Waiting for our precious...

MAXWELL CASEY

JACKSON

...to arrive!!!

October 22nd: Today we found out that we are expecting a little BOY!!! Wow, I can't believe that we know what we are going to have. It's so exciting :) The baby looked great in the ultrasound and my doctor says everything is going great. I am starting to show a little bit, which is fun. I went shopping the other night for maternity clothes. I've been starting to look for baby furniture and it will be fun to start shopping for our little prince. I am also feeling pretty good. I have been getting bad headaches though, especially in the mornings.

October 7th: It's been a while since I last updated this. Things are going really great! I am now 13 weeks today! So far I've had 2 doctor's appointments where I got 2 utlrasounds and got to hear my little baby's sweet little heartbeat! My next appt. is in a few weeks on Oct. 22nd. My doctor says that at that appt. he will be able to determine the sex of the baby with 80% accuracy!!! How exciting is that!?! My hubby and I both think that it will be a boy...but we will be obviously thrilled with either! I have been starting to feel a bit better lately. I just take it day by day. Some days I feel great and have tons of energy and then the next day I will throw up and feel awful. MS is so not fun! Well, I hope everyone is doing good and also starting to feel good again!

September 9th: 9 weeks along today :) Time is going by slow! I have to wait 2 more weeks until my next doctor's appointment. I have been feeling miserable every single day. I am nauseous all the time-it never goes away. Sometimes it's better than others, but I'm always feeling sick. I hope this doesn't last the entire pregnancy! I really don't want to complain {even though that's what I'm doing!}. I am just so grateful to be pregnant after we tried for so long for this. I know that come mid April all this I'm going through will all be worth it and then some :) Hope you are all feeling better than me!

August 27th: Did I say just yesterday that I was feeling good?? Today I swear I can't remember what it feels like not to be SICK!! It was all I could do to make it through work today. I was just praying that I wouldn't have to use my garbage can to puke in under my desk! I still feel wretched....yuck! This sure isn't fun. Hope I feel better tomorrow!!

August 26th: Yesterday was my first doctor's appointment! I've been looking forward to it for weeks :) It was great! My hubby and I got to see our little baby and even hear his/her little heartbeat! It was AMAZING and it made it all seem so real. My due date is APRIL 15th! I am still feeling really good. I don't have too many symptoms at all. I just have to keep something in my stomach at all times or I get nauseous. My next doctor's appointment is September 24th...I'll be 11 weeks pregnant then :)

August 17th: Well~I'm 6 weeks pregnant! I feel awesome! I really HOPE the good luck continues....I still have to go to the restroom like every 10 seconds, have mild cramps every once in a while and tender boobs~no biggy ;) My husband and I are still on cloud 9 about being pregnant! I think that pretty much all of our family and close friends know the good news by now. Everyone is so excited for us...{especially my mom-who will be a Grandma for the first time!}...we tried for a while. So for those of you out there who are still trying to conceive....keep the FAITH! I'm pretty much just counting down the days until my 1st doctors appointment. I don't know why I'm so excited~but I am :) I hope this week is a good one for everyone!!

Hi~My name is Ashlie Jackson. I'm a first-time mommy and I am soooo happy to be pregnant {finally} :) My hubby and I have been trying for almost a year...on Aug. 6th I just had a "feeling" that I might be pregnant, so I took 4 pregnancy tests {just to be sure}. They all turned out POSITIVE! I am now 5 weeks and I am finding that it is so hard to keep the good news to myself! I seriously want to tell everyone I see {Haha}. Well, I have my first doctor's appointment on Aug. 25th-and I can't wait~I'm hoping that we will be able to hear a little heart beat!! I just stumbled across this site the other day and love it. It will be fun to sort of "document" my pregnancy..and be able to talk to others about what the heck is going on with our bodies!!! So far I've been SO blessed to not have any morning sickness, but I know that I'm not out of the woods yet ;) My symptoms so far are:

1. My boobs seriously KILL so bad!

2. I am eating everything in sight...{I swear I've gained 5lbs in the past week!}

3. Unbelievably TIRED {I could fall asleep at my desk now.......}

4. Just a little bit of cramping/constipation.

Other than those "lovely" side effects I have felt just great :) Seriously...I'm just so thankful to be pregnant that it doesn't matter how sick I feel or fat I get...just knowing that a beautiful little baby is growing inside me is worth it!

1st TRIMESTER
1-4 weeks = 1 month - DONE!
5-8 weeks = 2 months - DONE!
9-13 weeks = 3 months - DONE!

2nd TRIMESTER
14-17 weeks = 4 months - DONE!
18-21 weeks = 5 months - DONE!
22-26 weeks - In Progress :)

3rd TRIMESTER
27-30 weeks = 7 months
31-35 weeks = 8 months
36-40 weeks = 9 months!

Great Websites:

www.daveandashliejackson.blogspot.com