11 weeks

I had my appointment on Dec 19th, but did not get a sonogram. Instead they used a contraption to listen to the heartbeat from my stomach, which was pretty cool.

I got tested for everything in the book, and they had to take 6 viles of blood from me, which was not as painful as I thought it would be. The last time I gave blood in was in high school, and it took 3 grown men to hold me still.

I still think my fear of needles has something to do with my mom getting my ears pierced when I was a toddler. She said it took 5 grown men to hold me down and that afterwards I wouldn't look at her or let her touch me without screaming. Needless to say, my dad had to take over a lot of my care until I was "over" it. Haha!

This time, I closed my eyes RIGHT when I sat in the chair, so I couldn't see her getting things prepped, and I couldn't see the needle. When she pricked me with the needle it actually was only a small sting. The lady said to me, "Girl, you can't handle a needle? How are you gonna have a baby?" I answered with, "Good question. I have no clue." Ha!

It was over in 1 minute, which was a lot quicker then I expected.

Afterwards, I went to billing and we called our insurance company, to find out what was covered in our plan. 100% of everything is covered, which is a HUGE blessing. They also told me to have one of the doc's at this clinic deliver the baby, I have to give birth in Alexandria. My mom wanted Fairfax, because she read it was better, but- Oh well. I'm sticking to doctors I know, and that's that.

I will be setting an appointment in about 2 weeks for more tests and at that appointment, I will definitely have a sonogram.

My next appointment after that is 2 weeks later for a mom check-up, then at 18-20 weeks Jebo and I will go back for the BIG sonogram where we find out if this baby is a boy or girl. YEY!

I can't believe in about 7 weeks we'll know if it's a boy or girl!

Amazing!

10 weeks!

I was doing some research online today and got some fun facts on the baby:

• Baby is now a little over an inch long, and the complete body plan is laid down
• External Genitalia will begin to form next week
• Baby started growing fingernails and peach fuzz hair this week
• Baby will double in size in 2 weeks- to a little over 3 inches long
• Baby no longer has a tail (I'm glad I couldn't see that in the sonogram) Haha!
• Baby can taste, and has tooth buds. Cute!
• Baby's FINGERPRINTS will be complete in 2 weeks!

Changes for Mommy in the coming weeks:

• They say my uterus is now the size of a grapefruit, and it used to be the size of a pear.
• My emotions will start kicking in and I will become overly-sensitive. I plan to fight this!
• I will start to feel unattractive. Could the ZIT on my cheek be the reason for this?
• Weight gain should begin now since the uterus and baby are growing rapidly. Um-yey!?

Yesterday my mom brought me a pair fo the most COMFORTABLE black maternity work pants in the world! Seriously- I might wear these for the rest of my life. She also brought me a few tops, which fit EVERYWHERE EXCEPT the breast area. I literally had to force the top down over my breasts, and getting the shirt off again was quite tricky. My mom, of course, found this quite comical- but I can't say I was as amused as she was. This baby must have plans to eat ALOT!

On a DADDY note- Jebo falls more in love with this baby every day. Everytime I give him a fun fact about the baby, he says " I love our baby!" When we are in bed at night winding down, he always pretends the baby is there and squeezes it, and yells
"B-A-B-Y!" Haha!
His other new favorite thing to say is, "I love YOU, and BABY!"

It's awesome that we get to go through all of this together. As most of you know, this is Jebo's first time actually watching his child grow from the very start in the womb. He was in Melbourne (getting his MBA) when Gab was "baking" in a baby oven, and Jebo was not in a committed relationship with the "baby oven" Gab was being baked in at the time, so it's a whole new experience for Jebo this time around. This is all NEW and EXCITING for both of us, which is a wonderful thing to be able to share for the first time as Husband and Wife.

