21 Weeks

My 20th week of pregnancy was spent in WI and now I'm back in good ol' Tucson once again. Embry is kicking a lot more and I'm still trying to get Tony to feel it, but no luck yet. I found a great sale at JC Penney when we took Colter for his photo session and bought a bunch of cute little girl outfits...I like clothes.

When my parents and I got home last night at 3am, I walked into the nursery right away with my mom and to my surprise, Tony had put together the crib and changing table while I was gone! It was really nice and I'm glad I didn't have to do it cuz I wasn't looking forward to it. Although since he did it while I was gone that means I wasn't here to take pictures of him assembling it, so I guess we'll just have to do a reinactment. :)

I have to say the plane ride home was quite horrible. Besides it being a 4 hour flight to begin with, then we taxied on the runway for 2 hours before ever taking off. On top of that, we were in the row in front of the exit row so our seats didn't recline at all. Basically it was not good. While the stewardess was passing out juice and pretzels my dad made a comment of "she's got to feed the baby" so instead of getting the usual 1 tiny bag of pretzels and shot glass of juice I got 3 bags of pretzels and 2 whole cans of apple juice. It was great, I was really hungry! Oh and when Tony's mom picked us up at the airport I walked out to the car and she goes "wow, you've really popped!" That totally makes my week! :) Yay for looking pregnant!

20 Weeks

The big news is that my pregnancy is halfway over! If you ask me, it's more than halfway, but we'll see about that when I deliver. We went to summerfest last night to see Gavin DeGraw (which was great) but what wasn't so great was the incredible amount of second-hand smoke that I breathed in, bleh. Good news is that this is the first time I've been to summerfest where I haven't had anyone fall on me, spill beer on me, puke on me, or show me their boobs. So I'd say it was a success! Here are the 20 week pics...

19 Weeks

We're in WI right now, therefore it's taken me a long time to post. The last week has been great, knowing that we're having a little baby girl is the best feeling in the world for me. I keep going around randomly shouting "it's a girl!" and yes I get weird looks, but it is a girl and I'm darn excited! I had 2 baby showers last weekend. The first was a family one combined with my sister Jen and her baby boy Colter. Embry got lots of neat stuff including mostly gift cards, blankets, and clothes (easy to pack in luggage). Then I had another one with friends, all of which could not make it, so it ended up being a more intimate gathering thrown by my friend Kristy and the attendees were her mom, sister, and sister-in-law along with my sister, Colter, and my mom. Embry got a lot of cute stuff there too. A few bigger items were returned so I can repurchase them when I get back to Tucson. Other interesting news is that I felt Embry kicking (or punching, who can really tell?) the other morning so I put my hand there and definitely felt her kick from the outside of my belly. Then I woke up tony and made him put his hand there, then of course all movement ceased and he was up for no reason! Anyhow, seemed like a big milestone and I'll post once Tony feels her move too. Embry went to the water park on Monday and all was well. I had a great time, Tony enjoyed it, and who knows what Embry thought but it seems that she's still intact. :) In closing, here are 19 week pictures from last Thurs.


Here is also a picture from each baby shower.

It's a...

....... GIRL !!!!!!!

Baaaaaaa! I'm soooooo excited! I knew it, haha, woohoo, yahoo, other various exclamations of joy!

So the ultrasound was good, beforehand not so much. I asked if there was any way that I could have Tony take a video of the ultrasound if I signed a release form or something, they said no. So basically we got called in like 2 minutes after that interaction and I was on the verge of tears spilling down my cheeks, I was none too happy. The ultrasound lady was very nice and told us everything that was going on. Our baby is adorable if I do say so myself! She's got a cute button nose and all her measurements were good, so no deformities...always a plus. She was scrunched up into a ball a lot of the time with her hands in front of her face and her knees pulled to her chest, so cute. She's head down facing forward (so her back is to my back) and I have an anterior placenta which isn't a problem just means the placenta is on the front of my stomach instead of the back. That does mean, however, that it will take longer for Tony to be able to feel her move from the outside, but no biggie. The appt took about 25 minutes and then we were done and I decided that the baby wanted a celebratory sausage mcmuffin with egg on the way home, which was delic. The print outs that we got are cute. I think the profile ones could be a little better but like I said, her hands were near her face the whole time so what can you do?

