Another 4 Weeks

I cannot believe how fast these last 4 weeks have flown by. We went to our 12 week appt yesterday. Since Ry's preschool was cancelled for the day and J had the day off, they decided to join me. We got there right on time, just as our Dr was leaving to check on some patients next door at the hospital. Surprisingly, we didn't wait long.
As we all crammed into the little exam room, I was getting anxious again. I had been having bad feelings that we might have lost the baby with the spotting I had this last month. And this last week I have been so sick...which I sadly have passed to the girls. I thought it might be strep throat again (I got this last year, the exact same week) but luckily it wasn't since I can't really take anything that would help take the strep away. I found out its just a bad cold and cough. I am just hoping that since I am not working, I can keep getting rest and it will pass. The only good news is I'm down 5 pounds with all the sickness and nausea from this last month.
After I got my vitals taken-all normal (and Ry was so in awe watching my nurse take them. She said "Mom, it's just like when I'm your Dr at home.") my Dr came in with the ultrasound machine. I was in shock at how behaved the girls were in this little room. My Dr had me lay down, J held Kenna, then my Dr set Ry at the end of my bed. We all nestled in together to watch the monitor of the baby. I had never seen the girls so stuck to a little tv. We were able to watch the baby move all around (though of course I can't feel it yet) and we saw the wonderful flicker of the heart beat.
I was so relieved!!! We are so excited to have another bambino. Ry keeps saying she wants another sister who she has named Kerra. She talks to "her" everyday and rubs "her". Its really cute, but I do not have an indication of what we are having yet.
So with the happy news and one flu shot later, we had set out to accomplish our list of things to get done. Target to return some things, DMV to renew J's license (which he forgot his paperwork so we had to go all the way home and back), Sara Lee bread store, Costco for shampoo, and Home Depot for furnace filters. I didn't want to be gone long cause us girls needed to be resting, but since J couldn't drive on an expired license, we had no choice. So needless to say, I was so grateful to get back home after such a long day. All in all, I was very glad to get our errands done. But most of all, so happy our baby is doing so well!

Me and Kenna on Halloween...13 Weeks along

Success

I went to my first ob check for the baby on Wednesday, the 28th. Since it was so early in the morning, Justin stayed home to get the kids off to school and I went by myself. During the drive over I was feeling very anxious and nervous. I had some spotting the week before and some serious cramping and pain...and Tylenol just didn't help at all.
I arrived 1 minute early and had the waiting room all to myself. Just sitting and staring at the fish tank. I finally got called back to get my weight, blood pressure, and temperature. So far everything was great! I had to fill out a couple new forms and then off for a urine sample. When I got back to my room my sweet Dr. Hall of 9 years came in. He hugged and congratulated me and once again made me feel very at ease. He asked me some basic questions and then said we needed to get an ultrasound. The moment was here....
As I laid back on the bed, he put the warm jelly on my belly and started to look for the baby. He had to press so hard to find anything. Then he said, "We need to do a vaginal scope to be sure." I was really freaking out. After I got changed, he came back in with my nurse of 3 years and started to look again. At first he just kept looking around and not saying anything which really started to worry me. I kept asking him, "Whats wrong? Is the baby ok?" Then he finally said, "Yep! Just as I suspected!" Everything looked great except another cyst had ruptured and that explained why he saw so much fluid around my uterus. (And explains why I was in so much pain) Then he said I had another big one on my ovary and we'll just have to keep an eye on it. Then we got to the good news of finding baby's heartbeat (just one) and getting a pic of the baby-just plopped there. You could see the head, arms, and legs so clearly and measuring a little over 8 weeks along. Alot shorter than we had originally thought. Our due date now is May 12, 2012. I was super relieved everything looked good. They even gave me a really cute diaper tote bag with samples and info papers inside.

So my 12 week appt. isn't for another month. In the meantime, he said I can keep exercising but I have to do it low intensity to prevent any more spotting. Also keep trying to eat good foods while keeping some of it down. Good thing he prescribed me more phenergen to help with that.
I am so excited for another baby to add to our family. I finally told all the kids and Rylee was super excited. She even started talking close to my mouth. I asked her what she was doing and she said shes talking to the baby! I told her the baby can hear her from my tummy but it was cute she thought she needed to talk to the baby thru my mouth :) We also sent out birthday invites to the family to announce our new pregnancy. Its very cheesy but we wanted to do something. I am just hoping for this nauseousness to go away soon so I can have my energy back!