20 weeks!

Sorry I haven't posted anything on here in so long. The holidays this year have really taken their toll. I am thrilled to announce though that today I am officially 20 weeks along in my pregnancy which means we have made it to the half way point.

I have yet another doctors appointment this Friday this one is another monthly check up on the baby. In a few more weeks I will be going to the doctor every other week and then not long after that I will be going in every week until I deliver. After that I have an anatomy scan of the baby with an ultrasound tech on January 4th to get a detailed look at how the baby is developing. This is also the appointment where you will usually find out the gender of the baby.

However me being as impatient as I am I decided to drive to an elective ultrasound place and find out the sex of our baby a month ahead of time. We are having a BOY! I love knowing that in a few short months I will be a mother to a wonderful little boy and I couldn't be any happier.

At the elective ultrasound the tech also told me that I have anterior placenta which means that the placenta is in front. So it will be a while before I will really feel the baby consistently. I felt him move for the first time at exactly 18 weeks and here and there since then. I look forward to the day when my husband will be able to feel his son kick but that may not be for a few more weeks yet. I also am still feeling tired most of the time and still have random attacks of morning sickness.

Other than all that this pregnancy has been moving along just fine and I am beginning to enjoy my pregnancy more and more every day. Today being half way I have decided to officially announce our pregnancy on Facebook. Wish me luck!

12 weeks 2 days. Ultrasound!

We went in for our first ultrasound today! It was amazing. The baby was moving and kicking around like crazy. During this ultrasound they measured the baby to make sure he/she was growing properly. Currently the baby is growing at 12 weeks 3 days, 1 day ahead of schedule. Our due date is still going to be May 15th.

This ultrasound also included the first trimester screening. They measured the fluid at the back of the baby's neck to make sure it was less then .300 cm our baby averaged around .147 cm which is perfect. The bridge of the nose also looks completely normal. Those are all great signs that our baby does not have down syndrome but they also took more blood to check that for signs of down syndrome as well.

Oh and one more update. We scheduled our next ultrasound which is when we will find out the sex of the baby but unfortunately that appointment isn't until January 4th of this next year. So we will be starting out the new year knowing our baby's gender. Good thing all the items on our baby registry is gender neutral.

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So now for the pictures!!!

11 weeks 4 days. Heartbeat!

We heard it!

We went to my doctors appointment early Friday morning (11 weeks 2 days) and I was so nervous and anxious about something being wrong. I am so thankful that Tony has Fridays off and was able to come with me. Anyways I started to fill out paperwork and they called me to one of the back examination rooms. I sat down and in walks our Certified Physicians Assistant Dawn. She was very nice and I instantly felt comfortable with her. She started by asking about my family medical history and some genetic questions for Tony. Finally she told me to hop up on the table so we could listen for the heartbeat.

At first the heartbeat was nowhere to be found she went back and forth on my very, very low stomach and nothing. Then she started to press a little harder and another minute later we heard it! It was a little quieter than I thought it would be but it was strong and wonderful! Then she said the baby must have moved because she lost the sound. So she moved to the other side and there it was much easier to find this time and again just a strong little heartbeat. I joked with Tony that the baby didn't really move to the other side that was another baby over there. TWINS! Maybe... We will know for sure how many babies I am taking care of next Friday during the ultrasound.

After all the wonderful sounds of our baby she left the room while I undressed and got into a hospital gown for a pap smear. I really hate those but I was way over due and anything they need to do to make sure our baby is doing ok. I also got a flu shot and I had some more blood drawn (so she can test my sugar and make sure that I am not diabetic).

Here I am going to post the video of our babies heartbeat for all of you who want to experience it too!

10 weeks 1 day

Not much to report. Still getting sick nearly everyday. All of the books I have say that the morning sickness and nausea should go away after the first trimester. So I have about 2 to 3 more weeks.

Next Friday we go to heart the heartbeat. I am going to take videos of all of these important visits and I'll probably post them I'm my blog. I am officially through a fourth of my pregnancy and other than the morning sickness everything had been going well.

I can even start to feel where the baby is growing. Just below my stomach I can feel the hardened uterus and it is really starting to hit me that there is a little person in there. I had Tony feel too and I think that has made things more real for him as well.

Sometimes I feel like I am going through this alone. None of my friends have been pregnant and I don't think Tony knows what to say a lot of the time. I'm hoping that my mom finds some time to chat with me more. It seems I'm always the one to call her and most of the time she's busy.

Well off to have some breakfast.

8 weeks 1 day. Doctors appointments

I finally found a hospital that I want to go to I will be seeing an OB at the Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin. It is about 10 to 15 minutes from my house which is very convenient for the day I am in labor. They have so many OB/GYN's to choose from and they were able to get me in right away. I called Monday and already this Friday I am going in for blood work and urine samples. October 26th which is also a Friday I am going in to meet with Dawn on of the nurses for a routine checkup and listening to the heartbeat for the first time. Then on Friday November 2nd Tony and I are going in for our first ultrasound.

