Mike turns white

On Tuesday morning I was able to get an early appointment with my doctor to hear the fetal heart tones. Mike was also able to come with me since it was before he left for work.
Little did we know that the appointment would make Mike turn WHITE!

It happened when the Dr was listening to baby's heart.. All sounded good . Heart Rate was 160s. Perfect!! Then the Dr noticed that my belly was slightly larger by the bellybutton then it usually is at this stage of pregnancy. He felt around and said.. either you are carrying the baby really high or you may have Twins in there!

gulp!




Mike turned the oddest color i have ever seen!

It was priceless. Since his mother has twins in her family mike couldn't help but think of what we had missed on the first ultrasound.
Two hours later i was at the Ultrasound and saw that there FOR SURE was just ONE beautiful baby in my belly. I called Mike right away to give him the relieving news. It was kinda fun to think about maybe having twins.. but I'm just glad to have one healthy one!

During the ultrasound they took a few more measurements and told me that baby is right on schedule and the correct weight! I'm just carrying it really high...which hopefully means my shape will stay pretty much the same and I'll just have a basketball for a tummy.

Now that I'm almost 14 weeks the dreaded nausea has really subsided. I did almost loose it in a patients room yesterday when they were throwing up what looked more like should be coming from the other end.

No odd cravings yet. I usually have to eat every 2 hours to keep baby happy. I can eat ice cream now....ever since my trial run at cold stone with my sister Natalie! :-) mmmmm I also am always thirsty!

Wow! I'm already 12 weeks along. Hopefully that stork above keeps moving quickly down his timeline. :-)

One more week...and then I will be onto the 2nd trimester!

This week I got some info on Pregnancy/Birthing classes that are avaliable at my hospital. The ones I really want to sign up for are:

-Birth and Parenting Prep

-Breastfeeding Prep

-Infant Massage

-and Small Talk -which is a baby sign language class.

I read in one of my baby books today that baby Foy can hear the sound of my voice and sounds in the environment. Loud noises may even startle baby. They suggest to play music and talk to baby. In the next few weeks it may even respond to familar voices and sounds. CRAZY!!! I think i need to get some Mozart to play for baby foy.

My morning sickness is slowly fading. I occasionally gets waves of nausea when i smell some things still. I've figured out if i eat a little snack every 2 hours I do better then just 3 bigger meals. At my next OB check up I get to go in to hear fetal heart tones, that will be in about a week.

First picture of baby foy!

We had our first ultrasound last night.
What a fun experience that was! We got to see our little one moving all around. Arms wiggling and bouncing like it was on a trampoline!!
I was surprised at how clear of a picture they could take at this early in the game. At the firstsight Mike almost fainted!!

We found out the due date to be Aug 29th. yippie! Another Virgo in the house.
Since I'm only at 10 weeks we were unable to see the sex of the baby.. that will be at
20 weeks.
At 20 weeks they also will look at all the body parts and do measuring and a whole bunch of other stuff so we will know alot more then. Right now just having the ultrasound pictures is enuogh reward for me. It kinda made everything "real".

This picture is somewhat hard to see if you dont know what you are looking for.
On the Left side is the head and ifyou look closely you can see babys feet and toes!
Words can't describe how it feels to see a picture of that baby that is growing inside you.
I think im still awestruck.

our baby stroller...if its a girl im totally getting streamers for the handlebar, like the ones on my old bike!



Mike practicing holding a baby with our " 45 lb baby "

February 5th, 2008

Two more days till the first Ultrasound!!

On Monday, Mike brought how our first baby item.. a NEW STROLLER! Its an adorable plaid print that will go with a boy or a girl. It has everything from a see through canapy to a cup holder and cool storage underneath.. plus he found it at a great price.. it was originally almost 100 dollars! yikes! We put it together in the living room and of course sturggled to get the wheels on right, but once we did it was so adorable! i wanted to put our dog Griffin in it to use it right away. (he wouldn't fit)
:-) Fun

Once Spring hits Mike and I are going to go to lots of Garage sales... i bet we can really stock up on barely used toys/outfits.

Well i was hoping it wouldn't have to come down to this... but my coffee must go! There was a report on the news two nights ago reporting on caffeine and pregnancy. Drinking 2 cups of caffeinated products a day doubles your chance of a miscarriage.

Since my last 4 years (nursing school and working as a nurse) I have learned to live off of java and diet coke.

I haven't been able to stomach coffee since i got pregnant, but tea and regular coke are sooooo good. I am seriously at a loss right now. Its a bummer because i have no energy to begin with and throughout the day a coke sounds so good!

Curse the Gods for inventing caffeine!!!!!

I thought the hardest thing would be to not drink alcohol..but thats a breeeze! its the soda in the Captain -Diet that i really want!! ahhhhhhhhh

If anyone has a good idea for a "pick me up" with out the caffeine i would love to know it.

I guess i'll go sip on my bland water and stale bread-