April 29: 12 weeks!

So, today is 12 weeks. 12 WEEKS! Big milestone here, my friends. I love what the bottom ticker says, "Now in the second trimester, most of Baby's systems are fully formed." This is what I'm praying for! But my doctor's appointment is not until 9 days from now, which keeps me on edge.

Dreamed last night that(well, I had a lot of very vivid and realistic dreams--I actually thought I was awake!) anyways, last night I dreamed that I was at a youth group sleepover and there were some married Indian women there who noticed I was pregnant and they were pregnant too. They asked how far along I was, and I saw 3 months (which is true and accurate!) Funny. 

Current Symptoms:

• More stretching, although I still can't tell for sure if it's from the uterus stretching or from throwing up so much.
• I've thrown up every single day this week. At first it was in the AM but for two days it's been at night, after dinner :( I really don't like that much. 
• I can feel my uterus with my fingers, and so can Rick. It's so cool. I wonder about Baby all the time!! 
• Soreness in breasts (of course). 
• Still peeing all the time!
• I don't want to throw up anymore! Lately it's been paired with lots of crying too because I'm so tired of it. 

One last note: Happy Birthday Katie!

Shoot.

Dang. I wanted so bad to be done puking...but there I just went again! Ugh...

But Baby I love you!!

11 weeks today :)

How's everyone doing? Knowing I have a baby in there is just so cool!

Okay, here's some updates on how everything has been :)

1. I've been thinking about twins a lot. I know it sounds silly, but it IS possible. At the doctor's a few weeks ago, when he pressed down hard to feel my uterus, he walked away, saying, "2 Fingers...(which as I've discovered, is not usually felt until a while later!)...are there 2 babies in there, or one?" I said, "I don't know." And he asked if I had seen 2 heartbeats at the sonogram, but then he remembered that I was only 5 weeks at the sonogram so that would have been impossible to hear any heartbeats! So, I've been thinking this week that I could be having twins!

Then I had a dream that mom read the doctor's notes off a picture of a sonogram. It said, "Twins, girls." lol.

We still think Baby is a boy...but we'll see :)

2. I threw up once this week, but mostly feel fine everyday except right when I wake up or around 3-5 PM. Then I get queasy. And sometimes after that too. It all depends. I really do not want to throw up anymore!!! PLEASE. Thanks. It's really tiring to throw up and feel nauseous all the time. It's like a part time job because I can't do anything else but feel sick! Even reading is stressful because I just want to lie down and sleep!

3. This week, and I can't tell if it's because I've been sneezing so much (and dry heaving) but it feels a bit like my uterus is stretching. Like my abs feel like they got a work out (Actually, to be honest, I'm not really sure what exactly it feels like when my abs get a workout...it's never really been done! haha!) but it does feel different. Grow baby/babies grow! :)

4. I'm really sorry for those who have asked me/Rick to hang out. I just do not have the energy or the stamina to do so just yet. But it is week 11, so it should all go uphill from here! :)

Approximately 10 weeks along...

In the past few days, I have been FAR LESS nauseous, praise God. But I did throw up at youth group on Monday night at the movie theater (yes, inside the theater, not in the bathroom...) so embarrassing. It caused a bit of a ruckus, I'm sure more than a few people are now wondering if I'm pregnant. Or maybe they think I was foolish and went to a youth group event while sick. Haha. Caitlyn bugged me on facebook chat after youth group was over, so I finally gave in and told her why I had been feeling sick and tired recently, and why I threw up so gracefully at the theater...lol. Ack. We'll tell everyone soon enough.

Monday morning was also a doctor's appointment. A very...noneventful doctor's appointment, unfortunately. No listening for heartbeats or trying to see baby on sonagram. Boring! No information that I was really looking for, only that my blood tests came back fine. No HIV! lol...I didn't suspect otherwise. Oh, and the doctor pressed down really hard on my abdomen, to ensure that there is a hard uterus down there. Oh good. haha.

But I've still been quite tired, and quite uncomfortable. I have kind of a gagging every so often instead of feeling perpetually sick. That worried me for a few moments, but it seems that this is the time when symptoms may start winding down. Yay!

I believe this ticker (below) will be changing continually according to the date, (if it works right!)

Make a pregnancy ticker

Well never mind...

I spoke too soon.
Threw up minutes after that last post. How ironic!

Just remembered another pregnancy symptom I've been having. Heavy blood pumping. Like, I feel my blood pumping! It makes me really out of breath. But I had my blood pressure taken on Sunday and it was perfect! lol, strangeness.

Somewhere between 8 and 9 weeks.

And oh man am I ever feeling ill. Today may be the worst.
I've had so much GAS (I am disgusting!) and I'm always tired and always not feeling good. No throwing up (yet!).

Everyday I pray for and talk to Baby. I get nervous, but then I have days like this when I think, "Wow, there's so many pregnancy symptoms right now that Baby must be fine." Please continue praying! Baby is so special to us.

Our next doctor's appointment is Monday @ 8 AM. Yes, it's early, but I pray we will be able to hear/see a heartbeat! Oh Lord God protect our baby, I pray for life!

I find myself too tired and too sick feeling to do basically anything around the house. This is really irritating to Rick. I don't think he really understands how awful I feel. I do feel sorry for leaving the dishes and that the house doesn't look awesome, but hey, I'm growing a baby, right!? I need to rest. I get sooo tired, and sooo sick feeling it's crazy. I've never felt like this in my life. I'm also having trouble getting comfortable in bed.

This pregnancy is so different than last year's. Last year's I had barely any pregnancy symptoms. I had rare morning sickness (very slight for just a few moments each time), and I don't remember feeling tired at all. That's good, I'm pretty sure!

Right now, Baby has eyes, and little tiny limbs! Baby is between .5 and .9 inches long :) YAY! So tiny.