Monday, November 30, 2009
8 Weeks, Austin and Thanksgiving!
Total weight gain/loss: I'm afraid to look. I overindulged a little this past weekend.
Maternity clothes? I broke down and purchased a pair of jeans last week. I wore them on our drive out to Austin, but I'm not a huge fan yet. They fall down, so I had to wear the bella band with them and it was just a pain in the ass. I will deal with my one pair of jeans until I can fit into maternity clothes.
Sleep: Sleep last night was amazing. I only woke up once to use the restroom. I had a little bit of a difficult time going back to sleep because I was feeling sick, but after I did - I didn't wake up until my alarm went off! It was so hard getting up this morning. I had to PRY myself out of bed and into the shower. I could have slept another 3-4 hours.
Best moment this week: This past week was amazing. Thanksgiving, decorating for Christmas and then Austin. It was also really cute hearing my husband say "WE will be in our second trimester on December 28th." Haha - He's so adorable.
Movement: Just gas.
Food cravings: Nothing really, just food in general. I HAVE to eat or I get really sick.
Gender: I can't wait till February when we get to find out!
Labor Signs: No.
Belly Button in or out? Everything is the same.
What I miss: Feeling good. I'm sick off and on all day. It comes and goes.
Weekly Wisdom: When travelling, make sure to stop every hour and a half to two hours to walk around. We need to make sure we are getting enough blood to our little one and we are also at risk for blood clots!
Milestones: Getting to 8 weeks!! It feels like every week is such a major milestone. 2 months pregnant! YAY! Only 4 more weeks till we are out of this first trimester.
I'm going to save Austin and Thanksgiving for another post so I can post pictures along with it. I need to download the pics. We got home late last night and then his brother gets in tonight for a week, so I hope to get to that soon!!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
7 Weeks!!
Total weight gain/loss: Nothing, but still a tad bloated. Not as bad as I have been, but there's a big belly.
Maternity clothes? Not yet, but I'm thinking soon. I only have one pair of jeans that fit nice.
Sleep: Okay. I get up to go to the restroom only once a night (usually early morning).
Best moment this week: Using the restroom. HAHAHAHA. I know, I know. But it was such a huge relief to finally go! Number two that is.
Movement: Just gas.
Food cravings: Bean and Cheese burritos from Taco Villa. Although starting yesterday. Nothing has sounded good at all.
Gender: Too early!
Labor Signs: No.
Belly Button in or out? Everything is the same.
What I miss: Last Friday was pretty insane. I had a rough day and really wanted a beer or wine.
Weekly Wisdom: Prunes, dried apricots, and lots of fiber work.
Milestones: Getting to 7 weeks!!
I'm realllllly icky sick right now. Well, let me take that back. I feel really icky. I am not throwing up, thank goodness, but I feel like I need to. It has been off and on since week six, but starting Sunday night it has been bad. I feel like I could be sick at any moment. My tummy is icky and I am SOOOO nauseous! I came in late to work yesterday (missed the entire morning) because I had no energy and felt like I was dying. I couldn't eat either which is such a change from these last few weeks. I used to have problems with NOT eating. I would get sick, but as soon as I ate, I was better. So, needless to say, I was eating ALL THE TIME! Now, the thought of food makes me want to hurl. This is horrible! I love food!! I forced down a bowl of cereal this morning and took my B6 and DHA and felt better, but now as I sit here and type, it's creeping back up.
We have Thanksgiving here at the office today and the thought of all the food is making me cringe. I brought a pumpkin and apple pie, which look amazing, but I don't think I can have any! Oh, what a sad sad day.
The husband and I are going to Austin this weekend!! But first, we are having our own little Thanksgiving feast! It's so cute because last year on Thanksgiving he told me there was something missing a the table, or rather, someone. He mentioned that we needed to add to our family and a year later, we are pregnant! We plan on decorating for Christmas on Wednesday night. I LOVE LOVE LOVE decorating for Christmas!!!! This is my favorite time of the year. I will take pictures after we get it all up with my NEW CANON REBEL camera! lol.
I'm kinda sad about going private, but me posting about our intimate details makes him uncomfortable, so I have to respect that. I have 7 followers though!! Thanks for reading guys!!
