So next Thursday is the appointment where we get to try to hear the heartbeat with doppler!!  Because I will be almost 11 weeks by then we are pretty confident that if we can't hear it they will at least go ahead and give me and ultrasound, instead of insisting that I come back. We didn't want to make the appt for this week because odds are they would refuse the ultrasound and then make us come in next week anyway. Except then we would spend all week sick to our stomachs!

So that's it for now! Now we wait!

Other than that...my weight is up 7lbs total from pre-pregancy. Uggghh. So I will be feverishly investigating pre-natal workout videos this week. Chad has already promised to buy me one for Christmas! I am really hoping that after 13 weeks or so I will be full of energy...at least for a while. I feel like a total slug!

As Chad would say..."LUV LUV LUV LUV LUV!!!!!!"

Well, nothing new to report. 5 words.

Tired Tired  Tired (this one's worth repeating)

Nauseous

Constipated

Bloated

Irritable

Yep. That's it. Next doc appt will likely be first week in January. It will be then when they will try to hear the heartbeat by external doppler. Not sure if we will be able to hear it then but if not we are hoping we can demand another ultrasound since we don't want things to play out like last time!  I am up way too many pounds already and too tired to really care right now. I think I must be moving about 60% less than pre-pregnancy, ha ha. Oh well. Once the baby comes that'll all end so I really don't feel guilty about it!

Talk to you all soon!

Well, I just created this journal today so symptoms so far........

Extremely tired. Much more than my last pregnancy. Almost debilitating. I have about two good hours in the AM, but then come the yawns. I feel like bed at around 6:30 pm but fight it until about 8:30. I guess I don't feel guilty for sleeping at this point.

Sore boobs of course. They seem much bigger (oh great) and slightly more sore than last time. Size has become a huge problem and quite an ominous sign for the future. I am extrapolating out what these babies are going to look like in 9 months. YIKES! Note to self: Ask Mom what she did with those suckers the whole 9 months!!!!????

Cravings are there but not so bad and not as individual as last time. All I wanted last time was hot sour cream...on anything! Well, I think I gained all the fat weight I needed to last time cuz I never managed to shed those 10 lbs. I am already up 4 or 5 again but cravings are very non specific and vary. Today it was hot wings. Can't give in every time or I will be 250 pounds by the time this baby comes! Aggghh!

And did I say "morning sickness". Yep, except that it is all day and all night and overnight. I guess I should consider myself lucky cuz I haven't actually puked but pretty close. The big pain is that the only thing that helps is eating but that only helps for about an hour and then I am SOL again.  Everybody says that this is a great sign, a sign of a healthy pregnancy, so I'll go with that. I need all the inspiration I can get!

And finally, but definitely not the least insignificant, is the slooooowwwwddddooowwnnn of the plumbing system, if you get my drift. Gas, gas, and more gas. I just tell Chad he should be thankful it is coming out the top and not the bottom. He smartly keeps his mouth shut.

I feel like a whiner but after all this is where I am supposed to put all this, right?

11/12/07- Tested with a cheapie pregnancy test in Missouri, blaring negative. I am not at all feeling it. I even had to soften the blow for Chad and remind him of the odds I would actually fall pregnant the first month trying at my age. Ha ha. I am so convinced I am NOT pregnant that I go ahead and start drinking caffeinated coffee.

11/15/07- Back from Missouri. Chad insists that I test this AM. I give him a lot of grief, telling him, "I am not pregnant". He runs out and gets a digital test. I go the bathroom, even call my sis cuz I am sure it is negative. Two minutes into the phone conversation, there it is: PREGNANT in big digital letters. My first thought is "uh-oh". I get off the phone, run tell Chad in the shower and he takes about 10 double takes. I said, "I got nothin'". No clue. Would have sworn I wasn't but there it was! the only clue was some emotionalism the last few days but I got that last time too so I guess I should have known.