14 weeks!

Tomorrow I will be 14 weeks! I don't really have much to update since my last post other than saying that we did feel the "lump" yesterday morning. DH could feel it too! It was very cool! We couldn't actually see it but we could feel it. Anyway here are some new 14 week pics:

sciatica, pt, and twins

Well my back hasn't been as bad this week but it started bothering me again yesterday so I went ahead and got my appointment scheduled for PT. For whatever reason my insurance won't authorize me to begin PT until April 1st so my first appointment will be next Friday. It is at 11:15 which is a really awkward time for me as far as work but I wanted to accept whatever they had so I could go ahead and get this started. I am seriously thinking about taking the whole day off. The lady said I might have to come back the following week too depending on what they did on Friday.... guess we will see. I hope they are able to do something for my back. It makes me somewhat nervous since when I asked if they did anything for sciatica during pregnancy they said that "they had" like it wasn't a real common thing.

Today I brought up the comment that the dr said on Monday about the possibility of twins and one of my coworkers was so excited. She kept saying "Well you know your belly has gotten big quick, you are hungry all the time, and you had all that sickness!" I still can't get over the dr's "Are you sure you aren't having twins?" comment. Umm YOU are the doctor... I am not! Are YOU sure I'm not having twins? I think her sole reason for asking is due to me taking clomid but it still makes me nervous. When I told her that only one baby was seen at 6 wks she said well sometimes they can miss a baby that early. I swear if I find out there are two when I have my 20 week ultrasound I will freak!! haha! I wouldn't mind having twins but I would have liked to have known already so I could have been preparing!!

Doctor's appointment...

Well I went back to the doctor and I will start with the positive. The doctor was able to find the heartbeat right away... she said she saw a "lump" and asked if I had noticed that at all. I haven't and am still not sure what she meant... apparently she could see the baby from the outside. We have got to do some more watching my belly apparently!! Didn't know it was possible to see so soon. She went to where she saw the lump and sure enough baby was there. The heartbeat was much less this time. It was 156... last time it was 172. She said that was normal for this point in the pregnancy. She also asked if I was sure I wasn't having twins and I asked why and she said with taking the clomid she just wondered.

That being said... I did NOT like the doctor. She was very unhelpful and seemed to mock every question I asked. She had one of those grins that looked like she was calling me dumb! I had a lot of questions I wanted to ask her and she didn't once ask me if I had anything to ask. She really wanted to do the doppler and leave. But I started spitting out my questions and I had to be quick because she looked like she was about to walk out! I asked her about my back pain and she said that it was sciatica and that if it got bad I could be referred to a physical therapist. I told her it was already really bad so she agreed I could start going to a physical therapist. I asked her about the bleeding and she said that she had read that in my chart and that was not an issue since it was brown blood and left it at that. I asked her about the swelling I have had in my hands and she asked if I had eaten a lot of salt... REALLY? Duhhh I know eating a lot of salt can make you swell. She then said that it wasn't an issue in early pregnancy. She said that I could get the down syndrome test the next time I go so I needed to do research on that to decide if I wanted to do it (helloooo information... explain please!!) and that my ultrasound would be at 20 weeks and walked out. She MIGHT have stayed in there 5 minutes. It was soooo dissapointing! Then I went to make my next appointment and they asked if I cared who and I said no. Then they offered her and I said ugh... so they changed it to someone else. The lady laughed and said I can give you someone else just let me know. So I told her anyone but her. I was very dissapointed with my appointment but at least I know baby is still doing fine! :)

13 weeks & peaches!

