ha ha 10 weeks later!

Holy Moly, I can't believe I haven't written in 10 weeks! Yikes. :/ Well I'll be 26 wks in 2 days. So much has happened I will just recap on what's been going on. @ exactly 17 wks and 2 days my throwing up 4-6x a day totally stopped. It literally just vanished and I've been puke free ever since. Hooray!! So from 7 wks to 17 wks I roughly threw up 280 times. :) Go figure once I stopped throwing up I finally started gaining weight. I'm allowed to gain 20 lbs and with Halloween just passing I ate a butt ton of candy and gained 5lbs in 1 week. No bueno. I started walking 2 miles a day a few days ago and have lost 2 of those lbs. I currently have gained a total of 13 lbs this pregnancy. I started following my nutritionists diet again to keep my weight maintained for the remainder of the pregnancy. Hope I can stick to it. Let's see...Me and Mike had our 7 year wedding anniversary Sept 10th. It was great, we went to Tampa and had dinner and watched Fright Night in the theater. Thankful to say so far the '7 year itch' has had no effect on us. If it's one thing he never fails to do it's make me feel loved. I feel so blessed to have a husband who gives me a ton of hugs and kisses a day and says the sweetest things. We've been through so much together and I can't wait to add our little addition to our family. He will be an amazing father. Which by the way, we're having a GIRL! lol. We found out @ 17 wks. We went to the 3D/4D U/S place and it was awesome. At first I was in shock since I was so sure we were having a boy. I almost didn't want to believe I was wrong. I had a gut feeling it was a boy. lol. That same day DH wanted to get our baby girl some outfits and after our day of shopping for the cutest stuff, it set in and I couldn't have been happier to have a little girl. BTW, her name is Mia Faith. On Oct 4th I felt her move for the first time. I was 21 wks and 2 days. Ever since she's just been kicking the crap out of me. lol. and I LOVE it. Every time she moves in there I just smile. Hmm what else....Oh yes, I'm finished with her nursery! Well I'm just waiting on a wall decal but other than that it's all done. Once the wall decal comes in I'll post pics. We've been rearranging furniture like crazy and trying to get things organized before Mia comes. 14 more weeks! SQUEE!! On a sad note, last Friday we gave Acacia away. She was too aggressive towards kids and strangers and we couldn't risk Mia's safety. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. We've had her since she was 8 wks old, and her bday just passed on the 17th and she turned 5. Even though she was aggressive towards others, she was an ABSOLUTE sweetheart to me. We had the biggest bond. She followed me everywhere and was always in protector mode. She was by far my favorite pet I've ever had. She went to an amazing home. It's an 85 acre farm and the owner loves Shepherds. She'll have plenty of room to run and play and they have an obstacle course for the dogs. The owner is also hiring a behavioral specialist to train her shepherds and turn them into working dogs like search and rescue or cancer sniffing. I've been crying everyday but I know it's for the best. It's been so much easier with just the 2 other dogs. Less stress on me and the baby. Not to mention the other 2 would never harm Mia. I can't think of anything else to update. Hopefully my entries won't be as sporadic, that way they won't be a novel. lol. TTFN! Here's some updated pics too. :)

It's a girl!

She looks like me! ;)

19 wk belly

24 wks!

Halloween costume. :)

My sweet baby girl Acacia. I'll forever miss her.

16 WEEKS!!

I have just been sick sick sick!! These last few weeks have by far been the toughest of my pregnancy. I thought things were suppose to get easier!! lol. I've had severe migraines that last over 12 hrs and my OB prescribed Tylenol w/ codeine which I had an allergic reaction to and threw up 9x that day. My puking has gone down from 4-6x to 2-4x so that's good. Headaches have become more manageable and I'm finally about to sit at the computer long enough without vomiting so that's a plus! I just want my energy back. I haven't seen my friends in months and I haven't had a good thorough house cleaning in foreeeever!! Every day I cross my fingers that today is the day the MS goes away..but that has yet to happen. lol. On another note, we find out the gender this Saturday!! SOOOOO excited!! I can't believe in 5 days we'll FINALLY have a name instead of 'Baby G'. We're definitely going with Michael for a boy and Mia for a girl. Obviously this baby is a blessing no matter what but I keep going back and forth as to what gender I think it is. Majority of this pregnancy I thought boy. Then the other night a had a dream it was a girl and now I'm thinking girl. lol. I guess it's a 50/50 shot right? Chinese gender chart says boy. Will be interesting to see if it's correct. It will be so fun to finally buy gender specific items instead of gender neutral. I'll definitely post again Saturday with the news!!

13 weeks!

So my Dr appointment on Monday went great. We love our new OB and we got to hear the heartbeat at the office. On Tuesday we had our ultrasound and saw our baby doing flips on the screen. It was absolutely hilarious. I wish we could've gotten it on video. I get the results of the U/s at my next appt next week along with my BW results. I'm so happy to be in the 2nd trimester!! Baby is the size of a peach today. :) yesterday was the 1st day I haven't thrown up since wk 7 so I'm hoping that's a good sign. So far today I've been holding down my food as well. I still have nausea, headaches and heartburn once 2p.m. hits. But at least I know the baby is getting some food. Now that I'm not puking I'm hoping to start eating healthy. I've gained 1 lb my 1st trimester and even though my OB said I can gain 25-30 lbs. I'd like to stay under 20 lbs. We went to Mikes grandparents yesterday to tell them the news in person. We put the U/S pic in a frame that said 'baby' and gift wrapped it. His grandfather wanted to be the one to open it and as soon as he did he looked puzzled. Then his eyes filled with tears and he yelled "YOU!!??" and he started crying. It then made me start crying because I adore his grandparents like they are my own. He started saying how happy we've made him and he's been praying every night for us and he's so excited to have another great grandchild. Him and I went outside and he said the sweetest things to me and made me tear up again. I will be devastated when their time comes. It was a memory I'll cherish forever. Nothing else to update since I'm held captive in my own home at the moment. Here's hoping 2nd tri is nice to me so I can get my life back. I'll update how my next OB appt goes next week!

