Gearing up for an interesting school year

I’ve met my new students and we’ve had our first 2 days of school.  It’s been a hectic past week with Parent/Teacher night and getting a new school year rolling!  Not to mention, I haven’t been sleeping well because I’ve been waking up in the middle of the night to use the restroom or because I’m starving! It’s also been a challenge to find the time to drink enough water and eat enough during the day.  I’m packing lots of snacks throughout the day, but being more active than I’ve been in the past few weeks has added to my already expanding appetite!

Aside from the fact that I’m adjusting to a new school year in a totally new way, I’m also bursting at the seams to tell co-workers and parents.  ‘How’s married life?’ ‘When are you going to have kids?’ ‘Anything interesting happen over the summer?’… all these questions have left me in a tricky spot because I’ve been dying to shout “I’M PREGNANT!” 🙂 Along with that, some of my students have asked me if I have children, and can’t wait to be able to say ‘SOON!’.

I noticed the other day at 9 weeks, that I’m actually showing a little bit! I’ve heard that people with longer torsos show sooner…who knows. But I managed to find a ‘flowy’ dress for Parent/Teacher Night to hide any weight gain!

After I put my children on the bus today, I was thrilled for the weekend and ready for 2 days of nothing but relaxing!  I was really excited to get home and find a book in my mailbox that I ordered from Amazon… I’ve got a more ‘technical’ one on the way… but this one is an easy read about the pretty and not so pretty basics about pregnancy.  I’m already halfway through, and I’ll probably finish tonight! 😉

**(Monday I will be 10 weeks! YEA!)**

1st prenatal exam

Thursday I went to my 1st prenatal exam. Although I was only 8 weeks and 4 days at the time, my doctor wanted to try to hear the baby’s heart beat through an abdominal ultrasound.  I could hear all kinds of crackling and wooshing noises that she explained to me was my blood circulating through my body.  At one point my doctor said she heard my heartbeat plus the baby’s heartbeat, but I’ll be honest, I couldn’t hear a difference from all of the noise I’d heard before.  But I was happy with the visit because if my doctor heard the baby’s heartbeat, I was happy to know that!

We will go back Sept. 8th to do another check up and this time the baby should be big enough to isolate the heartbeat and really hear it! 🙂

I am 9 weeks, and so excited that I am almost out of the 1st trimester. I’m even more excited to go on Sept. 8th and hopefully have a new picture of our little one!!!

My clothes are fitting a little bit tighter now.  I’ve only gained about 2 lbs, but it’s all been in my belly.  Yesterday I went to Target and bought a belly band. I was a little skeptical on how it would work.  After trying it on with all of my work clothes, I’m so excited about it!  I can even wear a pair of pants that I haven’t been able to fit in in years! (Of course they’re only zipped and not buttoned!) But that’s the beauty of the belly band!  Not in materinity pants quite yet! (I’ve still got some time, lol)

Here’s to the next few weeks flying by, and getting settled into my 2nd trimester! 😉

Countdown to 2nd Trimester!

I’m now 8 weeks and 2 days, and definitely counting down until I’m into my 2nd trimester! I’m looking forward to some renewed energy and no more queasiness!  Overall I’ve felt pretty good, but the wooziness hits randomly. I’m sure going to miss my couch time when school starts back! I’m worried I’ll be pretty exhausted by the end of a school day. But once school starts back I’ll only have 3 weeks until my 2nd trimester where things hopefully settle down.

I’m not showing any, but sure feel like it! Whenever I can I’m in workout pants or elastic shorts that don’t make me feel like a balloon!  I know that no one else can notice, but I sure can!

I go tomorrow for my 1st prenatal exam, and I’m excited to hear good news, and hopefully see or hear my baby’s heartbeat again (I’m not sure they’ll do it again tomorrow, but I sure hope so!)

1st prenatal exam update coming tomorrow! 🙂

 

7 weeks!

I’m now over halfway done with my 1st Trimester!!  I’m feeling a little bit more ‘woozy’.  Food doesn’t settle real well in my stomach, and I have to make sure I’m never full nor hungry…otherwise it will make me feel worse!

I’ve been very tired lately and have had some cramping.  They worst symptom though is breaking out on my face! It’s the only visible symptom I’ve got, and it’s such a pain! I try and wash my face atleast twice a day to keep all the pimples down. Yuck!

So many exciting things are happening with my little jellybean this week!

At week 7, baby bean’s eyes, mouth, and tongue are developing. Our baby’s brain is also developing this week! Also, the bones in it’s little body are forming and hardening!

I’m not showing any at this point, but definitely feel like my pants are fitting a bit tighter these days!  I’m okay with it though, because I know what it means! 😉

Here’s to another happy, healthy week! 🙂

 

Baby Bean!

