I'm graduating!
hello my lovely ladies!
i had my 2nd ultrasound today. quick recap, i went to get one done at 6w6d and the baby was doing fine but they wanted me to come back in 2 weeks to make sure everything is fine before they send me off to an OB. well today i am 8w6d and the baby is doing beautifully!!!!!! everyone was so impressed with how great the baby is doing. the ultrasound tech said "i think this one's a keeper" :)
i got to hear the heartbeat 168 beats per minute! amazing!!! and its gotten so much bigger! ANND best part, i saw my little chicken mcnugget moving!!! sooo cuuuute!! i die. the cutest and most surreal thing ever. i even saw its little heart just pumping away. a weird thing happened though. the tech said, are you getting cramps? and i said, right now? no. and she said, you're having braxton hicks contractions. and i was like whaaa? i've only heard of women getting those when they're like 9 months. i actually got to see the contraction on the ultrasound. it was wild! but i didn't feel a thing. and i saw the umbilical cord and the placenta. sooo awesome. :)
my RE says everything looks great. the baby is measuring 2 days bigger than it actually is! wow! and he says he sees nothing wrong with me, i'm not high risk or anything. w00T w00T! so he's ready to send me off to an OBGYN. he told me to only take the progesterone once a day for the next 3 weeks. cool beans. he did my bloodwork last time and i was hoping i would be able to take 1 of my vitamins off (i take 6 a day) but nope. in fact he wants me to double my vit d. which i'm totally fine with. i was secretly hoping i could stop taking the iron. its my least favorite. but thats ok.
just amazing news. i'm soooo happy. i can't believe how awesome my baby is doing. meanwhile i hardly feel anything! i'm telling you, this has been the easiest 1st trimester in history. crazy. somtimes i worry, is the baby still there? because all i feel is tender breasts and occasional cramps. but i'm not complaining!! it would be nice if my labor went this easily. lol.
anyway i'm so happy. i'm graduating to an OB and my baby, as of tomorrow (9 weeks) is graduating from embryo to fetus!! yay!! :)
watching my baby is the best feeling but also so surreal. i can't believe its actually mine. its almost too good to be true.
good luck to all my girls TTC!! you'll get there!!!!!
i had my 2nd ultrasound today. quick recap, i went to get one done at 6w6d and the baby was doing fine but they wanted me to come back in 2 weeks to make sure everything is fine before they send me off to an OB. well today i am 8w6d and the baby is doing beautifully!!!!!! everyone was so impressed with how great the baby is doing. the ultrasound tech said "i think this one's a keeper" :)
i got to hear the heartbeat 168 beats per minute! amazing!!! and its gotten so much bigger! ANND best part, i saw my little chicken mcnugget moving!!! sooo cuuuute!! i die. the cutest and most surreal thing ever. i even saw its little heart just pumping away. a weird thing happened though. the tech said, are you getting cramps? and i said, right now? no. and she said, you're having braxton hicks contractions. and i was like whaaa? i've only heard of women getting those when they're like 9 months. i actually got to see the contraction on the ultrasound. it was wild! but i didn't feel a thing. and i saw the umbilical cord and the placenta. sooo awesome. :)
my RE says everything looks great. the baby is measuring 2 days bigger than it actually is! wow! and he says he sees nothing wrong with me, i'm not high risk or anything. w00T w00T! so he's ready to send me off to an OBGYN. he told me to only take the progesterone once a day for the next 3 weeks. cool beans. he did my bloodwork last time and i was hoping i would be able to take 1 of my vitamins off (i take 6 a day) but nope. in fact he wants me to double my vit d. which i'm totally fine with. i was secretly hoping i could stop taking the iron. its my least favorite. but thats ok.
just amazing news. i'm soooo happy. i can't believe how awesome my baby is doing. meanwhile i hardly feel anything! i'm telling you, this has been the easiest 1st trimester in history. crazy. somtimes i worry, is the baby still there? because all i feel is tender breasts and occasional cramps. but i'm not complaining!! it would be nice if my labor went this easily. lol.
anyway i'm so happy. i'm graduating to an OB and my baby, as of tomorrow (9 weeks) is graduating from embryo to fetus!! yay!! :)
watching my baby is the best feeling but also so surreal. i can't believe its actually mine. its almost too good to be true.
good luck to all my girls TTC!! you'll get there!!!!!
Great news! I remember getting so nervous before all of those early ultrasounds. It's so amazing the first time you can see an actual baby taking shape and when they're moving around like a little jumping bean it's pretty awesome.
My pregnancy was similar to yours so far, I had ZERO pregnancy symptoms. I really had the easiest pregnancy ever. Not even a hint of morning sickness, etc. I peed a lot but that was probably because I drank a TON of water through my whole pregnancy. Even at the end when I was really big, I wasn't uncomfortable because I was so used to carrying around extra weight. I really never felt better in my life than I did when I was pregnant. I don't plan on having any more and it makes me sad that I won't get to experience that again!
Enjoy this time because even though you're going to be anxious to meet your little one, your life is going to be turned upside down once he/she arrives! Savor every moment of your pregnancy.