I'm going to crawl under my desk and die now. Ugh.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Going Private!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Extremely Irritated and Annoyed!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Did I really wish for this?! - and a belly pic
I have to work late tonight. Boo. It shouldn't be too bad, but I can barely make it through the day, let alone work late. I still need to scan the pics of our little sweet pea. I took a pic with my phone, It's not the best, but it's something! Here's my fat bloated belly at 6 weeks 2 days. I can't believe how bloated I am. I can't even believe I am posting this! I should have taken a picture of what I looked like before. I have NEVER been this bloated in my life. I'm almost embarrassed!
Ew!

There's our little sweet pea!!!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
We have a heartbeat!!!!
Right away as soon as the wand went in, we saw it, the beating little heart. It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen in my entire life. She let us try to hear the heartbeat a little, but she told us she would go back to it. She measured everything and I was exactly right on. I knew I was exactly 6 weeks yesterday and my due date was July 12, and she confirmed it. My left ovary is double the normal size and I have cysts. I was a bit freaked out, but I'm not going to worry until the doctor starts to worry. After poking around she went back to our little baby, or fetal pole, lol. There is was, beating away. This time we got to hear it loud and clear. Our little bean's heart was beating at 116. Wow.
She had made a comment that she was so happy to see a heartbeat because all day she had miscarriages. THAT right there is what I was afraid of. THANK YOU GOD!!!!!! I KNOW we aren't out of the woods yet. I know we still have 6 weeks until we are out of our first trimester, but this is a start. We are half way there and we have a heartbeat. This is amazing.
I will post a picture later tonight. We need to scan the two pictures in that they gave us. You can't see much because it's literally a little blob, but it's MY BLOB! My baby with a beautiful beating heart. I started to cry the second time I heard it. It's such a miracle. Even the husband got a little teary eyed. Seeing him with that HUGE smile on his face was the world to me.
Monday, November 16, 2009
6 weeks and ultrasound day!
Total weight gain/loss: Up about a pound, but still really bloated.
Maternity clothes? Nope. The jeans I wore yesterday were horribly uncomfortable though.
Sleep: Great! Super tired at night. I end up waking up a couple times in the early morning to use the restroom.
Best moment this week: My ultrasound today! I don't think I can wait till 2:30.
Movement: Too early, but I can't wait for that!
Food cravings: Pizza and sweets.
Gender: Too early!
Labor Signs: Um, no. I'm barely even pregnant!
Belly Button in or out? Everything is the same.
What I miss: Nothing!!!!
Weekly Wisdom: Again, avoid google at all costs and it's okay to keep taking pregnancy tests just to make sure you are still pregnant, right?
Milestones: Getting to 6 weeks!!
My birthday was AMAZING! I had to work late and came home to a HUGE balloon in the dining room with a card attached to it. The hubby looked really excited and told me to read the card. It was really sweet and had babies feet on the front. Inside he made a voucher for me to spend $100 in San Marcos (we're going to Austin Thanksgiving weekend). Sweet! I was a little suspicious though because he had mentioned after I bought the Coach purse that he was going to give me $350 to go get the purse I wanted. I made a comment that I guess I should have waited to get my purse. Just kidding of course! Oh, he also had picked up the pizza from Papa Murphy's too! Anyways, we put the pizza in the oven to cook. He went into the guest bathroom and asked if I had cleaned the shower since we had guests stay over. I told him I didn't, because we only had one guest for one night and it was still clean. He said, "well you better come here because there's black stuff in here." I couldn't imagine what he was talking about! When I went in there, at the bottom of the tub, was a beautifully wrapped gift!!
I opened the gift and he got me the Canon Rebel XS I've been dying for! I'm SOOOOOOOOOO excited! He also got me a telephoto lens to go with it! Wow. It's amazing. I am so spoiled. After playing with my new toy for awhile, we ate amazing pizza and then sat down to watch Dexter (I'm in love with that show). A little into the episode, he got up and got something from the fridge and came in with two HUGE cupcakes with candles and sang me Happy Birthday! It was the sweetest thing ever. I am one lucky woman. After we shoved the heavenly cupcakes in our mouths we relaxed and watched Dexter all night! It was the best birthday ever!
