I can hardly believe that I have been pregnant for eighteen weeks now...Although there are times I can't even tell I'm pregnant, my old clothes quickly remind me. I didn't take another pic this week just because things have been busy but it has been an exciting week.
I work in a place where I am blessed to have a small ultrasound machine...although it isn't the best, it is enough to sneak a peak every once in a while just to check on this little miracle growing inside me. Up to this week, I hadn't really felt Baby Mitchell moving. I had read that it takes a little longer for first time mom's to recognize what the movement feels like. Sunday night I did sneak a peak and Baby Mitchell was flipping and kicking and doing all sorts of movements inside me. I was able to feel what that felt like while watching Baby Mitchell move, which was very exciting. It definitely does feel like little butterflies. Since then, I have noticed movement mainly in the morning, about 7:30AM. The other morning, it seemed as if a gymnastics competition was going on in my abdomen. Very exciting yet not fun while trying to go to sleep. All I can do is smile and thank God that Baby Mitchell is moving around inside of me. Makes me excited to meet this little gymnast! Another exciting thing I noticed on the ultrasound was Baby Mitchell hiccuping! It was so cute to watch! Anyway here are my 18 week updates!
How Far Along? 18 weeks
Total Weight Gain/Loss? Have gained 9lbs!
Maternity Clothes? Yes, maternity jeans...am able to wear a lot of my tops so far!!!
Stretch Marks? No
Sleep? Sleeping seems to be getting a little more difficult. I tend to steal Michael's pillow when he isn't using it!
Best Moment This Week? Seeing Baby Mitchell inside of me and watching it have the hiccups!
Have You Told Family and Friends? We have told mostly everyone!
Miss Anything? Caffeine
Movement? Yep or as they call it "quickening!"
Food Cravings? Can't think of a particular food I am craving, I will say I can see a huge spike in my appetite though!
Anything Make You Queasy or Sick? Nope!
Have You Started to Show Yet? I think a little.
Gender Prediction? No clue!
Labor Signs? Nope
Belly Button In or Out? In!
Wedding Rings On or Off? On!
Looking Forward To? Finding out the gender!
Friday, October 19, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Sixteen Weeks
This week was a really exciting week for me!!! Michael and I went to Charleston for a few days to get away and enjoy each other. I'm really excited to have this baby but will definitely miss the random trips with the two of us! He is such a good person and amazing husband. While we were in Charleston we did A TON of walking and a lot of eating. We stayed in an amazing hotel called the King Charles Inn on Meeting Street. We walked through the market, took a Ghost and Graveyard Historic Tour and window shopped on King Street. It was definitely a fun, relaxing getaway that was much needed!!!
Since we went to Charleston, it was almost 17 weeks until I was able to take this picture...(I think I was 16 weeks and 6 days haha).
How Far Along? 16 weeks
Total Weight Gain/Loss? Have gained 8lbs!
Maternity Clothes? I finally gave in and got a pair of maternity jeans and they are AWESOME!!! I may never go back.
Stretch Marks? No
Sleep? Sleeping ok except waking up several times to change positions or use the bathroom.
Best Moment This Week? Hearing the baby's heartbeat during my 16 week checkup and scheduling an anatomy ultrasound to find out what the baby is!
Have You Told Family and Friends? We have told all of our family and some of our friends.
Miss Anything? Caffeine
Movement? Nope
Food Cravings? I have been making a lot of orangeade from fresh oranges. Michael and I both love it!
Anything Make You Queasy or Sick? Nope!
Have You Started to Show Yet? I think a little.
Gender Prediction? No clue!
Labor Signs? Nope
Belly Button In or Out? In!
Wedding Rings On or Off? On!
Looking Forward To? Finding out the gender and feeling the baby move!
Since we went to Charleston, it was almost 17 weeks until I was able to take this picture...(I think I was 16 weeks and 6 days haha).
How Far Along? 16 weeks
Total Weight Gain/Loss? Have gained 8lbs!
