma and Lara’s Pre-Kindergarten enrollment early this morning, then off to our Doctor’s appointment. We were a few minutes early, and every thing happened rather quickly! By the time I was done peeing in the cup, the nurse was already calling me back! She weighed me, took my BP, and asked about concerns. Then we waited a few minutes for the Doctor.

Once the doctor came in, he looked me over, then got the Doppler out to listen for the baby’s heartbeat. It was HARD to find! Baby Bullet is all the way over on my left side – almost under my pelvic bone! He was pressing HARD with that little wand thing. OUCH! But, we got to hear the miraculous sound of a baby’s heartbeat – OUR baby’s heartbeat!

After that, we talked about my swelling, then the doctor started talking about an appointment in 4 weeks. Thanks to my attentive and aggressive husband, we got some more answers. Britt reminded him about the hernia we were concerned about, and asked if we needed to check on that. The doctor’s face lit up like a light bulb, and he said that he wanted to take a look at that – TODAY if possible as he was leaving town tomorrow! So, he filled out the sono form, and walked us to the front. He saw the tech just standing in the hall and asked her what she was doing. She said nothing right that moment, so we were all whisked into the room!

Once we got all settled, the tech took a look at the baby. Things are PERFECT! That hernia problem has resolved itself! We were THRILLED! Once the Doc was satisfied with what he saw around the baby’s belly button and abdomen, he left. Well, the tech decided since we were in there, she would go ahead and take some measurements. So, she looked the baby over, listened to the heartbeat – 162 bpm, BTW – and just generally checked the baby out. Then, she asked us if we were going to find out the sex. Britt had asked earlier in the session how far along we had to be to be able to tell - and she had said 18 or 19 weeks. But when she asked if we were going to find out, he said yes, and I said “I think so.” She said she had asked because she thought she could tell us today. We were both so excited and said YES! Please tell us! LOL! I think she had already seen what she was about to show us on the screen. The pic in the post below shows what we saw. His “package.” IT’S A BOY!!!!! And she was kinda funny about how BIG it was! Britt, of course, was SO PROUD of his boy! LOL!

So, we got a few pictures (link), and we were off to spread our good news! We go back in 4 weeks for another appointment, and the BIG sonogram – DVD and everything! YAY!

WOW!

It's a BOY!!!!!

More to come...

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SWELL

Things are going pretty well pregnancy wise. Fully into the 2nd trimester now and feeling a lot more energy and a lot less nausea. I am VERY happy about both of those things! I have had a few small bouts of nausea, and I am still tried, but it’s NOTHING like before.

Now, I do have this swelling issue that is not so much fun! Every evening, my feet and ankles swell. A lot. It is so bad some nights that the bottoms of my feet tingle and my calves just hurt. I don’t remember ever being like this with the girls! Definitely something I want to ask my doctor about next week!

I did have an interesting early morning today, though. I woke up about 4:45 to pee, and never really went back to sleep. I finally woke Britt up about 5:45. I had pain in my stomach. Not like cramps or anything, and we finally decided it was indigestion. GREAT! I didn’t have to deal with that until the 3rd tri last time! WAH! But, sitting up, some Tums, some water, and some TIME and I was feeling much better! That reminds me, I need to go out and buy more Tums…

Found out yesterday that my brother and sister-in-law are expecting a GIRL, so now the push is on for ours to be a boy!  Time will tell…

Yesterday, I got to

hold a 10 day old baby boy! A guy that works in our equipment room and his S.O. were up here with their newborn son, Bryson Michael, and OF COURSE I had to snag a snuggle! He is so sweet! I forgot how small newborns are. Makes me ready to meet bullet – and it is a LONG time until February!

Made it to 12 weeks!

I am feeling SO much better! I am not as tired as I was there for so long, and I don't feel like I am going to throw up all day long. YAY! I do have some "Preggie Drops" that I keep in my purse, and they have been a life saver a couple of times this week. I still feel nauseous if I get too hungry, so I suck on one of those and I feel MUCH better.

I am just glad to be here at the 12 week mark! I go back to the Doctor in 2 weeks. Britt asked me last night when our next appointment was, and I told him not till mid-August (I couln't remember the date, but it is the 8th), and he was sad. he said he wanted to go NOW! LOL! We are hoping we keep another peek at our little bullet!

Good News

I spoke with my doctor this morning, and he basically said they what the tech saw on the u/s was no big deal. He said it looks like the bowel is protruding up into the umbilical cord, but that it is not too serious and will likely not be a big concern. He said that it is very rare that something like this is a major complication. He said the odds are good that it will reverse itself and all will be normal. He has decided not to refer us to a specialist at this time. I have my regular appointment in 4 weeks, and he said when I am there for that, he will schedule another u/s at that point.

So, We get another peek at the baby in about 6 weeks, and we can rest a little easier in the meantime. WHEW!

WOW. That was incredible.

We had our first ultrasound this morning! It was short and sweet and went really well. My appointment was at 11:30, and we were out of there by 11:45!

We got to see the baby from all angles, and according to the tech’s measurements, the baby is 10 weeks 5 days. According to my other calculations, I am 10 weeks 4 days, so I am not going to adjust my due date. I am still going with February 4, 2007. The baby was awake for a few seconds, and we got to see the baby’s little arm waving around like mad! “Bullet” wanted us to know he was in there! Bullet also had one foot stuck way up high, and we could see it really well – all 5 toes and everything. You can see it in the picture on this entry. The tech measured Bullet’s heart rate at 171. Pretty fast! She said it slows down here in a few weeks to around 140-150.

