8 Weeks, 6 Days - Jelly bean #2

Here is jelly bean #2! We had a great appointment today. Everything looks nice and healthy. I have Dr.  Dilauro this time.  I'd seen her before when  I was pregnant with Audrey, when I had experienced some bleeding...she seems pretty nice.  She's not  as outgoing or over-the-top  as Dr. Block, but she's very calm.  

I know this seems like a silly thing to say, but when I saw this image,  the first thing  I thought was, "Wow, this  jelly bean looks different from Audrey!" Well, duh, it is a different baby (and a different machine).  

As usual, seeing the little jelly bean in these makes this whole pregnancy seem more real.  I don't  look pregnant.  I feel sick from time to time, but other than that, no one can tell.  There is  a lot in store for us, and it'll be interesting to see how this pregnancy pans out.  It's kind of weird starting all over again, but having been through it once already, it also feels a lot less mysterious, and I feel  much more prepared!!

6 weeks 1 day - Sicko

I'm sitting in the San Diego airport commuter terminal waiting for my flight to LA, where I week then take a plane to Austin, TX. I feel sooooooooo blah. I've been feeling this easy for the last couple of days. All those darn hormones peaking in my body. Each day it's gotten worse. So far today had been the worst. Constantly feeling like throwing up, and then superhungry, and then too full, and then nauseated again...it's a vicious cycle. So bad that I've caved and already called Travis to warn him about it. He sounded pretty happy for me  and hopefully hell be sympathetic to my feeling icky  and cranky and help me out if I need to bail back to the hotel early. I'm pretty worried about how I'm going to make it over the next two weeks with all this traveling. I've pulled out all of the stops for this trip. I've got gum, candy, ginger candy, Tums...I even went so far as to get so sea bands on the way here. They seemed to help last time I was pregnant, at least a little. Arrrgh.

6 Weeks

It's 3:40 in the morning.  I have a bowl of hot noodles in front of me.  I can't sleep.  Audrey woke up around 2, and luckily Stu went to get her, but  I had the hardest time  going back to sleep.  It was too hot.  Then it was too cold.  Then I felt thirsty, but then I also felt nauseated.  Then I tossed and turned in bed and worries started to enter my head...

With morning sickness starting to rear its ugly head, how am I supposed to deal with work over the next two weeks? I'm going to be traveling and meeting with customers and will be trying to get a demo together that currently doesn't exist.  I've been so tired these last two days, I have no idea how I'll last.

And then there was the worry about the health of the baby.  There's nothing I can do about it other than try to take care of myself, but I worry about the things that could go wrong with this pregnancy.  I guess it's normal at this stage, with so much ahead of me.  I had these same worries I think with the first pregnancy, but I also remember that once the 2nd trimester rolled around, I didn't think much about it.  I hope that'll be the same case here. I guess now that I know how much I love Audrey, and knowing how much I'll love this new baby, it scares me when I think of anything going wrong.

And finally there was the worry of who would watch Audrey when I went into labor.  What happens if the baby comes early and no one's around?  This one is a bit irrational because I know there will be a plan by that point, but I still worry.  Just want to make sure my big baby is taken care of.

I started to feel really overwhelmed and began to cry.  Stu woke up and heard me crying and he began to gently slap me on the arm.  "I've heard that this is very comforting," he said.  Audrey had been patting her Violet dog on the back tonight before going to bed.  That made me laugh a little.

I decided to just get up and get a drink.  I walked into the kitchen and thought, "Noodles."  And here I am.  The Cleveland Show helps a little too.

I hope I don't regret eating these salty noodles.  It'll just make me more thirsty and not sleep. Sigh...

The Schedule

Due Date	12/27/2013		Conception	4/6/2013
Pregnancy Test	4/20/2013		1st Heartbeat	5/4/2013
Quickening	7/27/2013		Viability	9/7/2013
Week 1	3/30/2013		Week 22	8/24/2013
Week 2	4/6/2013		Week 23	8/31/2013
Week 3	4/13/2013		Week 24	9/7/2013
Week 4	4/20/2013		Week 25	9/14/2013
Week 5	4/27/2013		Week 26	9/21/2013
Week 6	5/4/2013		Week 27	9/28/2013
Week 7	5/11/2013		Week 28	10/5/2013
Week 8	5/18/2013		Week 29	10/12/2013
Week 9	5/25/2013		Week 30	10/19/2013
Week 10	6/1/2013		Week 31	10/26/2013
Week 11	6/8/2013		Week 32	11/2/2013
Week 12	6/15/2013		Week 33	11/8/2013
Week 13	6/22/2013		Week 34	11/15/2013
Week 14	6/29/2013		Week 35	11/22/2013
Week 15	7/6/2013		Week 36	11/29/2013
Week 16	7/13/2013		Week 37	12/6/2013
Week 17	7/20/2013		Week 38	12/13/2013
Week 18	7/27/2013		Week 39	12/20/2013
Week 19	8/3/2013		Week 40	12/27/2013
Week 20	8/10/2013		Week 41	1/3/2014
Week 21	8/17/2013		Week 42	1/10/2014