The rest of the weekend was spend mostly relaxing. We had Uverse come in most of Saturday morning. They put in our new cable. I love it!
K - now I have to wait patiently till 2:30! AH!
Friday, November 13, 2009
It's My Birthday!
Crazy huh?! I love that it's above the high level. Makes me feel so much better! Stick baby stick!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Beta #4!
Morning Sickness?
I went for my 4th beta this morning and should know the results later today. I hope everything is okay and they are still rising as they should be. My breasts are killing me more today than they have in awhile and I'm so bloated I am so uncomfortable. I will take it all though. It's ALL worth it!!!
K, I'm going to crawl under my desk now.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Happy Hump Day!
I'm SO bloated today. More so than I have been. It's horrible. I don't have a problem gaining weight or getting a belly, but it's just FAT and bloat! Bad bad bad. I have been trying to eat better lately, which is kinda working out, but today at lunch with my healthy grilled chicken sandwich, I HAD to get onion rings. I just HAD TO! Ugh. I feel horrible now.
I've been walking a little more. Well, crap, two nights this week isn't much, but it's a start! I plan on going again tonight. Even if it's only 30 minutes I still feel better. I felt like I had more energy last night and this morning. My body was used to working out, and since I have been a huge slacker, that could be part of the reason I am SO exhausted.
I'm super busy at work today preparing for football playoffs this weekend - fun times!
Your embryo (looking kind of like a tadpole) is starting to form major organs (heart, kidney, liver, stomach) and systems (nervous, circulatory, digestive). Baby's presence in your uterus triggers production of hCG (the hormone detected by pregnancy tests)... which triggers production of other hormones like estrogen and progesterone... which trigger all those great symptoms you've probably been noticing!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Another Beta test
The nurse, AKA Aunt Nadine (she is the best nurse EVER)! Last week when I had my scare, she gave me her cell phone number and told me to call her! How amazing is that? The whole office is amazing. I am so lucky. Anyways, Nadine said he might do a sonogram in a few weeks!!! My appointment is set for December 10th, but I guess he may see me earlier?! That would be amazing. Let's hope and PRAY that my numbers are still rising as they should be. I worry too much, I already love this baby more than anything! I don't want anything to go wrong.
P.S. my skirt is so tight today. I think it's time for it to be retired!
My Birthday Week!
This year the husband is making me dinner on my birthday. I haven't decided what I want yet. He is an amazing cook, so whatever he makes will be yummy. I decided that since we are going to Austin at the end of the month, that can be my birthday trip (yes, I decided...ha). Usually he goes all out for my birthday. He took me to Vegas a few times, San Diego, one year he decorated the whole house with candles and cooked the most amazing meal ever! He had tons of presents for me. It was the sweetest thing ever! I bawled my eyes out! Here is the room I walked into for my 25th birthday:


Ya, he's pretty amazing! I know this year will be just as amazing, if not better. He seems to always out do himself.
The BEST part about this birthday is I'M PREGNANT! I just love saying that.
Monday, November 9, 2009
5 Weeks and Weekend Catch-up!
Total weight gain/loss: Down half a pound, but man, my tummy looks HUGE! I am still very very bloated.
Maternity clothes? Nope! Although my clothes seem to already be getting pretty tight. WTH is going on here?
Sleep: Better. I got my pillow in the mail and I love it!
Best moment this week: It's just beginning, but last week it was great to find out my beta was 1421!
Movement: Does gas count?
Food cravings: Frozen yogurt. Which I got on Saturday night after begging for it for about a week.
Gender: Too early!
Labor Signs: Um, no. I'm barely even pregnant!
Belly Button in or out? I'm seriously worried about my belly button ring scar. It's a hole that didn't really close up. What the heck is going to happen to it!?
What I miss: Nothing!!!!
Weekly Wisdom: Call the doctor if you are having bad cramps and lower back pain that radiates into your hip.
Milestones: Getting to 5 weeks!!
