Prego Mego -Week 11

Today, I am 11 weeks pregnant!!!! WOW! Almost out of the first trimester. Hard to believe. In this short 11 weeks, Baby Sullivan has celebrated Thanksgiving AND Christmas! Baby Sullivan received alot of great gifts for Christmas and one very special homemade gift that has been waiting for us.... I hope to take pictures and do a separate post on that. We also had our first Ultrasound. I have some video of that as well as pictures. But again, different post... I clearly have alot of things to write!

Week 11

How Far: 11 weeks

Size: Baby Sullivan is the size of a LIME! (see picture taken from thebump.com)

Weight Gain/Loss: 11.5 pounds lost.

Maternity Clothes: None but I got a few cute hand me down tops from my sister and a few really cute tops for Christmas!

Sleep: Sleeping really well except for potty breaks through out the night. And as I mentioned in last week's update, if I get woken up it is really hard for me to go back to sleep.

Symptoms: Headaches. OMG they are horrible some days. And some nausea when I smell certain things, but nothing ever comes of it. And I get nauseous when I am HUNGRY!

Miss: Not much. I am having moderate amounts of all my favorites.

Feelings: Excitement. Yep thats it. Just excitement. I finally saw my precious baby on the ultrasound last week and he or she was healthy, and hanging out just growing and I breathed a HUGE sigh of relief. Now I am just enjoying my pregnancy all the time instead of trying to sweat the small things.

Cravings: Nothing unusual. And not really cravings. There are things that I want, but not that I am gonna send Keith out for at 1 AM to get! Yet...

And this week's update courtesy of thebump.com

Your fetus currently enjoys a 1:1 ratio between body and head, and has skin so transparent that blood vessels show right through it. But fingers and toes are no longer webbed, and hair follicles, tooth buds, and nail beds are forming -- setting up a significantly more attractive future.

And there my sweet baby is! I can't seem to figure out how I upload pictures straight up to blogger but then they turn sideways anyway. It makes me mad!

Prego Mego- Week 10

YAY! I am 10 weeks pregnant today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whoop whoop!!! Is it flying by??? Yes, I think so. So, here comes the update.

Week 10 Highlights

How far: 10 weeks

Size: Baby Sullivan is the size of a PRUNE...ew... (see picture below)

Weight Gain/Loss: 11 pounds LOST!!!

Maternity Clothes: None. If I keep losing weight, I might not need them! :)

Sleep: Sleeping good, but if I get woken up it is kinda hard for me to go back to sleep, especially when there is a "daddy" SNORING next to me.

Miss: Not much, I was missing sweet tea, etc...but my OB said I could have SMALL amounts of it, so that helps alot. I love me some sweet tea. I am enjoying everything so much.

Feelings: Excitement. Tomorrow we have our first ULTRASOUND... I am soo nervous, excited, scared. I am sooo afraid of hearing... "umm..I will be right back, I am going to get the doctor..." NIGHTMARE!

Cravings: None really. I am really just breezing through this!!!!

And finally.... the weekly update from thebump.com:

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. (Soon, legs will start working too.)

As I mentioned earlier.... Tomorrow we have our first Ultrasound and I am crazy anxious!!!!!!! I am pumped. And nervous. And Keith is counting down the hours...literally... "In x number of hours we get to see the baby..." HA! It's so cute....

In other news, yesterday I met the Volturi and Jasper that are apart of the TWILIGHT cast! Yes, this pregnant lady sat outside in the cold for like.... 5 hours...waiting to get autographs... I am not crazy I am not crazy I am not crazy... I will post pictures soon... It was GREAT!!! One of the actors actually talked to Baby Sullivan!!! AND I made some great new friends, Debbie and Miranda. I can't wait to get to know these ladies better.

This week is Christmas and I can't believe that next year at Christmas I will have a little baby in my arms!! AH! Can't wait to celebrate with my family this week. It will be great I know.

So, that was the 10 week update. I can't believe that in 2 weeks I will be out of the first trimester! CRAZY!

See ya next week! Merry Christmas!

Prego Mego- Week 9/OB appt

 Today I am 9 weeks pregnant with Baby Sullivan! And we also had our first OB appt.

Pregnancy Highlights: Week 9

How Far: 9 Weeks

Size: Baby Sullivan is the size of an Green Olive!

(picture below taken from thebump.com)

Weight Gain/Loss: I have LOST almost 10 pounds since finding out I was pregnant on November 9. But total to date: 7.5 pounds lost.

Maternity Clothes: None

Sleep: Sleeping good, but if by chance Keith wakes me up when he gets in bed at night I am WIDE awake for at LEAST an hour or so.

Miss: Not much at all. Just enjoying everything.

Feelings: Excitement. Our first OB appt was this week (more on that later), and I was soo glad to finally go to the doctor.

Symptoms: Nausea when hungry, Headaches occasionally, Sore Breasts.