Maternity Clothes? I finally gave in and got a pair of maternity jeans and they are AWESOME!!! I may never go back.
Stretch Marks? No
Sleep? Sleeping ok except waking up several times to change positions or use the bathroom.
Best Moment This Week? Hearing the baby's heartbeat during my 16 week checkup and scheduling an anatomy ultrasound to find out what the baby is!
Have You Told Family and Friends? We have told all of our family and some of our friends.
Miss Anything? Caffeine
Movement? Nope
Food Cravings? I have been making a lot of orangeade from fresh oranges. Michael and I both love it!
Anything Make You Queasy or Sick? Nope!
Have You Started to Show Yet? I think a little.
Gender Prediction? No clue!
Labor Signs? Nope
Belly Button In or Out? In!
Wedding Rings On or Off? On!
Looking Forward To? Finding out the gender and feeling the baby move!
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Fourteen Weeks
How Far Along? 14 weeks
Total Weight Gain/Loss? Have gained 7lbs.
Maternity Clothes? Not yet...I have been looking at some because I am getting tired of the rubber band busting on my abdomen.
Stretch Marks? No
Sleep? Using an extra pillow but still sleeping pretty well.
Best Moment This Week? Having an ultrasound a week ago and hearing that the extra sacs were gone!
Have You Told Family and Friends? We have told all of our family and some of our friends.
Miss Anything? Caffeine
Movement? Nope
Food Cravings? Applesauce and Cold Drinks
Anything Make You Sick? Trying to shower without eating something makes me feel a little nauseated.
Have You Started to Show Yet? Still looking chubby!
Gender Prediction? Not sure...keep going back and forth!
Labor Signs? Nope
Belly Button In or Out? In!
Wedding Rings On or Off? On!
Looking Forward To? Finding out the gender and feeling the baby move!
Sorry no picture this week...I took one but it really looked the same as twelve weeks and was pretty dark! Went to a baby shower this past weekend and it started to sink it that I would be doing this at the beginning of the year!
Haven't really had any horribly pregnancy symptoms which I feel really blessed about BUT I have been having nightmares...this is no fun. I will wake up in the middle of the night feeling like my heart is beating out of my chest. Had to wake Michael up one night because I could not go back to sleep!
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Twelve Weeks
Twelve weeks was a week of mixed emotions for me...I was super excited because I had another OB appt and knew that we may be able to hear the baby's heartbeat with a doppler because my uterus had moved out of the pelvic cavity...I was also starting to feel my body changing and decided to take a picture of my very very little baby bump. I showed my sister a blog I had found on Pinterest and she duplicated the board and decorated it with chalk...also decided to answer several questions throughout my pregnancy to see how they changed...
How Far Along? 12 weeks
Total Weight Gain/Loss? Have gained 6lbs...although I was very nauseated, I was not throwing up all the time which allowed me to eat eat eat!
Maternity Clothes? Not yet...have tried the rubber band trick on one pair of jeans because they fit in the legs but not in the waist anymore :(
Stretch Marks? No
Sleep? Sleeping all the time except when I eat and work!
Best Moment This Week? Knowing I could get to hear the heartbeat again!
Have You Told Family and Friends? We have told all of our family and some of our friends.
Miss Anything? Caffeine
Movement? Nope
Food Cravings? Applesauce...have been getting up in the middle of sleeping to get a coffee cup full of cold applesauce!
Anything Make You Queasy or Sick? Ummm can't think of anything individual.
Have You Started to Show Yet? Looking chubby for sure!
Gender Prediction? Not sure...keep going back and forth!
Labor Signs? Nope
Belly Button In or Out? In!
Wedding Rings On or Off? On!
Looking Forward To? Finding out the gender and feeling the baby move!
The OB appt went well! They make you rotate through the different providers throughout your pregnancy so you can meet them all. Knowing this appt was going to be one where I could leave my clothes on, I decided to see one of the male doctors. Really liked him! Heard the baby's heartbeat right away with the doppler and it was about 160. We also discussed the "three sacs" and was told that the doctor really wanted us to have another ultrasound within the next week or so to check on things!