I'm still trying to prepare darling Jebo for seeing his child being born. That will be a first for him too! I told him I'm going to make him watch births over and over again on youtube so he gets used to seeing them. I was actually quite shocked watching births online at first, but now I'm getting more used to watching them and it's not as hard anymore. I may have to strap him to a chair with his eyes pryed open to get him to watch it. We'll see! He'll thank me later when he's crying like a girl and holding his baby for the first time minutes after it's born!

I'll update the blog after my doc appt. on Friday! I'm trying to reschedule the time, so I might have to switch the appointment day, but we shall see...

I'll keep you posted.

Second Sonogram- 9 weeks

Today was an exciting baby day.

I had another sonogram today to determine the due date, which is still July 14th. We are officially 9 weeks pregnant. Every Tuesday we increase a week.

In the sonogram today she looked at the womb, and my ovaries. She also was able to determine the egg ovulated from the left ovary! Wild huh?

This first video is of the heart beat: (Don't forget to go to the bottom of this page and pause my play list first, or else you wont be able to hear it!)



The below video is of the baby waving. If you have a lap top- turn it upside down so you can see better. The baby was laying upside down for this sonogram. Cute!



When the doc started the sonogram the baby was dancing. Both arms, both legs and the head was moving around. Active baby! OF COURSE when I started the video, monkey got still and stopped moving. I was happy to actually get ONE good video of baby waving and squirming a bit.

You can also see the yolk sac (what nourishes the baby) as well as the small placenta (that will be big one day).

We are so excited, and it was awesome to see the baby move!

It's still crazy to think there is a living moving child inside of me, and it makes it more real to be able to see it move around.

So sweet!

First Sonogram- Yey!

Baby's head is at the top right of the blob in the black banana shaped thing (where the + sign is):

When I went to the doctor today and they said I wasn't doing blood work I was so happy! I hate needles! My mom was happy too b/c she also hates needles. So does Jebo- but I guess we'll all have to get over that sooner or later.

The doc told me we were just going to confirm the pregnancy. My response was, "Oh, so I'm going to pee on a stick again?" She said, "No, were doing a sonogram."

Mom and I were super excited, and I was glad I brought my camera b/c their printer for the sonogram machine was not working.

I got a bit violated today but I guess that's something I'll have to get used to. They had to test me for Chlamydia/Gonorrhea (a standard test for a pregnant chick), which is just like getting a pap.

For the sonogram, they stuck a small wand-type device inside of me and found the baby, AKA Fishy/Sea Monkey. (That's what we call the baby.) Baby would most resemble #20 in the display below based on the first opinion as to how far along we are- but when I look at the sonogram the shape of the head at this stage already like baby #21 below. It looks more rounded. Cute!!!

Next Tuesday, December 9th @ 10am I have a 3D Sonogram appointment at another office to determine the actual size/due date of the baby. My doc says based on her calculations Monkey will come around July 14th.

December 19th @ 3:00pm I go back for another appointment with my doc for blood work and another sonogram.

Exciting!

10 weeks already?

10 week fetus (not ours):

Tomorrow we have an appointment to confirm the pregnancy (obviously we're preggo- but this is "protocol") and see how far along we are.

Based on pregnancy calculators, with my last period having been Sept, 20th- I am 10 weeks along. Time flies when your growing a baby and have no symptoms I suppose.

Aside from my daily enlarging breasts, I really have no other symptoms. I'm burping a lot more. I do get extreme hunger pains, and sometimes the thought of food, even something I just ate makes me grossed out, but I haven't had any morning/afternoon/evening sickness, and don't plan on it either.

A few days ago I was on a pizza kick, and now the thought of Pizza doesn't appeal to me, and I felt that way yesterday, even though I had a Tomato Basil Mozzarella sandwich from Cosi that is very similar to pizza. Go figure.

I guess food overall kind of turns me off, but these hunger pains I get cannot be ignored. They are the hunger pains you would get in the morning if you skipped dinner and lunch the day prior. They are horrible. Even when you eat, they come back in an hour or so. That's why I'm eating a lot of yogurt, fruit and nuts and I'm happy I don't have a specific craving that lasts too long.

