15 Week Check-up

Josh and I had our 15 week appointment today. He has been so great during this whole process and it only shows me how wonderful of a dad he will be. He has been there for me during the butt shots, the nausea, the vomiting, the mood swings, the tiredness, the headaches, the backaches, the food adversions.....need I go on? And this was only the first trimester! Luckily things are getting so much better for me and I am starting to be my old self again. I have been able to eat more, cook more, and keep up with the housework. I am sure Josh is happy now...but he never complained the past 15 weeks. He has also been a little nervous about this whole process. Not nervous about becoming a dad...nervous about losing the baby. We have invested SO much into this little "stinker".....that it is hard not to imagine something going wrong. He was relieved to hear the heartbeat (160 bpm) from the doppler at our checkup. Things are still progressing well at this point and another check-up in 4 weeks!

12 weeks gestation

12 weeks....bump present!

Well....I have finally started to gain some weight and my body is spreading! There is a little bump present now...but sometimes I think it is bloating. It flucuates each day. The clothes are starting to get tighter and need to start thinking of maternity clothes in the next few weeks for comfort. I have now started to vomit...nice huh? I thought I was suppossed to get BETTER not WORSE around the end of the first trimester! I know I do not have it near as bad as some other women...but it still sucks! I just keep thinking that these are all good signs that things are progressing normally. I was a little nervous getting off my meds and then not having another checkup for 4 weeks, so I went in to see the nurse for a doppler. The nurse found the heartbeat (165-170 bpm) and she helped to ease my fears. I now just have to put my faith in God, my body and that things happen for a reason. I am ready to start telling more family and friends about our good news!