10.5 and counting

Well, here I am...almost week eleven. I am so excited about beginning my second trimester. I guess that's when you get your energy back and your appetite! woo hoo! I am looking forward to actually "showing". I just look a little chubby now and people don't think I am pregnant just leaning a little heavy on the little debbies. This is such a nervous and exciting time. I have spent hours and hours praying, lifting all my cares to the Lord. Isn't it wonderful that He cares about our every concern? He know all my worries and I have been giving them all to Him every day in prayer. So many things to think about...wow. It's kinda overwhelming. I see babies and just can't wait to hold my own. It doesn't even seem real. So, I have been feeling pretty good these past few days. It seems that I am getting out of the major nausea which is lovely. I am still really moody, but I can't help that much. I just keep telling people I know that I am moody and I appologize. I don't mean to be that way but my mood changes at the flip of a switch. It's nuts. So, otherwise...things are going smoothly, I guess. The Lord is so good. He gives us far more than we deserve!!

plugging along!

So, onward and upward. So far things are going well. I am starting my third month, week nine! This week has been a crazy one. My birthday was Friday, but I had such a miserable day that I didn't even care. I was just an emotional wreck. I had cramps all morning and I was crying, convinced that I was having a miscarriage. Come to find out, week nine is when the uterus really starts to stretch and as long as your cramping is not accompanied with bleeding, you are okay. I wish someone would have told me this stuff. I had myself so worked up. Hormones are a crazy crazy force. Pregnancy is like PMS times a thousand. Otherwise, I am feeling pretty well. I am exhausted which is typical. I only threw up once and have been munching on crackers before getting up which has really done the trick. I still get nauseated but I haven't been vomitting. Praise the Lord. My husband has really been getting a kick out of me. He hears my alarm go off at five am and then a bunch of little munching. He said I sound like a little mouse. I told him I would rather munch and sound like a mouse than throw up!
Seth is really getting excited which is so fun to see. We went to babies R us to browse around last night. It was wild. We need alot of stuff. And, I don't even know all of the stuff we really need! I mean, I know the basics but they have so much out there. It was really overwhelming. We were walking around in there and seeing all of the babies. It makes me so excited. I can't wait until I can hold our baby. So much to think about!
I am so thankful to the Lord for this gift. I feel so undeserving. The Lord is so gracious that He loves us and gives us what we do not deserve. We are so blessed. I can't thank Him enough.

morning sickness here I come!

I thought I might be one of the lucky ones who didn't throw up with her pregnancy. I was nauseated for a few weeks but then this morning the tide turned. I was getting ready for work this morning and all of the sudden I got really hot and sweaty. I went outside to get some air and before I knew it, I was throwing up in the back yard. Lovely.

Still kicking

This last week has been an exciting and nerve racking one. Tuesday we had our first MD appointment. They confirmed that I was pregnant and ordered an ultrasound and some lab work. As I have been nervous about miscarriage, I asked my Doctor about it and she said that once I hear a heartbeat on the ultrasound, the risk of miscarriage drops to about 5%. Well, that made waiting for the ultrasound even harder and even scarier! I scheduled it for Thursday. Seth met me there and they took me in and, A HEARTBEAT!! A STRONG HEARTBEAT! Seth and I cried tears of joy. I am worrying much less now. The lady who did the ultrasound said that everything looked good and that I am eight weeks along and my due date is March 24. Wow! How exciting! I go back to the doctor in one month.

Seth and I traveled to my home town this weekend to share our exciting news with my family. I wanted to tell my mom and dad earlier, but this is so important to them that I wanted to be there in person to see their faces when they heard the news.

I wrapped up my preganany test in a jewelry box and gave it to my mom as a birthday gift with some other things. She opened it up and was completely speechless! She looked up at me in disbelief and said "Are you serious? Is this a joke?" Once it sunk it, she and my dad were overjoyed. We had the video of the ultrasound so they were able to hear the heartbeat too. It was such a special time for us to share together. It's their first grandbaby!

Seth and I are so thankful to the Lord for His blessing us with a baby. I still can't believe that it is for real and probably won't until I hold "her" in my arms. I say "her" because I am convinced it's a girl. Seth of course is convinced it is a boy as is the rest of my family. We are going to be surprised so no one will know until the end of march! I don't know how I am going to be able to wait! I really don't care if it's a girl or boy though. I just want a healthy baby.

change change change

Well....just as I said, Seth and I sold our bikes and our cavalier and traded them in on a larger safer car. It's a Monte Carlo. It's nice and I like it, but getting rid of my bike was so hard! I am really going to miss riding with my husband, parents and brother. It is all worth it though. I need to do everything I can to protect this little baby in my belly.

So, it's been a week since my last post and I know more than ever {not that I was doubting} that I am pregnant. I have never felt so sick in my whole life! Let me tell you, in case you didn't know, I love to eat! I enjoy eating. I love going out to restaurants etc etc etc...well, not now! The thought of food makes me gag. I am nauseated thoughout most of the day. I am completely exhausted. The other night I went to bed at eight! Wow, what a whirlwind of changes. It's good though because so far all of the symptoms I have are normal. I haven't had any severe cramping or bleeding which is a relief. I am counting down the days until my Dr. appointment. It is Tues. I will have a greater idea of exactly where I am and how the baby is doing then. According to what I have read, I am seven weeks along right now. But, we will see for sure on Tues.

I am pretty excited about this coming weekend. We are going to my mom and dad's house up north and will tell them our exciting news. We wanted to tell them in person, and it is even more exciting because my brother, his wife and my grandparents will be there as well! I can't wait! It's so hard not to spill it everytime I talk to my mom. I just have to see the look on her face for myself!

So, keep praying...so far so good. I can't thank the Lord enough for this gift. I was beginning to think we were not going to be able to get pregnant. The Lord is so good!!!