19 weeks

Technically speaking, my pregnancy is halfway over. Last night I was reminiscing about the day we found out I was pregnant and was telling the baby how special s/he is, and it made me start crying (but right now, everything does). I can't believe how blessed we are to have such a great miracle happen and I feel so honored to become a mom.

Last night we were at a tribute band-esque concert, and the baby starting kicking along to the beat, so cool. I can't wait until Brian can feel it, that will be amazing. No big new on our front though, routine dr's appointment Wednesday, and lots of nothing for me--it's times like this I LOVE being a teacher!

Now onto the World Cup, lets go USA!

18 weeks

So as you can see we got to see the baby this week! Friday was the ultrasound and the baby is measuring a week ahead of schedule! We did NOT find out the sex and it really isn't bothering us at all! It's bothering my sister-in-law though who thought that I would have someone put the sex in an envelope and then just she'll know--yeah right.

Getting ready to have both our families over for Father's day, talk to you later!

Been a while!

Well it's been a few weeks since I updated, so here goes!

School's done, and last week we were in Jamaica for what I learned is called a babymoon. We enjoyed every second and didn't want to come home. On our way down there, while sitting on the plane, I'm pretty sure I felt the baby move. It hasn't been consistent or anything, but I'm 99% positive that's what I felt.

Saturday marks the 18 week mark and Friday we have our big ultrasound. I'm sooooo nervous, but at the same time very excited to see baby D and how he/she has grown! I'll try to post more pictures, too, since I think I have it figured out.

Father's day is Sunday and both the fam's are coming over for a BBQ. It's nice to have everyone over, but also a huge pain in the a$$. I've been to the grocery store 4 times so far this week and am putting my foot down and not going anymore, lets see how that works. Other than father's day, we have a busy weekend: wedding/CWS/party/CWS after party to do on Saturday. Obviously not going to make it to all of the places that we were invited, but we're going to try. The wedding will probably go to the wayside, it's 2ish hours away.

Going to finish packing our lunch, we're going to the zoo before the 'massive' storms come in this afternoon!

14 weeks down, 26 to go :)

Well, I'm 14 weeks and 2 days along this journey and feel AWESOME!!! I haven't been nauseous in over a week (unless I don't eat, nice, huh). I can't wait to feel Baby D move, but that's a few weeks off. My sister-in-law says that I have a baby bump now, I just think I look fat, but hey, I'll pass it off as the baby :) Started making lists upon lists, lists of furniture to buy, lists of clothes we'll need for the baby, and oh goodness, it was a panic attack waiting to happen.

Anyways, all is well here, my next appointment isn't until June 2, which seems like forever. We probably won't even have an ultrasound until the big anatomy scan at 20 weeks, so I sill have 6 weeks for that. I just want a healthy baby!

Baby Room

Well we decided on a theme for the baby room--beach/island!!! Yay, I'm so excited to get started but bummed that I can't help out more with the painting, etc. If you all have any ideas, please feel free to share them!

As for me, I've been having lots of headaches. It sucks, but I guess I'll take a headache over terrible morning sickness. Not too much else going on. 9 more days of school and 19 days until we leave for Jamaica!

1st trimester. . . .gone

So today I am 12 weeks and 2 days along. Some websites say that's it some say it's at the end of the week. I think that I am now entering into the 2nd trimester, so there :) My energy level has picked up a bit and I did some yard work on Saturday with Brian. I also enjoyed my first "mother's" day, even though I'm a mommy-to-be right now. Brian got me a cute card and a picture frame and my parents and brother got me flowers--how sweet :)

I feel truly blessed to have made it this far through the journey. You hear horror stories from women at work about the dreaded "m" word and it makes you even more nervous to really know how often it occurs. I hope that this is the beginning of a wonderful journey into parenthood. I am so thankful for everything.

Heartbeat!!!!

Well Tuesday, we had another appointment and finally, baby D cooperated and we heard the heartbeat. It was amazing just to know that everything is ok in there. On top of that, somehow I lost 4 pounds since my last appointment (I also hadn't eaten lunch so we could hear better, and went to the bathroom before hand), so I guess I'm not quite packing on the pounds yet--soon though :)

2nd trimester starts Saturday (according to half the websites I visit daily) so that will be a relief as well since chances of miscarriage decrease significantly. I started wearing maternity clothes--they're so comfy!

10 weeks

Tomorrow is the big day at work--telling the co-workers my big, huge secret! Don't quite know what to think, we were going to wait another week but just can't stand it anymore. God forbid anything happen, but if it did, they'd know because I would be a wreck. I'm so excited to be a mom, I just want the best for Baby D! Dealing with a whopper of a sinus infection right now, and I really hope that the doctor can get me in today to deal with it. I really didn't want to take anything for it, but it's getting pretty nasty. Also found out I only get paid maternity leave for the sick/personal days I have so it looks like no more "mental health" days for me until November :)

Update

Not to leave everyone in the lurch but we had our appointment yesterday. Doc thought he heard the hb on the doppler but was getting a bunch of static since I had just eaten lunch. He did a quick u/s and we (well mostly Brian) got to see the baby. How s/he's grown! The doc saw the heart flutter and told us everything was fine, but since I was flat on the table I really didn't get to see much and Baby D was all over the place, Brian said s/he was really active, so I guess that's a good sign.

On another note found out I gained 3.5 pounds in two weeks, but 1.5 of that was gone after they let me go to the bathroom and I had just eaten lunch, so I'm trying not to get to dwon on myself. Just need to walk more, I can't wait for soccer season to be over so I can get into some sort of routine. All my pants still fit, but my jeans are a bit snug.

Grow Baby D, grow!

9w4d

So 9 and a half weeks pregnant and I'm bored in class so I thought that I'd post. Don't know if anyone really reads it anymore now that the anticipation of becoming pregnant is over. I can't wait to get out of the first trimester. But more so, I REALLY want to hear the heartbeat on doppler tomorrow. Once we hear that, I will feel so much better (even though we did hear it around 6.5 weeks via vaginal u/s), it would just be a big relief. I also am sick of keeping a secret. I want everyone to know, I want to shout it from the roof top, I am so excited to become a mom!

People are starting to wonder, and I am starting to poke out of my clothes, though only gaining a pound or two as I had mentioned. I feel like my face is getting fat, which I DON'T want at all. I'm going to have to find an exercise routine that works for me sooner rather than later. At least soccer season is about over. . . I want my time back!