02-4-2008 - First Trimester Blog

My mood while writing this blog: Ok

Our first glimpse of the baby bean! Internal U/S done on 9/27/07 when I was 7 weeks and 1 day pregnant. I got to see and hear the heartbeat! 142 bpm!! :)



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9/28/07

First prenatal appointment went well, our next appointments are as follows:

10/30/07 - 12 week ultrasound
11/02/07 - 2nd prenatal appointment

Congratulations to all and good luck!
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7 week belly shot :)



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10/12/2007
9 weeks & 2 days

I'm starting to feel a tad bit better, thank God. The morning sickness (or anytime sickness actually) is still ever present and the dizzy spells have yet to leave me, but the never ending, all consuming exhaustion and fatigue is beginning to loosen it's grip. :)

I was starting to wonder if the couch would be permanently indented in the shape of my buttocks. lol Speaking of buttocks, I caught a rather unfortunate glimpse of my rear end this morning in the full length mirror and became instantly remorseful. So many naps so little exercise... So, it's back on the cardio train for me. Here's to what I hope will be the timely salvation of my hind quarters before they reach unexplainable proportions.

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Time to say goodbye to skinny and embrace the "round". :)

10/17/2007 - 10 weeks

Just call me "hungry hungry hippo". I can't wait for this morning sickness to end so I can stop stuffing my face every hour on the hour. I've never eaten so much in my life and I can't say that I'm enjoying it.

The exhaustion is leaving me. I actually got 3 loads of laundry done yesterday and the day before that I broke out the bleach water and went to town on the floors and toilets. :) It was about time too because I don't think I could have lived in this house much longer in it's current state.

I'm having strange dreams... strange baby related dreams and I have yet to have a good one. Hate that. I remember dreaming of snakes in my belly and dead deformed babies when I had my 1st, I'm not looking forward to having those dreams again.

Other than that not much has changed. I'm anxious to see the baby again, make sure everything is ok. I've been having A LOT of round ligament pain and even though I know that it's just from the little bean spreading out, a part of me can't help but go to that negative place and wonder if there could be something wrong. - Here comes that new mommy paranoia! Gosh, it took me 3 years to stop having paranoid delusions after my son was born, I'm not too keen on welcoming them back! lol

Hope you ladies are all starting to feel better. 3 more weeks and it's on to the 2nd trimester!!!

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10/25/2007
11 weeks + 1 day

I'm starting to feel the baby move! It's not every day and it's still very subtle but it's there. Delightful!

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11/02/2007

12 weeks + 2 days

Well we went in for another sonogram on Tuesday. It was a VERY short scan though. I was in and out of the chair in less than 5 minutes. But, we did get to hear the heartbeat (167 bpm) and we both got to see the little bean moving!! Legs were wiggling and arms were flailing it was so wonderful. :)

Today I went in for my 2nd prenatal appointment baby's heart rate was 150 bpm and all looked good but then it was scale time and I weighed in at 166 fully clothed. !!! OMG. So of course the nurse wasn't too pleased. That makes a 15 pound gain for me so far. We also talked for a while about my dizzy spells, shortness of breath and rapid heart rate and she told me it was probably due to the fact that I ate all healthy foods before becoming pregnant (I would rather have died than eaten greasy red meat) and ever since I've been eating nothing but bagels, pizza, burgers, butter, mayo. Not good not good at all. So I've been instructed to return to my pre-pregnancy diet - Grilled chicken, fish, vegetables, fruit & whole grains. No mayo, no butter, no sugar, no cheese, no fun. :( At this very moment I munch on celery sticks and tuna. Boo hiss. Boo hiss indeed.

Ah well, it was nice while it lasted, time to go back to reality-ville.

I hope you ladies are all doing well and good luck at your appointments!

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