My mom said she could only eat Tuna Fish sandwiches her whole pregnancy with my brother and I. Gross!

I'll update tomorrow, but for now I'll leave you with this photo that shows the size of a 10 week fetus' feet in comparison to Man hands.

Cute huh?

We're PREGNANT!

We are overjoyed to be announcing our pregnancy to you all!

Here's how we found out:

Saturday morning I woke up and stumbled to the bathroom. Nothing out of the ordinary.

Lately, when I wake up in the middle of the night or morning, my breasts are so sore that It feels as if someone is simultaneously giving me an Indian burn on both of them.

This feeling continues through out the day every time I move, put on a bra, or remove a bra. I must say- removing the bra is the worst. It feels like I have bowling balls in my bra, and my body is trying to hold them up under my skin. They feel stiff and fake. That only lasts for a few minutes until they get used to "hangin' on their own", then they still hurt but not as bad as when I first release these puppies! Ha!

***Back to me going to the bathroom....

So- I stumble in, holding my breasts in agony wondering what in the heck is wrong with them.

I get ready to sit down. I decide to walk back over to the sink before I do my business, and reach under the counter to grab a pregnancy test.

I sit again.

I pee. (Sorry).

I look at the stick briefly after. I see one line.

I figure it's a negative.

I wipe. (Sorry).

I look again before tossing the test in the trash.

Lo and behold- TWO LINES.

I stare at it for a minute in shock. I'm pregnant.

I contemplate how to tell my husband and decide I'm too tired, so I go back to the bed and place the stick on his chest, and I say, "We're pregnant."

His eyes light up. He smiles. He says, "Really?" Then he starts excitedly laughing.

We lay in bed and talk for a bit. He already starts telling me not to move to fast, and he starts to feel weak in his stomach thinking about whats happening in mine.

He keeps touching my stomach and smiling.

After a while, he gets up to use the bathroom, comes back to bed but first kisses me and my stomach. That was the first of many baby belly kisses I'm sure.

We call my mom, we call his mom.

We are having a BABY!!! ***

My first sign should have been the fact that I am able to sleep for 11 hours, wake up and want to sleep again. I also should have been wondering what was happening to me when I made a Tuna Fish sandwich and the smell made me queasy.

I thought nothing of most of the signs I was given, because the last time my period came, my breasts felt the same way. That was on September 20th. We're all adults here, so I can talk about my period...right? Continuing either way...

My September period was heavier than normal, and now I believe that was God preparing my womb and lining to hold this baby. Out with the OLD, in with the NEW.

I went to the Gyno for a check-up in October after that period ended, and received a clean bill of heath. I ended up missing my period in October, which isn't abnormal because- due to STRESS caused by some "lovelies" in our lives, I have missed a few here and there.

With that said- we figured my period would be coming any day and since my breast were this sore last month, I didn't think much of it. The only difference is that last month they hurt this bad, but my period came a little over a week later. This time- they had been hurting for about 2 weeks solid, with no signs of letting up.

I have not had any signs of pregnancy except for being tired, and these abnormally sore breasts of mine, and sore gums.

We went to CVS and bought prenatal vitamins Saturday night, and I've been taking them daily along with an extra Folic Acid pill.

My mom gave me a ton of fresh fruits to eat in the morning, and I am starting to drink milk, even though I hate milk, and it makes me gag. We bought the chocolate milk, so it's not AS bad as it can be.

We scheduled our first sonogram to see how far along we are on December 3rd. Based on pregnancy calculators, I could be as far along as 7 weeks, but that remains to be proven at the doctor.

Please pray for us, and this baby.

We are Elated!


P.S- we took two tests to be sure. The test on the top came out positive , and we took it an hour or after the first one, and I only had two drops (literally) of pee on that stick. the line is lighter, b/c there was hardly any urine for the test.