Update!

So, after a nice long chat w/ the Dr. I was told that I need more B6 vitamins and I'm not drinking enough water. Fabulous...more trips to the bathroom :).

Anywho, it seems that the B6 will help w/ the nausea against water (drinking large quantities of water is a no go for me anymore) and will help alleviate the random fatigue that hit on Thursday. I had started to feel better in that respect earlier last week and then BAM it hit with full force later Thursday afternoon. I took a 4 hr nap that afternoon and then slept for over 13hrs that night...it was crazy.

Anyways, some dizziness I know is to be expected with all the changes going on but this just scared me a little because of how often and how bad it was. So, I was instructed to go home, eat a nice iron/protien rich meal, take 1/2 a B6 vitamin tablet (other 1/2 in am), and drink MORE water! I think I can handle that.

Thank you Lord for easy fixes!!!

Almost out of the 1st trimester.

It's very difficult to believe that I'm almost out of the 1st trimester already (just a week or so left). I'm looking forward to regaining a bit more of my energy and for most of the nausea to subside. However, I've been blessed with mostly fabulous health the last three months! The exhaustion had started to subside and is now, for some reason, picking back up again.

This weekend was pretty relaxing, we didn't do a whole lot on Saturday. Sunday we had lunch w/ Grandpa and Coleen, walked around a nursery then picked up paint for the second bedroom! I am so excited!!!! Not because I like to paint, but because it will be another room that's painted in the house...and it'll be baby's room.

However, I've been battling some dizziness/almost fainting issues between Sunday/today. Yesterday I went to a local church because I didn't want to be rushing back from Aurora to pick up Anthony for lunch out here...and I spent pretty much the whole service seated. I would stand for a minute or so and get so light headed/clammy feeling I knew if I didn't sit down I was going to pass out. Sigh, probably corresponding my temp has been between 97.4 - 97.8 over the past two days. No fun! I called the OB today and they want me to come in to run a few tests (blood pressure, sugar and probably Iron counts). Lovely.

I was supposed to work this afternoon but the dr. couldn't get me in until 2ish...around the time I'm supposed to be at work. So, I had to call Carol to see if she could cover for me. :( I was looking forward to getting out of the house and working for a little bit!

Well, as much as I don't want to I must clean Pig's cage...she's beginning to smell pretty bad. Thankfully there is a place to sit if needed when doing it! Off to clean her, then clean myself and then dr.'s appointment. Will keep everyone updated!

11 weeks

Well, things are certainly progressing. As I get closer to the 12 week mark I've noticed that nausea and exhaustion are almost gone, thank God for small favors! However, I think I'm fighting a bit of something off. Nothing major, just enough to present as a low grade fever and make me feel exhausted. Seems to be getting better today...no fever! And I was able to make it into work. :)

This past Friday Joy and I stopped at Kohl's, since we had time to kill before our movie, and I found two of the most adorable maternity tops! (and of course neither of them are online so I can't show you...guess I'll just have to take pictures!) Thanks to a 15% off coupon and a gift card the two of them only cost me $7! Now that's a steal!!!

On Saturday I saw Lisa and she gave me quite a few things from her maternity selection as well. I was uber excited because that included three dresses! I'm going to purchase some leggings and black flats to wear with two of them and the other is just too light and cute not to wear this year before it gets chilly.

Speaking of chilly I'm looking forward to cooler weather! I know, I know...don't rush winter and the snow! But quite frankly, this summer was so mild that it never really felt like summer arrived and well, fall will be a welcome season in this household! I'm planning to get away for a girls weekend in the next month or so before baby starts growing too much, before snow and before we have to start really working on more house stuff. Maybe the weekend I'm gone Anthony can get the men up for heavy lifting, rearranging and painting. That would be fabulous. We've already started, just a lot to do. Thankfully, my wonderful husband put up the second half of our closet Friday while I was gone! It was such a wonderful surprise to come home to!!! I love you baby!

In other baby news I've looked around and will have to go shopping for pair of work pants and jeans...soon. I feel like I've put on about 10 lbs but according to the scale I've only put on 2 extra. There are a few resale shops in the area I'm going to hit up first then go from there. It seems like such a waste to purchase a lot of brand new clothing when there are moms out there who're dying to get rid of theirs! This http://www.clothesmentor.com/NewV2/Clothes_Mentor/Home.html looks like an awesome place and I'll be trying them out soon. Well, I think that's about it for now. It's been a long week so far and I'm glad that it's almost the weekend. We have nothing planned Saturday and then Sunday we get to see Grandpa and Coleen for lunch! It'll be nice to just veg.

Ta ta for now!

10 Weeks!

Yeah! This has been an exciting week! Anthony and I spent quite a bit of effort cleaning out our 2nd bedroom, purging has begun. Guess you never realize how much junk you accumulate until you are forced to go through it ;). We've started talking about colors for the baby's room too.

We both really like this one ... http://coochicoos.com/nursery-design/nursery_design_calm_and_peacef.html because of how calm it looks.

However, I also like a modified version of this one too :)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_L-deInbQA9c/SkRuBPftkZI/AAAAAAAACMY/QkWeAMu_MGo/s640/modern-nursery-ideas.jpg.

