Wednesday, February 17, 2010
What's Kickin'?
On February 4th, the most AMAZING thing happened!! I felt the baby kick for the first time! Matthew and I were sitting on the couch watching TV and all of a sudden I felt three soft little taps. Since then, I've felt many, many more, and I must say, it is the coolest feeling in the world! I can't wait until Matthew is able to feel them, too.
It Should Be Called "All Day Sickness"
Starting around week 6, I began experiencing constant stomach aches (literally 24 hours a day, 7 days a week) and lots of nausea and vomiting. For me, this sickness was definitely NOT limited to the morning. I tried many, many things to try to ease it all, but to no avail. Finally, just before my 8 week appointment, I called my doctor and was put on Zofran. It worked like a charm for the nausea and vomiting for about a week and a half, then only helped somewhat. I tried several more things to try to ease it (on top of the Zofran), and the only thing that helped was ginger capsules twice a day. I still had the stomach aches, of course, but the nausea and vomiting was fairly under control. Finally, at about 16 weeks, the stomach aches seemed to go away so I thought I would try to wean myself off of the Zofran but still take the ginger. Some days I think I'm doing okay, and others I clearly am not. I got sick four times in the last week and a half and have had stomach aches a few hours here and there. But, this is a huge improvement from where I started, so I can't really complain. As I am about to start my 19th week, I am hopeful that there is an end in sight to this unpleasant part of pregnancy.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Telling our Parents the Good News
Soon after we found out that we were expecting, we decided to tell our parents. I made myself a shirt that said "Mommy to Be" to share the news and wore it underneath another shirt to their houses. While we were sitting in the living room chatting, I mentioned that it was getting hot (which gave me an excuse to take off the overshirt). Then I waited for our parents to realize what my shirt said. They were all very excited, as you can imagine!!
Baby G at 8 Weeks
Matthew and I found out that I was pregnant in November 2009. We were so excited!! Our first child is due on July 16, 2010!! I am thrilled to become a mommy for the first time and to see what an amazing daddy Matthew is going to be. He is already such a wonderful and loving husband to me and a sweet and caring "daddy" to our dog Hailee that I just know he will be a great father to our new little one. To the left are the first two pictures of Baby G (captured at 8 weeks).
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