We got to see the baby today!!
Today's appointment went great and really just made my day or week or month till the next time I get to see the little miracle. At the beginning of the appointment I explained to her that we had been trying for months to get pregnant, and as soon as we did he had to leave and missed all of the appointments, and hadn't seen the baby yet... I asked her if there was any way she could bring in the portable machine, and she said that they really aren't supposed to, but at the end she would see what she could do.
So everything looks good and on track so far... I've lost a pound from pre-pregnancy weight and my first appointment, but they aren't concerned about it yet this early when the baby is still so little. I have been having a lot of pressure and almost cramps this week, and she said it's because I am not drinking enough water... blah blah blah fine. We heard the heartbeat, but she couldn't get a count on what it was (she said at LEAST the 150s) because the little bugger was moving around so much... I didn't realize what I heard was it kicking till she pointed it out to me!
And yes. At the end, she did bring the ultrasound machine. She said it hadn't been working right lately so we'd just see... it fired right up, and I'm sure that was due to the massive amount of praying that happened by lots of people to make sure he got to see the baby today. She let us look for a good long while... boy is that kid a MOVER! it was all over the place... sucking its thumb (awwww) stretching out, twisting and turning... we got to see everything-legs, hands, fingers, feet... there is so much of a difference from what it looks like now to what it looked like 7 weeks ago. I am just amazed about this little life that's growing inside of me... there really aren't words unless you've been there yourself.
Overall it was a great day and a great appointment... off to get ready for Mom and Dad Haney to get here!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
15w3d
AAARGGHHH!!!
That's what I say to my uterus...
Over the past 24 hours it has just HURT!
I am not worried about it, as if it was something bad it would be accompanied by worse things (blood, throwing up, all those icky details you could probably do without) so I entertained the ideas of a) dehydration, even though the main indicator of dehydration said no, I drank lots of water through the day and night anyway, and that hasn't helped so b) I'm going with the fact that this growth spurt is just stretching me and I can definitely feel it.
Comparing my 12-13-14-15 week pictures you can only see a slight change, and I was wondering about that, but on Saturday when I was putzing around looking at 15 week info I saw that these next few weeks are growth spurt #2 time (the last one is what put me from nothing to this, see weeks 10 and 12 pictures for reference) so that's so much fun. In the next week I will be visiting the maternity section again (hopefully Target won't let me down this time) to get some totally cool elastic banded capris... my beloved khaki ones are getting tight at the waist.
And last night I indulged in the first "I'm craving this lets go get it now" run... before when it happened Patrick was in Yuma and I didn't want to venture out late half asleep... yesterday when it came dinnertime I was too sick to my stomach to eat what we were having (or much of anything really) so I had a bowl of cereal, which is always good on my stomach. So by the time 9pm rolled around I was really really hungry and there wasn't much to just grab and have... Patrick made the mistake of mentioning a roast beef sandwich so off to Arby's it was. It was delicious. I thought that eating crappy food that late would keep me up all night (it usually does) but nope... slept like a baby. My husband is awesome.
Doc appointment on Thursday... start saying prayers now that they take pity and wheel in the portable ultrasound machine so Patrick can see our baby for the first time!
That's what I say to my uterus...
Over the past 24 hours it has just HURT!
I am not worried about it, as if it was something bad it would be accompanied by worse things (blood, throwing up, all those icky details you could probably do without) so I entertained the ideas of a) dehydration, even though the main indicator of dehydration said no, I drank lots of water through the day and night anyway, and that hasn't helped so b) I'm going with the fact that this growth spurt is just stretching me and I can definitely feel it.
Comparing my 12-13-14-15 week pictures you can only see a slight change, and I was wondering about that, but on Saturday when I was putzing around looking at 15 week info I saw that these next few weeks are growth spurt #2 time (the last one is what put me from nothing to this, see weeks 10 and 12 pictures for reference) so that's so much fun. In the next week I will be visiting the maternity section again (hopefully Target won't let me down this time) to get some totally cool elastic banded capris... my beloved khaki ones are getting tight at the waist.
And last night I indulged in the first "I'm craving this lets go get it now" run... before when it happened Patrick was in Yuma and I didn't want to venture out late half asleep... yesterday when it came dinnertime I was too sick to my stomach to eat what we were having (or much of anything really) so I had a bowl of cereal, which is always good on my stomach. So by the time 9pm rolled around I was really really hungry and there wasn't much to just grab and have... Patrick made the mistake of mentioning a roast beef sandwich so off to Arby's it was. It was delicious. I thought that eating crappy food that late would keep me up all night (it usually does) but nope... slept like a baby. My husband is awesome.
Doc appointment on Thursday... start saying prayers now that they take pity and wheel in the portable ultrasound machine so Patrick can see our baby for the first time!
Friday, May 9, 2008
14w6d
AAARRGGHHH!!
That's how Gap makes me feel right now about not finding out the gender of our little one.
