The End of 2009

Baby Major is 11 weeks, 1 day today.
Today just happens to be the last day of 2009. And yesterday just happened to be our 2nd appointment with the doctor! But I'll get back to that later. Brad and I both happen to have tonight off work which is quite a feat. I believe this is the first time we've both been off work since we started dating over 8 years ago. So what are our big plans you ask? Get ready. They're exciting...

We're painting our master bedroom! Yep that's right. And by we, I mean Brad will probably paint while I come in and out and supervise. We picked out a really pretty dark blue color after the doctor's appointment yesterday and tonight we plan to start on it. At midnight, if we're both still awake, Brad will pop the tab on a Coca-Cola while I will drink some not-so-bubbly water. But chances are we won't make it that late into the night. At least I probably won't.

So the doctor's appointment. It went really great and was pretty uneventful. Plus it didn't last very long which is always appreciated. I have not gained a single pound since my last appointment in November. Or at least I'm back to what I was at my November appointment. There were a couple of weeks in between appointments where I was very sick and I'm still not able to eat a lot at a time most of the time. So I'm pretty sure I lost some pounds and then gained them back. The doctor would still like me to gain about 5 lbs in the next couple of weeks. I would be happy to do that if I could.

Who knows, maybe I can. I have been feeling a million times better in the last week and I'm hoping what they say is correct about symptoms disappearing as you approach the 2nd trimester. It certainly feels like it is. I like to believe I'm not as tired any more but that would be a lie as I just got up for a 3 hour nap once I got home from work. But the morning sickness is passing for sure. I guess if I had to pick between fatigue and morning sickness, the morning sickness is the one I would give up first. So Yeah!

The doctor also let us hear the heartbeat again which is such a relief to hear after 4 weeks of the "unknown". But it was beating quite strong and fast and will hopefully sustain me for another 4 weeks. Other than that we just talked about blood work. All my blood work came back fine which is a relief but I do have to get the Rhogam shot because of my Rh factor. Basically she said I was prefect except that I need to gain some weight.

We have our next appointment on January 26th which is my 15th week. They said it will be the exact same thing as this time except we'll discuss some 2nd trimester screening options and get those scheduled if we want to. Then the next appointment in February is the big one! The one where we see if we're having a boy or a girl. We cannot wait!!! We're so anxious to buy baby things and paint the nursery and do all the things that can be blue or pink.

Okay I think that's all for now. I hope everybody has a really safe New Year's Eve and an even better 2010!

First Doctor's Appointment

Baby Major is 9 weeks, 4 days today.

Well this is our first post on this site! Thanks to my cousins Chase and Sara (who are expecting their own little one in January) for giving me the idea to start this. Now let's just hope I can keep this updated and stick with it through the busy months ahead!

We had our first doctor's appointment on November 30th. It felt like we were there forever! They went through all of our family history, did the initial exam and followed it up with blood work. We were then told we would have an ultrasound to date the pregnancy and determine the due date. This was completely unexpected since we were told we probably wouldn't have our first ultrasound until closer to 18-20 weeks. But we were very excited to see if there was really anything growing in there. And there was!! They gave us three pictures of the ultrasound, which you can see below, and told us we were 6 weeks and 5 days at the time of the appointment. Our due date is July 21st.

Our baby's first picture!

This one is more of an actual size photo but we were able to hear the heartbeat. It's displayed at the bottom of the picture and the heart rate was 123.

Needless to say the ultrasound was definitely worth the wait in the doctor's office. We have our next appointment scheduled for December 30th. I will be exactly 11 weeks on that day. I believe they just plan to go over the blood work results, maybe listen to the heartbeat again and schedule any 1st trimester screenings that will be done.

Since then I've been feeling decent throughout most of the pregnancy so far. I had my share of morning sickness between weeks 4 - 7. The biggest thing that has been affecting me is the fatigue. As Brad would say, I sleep about 90% of the time. Which is a bit of an exaggeration but not by much. I'm definitely in bed by 10 on most nights and after work I almost always take a nap. But that's really all so I can't complain too much.

I believe that's all I have to say as of right now. Like I said, hopefully I will remember to keep this updated with new and interesting information. Merry Christmas everybody!