Profile close up

Profile farther away

Little arms and hands :)

Both little feet :) :)

The girl parts
which basically means there's nothing there.

The girl parts again just for good measure.
Also I'd point out the 3 little dots to you, but that's too hard to do on a blog.


Finally, this is me afterwards being excited
and giving a thumbs up for a GIRL!

18 Weeks

The past week has gone by fast and everything pregnancy-wise is pretty much the same. I've felt the baby move a little bit more, but nothing as definite as that first kick. I can feel it much better when I lay on my stomach, but that's uncomfortable, so I try to avoid it.

The main thing on my mind is that we only have 5 days until the big reveal! Our ultrasound is Tues morning at 8am, so if you want to know the sex then check the blog on Tuesday. I should have the print outs and the main info posted shortly after our appt.

The Kick

I was just sitting here watching August Rush and 'bam!' I felt a kick on the inside of my stomach, the lower left section! There is no mistaking that feeling for indigestion, it's like nothing I've ever felt before, so awesome! It felt like something pushed out on my stomach from the inside, obviously something I would have never felt before, and definitely nothing like gas hahaha. Whoever started saying that a baby moving felt like gas bubbles really sucked at describing things!
Woohoo!

17 Weeks

I'm 17 weeks pregnant today and I'm feeling pretty good.

For whatever reason my hip and shoulder pain have subsided, I'm not going to question it, I'll just be happy about it and consider it a blessing. I've been getting a few headaches lately, but nothing (and I mean nothing) compared to the headaches I got before I was pregnant, so also, not a problem. I'm only waking up once a night to go to the bathroom and then I got right back to sleep, but I have to say I'm more tired now than I was a couple of weeks ago at the beginning of the second trimester.

I'm still not sure if I'm feeling the baby move at all yet. I'm pretty sure that what I'm feeling is just indigestion or something, but every once in a while I think I feel something, it's probably just my imagination playing tricks on me.

When Jen was down here last year and she was pregnant (but we didn't know it) she was saying that maybe I was pregnant, and I was like, no if I was pregnant my stomach wouldn't be all mushy, it would be hard. Well the main thing I've noticed over this past week is that my stomach is definitely a lot tighter/harder than it used to be. I thought it would only be tighter on the bottom (where the baby is) but it's tighter all over already. That makes me excited! I really don't see a huge change in my stomach, you know like when people say, "wow you've really popped!" I still see gradual changes so I'm hoping that over the next 2 weeks it really 'pops' so I won't feel so silly having baby showers while we're back in WI.

When I was in Phoenix with Sarah, Jamie gave me the Colby Caillat cd and said that I'd like the song 'Capri' well she was right. I LOVE that song. I'm guessing Capri is the name of the mother, but it could be the name of the baby, either way I love it. You can go here to listen to the song, it's great, makes me cry which I'd like to blame on hormones, but really I'm just sap. Here are the lyrics:


She’s got a baby inside
And holds her belly tight
All through the night
Just so she knows
She’s sleeping so
Safely to keep
Her growing
And oh when she'll open her eyes
There'll be no surprise
That she'll grow to be
So beautifully
Just like her mother
That’s carrying
Oh Capri
She’s beauty
Baby inside she’s loving
Oh Capri
She’s beauty
There is an angel growin’ peacefully
Oh Capri
Sweet baby
And things will be hard at times
But I've learned to try
Just listening
Patiently, oh Capri
Sweet baby
Oh Capri
She’s beauty
Baby inside she’s loving
Oh Capri
Your beauty
Just like your mother
That’s carrying...Oh Capri

16 Weeks

Look at me go, posting on the correct day!

