A moment of paranoia

Well, for the last several days I have had a fairly good backache. I know this can be completely normal...in my head. I have also had some intermittent cramping. Again, something I know can be completely normal. However, I don't know if it was the fact that we started sharing the news with our friends and family, or the holidays, or both, but I got terribly nervous that something was wrong. So, I called the doctor this morning and asked if they could get me in for a doppler just for my peace of mind. They could, and thankfully, my doctor found the strong, healthy heartbeat within probably a minute of searching (okay, so it felt like an eternity, but who's counting!). She didn't measure it, but she said it sounded like it was somewhere in the 140s (normal is 120-160 at this point). So, I am breathing a deep sigh of relief tonight.

We'll have our next appt on Jan. 12th now, since we don't really need to keep the one on the 6th now. I think at that point she really is going to make me go to a once a month schedule, and I am truly dreading that. I can't wait until I can actually feel the baby moving around. Hopefully that will help me to not worry...oh who am I kidding?!

Still going well

We had our 3rd ultrasound today, and once again, things are looking very good. The baby was even moving around! We could see his/her arms and legs. Its still a bit alien-like, but its definitely more recognizable as a baby than it was before!

The baby measured 10w1d, so I believe I will officially change my tickers to 10w (I'll stick with 3 days ahead of where I thought I was than 4, since two of the three ultrasounds measured that way. This means that my expected due date is now 7/14 instead of 7/17.

The heart rate was 171bpm, so that was just perfect as well. She checked everything out and so far everything is looking just fabulous. I can't help but still feel a little nervous, but its starting to feel a little more possible that this could really happen.

So, here are the newest pictures! These will have to do, since my ob doesn't plan to do another ultrasound until 20 weeks. She told me I was just a 'normal' patient now. Yikes!

Only 2 days until our 3rd ultrasound!

So far, I have no reason to believe things aren't progressing as they should, but of course, there is always that little feeling of fear in the back of my mind. I still feel nausea, but it is a little more intermittent now. I know the placenta will start taking over pretty soon, which usually leads to the end of the sickness. I never realized how much bloating a person can experience in early pregnancy. In the morning, my tummy looks pretty much normal, but by the end of the day you would swear I was 4 months along! Its actually kind of funny, but it does lead to not being very comfortable in my pants at times. I'm not ready to look for maternity pants by any means, but I do think I'm going to need to buy some pants with a drawstring waist in the near future.

I'm looking forward to being able to tell our families. I think I would have broken down and told them early this time as well, but its too fun to think about surprising them at Christmas with the news, so we've done well at keeping our secret.

Anyway, our 3rd ultrasound is scheduled for 9am on Tuesday. I should hopefully measure somewhere between 9 weeks 4 days and 10 weeks (my original dates and where I've been measuring so far). I'm sure I'll be a nervous wreck again that morning. She actually had to tell me to hold my breath when she was trying to measure the heartbeat last time because my breathing was so heavy she was having trouble keeping the ultrasound wand still enough. Oops!

8 week picture

So, we hit what I originally figured is our 8 week mark today. From the two ultrasounds we've had so far, I may be a few days ahead of that, but since I don't know anything for sure, I'm going to stick with my original date. So, today was the day to take an 8 week profile shot!

Other than that, there is not much new to report. I have some nausea every day, and at times it is really bad, but so far no actual throwing up. I hope it stays that way.

So far, so good

We had our second ultrasound today. The baby is still measuring 3 days ahead of where I thought I was, so I guess I may need to change my due date from 7/17 to 7/14 one of these days. I think I'll wait until the next ultrasound and see if it still holds true. Regardless, everything looked just perfect. The baby's heartrate was a very strong 169 beats per minute, and the ultrasound tech said the yolk sac was 'the prettiest one she's ever seen'. Aw, our baby is already getting compliments!

We will have our next ultrasound two weeks from tomorrow. If things are still going well at that point, my doctor will start seeing me on her normal ob patient schedule.

So, here are our baby's 2nd pictures! In the second one, you can actually see it's little arm buds waving at you.