Because if we were having a boy, I'd pick this for the nursery.
And if we were having a girl, I would soooooo pick this.
And also depending on gender, I want this and this and this and this and this (even though it will be too cold for the baby as a newborn to wear flip flops but spring will be just around the corner).
Guess who will be hitting the sales later this summer and stocking up for either one...
That's how Gap makes me feel right now about not finding out the gender of our little one.
Because if we were having a boy, I'd pick this for the nursery.
And if we were having a girl, I would soooooo pick this.
And also depending on gender, I want this and this and this and this and this (even though it will be too cold for the baby as a newborn to wear flip flops but spring will be just around the corner).
Guess who will be hitting the sales later this summer and stocking up for either one...
Thursday, May 8, 2008
14w5d
We have picked out bedding!
When Patrick came home I had a MILLION different tabs open on Firefox with all of the different ones I liked... we went back and forth but decided on this one. There were quite a few others I really really loved but living in an apartment we can only do so much-we can't put up a border or do anything really funky on the walls. And Patrick really liked this one.
So hopefully we'll be ordering it in the morning (yeah stimulus check!) and getting it soon after... if we don't like it we'll just send it back and we will just pick something else, and if we do we can take a swatch to Lowe's and pick up some paint... and get this room started!
I WILL specify though-its just the bedding that we're getting like that, and probably the hamper, curtains, and mobile. They are just cute. I could make it all I'm sure but... it's our first, I'll spoil the little sucker. It is NOT going to be a super themed room-we aren't filling it with stars and moons all over!
When Patrick came home I had a MILLION different tabs open on Firefox with all of the different ones I liked... we went back and forth but decided on this one. There were quite a few others I really really loved but living in an apartment we can only do so much-we can't put up a border or do anything really funky on the walls. And Patrick really liked this one.
So hopefully we'll be ordering it in the morning (yeah stimulus check!) and getting it soon after... if we don't like it we'll just send it back and we will just pick something else, and if we do we can take a swatch to Lowe's and pick up some paint... and get this room started!
I WILL specify though-its just the bedding that we're getting like that, and probably the hamper, curtains, and mobile. They are just cute. I could make it all I'm sure but... it's our first, I'll spoil the little sucker. It is NOT going to be a super themed room-we aren't filling it with stars and moons all over!
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
13w6d
We actually made it out to Wilmington last night!
(Amir ended up having flipping BRONCHITIS... yeah if I would have caught that someone's face would have been ripped off I'm sure...)
We had a lovely time, we ate a quick dinner at Flaming Amy's-our favorite little cheap find, a "burrito barn" with all kinds of sassy salsas-last night I enjoyed some chips with peach ginger salsa and regular old normal salsa. And a chicken taco. For 2 bucks.
Sooo the Motherhood store in Wilmington.
IT
WAS
TINY.
They had about 5 different selections for swimsuits-THANKFULLY I found one in my size that I liked a lot... but they had none of the ones I had previously admired from their website. This is the one I ended up getting, in the "brown dot" color.
And then I got this shirt in the orange color-Patrick loved it, I wasn't going to get it right now because of the price (it all adds up quick, and lets face it... the military isn't making us millionaires here) but he was really excited over it... and really, I'm needing it now. The swatch on the page doesn't do it justice... I'll be wearing it today so if I get a decent picture somewhere perhaps I'll stick it up.
I also got this tank top in the teal color... but looking it up online its not as cute as it really is, and again the color is odd..
So that's my adventure in my first maternity clothes buying. I'm excited because they are way more comfortable, I won't be pulling my shirt down all the time.. and I won't look like the fatty who just needs to buy bigger clothes (HAHA). I think I'll be the thrifty sale shopper and keep my eye out for sales in the ads on Sundays and slowly build my collection... so if anyone sees cute stuff, send me the link!
(Amir ended up having flipping BRONCHITIS... yeah if I would have caught that someone's face would have been ripped off I'm sure...)
We had a lovely time, we ate a quick dinner at Flaming Amy's-our favorite little cheap find, a "burrito barn" with all kinds of sassy salsas-last night I enjoyed some chips with peach ginger salsa and regular old normal salsa. And a chicken taco. For 2 bucks.
Sooo the Motherhood store in Wilmington.
IT
WAS
TINY.
They had about 5 different selections for swimsuits-THANKFULLY I found one in my size that I liked a lot... but they had none of the ones I had previously admired from their website. This is the one I ended up getting, in the "brown dot" color.
And then I got this shirt in the orange color-Patrick loved it, I wasn't going to get it right now because of the price (it all adds up quick, and lets face it... the military isn't making us millionaires here) but he was really excited over it... and really, I'm needing it now. The swatch on the page doesn't do it justice... I'll be wearing it today so if I get a decent picture somewhere perhaps I'll stick it up.
I also got this tank top in the teal color... but looking it up online its not as cute as it really is, and again the color is odd..
