Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Hearing our baby's heart beat

We finally heard that precious sound, our baby's heartbeat. 
We have seen the heart beating four times now but to finally hear it was pretty amazing. 
I have to admit it brought me to tears. 
The baby's heartbeat was 154 bpm. Now that is fast,
I only get my heart rate that fast when I am on a run.


It was also pretty amazing to see our baby having the hiccups in my uterus. I didn't even feel it but there he/she was having the hiccups and you could see the entire body moving up and down. I wish we would have caught that on video.

In addition to all that excitement, we also got some good news.
Our baby is healthy and has a very low probability of genetic abnormalities.


And after all that exciting news the ultrasound tech gave us about 10 pictures. I am going to fill an entire photo album with pictures of this kid before we even meet.
Here are a few from our appointment



12 Weeks 2 Days

12 weeks and My Birthday

Not only is this week 12 of my pregnancy but also my birthday!!
So I am so excited to celebrate both.

How far along? 12 weeks 2 days

Total weight gain/loss: +3.4 lbs

Maternity clothes: Haven't bought any yet but I did get a black belly band and a shirt from Motherhood for my birthday

Stretch Marks: None and I am still using my Palmer's Lotion


Sleeping: Still waking for an early bathroom call but I am beginning to have more energy


Best Moment this Week: Hearing our baby's heartbeat and seeing him/her on ultrasound again

Baby Movement: Still too little to feel the baby move, but we did see the baby having the hiccups on ultrasound today


Food Cravings: Still loving citrus right now. I have my first food aversion, fish and sadly I determined that last night at my birthday dinner


Gender: Don't know yet but we'll find out in May

Belly Button in or out: In


What I miss: Eating Sushi and blue cheese


I am looking forward to: Beginning my second trimester

Milestones: Hearing the baby's heart beat and seeing our sweet baby moving around


12 weeks 5 days

Saturday, March 19, 2011

A few more days of spotting

Ok I guess I spoke too soon.
The spotting stopped for about 3 days but it is back again. The good news is that it isn't that much and my doctor is complete comfortable with the way my pregnancy is going. She has reassured me that some women even spot the entire pregnancy, oh God I pray that doesn't happen to me.

I have been spotting for 4 days now and surprisingly I am calm and not freaking out. Everyday it is less and less so I am praying that it will just stop soon. I know that our baby is protected by prayer and I am trusting in God.

Since I started spotting again, we have decided to wait a few more weeks before we make a big pregnancy announcement (you know post it on facebook or tweet about it, ha ha). However,we're still planning on telling my grandmother this weekend.

I am really looking forward to our ultrasound next Wednesday where we can see our baby again. There is something so reassuring about being able to see the baby and watch it's heart beating on the ultrasound. I am thinking I might need to invest in a home hand held doppler so I can check baby's heart beat every day. Ok I might be obsessing now. We'll just wait til next week.

Monday, March 14, 2011

11 Weeks and belly picture


How far along? 11 weeks today

Total weight gain/loss: +3.4 lbs

Maternity clothes: None yet but I have a favorite pair of jeans that you might be seeing a bit more often. Oh and I love legging too.

Stretch Marks: NONE and I got some Palmer's Lotion in hopes to prevent any unnecessary stretch marks.

Sleeping: Aside from my 3am bathroom call I am sleeping pretty well.

Best Moment this Week: No more spotting.

Baby Movement: No baby movement yet, just a bubbly stomach.

Food Cravings: Still loving citrus right now. I eat about an orange a day, yummy.

Gender: Don't know yet but we'll find out in May.

Belly Button in or out: In

What I miss: Eating a cold cut meat sandwich without having to heat the meat up first.

I am looking forward to: Finishing this week and beginning my second trimester.

Milestones: Surviving the first trimester without any morning sickness and just surviving the first trimester.

Belly shot 11 weeks

Friday, March 11, 2011

A little visit to the ER

Just when my nerves were starting to settle down
and we were starting to tell everyone about our little blessing.
I hit a bump in the road and have a trip to the emergency room.



After a great morning at work, I finally told my boss that we're expecting. Not but two hours later I started spotting. Believe me it was a shock!! At first I was really calm and thought maybe it was a one time thing. I called the doctor and then I called Chris; he talked me through it and calmed me down. I went back to work and then it happened again. So I started to panic a bit and since my doctors office is closed on Friday I decided all I could do was get checked out in the emergency room. So I called Chris and told him to meet me at Stanford.


After an agonizing 1.5 hour wait in the ER waiting room, we were finally taken back (and that was with my Stanford employee badge). They drew some blood work and checked me and baby out. The good news is that my cervix was closed so it wasn't a threatened miscarriage. When we did the ultrasound our little baby was waving at us. Almost like he/she was saying I'm still here.... fooled you. And then we saw that blessed heart beating!!

It was a long day and after 4 hours in the Emergency room they sent us home with instructions to relax and put my feet up. That was the end of the spotting and the beginning of my worry.

Throughout this pregnancy I am learning to trust God more than ever before and while I sat in the ER waiting room I started thinking this baby is covered by prayer. Most importantly I know my God is bigger and stronger than all of this, then why am I so scared? That is a question I have to ask myself everyday and as I do I dive deeper and closer to my Lord. We have waited so long for this baby and we love him/her so much that it's tough to think of anything going wrong. So I pray for safety and peace of mind, may God hold us both tight in his arms.

Oh and baby we can't wait to meet you!

Thursday, March 10, 2011

10 weeks


YEAH we made it 10 weeks.

How far along? 10 weeks and 3 days

Total weight gain/loss: +3 lbs (but the doctors scale said more, must be the clothes)

Maternity clothes: So I bought a "belly band" a week ago and I have worn it a few times. I can still button a few of my jeans but he BB smooths out the expanding belly. My loving sister did give me tons of Maternity clothes for when the baby is much bigger.

Stretch Marks: NONE thank God!

Sleeping: All I want to do is sleep and I love taking naps (and I was never a nap girl before). And my 3am bathroom call is still pretty annoying, but all for a good price.

Best Moment this Week: Seeing our precious baby's heartbeat on the ultrasound.

Baby Movement: Just our baby waving to us from the ultrasound, not feeling anything yet.

Food Cravings: I am loving citrus right now, lemons in my water and eating oranges all the time.

Gender: Everyone seems to thing baby boy but who knows?

Belly Button in or out: In

What I miss: Being worry free, don't get me wrong I love this baby and can't wait to meet him/her but I hate always worrying.... welcome to being a parent

I am looking forward to: Being done with the first trimester and my next ultrasound March 23rd

Milestones: We're in double digit weeks

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Our baby's first video


 
We decided to record our ultrasound this week so we could capture our baby's heart beating.
It was an amazing moment to see our little baby moving around and watching that little heart beating so fast it brought tears to my eyes.



It hard to focus on the baby cause he/she keeps moving and the baby is pretty small so it might be hard to see. But we have our first video of the baby and that's what matter most.
10 Weeks 2 Days