The weekend went pretty well. We woke up Saturday morning and the husband told me to hurry up and get dressed because they were having an amazing deal on a 52' Sharp TV at Wal-Fart. We've been looking for a TV for our room for awhile now, but wanted to find the right deal, and this was a steal!! $898!! That's amazing considering the sticker price was $1,400! So of course the one closest to us didn't have any. I started to think this was a ploy to get people into this nasty ass store (sorry, I HATE that place). So, the smart person that I am decided to go check with customer service because the person working in the electronics department had problems. No, really, he did. He seriously told us he was going to go look in the back for us, just to double check. We said great and told him we would wait where we were. About 5 minutes later he came back and asked if he could help us. Um...okkkk. Never mind. We didn't even waste our time. We made it to customer service and they were helpful. They located the TV at the other Wal-Nasty in town and we headed over! Thankfully they had it! We got it home, and totally rearranged our bedroom (which I am totally in love with now). It is HEAVEN having a TV in our bedroom!!!
Yesterday we went and bought a few new pieces of artwork for the room. I can't wait to get them up. I will take pictures when the room is done. I'm loving it so far. We are putting splashes of red/burgundy and it's really making the room look so much better.
I had to work last night which was not fun because I was super tired and not feeling 100%. It went by pretty fast though.
I'm trying my best to eat better. My wonderful amazing hubby made me two eggs this morning, orange juice and a v-8. For lunch I'm having a peanut butter and jelly sammy with carrots. Boring, but good. I WILL not gain 500 pounds! It's really cute because the hubby is being all protective now. He's even reading the book my sister got him "The Expectant Father!" Gosh I love him!
K, I'm ready for a nap now...
Friday, November 6, 2009
WOW - that was scary!

Having problems
I'm loving life
How cute! My mom sent us that card. I starting crying. She's so excited and I'm just hoping and praying all goes okay. I'm almost regretting telling everyone because the heart break of telling everyone something bad happened will just be horrible. I need to stop thinking that way though! EVERYTHING will be okay! I need to remain positive.I fell asleep on the couch really early again last night. It's such a struggle to stay awake! I ended up sleeping pretty well though. I was up once in the middle of the night to use the restroom and didn't have too much of a hard time falling back asleep. I feel much better today so far. I started taking DHA, which my doctor said may help with the sleepiness. This morning I had a Naked Juice "Superfood" on the way to work and I think that gave me a little more energy! I will have to try that again.
I have to work this Sunday night. BOOOO. I need to help with registration at the Christians United for Israel event. I don't think it should be too bad, but who wants to work Sunday night!? Today should also be a pretty busy day, I have a lot of work to get done! I feel like I have been in a haze for the last week. It's time to get moving!
I got my dress for his mom's wedding last night! The husband loves it! He said it is VERY flattering, which I love! Let's hope it still looks good in another month! I will be about 10 weeks, so I don't think it should be too bad. There's a little room to grow into. I stuck out my belly as far as I could last night while I had it on to "test" it...haha. I looked like a fat idiot.
My goal today is to not get tired! As soon as I start feeling sleepy I am going to get up and walk around and go outside for some fresh air!
As far as symptoms go, my breasts seem to hurt again. Not as bad, but they are sore. I've been having cramping too. Not horrible, but noticeable. I got the flu shot yesterday too. Let's hope that doesn't make me feel icky!
K - time to get to work! This will be a productive day! Hope everyone has a fantastic Friday!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Feeling great!
Yesterday I ordered a few things off Amazon:
I ordered this Bella Band in black. I don't need them just yet, but I would love to have a few on hand for when I do need them.
This is the Leachco Back 'N Belly - Contoured Body Pillow. I have a pillow fetish, so I ordered this awesome looking thing. It got amazing reviews on Amazon. It was a little pricey for a pillow, but I figure I can use it for a long time (when not pregnant as well).
Yesterday when I got home I had a present waiting for me from my awesome sister! She got us "What to Expect When Expecting" and this really awesome countdown to my pregnancy calendar. For Alex, she got "The Expectant Father." My sister is amazing! It's just so sad that we are so far away from each other at this amazing time in my life. I miss her more than anything!