Craving: Starbucks...which is very weird cause I am not a HUGE Starbucks fan. I can't even remember the last time I had Starbucks... But I want it now!

And finally this week according to thebump.com:

"Your little embryo has now officially graduated to fetus-hood. Adding to the excitement, 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!"

The picture above was taken in the exam room of our FIRST OB APPT! I tried for 10 minutes to rotate it properly and it never would. I am not sure what I did wrong.

Our first appt went really well. It was alot of questions, 8 TUBES of blood drawn, an exam, a snooping husband (what does this do?), and a nervous new mommy. But all in all it went really well! MeMe joined us for our first appointment and sat in the waiting room proudly as NEW MEME TO BE! Keith and I enjoyed having her there with us.

Where I work, our OB/GYN is composed of Doctors and Midwives. A requirment for new OB patients (me), is to see a Midwife first. Mainly because the first appointment is usually the longest and they want you to be able to spend all the time you need with someone. So you see a midwife. I admit, I was NOT happy when I found this out. A midwife? How medieval times is that!?! But I saw Amy Linn, and my feelings changed. She was great. Attentive, helpful, knowledgable. Keith and I both got great vibes from her and really liked her alot. Which is important, cause this is my baby and I want to deal with someone I like. I will see my doctor, Dr. Huynh, a few times, but unless there is a problem there is no reason to not see the midwife. And if I have vaginal delivery, Amy will most likely deliver instead of a doctor. Interesting, huh?

We get to have our first Ultrasound done on December 20 and I can hardly wait. In case your wondering.... 8 days from now. We will finally get to see our little "green olive" ha! After our appt, we went to have some yummy food at Jason's Deli.





Prego Mego- Week 8

Today... I am 8 weeks pregnant with Baby Sullivan! This is flying it seems at times! So, here is the update.

Week 8 Pregnancy Highlights

How Far: 8 Weeks

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

Weight Gain/Loss: Actually, I weighed and it seems I have lost about 4-5 pounds. I blame it on giving up the caffeine and watching what I am eating. But hey, it's ok to lose alittle weight..right?

Maternity Clothes: None, but I want to try to buy some next week after my OB appt while the summer clothes are on clearance so I can get some good deals!

Sleep: Sleeping good. Only up once or twice to use the bathroom. Crazy dreams at times. Other than that, I can pretty much fall asleep anywhere!

Miss: Not much, ok maybe sweet tea. But that's it.

Feelings: Awe.

Symptoms: Heartburn, some nausea at times, sore breasts.

Craving: Not much. I haven't really had much of an appetite lately.

From thebump.com

"Baby is growing like mad, putting on about a millimeter every day and continuing to straighten out in the trunk. Though you can't feel it yet, baby is moving those little arms, legs, and (now only slightly) webbed fingers and toes like crazy."

This week we head to our first OB appt. I am so excited, nervous, antsy, and a whole lot more feelings but most of all excitement. I will post an update after that. And I plan to try to take some pictures of that first appointment. So finally will have some other pictures to put on here! And as another special treat, my mom is going to be going to our first appointment with us. I know Baby Sullivan will LOVE his or her MeMe.

See ya next week!

Mid 7 week update

So I just wanted to get some things typed out on here that I wanted to remember about this week. I was just telling my sister earlier that I didn't "feel" pregnant all the time, of course she reminded me it won't be long til I will "feel" pregnant all the time, but sometimes I still am just in awe that in my belly, there is an actual PERSON growing. He or She may be the size of a blueberry, yes, but that is MY baby. Women are the coolest, we make people.

But the more I think about it, the more I do see some small signs/symptoms of my pregnancy. For instance:

1. Tired. All. The. Time. <--- I know most people that know me say I could sleep all day anyway, well mulitply that by 10.

2. Nausea. I might not be getting "sick"...but when I am procrastinating on eating, or when I smell certain foods, smoke, etc...I get this wave of nausea. Sometimes it leads to gagging, but usually nothing more than that.

3. Headaches. These are not bad at all. I still think it's me missing the caffeine.

4. The "ladies" hurt. Even water pressure from the shower hurt them! Plus, we have grown in size! HA!

5. Emotional. <--- this isn't funny. I cry at everything. Commercials, Rockefeller Tree lighting, TV shows, I cry because Sophie won't sit with me. I cry in the shower because I'm in awe that God blessed with me a child. My point is.... I CRY! Keith finds it hilarious of course.

These are only a few things....but my main point is that next week I have my first OB appt and this is all going to become super real. And I pray that that appointment goes good. I pray that we might get to hear a heartbeat???? I pray that I am progressing and that my little dumpling is just cozied up in my belly!

Please, please pray for peace and calm. Keith (even though he won't hardly admit it) and I are extremely nervous. Being in the healthcare field I always ALWAYS go to the "bad place"...I am what if this, what if that. You can't think that way, but I am alot better at negative than positive sometime. So pray for the positive. Pray for ME to be positive. Pray for my little angel.

See ya soon!