Hello second trimester (officially)

14 weeks and I got a FREE ultrasound today! The pictures didn't turn out great because it wasn't a very good machine (and their main purpose was to train the nurse) so even though they were very nice and made me comfortable, they didn't take the greatest pictures. The pictures even got jammed in the machine so some of them have lines running through them. All in all, I felt very lucky to have the opportunity to see my baby again. I have my next doctors appointment at the end of the month where I hope to schedule my next ultrasound for early august. (I really hope to find out the sex of the baby before my birthday) I also took some short videos from the ultrasound which I will post shortly.

I love free stuff

Today I scheduled two different FREE ultrasound appoinments! The first one will be this friday at a new pregnancy center in town that were looking for volunteers for their new nurse to practice on. Maybe if I'm really lucky we'll be able to tell if it is a boy or a girl (depending on how good their machine is and if baby wants to cooperate). I can't wait. Then the OTHER FREE ultrasound I scheduled for October 11th when I am 29 weeks. It will be at the local community college who offers free 3-d ultrasounds for volunteers to train their students. I am really excited about that one becuase those things are expensive if you choose to do it on your own!

In other news, I will be 14 weeks tomorrow and I am feeling pretty good! I am planning on starting to work on the nursery soon seeing as how I will be getting some stuff for baby from family memebers. My mother in law told me she had found some great babythings and my cousin has some good hand me down baby gear from her little one. I can't wait to put it all together. I have been looking on different websites and trying to decide on where to register. There is so much cute stuff out there. I am still holding out until we know if it's going to be a boy or girl. Maybe if I cross my fingers and my toes I'll find out on friday. Trying not to get my hopes up though because I KNOW 14 weeks is way early to find out. But possible! haha

Another note, I am REALLY craving breakfast food. May have to make pancakes for dinner.

Rainbow Baby

I just found this "term" today for new pregnancies after a miscarriage, stillborn or loss of a child. The quote says it all. :-)

"Rainbow Babies" is the understanding that the beauty of a rainbow does not negate the ravages of the storm. When a rainbow appears, it doesn't mean the storm never happened or that the family is not still dealing with its aftermath. What it means is that something beautiful and full of light has appeared in the midst of the darkness and clouds. Storm clouds may still hover but the rainbow provides a counterbalance of color, energy and hope."

NOM NOM NOM

I have not stopped eating ALL day!

I guess it is a good sign that I am coming out of my first trimester and feeling better. But my goodness! I have been hungry and ready to eat all day! Which is a big difference from not wanting to eat ANYTHING for the last 3 months! I just ate half of a thin crust margarita pizza and I still want more. This is so weird. Now if only I could get some of my energy back! :-)

You know you're pregnant when...

Thought I would share some responses from a post on babycenter.com. Most of these comments are not mine. It made me laugh so hard after having such a hard day that I just needed to share. All of the comments are so true and FUNNY, especially because I can relate to so many of them!


There were over 2oo posts but these are my top 10 favorites:
You know you're pregnant when...
*"you're husband looks at you adoringly and you want to slap the crap out of him"
*"you're starving but the thought of any and all food makes you want to puke"
*"when you gas is so bad you start farting in your sleep and it wakes you up"
*"when you've trained yourself to pee before you puke to avoid simultaneous pee/puke action"
*"you really want your husband to cuddle with you but at the same time you wish he would just go to the next room and leave you alone"
*"you spontaneously combust into tears in your husbands arms because you havn't felt good for days, then scream at him for hugging you to hard"
*"you fall flat on your face on the hard bathroom floor becaues you were half asleep getting up to pee"
*"you would rather puke and get it over with than feel nausous all of the time"
*"the thought of eating anything makes you sick, even if you're starving"
*"you're husband can't do anything but laugh when you're a crying uncontrolably because he doesn't know what he can do to help you, and it's probably because you look totally rediculous balling over your pretzels going stale"

I wish I could post more, but there were so many to choose from! 12 weeks today! Next prenatal pointment next wendesday, I'll get to hear the heartbeat!

Starting to feel like myself again!

No major baby update for this post, but I would like to share that I am finally *starting* to feel like myself again. I am having many more good days than bad days. My appetites is slowely coming back for certain foods like fruits. (All I want lately are peaches and pears) and the nausea is, for the most part, almost all gone! The only thing that is still lingering is my moodiness. One of my students parents told me that I would have a girl because I've been so irritable haha. She said it was all of those "girl parts" developing that make your emotions go crazy. Not sure if there is any truth to that but I got a good laugh out of it!

I am so excited to have my next prenatal visit on the 30th because I will get to finally hear the heart beat and hopefully get my next ultrasound appointment set up to find out what the sex of the baby is! I'd really like to find out before my birthday :-) We have a couple of names picked out for either boy or girl so I'll be so excited to find out what it is to finally settle on a name! All I am going to say for now is the initials for a boy: CJM and for a girl: TAM

Am I EVER going to want to eat again?!?!

Pregnancy ailments to date:

Lost a total of 12 lbs. in the last month

Loss of appetite

Nausea

Teeny tiny bladder syndrome

Very very tired....like all the time

On the plus side, no vomiting!!! I feel pretty lucky to not have the vomiting and I'm knock'n on wood that it won't show up in the next few weeks as my 1st trimester comes to an end. The nausea sucks though, but I can typically keep it under control with small snacks.

The notes everyone has been leaving on facebook have been so sweet and I love each and every new one I recieve! We are so BLESSED to have so many amazing friend and family in our lives!