I had an appt with the OB yesterday morning. I was only waiting 1hr & 10min past my appt time instead of 1.5 hours like normal, so they were surprisingly 20 minutes ahead of schedule. I feel like asking them if I should just show up an hour after the time they tell me, so then I'll be a happier patient. During the long time I was waiting, I eavesdropped on a couple in the waiting room who had a little boy about 18 months old. The thing that was interesting to me was how interested the husband was in what his wife had to say. She was talking about things like her sister or brother and her friends etc and he actually responded with questions and comments that proved he was really listening, it's not something you see everyday. While I was in the room I found out that according to their scale I only lost a total of 6 lbs (although I didn't go in there right away) and that I haven't gained any weight back yet. Well according to my scale I lost a total of 13 lbs and I recently gained back about 4 lbs. My blood pressure and urine were fine as usual and then she used the dopplar to check for the heartbeat. There was about a 3 second window where she was looking too high that I almost went into panic mode, but then she lowered the probe and we got a strong heartbeat. It sounded a lot clearer/stronger this time than it did last time with the dopplar, so that was reassuring. The heartrate was 158 bpm. She did confirm that the slightly raised bumps on my left leg are skin tags, not pretty, but I can deal with them. Then I had some blood drawn for the downs syndrome and cystic fibrosis tests and made an appt for July 10 which is the day after we get back from WI. So now it's a waiting game for the BIG ultrasound on the 24th. I'd be pretty surprised if it turns out to be a boy, but I guess you never really know.

The only other semi-interesting baby related news is that I'm supposed to be able to feel the baby move sometime here and I'm hoping that will happen soon. I've been trying to be more in tune with what my belly is doing, but most of the time when I tune in I just find either extreme fullness or extreme hunger. So come on baby, start moving!

15 Weeks

The 15 week mark is already here and gone (yesterday) and I can't believe the time is going so fast! It seems like just yesterday I was standing in my kitchen with Allison telling her that I was 13 weeks along and now it's already 2 weeks later. Wednesday is my next prenatal appointment and I'm excited/nervous to hear the heartbeat again. I was going to say that I don't think my nervousness will ever go away, but I think it will lessen to a great extent when I can feel the baby moving. Then I won't have to hear the heartbeat to know that my baby is still kicking, haha, pun intended. I'm a dork. My pregnancy week by week book says that within the next couple of weeks I should be able to feel the baby move, so I'm very attuned to what my stomach is up to. I'll definitely post if I feel anything that slightly resembles a baby moving.

So the most exciting news, that I forgot to post in the last blog entry, is something that happened last weekend. The back story is that I've been getting a lot of input on our name choice for a girl. Basically either people flat out say they don't like that name, say that our girl will be called embryo for her whole life and hate us (and side note, did I ever think that I hated my parents when I got called peeatrice or poopatrice or leatard the reatard? The answer is no, I was happy to have such a unique and beautiful name), or don't say anything which means they don't like it. So last weekend as I was trying on a bagillion maternity clothes my friend Sarah was reading through a "cool baby name book" (that's literally what it was called) and guess what name happened to be in there...Embry! That's right, the name I had picked out since I was about 17 is in an actual baby name book and it's spelled without an 'e' inbetween the 'r' and 'y'. Take that! To avoid the whole embryo problem I was going to change the spelling that I liked the best (Embry) and switch it to Embrey (kinda like aubrey), but since it's in a baby name book without the extra 'e' I kinda feel like I don't have to put in the extra 'e' either. This also leaves me with another issue. All of the girl names we picked we picked #1 because we love them and #2 because they don't show up in the top 1000 girl names for the past 100 years, so they're unique. Well now that Embry is in a baby name book I'm worried that there will be an onslaught of baby Embrys running around, but this is unlikely since apparently nobody likes that name in the first place haha.

I was talking with Tony yesterday about something that a friend from high school was saying about the baby name her and her hubby picked out. Basically it's the theory that if you don't tell people what name you picked till you actually attach it to a baby (after it's born) then they're a lot less likely to criticize it. Well this is a very good theory and I do happen to agree, but knowing myself and knowing that we already have the first 3 girl and first 3 boy names picked out, I will not be able to keep my mouth shut for that long! So I guess I'll just have to take the good with the bad and oh well, we picked the names because we love them and we're the parents so that's a special thing that we get to do. The way I picked girl names was thinking if I would have enjoyed having that name growing up, if I would have received compliments on it, and if I'd like it for an adult name...with Embry, the answer to all 3 is yes, so I'm happy with it. Oh and bonus, there's this adorable onesie that we HAVE to get for our baby if it's a girl!

