I know something you don't know!

Chris and I had the gender ultrasound on Wednesday! Chris won't let me share the results with anyone, but I finally feel like I can start doing the mommy thing and start making tons of little baby things. You know, burp cloths and blankets. We have done such a great job of keeping our pregnancy off of facebook, and we're so ready to share now! We will be making the announcement on Sunday! We're still undecided on whether we'll share the actually gender, or make that part of our April Fools day joke though. So, keep a look out!

17 weeks, 2 days!

Paranoia!

Since going to the doc this week I have been so paranoid! Ever single thing I feel with my body, I think the placenta is breaking apart from my uterus! I just feel like such a paranoid mama. I don't know what it is. I know deep down, that nothing is wrong with my baby and that I am 100% completely healthy and everything is going according to plan, but I can't help but feel a little bit concerned. Dang doctors telling you these things that could go wrong and silly me for letting it all go to my head. Well, that's whats been going on in my life lately. I'm just a paranoid freak!

16 weeks doctors appointment

Yep, that's right! I had our 16 weeks doctors appointment this week. Originally it wasn't going to be until today, but Brenden got me super sick over the weekend and it was just getting worse so I called my doctor's office on Monday morning and they happened to have an opening that afternoon. Great! We went in and my blood pressure was great for being so sick. Last time I went in it was a little high, but we contributed that to having a stomach flu for days before. But this time I was happy that everything was fine. They also needed to draw some blood to test for birthing abnormalities. I'm not too worried about it, you'd think that if something were to come up it would have shown up while I was pregnant with Brenden, but hey, you never know.

Our doctor came in and did our sonogram, heart beat is still right around 160 bpm. This babies heart beat is so fast!! Brenden's heart beat was always around 130 bpm. So maybe its a girl, I have heard that baby girls heart beats are faster, but we'll see. Speaking of gender, we get to find that out next week!!!! We asked our doctor about it when we went in this week and he said that it is a little early, but since we'll be out of town most of next month that he'll do it. He said for insurance reason he would need to have a specific medical reason to put on the order. So he said that he would say he had concerns of a subchorionic hemorrhage on there. Basically what happens is blood can gather between the placenta and the uterus, in more severe cases causing the placenta to tear away from the uterus. I'm not really concerned about it, it sounds like our doctor needs something to check out during the ultrasound.

I'm just excited to find out, I can finally start making baby stuff!! Burp cloths, bibs, blankets, clothes, and so much more! That's the really fun part about being pregnant. That and once we know gender, we'll be sharing our news with everyone!!!

16 weeks, 1 day!

I'm a few weeks into my second trimester and I'm loving it!! I really have nothing to complain about except some neck pain. Which, I will take over morning sickness. I feel so great! I don't get to tired, which is great for having a one year old on the go. I don't really get sick unless I brush my teeth before eating something in the morning. I just can't say how great I feel, but I guess a lot of it is me comparing this pregnancy to when I was pregnant with Brenden. If you're not in the know, Brenden's pregnancy went smoothly, but I was super sick almost the whole time and had no energy at all. But hey, this is great!! But for now, this pregnant mama is hungry!

Labor and Delivery shows

Don't watch them. Period. Especially if you're pregnant for the first time. I just had a first time mama tell me that her nurse at the hospital told her to watch these shows. I think that is just ridiculous! These shows are in no way a true reflection of what normally happens in the delivery room. I swear TLC just seeks out the most high risk pregnancies and documents them for added drama. Even me, being pregnant for the second time, I get freaked put by those shows. Why would you let yourself endure watching such bull? Obviously I feel very strongly about this, so if you disagree, please just ignore me. When your pregnant the best thing you can do for your growing baby is to surround yourself with positive thoughts. Birth stories on television does not do that for me. Which is why I love posting my pregnancy affirmations, they just make me feel great!

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Baby!

We're really hoping to find out baby's gender the week after next even though I'll be just over 17 weeks. We're hoping because the weeek after is finals and then we'll be gone for the rest of the month. We just don't have time to fit it into our schedule after the end of this month, sadly. But we're hoping the doc let's us find out early. We found out with Brenden at 15 weeks, so there's hope.

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Gah!

I'm only blogging about this because I'm so irritated. I'm not naming names not because I don't want to embarrass people, but because I think its not very considerate to do so. I don't rant and rave and be angry on Facebook so I go angry in my posts here just so I can get it out somewhere. It really makes me feel better.

Today I had this experience with a friend that made me just furious. I had some friends ask me if I wanted to go to the timeout for women convention in Idaho Falls. I said yes, thinking I could just buy my own ticket. A few weeks ago this friend asked me if I still wanted to go, after having bought group tickets the month before. I said that I still wanted to go and they said I could pay them and how much it was. I emailed them this morning saying that I wouldn't be able to make it this weekend and that we could work together to find someone. I got this rude email back saying that it was my responsibility and that I still needed to pay. I was totally okay with finding someone to replace me, I just think I was hurt and offended the way it came across and I didn't know how to respond. I took a few hours to respond because I didn't want to respond when I was angry because that's always a bad idea at least for me. I didn't know if I was so upset because I was supposed to be or because I'm pregnant. Dang these pregnancy hormones. The emails just kept getting worse and I just kept getting more and more hurt. Good news is that I did find someone to take my ticket. I sent this friend an apology hoping to feel better even though I didn't think I did anything wrong. There's just something about apologies that make me feel better even if they're not accepted. I didn't think I should have to pay for something I wasn't partaking in, but I had no problem helping out to find a replacement. I don't think I'll ever hear or see an apology, but I don't really care, that's not what its about. It's about doing the right thing for me and feeling good about it.

And my rant is over! Thanks for listening or you know, reading.

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15 weeks, 2 days

15 weeks tomorrow?

Seriously? I know I do this every week, freaking out that yet another week has gone by, but these weeks are going by so incredibly fast. I just can't believe it. I'm well over a third of the way there. Amazing! I remember being pregnant with Brenden and I felt like I wad pregnant forever. This time I just got pregnant looking super fast. This time, I love being pregnant, I love not sharing it with everyone on the face of the planet, I love not being nauseous, I love the support from family, I love our doctor, and I can't wait to hear what we're having because as soon as we find that out, the whole world can know. This pregnancy is so refreshing!

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14 weeks, 1 day

I took these on Sunday, so they're a few days late, but hey, my blogs private right now except to a select few that already know we're having a baby. So I would say, I'm already over it.

Bahhh!

I felt this little lemon sized baby move for the very first time tonight. I'm feeling this baby move and everyone around doesn't even know there's a little one in there. So weird!

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Ahhhhh!

14 weeks tomorrow. Seriously? How is this possible? Time is just flying by and I gotta say I love it. I couldn't imagine going through another pregnancy like I did with Brenden. I just can't wait to find out if its a boy or a girl. Little secret, I'm hoping girl!

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