Week 11

Week 11 seems to have brought with it a burst of energy.  I can actually stay up past 8pm!  With that being said, once I fall asleep, I dream all night, very vividly, and I can remember every detail about every dream.

I also started wearing some of my maternity pants this week.  They are a little big right now, but my regular pants are a little small.  I’m in between I guess.  But the maternity pants are so so so so so much more comfortable.  I don’t really feel very pregnant when I look at my stomach.  I feel fat!  There’s not a real round belly, just extra flab I feel like.  I always thought I would take pictures of myself every week of my pregnancy…to be honest, I haven’t really wanted to!  I am going to start though.  One day, I will enjoy it.  One day, when my belly is gigantic I will wish to be back to this size.  Ha!

I froze my gym membership this week…which was a pretty hard thing for me to do.  For the first few weeks after finding out I was pregnant, I was way too exhausted to exercise.  I kept telling myself that this would pass and then I could get back to the gym.  Last week, my doctor advised to just stick with walking for right now.  I don’t need a gym membership to walk, so I froze my remaining months there to use after the pregnancy.  Since then, Darrell and I have been walking Cameron every evening for about a mile.  It’s good for Cameron and it’s good for Darrell and I. 

As always, thank you for the continued prayers!!

Week 10

Today was our first doctor's appointment at the OB and it was surreal!!  Words cannot describe how blessed I feel after today!

I was so nervous walking into that doctor's office.  Although I know that anything that happens is God's will, I still get nervous!  They called Darrell and I back for the ultrasound and as soon as they plopped that little stick on my belly and rubbed it around, our baby appeared on the screen.  Then they added sound and we got to hear a HEALTHY heartbeat!  173 beats per minute. 

My mom also went, because Darrell could only come for the ultrasound and then had to go back to work.  We had decided Darrell and I would do the ultrasound together and once we had our moment, my mom could come in.  I told Darrell to go get my Mom so she could come in.  As soon as Darrell walked out of the room, our baby started moving it's arms and legs.  I was in disbelief!  The baby continued to show off until Darrell and my Mom got back in the room.  None of us could believe our eyes!  It was the coolest thing I've seen in my entire life.

 The rest of the day was filled with a lot of tests and a lot of questions.  I have had a rash on my stomach that was spreading to my arms and legs.  That is the reason I was itching SO bad!  I have been waking up in the middle of the night just clawing myself.  The rash is from a reaction to using Palmers Cocoa Butter.  So, no more butter for me and the Dr. prescribed me a cream to make the rash go away!  I can't wait to sleep without waking up itching! 

God is far better to me than I ever deserved.  And today, was a testimony to that!

Thank you all so much for the prayers!!!!  Continue to pray!

Week 9

Week 9 has been similar to most of the other weeks.  Except impatiently waiting to go to the Dr.  It still shocks me that I have not been yet!  A friend and I were talking at work the other day, she has a small son.  She said she remembered waiting FOREVER and thinking "Shouldn't they see me and make sure that I am okay to carry a baby!?!"  That's EXACTLY how I feel!!!  They should give us a license to carry these babies around! 

Only kidding, but ony 7 more days and we will hopefully have a good Dr.'s appt next Thursday!

My clothes are getting much tighter...specifically my pants.  I think I have 2 pair of work pants that I can actually wear.  I found the sweetest lady tonight on Craigslist and she sold me a TON of maternity clothes.  I can't believe I am saying this, but I CANNOT WAIT to wear those elastic band pants!!!!!  =)

I have noticed a small increase in my eating.  I read online somewhere that you didn't really need to eat for 2, only drink a couple extra glasses of milk everyday...I think whoever wrote that has never been pregnant.  I wake up thinking about what I am going to eat!  SO funny!

Anyway, it is WAY past this pregnant girls bedtime.  Continue to pray for a healthy heartbeat and baby next week! 

Week 8

Last week provided little time to blog, so I am playing catch up this week.

Week 8 was no different really from week 6-7 except for some major itching!  My belly itches like crazy!  I am told it is from the stretching of your body.  My back itches too, but not as bad as my stomach.  I put lotion on in the morning and before I go to bed, hoping that it will relieve the itching somewhat, and normally it helps a little. 

Thankfully, still no sickness, just occasional nausea depending on what I eat. 

My sense of smell is REALLY strong.  I can smell just about anything – things I don’t normally smell.  Before I realized my sense of smell was getting better, a few weeks ago at church I could smell my feet.  They didn’t stink, I could just smell them.  I asked Darrell about 12 times if he smelled them.  He didn’t.  I asked my mom, she didn’t.  Now I feel like I smell everything, all the time.  I can smell Cameron from a mile away, I can smell my socks, I can smell anything that is cooking in the break room at work.  Usually, that makes me hungry, or feel nauseous. 

We were scheduled for our first ultrasound this Thursday, the 8^th.  I called my OB last week to check on something, and my OB had accidentally cancelled my appointment and my time slot was no longer available…I had a minor meltdown and cried while attempting to tell the receptionist that she can just create a new spot for me at the same time on the same day I had scheduled, since I had already asked for time off at work.  It’s just, you wait so LONG to go to the doctor and I just want somebody to go “Yep, everybody looks good!”  Just some reassurance...And suddenly, my appointment I have waited forever for was accidentally cancelled.  That specific receptionist panicked and said she would have a manager call me back. 

I called back the following day and spoke to a very sweet woman, who was willing to try everything to get me in for the ultrasound and blood work, but couldn’t get it worked out to have them both on the same day.  SO, my appointment got pushed back ANOTHER week.  It will feel like eternity before I actually make this appointment. 

Hopefully the time will pass quick!  I appreciate all the prayers and continue to pray!

xoxo