belly button popping already?! last night we had some company over...Sha and Bri W (he helped DH move the fridge), and had some pizza and Sha brought a fruit tray. but off course, i stayed up too late and lost all that food shortly after they left. Then i went to bed, and didn't wake up until my alarm went off!... WHAT? must have been too tired to wake up and pee.... HMMM. so, feeling yucky as usual...i got my breakfast...let the dog out... ate my breakfast... starting feeling slightly better. i popped my tic tac in my mouth and hopped in the shower. i felt awesome. no sign of nausea. i'm in the shower, washing my belly button ring/belly button like i do everyday, but felt something. my belly button! UMMM it's popping!!! already!!!??? So, i figure, if this is true, and since i didn't get up to pee in the middle of the night, well i think that can only mean one thing! - BABY'S MOVIN' UP! WOW!
seems so soon though! and on top of that, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH AN OUTTIE BELLY BUTTON and a BELLY BUTTON RING? how is this supposed to work? *L* i want to keep my wholes open, but i'm not quite sure how to go about this! if anyone has any suggestions, i would most definitely appreciate hearing them. (yes, taking out the ring is the obvious one)
because of this discovery today, and maybe paired with the beautiful weather we're having, i am feeling awesome! either that, or my morning sickness is gone - which would be totally awesome, cuz then i can really start eating healthy again! i'm sure baby would appreciate that!
2008-03-30 (9 weeks)
last thursday (night) - dream so i had another dream about the baby's sex. i dreamed that i was holding our baby by my parents' pool, but i could only see part of me and the baby's right hand and i said to someone, "i told DH it was going to be a girl."
i just wanted to make note of that.
it's been a while since i've been on here, again. quick update - bb's still sore, i'm still barfing (last night my vitamin made me barf, so that went down the toilet rather fast). i'm pretty tired and i think i'm going to go to bed before i feel yuckier than i do now. next friday is our first ultrasound and i'm super excited (except, of course, for the drinking water part...i don't know about 4 large glasses...my sis couldn't do it, so i don't think i'll be able to!).
oh ya, and washing my face in the shower makes me barf, so now i have to wash my face before i'm in the shower, and poppping a spearmint tic tac (that sour taste is killer) helped today as well. weird, but i gotta do what i gotta do.
other than this stuff, i'm feeling okay. i've had a few times where i've felt great, but those are always fairly short-lived...but nice. i just can't believe there's a baby growing inside of me and i really hope he or she is healthy and growing strong. sometimes i don't know how it's even possible with the way i have to eat now, and that worries me. well, i have faith that all is well
DH needs to work on some website stuff, so i gotta go.
i'll be back for an update later
2008-03-24 (8 weeks)
1st Gift Happy Easter!
our baby got his/her first gift on saturday. my grandma wanted to be the first to give the baby a gift. she got him/her a really cute pair of white booties with a teddy bear on each of them...they're so little!! and a little, soft, white bear that says the Lord's prayer when you press its tummy. (DH isn't a fan... but i like it :) it has a pink ribbon on it - my grandma thinks we're going to have a girl.
i had a dream last night that we had our first ultrasound and they could tell that it's a girl, but i knew before the technician could even say it.
so we'll see
i told my grandpa over the phone on saturday cuz he wasn't feeling well enough to come out for Easter dinner (and Lin's b-day dinner). He sounded pretty happy ("i get to be a great grandpa for the third time!" he says :), and he congratulated me (us).
what else? oh ya, we told Mic&Bry, and Nat on friday night. they all came over at about 9pm. we all were chatting away, and i was looking for a good spot to throw in our good news. they were talking about exercise equipment. i said, "well i'm doing the opposite of you guys, i'm gonna get fat," and i rubbed my belly. Bry was like "ohhh whatever, toothpick..." haha... so i said, "we're going to have a baby :)" They were all so happy for us and gave DH and i hugs. Mic & Nat said they were going to say something when i said about getting fat, but held it back just in case. haha. Nat was really good too...she talked about how the next week would have been her due date... i mentioned the whole caffeine thing causing miscarriages, which she didn't know about but we all agreed that miscarriages just happen regardless & for the best. (but maybe she'll keep it in mind... just in case. she feels jinxed :( Anyway, they left at about 12:30am...and then i barfed. haha.
Mic told Mon (cuz she didn't make it down) and i got a facebook msg from her today, congratulating me :)
anyway, my eyes are going buggy & blurry. i need to go eat something too. i've been trying really hard to avoid the barfing this morning, and i'm not going to give up yet!
ps- been thinking more about where to put the crib... i agree with my parents i think. upstairs might be best. AND my sis said we can use her bassinet, which is awesome.
