Tuesday, 18 Mar

7 weeks pregnant-Well one week from today is our first OB appointment. I can `t wait... I feel like it is taking forever. I am happy and healthy and overall can `t complain. I found out we were expecting about 2 weeks ago. I have been exhausted for the past 4-5 weeks at least. I have nausea on and off but I have been lucky so far. I pray everything continues to go well. I will provide an update once we go to the doctor on 3/24. Yeah... I can `t wait.

Tuesday, 25 Mar

We had our first appt and ultrasound today and there is definitely a little baby (coffee bean) in there (ha ha). Daddy says `he loves his coffee bean ` (he is so cute). Based on our ultrasound the Doctor thinks I `m about 7 weeks and a few days rather then 8 weeks. I will have another ultrasound in 2 weeks to confirm the due date of November 10th. Oh ya, we are only having 1 baby, thank goodness because I don `t think I could handle more than that. We also got to hear the heartbeat which was 127 beats per minute (healthy per the dr). That was the most awesome part to me to think something that small has a heart that is SO strong and healthy is amazing to me.Hope your doing well.. I will update again in a couple weeks.

April 8th, 2008

Well today I had another ultrasound appt to confirm my due date. I am 9 weeks 1 day so my due date is definetly November 10th. The babies heart rate has increased to 150 bpm so that was exciting. I was told that was completely normal so that is great news. I was shocked she was able to find the heart beat and see the baby so well without doing a vaginal ultrasound but that was a great suprise (ha ha), except for the full bladder. Overall I guess I am doing well. I have allot of nausea and stress definetly makes it worse. I am starting to wake up with nausea at night now which is a bummer. Night was the only time I was free of nausea now its on/off through out the day and night. Some days are definetly better than others. Hopefully the morning sickness goes away after 13 weeks. I am crossing my fingers. I will check back soon. =)

April 28th, 2008- 12 weeks

May 31st, 2008 (17 weeks, 5 days)

I had my follow up OB appt last Weds 5/28 and everything went great. I gained 3 pounds since the last appointment which the doctor seemed to be pleased about. The baby's heart rate was in the 150's...still fast. Everyone tells me that is because it is a Girl but we will see. Our ultrasound appt is scheduled for Tuesday June 3rd so we will finally get to find out if it is a boy or girl (woo hoo).

*Question* Does anyone else got acne on their face, chest and back since they've been pregnant? I do and the doctor says it is normal because of the pregnancy hormones but needless to say it is really annoying. The things we have to deal with when we have a little bundle of joy growing inside of us (hee hee). I will update again next week with some really exciting news (keep your fingers crossed that the baby cooperates).

JUNE 3rd, 2008

Well we found out today that IT'S A GIRL!!!!The whole appt she kept putting her thumb and/or hand in her mouth. She would take it out and put it back in. It was so cute! She was sitting with her little legs tucked under her butt. Her heartrate was 153 beats per minute. Its been pretty consistent at every appointment. It has been in the 150's and 160's. Most of the ultrasound pictures arent clear enough to put up but I thought this one was cute. I hope you enjoy it. We are so EXCITED.

June 20th, 2008

We had a 3D/4D ultrasound this evening and it was sooo amazing. The ultrasound tech measured her to be 20 weeks 4 days so right on track. Her heart rate was in the 150s like it usually is. It was really neat because I could see her moving all around. She is very active but I still dont feel her too much. I feel butterflies and every so often I feel pressure like something is pushing on my belly from the inside but for the most part Im never sure if it is her moving or just gas or something. I got to see her face and in one of the pictures you could see her lips so perfect (they looked like mine, hee hee). She was tucked behind my placenta the u.s. tech said so it was hard to get a clear shot of her whole head. She looked at her private parts and confirmed it is a little girl in there. I wanted to make sure before I go crazy with the pink and ruffles (ha ha).

We invited our moms to go with us since they live in California and we live in Arizona they never get to go to the baby appointments with us. So i set up an appt in California so when we went to visit they would be able to see their grandbaby. I could see her a lot better than I thought I would be able to. I expected her to be really skinny and boney looking at 20 weeks but she looked perfect. I can't wait to see her in person, she is going to bring such joy to our lives. We are thrilled to be having a healthy baby girl. =)

Weds. June 25th, 2008