Prego Mego- Week 7

Today I am 7 weeks pregnant!!!!!!!!!

Here is a look at what is going on this week:

How far: 7 weeks

Size: Baby Sullivan is the size of a BLUEBERRY!!! (see picture below)

(picture from thebump.com)

Weight gain/loss: None

Maternity Clothes: None yet.

Sleep: Sleeping GREAT! Ok, that is a tad bit of a lie.... I am having CRAZY dreams... for instance, last night, I had a dream that a GIGANTIC Spider formed out of the chocolate cake batter and started chasing me around the house! OMG! Other than that, sleeping really well...

Miss: Sweet tea.... Cherry Limeaids from Sonic, ok...so its caffeine!

Cravings: Not really anything specific.... I just want all of my favorite things all the time.

Symptoms: Nausea, no vomitting. And leg pain when I sit too long...the book says because the blood flow is slower returning to the heart because of the uterus. IDK though.

Best Moment this week: Thursday, Keith and I traveled to Mississippi to his parents house. Upon arrival, I was greated with belly rubs, hugs, smiles and more. But the greatest thing.... Keith and my nephew, Branden, gave us the card (pictured below). In case you can't read it, it says "Renee I can't wait for you to have a baby." Isn't that the SWEETEST thing you have ever seen. I know this baby is going to born into a family full of love.

 

Lastly here is what is happening this week in the belly from thebump.com

Baby's brain -- both hemispheres! -- is growing fast, generating about one hundred new cells every minute. Arms and legs are emerging as joints start to form, and a permanent set of kidneys (baby's third!) is now in place.

See ya next week!

Pregolicious- Week 6

Today, I am 6 weeks pregnant....well according to my calculations at least! :)

So here is the 6 week wrap-up.

How Far: 6 weeks

Sizee: Baby Sullivan is the size of a SWEET PEA! (see picture below)

Weight Gain/Loss: None

Maternity Clothes: Nah, way too early for that!

Gender: Don't know yet but I think Daddy and I both have our special "wishes."

Sleep: Sleeping GREAT! But I just feel like it's never enough.

Miss: Sweet tea...and Medium Rare Steaks! HA!

Craving: Ham & Cheese biscuits from Vine's

Symptoms: Nausea, but no vomitting....yet...they say this starts around 6 weeks..

Best Moment: When Keith gets home at night from his shift, he gets in bed, and sometimes he doesn't know I am awake but I am, and he tells the baby he is home and that he loves it and rubs my belly for a minute. It is the sweetest thing EVER!

Taken from thebump.com

Also from thebump: Growing like crazy, baby is starting to sprout eyes, ears, nose, cheeks, and chin. Those little hands and feet -- still webbed like paddles -- might wiggle by week's end, the heart is beating (almost twice as fast as yours!), and blood is starting to circulate.

Our first OB/GYN appointment has officially been scheduled for December 9. I am sooo nervous but sooo excited. It feels like it is FOREVER away!

Hope you enjoyed this weeks update! See you at the 7!



5 weeks Pregolicious

Yesterday, I made 5 weeks pregnant!!!

***(hang on real quick while I still try to digest that I, Renee', am pregnant!)

I want to try to do these weekly journal entries so I can remember EVERYTHING about growing this little miracle. Eventually I will put some "belly" pictures maybe... who knows... I am just gonna go with the flow. So here goes.

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 5 Weeks

Size of baby: Baby Sullivan is the size of an apple seed. (see picture below)

Total Weight Gain/Loss: None!

Maternity Clothes: Nope

Gender: Won't know for awhile yet.

Sleep: I sleep but I swear its never enough, I am always sooo tired.

What I miss: Nothing really - 2 words....SWEET TEA

Cravings: Not too many, just hungry... Grammy (mother in law) is

making me some chicken and dumplings this week though! yum!

Symptoms: Tired, some lower abdominal pain

Best Moment this week: Just knowing there is a baby in there!

