Okay, for some reason everything I wrote on this was deleted :( Now I have to start over...that sucks!

Well, my name is Kimberly and I'm almost 14 weeks pregnant!! My husband, Frank and I have been trying to get pregnant for over a year and come to find out I can actually get pregnant!! Our due week is July 8-13th. We are so incredibly excited! We weren't sure if I was going to be able to have kids because I only have half of my reproductive organs due to a tumor I had when I was younger. But we showed those doctors!!

1-3-08

I'm really starting to feel better and gain my appetite back, which is wonderful! I didn't gain an ounce in the first trimester and I'm sure that's because everything I looked at or smelt made me extremely sick to my stomach. I had enough energy to get through my work day and then I went home and crashed on the couch. Now that I'm entering the second trimester, I am getting my energy back so I don't feel so lazy :) I was really really really tired yesterday though. So I went home and crashed like I did in the first trimester! I'm pretty sure my husband is excited now that I'm not so 'down' all the time. We are both getting very excited. Neither of us care what we have, just as long as it's as healthy as it can be; both of us were pretty sick newborns. I can't wait to find out though! We probably won't find out for another 5 or 6 weeks though. My next appointment is in one week and I can't wait to hear the little heartbeat again...it's been too long!! I hope everyone is feeling wonderful now that we're moving on to the second trimester!!!

1-14-08

I have one day left until Week 15 starts :) Everything is going real well right now. My nausea is almost completely gone unless I over-eat. I'm just glad to eat again!! Food is starting to smell good again...I smelled our neighbors cooking steak out last night and I almost went over to get some!! That's how I can tell I'm really feeling better; if I would've barely smelled or looked at a steak in the first trimester, I would've thrown up. Yeah for food!! My energy is definitely coming back as well. My house is starting to look like it did before I got pregnant haha!! I have missed having the energy to be a clean freak :) I think my husband did a little too, although he may not admit it. We go to my next doctor's appointment tomorrow and I'm looking foward to finding out how much weight I've gained. I didn't gain anything the first trimester so hopefully I've gained a little. If not, I'm going to start eating everything in sight, jk :) Well I hope everyone is doing fantastic. OH yeah, I got a mommy pillow (snoogle) and I've been sleeping like a dream ever since!! My arms aren't falling asleep anymore and I'm sleeping almost through the night (minus the bathroom wake up calls). It was well worth the $50!! Have a great week ladies!!

1-18-08

So we went to the doctor's appointment on Tuesday this week; nothing too exciting! Of course we heard the precious heart beat and I was able to ask him a few questions about how much we are allowed to use the doppler we rented off the internet. But that was about it! I started coming down with something on Tuesday morning and my throat was killing me so he gave me a list of meds I can take to help with the sore throat. Although now it's Friday and I feel worse then I did on Tuesday. I have probably drank triple the amount of water I normally drink, rested and ate some cough drops, yet my throat is still killing me. I know it's sinus drainage but I have never kept a sinus infection for this long before. Does anyone have any advice on how to help with this?? It has not been fun! and I'm miserable! Yesterday was really bad because every time I'd cough, I'd gag, then breathe again which made me cough, then gag...literally for 2 minutes. By the time I finally caught my breath, my face was soaked with tears and my whole body was sweating. It scared me frantic. Any advice would be greatly appreciated though! Since we're off on Monday, maybe it'll give me a chance to recuperate before going back to work...cross your fingers! One more thing, the doctor said our next u/s is 2-11 and that's when we should find out the sex...so EXCITED!! Bye ladies :)

2-6-08

WE'RE HAVING A BOY!!! Found out today at our doctor's appointment that we're having a little boy. It was such an incredible ultrasound. The doctor said that everything looks perfect so far. She showed us the heart, stomach and bladder which means the baby is swallowing fine and the kidneys are working. We were able to see the umbilical cord and the blood flowing through it (awesome!). We saw many many more things but I can't think of everything right now. The baby weighs 7 ounces right now!! I still can't feel the baby move but the doctor said that's normal and I should start to feel something in the next 2 or 3 weeks. Anyway, a VERY exciting day for us new parents!! I can't wait to see our little boy again :)