Congrats!
My pregnancy was similar to yours so far, I had ZERO pregnancy symptoms. I really had the easiest pregnancy ever. Not even a hint of morning sickness, etc. I peed a lot but that was probably because I drank a TON of water through my whole pregnancy. Even at the end when I was really big, I wasn't uncomfortable because I was so used to carrying around extra weight. I really never felt better in my life than I did when I was pregnant. I don't plan on having any more and it makes me sad that I won't get to experience that again!
Enjoy this time because even though you're going to be anxious to meet your little one, your life is going to be turned upside down once he/she arrives! Savor every moment of your pregnancy.
Congrats!
Lap Band September 2007 / Slip discovered March 2014 after significant regain / Revised to VSG April 29, 2014
NO! Ha ha ha. I wish. My daughter had severe acid reflux for the first year and it was ROUGH. She's been an absolute joy since that resolved itself but I swear we both have PTSD from it.
Birth was weird for me. I was induced because I'm diabetic and my labor was just odd. I didn't dilate like at all for 2 days after induction and then kind of dilated all at once and out she came. I don't think it was awful though. Not like some horror stories I've heard!
Birth was weird for me. I was induced because I'm diabetic and my labor was just odd. I didn't dilate like at all for 2 days after induction and then kind of dilated all at once and out she came. I don't think it was awful though. Not like some horror stories I've heard!
Lap Band September 2007 / Slip discovered March 2014 after significant regain / Revised to VSG April 29, 2014
darn! lol. i wi****s so weird not knowing whats gonna happen. it could go either way. great, or horrible, or just weird. who knows? i don't have any frame of reference. thats the weirdest thing about this whole thing. i'm so type A. i like knowing whats coming. i have to just go with the flow with this whole thing.
Ahh..yes. I'm a control freak too. I still am but I've learned to be a little more flexible. I like the saying "We make plans and God laughs". I had a plan for everything and it all changed....still does. It's good to have plans and expectations but you have to allow for some change because very little will go as planned....not just the birth, either. Everything afterwards!
Lap Band September 2007 / Slip discovered March 2014 after significant regain / Revised to VSG April 29, 2014
AWESOME news!
Hearing a heart beat increases your chances exponentially of having a successful pregnancy. Being 8 weeks increases your chances exponentially as well. Your next milestone is 13 weeks, which is right around the corner....once you're past that it's heartburn, indigestion, getting kicked in the bladder and then to the downhill slide of holding your precious little nugget in YOUR arms! I actually looked forward to all that stuff because it was a reminder of being blessed. I saw an RE intitially to double check that everything was in order. The month I concieved, my OB changed practices and I had no one to see. She wasn't returning to practice for a few months. My RE said to come on in and he'd care for us while we waited. The first few months with a regular OB you only go once a month to get checked, but since he was an RE, he offered to see me weekly if I wanted. He winked and said "most of my mammas had a really hard time getting here so most are really nervous and I see them weekly until they are calm". I asked if I could come every other week because I too was a nervous mamma! lol When I switched over to my regular OB I missed seeing my little dude on the cool high res monitor every other week. But there was something about making that first appointment with the regular OB that felt like breaking the finish line tape after a marathon.
Here's to another 218 days of bliss!!! CONGRATS!!!
Hearing a heart beat increases your chances exponentially of having a successful pregnancy. Being 8 weeks increases your chances exponentially as well. Your next milestone is 13 weeks, which is right around the corner....once you're past that it's heartburn, indigestion, getting kicked in the bladder and then to the downhill slide of holding your precious little nugget in YOUR arms! I actually looked forward to all that stuff because it was a reminder of being blessed. I saw an RE intitially to double check that everything was in order. The month I concieved, my OB changed practices and I had no one to see. She wasn't returning to practice for a few months. My RE said to come on in and he'd care for us while we waited. The first few months with a regular OB you only go once a month to get checked, but since he was an RE, he offered to see me weekly if I wanted. He winked and said "most of my mammas had a really hard time getting here so most are really nervous and I see them weekly until they are calm". I asked if I could come every other week because I too was a nervous mamma! lol When I switched over to my regular OB I missed seeing my little dude on the cool high res monitor every other week. But there was something about making that first appointment with the regular OB that felt like breaking the finish line tape after a marathon.
Here's to another 218 days of bliss!!! CONGRATS!!!
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aww thank you!! everything looks so good. my docs are really optimistic. i'm so proud of my little nugget. i still haven't told a soul other than my husband. this has been the hardest part of being pregnant. i'm the kind of person that can't keep a secret. i NEED to talk to people. so thank god for this site. and even here i didn't mention it till i was about 5 or 6 weeks. but not telling friends and family is so hard. i can't wait to be out of the closet. lol. i plan to tell everyone on my birthday. june 2nd. i'll be 12 w and 3 days but if my 12 week ultrasound goes well i think i'll let myself breath at that point. i can't wait to share this happiness with everyone and finally be able to talk about it and truly embrace this and let myself be really happy and excited. this is the best time of my life, and the time i've waited for for so long! i can't wait! almost there!
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