How Far Along? 12 weeks
Total Weight Gain/Loss? Have gained 6lbs...although I was very nauseated, I was not throwing up all the time which allowed me to eat eat eat!
Maternity Clothes? Not yet...have tried the rubber band trick on one pair of jeans because they fit in the legs but not in the waist anymore :(
Stretch Marks? No
Sleep? Sleeping all the time except when I eat and work!
Best Moment This Week? Knowing I could get to hear the heartbeat again!
Have You Told Family and Friends? We have told all of our family and some of our friends.
Miss Anything? Caffeine
Movement? Nope
Food Cravings? Applesauce...have been getting up in the middle of sleeping to get a coffee cup full of cold applesauce!
Anything Make You Queasy or Sick? Ummm can't think of anything individual.
Have You Started to Show Yet? Looking chubby for sure!
Gender Prediction? Not sure...keep going back and forth!
Labor Signs? Nope
Belly Button In or Out? In!
Wedding Rings On or Off? On!
Looking Forward To? Finding out the gender and feeling the baby move!
The OB appt went well! They make you rotate through the different providers throughout your pregnancy so you can meet them all. Knowing this appt was going to be one where I could leave my clothes on, I decided to see one of the male doctors. Really liked him! Heard the baby's heartbeat right away with the doppler and it was about 160. We also discussed the "three sacs" and was told that the doctor really wanted us to have another ultrasound within the next week or so to check on things!
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The "Dating" Ultrasound...
I had my "dating" ultrasound on August 8th which I was extremely nervous about because...1) It would be the first time we would see the heartbeat and 2) It was going to be a pelvic ultrasound and I had seen the tool they use for those before...I was most nervous about the heartbeat because we had told our family about the baby and I was scared to death of not seeing a heartbeat and having to tell them bad news.
We arrived that afternoon and were called back to the ultrasound room. The girl doing the ultrasound was very sweet and reassured me that although it would be a little uncomfortable at first, I would be just fine and would eventually not be able to feel the probe. We got settled and the TV turned on above me and she started moving around trying to find the baby. Sure enough, there it was, a little peanut looking thing with a little white flicker in the center. She attempted to explain to us what we were seeing but both of us just stared at what looked like a blob on a screen. She took some measurements to figure exactly how far along we were and then advised us she was going to now take a look at my ovaries...
She started moving the probe to the right and left which I'm not gonna lie, was a little uncomfortable. I didn't care at that point because I had seen a heartbeat! As she looked around some more, there were different colors of grey, black and white showing up all over the TV screen (I had no idea what in the world we were looking at). She pointed out one of my ovaries and then stopped over several black spots. She called the "head sonographer" over to have a look and they started throwing out terms like "avascular," "are you sure," and "get the measurements for those two." While doing this they looked at Michael and I and said I know we are talking about things you don't understand but the doctor will go over everything with you after the ultrasound is over. I was terrified.
Not only was laying there for the rest of the ultrasound very frightened but then I had to go sit back in the lobby and wait for my actual appt which wasn't for another 30 minutes. I sat there and looked at the few little "peanut" pictures I was holding trying to think what they could be referring to...my first thought was that they were measuring tumors inside me and I had some sort of cancer or that I was going to die. I shared these thoughts with Michael and he reassured me that I was worrying for nothing and everything would be fine. I tried to take my mind off things by trying to figure out again where the head of the baby in the picture was. Finally they called my name...
We were taken back to the exam room and the midwife came in after a few minutes telling us that it looked like I was approx 8 weeks pregnant and my due date appeared to be March 22nd. She then proceeded to ask if anyone in my family had multiples...Micheal and I froze. Apparently those black "spots" they were measuring were actually two additional sacs. She then said..."you had triplets but only one of them is measuring appropriately." Oh my Word...triplets, really...I wasn't even convinced we were ready for one...three seemed like a cruel joke. I asked her what exactly that meant and she said the other two sacs should dissolve on their on and I seemed to have "dodged a bullet" because we were only going to have one baby! Michael and I were relieved that I did not have tumors inside of me and that we were going to have only one child. With that said, she did want to follow me closely and would discuss getting another PELVIC ultrasound in 4 weeks to keep an eye on things!
