Tomorrow

We have a doctor's appointment tomorrow, just a check up. And hopefully we will get to schedule the fetal survey (aka GENDER SCAN!!!) I'm so excited, I really hope that my doctor will allow us an ultrasound at 18 weeks!! That would be wonderful, and sooner than 20 weeks! :) Anyway, baby looks more like a baby now, and I've been feeling these little flutters in my lower tummy and it makes me smile every time! It's so exciting! Although, my doctor will probably tell me tomorrow that the flutters are really just gas and I'm not feeling the baby at all... I still believe it's the baby, lol.

On a side note... I cannot believe how mean women can be online! I have been using Facebook's version of The Nest and The Bump (Mommyhood) for a long time. We have had squabblers but mostly the moderators keep things going smoothly. Well, we've found out that with an upcoming Facebook change, the forums will no longer be supported and we can't use them anymore. This makes many of us really sad since we go on there for advice and support. Well, I tell ya.. the true colors of people certainly come out when no one is making sure they're playing nice! These ladies swear and are calling people out, bringing up topics that have been soooooooo controversial and no one seems to care anymore about being civil! It's ridiculous! People sure do turn into children when not in face-to-face conversation!

So I'm totally in love with this gals blog idea!

She's blogging about her pregnancy, and has some really cute pics up along with the following questions/answers about her current week! I had to borrow it! 


How far along? 15 Weeks, 3 Days
Total weight gain/loss: 2.4 lbs gain as of this morning
Maternity clothes? One pair of maternity jeans since mine are soo uncomfortable. But I mostly wear workout pants, lol.
Stretch marks? Other than the ones I started with, none
Sleep: I pass out pretty good in the beginning of the night, but end up tossing and turning because my hips hurt so badly.
Best moment this week: Hmm.. hasn't happened yet, that would be hearing the babies heartbeat at our doctor appointment on Friday.
Have you told family and friends: Yes!
Miss Anything? Sleeping on my stomach and sushi!
Movement: little flutters now and then
Food cravings: Lays plain potato chips!
Anything making you queasy or sick: String cheese.. blah
Have you started to show yet: hubby says that the bottom of my tummy has rounded out a bit, but since I'm already carrying weight in my stomach, I can't really see a bump.
Gender prediction: Hubby's: Girl, Me: Boy
Labor Signs: No
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Moody, lol
Weekly Wisdom: Walk, walk, walk! It's the only thing that helps my hip pain
Looking forward to: finding out when our gender ultrasound will be!!

Stealing.. er.. Borrowing this from Ryanne since I am bored! :)

A. Age: 27

B. Bed size: Queen

C. Chore that you hate: um all of them?? no really, the bathroom!!!

D. Dogs: We don't own any, but I love huskies! 

E. Essential start to your day: Used to be coffee.. now it's just the thought of getting out of my house! lol

F. Favourite color: Green.

G. Gold or Silver: Silver or white gold.

H. Height: 5'3 1/2"

I. Instruments you play: Flute, piccolo, saxophone

J. Job title: Wife and incubator.. lol

K. Kids: furbaby; Snoopy and my little bun Squishy

L. Live: everyday all day

M. Mother's name: Mom

N. Nicknames: I don't really have one.. unless you count hubby's name for me.. Peep

O. Overnight hospital stays: when I almost died from having my tonsils removed

P. Pet peeve: Stupid, ignorant people. Ebonics. Oh and some of my classmates who bitch about the way my econ teacher teaches..  they won't man up and go talk to him and that irks me.

Q. Quote from a movie: I don't really have movie quotes.. but Futurama or Family Guy? Too many to count!

R. Right or left handed: Right

S. Siblings: 2 half sibs, one half sis, one half bro

T. Time you wake up: whenever I can't stand the pain in the hip I'm laying on, and it's too light out to sleep properly. Usually around 9am

U. Underwear: Jockey

V. Vegetable you hate: Hmm... I can't really think of one I hate, I haven't tried them all yet though...

W. What makes you run late: My genes. Thanks a lot mom!

X. X-Rays you've had: Mouth/teeth, abdomen, right hand

Y. Yummy food that you make: Hmmm I made beef stew tonight that was out of this world!

Z. Zoo animal: Any cat, penguins and the savanna animals!

Distractions...

