Hello in There ...

It's a GIRL! I was totally excited today :) We went to St. Joe Mish for the ultrasound. The tech, Tam, was totally cool and nice and was 100% sure once the baby got into show-off position ("I've never read one wrong in 28 years."). The song that starting playing exactly when she put the scanner on my belly was Plain White T's "1,2,3,4" http://blip.fm/~7z39p She was mostly sitting on my left side (a normal placement as of late). Tam was able to ID everything she needed to and said everything looked to be in it's correct place (organs inside the body and all that good stuff). And what a profile pic we got! I think she has Dave's nose LOL. I'm pretty sure Dave was in awe the whole time. He had a big cheesy grin on his face and, of course, he couldn't look away from the monitor. It was fascinating to be able to feel and see what she was doing at the same time. Considering how long I've been feeling her, I finally got to see her!

As a side note: Yesterday I felt her move from the outside for the first time. Christie had said I should be able to feel it from the outside, so I sat real still when I woke up and sure enough there she was! It reminds me of a blow-up kiddy pool: I feel it on the inside like I'm in the pool feeling vibrations from someone kicking the inside edge ... I also can feel it from the outside like I'm just resting my hand on the edge of the pool. It's the weirdest two-places-at-one-time scenario!

So now I can decorate and all that jazz!

Obstruction of Destruction ... and something Cool!

So I had to call the midwife today for the first time due to "bowel issues" that caused severe cramping and muscle spasms. Coffee is the miracle cure and I better not forget that ... ever! Called at 8 am ... was fine by 9:30! 10x better in no time flat :) I also have to remember to watch what I'm eating. I haven't been eating enough fruits and veggies lately due to lack of cravings but I know, I know, I know I need to be eating them more often. Thus, lunch is salad and melons.

Something cool: Due to the coffee I was drinking this morning, I had a definite kick while waiting for the obstruction! Kicks at 15 1/2 weeks whoo hoo! I had been feeling movement but it's like a cat ball: hold a cat ball in your hand and slow move the jingle ball around and then numb that out even more and you just about have the rolling feeling I've had since about week 12.

First Doctor's Appointment ...

So Thursday, March 12, 2009, was our first doctor's appointment with Dr. Elizabeth Weston. I had to go see Dr. Weston because my regular, Dr. Bajuyo, is out on maternity leave.

So, we go in. They do the normal check-up (I'm alive apparently ... that's a relief!). And when the Dr. comes in, we do the next step ... trying to find the heartbeat. I'm laying on the table with my shirt pushed off my belly and my pants unbuttoned (a normal event everyday for me now) and this lady holding a scanner-thingy with some gel on it. She warns me that even at 10 weeks it is possible to not hear a heartbeat. So I hold my breath. Start in the middle. Can hear my heartbeat. Go left. Still just me. Slowly go back over the middle. To the right. Maybe? Down a bit. THERE!

Wompwompwompwompwompwompwompwomp compared to my womp womp womp womp ....

I finally exhaled, not even realizing I had been holding my breath that whole time and almost lost the sound. All I could do was lay there, close to hysterics, all because there is a little thing there! I didn't know if I wanted to laugh or to cry. I whispered to Dave at one point, "Can you hear it over there?" and he was laughing! Finally, she put the Doppler away. I was still elated for hours after! How crazy can you get? There is seriously a heartbeat inside my belly! Oh, and the heartbeat was strong (soundwise) and going at about 160. Doc said my uterus was already pushing out of my pelvis (which is why my belly started protruding more around that time I'm assuming).

Then we finished the appointment and I had to go get poked (almost passed out since the lady "said" the chairs didn't lean back and she didn't use the little needle like I asked ... bullshit).

Next appointment I think is the 9th. I have to call the Midwives at St. Joseph at some point and figure out when I'm going to switch over to them. Christi suggests I do this soon since they like to care for women for as much time as possible for delivery. Why midwife? Two words: water birth. Oh yeah. I've been totally for it since I saw it on TV or a movie when I was a kid. The good thing is that it's at St. Joe so if anything goes wrong, there is support right outside the door.

From My Private Blog: BIGGEST DAY EVER!!!

Okay, so I haven't been feeling exactly "normal" lately and I figured it possible might be just possibly be cuz we had had sex during my ovulation hence ... yeah I had two blue lines this morning :) I've never had two blue lines! Ever! Ever! I have two blue lines! I'm gonna wait until Thursday to test again to make sure ... but I have two blue lines!

I tested first thing this morning and I saw the result right before I got in the shower. I thought about it as I woke up under the water ... trying to let it sink in ... it didn't. I went in to get dressed and was going to wake Dave up ... but I didn't. I came back upstairs earlier than usually to lay down and tell him ... but I didn't. Finally I was getting ready to leave and I realized I COULDN'T leave for work until I told him! I wanted to jump on the bed and scream like a kid! Instead I went in and said, "Honey, you need to wake up. I need you to wake up because I have talk to you. ... I don't think we are going to be able to go to Jamaica." "Why?" "Because .. it's probably safe but who knows since I'll be 6 months by then anyway ..." "You???" "Uh huh ..." Loveyloveyloveylovey ... I don't think I've ever seen Dave's eyes shine as much as they were just then in that little light coming from the hallway :)

Now I'm getting happy as a clam :) I'm giddy! Here are some funny things though:

1. Sis-in-law makes funny comment on facebook status ... I pried it out of her ... she's 2 months along and just took the test this morning! HA! My dad is going to be a g-pa twice over within a few months of each other!

2. The due date is the 11th. I always wanted an October Baby. I always wanted my baby born on an 11. 11 is my favorite number. 11 is my lucky number.

3. If the kid came late, say the 13th, then 1 + 2 = 3 which would be my b-day (11) and Dave's b-day (12) and baby's b-day (13) heeheehee.... (current sidenote: I now know that the baby is expected by Dave's family to be born on the 10th ... otherwise they'll share their birthday with their older cousin!)

Oh geez! I'm Happy! Happy! Happy! And I have to pretend to be heart broken to people who are going to Jamaica ... oh well!