We arrived that afternoon and were called back to the ultrasound room. The girl doing the ultrasound was very sweet and reassured me that although it would be a little uncomfortable at first, I would be just fine and would eventually not be able to feel the probe. We got settled and the TV turned on above me and she started moving around trying to find the baby. Sure enough, there it was, a little peanut looking thing with a little white flicker in the center. She attempted to explain to us what we were seeing but both of us just stared at what looked like a blob on a screen. She took some measurements to figure exactly how far along we were and then advised us she was going to now take a look at my ovaries...
She started moving the probe to the right and left which I'm not gonna lie, was a little uncomfortable. I didn't care at that point because I had seen a heartbeat! As she looked around some more, there were different colors of grey, black and white showing up all over the TV screen (I had no idea what in the world we were looking at). She pointed out one of my ovaries and then stopped over several black spots. She called the "head sonographer" over to have a look and they started throwing out terms like "avascular," "are you sure," and "get the measurements for those two." While doing this they looked at Michael and I and said I know we are talking about things you don't understand but the doctor will go over everything with you after the ultrasound is over. I was terrified.
Not only was laying there for the rest of the ultrasound very frightened but then I had to go sit back in the lobby and wait for my actual appt which wasn't for another 30 minutes. I sat there and looked at the few little "peanut" pictures I was holding trying to think what they could be referring to...my first thought was that they were measuring tumors inside me and I had some sort of cancer or that I was going to die. I shared these thoughts with Michael and he reassured me that I was worrying for nothing and everything would be fine. I tried to take my mind off things by trying to figure out again where the head of the baby in the picture was. Finally they called my name...
We were taken back to the exam room and the midwife came in after a few minutes telling us that it looked like I was approx 8 weeks pregnant and my due date appeared to be March 22nd. She then proceeded to ask if anyone in my family had multiples...Micheal and I froze. Apparently those black "spots" they were measuring were actually two additional sacs. She then said..."you had triplets but only one of them is measuring appropriately." Oh my Word...triplets, really...I wasn't even convinced we were ready for one...three seemed like a cruel joke. I asked her what exactly that meant and she said the other two sacs should dissolve on their on and I seemed to have "dodged a bullet" because we were only going to have one baby! Michael and I were relieved that I did not have tumors inside of me and that we were going to have only one child. With that said, she did want to follow me closely and would discuss getting another PELVIC ultrasound in 4 weeks to keep an eye on things!
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
You're Going To Be GRANDPARENTS...
After my OB appt on July 27th Michael and I were headed to Banner Elk for the week. We knew this week/weekend was going to be very special. We were lucky enough to have my parents, my sister, Michael's parents, Michael's brother and my Aunt and Uncle along with their two kids there for the weekend. We arrived Friday night and were there with just my parent's, my sister and my aunt, uncle and cousins. I knew we were not going to be able to tell anyone that night because I wanted everyone to be there. Waiting was KILLING me. Michael kept telling me to relax but I was dying to tell my parents...
Saturday was a LONG day and I was incredibly tired. I think I slept most of the afternoon. My sister came to my room around 4PM to tell me that I had slept all afternoon and that I should get up and interact with the family...little did she know!!!
FINALLY the Mitchell's arrived to the condo because we had scheduled to go to Michael's favorite Mexican restaurant that night with the family. Our parent's were sitting out on the deck and I came downstairs and announce I had something for them...(I tried to play if off like it was no big deal by telling them I had had it for a couple of weeks but wanted to give it to them at the same time.) I brought two frames wrapped for them to open that looked like this...
