Good News!

We found out Friday that Joe is NOT a cystic fibrosis carrier! It was a huge relief for both of us, and made our weekend together that much better not having it hanging over our heads.

On the downside, my emotions seem to have gone into overdrive. I yell at Joe a lot more then I should, and I get very easily frustrated with everyone and everything. The cats are driving me nuts. Maestro has something wrong with his butt, and he's leaving poo stains on the couch. It's not safe for me to be around- so Joe is going to have to take him to the vet and see what they can do. I'm ready to just get rid of all of them. They destroy my house (they've already scratched up my brand new table!!!!), they stink, and they're mean. At least Teller is mean. Penn is just trouble, and Maestro is just evil. He doesn't bite like Teller does, he just glares at you- and he smacks me. Anyone want 3 cats?

My tummy is starting to expand, I'm still waiting to feel the baby move. I think I felt something, but it's just too hard to tell right now. I'm waiting anxiously for my next doctor's appt, we should definitely be able to hear the heartbeat at that appointment.

Oh- and I officially made it out of the first trimester!

doctor's appointment

I had my second pre-natal checkup on Friday. It was a bit stressful for me... I was told I'm a cystic fibrosis carrier. Joe has to be tested now, and there's not a big chance that he'll have it too. But it's still really scary for me. I just feel so utterly helpless. There's nothing I can do to change the fact that I'm a carrier, and if Joe is too, then there's nothing we can do if the baby does have it. I'm praying hard that he's not a carrier. If he is, there's only a 25% chance that the baby would have it. I always dreamed of a big family, but if we're both carriers then this will probably be our only baby. I couldn't put any other babies at risk knowing ahead of time that we both carried it.

Aside from that news, everything is going great. I'm measuring a little ahead of time- 14 weeks, and i'm at 12 weeks. but not enough that the doctor is concerned, they're keeping my due date in late April. They weren't able to hear the heartbeat so they did a quick scan to see it. The baby was laying in there sucking away on his/her thumb. It's still sitting pretty low, so they couldn't hear the heartbeat through my pubic bone. I've gained 3 lbs so far, right on target.

and- my morning sickness seems to be going away somewhat- I only get nauseous if I wait too long to eat now. I can feel the top of my uterus if i lay down, it's neat to know I'm growing a little human in there. I can't wait to feel the baby move for the first time!!!

My next appointment is November 9th.

thoughts

i can't focus on anything, and i think the baby is eating my brain. i just feel 'spacey', and i'm soooo tired. i would love to just curl up on the ground and take a nap right now.

i want icecream- but not just any icecream, i want DQ dipped cones

I don't think we've cooked or gone to the store for real food in like 3 weeks. i can't go into a grocery store without gagging.

my chair is really uncomfortable, i'm going to have to talk to someone about getting a different one.

we need to schedule vet appts for the cats

i have a busy weekend. jewelry party friday, reece's birthday party saturday, brunch with the girls on sunday

my back hurts, i may give in and take a tylenol :-/

11 weeks, 6 days

I haven't been updating this as much as I wanted to.
I had a sonogram on 9/24/2007, the baby is healthy. It was amazing. We saw the baby moving around, we saw the heartbeat, and the tech was able to get a good picture for us. They determined i was 9-10 weeks at that point. Due date is April 24th, 2008. So I was right on with my dates and the doctor was too early.

Morning sickness still sucks, but it's a bit more manageable. I'm hoping it'll go away in the second trimester. Aside from that and being exhausted, pregnancy hasn't been that bad at all.

Mom and I picked out fabric for the nursery. I picked a fabric that has pale green Mother Goose characters from Hey Diddle Diddle on it. I'm going to ask my grandma to paint some wall hangings from that too. Mom's going to make a quilt and curtains, possibly a pillow too. So now i have to get going and pick out a crib. and we need to call Home Depot to put a door on the nursery. I also need to get Joe to paint the nursery for me, once we patch the holes in the wall from the previous owners shelves.

Next appointment is this Friday, I think we get to hear the heartbeat then.