Today I am officially 10 weeks along, I am still very tired and fatigued, but am doing OK. My clothes are fitting tighter and tighter, don't know how much longer I can make due with what I have, but I will do my best. I have a healthy appetite which has a tendency to grab unhealthy things, but I am trying to be good. I am working on coming home for the summer for about 10 days to Corpus Christ, Houston, and then Paris to try and see all the family and friends possible. Pray for safe travels and no hurricanes please!!!
Last Thursday me and Randy put in our orders for our next duty station. We won't know if we got them until later this week, but I am not disclosing details until I know for sure. I don't want to get my hopes up again, just to see them crash. Less than 6 years of military craziness and counting to we can return back to normalcy (whats that).
I plan on posting a belly picture soon, when I don't feel like I look like the Goodyear blimp, even though Randy says I am beautiful (he's biased LOL). He is getting more excited as the days go by about Roo. He rubs and kisses my belly all the time and is so concerned for my welfare. He is such a great husband, I couldn't ask for better. Its just hard to believe that in 8 months, we will be parents.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
9 weeks
Ok, so Monday I was 9 weeks. I officially can't button my pants anymore (thank god for the bella band). I try to walk as much as possible to stay active throughout my pregnany. Randy bought me and roo a Wii this weekend so hopefully that will help on days that i can't get outside, like today since it is raining. We are working on a trip to Texas hopefully in July so we can see family. I must be crazy to want to come to Texas in the dead of summer and be pregnant. If you want to find me, look for places with A/C! Hopefully this week, we will also find out where we are going next. We are suppose to change duty stations in January, just a few weeks after the baby is born. I am hoping that we find a place this time around since last months try fell through, actually the day we found out we were expecting! I am just really hoping for the best. I also found out something really funny last night. To set it up I live on a small block with 8 houses, 5 of those households are retired couples or couples with children off to school, the other 3 are young couples and we are all expecting! My neighbor across the street is due in August, and my neighbor next door is due a month before me. Wow I must have drank the water!!!
1 + 1 = 3
It has been a little over a month since we found out we are expecting our first child. Things have been crazy since then. Since it has taken me a month, I guess I better catch everybody up to speed on everything
April 15th
I started my birthday week not feeling up to par as I normally would incredibly. I was expecting a present from mother nature, but when two days went by without that present, I started to wonder what was the hold up. Imagine to my surprise when I took my mother's advice and took a pregnancy test to find it, it was positive. I started laughing hysterically for some unknown reason. I ran to the computer room where Randy was and told him that I took a pregnancy test and it was positive. His response, " No way"! I had to actually show him the test so he could see for himself. We were both really surprised and excited! I called my mother with the news and then my sister who proceeded to scream in happiness, but I went and got another test, just in case I had lost my mind, but to no surprise, that one was positive as well. At this point, I assumed I was only 4-5 weeks along. So I spent the rest of the evening deciding that I would wait till the blood test came back before I announced to everybody. I enjoyed my last cigarette, ( me and randy both quit the day we found out) and went to sleep.
April 16th
Went to the doctor for a blood test and was told it may take a few days to receive results since it had to be sent off, never heard of a doctor's office without a lab, but oh well. Dr. Miller told me that the pee test are very accurate and proceeded to congratulate me after taking half my blood volume for other tests. I immediately called my sister and mom and told them to spread the good word cause I knew I couldn't wait that long. I spent most of the day as well did randy talking to all our friends who would happy to see that we were " finally" expecting. LOL perfection takes time! Alex decided the baby needed a name so the baby was dubbed "Roo" until later down the line. I actually think this baby will be stuck with that for nickname later in life.
April 17th
I got a call from the doctor who confirmed my pregnancy. He also ran other labs on me, my iron and thyroid were normal as well as a good blood count. I was referred to my OB/GYN and sent on my way. This also happened to be Randy and me's 6th anniversary. What a present that we will never forget!
May 11th
Went to pre-baby appt, where I gave another half my blood volume and proceeded to give tons of history for both sides of the family. Wow, I felt like I was being interrogated! My weight wasn't as bad as I thought, thank god since I had previously been fighting a viral infection for almost two months that left me more like a couch potato than active. Funny thing I had just started working out the week before I found out I was pregnant. They also told me my due date was December 20th. I am not holding on to that day at all since this baby will decide when it is time to come out. Everybody is hoping for a Christmas baby, I am not! Going to the hospital on Christmas Day will be a mad house, I will have to call in a favor from Santa Claus to get there!
