Friday, May 24, 2013

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!!


Sunday, May 5, 2013

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.

Saturday, May 4, 2013

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 Date12/27/2013Conception4/6/2013
Pregnancy Test4/20/20131st Heartbeat5/4/2013
Quickening7/27/2013Viability9/7/2013
Week 13/30/2013Week 228/24/2013
Week 24/6/2013Week 238/31/2013
Week 34/13/2013Week 249/7/2013
Week 44/20/2013Week 259/14/2013
Week 54/27/2013Week 269/21/2013
Week 65/4/2013Week 279/28/2013
Week 75/11/2013Week 2810/5/2013
Week 85/18/2013Week 2910/12/2013
Week 95/25/2013Week 3010/19/2013
Week 106/1/2013Week 3110/26/2013
Week 116/8/2013Week 3211/2/2013
Week 126/15/2013Week 3311/8/2013
Week 136/22/2013Week 3411/15/2013
Week 146/29/2013Week 3511/22/2013
Week 157/6/2013Week 3611/29/2013
Week 167/13/2013Week 3712/6/2013
Week 177/20/2013Week 3812/13/2013
Week 187/27/2013Week 3912/20/2013
Week 198/3/2013Week 4012/27/2013
Week 208/10/2013Week 411/3/2014
Week 218/17/2013Week 421/10/2014
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