I'm 13 weeks tomorrow (and going to the doctor!) and the baby is supposed to be the size of a peach! It also has fingerprints at 13 weeks!! This week or next week (depending on what you look at) will be the beginning of my second trimester. I'm going with this week because if you divide 40 weeks by 3 you get 13 weeks 3 days so I'm guessing that is why some say 13 and others say 14. I haven't had ANY throwing up since the 11th!!! Maybe the morning sickness is going away! My main issue has been my back... possibly my sciatic nerve. It is my lower back on my right side and I have shooting pains that go through my back, down my hip, and into my leg. It is the worst in the mornings and at night. Friday night was AWFUL! I literally couldn't get up off the couch to go to bed because it hurt so bad!! I am definitely going to talk to my dr about it tomorrow when I go! Oh and my newest thing that dh thinks is sooo funny is I need to pee EVERY time I laugh! It doesn't matter if I just went when I laugh I feel like I've got to go!!! I am excited to be going to the dr tomorrow although I'm not so sure how nice this particular one is. Oh well! I'm hoping to go ahead and get my gender ultrasound scheduled because I really want to plan a gender party. I thought it would be fun plus I won't have to worry about telling someone before someone else. What I would like to do is have the dr seal the gender in an envelope (we won't even find out) and invite all my CLOSE family and friends over after my ultrasound. I'll let everyone make a guess and they can buy tickets to reveal the gender... the money will go to baby's future and the lucky winner will get to open the envelope and reveal the baby's gender to everyone including me & dh!! I think it would be a lot of fun! I'm hoping that I can get my ultrasound scheduled for a Friday so we can do the party that night and we won't have to wait long before finding out! We will see!! Well here is a collage of my belly pics from week 4 until week 13. I will post again tomorrow to let you know how my dr's appointment goes! :)

12 weeks!

Tomorrow I will be 12 weeks! I haven't updated since last week but a lot has happened. This past week was pretty stressful at work. I also had a scare with some brown bleeding starting Tuesday night. It wasn't much and had stopped by the time I could get the dr on Wednesday. They said that there were lots of reasons that could cause brown bleeding but brown means old blood and if I wasn't having any cramps and since it had stopped there was nothing to worry about. They said that if it happened again that they would get me to come in so they could take a look to reassure me. I also have been having MAJOR morning sickness. It seems like it was worse this week than it has been throughout the entire pregnancy so far. Maybe it has to get worse before it can get better? I told dh maybe that is baby's way of telling me "I'm ok mommy... the bleeding didn't hurt me!" I also tried on the maternity pants that were given to me and only one pair fit.... they fit in the waist & length but they are way too long at the crotch.... very strange! That was a huge let down because I was counting on her clothes fitting me so I wouldn't have to buy so much maternity clothes myself. Between the stress of work, having trouble finding clothes to wear, the bleeding, and the morning sickness- I had a major breakdown Wednesday at work. I went in another teacher's room and just burst into tears... talk about hormones!!

Things have gotten better. I haven't gotten sick any this weekend and yesterday my mom and I went and got pedicures! We also were able to find me a shirt, pair of capris, and a little cotton dress. I also went shopping with dh and was able to find 2 nice dresses (I need one for an upcomming wedding), 2 pairs of dress pants, one pair of dressy black capris, and a nice shirt. I'm excited about the weather getting warmer because I feel like I have more I can wear for warm weather.... plus warm weather makes me feel better!

This weekend I have had major thirst and ALL I want is water with lemon in it. Today that is all I have drank... plain water or water with lemon. Nothing else! I can't get enough of it!!! It is hard to believe that I am actually 12 weeks now! The baby is now the size of a plum and vocal chords have formed and it MAY be possible to tell the gender!

Here is a picture of me last week and this week.... think I look a little bigger!

11 weeks!

I will be 11 weeks tomorrow! There are some big changes in the baby this week... the baby is supposed to be the size of a lime! It also is supposed to have hair and fingernails now! I haven't noticed much of a change in my belly this week but I think I have been sicker this week! Ugh! I'm getting close to the second trimester so maybe it will start getting better then. I hadn't said anything about this on here because I honestly thought I was crazy at first but the more research I did, the more I realized it was possible. Last Saturday I think I felt the baby move for the first time. I had just finished eating some icecream at our cousin's house and I felt something in my belly that felt kind of like when someone rubs against your arm really lightly. When I was looking up about feeling the baby move I found out that it COULD be as early as 10 weeks for people who are small. It said that it wouldn't happen very often this early but it is possible. Well, I had that same feeling today!! It is crazy!! Anyway, here is an updated pic. I think I may actually look a tad smaller this week then I did last week.

I'm BAAACCKKK!!

Ok... this post will be short but sweet but I had to share my news with you! Today I was called into the office to be told that I now WILL have a job next year and it will be MY job! No moving... no grade level change... nothing!!! WOOHOO!!! Talk about relief!