12 weeks

As I was typing 12 weeks, I just realized I have felt great today and yesterday. Isn't is amazing how horrible you feel, and then you get better without even realizing it? I cleaned the entire upstairs today and now have blocked it off so no one can go up and ruin it. I feel good and think I am going to pack away my "regular" clothes tonight. Sigh. Thought I could make it to 15 weeks, but the belly is hanging over my pants a few too many inches and it looks horrible. But I have not gained anymore weight, which is good. Maternity stuff is still a little big (and so uncomfortable!!!!), but I think it is time. Since I cleaned today, I have not done my hair or makeup, so no 12 week picture this time. Maybe next week!

11 weeks - felt baby move!!!!

Just got back from my Dr. appointment. Sigh. This is my first experience with Air Force health care and let's just say I am not impressed. To all of you out there wanting government health care to pass, let me just say, it is not a good idea. No one knows what anyone else is doing. No one cares because there is no money or incentives involved. So, whether the Dr. does one test or 50 tests, or you go every week, or once a year, he gets paid the same. For example, in the "real world" you go to the doctor at least 12 times during your pregnancy. Air Force is 8 times. They see me the minimal amount they need to. I feel like low income, white trash going to the Doctor. I like to be able to have choices, and here I do not. Anyway, enough of my rant, here is what happened at the Dr.

*The doctor made a nice note about the 10 lbs I have gained. He said, "You must be feeling great and not had any sickness and be eating very, very good from what I can see." Thanks. I warned him that I have gained 50 lbs with both of my other children, so most likely that will happen again. He was, of course, overweight himself. Note - I weighed in at 153. (keeping track for myself)

*Could not find the baby's heartbeat, but since I am 11 weeks, said it is normal. However, totally felt the baby! He even felt the baby kick him! He was trying to listen for the heartbeat and the baby was running away from the machine. Then there was a loud noise from the machine and my belly totally jumped. The Dr. was laughing, and said, it must be alive and kicking! Pretty good for something the size of a fig.

*My due date was moved back to April 10th. He said they never change due dates, and the lady that told me that was mistaken. He also said if there were fibroids, or thick uterine lining, it should not be concerning, and this lady must not have known what she was talking about. Thank goodness.

Go back in 4 weeks!

Inconclusive

Wasted $29. The test is supposed to turn dark smokey green if it is a boy, or be yellow/dark yellow/orange if it is a girl. It was kind of a light pea green color, right in between. At first we said boy, than Eric said girl since it was closer to my original pee color and than we just realized it was right in between both colors. Oh well. :)

Gender Predicter

I fell for it! I saw in Parenting magazine about a new gender predictor test you can take at home and the results are 82-90% accurate. I went down to Walgreen's this morning and got it. I will take it tomorrow morning and see! I know it can be wrong, but I am totally curious what it will say - if I am having a boy or a girl. And in 8 weeks I can compare it with what the Dr says. I think it will be fun. Don't worry, I will not be going and buying any clothes or anything based on this test. :)

Ultrasound

Had my Ultrasound today. It was an anxiety driven experience for sure. My old Dr. used to do it herself and would walk me through it all. But here, it is a technician and she didn't say a word for like 10 minutes. Then she asked me, "Have you ever had uterine fibroids?". Nope. A few more moments of silence and she asks me, "Have you had cramping or bleeding?". Nope. A few more minutes and then, "Do you have both of your ovaries?". WHAT?? By that time, I just said, "Do you see a baby?", and she said, "Oh, yes, but I have to get all these other measurements first". She said my uterine lining was really thick so she thought maybe I had fibroids. And she could only find one ovary, so she was worried about an ectopic pregnancy. But the radiologist looked at everything and said it all looks great. Phew. The technician scared me to death. Than she finally showed me the baby. Heartbeat was 171 and the baby measured big. Which was not a surprise to me! But they changed my due date to April 4th instead of the 10th. So, I jumped a week ahead and am now 11 weeks. Woo Hoo. I feel a little bit better now seeing the baby and the heartbeat. I go to the Dr. on Friday and I might ask her about the other stuff, just to make sure.

WHAT??

So, I woke up today and had no belly. (Not really no belly, but a small one) I showed Eric and he was kind of confused too. It is gone! I am even in regular jeans (with room to spare) and I lost 4 pounds????? Was I that bloated?? I have had major gastrointestinal problems this pregnancy, maybe that was it? I feel more like I should look at 10 weeks, but it still feels weird to be smaller than I was last week. I am hoping all is ok. This pregnancy has been so weird!!!!!!

Yeah!

I ran a little over 2 miles today! Since I have been pregnant I have been trying to keep up with my running, but the most I could ever do was around 1 mile. Pretty pathetic, but I had no energy to keep going. I think it was because I was not eating enough. I have felt good yesterday and today (cross my fingers for tomorrow), so we went for a run after dinner and I breezed through it. It felt so nice to be able to just run like a normal person, aside from my belly hanging over my shorts. I hope I can keep it up for awhile, I feel so good after. I will be 10 weeks on Friday and I go for my Ultrasound on Monday the 14th.

9 weeks

I think I stopped growing. My belly seems like it is the same size since 5 weeks. Which probably just means it popped out fast, and now is growing normally. But I have put on 7 lbs. Which is exactly the same weight I had put on by 8 weeks with both girls, so my body is on track probably to gain another 50 lbs just like before. The only good news is I started out weighing less, so maybe I won't hit as a big as number at the end. I can only hope. I have about 2 good days and then a really bad day, that is how all week has been. The weekends always seem to be the worst, maybe because Eric is home and I take advantage?? :) I think it is because we run a bunch of errands and I am exausted. But hopefully a few more weeks and I will feel like a new woman!

Remembering

I was just thinking about my two past pregnancies and realized this one is a combo of both + worse. When I was pregnant with Payton I was not sick at all, but I remember my skin broke out so bad. I remembering flying to Toronto for work at about 9 weeks and being nervous about being sick, but I never was, I was more nervous about my horrible skin. With Elly, my skin was clear, but I was sick for a few weeks. Well, this pregnancy is both - and a worse degree. I just read the other day that each pregnancy should get easier. huh? Mine have been the opposite!!