1 more week!!

            A week from tomorrow and i'll finally get to spend some visual time with my heart and joy! I honestly can not wait to see my lil being wigging around inside of me! My fingers are crossed for a happy and healthy lil wiggler! The week has been an emotional one for me... damn hormaones have me dreaming nightly (vividly) and the past few nights the dreams have been about me bleeding or miscarrying..not sure exactly.. but they wake me up @ 3am and I for the life of me can NOT fall back asleep! Needless to say a week can not come fast enough! ;) AND... 11 days from tomorrow ill be in my 2nd trimester! YAY!! :) (hoping this week flies by... my dad will be in town for the week.. so it'll keep my mind busy!)

Other then that.. i'm feeling a lil better.. gassy... still a lil nauseous but better... and just above my pelvis is "filling out" to the point Ryan can even tell a difference.. both visually and by touch!

Well that's it for now! I'll be anxious to post again next week!

2 weeks from tomorrow...

..... and I will once again be able to see our lil bundle! So far i'm feeling pretty good... most of the nausea has lifted, though nothing ever sounds good!! I have a lil cramping here and there but I know it's just my uterus stretching and making room for this lil monster! We have officially decided that we will not be finding out the sex.. Can't wait for the best surprise of my life! Everything I want... bedding.. car seats.. it's all unisex anyways! If it's a girl ... I'm all set thanks to the BFF... and if its a boy.. it'll give me reason to go shopping when my mom or bff come visit. Today I stopped at goodwill and found 3 super cute new born unisex gowns.. I just HAD to get them.. they were toooooo cute!

Anyways... I can't wait to start counting down tomorrow, it's already been 2 weeks since my first ultrasound.. and well that flew by! I imagine that Oct. 4 will be here before I know it.. plus my dads coming the end of the month.. so it'll fly by! :)

Simply A.M.A.Z.I.N.G

     On Thursday 9/6.. I had my first ultrasound... it was simply one of the best feelings i've ever had in my life!! I had figured I was 8 weeks.. but I measured 8w3d.... and there it was.. my babes HB..178 beats/min to be exact! I won't lie... tears ran down my face... and Ryan shed a grin. It was SOOOO real... and SOOOOO amazing! ;)

                                (Look at this precious lil peanut <3)

I have been on cloud nine... since Thursday.. well cloud nine masked w/ nausea   :)

                                    (8w5d..... beyond bloated!)

Now.. it's time to wait again! Ill have a beginner sugar test tomorrow (cause im a chunk) ha ha ... and then i'll have another US at 12w .. Oct 4th! can't wait!! :)

T- 49.5

      ..... as in 49.5 more hours till Ryan and I will get the first glimpse of our bundle! (and that heartbeat.. <3) I can hardly wait... though I do feel my anxiety has definitely leveled off. This pregnancy just feels sooooooo different then the last. By this time (7w6d) with my first pregnancy.. I was already spotting...and the only "pregnancy" symptom I had was tender breasts. This time around I have very CLEAR pregnancy symptoms. I am nauseous just about 24/7 .. I am finally feeling like I'm learning how to manage it... managing consisting of what feels like constant eating! ;) Also, the only food I want is bland boring food (potatoes, bread, and potatoes haha) .. the thought of spices and seasonings make me queasy. Though, I have discovered an obsession for ketchup and A1 sauce! :) The symptoms are not the only things that help ease my mind.. the increase in hormones is very reassuring! The highest my HCG level ever got with the last pregnancy was 16,000.. w/ a 48hr change to 17,000 (7w5d/8w) which at this point we knew a miscarriage was in the works. On with the "good" news.. this time around.. my last HCG draw was 55,000 (6w1d) woo hoo!! The way I am feeling now.. I have little doubt that its not 100,000+ now! Come tomorrow i'll be 8 weeks.... which is a milestone in itself!
     I can't wait for my next post.... big news to come! :)