We went to Menards to pick out some samples yesterday. How exciting.

We also went to see the OB for our first ultrasound yesterday and got to see baby kicking around and hear the heartbeat. What an amazing thing! Technology is wonderful. Being pregnant feels a whole lot more real now. The fact that you can actually see the little one moving around inside...just so cool. I'll post the ultrasound pictures below for y'all.

Other than that pregnancy is going well. I've started to get the little 'pooch' in the lower abdomen that I can't suck in and I've put on a little bit of weight. The combination of which has now forced me to start using rubber bands as needed on pants for 'extension'. Within the next few weeks I'm going to need a shopping run for work pants and probably a new pair of jeans. However, aunt Lisa has a few dresses/tops and a pair of jeans that may fit from her pregnancy. I'll be seeing them on Saturday and will get to try them on. I'm very excited about hand me downs! Not only maternity clothing but also with furniture/baby stuff too. The less we have to purchase the better!!!

Well, guess that's about all for now. Need to take off from work soon to make a Fruitful Yield run. Took my last prenatal vitamin this morning and need more for lunch!

Thank you all for the warm wishes via phone or facebook! We love all of you and can't be more excited to have you involved in this exciting time for us! Love ya!!!

Today's visit

Whew, today went fantastic at the doctors!!! They were so much nicer, the ladies were all so friendly and they gave me this packet of papers and a cute little weekly calendar with 3D images for each week :). What a difference an office can make.

Well, I'm officially 9 weeks, 1 day. Apparently I've been calculating a day off :). She attempted to find the heartbeat with a hand held doppler (even though I'm only 9 weeks and not in the classification as "tiny"). She was too cute, she said to me "normally I don't even try this till about 10 weeks but you're pretty skinny so we'll give it a shot!" Talk about making my day by calling me skinny :). However, no luck...she thought she had it then poof.

Anywho, I get to go back a week from today for an actual ultrasound to see the heartbeat and to verify due date. So excited. I've a genetic thingy (you'd think that some doctor along the way would have told me before now?) that they'll need to monitor as I progress but should have no problems. Just need to keep an eye out for pre-term labor towards the end is all.

Hopefully all 4 freaking vials of blood they drew were well worth it and turn up well b/c my arm has never hurt as bad from having blood drawn as it does today. Sigh, after a long day of driving around to get things done and ending w/ the OB appointment I'm pooped. Gonna finish some laundry and pack a bag for this weekend at the in-laws. Then time for a little relaxation!

Relief!

Yaaaaaay, my old OB still works in Naperville and they're open to what I'm looking for! WAHOO! After many phone calls between too many doctors offices/hospitals I think we're set for right now. At least there is a foundation being laid that we're comfortable with. I have an appointment with them tomorrow @ 3:15 and they're going to do all the stuff that the doctor I saw yesterday didn't. They were shocked when I told them what he pulled. Sigh, at least I'm not the only one! The only thing he did do was tell me my due date is around March 10, 2010. :)

We're telling everyone that were expecting today. I already talked to Grandpa and I'm waiting for Anthony's grandma to call me back...then it's fair game :). We were going to wait till this weekend but with tomorrow being 9 weeks (and 9 weeks being the new 12 weeks :) ) guess now is as good as ever. Besides, it's too much fun to chat about it and prepare with all the people who are important to us!

Thank you to all who have supported me over the last week when I was sick. It meant so much to me. Still feeling great! Had Dr. Oki run a CRA test on me and all systems are a go/back to normal! Yay for no more toxic stomach!!!!

Tomorrow is 9 weeks...go us!

Going to the doctor today!

Sigh, I can't believe that I'm almost 9 weeks pregnant (Thursday :) ) and going to see the (new) OBGYN today! I'm hesitant about the whole new dr. thing and I'm nervous just in general. {{{{Big breath in}}}}.

I was looking forward to writing a nice long post last week but ended up getting horribly sick! So here's all that happened...8 weeks passed, I had food poisoning and was miserable for 4 days, then I got better ;). I lead a very exciting life, what can I say!

Anywho, I should go get ready for the Dr., I've been cleaning/cooking most of the day. Will update later!
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Update: This new OBGYN office stunk. They forgot to mail me paperwork to tell me how to arrive (IE w/ full bladder, so no ultrasound or anything), they were running way late, and I ended up spending more time waiting for the doctor than I did seeing/talking to him. He didn't do a dang thing and hardly talked to me. Not that I want to be hand fed everything, but, if I hadn't done my research and was completly in the dark I would still not know what to expect! I was so frustrated/ticked when I left. On top of all that, when I asked about natural birth, the RN's looked at me like I was carrying the plauge. Sigh, I was so frustrated/ticked when I left. Guess we're not sticking w/ these guys...time to call the old OB and deal w/ the 45 min drive to and from. At least they know me, I like them and the hospital they're affiliated w/ has multiple birth options.

On a positive note, we had free dinner @ Bartlett's National Night Out and went grocery shopping where I bought stuff to make Guacamole! MMMMMMM it was sooooooo good. Well, this lady's had about enough for today and my foot hurts, bed time!