Guessing the Gender

According to this Chinese Gender Chart we will be having a girl :)

Do you have a guess?

Prediction and Exciting News

So I was talking to Rebecca and she apparently asked her son what sex our baby would be. He said we would have a girl! She said he's usually right on with these things, but we'll have to wait and see. A girl would be cheaper since I own already a ton of girls clothes.

Also today I noticed that I think I have a belly bump :) I was lying down and felt it and you can feel it while i'm standing too. Jason confirmed it was definitely not all in my head :) YAY!

Also got my hair cut, but pics of that will have to wait until I take some :) hehehe

A Oui (wee) Bit Scared

(A post from the sarcastic pregnancy journal)

After getting over the initial “I’m having a baby!” shock, we began to spread the news. Of course, people asked how I was feeling.“Nervous,” I’d tell them. “Freaked.”

“If you are freaked then why are you having another baby? Why try if you’re going to be scared by the results?”

Might I add, at this point, that everyone who said that to me didn’t have kids.

The decision to have a baby is a lot like the decision to move to France. France sounds cool, other people like France. It would be fun to move to France!

Then you buy the plane ticket and France starts to seem a little scary.

You’ll have to learn a new language! They eat snails! Didn’t someone once tell you that people in France don’t shower that often?

Come to think of it, moving to France and having a baby have a lot in common

HCG Level

As of yesterday my HCG level was 1,887 which means I'm increasing :) yay!

I also feel like I have a touch of the stomach flu, which mom thinks is the start of morning sickness :\ Which is not making me happy. Since TOMORROW we eat turkey, and all the other yummy thanksgiving favorites I'm going to cook with mom...I had better be able to consume them without paying dearly for it later...although I will say that i'm atleast feeling more pregnant :) Which makes me happy.

Symptoms

My symptoms this far have been really only fatigue! But tonight after eating on two separate occasions something a little greasy I got heartburn and nauseous. Which I DID have the same issues with Kaitlin however I didn't get them until I was around 20+ weeks. So we will see where this goes.

Doc Called

How much do I love that since my appointment was cut short yesterday my doc called me today to check in and see if I had any more questions. I love that office! It was the actual doc too not a nurse :)

I didn't have too many questions one was when we would be potentially looking at the cerclage surgery but we had talked about that. I did confirm that I would be pulled from work end of January which means my boss won't be too happy, but this baby comes first she can understand that.

Also my hcg levels were good, they were 1,500 which means that my next visit they should over 2,000 which means we go for an ultrasound next week!! YAY! I call friday to schedule it :) I'm SO excited! I WILL get a pic of whatever is there and I WILL scan it and post it :)

That is it for this time around, until next appointment!

Week 5

Size: 5/64 of an inch or 2 millimeters
Weight: Less than 1 gram

Your baby's microscopic heart begins to beat this week—although it won't be detectable with one of those cool Dopplers for a few weeks, so you'll have to wait a little longer to hear that satisfying "whoosh-whoosh" you're so anxious for.
Your baby is only 2 millimeters long—about the size of a sesame seed.

Twas the Night Before a Cervix Check

Twas the night before Cervix Check , and all through my crotch....
My mind was racing with worrisome thoughts.
My list of questions all written with care,
I hope that the Dr will ease just one fear.

Visions of freedom dance in my head,
Will I be permitted to break free from this bed?
I hope for the best, tomorrow's unknown....
Wouldn't it be great if my cervix has grown?

When from the back of mind, there arose such a clatter
That inkling of fear, that something's the matter.
All visions of hope were gone in a flash,
Here comes the hives, a fear induced rash.

With that thought I feel a pinch where no one can see
Would that be my suture reminding me?
A reminder that it's doing its job and it’s going to hold.....
it can't work alone it needs my faith to be bold.

I put my hands on my belly, and pray for a kick,
To reassure me this baby is held safe by a stitch.
I’m reminded of all the success stories I've read,
All the babies that made it, held in by a thread.

As I ease into assurance that all will work out,
I remove all my feelings of worry and doubt.
I persuade myself to believe the stitch will hold tight!
Boring appointment Vibes to all, And to all a good night!


(borrowed this from my IC board from a very talented gal! This is what we all feel like every night before we see the doc. :) )

Doc's Appointment

This one was just to go over my test results, which was cut short since they had a patient in labor, no bog deal I heard all I wanted to hear.

~My thyroid is good, no troubles with the repeat test

~I will be on bedrest at 14 weeks, no more work, all pampering :) hehehe

~14 weeks is also when the cerclage will go in (around my birthday :\)

My next appointment December 12th.

4 Weeks Pregnant

Size : 1/25 inch
Weight: Less than 1 gram

By the end of this week, your baby measures about 1/25 inch long, about the size of a period (like the one at the end of this sentence, not the one you just missed).

Pregnant!

All the proof I need :)

The story behind the sticks:
So I always pee in the middle of the night. SO at 4 am this morning I decide I have to test since it is your morning pee is asks for. So I test using the first test you see and thats from Big Lots. In the picture the line is MUCH darker than in real life. I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. So I woke up Jason. He looked at it and said it looked positive but it was faint. So that clinched the decision and off I went to the 24 hour CVS :) The second test was VERY clearly a positive :) So I guess my appointment next week with Kassis will be my FIRST appointment preggers! Now lets just hope we make it to the cerclage, no miscarriages!

CD 28

Well No AF today. Still doesn't mean much.

