Hopeful!

Today I woke up feeling like I'd actually enjoyed a relatively normal night’s sleep! Still not jumping out of bed full of energy, but lets face it, I'm not normally that way! =) On top of that I didn't feel particularly queasy this morning either. I needed to eat pretty quickly as I felt the nausea creeping in, but nothing terrible or unmanageable. So today I feel hopeful that maybe, just maybe, when I reach the end of this trimester (13 weeks and 3 days which is exactly one week from tomorrow) I will feel mostly like myself again!

On another note, I shared a slightly irrational fear with Nick last night. I was reading in my week by week pregnancy book about weeks 12 and 13 last night. One of the things they said is that the baby is developing distinct genitalia currently. I have my NT ultrasound scheduled for January 25th, which will be the end of week 14, entering week 15. Officially it is too early for them to be able to tell the sex, but there is a very high possibility that we would be able to tell. Well Nick is currently scheduled for jury duty that day, so there is a strong possibility that he won't be able to join me for this ultrasound.

I know it is silly, but I am worried that I will find out the sex and Nick won't be there! He told me last night that he will be okay if that happens. All the same, it is something I would like to share with him. So fingers crossed that Nick will be excused from Jury Duty, and that if he isn't, all we see that day is a healthy active baby! I can wait till February to find out the sex if I'm by myself. =)

Next up for us- figuring out this whole registry business and thinking about the nursery! Nick has kindly said he'll research cribs, strollers and car seats for us, and I will take care of the rest. Feels like a good distribution of responsibilities! I'm actually sort of excited to go out and actually look at some of these products.

We will know soon!

So we will know very soon if we are a part of Team Pink or Team Blue!  Our big ultrasound is scheduled for February 22nd!  I'm very excited to find out.  Maybe by then I'll be ready to get registered and design our nursery.  I guess that means we better get busy cleaning the nursery out!  Storage room no more!

Babies babies everywhere!

I swear every week or so I find out about another person having a baby this year between May and August.  This summer seems like a good time for babies to be born!  Within one degree of separation I know of no less than 7 babies being born in that time frame.

My mother's "ooey ooey" side would be proud of me for wondering if there isn't a universal reason.  I like to think of it as a hopeful sign.  Babies coming into the world is a good thing.

3 months and counting!

Tomorrow I am officially 12 weeks along, which in my book means I can say I'm three months. =) Still, since the medical world has lied to us for all of these years, and in fact pregnancy is 40 weeks (or 10 months) and not in fact 9 months as we all have believed, my first trimester has a couple more weeks to go.

All the same I am looking forward to being in a new phase of this process very soon. I look forward to feeling the baby (probably not for awhile, but all the same!) and hopefully losing this exhausted, nauseous feeling.

The last couple of days I've discovered that I truly need to eat every 1-2 hours or I will start to feel ill. I don't need much, but it is pretty demanding. The challenge is when you are starting to feel the nausea come on, nothing sounds edible. So then you have to figure out what you can cram down your throat, despite the fact that the mere thought makes you want to gag. Today my challenge is to avoid getting to that point. A few more hours at work and I think I can call it a successful day.

On another note, Nick and I put in several hours this weekend- Nick cleaning and I shopped and cooked- so now our house actually feels semi normal again. I know that when I get home tonight I don't have to think too hard about what to eat for dinner, and can enjoy some homemade food instead of take out.

Let me tell you, after a couple of weeks of eating nothing but take out- I was THRILLED to eat a home cooked meal last night. Even better, I actually cooked it without wanting to vomit as a result of the smells.

Our N/T ultra sound is scheduled for the 25th. After that the only interesting doctor’s appointment left will be the "big" ultrasound in the end of February when we find out the gender. I admit, I'm having boy thoughts, but we shall see. Any ideas out there for boy names? We're struggling a little with that one!

On a totally different note a coworker of mine gave birth to her baby girl on Friday a full MONTH early! Poor thing didn't even get to have her baby shower (it was scheduled for Saturday!). Fortunately baby and mommy are fine, but it certainly made me realize that anything is possible and I better start getting my business in order! I somehow don't think that will be me (I am fairly certain I will be delivering in early August myself), but I guess you just never know!

Finally Public!

Today, I shared the news on Facebook! The cat is out of the bag folks!

I had my second doctors appointment today, which was really a continuation of the first appointment. This time I met with my nurse practitioner (my normal ob/gyn) who asked a few questions and did another ultrasound to check growth and all that good stuff. The baby is definitely growing (see below) and was pretty active! I don't know why but this ultrasound really hit me as the real deal. I feel confident that things are going well and decided that I was ready to share the news.

I'm not sure why the first ultrasound didn't do it, but I guess I just felt so totally overwhelmed that it was all surreal. Today I walked out of my appointment with a weight lifted off and a smile on my face. I think it helped that all of my tests have been normal thus far, my weight is a couple pounds down (nothing to worry about- totally normal and probably good for me), and my blood pressure is even down to a really great level!

So work knows, the family knows, and now the whole facebook world knows! It feels like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. On to fun things like emptying the storage room so that we can turn it into a nursery, and start thinking about registering!!! (Have I mentioned what a daunting task that is!?!?)

As I said, I am ready to take it on with a smile on my face. At least until my hormones make me cry again. ;)

Ultrasound Video

Our baby bean in its second film of the year. =)

Spoke too soon!

First day back at work after the holidays and the nausea has returned with a vengeance. It actually started yesterday when I apparently went too long without eating. Nick and I went to the city for some post-Christmas shopping (he wanted some Trail Running sneakers and I needed to exchange my FABULOUS sunglasses that he bought me for Christmas). We both needed food and headed up to test out the new Burger Bar (of Thomas Keller notoriety). I was very excited to make my own burger and the second it was put in front of me, I thought I was going to be sick.

So this morning I woke up before my alarm clock (after sleeping till 10 or 11am nearly every day for the last week and a half), and nearly passed out with nausea while making my breakfast.

Ah the joys of pregnancy continue. =)

Hopefully I have 3 weeks (or less) of this loveliness left. I have very high hopes for my second trimester! I'm counting on getting my energy back and losing the nausea.

Pre-natal appointment number 2 is on Thursday so I will make sure to share whatever updates I may have then.