2008-03-20 (7 weeks)
2nd prenatal my appt. was at 10:15 am. i got there 15 mins early and snacked on some clementine pieces and a couple ritz crackers in the car, and then brought my water in with me. i get to the check-in window, where a man (probably not too much older than me) was waiting with a form. so the lady bumps me ahead and says okay, you can go sit...i thought cool, no pee cup. and then she goes, oh wait... and hands me a pee cup right next to that dude. i'm like, ah ha ha. it really doesn't matter who that other person was...it could have been a woman...it's still a little weird! oh well. guess i should get used to it. it might look better when i'm actually really noticeably pregnant. i guess it will be spring soon and hopefully light jacket (or no jacket) weather, so that might make it a little more obvious. NOW, to the important stuff...
the nurse there is pregnant too, about a month or so more than me...we chatted about ultrasound stuff. i guess the closest 3D one is in Lon....not too far.
anyway, my Dr said i'm A+ (which was my favourite grade ;) for blood type! woohoo, i finalllllly got that answered! so DH doesn't need to check his (if i was A- then he would. see, i knew there was something to it. i think people were starting to think i was carazzzzyyyy!). Also, he said my hcg levels were "slightly lower" so i might be off by about a week. HUH WHAT? how? not possible. which MEANS, to me anyway, that my hcg levels were just low... I WOULD SAY...that's my detective feeling... not that i mean they were just low and no big deal, cuz the little voice in the back of my head says, hmmm hopefully my hcg went way up... or else...
i'm trying to stay positive. i do have the lovely nausea and fantastic food aversions to pretty much EVERYTHING (okay, well...everything veggie!!!...to say the least. bleh that word even disgusts me still....anyway!), and i've read that "morning sickness" is a good sign, so let's hope it is.
Next order of business, i've gained 4lbs! i'm happy about that too. that's actually a big feat for me! i'm up to a ginormous 98lbs! haha!
i also mentioned about my tongue. how Crispy Minis rice cakes, the dill pickle kind, has pretty much killed it. ever since i ate those (and i thought kiwi was bad!) last week, my tongue has burned and bled. it was all white on the back half of it too. gross. now it's clearing up...to a nice inflammed-looking red. it feels like i have a million little cuts all over the top of it. it's awesome. SO, my dr says it could be my iron pills (ferrous fumarate), and that i can stop taking them anyway cuz my levels were good on my blood test. so i will stop them, and after a week if that hasn't helped, he gave me a prescription for some yeast stuff b/c i might have yeast on my tongue - hence the white. anyone hungry? also, he said i could swallow the stuff or spit it. i think i'll spit it out...why suck up chemicals when it's not necessary? Speaking of spitting....i have more barf news. if you're interested, keep reading... haha!
Most importantly though...!!!... i have an ultrasound scheduled!!!!! April 11 at 12:30pm. i have to be there at 12:15 to register, and i have to drink 4 large glasses of water and be done drinking them by 11:30am that day (of course). that's going to be awesome. oh man. i remember my sister having to do that part and having to pee so bad. the nurse (or technician maybe?) said she could "let some out"...like that wouldn't be difficult. will the ultrasound be the highlight of the day? or peeing afterwards? might be a tough call. Awwww i'm just kidding! OF COURSE the ultrasound. i can't wait!!!!!!!!! DH will be there too. i guess i get some blood taken while i'm there too. that would be great if it's done AFTER i pee. And from there, they'll schedule my next ultrasound at about 20 weeks.
the only thing that might suck, is that if it is too early (back to the hcg level thing). my dr thinks if i'm earlier than we thought (again, HOW?), then they might have to reschedule me...which will be okay, but my bladder will be rather annoyed with me. (and possibly DH for making him skip work... nothing i can do about that though...? i know he won't be mad :)
Oh, and you want to hear about my barfing? i thought so... i felt like eating frosted flakes for breakfast. yep, healthy. (actually, the nutrition chart ain't half bad! and i deserve SOME sweet stuff once in a while, don't i?) So, i finish eating (which takes me probably an extra 10 minutes now! it's difficult to enjoy it first thing in the morning anymore), and go to the bathroom and brush my teeth. with my toothbrush still in hand, i spit in the sink. spitting can now lead to barfing. toothbrush still in hand - no time to put it away! - i turn to the toilet and bye bye breakfast! the flakes felt lovely coming back up. nice and chunkkkk sorry....
i warned you.
Anyway, baby i hope you're growing strong and healthy in there. i'm doing my best. it's really hard, but i'm trying! a couple nights ago, when i had that "violent barf," DH was concerned i wasn't eating enough. you ask the people who watch the security cameras in my office building, who brings in a full grocery bag to work everyday? oh ya, that's me, with my morning snacks. not that i eat all of them, but they're there, and sometimes i eat the rest of them in the afternoon too. i do what i can, when i can. anyway, DH said maybe he's was tired...we were arguing...and perhaps he didn't really mean it. i think it's because i'm concerned i'm not eating healthy enough...so it starts picking at him, and grows on him too.
we're going to have Mich&Bry, and Nat(Kyl is in florida) over tomorrow night - late, like 9pm. i will have to make sure to eat when they're here so i don't barf. i hope they can all make it this time. sometimes things come up and it's so hard for all of us to get together lately. so we're going to tell them tomorrow. we'll probably just say it...i think showing them the star wars card would be okay too, but DH doesn't think it's them. oh well. i hope all goes well...especially with Nat as she had gone through a miscarriage last fall.
well, i think that's about it for now.
HAPPY EASTER :) yay for 4 day weekends too!!!