I glued the phrase "Grandparents To Be" on a plain frame and put a picture of the positive pregnancy test...they LOVED it!!!
As soon as we got in the car for dinner, my sister had a mini breakdown about what the baby would call her...she said we were not allowed to talk about anything else until we came up with a good name for her. She finally decided that since my grandfather always referred to her as "Mere-Edith" that she would go by "Aunt Edie." This is ironic since my mother had an aunt named the same! After that was decided, we were allowed to talk about our excitement of having a baby and dinner was wonderful!
My Aunt Angela, Uncle Tim and my cousins Blake and Nathan left on Monday but stayed to have dinner Monday night. My other cousins had just arrived to spend a few days. I was very excited about this because I wanted to tell them when they got there. Addie and Brett and their kids Cade and Brecken arrived Monday evening. We had decided to try to surprise them during dinner so my dad said the blessing and then told Addie we had a picture from the beach she hadn't seen. He handed her the frame I had made them turned upside down and when she turned it over, she was SHOCKED!!! She jumped up and down for several minutes while her kids looked at her like she had four heads. She told them that I was going to have a baby and they were going to have another baby cousin! Needless to say they were very excited as well.
After dinner, we decided it was time to share the news with some of my other family members. Thank goodness for technology because we were able to Face Time my Aunt Nancy and Uncle Rick and also my cousins Morgan and Krista! It was fun to see everyone's reactions when I showed them the picture I had made for mom and dad! We also called my grandparents and lots of Michael's family. Michael's little cousin Avery was spending the night with his Aunt and called her mother while we were talking to Aunt Michelle. She told her mom that I was going to be a Mommy and that Michael was going to be the Daddy! Everyone was super excited for us and was instructed to not say anything until further notice!
The rest of the week was so much fun, although I was tired, it was nice to be around everyone and hear predictions of boy vs girl and hear lots of pregnancy stories from the women! I feel super blessed to have such a wonderful, supportive family because I know I am going to need a lot of help through this pregnancy and when Baby Mitchell comes!
Saturday was a LONG day and I was incredibly tired. I think I slept most of the afternoon. My sister came to my room around 4PM to tell me that I had slept all afternoon and that I should get up and interact with the family...little did she know!!!
FINALLY the Mitchell's arrived to the condo because we had scheduled to go to Michael's favorite Mexican restaurant that night with the family. Our parent's were sitting out on the deck and I came downstairs and announce I had something for them...(I tried to play if off like it was no big deal by telling them I had had it for a couple of weeks but wanted to give it to them at the same time.) I brought two frames wrapped for them to open that looked like this...
I glued the phrase "Grandparents To Be" on a plain frame and put a picture of the positive pregnancy test...they LOVED it!!!
As soon as we got in the car for dinner, my sister had a mini breakdown about what the baby would call her...she said we were not allowed to talk about anything else until we came up with a good name for her. She finally decided that since my grandfather always referred to her as "Mere-Edith" that she would go by "Aunt Edie." This is ironic since my mother had an aunt named the same! After that was decided, we were allowed to talk about our excitement of having a baby and dinner was wonderful!
My Aunt Angela, Uncle Tim and my cousins Blake and Nathan left on Monday but stayed to have dinner Monday night. My other cousins had just arrived to spend a few days. I was very excited about this because I wanted to tell them when they got there. Addie and Brett and their kids Cade and Brecken arrived Monday evening. We had decided to try to surprise them during dinner so my dad said the blessing and then told Addie we had a picture from the beach she hadn't seen. He handed her the frame I had made them turned upside down and when she turned it over, she was SHOCKED!!! She jumped up and down for several minutes while her kids looked at her like she had four heads. She told them that I was going to have a baby and they were going to have another baby cousin! Needless to say they were very excited as well.