Travis and I went for our second ultrasound today (actually yesterday because it is 4:30am as I type this because I can’t sleep!).  Last ultrasound we weren’t as far along as expected, so we only saw the prgnancy sac, the yolk sac, and the start of a teeny tiny fetus.  We were a little disappointed that we didn’t get to see a heartbeat, and I was still anxious because we didn’t see it.  Being on 5 weeks and 4 days at the time, its not uncommon to nto see a heartbeat then… I just wanted to see it so badly!

We were nervous/anxious/excited today to see what we would see. I was nervous because I knew I was now 6 weeks and 4 days and the doctor said I should see a heartbeat by then… so I was just praying for that. I was anxious and excited because I just KNEW that all of my prayers would be answered!

Sure enough they were! When the nurse said, “Oh I see it!” Travis got up from his chair and walked to the television screen.  When she magnified the image on the screen, it was just the most amazing thing! I could truly see the tiny flicker of a heartbeat in my tiny little baby.  I could also see where the umbilical cord was attached (ever so tiny!) and you could see blood rushing in and out to the baby.  I was amazed at how much life was actually going on inside me (even though the unsuspecting person would never know!). 

As Travis’ dad said later on when we showed him the pictures, “And people don’t think there are miracles in this world…”

 

Ultrasound

Travis and I went for my first ultrasound on Friday. We were so excited to get to see and hear a heartbeat. It was quite disappointing to me when we went and I didn’t get the expected outcome.

Turns out that the calculations were off and I wasn’t 6 weeks and 2 days, but was really only 5 weeks and 4 days. Sooo, we didn’t get to see a heartbeat yet. 😦 

But what was exciting was that we got to see my pregnancy sac, my yolk sac, and a teeny tiny fetus! Dr. Mody said that everything that has developed looks great for how far along I am.  While I was disappointed not to have the reassurance of a heartbeat, I was happy to hear that things were progressing like they should be.

We’ve scheduled another ultraound for next Friday (when I will be 6 weeks and 4 days) and we’ve both got our fingers crossed that we will finally hear and see the heartbeat of our little jellybean!!

My little Jelly Bean!

I can’t tell you how excited I am to be able to see my little jelly bean when we have our ultrasound on Friday. I must say that my pregnancy experience has been a rather pleasant one so far. Other than the occassional headache and feeling tired all day, I’ve really not felt to badly.  I had a few days where I felt a little sick, but that was short lived. I keep waiting for the nasty pregnancy symptoms to kick in, but will be content to skip all of those!

Tomorrow I will be 6 weeks. Half way to the 12 week mark where I can breath a sigh of relief that the first trimester is over!  Trying to keep myself busy so they fly by.  But I really want to relish this whole experience, so I don’t want it going too quickly!

I must say, though, that I need for the next 3 days to fly by so that I can see my little jelly bean on the ultrasound!! 🙂

T minus 4 days!

Waiting to go to our 6 week ultrasound has been the hardest thing to do! We are so anxious to see our little one and hear the heartbeat!

We’ve both been extremely cautious since the miscarriage, and will be happy to see a little heartbeat and know for sure that things are on the right track!

Wendover OBGYN called me today and I have to say I was a little concerned when the phone rang. I had already heard my results on Friday and my appointment for the ultrasound was already scheduled.  I was pleased to hear that it was the nurse getting back to me after letting Dr. Mody know my lab results. She told me that Dr. Mody was very happy with the levels and that my progesterone levels were excellent! I was very happy to get that reassurance, but nothing will take the place of seeing our little one on Friday!!!

It’s T minus 4 days and counting…..

On the right track baby!

I went to the doctor today to get another blood test done to make sure that my hcg levels were doubling every 48 hours as they should be. My OBGYN is fantastic, and watching this pregnancy closely because of the miscarriage.  It took like 6 hours for the nurse to call back, so it was a loooong day of waiting!  When the nurse called back, she explained last time they checked (at 4 weeks) my levels were 54.  So, by last Sunday they should have been 108, and by last Tuesday they should have been 216, and by Thursday (yesterday) they should have been 432…. So naturally this makes me really nervous and my heart sunk.  I was fully prepared to hear bad news.  Then the nurse continued and said… “Well! Your levels are at 2,102! So that’s good!”  I was so excited to hear that. Since my levels are high enough and next week I will be 6 weeks, she went ahead and scheduled me for an ultrasound for next Friday! :o) I can’t wait to hear the heartbeat and finally relax and know that everything is going to be alright!

Travis and I have been holding our breath for a week now, and with this good news, along with my great levels that continue to increase, we can finally exhale and get really excited about this pregnancy!!

 

Surprise, Surprise!!

Travis and I had to wait until tonight to tell his parents because his father was out of town. We had wrapped 2 bibs. One says “I love grandma” and one says “I love grandpa”. I can’t wait to see the looks on their faces when they open them up!  They think we are taking them out to dinner to thank them for watching our dogs while we were at the beach, so they won’t be expecting this at all! 🙂

Even though it is still super early, I found myself wandering through various websites about baby clothes, maternity clothes, and even researched my materinity leave. I found the cutest onesy that I’m sure Travis would love as well! Haha!