So that's my adventure in my first maternity clothes buying. I'm excited because they are way more comfortable, I won't be pulling my shirt down all the time.. and I won't look like the fatty who just needs to buy bigger clothes (HAHA). I think I'll be the thrifty sale shopper and keep my eye out for sales in the ads on Sundays and slowly build my collection... so if anyone sees cute stuff, send me the link!
Thursday, May 1, 2008
13w5d
Wow. All of a sudden days just flew. I'm almost 14 weeks now. I guess that's what happens though when I am not just sitting around while my husband is on the other side of the United States, right? :)
So exciting news... I've been feeling the baby move around! At first I could only feel it at night when we were lying down watching tv... but then yesterday I was driving and I felt it on my left side, quite a bit... and then it moved to my right side. So I came to the conclusion that no, it can't just be my mind playing tricks on me, it's not my stomach growling and I am definitely not sick... it's baby! I wish so bad that Patrick could feel too, that he could experience it... other than me just telling him its happening... I can't wait for the kicking and moving stuff to start (although I'll probably take that back at some point when its 3am and CANNOT sleep with my soccer star practicing inside) ...what do I have, another month or month and a half for that? Sooooo excited. Now the fun really starts, and I am so glad.
The fatigue has definitely backed off a lot, thankfully... maybe its because I have more things to fill my day, I'm not sure, but I have energy now, although when its bedtime I just crash. The nausea has been pretty good, although when I cooked steaks for fajitas the other night I made Patrick throw them away and we went to get Subway... the steaks just weren't doing it for me (they had been up in the freezer for a good minute anyway).
I'm hoping we don't have Amir tonight... he's sick. Again. He has allergies or a bad cold but she won't take him to the doctor. Wellll I don't want to get it! She told me when she dropped him off yesterday to make sure I stayed away from him... yeah since that is going to do a lot of good when he is sneezing and snotting all over MY stuff and just wants to climb in my lap. Kind of annoyed. We only have him for another week... her last final is the 8th... and I am so so glad.
I too want to not have him tonight because I really really need to go to the mall in Wilmington. (It's over an hour drive to get to the mall.. each way, so going after isn't an option.) As I noted before we have NO maternity stores here, and I really need a swimsuit (so I can stop wearing my tube top and strapless bra and old swim bottoms to the beach, and our POOL which opens this weekend) and I would like to get a couple of maternity tops... I can still fit into a lot of my shirts, but with some things it just looks like I have a fat belly and don't know how to dress for my size. I'd like to get something nice for this weekend since Grandparents Haney will be here and we'll be going to the air show on Saturday. Yes, buying stuff off the internet is an option, but everything is backordered way far... at least the swim stuff I want. And I am craving Buffalo Wild Wings and the closest one is in Wilmington...
So exciting news... I've been feeling the baby move around! At first I could only feel it at night when we were lying down watching tv... but then yesterday I was driving and I felt it on my left side, quite a bit... and then it moved to my right side. So I came to the conclusion that no, it can't just be my mind playing tricks on me, it's not my stomach growling and I am definitely not sick... it's baby! I wish so bad that Patrick could feel too, that he could experience it... other than me just telling him its happening... I can't wait for the kicking and moving stuff to start (although I'll probably take that back at some point when its 3am and CANNOT sleep with my soccer star practicing inside) ...what do I have, another month or month and a half for that? Sooooo excited. Now the fun really starts, and I am so glad.
The fatigue has definitely backed off a lot, thankfully... maybe its because I have more things to fill my day, I'm not sure, but I have energy now, although when its bedtime I just crash. The nausea has been pretty good, although when I cooked steaks for fajitas the other night I made Patrick throw them away and we went to get Subway... the steaks just weren't doing it for me (they had been up in the freezer for a good minute anyway).
I'm hoping we don't have Amir tonight... he's sick. Again. He has allergies or a bad cold but she won't take him to the doctor. Wellll I don't want to get it! She told me when she dropped him off yesterday to make sure I stayed away from him... yeah since that is going to do a lot of good when he is sneezing and snotting all over MY stuff and just wants to climb in my lap. Kind of annoyed. We only have him for another week... her last final is the 8th... and I am so so glad.
I too want to not have him tonight because I really really need to go to the mall in Wilmington. (It's over an hour drive to get to the mall.. each way, so going after isn't an option.) As I noted before we have NO maternity stores here, and I really need a swimsuit (so I can stop wearing my tube top and strapless bra and old swim bottoms to the beach, and our POOL which opens this weekend) and I would like to get a couple of maternity tops... I can still fit into a lot of my shirts, but with some things it just looks like I have a fat belly and don't know how to dress for my size. I'd like to get something nice for this weekend since Grandparents Haney will be here and we'll be going to the air show on Saturday. Yes, buying stuff off the internet is an option, but everything is backordered way far... at least the swim stuff I want. And I am craving Buffalo Wild Wings and the closest one is in Wilmington...
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