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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Baby at 9 and a half weeks
OK, here it is. We weren't kidding. 9-1/2 weeks and 29mm (1.25"). Rachel is doing good aside from a little morning sickness discomfort. Whooooeee! I am lucky to just feel JAZZED!
Don 01-21-10
Second Ultrasound
Hey friends,
Monday I woke up and said in great alarm to my husband, "I don't feel sick! I think something bad happened to our baby!" Tuesday I woke up and puked, so I was feeling better about the well-being of our baby, and Wednesday I woke up dizzy and vomiting, and was therefore, convinced I was still fully pregnant. I guess some days I just wake up and think I have spontaneously stopped being pregnant, and I get really nervous, but I don't think that happens too often, so I am trying to stop the irrational thinking. Don is awesome of course, he is confident no matter what I am going through. I tearfully tell him my concerns, and he takes my hand sweetly, looks into my eyes, and says, "I am confident our baby is doing just fine."
Being pregnant is a total trip. Most of the time, I find it hard to conceive the fact that I have a 29 millimeter baby living in my uterus. I mean seriously, the baby is the size of a kumquat, yet he or she has fully developed vital organs. How crazy is that?! My only link so far to the baby is the fact that my bladder has shrunk, my sweet tooth has disappeared, and my appetite has tripled. That and the occasional vomiting and not so occasional mood swing. I can't really feel the baby and my body looks the same, so I am finding it challenging to bond this early with the little rascal. I am really looking forward to the upcoming months where I will be able to feel movements and kicks, and hear the rapidly beating heart.
Don and I had our second ultrasound yesterday. I believe the baby has morphed from a seahorse to a peanut. Don was blown away to see his baby's first picture. We both started laughing. We again saw the flashing heart, and the doctor said things looked great. She also said her original due date of August 19 was dead on. I am hoping the baby will come on August 21, so that we can share a birthday.
I am going in two weeks to have some standard testing done for birth defects. Please keep us in your prayers!
With love,
Mama-to-be
Monday I woke up and said in great alarm to my husband, "I don't feel sick! I think something bad happened to our baby!" Tuesday I woke up and puked, so I was feeling better about the well-being of our baby, and Wednesday I woke up dizzy and vomiting, and was therefore, convinced I was still fully pregnant. I guess some days I just wake up and think I have spontaneously stopped being pregnant, and I get really nervous, but I don't think that happens too often, so I am trying to stop the irrational thinking. Don is awesome of course, he is confident no matter what I am going through. I tearfully tell him my concerns, and he takes my hand sweetly, looks into my eyes, and says, "I am confident our baby is doing just fine."
Being pregnant is a total trip. Most of the time, I find it hard to conceive the fact that I have a 29 millimeter baby living in my uterus. I mean seriously, the baby is the size of a kumquat, yet he or she has fully developed vital organs. How crazy is that?! My only link so far to the baby is the fact that my bladder has shrunk, my sweet tooth has disappeared, and my appetite has tripled. That and the occasional vomiting and not so occasional mood swing. I can't really feel the baby and my body looks the same, so I am finding it challenging to bond this early with the little rascal. I am really looking forward to the upcoming months where I will be able to feel movements and kicks, and hear the rapidly beating heart.
Don and I had our second ultrasound yesterday. I believe the baby has morphed from a seahorse to a peanut. Don was blown away to see his baby's first picture. We both started laughing. We again saw the flashing heart, and the doctor said things looked great. She also said her original due date of August 19 was dead on. I am hoping the baby will come on August 21, so that we can share a birthday.
I am going in two weeks to have some standard testing done for birth defects. Please keep us in your prayers!
With love,
Mama-to-be
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
The First OB appointment
Good news today! I had my first visit with my OB Dr. Fischer and she did an ultrasound. It was a little hard for her to get a good look at the baby, but we both saw the little guy (or girl) and we saw the little flashing heartbeat. She said based on her measurements that I am about 7.5 weeks pregnant. She gave me a tentative due date of August 19...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME (mine is August 21). Anyway, because he was kind of hiding, she wants me to have another ultrasound in two weeks, to get a more accurate measurement and due date. I will give you guys the updated due date at that time. Don is way jealous that he didn't get to see the baby's first photo, but he will have a chance in two weeks. Love to all!
Rachel
Rachel
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Finding Out
Hey everyone,
Thanks to big sister Pam Riley for suggesting we publish a blog to help keep the family updated on the exciting baby news!
We are both super stunned and stoked to be having a baby. As most of you know we started trying to conceive a year ago exactly, right after we got married. Based on my sister Sara's two pregnancies, I figured I'd be knocked up in a month, but obviously things didn't work that way for me.
We went and spoke with two fertility doctors this year, and they were both pretty convinced the process of getting pregnant was going to be difficult for us. We discussed some options and decided that we didn't want to do fertility treatments, so we started looking into adoption towards the end of 2009.
I have to admit, this past year has been very difficult for me. I think the biggest challenge came with trying to understand God's desire for my life and our marriage. Don has been absolutely amazing this year. Whenever I would express my feelings of discouragement to him, he would say, "just relax, God is in control." Don constantly encouraged me to stay committed to trusting God and his perfect timing. Furthermore, he never stopped praying for a baby. Something else that really helped me to trust in the Lord was the verse from Genesis 30:22, "Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and opened her womb." I cannot even tell you how many times I asked God to remember me too.
Needless to say, we are very excited and although we have no idea just how pregnant I am, we are choosing to celebrate and be thankful for life even when it's less than a millimeter big and comes in the form of morning sickness and backaches. Praise God!
We will keep you posted! Please keep us in your prayers. I have my first doctor's appointment tomorrow January 6. Hopefully we'll know a lot more after that.
Love,
The Speedie's
Thanks to big sister Pam Riley for suggesting we publish a blog to help keep the family updated on the exciting baby news!
We are both super stunned and stoked to be having a baby. As most of you know we started trying to conceive a year ago exactly, right after we got married. Based on my sister Sara's two pregnancies, I figured I'd be knocked up in a month, but obviously things didn't work that way for me.
We went and spoke with two fertility doctors this year, and they were both pretty convinced the process of getting pregnant was going to be difficult for us. We discussed some options and decided that we didn't want to do fertility treatments, so we started looking into adoption towards the end of 2009.
I have to admit, this past year has been very difficult for me. I think the biggest challenge came with trying to understand God's desire for my life and our marriage. Don has been absolutely amazing this year. Whenever I would express my feelings of discouragement to him, he would say, "just relax, God is in control." Don constantly encouraged me to stay committed to trusting God and his perfect timing. Furthermore, he never stopped praying for a baby. Something else that really helped me to trust in the Lord was the verse from Genesis 30:22, "Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and opened her womb." I cannot even tell you how many times I asked God to remember me too.
Needless to say, we are very excited and although we have no idea just how pregnant I am, we are choosing to celebrate and be thankful for life even when it's less than a millimeter big and comes in the form of morning sickness and backaches. Praise God!
We will keep you posted! Please keep us in your prayers. I have my first doctor's appointment tomorrow January 6. Hopefully we'll know a lot more after that.
Love,
The Speedie's
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