Thursday, December 17, 2009

12 week update

So I am officially out of my first trimester.... they say it's all gets better from here... they lie!
So far I'm still feeling very sickly. I haven't been getting sick but the feeling is always there. I've had a lot of headaches and the only medicine I'm allowed to take is Tylenol. It works but not nearly as good as my 'good' headache medicine. Other than that things are okay. ;) hahaha
My next appointment is in two weeks - at the 14 week mark. Hopefully I'll get around to scanning in the 6 and 10 week sonogram pictures one of these days. I was told that I won't get another sonogram at 14 weeks so that's a little disappointing.

So until next time. :)
Happy Holiday!!!!!

Pictures stay a thousand words.....

Oh Whitney - I called her at work the day I found out... She didn't do a very good job keeping my secret.... ;)
And can't forget to tell ole Hank O. (He claimed he already knew but was still pretty excited)
Dad - had to go out to the field to show/tell dad. Me & mom

Me & Grandma Shirley

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

From day one...

Welcome to my blog. I got the idea from my cousins Scott & Liz in Texas who just welcomed their new baby girl into the world last week. Thanks for the idea guys!!!

Anyway, Ryan I found out we were pregnant on Halloween - October 31, 2009. I randomly took a pregnancy test and thought I was seeing things. I had taken many tests before and never saw two lines - many times I thought I saw the second line but it was just my imagination. So I took a test on that Saturday morning and took it down to Ryan to see if he saw what I saw..... He sure did. I immediately made a call to my sister Whitney working in the Emergency Room and asked what to do. :) She instructed me to go to Wal-Mart and get a few more tests, so I was off. I bought 6 more tests and headed to my girlfriend Keri's house. Upon arrival I took two more tests. Sure enough they were both positive. I didn't announce the news to anyone until the following Friday - when I had an appointment with my doctor. (Dr. Richard Wellman, St. Josephs) On that Friday, Ryan surprised me by showing up to the appointment. It turned out that Dr. Wellman had an emergency so was running late so they gave me a sonogram. On that day I was 6 weeks pregnant and was able to see the little thing (looked like a kidney bean) and hear it's heartbeat. What an amazing experience!!!! After the appointment it was official - I could tell my family. Whitney ended up snapping pictures of me handing the sonogram picture to some pretty important people.

Today (December 9, 2009) I am 11 weeks along. It's been rough going so far - I've been super sickly. Had some major 'morning sickness' - not sure why they call it morning sickness, I never got sick in the morning. It was pretty much all day. Things are getting better as the days go by. I had my 10 week appointment last Wednesday in which I had another sonogram. The little thing was moving around and wiggling like a little fish - it looked like Nemo. Again, an amazing experience. Ryan wasn't able to make it to that appointment but I brought home several more pictures to show off.

6 Week Sonogram



10 Week Sonogram