I did wake up to pains in my left boob. And they seemed to plague me in both most of the day. I've had them before though when I drank too much caffeine, however I haven't had any?? Oh well if no AF today then I will test tomorrow.

CD 27

So AF is due tomorrow...no signs of her yet but that doesn't mean a damn thing. Last month I had my hopes all up because I had NO signs of her at all and then WHAM out of nowhere she hit me and HARD! So I'm not even going to test tomorrow.

I will say that my boobs are still inflated, they also are getting slight twinges of pain on occasion, but thats nothing super new. No back troubles this morning, well real minor ones. No heartburn, bloated constipation feeling still around.

Been kind of emotional some today.

CD 26

My back did NOT hurt this morning. Instead I had a pain in my right side in the front but nothing major.

Also I think my boobs are officially fluffy or full of air as I like to call it ;) My doc laughed last time I called them fluffy, hehehehe.

Still constipated some...no heartburn though!

CD 25

Nothing grand to report other than the constipation is back and the diarrhea has gone. Back problems still there. I think my boobies are beginning to get "fluffy" but not 100% sure about that one.

CD 24

Still having the diarrhea issues. It seems to happen the more I eat, I haven't eaten in many hours and it's all gone away :\ grumble.

Lower back pain is still around in the mornings.

I took a test this morning since you can 5 days prior. It was cheap big lots one, it was negative. I'm not hopeful.

CD 23

So today I was blessed with uncontrollable diarrhea :\ Well you know the kind that every time you pee you poo too :( Grumble. No real tummy aches or anything like that just lots of poo. I felt like there was something else I wanted to report but I can't think of it now. This is why I should write it all out in ink first. I think of alot of things while at work.

Which I made it through another day with my 4 monther. He's such a damn cutie pie it's hard to hate him and his mom is sweet too. I do hold him wishing I was looking down at Kaitlin though. He's got the most perfect little face like she did...makes me feel like sometimes she's looking back at me.

No heart burn tonight :) yay!

CD 22

Getting that "burning" sensation in my uterus or lower half today...well this morning. I only really got the burning in the morning so nothing more to report.

CD 21

So I got a really sharp pain in my boob yesterday, which that hasn't happened in forever. I don't know what that was about. It happened while I was holding a little one which wasn't funny.

I also went for bloodwork. Which like always I get super lightheaded and woozy. The nurse however this time explained it to me. It's not that i'm loosing blood it's because of a nervous reaction. She suggested they put me in the comfy chair next time which will probably help. Since when I was lying in the hospital bed I never had an issue with them taking blood and they took ALOT of it, lol.

Oh and I are dinner and I didn't get the sick feeling :) Yay!

CD 20

So for the last three days after I eat supper I get terrible heart burn type pain. Last night I even threw up a little from it :\ Not fun.

The pain in my back comes and goes, it doesn't seem as strong as it used to be.

Other than that nothing to report.

CD 19

Another good night of sleep :) yay! I still get the pain in my back but it doesn't seem as bad and yes I'm still constipated. I think I can blame that on no coffee though. I'm so used to it clearing my system out I don't know if my system knows how to function with out it! Lol.

In other news I am passed ovulation since my strips have gotten lighter again. So I've stopped testing. Which means AF is due to arrive around the 18th. I bought some cheap preggers tests yesterday just so I can test without having to feel guilty about the cost.

I also go for blood work this week and then see my doc on the 25th for all the results. Lets hope for something fixable! I'd rather there be something wrong that we can fix than this is just going to take FOREVER!

CD 18

I can sleep longer through out the night, which is good. I actually feel like I'm getting sleep. Don't know why I couldn't before.

In other news I've had a constipation problem for the last week and gas. Which I've also noticed I feel more pain in my front sides than even when I really have to go. I swear I feel it in my uterus more than any where else.

CD 17

This morning I found that I slept okay up until I rolled onto my right side, then the pain started in my lower back :\ grumble! I will say though last night was the first night in a week that I slept REALLY well. Jason even said he tried getting me to move my leg off his side at one point and I wouldn't budge, lol.

CD 16

So this morning I got another strip that seemed to be a positive :\ I don't think this is right but I guess I'll let the doc decide that one.

Also around 10:30ish am I got a sharp pain in my left side which lasted for a minute or so. Nothing since however. Nothing weird brought it on either, i was sitting bouncy a baby in a bouncy seat, so I wasn't lifting or anything like that. Again I guess we will see.

CD 15

Nothing much to report today other than the fact that I got another two positive strips today (once in the morning and another in the evening) which doesn't tell me much either :\ Since I don't think your supposed to get them for that long....

CD 14

I got what looks to be my LH surge today. So we did BD this evening. However if the ultrasound tech is right and my follicle seemed a little too small to O this early, then perhaps thats the root of my problem? I guess my doc will have answers for those questions later.

CD 13

Same pains in my back when I woke :\

CD 12

I've been having troubles sleeping on my right side for over a month now. I noticed that after my period it didn't seem to bother me that much, until last night. I woke up every time I was on my right side for too long so I spent most of the night on my left. I also woke up with a really sore lower back which got better once I laid on my back instead of on either side. Now it could be from all the carpet shampooing I did yesterday but my arms don't hurt nor does my upper back or neck. Now that I've been up for a little while the pain is gone.

CD 11

So no line on the OPK today.

I am getting a few pains like cramps after exercising tonight. But my major concern is the sharp pain I got when I pooped earlier. I also get it sometimes when I pee. :\ We'll see what all these tests show I guess.