Teddy Bear

Today was the best ultrasound ever. The baby actually looks like a baby now. We could see its arms and legs for the first time. It even moved around a couple times. It looks like a little teddy bear to me. In the picture it is facing straight out with its head to the left.

I have strict instructions to eat more. I lost another 2 pounds and the nurse was concerned. I have to eat something every 90 minutes. Nothing big, just a couple crackers, some peanuts, a half a banana, etc. My goal is to gain back those 2 pounds by the time I go to my next doctors appointment next week.

This might be my last ultrasound for awhile. I don't think they do them as much at the regular doctors.


“There are only two ways to live…one is as though nothing is a miracle….the other is as if everything is.”
- Albert Einstein

Cookie Night

My energy has been returning slowly but surely. Each day I feel like I can conquer a little bit more. I even put up our Christmas decorations.

Wednesday is my last appointment with my fertility doctor. Tonight Jennifer and I are making cookies to give them. If everything goes as planned there should be sugar cookies and snicker doodles to go. I'm even going to attempt to eat one of each. The baby is still anti-sugar, so I might not feel so well afterwards, but I think it will be worth it.

I did buy one thing for the baby. It is a set of Curious George sheets. Curious George is going to be our boy theme for the nursery. The sheets were going on clearance and they wouldn't have been there in Jan/Feb when we find out if it's a girl or boy. The sheets are adorable. They were the only ones I could find that had the original George character, not the new version.

9 Weeks

Tomorrow I will be 9 weeks pregnant. My appointment last Wednesday went really well. The baby was a 1/2 inch long and its heartbeat was up to 174. My last appointment with my fertility doctor is the Wednesday after next. By then they said we should be able to distinguish arms and legs on the ultrasound.

I haven't been feeling so well lately. My cold is all gone but the fatigue and nausea decided to stay. I feel so drained all the time.

The baby is also very picky about what it likes to eat. The other day the only thing that sounded good was Pizza Hut. Shane and I went and I wanted to order everything on the menu. I settled for pizza, bread sticks and salad. I wanted to order soup but Shane put a stop to my ordering spree. When I feel hungry for something I jump at the opportunity to eat it.

I'm looking forward to the second trimester. I hear it's much better.

The Cake

It all started with the cake. Thursday at work we had cake for my birthday. Afterwards it felt like I had eaten a pound of sugar. Apparently, the baby doesn't like cake. I don't know why anyone wouldn't like cake, but I'm definitely going to steer clear for awhile. I haven't eaten any sweets since. Well to be fair, I haven't eaten much of anything since. The cake illness led right into a nasty cold on Friday. That combined with nausea made for a bad weekend. And to top things off I had some spotting on Saturday and Sunday. I called the after hours nurse line and she said to come in this morning for an ultrasound. Luckily, everything is fine. The baby is still healthy. It's heartbeat is faster and it has already grown some since Wednesday.

Heartbeat

Today we saw and heard the heartbeat. It was amazing. The heartbeat is 110. The nurse verified that there is only one in there and that everything is normal. She said I could breathe a sigh of relieve because the touchy time is over.

I don't have to go back for another 2 weeks. By then it will resemble a gummy bear. Two weeks after that it will look like a real baby. The picture is blurry because I took it with my phone, but the baby is in the top right hand side of the black dot. It's the size of a sweet pea. I'm keeping all my ultrasound pictures and putting them in a scrapbook.

Today mom made a heart shaped brownie for "heartbeat day". The baby also got a onesie that says "I love my Auntie". You'll never guess who that was from. Good thing its closet is ready and waiting. My tasks for the next two weeks are to get a flue shot and find a doctor....and work on my wish list.