It has been awhile since I have written, and since I said I would write before my next Dr.'s appointment, I decided to write today. Not much is new here. Things are pretty good. I am loving not having morning sickness! I have energy back, and I am not going to the bathroom to pee every hour right now! Hopefully, the nausea won't come back. But I know later in my pregnancy I will be exhausted again and that as the baby gets bigger, he/she will push on my bladder and I will go to the bathroom a lot again later.
I love where I am right now. I am enjoying being able to cook and clean again. Temperatures feel unseasonably warm around here to me right now. I am so thankful that I am at this stage of my pregnancy while it is this hot! It will not be 100 degrees outside when I am as big as a house, YAY! I am so relieved that I will have a baby born in very late fall.
There are only a few complaints I have right now. First of all, nine months feels like a very long time! Why does it take so long! Secondly, I am so forgetful. I cannot remember anything right now! To me, this seems like a really odd side effect of pregnancy. My last complaint is that I am just paranoid and worried. I do not exactly feel pregnant, other than the fact that my clothes are snug and I feel pressure in my stomach area. I cannot wait to feel the baby move. We have a few more weeks until that should happen. The doctor says that will happen around the time we are able to find out the sex. I was worried when we couldn't hear the heartbeat, and fortunate that we had an ultrasound to find the heartbeat. It was so wonderful to see little baby Baird move around! That really put my mind at ease! I am sure everything is fine. I just wish I wasn't so paranoid and impatient.
That is about all I have to say right now. We have our next appointment on Monday, July 6. I am sure we will find out everything is okay then. And then I will feel better. I will update more after our next appointment.
RIP Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson
Friday, June 26, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Updated News
It has been awhile. We had our appointment yesterday afternoon to attempt to hear stubborn baby Baird's heartbeat. So needless to say, since this child has Matt and me as parents, I was not surprised that we could not hear his/her heartbeat. The doctor ordered an ultrasound to make sure everything was ok. I was a little nervous, but mainly concerned because I thought the Dr. thought something could be wrong. He did mention that he was picking up the placenta and that the placenta could be blocking the little baby.
We went up front to schedule the ultrasound, just to found out the tech was on vacation. They sent us to the hospital for an ultrasound. The ultrasound was scheduled for an hour later. I was so happy they could squeeze us in. The hospital itself is so much better than the ER and the doctor's office. We went right in and got called right back. The ultrasound tech was so nice. I was pretty nervous, but I knew it would be ok. Once she got my belly pictured on the screen, she said I see a baby and a strong heartbeat! Words like that never sounded so good. Then she let us hear the heartbeat. I cried. The baby's heartbeat was 170 beats per minute. I was so excited. They baby looks so human-like already. It just has an incredibly large head. We are about 5 weeks from them being comfortable attempting to check for the sex. We both have a strong feeling that it is a girl.
Well that is about all I am going to say for now. We are just excited that everything is ok. Our next appointment is scheduled for four weeks. It feels so good to be on a regular schedule of going to the doctor. They aren't monitoring my blood pressure anymore. At my appointment in 4 weeks, we will set up an appointment to find out the sex! We cannot wait! That is all for now. I will write again before the four weeks is here.
We went up front to schedule the ultrasound, just to found out the tech was on vacation. They sent us to the hospital for an ultrasound. The ultrasound was scheduled for an hour later. I was so happy they could squeeze us in. The hospital itself is so much better than the ER and the doctor's office. We went right in and got called right back. The ultrasound tech was so nice. I was pretty nervous, but I knew it would be ok. Once she got my belly pictured on the screen, she said I see a baby and a strong heartbeat! Words like that never sounded so good. Then she let us hear the heartbeat. I cried. The baby's heartbeat was 170 beats per minute. I was so excited. They baby looks so human-like already. It just has an incredibly large head. We are about 5 weeks from them being comfortable attempting to check for the sex. We both have a strong feeling that it is a girl.
Well that is about all I am going to say for now. We are just excited that everything is ok. Our next appointment is scheduled for four weeks. It feels so good to be on a regular schedule of going to the doctor. They aren't monitoring my blood pressure anymore. At my appointment in 4 weeks, we will set up an appointment to find out the sex! We cannot wait! That is all for now. I will write again before the four weeks is here.
Monday, June 1, 2009
New Info
Sorry it has been so long since I have written. I have been super busy. I am now officially a graduate of grad school. I have my Master's degree! I am super excited. The graduation ceremony was wonderful. Matt and I had a great time celebrating with my parents and my grandparents. I worked long and hard for this. It is a relief to be through. Now I plan to enjoy my summer!
Not a lot of news in the baby area. Glad to be in my second trimester! I had an OB appointment today. They scheduled it so close to the last one to monitor my blood pressure. So this was a quick visit to check my blood pressure. Good news - no need for blood pressure medicine now!
They tried to find the baby's heartbeat today but he/she was not cooperating. We go back next week on Thursday and they will listen for a heartbeat then. Hopefully, they will be able to find it then. This is making me kind of anxious. The Dr. said I was just at the beginning stages of being able to find the heartbeat. I am excited to hear it though. Then in July sometime we will be able to learn the sex! We cannot wait for that. Well that is all I have to say now. I will update next week after our appointment to hear the heartbeat.
Not a lot of news in the baby area. Glad to be in my second trimester! I had an OB appointment today. They scheduled it so close to the last one to monitor my blood pressure. So this was a quick visit to check my blood pressure. Good news - no need for blood pressure medicine now!
They tried to find the baby's heartbeat today but he/she was not cooperating. We go back next week on Thursday and they will listen for a heartbeat then. Hopefully, they will be able to find it then. This is making me kind of anxious. The Dr. said I was just at the beginning stages of being able to find the heartbeat. I am excited to hear it though. Then in July sometime we will be able to learn the sex! We cannot wait for that. Well that is all I have to say now. I will update next week after our appointment to hear the heartbeat.
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