Ok here's the 15 week belly shot!

14 Weeks

I'm late posting this one too, woops!

I'm waking up less often in the middle of the night to use the restroom now, so I'm getting more sleep. I bought some curtains for our bedroom last week and since they're blocking out the sun more, I am able to sleep in longer, which is also great.

The baby and I went to Phoenix this weekend with Sarah to visit Jamie. I saw a very pregnant girl laying out by the pool in a bikini yesterday, I want that to be me, but I'm fairly certain I'll have lots of stretch marks to hide. I could just photoshop those out :) I also found out this weekend that the baby really likes Culvers. I could tell it especially liked the cheese curds, baby after my own heart!

I just finished the invites for the double baby shower that my sister Jen and I are having in WI on June 28, I can't wait, it's going to be so fun to see everyone! I am especially excited to meet my nephew Colter, he's a cutie! Now I'm moving on to the scrapbook I'm making Jen to give her at the shower. I've never made a scrapbook for a baby boy before, this is exciting.

Here is my 14 week picture for your enjoyment!
My friend Sarah that was visiting from Cali gave me a cute Sweet Pea baby onesie, yoga pants, and knot hat for the little one and a beautiful necklace that has 3 little pink peas in a pod and another pod that says "sweet pea" on it. So cute!

13 Weeks

I know, I know, I'm a little late in posting this. This weekend was Tony's graduation from the U of A and we had Tony's grandma, aunt, and uncle down as well as his mom, sister, and brother. It was a really good time and I got lots of great pictures (which of course is the most important thing).I must say that I am definitely looking pregnant, no question about it. :) Yay! I am feeling pretty good and, dare I say, actually better than before I was pregnant. The prednisone is certainly helping my shoulder and hip, although I am awake between 1 and 5 am every morning. I'm eating a lot more now that the morning sickness is gone and I thought that would at least help me maintain my weight if not gain some, but low and behold, I've lost another pound. That's up to a 13lb weight loss thus far, but I'm not worried, I'm obviously still pregnant :)

Yesterday I got to see 2 of my pregnant friends at Tony's graduation party. Kim was there and she's looking just wonderful, only 6 more weeks to go for her! Then we got a surprise visit from a couple that was in our old young marrieds group at the Assembly. Daniel, Anca, and their little boy, Joshua, came down from Phoenix to wish Tony a happy graduation. Anca is about 1.5 months ahead of me in her 2nd pregnancy, so we compared bellies!

So everyone got their baby announcements around Sat, May 10th. Tony's mom had gotten a call from a friend who got her announcement before Tony's mom, so she told Tony's mom while she was at work. I asked what Tony's mom's reaction was and she said that she screamed, then cried, then got yelled at for making such a ruckus at work. That's pretty funny. Then she called me and was pretty much screaming into the phone, she was excited. A lot of other people called or messaged me to congratulate us. The other funny one was when my mom and I called my sister Jenifer on Mother's Day to wish her a happy 1st Mother's day and to figure out why she hadn't called to congratulate me yet. Well, we asked her if she got anything in the mail and she said yes, but that she hadn't opened them yet. So we told her to open it while she was on the phone and she was like "oh? Oh? What's this? What? Are you kidding me?! What?!" I assured her it was not a joke and she was very happy for us and I think especially because our kids will be so close in age, how fun! Later on she revealed that when she first opened the card she was very confused because she thought I had sent her back a picture from her ultrasound, but then she read the bottom and realized what it was.

Oh and here's one last picture from the water balloon toss where you can easily see that I'm with child. :) Enjoy!

12 Weeks

Honestly, if you can't see my lower abdomen bulging out by now, you are no longer my friend!

Anyhow, had my 12 week appt today with the ob. I thought last time I went in they might be just having a busy day or something because it took 1.5 hours past my appt time to get me into the room. Well apparently that's how they always are because it was exactly the same today. One of the ladies in the waiting room even had to reschedule because she had somewhere else to be. I have to say it's a good thing I don't work because I can't imagine sitting there that long when you're supposed to be somewhere else!