So since I've been in need of a distraction lately.. I've taken an interest in Pinterest. Never heard of it? Neither had I until recently. I am in LOVE with this website! People use it to keep track of anything they want. If you find a recipe you want to try, you "pin" it and it shows up on the website in whatever folder you want to file it under. Then of course you can search the site to find things you might be interested in "pinning" for yourself. I have found sooooooo many recipes and craft ideas just from the website alone! I can't wait to try them all and new things pop up daily so I am going to be forever adding to my collection! You need an invite to get started, but if you request one from the site it'll arrive in your email within a few minutes and you can get started. You can also log in with Facebook or Twitter if you want to, which is nice so you don't have to remember yet another log in... This website is seriously the neatest thing since sliced bread and I highly suggest checking it out!
www.pinterest.com

Feeling lucky

So I'm not sure exactly how to count it.. by certain websites I am 13 weeks 2 days and still in my first trimester... by other websites I am 13 weeks 2 days and starting the second trimester.. and by one website I am 13 weeks 2 days but IN my 14th week and starting the second trimester. I looked it up and there is controversy as to when exactly each trimester starts. It all depends upon what method you use (fetal growth, LMP, or some other one I don't remember) Personally I like the idea of already being in the second trimester. It means we are that much closer to finding out if we are having a boy or a girl. I know in reality that I'm still only 13 weeks (2 days) so I'm no closer or farther from finding out the gender just because I consider myself in the second trimester as opposed to the first. But it makes me feel better. lol. Speaking of feeling better, I really haven't been feeling bad at all so far. No real morning sickness, thank God. Some queasiness .. a few food aversions but nothing major, some fatigue and sore bb's but again nothing major. I have been having cramping off and on since before I even conceived. Different kinds of cramps then and now of course. But my doc says that they'll likely come and go throughout my entire pregnancy. I understand what they are, my body is stretching in ways it hasn't had to before. They are still annoying and sometimes quite painful. Now I can't lay on my right side or on my back without getting cramps which really sucks because if I lay on my left for too long I get cramps in my hip (from the pressure) and my ear gets really sore. My doctor also suggested that sometimes the cramps may be from dehydration. Now this is a problem. Lately water has been tasting pretty gross to me. No matter how I drink it, in a glass with ice, from a cold water bottle, spring water, filtered water.. it doesn't matter it all tastes odd. I've tried brushing my teeth before drinking, not brushing my teeth before drinking it.. nothing seems to work. I wonder if it's just me or if this is an actual pregnancy symptom. Either way it makes me not want to drink water and that's bad! Of course I force myself, but I know I'm not drinking as much as I probably should be. Oh well.. at least I'm aware of it so that I can try to fix it. But yeah, so far those are the only real pregnancy symptoms I've had. I consider myself blessed to not have been sick every single day, really I do. I just wonder when I'm going to start feeling pregnant! LOL

Letting the cat out of the bag!

Today we got to tell my aunt, uncle and cousins about our little bundle of joy! They were all super excited for us. Then hubby texted one of his friends (so they wouldn't find out on Facebook. I tried to call everyone I could, but some didn't answer or return my call so there's nothing I could do about that..) But anyway we'd finally told everyone we could individually so I let the cat out of the bag and told Facebook. It's such a relief to make it this far into the pregnancy and to finally be able to tell everyone is a joy and relief as well!

The Bump

The Bump

Heartbeat and telling family

We did get to hear little squishy's heart beat yesterday through the doppler at my docs office. She said that if we couldn't hear it we would have an ultrasound. It took a few moments of prodding, but she finally found it really low on my abdomen (so low if was bordering on obscene!) But she found it and it's 164!! Don't get me wrong, I was happy just to hear it again but I kind of wanted the ultrasound so that I could see squishy too. I know, I know, I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth. I have another appointment for the end of this month but hopefully between now and then I will be able to borrow my friends doppler so I can hear the heartbeat whenever I want! :) Oh and one and a half more months and we should be finding out if squishy is a boy or a girl!! I wish I had an at home ultrasound machine. Hmm.. I wonder if I can find a reasonably priced on on Amazon...? lol.

Tomorrow we are having lunch with my aunt, uncle and cousin and we are going to tell them our good news. I'm so excited! I think that I will also be calling my grandma but I'd really like to tell her in person if I could. We'll see how the day goes.. that reminds me. I have to call and see if they are okay with the restaurant choice I made! Oops!

A doctors appointment

Today we have an appointment with my obgyn and hopefully we'll get to hear squishy's heartbeat again. I'm excited, but I'm also anxious because I haven't heard or seen my little squishy since 7 weeks. I guess that I'm worried that something might have happened in the past few weeks.. although I was told that after you see/hear the heartbeat the chance of miscarriage drops down to less than 5%. Which is great, but I'm still worried. I'm sure it's the same for all first time pregnant women, we worry over whether our precious little bundles are really okay and growing the way they're supposed to. We worry that since we cannot see our little one, or feel them yet that they might not be thriving. :sigh: I can't wait to talk to my doctor and find out for sure that my squishy is okay.