2nd Ultrasound @ 9w0d (Sep 22, 2011)

So 10 days after my first appt, I got to meet my Dr. And yay I love her!

She comes in and we chat...nothing too fancy. She tells me we'll be doing a pap smear (ugh) and breast exam (but they hurt right now!) and then she'll do an ultrasound to check on the heartbeat (yay!).

Before all that she advises me to get a flu shot so they go ahead and knock that out.

She leaves the room and I put on the oh-so-flattering gown open to the front...I mean why even wear the thing...I know I know, it's just how it is ;)

When she gets to the manual pelvic exam I'm thinking "don't squish Bun-bun!" haha. Now comes the ultrasound...yay! But she warns me that this is an older machine and won't have the high imaging of the one I got at my first appt. Oh well..I'll take what I can get!

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And it was...amazing! BB was just a wiggling! I loved that it even made the Dr smile (which made me feel good). Heartrate was 179bpm, which she said was normal. She told me based on measurements that my new due date is 4/26 (vs 4/28).

Next appt is Oct 11 for the NT scan...ack! Seems so far away!

1st Ultrasound @ 7w2d (Sep 12, 2011)

So we FINALLY had our first OB appt and ultrasound. I was so anxious that it took the nurse quite a while to find an acceptable blood pressure reading ;)

In case no one has been through an appt like this, I will give the rundown cos it was all new to me...

Get to office, sit in waiting room forever

They call me back to have the "nurse talk" which is taking your weight, height, bp, pulse, family history and then going over lots of literature about the fetal screening/testing they do and when they do it, what to eat and not to eat, what meds are ok to take, the number to call if I have any problems or need to talk to someone, etc. This lasted a good 30 min.

Then she took me to the bathroom and I had to pee in a cup.

Back to the lobby with Ryan to wait for the ultrasound tech to get us. Takes forever haha.

She gets us and takes us to a nice room with a big screen on the wall opposite the examination table. Oh how nice...stirrups again ;) I only have to take off my clothes from the waist down (score!). She dims the lights in the room and then she shows me the transvaginal ultrasound probe (ahhhhhhhh!), but tells me only an inch or so goes in (whew haha). So she starts looking around and omg there it is! Bun-bun!


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I have NO idea the orientation like...is Bun-bun hanging upside down inside me or is it standing right-side up or what? And the blob to the right of BB is the yolk sac, which they told me was the real cause of all my nausea. I had no idea. This is all so new to me!

At this point Ryan just goes "wooooooooooow" and I can tell he's kinda awestruck as am I. I mean the nausea and sore boobs were one thing, but to SEE it and know that it's REALLY there is something else. Kind of a "holy sh*t this is really happening" moment :)

We can SEE the heart just racing away and then she lets us hear it...amazing. 162 bpm, which seems crazy-fast to me, but she assures me it's ok. She didn't say if we were measuring normal or whatever, but she said we were right on track so I take that as a good sign. Then she proceeds to look at both ovaries, which look huge by comparison, but again I am not really sure what I'm looking at and am still just whoa.

She prints a ton of pics from the u/s machine and gives us the two above to take with us. I guess the rest go in my file for the Dr. when I see her next Thursday, Sep 22. And apparently she will do an u/s then so already looking forward to that.

Then I had to go back to the waiting room to wait for the lab to get me for the blood-letting haha. Wasn't so bad. And then I was FREE!!!!!!!!!!

I was a bit surprised I didn't have to do a co-pay at this appt? But I am guessing I'll get a bill? Not sure how that works. Guess I'll find out soon enough.

I just want everything to continue healthily and happily! I want this for everyone!!! I can't thank you all enough for being with me on this journey to motherhood.

6w3d

FINALLY less than one week until my first OB appt and ultrasound. I. Can. Not. Wait!

For a while I was feeling very much NOT pregnant. The bloating had subsided some and my dreams had calmed down. There was no nausea.

Well all of that changed last week (around 5w3d) when I got completely nauseous and it hasn't gone away...at all...but I haven't thrown up at all...yet.

I would say the best way to describe it is like...the worst hangover you ever had minus the headache. You really feel like one big greasy breakfast could make everything better, but it doesn't. In fact, the only things that seem to make it better at the moment are:

-Eating every 2 hrs (force feeding!)
-Eating when I first wake up (even though it's the LAST thing I want to do)
-Nibbling on teeny slivers of raw ginger twice a day (not the best)

That's pretty much the only symptom....aside from (TMI!) diarrhea in the mornings also...so sexy :P

Oh but BOOBS! So so sore at night. I can get comfy going to bed just fine, but when I inevitably change positions in the night or get up to pee, they are SOOOO sore. I have slept in my bra a few times and that does seem to help, but good grief! It's almost like someone used them as punching bags haha.

Poor Ryan has been wanting to do the deed ALL the time lately and yeah...that's not happening when I'm focusing on not throwing up haha. I feel bad for him cos I'm not that much fun to be around lately...feeling rather lazy due to not feeling good. But he's being very doting and not giving me any grief so I cannot complain.

I do find I cannot eat much when I do eat...I just get full so quickly. I hope little Bun-bun is happy...cos it sure is making things uncomfy for me ;)

Again while the nausea is making this feel more and more real...I'm counting down the hours until the OB appt. THEN I feel I can rest a little easier, right? I will be 7w2d by then and if I can just hear a heartbeat I'll be so so thrilled.

QUESTION:

Should Ryan come with me to the appt? Don't they have to do the transvaginal ultrasound at this point?