So both the nurse and the nurse practitioner commented on my weight loss (12 lbs down total) and asked if I had been throwing up to which I said no, but I have been eating a lot less than normal. Over the past week I've been feeling a lot better in that regard and even got to have panda express which was fantastic! I'm sure the pounds will get packed on in no time!

I asked her about 20 questions and I will go over the important/exciting ones now. First, best of all, we're getting an ultrasound scheduled for right around June 24, so we will know the sex before I go back to WI this summer!!!!!! She said as long as the baby cooperates (and why would my baby not cooperate for a picture?!) then at 18.5 weeks the ultrasound will be extremely reliable in determining the gender. Secondly, and I'm not sure but it might be more exciting, I can go to Noah's Ark this summer in the Dells!!!!! I asked her about water slides at around 19 weeks and she's actually been to the Dells before and said as long as I use my judgment on which would be really rambunctious and stay off those ones that water slides would be perfectly fine. Oh that's such great news, Tony's going to love Noah's Ark! Also found out that I can take prilosec for the acid reflux, which is going to help me a lot. I can have the occasional lunch meat (in a sub or whatever) and the occasional hot dog, no biggie. I can take a hot bath if I like and bonus, I can put my heating pad on my back! These are all great things and I was so happy to hear all this good news!

I got to hear the heartbeat again. It was 152 bpm during the ultrasound and I forgot to ask what it was today. I was surprised to hear how different the heartbeat sounded using the small Doppler as opposed to the ultrasound machine. It was very loud and strong during the ultrasound but a lot more muffled today. The heart's beating and that's all I needed to know! Also found out that last time my HCG level was like 150,000 or some crazy big number like that, so I definitely have a sticky little turkey in the oven!

Then after I left I went to the post office and mailed all the announcements...oh gosh, I'm so excited for people to find out, it's going to be great!

My next appt is June 4th at 16 weeks. The dr is ordering some blood tests for down's syndrome and something else I can't remember right now, so I might go in before 16 weeks to give blood. I am so happy I'm over the first trimester, now I can be calm and cool and relaxed and just work on making a healthy little baby. :) Life is so good!

11 Weeks

So here is my 11 week belly shot!




















I definitely can see something starting to bulge out near the bottom there, but I'm sure nobody else can tell. :) Also, I had to go into photoshop to erase the very apparent armpit hair that I have been growing, woops. We have friends coming over for dinner tonight, so I should probably do something about that!

I am just dying to send out the announcements and tell everyone the good news. I talked to tony's mom on the phone last night about his graduation party (and she's helping out with food and stuff, which is such a blessing right now) and I was just busting at the seams to hear her reaction when she finds out she's gonna be a grandma. Ahhh, it's going to be soooo great! I told our real estate lady on Wed when we signed the papers on the house because I figured it'd be a while before I'd see her again. She was very excited, but I felt like I was almost jinxing myself by telling her at 11 weeks instead of 12. I also had a dream last night that I was bleeding profusely and everyone was just like "well you must have gotten your period" but I would exclaim "I'm not supposed to get my period, I'm pregnant!" I'm sure it means nothing, but it freaked me out none the less. Speaking of dreams, Tony had one the other night where I had twin girls. Hello Heaven! However then his dream turned into some video game scenario where he got to blow things up.

I wasn't sure if I should post this here, but I think it has to do with baby, so here goes. Since I'm pregnant and have lupus it would be a good idea to get in to see a rheumatologist fairly soon. Well, I could go to the one I've gone to for the past 3 years, but I've decided that I really don't like her after a number of things that have gone on, so I refuse to go to her again. This leaves me trying to get in to see a new rheumatologist somewhat on this side of town that takes Health Net insurance. Well to make a long story short, this new lady said that she wouldn't schedule an appt for me until I went to see my primary care physician again (I hadn't seen him in a year cuz I didn't have insurance) and also that she was booked until July even though I told them I was pregnant. So I had an appt with him (my pcp) yesterday and I told him about my shoulder and hip pain that have been getting worse over the past 6 months or so and I knew it was a rheumatological problem which is what he said and that I should see the rheumatologist for it. I explained to him the whole situation and that I was seeing him so I could see the rheumy etc and he really wanted me to get in to see her before July because hello, I'm pregnant. Anyhow, he basically gave me a temporary bandaid solution which is to do a taper of prednisone (which I hate) for 3 weeks and hopefully it will tide me over till I can see the rheumy. I wonder if this rheumatologist is going to be worth all the work I'm going through just to get an appt and it bothers me that people are so ho-hum about this 'high risk' pregnancy kinda being a big deal for me.

