Week 9

Today marks week 9! Woohoo! The closer to the end of the first trimester the more excited I get. I will say that since I have been to the doctor and and have gotten some medicine, I have felt a ton better. I still get sick, but not as often as I did beforehand.

Speaking of medications...I was given two meds: Zofran for the daytime and another one for nighttime. I cannot remember the name. My doctor told me that it may be wise to cut the pill in half because half a pill will knock her out for 8 hours. Well boy was she right. Let's just say that I woke up on the toilet one night. I am not sure how I got there or how long I had been there. It was quite humorous!

This week Baby Old is the size of an Olive and no longer has a tail! That is exciting! :) I enjoy reading each week what is happening to our Baby. It is pretty neat if you think about it.

Life is going well. Still not really exercising but my doctor says I should get my energy back in about 3 weeks. I look forward to that time! I miss working out but the energy is still really lacking. I have not really been craving anything substantial, in my opinion. I am still not eating totally healthy but I have read that is normal as well.

Well that is all for now! I will write again next week! Have a great week everyone!

Your First Picture

Today was the best day so far! It was the first picture of Baby Old. Since I have been so sick it has been really hard for me to be excited about being pregnant. Don't get me wrong, I am excited, but this first visit made it so real!

Baby Old looks like a gummy bear right now. As soon as the ultrasound started Baby Old started wiggling and the doctor was able to see and hear the heart beat. The heart beat was 173! It was really fast and a really neat thing to here. It made it all very real for me. It brought tears to my eyes. The doctor said that Baby Old was perfect!

Although I have been extremely sick still, I was able to get some medication.  After seeing Baby Old, all the sickness in the world is worth it. :)

I know this is a short post, but I wanted to give a quick update! Oh, and the due date is now October 2nd! :)

Week 7

Today marks 7 weeks! It is going by pretty fast (except for mornings). I would like to say that the morning sickness has resided, but unfortunately, it has made permanent residence in my life. I thought things were changing because the last two days I have been able to manage it. I was still very nauseous but I was able to keep things down. Today was a different story. It is back in full force. I am so terrified because James graduates tomorrow and I want to be there so bad, but I can not imagine being in a car for 2.5 hours with no escape. I am going to pack everything in my house and take it with me in hopes that God will grant me just a few hours of peace so I can see my husband walk across a stage as he accomplishes another goal so early in his career.  I have been to all of his graduations so far and I do not want to miss this one.

I just realized today that we go to our first appointment 1 week from today. I am pretty excited! I cannot wait to hear/see the baby (or what I will refer to as a blueberry right now....or so that's what my book says).    :)

So with being sick, I have somehow managed to gain 2 pounds. Not sure how that is possible....of course I haven't checked my weight in a couple of days. No baby bump yet, although it looks as though I have one because I stay bloated-which is normal from what I have read.  Foods that I cannot be around right now are Eggs and Burgers. I was eating eggs almost everyday since I was on the Paleo Diet (which has been postponed until I stop throwing up). Now, the thought of eggs makes me want to throw up. The grocery store is also a pretty horrible place for me to go to right now. The smells hit me wrong.

Ella is doing well. She stays pretty close to me at all times of the day. Although right now she is looking pretty defeated as I gave her a bath because she smelled so bad. Now I need to work on her breath because it makes me want to throw up every time I get a whiff of it. Gross!

We are still trying to work out dates to go to NC in June. Hopefully we should know in the next week or so. When we find out, we will let everyone know.

I hope everyone has a great week. I will write again next week!

Morning Sickness has Arrived

So yesterday marked 6 weeks-sorry for the delay in posting. I have been extremely busy and sick. For the past week I spend my mornings sick and my afternoon/evenings at work. I am still extremely tired and am having a hard time sleeping through the night because I go to the bathroom about 5 times each night. LOL! I do have to laugh at that. I have always had a small bladder and I can only imagine how much worse it will get over the next couple of months.

This post probably isn't a very peppy post because I am honestly not feeling peppy...but rather sick. I can't seem to find any foods that will sit with me and I have tried just about everything. Hopefully this will all subside soon.

On a good note, James graduates next week so it will be good to have him home. It has been rough on some days having to take care of Ella (she is high maintenance-LOL!) and things around the house and work. Not to mention that our house is going to be torn down in the near (undetermined future). Sigh...

I am still very excited about our child. It makes the bad times easier to swallow. We go to our first doctors appointment in a week and 1/2. I am very excited about seeing our child for the first time and hearing the heart beat. :)

I have to go for now, but I wanted to write a quick update. I will write more next week! :)

Bun in the Oven

So I have decided that I will be blogging about our pregnancy. All of our family and friends are far away and I figured this would be a good way for 1.) Me to express myself and 2.) For family and friends to feel apart of our pregnancy. I can't promise you the blog will be worth reading or interesting, but none-the-less, entertaining, I'm sure.

I officially found out I was pregnant on January 24th, but I knew I was about a week before then. My body just felt strange and I have to admit that I am pretty in-tune with my body. I had some terrible cramping, and I couldn't sleep, and I was tired. Which is completely unlike me. I am normally on-the-go constantly. I am not the type to just sit around. So I guess I had a hunch.

So I am pregnant. I am tired. And I feel completely lazy. All I want to do is lay on the couch before going to work. Which drives me crazy because I like to be doing things. Don't get me wrong. I am so excited about being pregnant. I couldn't be happier, however, I just want my energy back! LOL!

Besides being tired, I have felt alright for the most part. I have gotten sick a couple times and night time for me is the hardest part of the day, but I am just trying to take it easy.

James and I are both excited about this new journey and cannot wait to share it with everyone! There will be many more blogs to come! :)