12 weeks!

Almost into the 2nd tri! I have my first appt with my new OBGYN tomorrow and hopefully an U/S so I'll definitely update! This week was tricky. I'd go most of the morning and afternoon feeling good and thinking my symptoms were finally dying down, then night time hits and I'll trow up 4 times in 2 hours! I think the worst things I've thrown up so far are shrimp and pizza. I'm 1 lb over my pre pregnancy weight so I'm assuming that's good for being almost in the 2nd tri. Hopefully I can stay under 20lbs the entire pregnancy. I bought these super cute pregnancy tracker stickers off of etsy. There is one for every milestone then weekly starting at 36 weeks! Sorry for the poor picture quality. Mike is the worst photo taker ever! And it's just a normal point and shoot camera. UGH! lol.

Almost 11 wks

Things have been going by pretty quick. Especially since my bff from San Diego was here with me for 3 weeks. She just left this Tuesday. I feel so bad since the only thing we were able to do was see a film 2 or 3 times. We had a vacation planned and paid for to go to Savannah, GA. Ummm, yeah...totally had to cancel that!! I have just been throwing up every single day 4x a day and it's just been rough. We had so many food items we planned on cooking and creating and I probably only cooked ONCE!! and I made her help so I didn't puke!! lol. I love her to death for being a good friend and just helping me be as comfortable as possible. Also for her making last minute food runs at all hours of the day and night so I can eat. :) Thank God for BFF's! I had my U/S at 9 wks and my RE said everything looked good. I still have a little amount of uterine blood so I'm still on pelvic rest. Boo!!! The heartbeat was nice and strong. I think last time it was 149 and this time it was 173. We got to see the baby move, they kept bobbing their head. It was amazing and hilarious! Dr said there's nothing else he can do so they thought it was time to discharge me to a regular OBGYN. I seriously teared up in the office and hugged him and his assistant. I was suppose to be with them until I was 16 weeks, not 9. I've been seeing this RE since October and have been through so much with him. I am happy that he felt things looked good enough I don't have to see him anymore, but I will miss them terribly. I'm also sad not to see our little baby every week on the screen. My 1st appointment with my new OBGYN is Aug 1st. I'll be 12 wks. :) I will update you then. :)

Here is a pic of our 9 wk 2 day U/S.
I think it's crazy how fast the baby can grow in just a few weeks. You can see the head, belly, arms and legs!

8 wks 1 day!

Time is just flying by thank goodness. 4 more weeks till we're in the 2nd trimester. This pregnancy has been a lot more rough then I was expecting. I have nausea and heartburn all throughout the day. I get dizzy and bad headaches. I throw up sometimes twice a day. I seriously commend any pregnant woman who has to work full time. I am absolutely miserable all day and couldn't imagine standing on my feet for 8 hours working at the bank. Even a part time job is rough when all you want to do is throw up. lol. I've been losing a lot of hours because of the rain but it's also nice so I can at least be miserable in my own home. :) It will all be worth it in the end. The fact that I'm finally pregnant and going through all of this is a blessing. I am hoping the nausea goes away sooner than later. I can barely stand a 15 minute car ride anymore. I'm only down 3 lbs of my pre pregnancy weight so that's good. I hope the baby is getting enough nutrients. Pre pregnancy I was eating low carb and mostly meat and veggies because I'm pre diabetic and insulin resistant. I can't even stand to look at meat right now. It makes me gag thinking of eating it. The only thing this baby wants is bagels for breakfast and those $1.00 totinos pizza's for lunch..dinner is my biggest challenge yet. We tried shrimp last night and that was not fun coming back up. Worst puking experience of my life. I'll spare you the details. I ended up getting a whey protien smoothie from starbucks and it seemed to work, then an hour later I was nauseous as hell! I just don't know what to eat anymore. Anyways, my next appt is next Tuesday the 12th. I'll be 8 wks and 5 days. We're going to see Mikes grandparents at the end of the month and they've been rooting for us since the get go and know everything we've endured on this ttc journey. We'll be 10 wks so hopefully it's safe to tell them. I think I'm going to frame the latest ultrasound pic we get and gift wrap it for them.

pukey pukey and heartburn

Soo I've been nauseous throughout the day for the past 2 weeks. Finally at exactly 7 wks I threw up in the evening. It was awful. lol. Very acidic and went for a long period of time. Every time I thought I was done I found myself hugging the toilet bowl one more time. Yesterday was the same thing. Nauseous throughout the day then finally puked at night. I also found out I cannot eat spicy foods anymore without getting really bad heartburn. I put hot sauce on almost everything I eat. Not anymore I guess. As much as it sucks to have a burning throat after puking and lovely heartburn after eating, I seriously am happy to be experiencing it. I finally 'feel' pregnant and I'm loving it. :)