General Update

We had our official "New OB Appointment" today.  Apparently this marks the beginning of contract billing which means no more $30 co-pays but instead a lump sum payment of $1,482 due by March 1st.  Oh joy!  They do break it up into three installments so I guess that makes it easier to swallow.

The "gummy bear" looks good....we got to see it wiggling around on an ultrasound screen this morning.  They say we will be able to hear the heartbeat externally on our next visit which is four weeks from today. 

We are still headed to the high risk specialist on November 4th for a general visit.  I'll be sure to update after that appointment. 

Today marks twelve weeks and two days.  Woo hoo!  Doc says my issues of not being able to eat and feeling yucky will go away now.  Here is to hoping.  :)

Hope It Gets Better

I had a couple of rough weeks then I felt great all of last week.  All of a sudden Monday of this week rolls around and I am struggling again.  My appetite has once again diminished and for the first time this pregnancy I have been fighting a headache daily.  I have taken Tylenol but it does not touch my headache.  A friend suggested caffeine so I tried that...no luck.  My last resort is to increase my protein intake per another friend's suggestion.  Hopefully that will do the trick.

Today is a horrible day for me to be feeling as poorly as I do.  I have a discussion board posting with three outside sources due on Workplace Drug Testing by 9 pm.  I also have ten corporate finance problems to work and a quiz to take by midnight.  For my third class, I have a group case study due next week but our first individual contribution of research to the group is due tomorrow evening.  Needless to say there is far too much work to do while feeling this bad.  Boo!

I apologize for being so negative, I just needed to "vent".  :)

On a positive note, I will be 12 weeks on Sunday and I've heard that once 14 weeks arrives all of this yuckiness goes away.  Fingers crossed!

Update from the Doctor

We went to the doctor this morning for another viability ultrasound.  That word, viability, is scary sounding to me.  Anyway, everything looked great.  The gummy bear was flailing its arms and legs in fury.  It reminded us of Kung Fu Panda. 

We did get to hear the heartbeat!!!  It was 176 bpm which the doc said is PERFECT!  Makes me happy to know that our baby is "perfect".  :)

We go back to this doctor on the 19th for a "new OB" appointment.  I am not really sure what that is all about so I guess I will just have to wait and see.  Between now and that appointment we are being sent to meet with a high risk specialist in Norfolk.  There is not anything wrong with the baby now, but the doctor worries that with me being borderline diabetic and overweight there may be a problem later in the pregnancy.  We are go to the specialist simply to get our foot in the door and become an established patient.  This way if we do require the extra care a few months down the road we will be able to get right in.  Based on what the doctor told us this morning, he is mainly concerned with gestational diabetes and preeclampsia.  I hope we face neither.

Here is a blury pic of the gummy bear....



Gummy Bear

For those of you who know me well you know that I have a slight addiction to Haribo Gummy Bears.  I have loved these little guys since I was a young child.  Eddie and I recently discovered that Target sells them in a three pound bag.  Watch out!

Anyway, while some refer to their unborn children as peanut, squirt and many other names, we are referring to ours as the "gummy bear".  :)

I was not feeling well this past Sunday so Eddie went to the grocery store by himself.  Guess what he came back with.!?

We go back to the doctor this Friday morning for another ultrasound and hopefully to finally hear the heartbeat.  I expect to be able to post an ultrasound photo of our gummy bear sometime Friday afternoon so stay tuned.  

Happenings At The White House

1) Our "gummy bear" experienced his/her first wedding Saturday night (9/18/2010).  I wonder if he/she enjoyed the band as much as Mommy and Daddy did.

2) "Gummy Bear" will be attending his/her first concert this upcoming Friday (9/24/2010).  Mommy and Oma (grandmother in German and thus my mom and baby's Oma) are going to see Sugarland in Virginia Beach.  We are really looking forward to a fun mother-daughter evening.  I bought the tickets for my mom's mother's day present months ago.  We are so excited that the time is finally here!

3) My aunt and uncle from Virginia are coming to visit us this week.  They will be staying at Eddie's family's cottage for a night or two.  Aunt Evi is so excited....she purchased my first maternity dress and will be bringing it with her Wednesday.  We do not get to see my Aunt Evi and Uncle Pres as often as we would like so we are definitely looking forward to this time.

4) Daddy (Eddie) went on a cleaning rampage this weekend....it is amazing!  Mind you we do not have a nasty house, but occasionally it is nice to really CLEAN.  As I sit typing this he is on our patio sweeping and spraying weed killer.  He is also hoping to shift things around and make room for outside baby toys (I think he is way ahead of the game on this one).

5) I spoke with my daddy earlier today and he informed me that he and my step mom plan to come for a week when the baby is born.  I'm so excited that they are looking forward to this adventure as much as I am!  My dad lives in Georgia so we do not get to see him as often as we would like.  It is amazing how well he and Eddie get along....I just love watching them!

6) Eddie and I have decided to replace the carpet in our downstairs.  When I first moved to the beach my puppy Bailey refused to potty train.  Evidentally that is common with beagle females.  After that my dalmatian Daisy who was eleven years old started having incontinence issues.  So needless to say the carpet has had its fair share of pup accidents and quite frankly we do not want our child crawling around on it.  We do still have dogs, but they are very much potty trained.  :)  We have our "measure" appointment this upcoming Thursday where we will get the actual quote for the work to be done.  Hopefully it will be in the ballpark of what we were told this morning by the Home Depot associate.

7) Eddie and I will be going to our only football game of the season on October 16th.  We bought the tickets prior to learning that we are pregnant otherwise the budget would not have allowed for such an expenditure.  We have pulled the reigns in pretty tight in anticipation of the little one.  I hope the baby enjoys football and the marching band performance.

8) Our next doctor's appointment is Friday, October 1st.  We will be 9 weeks and 5 days when we go.  The plan is that we are having another viability ultrasound.  I am secretively hoping that we will get to hear the heartbeat this time.

Our First Doctor Appointment

Eddie and I went to our first appointment this morning.  We were initially told (over the phone) that our due date would be April 22, 2011; however during our ultrasound this morning our due date was detemined to be May 1, 2011.  I am thankful that it is more than one week past the end of tax season unlike the original due date.  The new due date just happens to be our wedding anniversary.  :)

Counting Down....

Exactly one week from today Eddie and I get to hear the heartbeat of our little miracle.  We could not possibly be more excited!

We are also counting down the weeks until we find out if we will be welcoming a little girl or a little boy into the world.  We have approximately thirteen weeks before we will get that bit of exciting news!  Everyone in Eddie's family says it is a boy while everyone on my side of the family is betting on a girl.  It will be interesting to say the least.  Eddie and I do not have a particular preference as long as our baby is healthy with ten fingers and ten toes.  :)

The names that we have chosen....

Abagail Francesca for a girl - - she will go by Abby
Logan Connor for a boy - - he will go by Logan