16 weeks tomorrow!

I can't believe how fast this is going! I went to my 16 week appointment today and everything is fine. I've only gained 2 pounds which baffles me because I feel like I've gained about 10-15. My blood pressure was terrific (as always). My uterus is the perfect size for 16 weeks and the little monkey's heart rate is perfect. He/she was moving around when she was trying to get the heart rate...it was kinda funny. Our kid is already like Mike and I...stubborn. I just hope that he/she is not too stubborn when we go for our next ultrasound because we really want to find out the sex. Our next ultrasound is May 27th so hopefully we'll be able to make the announcement on that day.

Not much else to discuss really. Oh, I did start to feel some little flutters. It is the coolest, but weirdest feeling ever. I love it. It's especially at night and after I've had something sugary. I can't wait for Mike to be able to feel it too.

New Ultrasound pictures!

I am now over 13 weeks yay!! I don't have an appoinment with the Ob until May, but I've been having a lot of fun with the ultrasound machine at work. Everybody at work wants to see our little monkey on the screen so I've done an ultrasound almost everyweek and it's so fun. He/she is so active now. Last week the baby was doing backflips and jumping up and down as if my uterus was a trampoline...too funny. The best was when the baby decided to do some "air humping" for Iwan. He thought that was the most hilarious thing. That's our kid alright hahaha! Well, I did an ultrasound last night because my friend Hayley wanted to see the monkey and he/she was sucking it's thumb the whole time. Plus we saw that the monkey has the longest legs and arms...totally takes after daddy. It's hard to get good pictures on the work ultrasound machine especially when the little one moves so much but I got a couple just to show how much that kid has grown in the last few weeks...amazing.

As for me, if it wasn't for the ultrasounds and the doppler, I wouldn't feel pregnant. I feel really good. No more fatigue, no nausea. Only thing is that my fibromyalgia has really been acting up the last few days. Last night I actually had to leave work early because I was in so much pain, I just couldn't take it anymore. Unfortunately, the only medication that works for me when I'm like that is Lyrica and I can't take while pregnant. So, I just have to grin and bear it. Oh well, it's all worth it.

So have fun looking at the pictures. I labeled them so they would be easier to understand. The head looks distorted, but it's normal. It's just the way the ultrasound machine's printer prints the pictures. It looks totally normal on the regular screen

First Appointment

Went to my first OB appointment today. The last one was with the nurse practitioner and she was just taking my history. This morning's appoinment was an actual pelvic check with my Ob. Everything is going along great. He said that I was perfect...of course, I said that I knew that hahaha. Anyhow, that's really the only update I have for you. Of course I have been listening to the little monkey every couple of days and the heartbeat is perfect and he/she moves around a lot. So, all in all everything is going great!

Labeled Picture

Figured I would label the picture so you could understand the ultrasound picture a little better.
To see the picture a little bigger so you can actually read my labels, all you have to do is click on it!

Growing, growing, growing!

Our little peanut is growing perfectly! We are 9 weeks and 3 days today
You can hardly tell what the heck it looks like on this ultrasound picture, but the baby is upside down. The big ol' head is on the bottom. It's crazy how much bigger it already is in just 3 weeks. You can see a little hand sticking out on the right hand side. Anyway, the heart was just beating away like crazy and the little monkey was moving around and even waved at mom and dad today! Soooooo excited! There is still just one baby in there. He/she was turning around to face us and moved around and started waving and kicking. It was the coolest thing ever. I wish I could do an ultrasound every week to see how he/she is growing, but now we don't have one again until we are about 18 weeks. Everything is moving along just fine. I feel great. My only complaint is that I have major insomnia but the nausea isn't that bad at all, I rarely ever throw up (only when I ignore the nausea and don't eat something), I do get fatigued once in a while, but I think that is mostly because I can't sleep half the time. So far so good, can't really complain about this pregnancy at all. So that's really all our news for now.

The most beautiful sight in the world!

We went for our ultrasound this morning and saw...ONE beautiful, strong little heartbeat!!!!! We are measuring 6wks 2 days and my due date is officially October 24th. It really is the size of an orange seed, but we saw that little heartbeat just going away. This little monkey is very well implanted, my ovaries look great. I can't tell you how excited we are. Mike saw the heartbeat right away and was excited. So to everyone who thought I was having twins (or more) sorry...I'm totally glad that it's just one at a time. My hcg is high but that's a good thing, means it's a strong pregnancy. I will attempt to post the picture from the ultrasound. Can't see much more than a big gestational sac and a little bean in between the little cursors, but I love it!

Woo freakin Hoo!

I had my second hcg level drawn this morning. I was so afraid that it would be lower and that I would have a miscarriage but far from it. My level last week was 389 and this week it's 4528!!! From what i've read, your hcg level is supposed to double every couple of days and I'm way over that so I'm happy.

This next week is gonna drive me nuts. I really wish I could find out now how many I've got in there grrrrrrr