Steadily Improving

I'm steadily feeling better. I attempted to go a day without Zofran yesterday and ended up caving, but at least I didn't puke or anything. I've been getting bad headaches that only seem to be solved by caffeine so I'm considering taking up my morning dose of caffeine again. How terrible is that? I don't think I grew very much this week. I have an ultrasound tomorrow morning at 9:30 and I'll post about it at some point. They'll be checking the measurement of the neck fold to predict the possibility of problems with the baby. That wouldn't change things for me, but I couldn't resist an ultrasound.

I also couldn't resist buying a couple more diapers because there was a clearance sale. I need to stop so that I can buy some that aren't gender neutral in a couple of months.

So far I haven't had restless legs like I did with last pregnancy. In fact, I'm the opposite and like to be touched and snuggled more than I have for the last couple of years. It's great! It also helps that Jon has been about as close to perfect as a guy can get. He cooks, cleans, and basically reads my mind. I don't even ask him to do things and he magically does exactly what I want. I'm so lucky!

Rounding Out

I feel like I've really started rounding out this past week. It's probably from all of the food I've been eating. My appetite is beginning to return and eating seems to keep the nausea away. Unfortunately, I'm hungry for tater tots, fries, buttery popcorn, and chips all the time. It isn't doing good things for my weight! I hope I'll be better at eating healthy foods once I'm in the second trimester and fully recovered from morning sickness. I had a great time in Fort Dodge with family. I'm sure you'll read about it in Mina's blog, but her perspective is always a little different than mine. Haha! I really enjoyed having other people cook for me, chase after Mina, and get up with her in the morning. I started to feel a lot better from that reprieve and Jon noticed that I've been better since the trip. I haven't had to lay down while he ate supper with Minnie and I've been taking only one Zofran during the day (first thing in the morning). I hope this trend continues.

I'm so excited for next year. I will love living so close to our family. Mina loves spending time with everyone and I'll have some help. Jon is a big help when he's home, but he gets busy at times. My friend Jamie is also a big help with watching Mina for me and getting me out of the house.

I don't know how often I'll be updating both of the blogs. I haven't been spending much time on the computer lately. I use Mina's nap time to lay around or take a nap. Once Jon gets home, I just want to hang out with him until I fall asleep. I'm sure you all understand. I will definitely update at least once a week, maybe more once I start feeling better.

10 Weeks

I can't believe how fast my belly is popping out. It's great! I actually pulled out my maternity clothes last weekend because they're more comfortable than normal clothes. I don't have to wear them yet, but why not?

It was fun finally telling people about the pregnancy. We called both sets of grandparents on Thursday night (7/2) and told the grandpas as their late Father's Day gifts. Everyone was shocked and happy, just as we expected. We told the rest of the world the next day.

I've heard Mini's heartbeat three times now. The first time was on Tuesday with my home doppler. I found it very briefly, but it was definitely there. Mina was in the room and she sang along. Now she makes heartbeat noises whenever she sees the doppler. I had my first official OB appointment on Thursday and Dr. M found the heartbeat in the same spot at about 168 beats per minute. Jon hadn't gotten to hear the heartbeat yet, so I used the doppler again on Friday night and found it immediately at about 175 beats per minute. He doesn't get to go to many (if any) of my appointments so it was fun for him to get to hear the baby.

I have an ultrasound scheduled for July 20th and I'll try to post pictures if I get any decent ones. The ultrasound is part of the prenatal testing, but will be too early to check gender. We plan to find out the gender again, most likely in September.

To answer some of the questions we've been getting -

1. No, we didn't do IVF this time. We mostly got lucky.

2. No, relaxing isn't what got us pregnant. Jon had surgery to correct an issue and that's the secret to our success.

3. Yes, we're finding out gender and will share names this time around.

4. Yes, I'm still sick but handling it with medicine. Oh, and the Zofran ended up being free after all. Woohoo!

Expensive Habit

Apparently I have an expensive drug habit. Zofran is free with our insurance to a certain point, but I'm well beyond that point. I go through 30 pills in about a week and a half and we're covered for 30 pills per month. Now it's either pay out of pocket or get slammed on the head with the toilet lid by my beautiful 18-month old. I hope this one refill will be enough to get me through morning sickness. It has to end someday, right?

I've been feeling sorry for myself and then feeling bad for feeling sorry for myself. There are so many people that would love to be pregnant and here I am complaining about being sick. The part that bugs me the most is missing out on doing things with Mina. Last night I had another aura migraine and Jon put Mina to bed without me. We have the TV on way too much during the day so I can lay around. Mina hasn't been eating the best stuff because cooking and eating don't agree with me. We went grocery shopping this morning and Mina greeted everyone in the store with a big "hi" and a smile, but when she looked at me all she saw was a frown because the smells were getting to me. I can't be the mommy I'd like to be when I'm feeling so yucky and this is on the medication. Without the medication I wouldn't be able to leave the house.

This is what I get for having such an easy pregnancy last time. Maybe this more difficult pregnancy will at least end in an easy labor. That would be a nice switch.

Now I feel bad for complaining...

Oh, and the doppler came, but we haven't found the heartbeat yet. Jon tried a few days ago. I might try this afternoon. It's not stressing me out since it's early. Just one week until my first OB appointment with Dr. M! She's magical with the doppler so I hope she can find Mini's heartbeat.

8 Weeks

I'm definitely growing!

Itty Bitty Fluff

Since I've been feeling sick, I needed a pick me up so I bought some tiny diapers. These are the ones that have come so far and they're size small. Wait until you see the extra smalls! The diaper on the right is peacock themed and the wipe and cream at the bottom came free. :) I started Zofran on Monday because I was falling asleep whenever I sat down. I'm so thankful that Mina wasn't seriously injured while I was on B6/Unisom. It didn't seem like a good idea to take sleeping pills while watching a toddler, but I gave it a shot for a week. It stopped the vomiting, but didn't stop the nausea. I had to leave our fancy banquet last Friday to go lay down in our hotel room all night. That was a big disappointment.

It's hard to believe that I'm already 7.5 weeks pregnant. My belly is bumping out ever so slightly and I feel heavy in the uterus. Kind of hard to explain.

We still haven't told our parents we're expecting. I'm so looking forward to it that I don't want to do it yet. It's going to be fun to surprise them! I wonder if they'll do cartwheels? I wouldn't put it past Cathy. It would be fun to just show up to Fort Dodge in July sporting a baby bump. They'd be shocked. Unfortunately, Jon wouldn't get to be in on telling them that way so we probably won't do that.

I ordered a home doppler to listen to the heartbeat. It should be here in a few days, but I don't know if we'll be able to hear Mini right away. Some people have luck as early as 7 weeks, but some can't get a reading until 10 weeks. It will be fun to try!

6 weeks and blech!

Morning sickness started the day before I hit 6 weeks. Unfortunately, I had a bowl of Cheerios and a RED soda before I threw up the first time. Yuck! That really wasn't a good combination. I've been sick every day since to the point that I called my doctor yesterday to ask for advice. I'm now on a regimen of B6 with Unisom that has stopped me from puking so far today. I was even able to eat lunch! That's a big step as I've lost 4 pounds since last Friday. I hope I get feeling better soon because I've been missing out on fun with Mina. Here's my 6 weeks belly picture. Not much to see yet.
I had an ultrasound last week that showed Mini is growing in the correct place. His/her little heart was just starting to beat. My first official OB appointment is July 2nd in the morning.