I am so excited for the ultrasound and heartbeat appointments. I have been feeling my pregnancy for a while now and I think these appointments will give Tony something to make everything feel a little more real to him.  Once he can hear and see our baby I think he will definitely feel more involved. I am also thrilled to be going to a doctor because I need some sort of nausea medication. My morning sickness is getting worse to the point where I threw up so hard there was a little blood at the end. I'm not too worried about that though. I looked up possible causes of that on the internet and everything I could find says that once I threw up all of the acid that was in my stomach, there was nothing left to protect it so my raw stomach bled a little bit towards the end. I do know for sure that I am sick of being sick it hurts to throw up my body uses so much force that I am exhausted by the time I am done.

Anyway I have also been working on our baby registry. This is where being a nanny for several babies in the past has prepared me for what we will need. If anyone out there has any suggestions for things they think I should add to the registry here is a link. http://www.target.com/RegistryGiftGiverCmd?isPreview=false&status=completePageLink&listId=QiszL2jxMwIyOiVewok92Q&registryType=BB&cumulativeTime=-1&isAjax=false&noOfPings=

7 weeks 3 days... Thanks a lot Abby.

So I have noticed that I get sick from a lot of stuff. The smell of hard boiled eggs in our fridge, too much sugar in my food or drinks, sometimes even fresh air will make me queasy. But today I think anyone would have gotten sick if they were in my shoes. I was minding my business watching Netflix when my dog started to get sick on our rug so I pulled her onto the hardwood floor to make it easier to clean it up. I was doing alright until I went into the kitchen to get paper towels to clean it up and the thought of cleaning it up made me get sick instantly in our kitchen sink. So thank you very much Abby for breaking my streak of not getting sick 3 days in a row.

Thinking about this blog and what I write on here made me realize I talk a lot about getting sick but as of right now that is about all that is going on in this pregnancy. The doctor I saw at the clinic told me that getting sick and being nauseous was just my bodies way of dealing with the hormones and that its a good sign. Good sign or not it is the one symptom I wish would go away already.

Other than that I have a crazy work schedule this next week and I am going to try and make it to the DMV to have my license changed for the my new last name. Once that happens I found a doctor I think is going to be the one I go with (I still want to meet her first) I just need to have matching last names on my license and healthcare card and then I can start making appointments.

Right now Tony is at the baseball game and I have the bed to myself so I think I will take advantage of that and sleep right in the middle until he comes home and moves me over.

7 weeks and 1 day

I meant to post this yesterday at exactly 7 weeks but I fell asleep. That seems to be the story of my life during this pregnancy. Either i'm tired or nauseous. My nausea has now transitioned from certain foods making me sick to certain foods and having an empty stomach. Every morning I have thrown up before I can even get my breakfast, which now are things that are not considered breakfast foods. I have pasta (i.e. Ramen), baked potatoes, or even left overs from the fridge. Breakfast cereals and white milk are making me sick. Pretty much anything with a high amount of sugar makes me sick. I even have to dilute my apple juice.

Last night I was really craving potato salad. I tried convincing my husband to run to the store and get me some however he said that if I want weird craving food I am going to have to wait until I am 5 months pregnant. His theory is that if he is going to have to go out and get food at all hours of the night he wants to wait until I am further along in my pregnancy because as of right now I can still go and get it myself. I laughed  because that response was totally expected and I know if I am having cravings now I sure as heck will have them later so he will be going out.

Any way I got my card for Badgercare yesterday, but now I have to pick an HMO in my area to then pick a doctor from that HMO and once I enroll I will be able to start making appointments.

I am so loving telling people that we are expecting even though I'm still worried that we told people too soon.  We haven't even made it to the 10 week mark. Tony tries to make me feel better by saying that if anything did happen we could try again. But I really don't want that to be our thought process I want to nurture and love this baby. So I am waiting to post any of this news on Facebook where a larger group of people can see it until we make it to the 10 week mark which is October 17th. I will definitely have an appointment by then.

Alright that's all for now. I will post again very soon if I am not sleeping that is...

Approved!

So I am officially approved for badgercare! Woohoo! I now have to choose one of three HMO's in my area and from that I choose a doctor.

I am going to fully dive into making my decision this weekend. There are so many doctors and hospitals to choose from. Tony is good at researching things he'll be helpful with this. I am beyond excited to finally schedule an appointment and see how our baby is doing.

Other than that my nausea is coming more in waves now rather than with certain foods. I get really nauseous around the morning and then at night I am exhausted around 6 o'clock.

My plan tonight is to come home take a nice bath have some dinner and then bed time.

6 weeks!

We are 6 weeks along today. Not much to report I received some papers in the mail regarding the badgercare. I filled everything out and faxed it in today. I am really looking forward to getting these benefits taken care of so I can schedule our first appointment.