But, it looks as if we will be referred to a specialist and have to have this pregnancy monitored pretty closely. Seems Baby Bullet has a defect. The baby has a hernia where the umbilical cord meets the baby’s abdominal wall. All the tech said was that we would have to see a “specialist” (perinatologist?) and that she would have to give her report to my OB. Of course, this is surgery day for my OB, so he won’t even be in the office. I am temped to call his nurse and tell her we are worried and I want him to look at my sono results and call me FIRST THING in the morning. But, I have been able to speak to another OB/GYN doctor about it. There is another doctor in the building that is a family friend. He no longer delivers babies, just does the GYN part of things, and so we stopped by his office to see if he was in. Just as we walked in, he happened to be in the reception area! God is so GOOD! So, we showed him the 2 pictures we had, and told him what the U/S tech had said. He said of course my Doc would go over it and let us know, but from what he could tell from these two pictures, it didn’t look too bad. He said there are varying degrees of these things, and we won’t know anything until we can do more scans and the baby grows. He also said it probably means I have to have a C-section, but we already knew that since the girls were a C-section birth. So, all in all he was pretty reassuring, but Britt and I are both still pretty scared. The good news is that if we are going to a specialist we will get LOTS of sonograms and LOTS of pictures! YAY!

So, we are on pins and needles until we hear from my doctor – hopefully sometime tomorrow. I am thinking about leaving him a message with his nurse, but I haven’t decided yet. I truly hope and pray it is no big deal and the baby just has to have a little surgery when it is born. Pray…

First Appointment – 10 weeks 3 days

BP: 126/68 Weight: 211

Pretty uneventful. A little disappointing, even, maybe. After a trip to Panera for a bagel for breakfast, Britt and I got to the Doctor’s office right before my appointment time. The receptionist checked me in, and gave me my little cup to go pee in. After a short wait in the lobby, we were ushered back to the exam room. The nurse briefly went over a few things, and gave me the disrobing speech. The Doctor was in quickly. After some chatting with him about medical and personal things, we were about to start the pelvic exam when my phone rang. It was Emma (and Lara). Emma called to tell me that she threw up on the plane to Montana. She is fine – but that was a funny call to have while sitting in a paper drape at the OB/GYN.

The Doctor proceeded with my pelvic exam and asked if I had any questions about anything. We asked about pre-natal vitamins, and he just said to use OTC ones that had folic acid – which I am, so I will just keep using what I have. He also said that he feels a sonogram this early in the pregnancy is a NECESSITY in order to assure the baby is in the right place, has a beating heart, etc etc etc. And he told us he believes in it SO strongly, that he pays for the first sonogram! So, even though we didn’t even attempt to hear the baby with a Doppler today (Which is why I was disappointed) we have an appointment for a sonogram at 11:30 tomorrow. I can’t WAIT! Everyone keeps asking us if there is just one baby or if there are two. Still waiting to find that out ourselves!

After the appointment, we drove to Oklahoma City and spent the whole day shopping. We even registered for a few baby things at Target and Babies R Us. We had a fun lunch together, and just enjoyed the day as a couple. I even bought my first baby purchase! A super soft and sweet green, yellow and white chenille blanket from BRU. More tomorrow after the sonogram!

Another Monday!

I never really planned on blogging on Monday’s, but it keep happening that way!

Not much new here… I ballooned up a couple of weeks ago and felt all bloated, but I am happy to say I haven’t gotten any bigger the past week. My pants are all still fitting the same – tight and uncomfortable! I have that one pair of maternity Gauchos that I am wearing some, but I am also still squeezing into my other pants with a rubber band at the button!

My sickness has left me in the mornings, but has decided to join me in the afternoons. From about 3 – 7, I am MISERABLE! And that is such a bad time to not feel good! I am trying to finish my work day, go get the kids, come home, enjoy my family… Luckily, I have the best husband on the planet, and he plays with the Twisters and cooks dinner while I catch a short nap most days. And hey – my mornings are a lot more productive now!

Have you ever read anything about pregnancy dreams? I have been having the weirdest dreams! Nothing specific – as I can’t remember details, but they are so VIVID and life like! I wake up feeling the emotions I was having in the dream. I hate that I can’t remember them, I am sure they are very interesting…

Emma and Lara have started marking things off of the “Until Baby Comes” calendar we made for them. Here is a picture of what it looks like:
They marked off the first 2 things this week after the 4th of July. I have my first doctor’s appointment this Wednesday, so I am sure I will have a much better report after that!

Maternity Pants

Wow. Baby Bullet is BIG! Or at least my belly is. Britt and I had started noticing this week that I am looking pretty bloated and my lower belly is getting pretty firm. My mother asked me how much weight I had gained (!) and my grandmother asked my mom (within my ear shot) if I was showing “already?” So – 2nd pregnancy, in my 9th week, I guess I am!

I went to get dressed yesterday, and it was a challenge. It has been getting harder, but this was no fun. We just moved into our new house this week, and I need to do laundry in the worst way (luckily I can start tonight!), so I tried on 2 pairs of pants to no avail. On the brink of tears (aren’t I always?), I resorted to the maternity gaucho pants I had bought a week ago. They were big – BIG – but so comfy! I had a bridal shower to go to that wan an hour away last night, so the car ride and the event were easy to bear in those clothes!

Then, today is jean day. The stretchy denim capris I have been wearing every Friday are in the HUGE pile of laundry. So, I found the biggest pair of jeans I have in my closet, dug out a rubber band, and made do. They are kinda tight, and I sure am glad I am leaving work soon to go home and put on something more comfy! I guess I need to get on the ball and get some maternity clothes. YUCK! Anyone wanna donate to the cause???