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
4 Week Survey
Total weight gain/loss: None yet, but holy heck I am bloated!
Maternity clothes? Not yet, but I did order the Bella Band!
Sleep: Horrible!! I'm so tired and end up falling asleep super early on the couch and once I get to the bed I can't sleep anymore. I toss and turn all night and have horrible nightmares.
Best moment this week: Finding out that my numbers are rising! 28.6 at 10 dpo to 183 at 14 dpo!
Movement: HAHA, no, but I can't wait for that feeling!
Food cravings: Sweets and pizza. Lovely, I know.
Gender: Two friends have said they KNOW it will be a boy. Where they are getting this, I have no idea!
Labor Signs: Um, no. I'm barely even pregnant!
Belly Button in or out? I think I am too early for these surveys!
What I miss: Nothing! I love being pregnant. I am ready for our first appointment already!
What I am looking forward to: Our first appointment on December 10th! I can't wait to hear the heartbeat!
Weekly Wisdom: Stay away from Google.
Milestones: Getting pregnant!!
I know I have a problem
With most of my symptoms going away, I decided to take a test this morning and was greeted with a very pretty dark line. It's crazy how much darker it is from 10 to 16 dpo. I'm liking that a lot! I don't feel as freaked out anymore. I have also come to terms with everything. What ever is meant to be, will happen. It's in God's hands. I can do my part by taking vitamins and eating right, but that's about it! I have faith that all will be okay.I fell asleep on the couch last night around 7pm. I haven't been this tired in my entire life. It feels like someone drained the juice out of me. I am a walking zombie. Alex woke me up around midnight when he went to bed and from then on I couldn't sleep. It was on and off. My brain was going crazy, not to mention I just slept 3 hours! I need to push myself to stay away till at least 9:30 or 10. I need to push myself to workout too! I think that will help me and give me a little more energy.
I am VERY busy at work today - it WILL be a good day! I took a belly pic because I am SOOOOOOOOOO bloated, but decided not to post it because I seriously look fat. I have NEVER been this bloated in my entire life. It's worse at night too. It's kinda embarrassing! haha!
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Bye Bye Symptoms!
I have some pressure down below and VERY mild cramping, but no spotting or anything. This first trimester thing is a scary thing! I have freaked myself out too much by all the reading I do. I need to stop freaking myself out because it can't be good.
No more worrying! I am going to concentrate on work and my husband and taking care of myself. That's all I really can do at this point. I need to pray that everything will be okay.
On a different note, we leave for Austin in a couple weeks! 23 days to be exact. I can't wait! Shopping, here we come. They have these great outlet stores in San Marcos that we went to last year. It was a little hectic because it was Black Friday, but it was a blast!
Oh, and look what I got for myself! It's an early b-day present/happy pregnancy gift to myself!
Monday, November 2, 2009
14 dpo - Beta 183
This is going to be a long 8 months
This can't be good. Maybe it isn't good news...I'm so scared.
I still can't believe it...
I just got back from getting more blood drawn. I will find out today if the numbers are rising as they should be. I really hope they are. I keep praying and praying that everything will be okay, but it's so early that we just won't know.
I hate that we have to wait until 10 weeks to see the doctor for the first time. It just seems like such a long time, but then when I think about it, that should be the week of December 9th. Next month sounds so much better than 10 weeks!
Today is 14 dpo. I need to keep reminding myself that it's still super early! I am SUPER SUPER moody. Poor hubby. I am driving him up a wall. I've also been super tired. Saturday was the worst. I almost couldn't get off the couch all day. I made myself eventually to clean. Yesterday was a lot better and I seemed to have more energy. I did pass out pretty early though. My boobies have been sore off and on. More at night, but not as bad as they have been. I told the hubby that I want them to hurt! It makes me feel more pregnant!
From what I am figuring, I should be about 5 weeks. I think my due date should be July 11th (our first year anniversary). This is all going off of when I believe we conceived since my period is so difficult to calculate off of. I have no clue how long my normal cycle is and since I believe I ovulated on the 18th or 19th, I'm using that date. It shouldn't be this difficult, but of course, my body is crazy.
Please pray that the numbers are doing what they should be!!