5.29.13

I'm not gonna lie.....

I was totally excited/counting down the minutes til my appointment today but as the day wore on & 3pm crept closer, I actually started to get kind of nervous...

I mean, up until this I was basing all of our excitement/information on a pee-on-a-stick test.  I hadn't even had a chance to have a blood test done, like I had around week 6 with Stella.

But......as most worrying turns out to be, all of that was for nothing because my appointment couldn't have been more wonderful:)

Dr. Heinzel was just as fabulous as ever.  He made us feel so welcomed & cared for & relieved & happy & just...all-around good.  He told us that he's thought of us often & wondered how we were doing (on our fertility journey) & when he would be seeing us again.  I told him that I was still so sad that his shift had missed Stella's delivery (by 7 minutes!) & he promised me that he would be the one to deliver this one, no matter what.  I told him how strongly I had considered The Birth Center but that I just couldn't bear the thought of him not being the one to care for me through the pregnancy...to which he replied, "Don't worry; I'll be your midwife.  It'll just be at Lankenau.  You can go natural with me.  You'll heal so much quicker too.  It'll be great!"

I just adore that man.

And that baby!  There he was....flipping around all over the place, his little heart flickering away on the screen.

*Magic* doesn't even come close to describing:)

NOW its really real.  

And I just feel so overwhelmingly blessed.

xo

5.28.13

Little Bean,

Well, BabyCenter.com says you're about the size of a kumquat now & theBump says you're a prune......but all I know is that I've hit the 10-week mark as of today & I couldn't be happier:)

Double-digits!  Now this is getting to really feel real.

I can't help but start to wonder what you are......

I don't really have a 'feeling' yet, as to whether you're a boy or a girl.

Hopefully I'll get that feeling before long.  I was right last time, so I'm hopeful that I will be again:)

I can finally say that our first appointment with Dr. Heinzel is TOMORROW (!!!)......& that is the most exciting thing of all.  I'm sure I'll have lots more to report after we see him, so I'll keep this one short & sweet...

Stay cozy & safe in there.  I love you so much already....

xo
Your Mama

5.26.13

So I hit the 9-week mark this past Tuesday, which was awesome.  Baby is officially a green olive now:)  Symptoms have kind of escalated the past few days, which is kind of strange...but again...kind of nice at the same time, since I always feel like being symptomatic somehow must mean that everything is still going OK in there.....

First off, I feel like my belly has already popped!  Not hugely, of course.....but its definitely there.  I didn't really start to show until my 5th month with Stella so this was kind of a surprise!  And though I could've buttoned my jeans this week, I opted to leave the button undone & smooth them out with my fancy schmance new bella band.  Soooo deliciously comfortable.  So I've kind of been going with that for the past couple of days.

Also:  I had read something about "pregnancy rhinitis" awhile back...aka...allergy symptoms that come on simply because you're pregs (not actually allergic to anything)...and, lo & behold, I think I've got it!?  2 nights ago I was practically in tears from the amount of sneezing & nose-blowing I was having to participate in.  It was absurd.  Nevermind the fact that RJ & I were watching a movie and thin watery nothingness was literally just pouring out of my nose & down my face without warning.  So totally bizarre & kind of gross.  Better than morning sickness symptoms, though.......I'd have to imagine...?  So, really, I figured...I shouldn't complain.

Then...last night I felt like literal poo.  Again, just kind of out of nowhere.  Belly aching, head aching, feeling like I could hurl but never actually hurling......just yuck all over the place.  Not sure if it was morning sickness finally rearing its head or what but ew.  I was in bed by 8 and even the couple times I woke up during the night, I still felt gross.  It didn't really pass until I woke up.....then it came back as a crazy monster headache at Target around 10am.   

The rest of the day today I mostly felt ok...but still these weird twinges of nausea would kind of come & go.

Maybe I shouldn't have assumed so soon that I was off the hook with m/s again this time.....cause, um......apparently not.   Lol

5.14.13

Today I hit the 8-week mark!

I feel soooo close to my 3rd month & oh, how I love the sound of that.

Baby is about the size of a raspberry now and TheBump tells me that he/she is swimming all over the place in there.  How cool is that?!  

I've still got 15 days to go til my appointment with Dr. Heinzel......

The countdown is really on now...

I seriously can't wait to see that man...lol.

Oh & btw:  Lunch is very heavily guac-inspired again today.

:)

5.11.13

If its true that babies get a taste for what their Mamas like most while they're in utero, this little bub is gonna be obsessed with Kettle Korn, guacamole & cantaloupe. 

Lol

Hoagies too, actually.  

Specifically the roasted red pepper/broccoli rabe/sharp provolone/eggplant variety.

5.9.13

"7 weeks" sounds so much more official than "6 weeks" to me;)  I'm so excited to have hit this milestone!  It was actually yesterday but if you know me at all, you know I'm always running just a little bit behind...

My Bump app says baby is a half-inch long now.....just about the size of a blueberry!

I can't wait to see what sort of fruit she turns into next Tuesday:)

5.4.13

I can't believe its been so long since I last blogged. 

Life has been busy but good:)

I've been slowly telling people our news...and for whatever reason, its happening much sooner in the pregnancy than it did last time.  I think all of the anticipation & time spent waiting just bottled soooo much excitement up in us that we can't contain it!   Its been lots of fun, though.  Seeing our friend's surprised smiles + yelps of excitements & waves of happy tears is making the whole thing feel that much more real & wonderful.  Its really been awesome:)  I kind of can't wait til everyone knows.

I scheduled my first u/s appointment for Wednesday, May 29th...at which point I'll be 10 weeks, 1 day.  I am OK to wait that long because I wanted to see my most favorite doctor in the practice & I wanted to be sure that the appointment was on a day that RJ could take the afternoon off to come with me & that date was the best we could do.....but at the same time, I know that I'll be counting down the hours til it finally arrives and we get to hear our little bean's heartbeat for the first time.  I remember that moment with Stella like it was yesterday & it was truly just about the most magical feeling I've ever experienced.

I also really can't wait to have his/her first picture to hang on my fridge again.

:)