almost 8 weeks

Well this past weekend was wonderful. My parents came in town for a visit. We got to take them to the land where we are going to build our house....we finished all of our planning at the KB Studio (where we select everything that we want inside/outside our house) and now its all sitting at the city waiting for our building permit!

Daniel and I were able to go and see Wicked this weekend as well. It was nice to dress up and go on a date. I squeezed into the dress I wore for graduation....I don't think I'll be able to wear that dress again until after the baby is born! LOL I'm not really showing anything baby, but its a lot of bloat and most pants and jeans that I am wearing doesn't close, so I've been wearing a belly band to help with comfort!

Below is of me and my date for the night:



Well will post more on Friday after our next/last ultrasound with our fertility doctor!!

OB....

Well today we got to meet our OB, Dr. Novak. She was super nice and I instantly felt very comfortable; so I'm happy about my decision to go to her...thanks Brenda for telling me about the Women's Partners OB!!
We met in her office and discussed our past medical history and talked about the blood tests that would be done today. Daniel and I decided to go ahead and get me tested for Cystic Fibrosis...to see if I'm a carrier or not. We decided against any other testing because we wouldn't abort in a situation like that. Other than that, its was all normal blood tests; including thyroid to make sure everything is good!
We then went into the next room to see our baby. Its amazing how quickly its already grown in the past 5 days!!



She also said that we're 6w6d and RMA said that we're 7w even....so she said we can pick whichever!! LOL So I could go back to being due: October 12, 2011!! We also recorded the ultrasound:


Its amazing how fast the heartbeat is...and so much faster and stronger than the last time we got to hear it!! She also said that our chances of miscarriage have now dropped to 5%. So hopefully I don't fall into that small category. I've already grown so attached to this little booger...I don't want to ever let go!!

So nausea has hit me hard the past couple of days...but nothing where I'm laid up...i can still function. But I find that if I eat something cold or citrus-y it really helps calm it down! And of course my boobies are still killing me!! But I guess I can anticipate that until I deliver!! LOL

Our next appointment will be the 4th of March; where I'll be either be 8w3d or 8w4d....I guess they can pin-point it more at that time as well!! So until next time..........

love,
Daniel, Christina, & our little bean!

Its official....

We got to see the little flicker of his/her heartbeat...114bpm. YAY! Tears came to my eyes when I actually got to see that there was in fact a baby in there! Its so amazing that we are finally pregnant. So the due date was changed to October 11, 2011! So I'm 6 weeks and 2 days pregnant.

Our next appointment is the 22nd of February with our OB, Dr. Novak and then we have another one with RMA on the 4th of March! So I'll keep this blog posted as things come up!

So far the only symptoms that have come up (besides my boobies killing me) is nausea has crept its nasty self into my life! Luckily, no throwing up, just nausea...lots of it!

Almost 6 weeks.........

Well I am almost 6 weeks preggo! On Thursday we will have our first ultrasound with the fertility doctor...I'm so nervous!
So how I've been feeling the past couple weeks....the exhaustion has hit me this past week...I'll sleep 10-11 hours and wake up so sleepy! WTH!?! My boobies are still killing me and according to Daniel have already grown!
Well this may be TMI; but boy has gas hit me hard! Poor Daniel! LOL At first I was craving Pork Ramen, but lately I've been losing my appetite and I've been forcing myself to eat because I know that I need to...but honestly if I didn't need to, I wouldn't! LOL
Waking up to take my synthroid has been a challenge too because I'm not supposed to eat anything for at least 30 minutes and I'm getting nauseous as soon as I down my pill! BOOOOO. I'm gonna have to talk to my OB and see what tricks she has up her sleeves!
Well thats all for now. I'll definitely post more when I get my ultrasound on Thursday!
Bye ya'll!!

LOVE IT!!!

It keeps getting darker!! YAY



Its still too good to be true!! Next blood test tomorrow...I will update more when those results come back! YAY

and at 4 weeks pregnant.....

My HCG level was at 137 and my progesterone was greater than 20. They'll do the next blood test on Monday, Feb 7th...once I"m above 1000 they will do an ultrasound and release me to an OB. The doctor still has me taking 100mg of Prometrium (progesterone) twice a day; just to make sure I don't miscarry again!

On that note...we decided to go with an OB named Dr. Susan Novak; she is part of a group called Women's Partners in OB/GYN and I will be delivering at North Central Baptist. Its good that I have friends that recently delivered there, so they told me what a great experience that they had there...so I'm not worried. Our first appointment will be the 22nd of February with our OB, so wish us luck!

So changes that have occurred since I got the BFP (Big Fat Positive) was my craving for Pork Ramen...its crazy. No morning sickness (yet) but I do get a little nauseous when I get hungry! My boobs are killing me and there are cramps that happen sporadically. I have also been taking to placing the space heater in front of me while I'm sitting on the couch....I feel like I should be warmer; kind of like incubation? LOL I don't know; I feel like i"m colder than usual and I'd like to be warm all the time. Daniel calls this crazy act "hen-ing" like I"m a chicken! LOL

So both of our parents know that we're pregnant, but I want to announce it to my brothers/sister-n-laws when they come to visit us here in San Antonio on March 14th. So its going to be so tough to keep this a secret from everyone else until then! But I have a t-shirt that I bought that I'm going to wear to make the announcement!
The t-shirt is below:


Just in case you can't see it, it says : First comes love, then comes marriage.............

So wish us luck that we can keep it a secret for that long! LOL