Eleven Week Belly Pic & Ultrasound

We had our second visit to the doctor on the 19th, Since I had to change my appointment I had to see a different Midwife this time. But it really worked out great because I loved Midwife Katie as much as Midwife Donna. I am hoping to be able to alternate between them throughout the pregnancy. So that when this baby decides to come, I have my chances of getting one of the two.

I will skip all the details of this appt I am sure that you would rather not hear about and get to the fun stuff. We got to hear the babys heart beat for the first time, words can not describe how that makes you feel. It was amazing. I was hoping to get an ultrasound this appt. And I didn't even have to ask for one. When I had my exam done, Midwife Katie expressed to me that she was certain there was no way that I was 14 weeks along, and she would like to get me in for an ultrasound to verify my due date. What a relief, Whoo!

So we had to go back to the office the following morning to get the ultrasound with Tracy, and what do you know...I was right after all. However even from my original calculations we are still a few days off, but lets face it this baby will come when it is ready and I would rather be a few days off than practically a whole month.

So they have given me a due date of November 5, 2010.

And here is our little person... we really got some great shots, but I took a picture of the ultrasound with my camera so the quality isn't that good.

It looks like the baby is sucking its thumb in this one. If you look close you can almost see its little hand closed up and a thumb right at its mouth.  

And this one just cracks me up, despite all the moving it was doing in there. Tracy managed to catch this at just the right time. The baby kept stretching out and she loved that she got its little foot in this one.

Tracy measured the baby and she said that it is right at two inches long. From head to butt.

God is so amazing!

Eleven Weeks

The baby is the size of a lime.

Fingers and toes are no longer webbed, hair follicles, tooth buds and nail beds are forming.

Already busy kicking and stretching (...and it is), its tiny movements are so effortless they look like water ballet. These movements will become more frequent as its body grows and becomes more developed and functional. The baby may start experiencing hiccupping due to the diaphragm is forming.

Our next appointment is May 26th.

Ten Week Belly Pic

And here is the official post for this week. I am really going to try and stay on top of this, the best that I can of coarse. I thought that I was free and clear of morning sickness....but after almost two weeks of feeling great I had an aweful night last night. But as I get closer to my second trimester, I am hoping that things will start getting better and better as far as how I feel.

Ten Weeks

The Baby is the size of a prune.

With bones and cartilage starting to form and vital organs beginning to function, baby is making major progress. Body length will almost double in the next three weeks, and arm joints are now working. Baby has now completed the most critical portion of his development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in its body rapidly grow and mature. The Baby is swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm. Vital organs — including his kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac). Sources say if I could peek inside my womb I'd spot minute details, like tiny nails forming on fingers and toes (no more webbing) and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.

For those of you wondering where I am getting the information that I post about the progress of the baby's growth, it comes from a combination of two websites. Feel free to take a look or pass along to someone  you might know that's expecting.

http://www.thebump.com/

http://www.babycenter.com/

Nine Week Belly Pic

Sorry this post is so late. Technically this post is a week late to be exact. My week change I believe is Wednesdays. So really today I am 10 weeks, but I will post that picture later. I haven't had much time for the computer lateley. But I am determined to make sure that I am posting for every week from here until the end of the pregnancy. My appt for the 16th got pushed to the 19th. I am very excited to go, it seems like so long in between appts. So I believe that it's possible that I am feeling some moving. Only when I am very still but I am positive that is what it is. Unless this type of movement took place before and I just never noticed. :)

Nine Weeks

The Baby is the size of a green olive.

The baby's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do its tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone. The organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear, and external sex organs are there but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks.

A Doppler ultrasound device might be able to pick up the beating heart. With basic physical structures in place and increasingly distinct facial features, baby is kind of starting to look like... well... a baby!

I am hoping that at our next appt they will let us hear the heart beat!

Keeping my fingers crossed. :)

Surprise, Surprise!

I told you I would be back. It took a few weeks longer than I would have liked, but I am here and I have big news. I have recently learned that all though you make plans, and you might think it is a very good plan, God always has another plan in mind. After all, his plans seem to always work out much better than you could ever imagine anyway. So on to the Big News......

We are gonna have a baby!