Although I did feel a bit validated when he acknowledged that I actually was in pretty bad pain (which is the exact opposite of how my old rheumy acted, part of the reason I'm not going to her again) and then I also started crying (due to hormones I'm on the edge at all times now) when I realized that my doctor really wanted to help me, but that there is literally nothing they can do. Oh well, such is life.

One more week and the cat will be out of the bag!!!!!

Announcements are Done

Now just waiting to go to the next Dr appt on May 7th and then I'll send them out. I made 50 of them in 4 diff colors: the color in the pics, a gray, and 2 dif shades of green. I think they turned out great and can't wait to send them out!

Ultrasound at 10 weeks

IT'S ALIVE!

We just got back from the ultrasound and I'm pretty much in shock. It was the most amazing thing ever!

We got there and right away the lady at the desk looked at my video tape that I had in my hand and said they won't take video, ok so oh well, I still have my camera along. So after filling out a few papers (where our street name was Woof Berry, haha) we waited and then after about 10 minutes the tech came out and called "Luh-treese." I knew that was me, so we went back. There were 3 ultrasound techs in our room and I asked if we could take any pictures and they said no. Shot down again, but she consoled me saying that they would give me a print out. Ok, that's good enough. Then I laid on the table and apparently they were trying out a new machine that does 2D and 3D, yahoo! So the youngest of the techs squirted the jelly on me which made a loud farting noise and I said "Tony, geez!" to which the techs laughed. Then she started rolling the probe around the bottom of my stomach and voila! A little baby appeared on the screen! It actually looked like a baby too! As soon as we saw it, it started flailing its arms and legs like nobody's business and the techs were oogling about how active and cute it was. That's my baby, the cute one! So they took some measurements and whatnot. They said the sac was very big, lots of fluid, very good sign. Then we saw the heartbeat, absolutely amazing. I could tell that Tony just thought this whole experience was the coolest thing ever from his various reactions, I love my husband. Then they turned on the sound and we got to hear the fast wooshing of the heartbeat, also equally amazing. We saw the 3D ultrasound which I had to have the tech explain to me what was what because it basically looked like a vagina. The thing in the middle was apparently the baby. When they went back to the 2D the baby was bouncing around it was the neatest thing in the world to see my baby moving so much. I can't believe that there is actually a real live person growing inside of me!

I spent part of the morning working on the announcements/mothers day cards. I think they're turning out quite cute and now I have a wonderful little picture of our baby to put in each one, how exciting!

Here is a pic of me standing outside the ultrasound place, a 10 week belly shot, the best pic of baby Ciaravella (which will be going in the announcements), and then 2 more shots of the baby. The head is on the right and there is a fist in the front/bottom and one right by the nose (so you know it's not a weird growth coming out of the baby's face). :)

9 Weeks

I'm basically writing this post to put up my 9 week belly shot, but I'm sure there are some things I can talk about too.

The morning sickness seems to be subsiding when I eat, so that's a bonus. I'm still tired, but what else is new? haha. The poop issues appear to be clearing up, praise Jesus. Also, same for the large quantities of acid in my stomach. I'm thinking maybe my body just needed to adjust to switching from prilosec (very strong) to zantac (very weak). I'm realizing what foods my body likes and which it doesn't and eating based on that info.

I can't express what I'm feeling, but let me just say that I feel so incredibly blessed to be me right now. I can't imagine how my life could get any better and I'm wondering what made me deserving of all of this. I don't imagine that I've done anything "great" in the eyes of God to deserve these blessings, but he gave them to me none the less, and I'm amazed at all of it. So with an incredibly thankful heart, I'm posting my 9 week picture. :)

8 Weeks and Change

I lost another 6 lbs! I wish losing weight was this easy without being pregnant. Now only 15 lbs to go and I'll be at my pre-pre-pregnancy weight, haha.

