Second Trimester

I am 13 weeks now! My belly has gotten bigger. I have to wear maternity clothes. Someone told me the other day that I was showing. I think the maternity clothes are to blame for that. Every week seems to be better than the last. I haven't had much morning sickness in the past week. Headaches are still a problem, but I blame that on allergies. I still have episodes where I get extremely tired and have to lie down for a while. I think it is about two weeks until my next appointment. I'm still anxious to hear the heartbeat!

12 Weeks!

12 weeks pregnant. Goodness, it's going by fast! Starting to feel less nausea over the past week. Hopefully it's gone for good. :) I had several bouts of bleeding last week. It scared me at first, but a call to the doctor eased my mind. I had to rest a lot and it went away. I can't wait to hear the heart beat. Too bad I have to wait three more weeks. It will be here before you know it, though. If only I could get rid of this headache I have had for two days, I would be doing good. I'm sure it's just sinus, since I have been having a lot of congestion. I take Tylenol and it's like taking nothing at all. I want to take some sudafed, but I have read so many negative things about it during pregnancy that I'm scared to take it. Anyway, hopefully it will go away soon. :) I'm feeling more of a positive outlook now and anticipate my little one coming. I guess it was just my hormones making feel so depressed. Thank goodness it's over now. I can't wait to feel it move. That should be soon now.

Sonogram

I had my first sonogram today. Everything is well. I saw it moving and waving it's tiny little hands. The baby also had a good heartbeat. They kept my original due date of Nov. 4th. It was very reassuring to see everything. I had never had one done so early before. It was awesome. Although it was only me there to experience it. They printed me out some pics, but you can't tell much about them. You could see way more on the screen. My next appointment is in 4 weeks, as usual. I have to decide by then whether or not I want to have an Alfa-feta protein test done or not. I had one with Hannah(my first) but not with Lily. I doubt I get it done. My doctor said only about 1/3 of his patients have it done. I don't want any more to worry about right now.

11 Weeks

Appointment

I had my first prenatal appointment today. I was pleased with the new doctor. He is way more thorough than my old doctor. It made me realize exactly how laid-back my old doctor was. I'm already set up for a sonogram on Monday. I didn't have a sono done with either of my girls until the 20th week. Also on Monday, he wants to go ahead and check my glucose since I had previously had gestational diabetes. So, that means I have to fast and drink that nasty drink. I went Wednesday and checked out the hospitals. I really liked the one that was further away. The one by my house was ok, but the staff did not want to show me around and I couldn't see the LDR's because they were full. The bad news I found out today is that I have to go to the one by my house. It wasn't that bad, but I'm afraid I'm going to have a bad nurse experience. I'm just going to have to suck it up and deal with it. I will probably just be there one or two days anyway, if everything goes like my previous pregnancies. So, I'm not going to worry about it anymore. The doctor made me feel very confident that he would be able to handle anything that may happen and that he will catch anything that may happen. The one word I can describe my new doctor is Thorough. Very thorough. :) Overall, my first appointment went very well.

Week 10

I got an appointment with a new doctor on Thursday. I hope everything goes well and I like him as much as my old doctor. I'm going to tour the hospital he delivers in to see if I like it all right. I have a choice of two hospitals, but one is really close to my house. It would be extremely convenient, but I have not heard too many good things about that hospital.

Here are some pics of a 10 week old fetus.

Month Three!

Week 9 now. Symptoms are starting to subside a little. If I didn't have so much other stuff going on at the moment, I would probably feel pretty decent. Wow, third month! It's going too fast already. I wish I had more to write about now, but my mind is kinda blank. Maybe some more will come later.