28-4-2009 - First Blog

My mood while writing this blog: good

So let me first start off by saying that last night was the first time since about week 4 that I didn't get up in the middle of the night to pee. Yay! It was a nice change sleeping through the night.

I had my second appointment yesterday. It went well, but I think they're pretty much all going to be like this one for a while. The nurse came in and took my weight, blood pressure, and found the baby's heartbeat (154 BPM - and definitely my favorite part!) Then the dr. came in and talked with me for a bit, palpated my belly, and showed me where my uterus is! Very cool. Although I hate to admit it, while I was able to feel and locate it while I was at the office...I'm not so sure I could find it now. My younger sister came with me which was fun. She wanted to hear the heartbeat too. Plus, she and her husband will be trying to conceive shortly, so I thought it would be fun for her to see what goes on. My one disappointment yesterday was that the dr. said I wouldn't be feeling the baby move until about week 18 or 19! Ugggh! Another month, at least!?! Meanwhile, I keep thinking to myself - c'mon - this baby is like three inches long now, and I can't feel that moving around? lol. But, oh well. It's just another practice in patience for me I guess.

My next appointment is on May 26th, and at that time we'll get to schedule the ultrasound to find out the sex. The dr. said we should wait until week 20 - 22. I feel like everybody has asked me if we're going to find out once they hear I'm pregnant. If the baby is cooperating that day, and not sitting with it's legs crossed or anything, then yes, we are going to find out. I need to plan. Names, furniture, decorations...it's just who I am. : ) And I realize that even with an ultrasound, it's not 100 percent certain...but I'll take my chances. I'm so ready to start buying stuff. Our house is fairly new, and what will be the baby's room is the last room in the house to be painted. Of course, we still have to clear it out as well. We were previously utilizing the space as an office. The office has already been relocated downstairs, but there's still a bunch of misc. crap to move. And I'll probably be calling on my hubby and the parentals to paint the room for me.

Speaking of my husband...Paul has been so great with everything so far. Maybe a little strict with some things, like not letting me have lobster...but still great. He's always asking how I'm doing...holding back my hair, and rubbing my back the other night when I was sick, going to appointments and shopping for baby stuff with me, making sure I'm not doing any heavy lifting, asking how "junior" is doing, always reasurring me when I start freaking out over the small stuff...I love this man. He was in the Navy and on deployment when his other daughter was born, so this will be a new experience for him.

One last observation. I feel like pregnancies come in waves. So many people that I know are pregnant right now. In my church alone there are 4 of us expecting. And we are all due right in a row - Sept., Oct., Nov., and Dec. It's a little funny. Although maybe it's all in my head and there aren't really spurts...but it certainly seems that way.