Yes this is very true, I am not playing an April Fools. I am pregnant, very big surprise, totally unexpected, and we are extremely excited.

And so was my Mom!

And so was Isaacs Mom!

I realized after all the excitement had passed that I really didn't get a good picture of either of our Dads. But they are both very excited too.

It is quite a funny story how we discovered that we were in fact pregnant. I made a trip to a local walk-in clinic February 26th because I was having some neck pain, very long story short, they were going to do x-rays because of the reason I was in to see them, and of course just for precaution they would need for me to do a pregnancy test. So after the nurse and I swapped a laugh and a joke or two about how crazy it would be if it was positive, and I joked about her calling my husband if it was.... she came and got me for the x-rays shortly after I took the test. All was well, I got my prescription from the Doctor and left the office. Approximately three hours later the doctor called with deep concern in his tone. He started by saying...

Doctor - "You are aware that when you were in to see us today, you took a pregnancy test"

Me - "Yes, and it was negative"

Doctor - (more concerned tone) "Well! It was....at first"

Me - "What does that mean"

Doctor - " When the nurse went back to throw the test out, it appeared positive"

Me - "Is this a joke"

Doctor - "I had the nurse do a second test, it was also positive, so I am calling to say congratulations! Your Pregnant"

Me - (shocked and almost speechless) I just Thanked him for calling because I wasn't sure exactly what I should say, and tried to figure out if I was dreaming, if the conversation that just took place actually just happened.


That pretty much sums it up, other than I really don't think I believed him so I went and bought a test right then and took it.. and well.. It was also, positive. :) I guess he wasn't lying after all.

It was somewhat hard to believe at first, even after three test, only one had I saw with my own two eyes, but assuming the others were really positive. The thought crossed my mind several times to go to Walgreens and buy every test they had and take them. Because at that moment, I didn't feel pregnant..... other than the constant hunger I had been experiencing over the last few weeks, the little belly roll that started to show back up, although I was convinced that was from all the girl scout cookies I had been devouring. I felt great, slightly tired, but really good. Lucky for me I was able to pretty much track exactly about how far along I was. Which was about three weeks, to then find out that morning sickness doesn't normally start until about six :(

And boy let me tell you when about the fifth week or so came, so did the indescribable feeling of I think I might die, I feel so sick, I think I am going to be sick, I want to just lay here and I don't want to talk, I don't want to move, I don't want to smell or think about food, And rather than feel like I am going to CAN I PLEASE JUST THROW UP!!! And for all the ladies that have been there, God Bless You! For all the Men who will never, ever know what a woman goes through during this time. It is probably best to just say, Nothing.

I am hoping that the morning sickness is almost over, maybe not. But I can hope right? I have tried everything that everyone has suggested to do for that, but nothing really works. I think the best advice I could give someone is just stay in tune with your body, and for me I just can't let my stomach get empty.

I had my first doctors appt March 18th and it was not really what I expected for a first appt. Filled out a ton of paperwork, gave blood, got a shot, watched a movie, received a whole lot of goodies from the office. Oh, almost forgot, took a fourth test, Yeah, it was positive. Had a very deep discussion with my nurse regarding the due date she gave me, which was October 19th. But by my calculations, I believe that I am due November 10th, even after I made it very clear to her that unless this baby is a miraculous conception, I was pretty sure that it wouldn't be an October baby unless God decided it should come early. They will be able to get a more solid date when I have my first ultrasound.

I am so excited to have you guys follow along this wonderful journey with us. We are so excited and can't wait to share all the details along the way. I am hoping to post weekly belly pictures, updates on doctor visits, and how this little miracle of mine is doing.

    

Eight Weeks (by my calculations)

The baby is the size of a raspberry,

It has arms and legs and its toes and fingers are only slighty webbed. Breathing tubes extend from its throat to the branches of the developing lungs, and its "tail" is just about gone. Nerve cells are branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways.

They say it is moving like crazy in there, but I probably won't feel it for a while.

My next appt will be April 16th. I am hoping to talk them into giving me an ultrasound at that appt to clear up this matter of the due date, because they are not planning on doing one until 20 weeks. I am not so sure I can wait that long. I hope to post before then.

Much Love,

The Newly Excited Expecting Parents :)