Saturday, June 28, 2008

8 - 9 Weeks

We had another dr's appt on Tuesday which made me 8 weeks and 2 days. I have been so sick with food. I havent thrown up but I wonder if that would be better. The dr. gave me some other prenatal vitamins and she said it would help with being sick. So far so good.
At our 8 weeks appointment, all we did was an ultrasound. We saw the arms/hands sticking out and the legs. It was pretty cool. Baby's heartbeat looked great and he's is growing at the right speed. Weird thing though, with our 1st pregnancy, our 8 weeks ultrasound does NOT look the same. What scares me the most is that the nurse practitioner should have looked at the baby and noticed that the baby looked like 6/7 weeks instead of 8 weeks. Makes me wonder about her judgment. Should I trust her??? I know she has been in the business for a long long time and has 4 children on her own as well, but I just wonder.. what was she thinking that day. I dont know if it would of be better if she said oh I am sorry, your baby isnt going to make it. Whats done is done but next time I do see her... I will ask... why didnt you notice, why didnt you say anything if you did notice? I dont know.. maybe I shouldnt say anything.

So with this pregnancy, its different. I am getting sick, my belly is alot bigger and I have lot more symptoms. Did I tell you, I think its a boy??? I believe it was a girl the first one and now I think its a boy. I guess we will see if mama's instinct is right. Though right now.. I am thinking I am not pregnant anymore. My boobs dont hurt that much, I haven't pee'd in the middle of the night the past couple of days. I havent been sick or that tired. I usually take a nap ASAP when I get home. I normally cant function without one. Well last night I stayed up til like 10pm without a nap. Of course, Jeff is telling me .... you are still pregnant. I mention earlier that I've been taking new prenatal vitamins to make me feel better... and I have... So if I really want to make sure I am still pregnant, I need to take the other prenatal vitamins.. and then I will be sick again. Yet I DONT want to be sick. And it will make me feel even more tired than I am. What if I'm not pregnant anymore??? My next dr's appt is in 4 weeks, July 22nd. So I am stuck with paying attention to my symptoms for the next 4 weeks. Jeff and I are going to buy doppler soon. They say at 10 weeks you might be able to hear the heartbeat. I cant wait. This is mainly for me, to help me stop worrying. I actually havent been worrying to much because I've been so sick and thats a good sign. Until now.....

1 comment:

Lica G. said...

a couple things i wanted to say:
maybe the nurse practioner is not supposed to say anything - i remember in my 2sd miscarriege they didn't see a heart bit and stiil made me come back in 1 week and in 2 week, so I was walking around for 2 weeks with a dead fetus on my belly because they wanted to be "SURE" the baby wasen't gonna make it - it was HORRIBLE!!!
and I knew it!
also - don't be paranoid about you preggo simptoms! you don't have to have them all the time!
Noah's pregnancy I felt sick maybe like 3 weeks and I was great the whole time, i had extra energy and I boot never hurt, I was always excited and ready for things (of course until close to the end when I was huge) but even then - i don't know if you remember, 3 days before I had him I went to the zoo, walked there for 5 hours pushing Ben on the stroller!
I was up to it all!
Relax girl! you baby can absolutelly sense your tension! trust God and trust your body! Unfortunetely if something is gonna happen it's gonna happen and there's not much you can do but take 100% good care of yourself!
(i know it sounds brutal and this is the last thing you want to hear - believe me - being there done that!)

i had 3 m/c - then finally i was preggo with Ben - 5 mos and i had a car crash - my car was TOTAL - can u imagine how nervous I was?

we have no control of it - God does and He is so powerful - everytime you start wondering about something - pray -
pray hard...

enjoy every minute of it! enjoy your belly, talk to your baby, enjoy even your sickness because it sounds like a longe time bab but it just flies by!!!

call me when u have time to chat ok?
luv u girl!