October 8th will be here before we know it! I can't believe 8 weeks have past already!
The past couple weeks were hard being sick. Somehow, I think I'm starting to crest the hill of this morning sickness thing. I still feel gaggy during the day but I'm starting to have somewhat of an appetite. I've now switched to a third different kind of medicine and that has seemed to help. Thanks to my pregnant neighbor's recommendation to switch to the medicine she is on, I'm doing better. At least now I'm not on the couch all day! This little thing in me has sure been letting me know he's there!
Today we had our first doctor's appointment. It was so exciting to know we were going to get to see a picture of the little bean for the first time! I had previously been in to have my blood work done, and the doctor said everything is fine with that. She got me up on the table and started my ultrasound. Let me just say, and I know all you moms will say the same thing, but that is the most amazing thing seeing this tiny little human the size of a butterbean on the screen. How is it even real?? You can see his head and his little tail and he's just hanging out in there. At 8 weeks we can't hear the heartbeat yet, but we'll get to hear that next time. We were perfectly content just seeing the little guy/girl. So as the nurse practitioner is starting the ultrasound, as we're sidetracked just looking at the screen, she got a little quiet. Then we see her looking closer at the screen. I notice she hasn't said anything so I ask what's wrong. She says, 'Well, you see this over here? And do you see this over here?'. Yes, Marilyn, I see both things...why Marilyn?? 'Well, I'm not sure but that just looks like a second little blip on the screen and I'm not sure what it is.' Marilyn, that's not funny. I thought Chris was about to have a heart attack as he gripped my arm. 'Let me just go get one of the doctors so they can have a look for me.' Yes, please do. So the doctor comes in and takes a look at the sreen looking all around and says yes, there's something else on screen but she's 'almost sure' that it's not two embryos. Almost sure...not positively sure. Chris and I looked at each other and I could just see him adding dollar signs in his head. So we're pretty sure there's just one in there. At least that's what we're going to believe looking at the picture printout that shows the just the one below on the one side of my uterus.
How I look: Well, I have gained 4 lbs at my first appointment. 4lbs. That's not what I wanted to hear. I figure it's from eating pretty much straight carbohydrates for 2 weeks straight. Hopefully now that I'm eating better foods I won't gain so fast! My clothes are definitely tighter than they normally are.
How I feel: Better. I think in the next couple weeks I'll be feeling much better. I'm starting to toss and turn at night, and I'm falling asleep by 9:00. I can't keep my eyes open much past that.
Let me just say here that I have the best husband in the world. He has done nothing but try to make sure I'm as comfortable as I can be when I'm at home. He's had to put up with no dinners when he gets home from work after a 12hr day at 7:30 (that good 'ol race team always keeps him late) just to try to figure out what to make me so I feel better. Or he gets home just to turn right around to go out to get something because I'll think of a food that I want to eat that's not at home. He's been wonderful!
The past couple weeks were hard being sick. Somehow, I think I'm starting to crest the hill of this morning sickness thing. I still feel gaggy during the day but I'm starting to have somewhat of an appetite. I've now switched to a third different kind of medicine and that has seemed to help. Thanks to my pregnant neighbor's recommendation to switch to the medicine she is on, I'm doing better. At least now I'm not on the couch all day! This little thing in me has sure been letting me know he's there!
Today we had our first doctor's appointment. It was so exciting to know we were going to get to see a picture of the little bean for the first time! I had previously been in to have my blood work done, and the doctor said everything is fine with that. She got me up on the table and started my ultrasound. Let me just say, and I know all you moms will say the same thing, but that is the most amazing thing seeing this tiny little human the size of a butterbean on the screen. How is it even real?? You can see his head and his little tail and he's just hanging out in there. At 8 weeks we can't hear the heartbeat yet, but we'll get to hear that next time. We were perfectly content just seeing the little guy/girl. So as the nurse practitioner is starting the ultrasound, as we're sidetracked just looking at the screen, she got a little quiet. Then we see her looking closer at the screen. I notice she hasn't said anything so I ask what's wrong. She says, 'Well, you see this over here? And do you see this over here?'. Yes, Marilyn, I see both things...why Marilyn?? 'Well, I'm not sure but that just looks like a second little blip on the screen and I'm not sure what it is.' Marilyn, that's not funny. I thought Chris was about to have a heart attack as he gripped my arm. 'Let me just go get one of the doctors so they can have a look for me.' Yes, please do. So the doctor comes in and takes a look at the sreen looking all around and says yes, there's something else on screen but she's 'almost sure' that it's not two embryos. Almost sure...not positively sure. Chris and I looked at each other and I could just see him adding dollar signs in his head. So we're pretty sure there's just one in there. At least that's what we're going to believe looking at the picture printout that shows the just the one below on the one side of my uterus.
How I look: Well, I have gained 4 lbs at my first appointment. 4lbs. That's not what I wanted to hear. I figure it's from eating pretty much straight carbohydrates for 2 weeks straight. Hopefully now that I'm eating better foods I won't gain so fast! My clothes are definitely tighter than they normally are.
How I feel: Better. I think in the next couple weeks I'll be feeling much better. I'm starting to toss and turn at night, and I'm falling asleep by 9:00. I can't keep my eyes open much past that.
Let me just say here that I have the best husband in the world. He has done nothing but try to make sure I'm as comfortable as I can be when I'm at home. He's had to put up with no dinners when he gets home from work after a 12hr day at 7:30 (that good 'ol race team always keeps him late) just to try to figure out what to make me so I feel better. Or he gets home just to turn right around to go out to get something because I'll think of a food that I want to eat that's not at home. He's been wonderful!
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