I hope they get back to me soon.

As for the development of the baby. Sstarting this week our baby's heart is beating and he/she has blood coursing though it's developing body.

Lastly our little bundle of joy is making me sick more often than not now. However I wouldn't trade baby J for anything.

5 weeks 2 days: Baby Books

Almost everyone I know knows I love to read. A large portion of those people know that I have hundreds of books. So it's pretty much a given that once I found out we were having a baby I added to my collection. I now have 8 pregnancy and childcare books and 2 more already ordered.

I love knowing all about what's going on with our baby each week. Right now the books all say that pregnancy symptoms are prominent. Mine sure are. I have the privilege of having all 6 main symptoms. Tender breasts, frequent urination, nausea and vomiting, fatigue, moodiness, and bloating. But I am so excited to get this chance to be pregnant and be a mom.

Right now our baby is about the size of a pumpkin seed. I bet ours will be one of the cutest pumpkin seeds there are. I can't wait until I get to hear the heartbeat and feel our baby move for the first time.

Waiting is too hard...

So I wrote that many husband Tony and I were going to wait to tell people and that was a bold face lie. We told. A lot. The list of people who know is growing. FAST.

My mom.
My sisters.
My dad.
My grandma.
My boss.

Tonys mom. (Thinks its a girl)
Tonys uncle.
Tonys aunt. (Thinks its a girl)
Tonys dad and fiance.
Tonys brother.

Then this weekend we are telling his friends and then mine. We are terrible at secrets.
Everyone has been so supportive and excited. I really think we will be just fine. I can't wait until we get our health insurance squared away and we can start going to doctors appointments.
Oh and as for whether we think our baby is a boy or a girl I think girl and tony says boy.

Background (5 weeks and 1 day)

Not really sure what happened to the first blog I posted on here but its gone. Anyway here is a little bit of background info on my husband and I.

We have been dating for 5 years we were engaged for the last 2 of those 5 and recently got married on September 1st, 2012. And about 8 days after we were married we found out that we are 4 and a half weeks pregnant with our first child.

This is a semi planned pregnancy. We stopped preventing pregnancy in August 2012 and found out we were pregnant September 8th, 2012.

I am constantly tired to the point were I woke up one morning and my bra was wrapped around my arms because I fell asleep while taking it off. I started writing this post 2 days ago and fell asleep in the middle of a sentence and never got it posted. I am peeing every hour. My boobs hurt all the time and I have thrown up 4 times since last Saturday.

I am scared and excited and emotional. This is our first child and I am slightly freaking out. I started my prenatal vitamins as soon as I found out and I have been taking better care of myself for the baby. We are trying to get on state assisted health care to help pay for the costs of having a baby. We qualify but now we just have to file the paperwork.

I went to the doctor on Monday (just a walk in clinic) and had our pregnancy confirmed. We are getting our ducks in a row and trying to make everything we want to happen work. I will definitely keep this up to date.

Pertussis...

I am currently a nanny to 3 kids ages 4, 2 and 4 weeks. My employer asked me a few weeks ago before my wedding if I wouldn't mind getting the pertussis vaccine after the wedding to protect the baby.

However I read online that the vaccine Isn't recommended for pregnant women until they are in their 20th week. And because my sister and my mom both miscarried their first babies I don't want to risk it. But I also don't want to tell anyone just yet.

I am so nervous that if I tell her now they wont let me continue nannying for them and I will not have a way to save up money for the baby. Luckily my husband is great at construction as is able to do side jobs on the weekends to pay the bills. But once the baby comes I know that everything will get a little more expensive.

Last thing I am worrying about right now is the fact that we do not have health insurance and a lot of the health insurance agencies consider being pregnant a pre-existing condition. I just want to take care of my body the best I can for this baby. No advil, no drinking, eating properly, and working out. I even started on prenatal vitamins 2 days after the positive pregnancy test.

Day 32 week 4

So I have been trying to figure out how far along I am. All of the sites I have read say that your pregnancy starts at your last menstrual cycle which for me was August 8th. That puts me in my fourth week. I
wrote just this morning that so far I have had smooth sailing. Well that is no longer true.

My husband and I along with Judy (Tonys dads fiance) were watching tv while his dad showered. All the while I am eating flaming hot cheetohs. Well on the television a man is touching elephant poop with his bare hands (we were watching impractical jokers). I start to get queasy. I head outside because the only bathroom is occupied. I proceeded to throw up all of my cheetohs and my breakfast.

I then have to come in and ask my husband to help me with the hose to clean up the mess I made outside so the dogs don't get into it.

Then I feel so bad having to lie to Judy about why I threw up. I am glad we are leaving here today I think if we stay another day they will figure it out.

This is the first weekend of symptoms and I can already tell that keeping this a secret is going to be hard. I am already ready to tell people.

But I made my husband a promise to wait. So wait we shall.