After dinner, we decided it was time to share the news with some of my other family members. Thank goodness for technology because we were able to Face Time my Aunt Nancy and Uncle Rick and also my cousins Morgan and Krista! It was fun to see everyone's reactions when I showed them the picture I had made for mom and dad! We also called my grandparents and lots of Michael's family. Michael's little cousin Avery was spending the night with his Aunt and called her mother while we were talking to Aunt Michelle. She told her mom that I was going to be a Mommy and that Michael was going to be the Daddy! Everyone was super excited for us and was instructed to not say anything until further notice!
The rest of the week was so much fun, although I was tired, it was nice to be around everyone and hear predictions of boy vs girl and hear lots of pregnancy stories from the women! I feel super blessed to have such a wonderful, supportive family because I know I am going to need a lot of help through this pregnancy and when Baby Mitchell comes!
What To Expect...Over The Next Few Weeks
So my timeline so far was...
May 15th- off BC
July 15th- Pregnant
July 19th- Confirmation Appt...So I called Westside OBGYN since that is where I had been getting my yearly physicals done...they said before you could schedule your full OB appt, you had to schedule a time where you could come to the office with a urine sample and they could test your urine to make sure you were pregnant (so basically I paid $25 to let them run a third pregnancy test that was still positive).
July 25th- Had a "finacial" appt at Westside...this is where you meet with a person about what your insurance will cover throughout your pregnancy and come up with a payment plan to pay off what insurance won't cover in the next 6 months. Was pleased to see the result of what insurance would cover for Westside's Services vs. what I owed because Michael and I figured we would be taking out loans for the medical bills...haha
July 27th- 1st OB Appt...This appt was interesting...Michael didn't really know what to expect and neither did I. We met with a midwife named Darcy who was very kind and was able to put our minds at ease a little. She started by asking us what questions we had for her. I was thinking "umm what question do I not have for you." We determined that I was approx 5 weeks pregnant but Darcy wanted to do what they call a "dating ultrasound" just to make sure. I told her that I was nauseated most days as soon as I woke up and HAD to eat something before putting my feet on the ground. She assured me this was normal and keeping something beside the bed would help. I also told her how tired I had been feeling and she assured me that this would only get worse over the next few weeks...but then may get better once I reached my 2nd trimester. We talked about family support and many other things during that appt. Everything seemed to be going well. At the end of this appt, I scheduled my dating ultrasound and was informed this was going to be a "pelvic ultrasound." I knew what this meant because we order them all the time in the ER...however, I had never had one myself...If I had only knew what I was getting myself into!!!
May 15th- off BC
July 15th- Pregnant
July 19th- Confirmation Appt...So I called Westside OBGYN since that is where I had been getting my yearly physicals done...they said before you could schedule your full OB appt, you had to schedule a time where you could come to the office with a urine sample and they could test your urine to make sure you were pregnant (so basically I paid $25 to let them run a third pregnancy test that was still positive).
July 25th- Had a "finacial" appt at Westside...this is where you meet with a person about what your insurance will cover throughout your pregnancy and come up with a payment plan to pay off what insurance won't cover in the next 6 months. Was pleased to see the result of what insurance would cover for Westside's Services vs. what I owed because Michael and I figured we would be taking out loans for the medical bills...haha
July 27th- 1st OB Appt...This appt was interesting...Michael didn't really know what to expect and neither did I. We met with a midwife named Darcy who was very kind and was able to put our minds at ease a little. She started by asking us what questions we had for her. I was thinking "umm what question do I not have for you." We determined that I was approx 5 weeks pregnant but Darcy wanted to do what they call a "dating ultrasound" just to make sure. I told her that I was nauseated most days as soon as I woke up and HAD to eat something before putting my feet on the ground. She assured me this was normal and keeping something beside the bed would help. I also told her how tired I had been feeling and she assured me that this would only get worse over the next few weeks...but then may get better once I reached my 2nd trimester. We talked about family support and many other things during that appt. Everything seemed to be going well. At the end of this appt, I scheduled my dating ultrasound and was informed this was going to be a "pelvic ultrasound." I knew what this meant because we order them all the time in the ER...however, I had never had one myself...If I had only knew what I was getting myself into!!!
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