Week 11

I just got an email that informed me that I am officially 11 weeks today. Thank goodness. :-P I still don't feel it though - and I certainly don't look it. In fact I've lost weight - and while it's disconcerting, I'm told it can be completely normal. Here's hoping it is. :-) The only symptom I am having now is a headache from time to time - unless you count the mood swings though while they DO make an appearance, they're few and far between. The image you're looking at is what a baby looks like at 11 weeks...it's a 3D Sonogram Image... We'll get to see our baby on the 29th (Monday, yay!) and hopefully we'll get a picture I can upload here. After the appointment it's up to Mom and Dad's to celebrate birthdays...

10 Weeks

I'm in between 10 and 11 weeks right now and you still can't tell that I'm pregnant - at least I can't. I keep waiting for the 'baby belly' to start and there isn't one...I've lost 4 lbs, which the Dr will be OK with as he said that some women do lose weight...no more real symptoms - except the tiredness. Nothing else is really new - we have the ultrasound on the 29th of this month - and *fingers crossed* hopefully all goes well. Then it will be a much better picture that's posted

Breathing Again :-)

It's been a rough 2 days. I had spotting - no cramping - that I thought for sure was an indicator that we were losing the baby...turns out no. Late July my HCG was 17,000...yesterday it was 109,000. Apparently between 8 and 9 weeks there's some development taking place within the placenta which can cause spotting - so I was freaking out for nothing :-) Let me just tell you how happy Mom was to hear that after I woke her up at 1:30 in the morning crying like a nut.

I was so nervous that the nurse would call and would want to talk to me about scheduling an appointment - did you ever notice that they schedule an appointment when they want to tell you bad news? As if it's not bad enough they're going to deliver bad news, they also want their co-pay :-P So when I call and the receptionist says "please hold, the nurses have been trying to get ahold of you" that tended to freak me out a little - especially since I was a little tightly wound since I couldn't get anyone to stay off of the phone it seemed :-) I keep telling Scott not to be surprised when CallWaiting gets added to the phone :-P *wink*

Doobie Doobie Dooo...

Let me just tell you how difficult it was to abstain from the glass of Asti Champagne offered to me in between my cousin's wedding and the reception. But I did it. We did finally tell my 'extended' family...it felt good to tell them. However, a 2 day trip to PA to go to a wedding with a SIX hour reception - I don't recommend it in the first trimester...Granted, I'm thrilled I went (she looked beautiful and it was great to see everyone)...but I was absolutely exhausted to the point that I slept through the drive from Mt Pocono to Sidney...and was only awake from Sidney to Oneonta because I had to pee!

The Dr postponed my appointment to the 9th at noon ... they had to perform an emergency C-Section this morning so he cleared his afternoon...it's somewhat reassuring. I mean, I'm sorry that someone had to go through that, but it's nice to know that if God Forbid it happens to me that he's not going to be thinking about all the appointments he has to get back to.

If the preliminary results are correct - I'm 2 months today. If not? I'm 3 months. I'm hoping that tomorrow we'll do an ultrasound to make sure.

We've picked 2 names...though I'm sure they're going to change :-) For a boy either Michael David or David Michael...for a girl Meghan Catherine. I can't wait until we can find out.

I've got to get better at this...

I seem to keep forgetting that I have a blog - much less that I have to post in it... :-) I just got back from Pennsylvania with Angie. We went to a concert and then spent the night at a rather nice hotel. We went swimming, ordered room service, relaxed (individually) in the shower and then went to sleep watching Roseanne...all after Kenny Chesney, Gretchen Wilson and Pat Green serenaded us. I almost froze Angie out of the hotel room with the air conditioning, but I'm told these hot flashes won't last long...here's hoping.

Monday's the first *real* Dr's appointment...this is when we'll find out just how far along I really am and what the story is. Finally I can get comfortable while I sleep - the body pillow is a wonderful invention.

I dragged Angie through Babie's 'R Us and found the CUTEST crib set...if it's a boy. It doesn't really suit a girl.