9 Weeks

Your little embryo has now officially graduated to fetus-hood. Adding to the excitement, a Doppler ultrasound device might be able to pick up the beating heart. With basic physical structures in place and increasingly distinct facial features, baby is kind of starting to look like... well... a baby!

Today I'm 9w5d pregnant! I can't believe I'm almost at 10 weeks. They say the rate of miscarriage drops at 10 weeks, so I've been counting down the days! Only 2 days left! That's also around the time when the placenta starts taking over, so my morning (all day) sickness should hopefully be easing up soon! I have already started getting some of my appetite back in the last few days. Still loving fruits, especially watermelon, and some veggies. I'm starting be be able to eat some stronger tasting foods lately too. Yesterday we went out for Indian food...I was worried it would be to much at first, but it was SO yummy! As for aversions, still not liking cheese, bacon, or anything fried. At least I'm able to eat lettuce this pregnancy...the very sight of it with Lily made me gag!

Tiredness has become a big problem again. I've been going to bed so early lately, and wake up still tired! I need to learn to take more naps with Lily! I think I could sleep all day if given the opportunity.

This past week hip pain has started a bit at night. This is so much earlier than with Lily...with Lily I had bad sciatic pain at around 4-5 months, and then hip pain at night didn't bother me until the 3rd trimester. I hope it doesn't get as bad as it did with Lily this early!

We're looking forward to our ultra sound next month. It will be a big relief to see the baby and hear the heart beat!

Finally!!!

It's time I write this blog...the one I've been waiting a whole year to be able to post. Sean and I are PREGNANT!! We found out 2 weeks ago, on April 21st, that we have a new little bundle on the way!



Estimated Due Date, December 25th, 2009! Christmas Day!!!!

So far things are going pretty well. I had some spotting a couple days before I got our bfp, which may or may not have been implantation bleeding. Nothing since then though...thankfully! I got a blood test to confirm pregnancy the day I got our positive test, and the beta came back at 4903!!! Very very pregnant!! For some info on what an average beta at any given day is, go to betabase.info , I was 18dpo when the draw was taken. Looking at that chart, clearly my numbers are very high! Could mean nothing, or could mean twins! Either way, it means worse morning sickness than I had with Lily!

I started getting nauseous right away. Full on sickness kicked in at about 5w4d. Every day since then it has gotten just a little bit worse. Smells started bothering me around then too. Already on my food aversions list is: Bacon, garlic, olives, fish, eggs, fried food, and really anything strong smelling. I wouldn't call these cravings yet, but just about the only things that sound good to me at this point is green apples with peanut butter, and cheese-it crackers! Other symptoms have been overly tired, burping a lot, heart burn, and many many bathroom visits!

Today I am 6w5d.



Growing like crazy, baby is starting to sprout eyes, ears, nose, cheeks and chin. Those little hands and feet- still webbed like paddles- might wiggle by week's end, the heart is beating (almost twice as fast as yours!), and blood is starting to circulate.

It's amazing to think of how small this new baby is, and how rapidly it's developing!

We had our first prenatal appointment yesterday. Nothing exciting at all happened. Got all the paper work for blood work and our ultra sounds scheduled. Our first u/s is set for June 11th, Sean's birthday! I'll be about 12 weeks then. What a long time to wait! That's probably when we will announce this pregnancy!

I'm so looking forward to going down this journey to mommyhood again! It was the most amazing time of my life when I was pregnant with Lily, and I feel so blessed that I get to experience it again with our new baby!