Funny Story: Last night (Sunday) Keith and I were laying on the couch. Well of course

prego mego ladies have extremely sensitive smells...so I smell something burning. Kinda like the smell of hair buring in a hair dryer. So I immediately get up to investigate..what I was gonna do if there was a fire, I don't know, but I was gonna find it! Well Keith gets up too and starts walking around swearing I am crazy and nothing is burning but I insist. So apparently I look quite silly walking around with my nose in the air sniffing and Keith says "sniff it out blood hound, sniff it out!"... so there you have it.... I have the senses of a blood hound. But hey, this could be useful!

5 weeks from thebump.com

Still hard to believe that I am having a baby, but each day it sinks in alittle more. I can definitely say my big problem right now is I am sooooo paranoid! Everything I feel makes me wonder "what if?" so prayers are appreciated for some reassurance. I have been reassured by everyone including doctors that all is well...but I can't help but be nervous!

Our first OB/GYN appt is scheduled for December 9, 2010. I believe that MeMe will be attending with us. So that will be exciting!

See ya next week!

Did you hear the news????

Of course you did! But if you didn't....

We're PREGNANT!!!!

Let me back up, cause I want to make sure I get all of this story right. Because it is definitely a story for the books. So here goes....

Monday Night/Tuesday AM I woke up with a horrid stomach virus. OMG it was terrible. I was calling my friend Ralph, and I think he was having a party. So needless to say, I called and said "I will be coming up there today but not to work, to get some meds!"

So I arrived to the clinic at I guess around 7:20 AM and was rushed upstairs to Lab to do a Urine Pregnancy Test (UPT). Start with the basics huh?!?

I did the test, came back downstairs and was brought back to see our nurse practitioner, Cathy David. (shout out David!) She came in, checked me out, etc. Left and came back in and said ok well your UPT is negative. Insert devastation here. Mainly because I was already a day late and I just knew I was.... but sadly no. So I am like ok, just fix me. So a shot of Phenergran later and a trip back to lab to test for H. Pylori, etc. I was headed home to SLEEP. (I was hoping to anyways.)

But, I am getting ahead of myself. While in the lab for the second time, the lab supervisor ran around the corner and said "wait! wait! we need more labs for her!"...mass confusion set in, I was NOT in the mood to be stuck for the 3rd time that day but was like, ok whatever. Didn't even ask what the test was. Figured it was some random thing.

About an hour or so after I got home, I had FINALLY gotten comfortable in bed and had dozzed off. And my cell rang, it was the clinic. I rolled over, collected my thoughts, made sure I wasn't slurring my words, and said "hello.".... I was greeted on the other line by Ms. Kathy Kilgore, Cathy David's nurse. Don't get those 2 confused, there might be a test later. HA! She said that she needed me to come back up there because they had results for me. Of course, I know that most of the blood work I did took a few days to get results, so I was like "what?" and she insisted I come back up there and because I had a phenergran shot, it was imperative Keith drive me. Ummm...Ok...on my way....

We arrived back to the clinic, and I began to think I should have just worked today because I have clearly been up here more than I have been at home. So I get there and Ms. Kathy comes to get me. She puts me in a room and says we will be right back. Ok whatever. So Cathy David walks in, and starts to explain....

The UPT test came back negative, but then they looked at it again and it said positive. But it was after 3 minutes, therefore making the positive result still invalid. So I had them run an HCG lab on you. And.... Renee'.....(wait for it, wait for it)....your pregnant.... I can't tell you what was said after that because I was pretty much a blubbering mess of tears, queasiness (remember, stomach virus?), and squeals.

So basically, in the time she said "its negative" to the time I got to lab, they had realized it was positive and had called down to report it to Cathy.

So, I found out I am expecting my first child through....LAB ERROR! I always thought it would be in my own bathroom, with a little stick, with Keith and Sophie...but so much for the best laid plans right....

So that is our story. Stomach virus. Lab error. CELEBRATION!

We are due July 17th, according to my calculations, but won't see our OB until December (must be 8 weeks.)

Please pray for the health of our sweet baby! (who is the size of a poppyseed today...by the way...)

"I have prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him"
1 Samuel 1:27