It turns out that when you don't ovulate on day 14 of your cycle you don't count your weeks starting from the first day of your last period. It's occurring to me now that the drs/nurses are counting the day I ovulated (day 18 of my cycle, or Feb 28) as 2 weeks into pregnancy not 2 weeks & 4 days like I had been. So therefore, I am 8 wks & 2 days into my pregnancy right now. Anyhow, here is my 8 week picture taken tonight and I'm sorry but the bottom half of my stomach just will not suck in anymore, I guess there's like a baby in there or something!

Ultrasound Appt

Apparently, I don't actually get to schedule the ultrasound. I called the dr's office today (because they hadn't called me yet to schedule it and I wanted to get in like asap) and the girl said that they hadn't forgotten about me, they were just short staffed and they should be calling me this afternoon to set up the appt. So the girl calls me this afternoon and tells me when my appointment is for the ultrasound. I don't get to like pick a day or a time that would be most convenient, they just tell me when it will be. Now with me, that's not a problem, I don't have a whole lot that's actually set it stone so I can do a "whenever" ultrasound, but I would really like my husband to be able to go since it's kind of like a big deal. So it's scheduled for April 24 (not next week like the nurse practitioner said, but 2 whole weeks away) for 12:45pm. That would be exactly when Tony is in class. Hopefully he'll be able to come over to see the first pictures of the little Turkey, but it's highly doubtful since it's his last semester of college and it's almost over, he's totally bogged down with projects right now. I'm fairly positive they don't do printouts of the ultrasound at this early stage (although I will be 10 wks by then and you could probably see like arms/legs etc) so I'm taking my camera and hopefully they'll let me get a pic of the screen to show Tony. I'd also really love to send that out in the announcements, so fun! Maybe I can cut feathers out of construction paper and glue them onto the baby's spine in the pic so it really will be my Thanksgiving Turkey! Or maybe not. Gobble gobble. Anyhow, I can't wait!!! I need to have patience for the next 2 weeks and hopefully things to do to keep my mind off of the impending ultrasound. I mean come on, the first pictures of our first baby, this is a big thing for me, this is scrapbooking material!

First Dr Appt

The dr appt went well. I just got a pap and they took some blood and that was about it. It was with the nurse practitioner who gave me a prescription for prenatal vitamins, I've been taking over the counter ones for the past 15 months or so. Also the lab ladies couldn't find my veins so they stuck me twice in one arm and once in the other and moved the needles all around and then finally got a vein. So now it looks like I've been shooting up, nice. The good news is that without even really begging she said they'd set me up for an ultrasound for next week, so now I'm just waiting for that call. My next appt at the OB isn't till May 7 and then I'll get to hear the heartbeat.

In other baby news, my sister had her baby boy on Sunday! They named him Colter Dusty Gulley. Apparently she had a very tough time with labor and delivery, yikes. Also 17.5 hours of labor, so I'm hoping mine will go quite a bit better than that. Here's a pic of the little guy!

Moving

So the moving is over for the most part. There are still boxes left at my parent's house but nothing major. Now let the unpacking begin! My mom is on the way over to paint the shelf in the living room since it's so high she doesn't want Pregnantrice on the ladder to do it. Oh and I'm sorry baby for all the toxic paint fumes you've breathed in over the last week, I just wasn't going to wear that yucky medical mask, I hope you're not permanently damaged.

I'm fairly certain that Tony's mom and sister have no idea that I'm pregnant after their visit. Especially since some of the ym people told me some comments they made while they were here about wanting me to be pregnant, haha, aren't they just going to be shocked come Mother's day when I send out the announcement cards! It was hard for me though to keep it from them just because I know how excited they would be, but that's life, oh well.

I'm now 8 weeks and I have my first doctor's appt tomorrow. I feel like I'm running a fever all the time, but I can't find my thermometer in the boxes to check. I usually run a fever anyway, but I hear if it's over 102 then it's not good for the baby. I'm sure the nurse practitioner will check tomorrow.

I did lose another pound, but I have to say, I am soooo thankful that my morning sickness subsided while I was getting the painting done. That in itself was a miracle.

I'll have lots to write about tomorrow after my appt, so until then, here's my 7 week picture, enjoy!