MAy 13th
Our 1st baby appt! Randy of course came with me. He was actually there at the doctor's office before I was. It was simple, weight, blood pressure, temp, talk about my history and risks, testing. Dr. Griffin said she was wanted to sneak us over to ultrasound and hear the baby's heartbeat. I was so excited, other than few issues, I was still having a hard time convincing myself I was pregnant. My heart stopped when I saw Roo on the screen, no bigger than a quarter. Then came the heartbeat, I was overjoyed and started tearing up. There was our baby!
Randy looked like a kid at Christmas! His eyes lite up and were as big as saucers! The heartbeat was 194 bpm, it sounded like hummingbird. Dr. Griffin gave us our baby's first pictures and told us she would see us in 4 weeks. I spent the rest of the evening amazed. The appt made it all real for me that I am carrying our child. I couldn't be more excited, scared, nervous, etc in my whole life. I had the pictures on the refridgerator, but someone took them to work and has yet to return them!! Gotta love Randy!
April 15th
I started my birthday week not feeling up to par as I normally would incredibly. I was expecting a present from mother nature, but when two days went by without that present, I started to wonder what was the hold up. Imagine to my surprise when I took my mother's advice and took a pregnancy test to find it, it was positive. I started laughing hysterically for some unknown reason. I ran to the computer room where Randy was and told him that I took a pregnancy test and it was positive. His response, " No way"! I had to actually show him the test so he could see for himself. We were both really surprised and excited! I called my mother with the news and then my sister who proceeded to scream in happiness, but I went and got another test, just in case I had lost my mind, but to no surprise, that one was positive as well. At this point, I assumed I was only 4-5 weeks along. So I spent the rest of the evening deciding that I would wait till the blood test came back before I announced to everybody. I enjoyed my last cigarette, ( me and randy both quit the day we found out) and went to sleep.
April 16th
Went to the doctor for a blood test and was told it may take a few days to receive results since it had to be sent off, never heard of a doctor's office without a lab, but oh well. Dr. Miller told me that the pee test are very accurate and proceeded to congratulate me after taking half my blood volume for other tests. I immediately called my sister and mom and told them to spread the good word cause I knew I couldn't wait that long. I spent most of the day as well did randy talking to all our friends who would happy to see that we were " finally" expecting. LOL perfection takes time! Alex decided the baby needed a name so the baby was dubbed "Roo" until later down the line. I actually think this baby will be stuck with that for nickname later in life.
April 17th
I got a call from the doctor who confirmed my pregnancy. He also ran other labs on me, my iron and thyroid were normal as well as a good blood count. I was referred to my OB/GYN and sent on my way. This also happened to be Randy and me's 6th anniversary. What a present that we will never forget!
May 11th
Went to pre-baby appt, where I gave another half my blood volume and proceeded to give tons of history for both sides of the family. Wow, I felt like I was being interrogated! My weight wasn't as bad as I thought, thank god since I had previously been fighting a viral infection for almost two months that left me more like a couch potato than active. Funny thing I had just started working out the week before I found out I was pregnant. They also told me my due date was December 20th. I am not holding on to that day at all since this baby will decide when it is time to come out. Everybody is hoping for a Christmas baby, I am not! Going to the hospital on Christmas Day will be a mad house, I will have to call in a favor from Santa Claus to get there!
MAy 13th
Our 1st baby appt! Randy of course came with me. He was actually there at the doctor's office before I was. It was simple, weight, blood pressure, temp, talk about my history and risks, testing. Dr. Griffin said she was wanted to sneak us over to ultrasound and hear the baby's heartbeat. I was so excited, other than few issues, I was still having a hard time convincing myself I was pregnant. My heart stopped when I saw Roo on the screen, no bigger than a quarter. Then came the heartbeat, I was overjoyed and started tearing up. There was our baby!
Randy looked like a kid at Christmas! His eyes lite up and were as big as saucers! The heartbeat was 194 bpm, it sounded like hummingbird. Dr. Griffin gave us our baby's first pictures and told us she would see us in 4 weeks. I spent the rest of the evening amazed. The appt made it all real for me that I am carrying our child. I couldn't be more excited, scared, nervous, etc in my whole life. I had the pictures on the refridgerator, but someone took them to work and has yet to return them!! Gotta love Randy!
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