The Good Part

I'm hoping the good part is coming soon. On Friday I didn't feel pregnant at all except for some possible movement in the evening. It was awesome. I've been such a complainer this pregnancy so I hope days like that start coming more frequently before I become a professional whiner. I can't stand listening to myself when all I talk about is how tired and nauseated I am. I'm just so lucky to be pregnant. To think, we weren't sure if we'd ever have kids and now we're going to have at least two!

I don't think I grew very much this week, but we took a picture anyway.

I have an appointment on Thursday and we'll probably schedule the big ultrasound at that time. I have a friend that's due a week ahead of me and having her ultrasound around August 22nd and another friend is due a week after me and is having her ultrasound on September 9th, so I would guess my ultrasound would be somewhere between those dates. That's coming up fast! I'm excited to find out if Mini is a boy or girl and will be equally pleased with either. We wouldn't have to buy much for a girl and Jon wants a girl. We have a name picked out for a boy and I think it would be fun to have one of each. I guess we'll see!

Back!

We're back online so here are a few pictures for you all to enjoy. Here's what I looked like at 13 weeks.Here's my picture from this past weekend. It's starting to get harder to get out of my gown. I hope it lasts all pregnancy without the seams ripping!I took a couple of pictures of the ultrasound pictures. The quality isn't great, but at least you can see the little one. He's so perfect!Here he is waving.I'm feeling much better. My appetite is ridiculous and my cravings are out of control. I went a couple of days with Zofran with nothing more than severe hiccups all day long. I've had a couple of dizzy spells when I've gotten too hot so I'm trying to continue to take it easy. I listened to Mini on the doppler yesterday and found his heartbeat immediately. That was fun!

Going Crazy!

I'm currently sitting at Jon's desk at work for a minute so I thought I'd give a quick update. Sorry, but I have no way of posting the belly picture for this week.

Let's see:
-Tried no Zofran again last Saturday which resulted in strong vomitty tasting hiccups at the grocery store. Will try again this Saturday.
-Felt some weird flutters on Sunday that may have been something other than gas, but it's awfully early.
-Terrified of January considering how busy Jon is right now and he'll be in a similar situation then as clinic chief.

Got to go. It's time for Mina to go to bed. I'll be back in August. UGH!

NT Scan

I had the NT ultrasound scan yesterday morning and everything looked great. The neck fold measured 1.7mm and anything under 3mm is good. Mini's heart was beating at a rate of 157 bpm and *his* little arms and legs were moving all over the place. He measured a few days ahead by the measurement of the length of his body. My mom and Mina came along and got to see the whole thing. Both of them were well-behaved.

Oh, and no, we couldn't see gender yet, but both Jon and I have a feeling that Mini is a boy. We're really good at guessing that sort of thing. Remember last time? We were both wrong. I should set up an expectnet game again before we find out the gender in September.

We don't have a scanner and I haven't gotten around to getting the ultrasound pictures scanned yet. I'll try to do that or otherwise people will just have to see them in person. Mini looks like a human and even waved to the camera.

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!