13 Weeks and a couple days...OOPS!

How Far Along: 13 weeks    

Size of baby: Baby is the size of a peach

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Scared to step on the scale. When I did last week, I was the same as before. So, hopefully nothing.

Maternity Clothes: My Easter dress was maternity and oh so comfy!

Gender: Strong feeling it's a little dancer :)

Movement: None. At all. Too early.

Sleep: Getting better

What I miss: This week...to be honest, not all that much.

 Cravings: Chick-fil-A:)

Symptoms: Some of my symptoms have faded unless something off set it. Frequent urination. Headaches. Does pregnancy brain count?!

Best Moment this week: Making it to second trimester! Very excited :)

 

I have no idea how I am a week behind, but I have been so busy with a lot of things. I hope that eveyone had a wonderful and blessed Easter, and I will get around to an Easter post hopefully soon:)

 

 

11 Weeks

How Far Along: 11 weeks    

Size of baby: Baby is the size of a lime:)

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained two pounds...so I'm even with pre-pregnancy weight

Maternity Clothes: Got a pair of pants for work the other day...so comfy!

Gender: Strong feeling it's a little dancer :)

Movement: None. At all. Too early.

Sleep: Sucks...I am barely sleeping at all. It's horrible. 

What I miss: Not having headaches all the time. Sleeping.

 Cravings: Hmm...Japanesse food.

Symptoms: Tender breasts. Fatigue. Frequent urination. Headaches. Does pregnancy brain count?!

Best Moment this week: Hearing Baby's heartbeat at doctor's appointment yesterday. 157 Beats per minute...sweetest sound ever! Also, starting a new job :)

 

 

Random Ramblings

I am so sorry that I haven't posted my 10 week update...and to be honest, I'm not going to this week. Nothing has really changed, and I will post [hopefully] on Saturday or Sunday after my doctor appointment this Friday. To be honest, I am so excited about the appointment, seeing as we didn't get to hear the heartbeat last appointment. I can't wait to hear that oh so beautiful sound!

But around here this week...things have been hectic!! I started feeling better last week, but then this week...things have reared their nasty head again. Migraines...check! And they are absolutely horrible. I'm hoping that they will start to subside as soon as I hit 2nd tri! And I hope they do. They're no fun! Morning sickness, on the other hand, hasn't been near as bad as it was. It has subsided a lot...but I still get nauseous some. Hopefully that is going away for good. I do know...a full night's sleep would be wonderful sometime though!

But like I was saying about this week....dang! I need a breather. It's exhausting being pregnant with other things going on. Last Saturday and Sunday, I had orientation for work and start this Friday. As nervous as I am...I'm also so excited about starting work again. I really haven't had a job since December [minus the 3 weeks in February]...so I am pretty happy about this. Monday night, we had some severe weather move through. And I mean severe when I say that...not just some "I'm scared and think this is gonna be bad" weather. We were out of power for almost 24 hours [can't complain, I know]. But the thing is, we almost think that a tornado skipped around us. Our chicken houses have tin thrown off the roof...stuff flew across the road in to our hay field...there are HUGE trees uprooted...and then the people down the road have an ass load of cleaning up to do. Thankfully, everyone is safe. But literally, the power went out and BAM the storm was right over us. We seriously had no warning at all..no thunder, lightning, or anything. So not too sure what it was.

But, I am going to end this for the night. Just needed to ramble on some. Hope y'all have a wonderful rest of the week!

9 Weeks

How Far Along: 9 weeks   

Size of baby: Green Olive

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Finally braved the scale....down 4 pounds.

Maternity Clothes: None yet. But my jeans definitely get snug towards the end of the day.

Gender: Still thimking it's a little dancer :)

Movement: None. At all. Too early.

Sleep: Has sucked! I get up a couple times a night to use the restroom. And randomly wake up. And I can't get comfortable at all.

What I miss: Being able to eat without getting full right away or the need to vomit.

 Cravings: Sweets. It's bad...but I'm watching what I'm eating.

Symptoms: Morning [or all day, for that matter] sickness is the Devil. No pun intended. Tender breasts. Fatigue. Frequent urination. Does pregnancy brain count?!

Best Moment this week: Feeling real rested this week! Random, I know. But naps are the best right now!

 

 

8 Weeks 3 Days [Again, a little late]

How Far Along: 8 weeks 3 days.  

Size of baby: According to The Bump, Baby is the size of a raspberry, again. According to WTEWE, Baby is a Green Olive. I'm believing the bump.  

Total Weight Gain/Loss: To be honest, not sure. I hate the scales and try and avoid them. [Same answer as last week]

Maternity Clothes: None yet. But my jeans definitely get snug towards the end of the day.

Gender: Find out June 10! Cannot wait. Thinking it's a girl right now.

Movement: None. At all. Too early.

Sleep: Has sucked! I get up a couple times a night to use the restroom. And randomly wake up. And I can't get comfortable at all.

What I miss: A cold beer every now and then.

 Cravings: Sweets. It's bad...but I'm watching what I'm eating.

Symptoms: Morning [or all day, for that matter] sickness is the Devil. No pun intended. Tender breasts. Fatigue. Frequent urination. Does pregnancy brain count?!

Best Moment this week: Starting to tell people, slowly but surely :)

Sorry I was a little late again this week, I will try to get on track. But things have been so incredibly busy around here. Hope everyone has a wonderful week.

7 Weeks 4 Days [Little Late]

How Far Along: 7 weeks 4 days

Size of baby: Baby is the size of a raspberry this week!

Total Weight Gain/Loss: To be honest, not sure. I hate the scales and try and avoid them.

Maternity Clothes: None yet. But my jeans definitely get snug towards the end of the day.

Gender: Find out June 10! Cannot wait. Thinking it's a girl right now.

Movement: None. At all. Too early.

Sleep: Has been okay. I get up a couple times a night to use the restroom. And randomly wake up.

What I miss: Hmm. I can't really say I miss anything right now. I'm pretty sure that'll change soon!

Cravings: Chicken! I will eat anything chicken and not get tired of it!

Symptoms: Where to start? Nausea...Bad. Tender breasts. Dry mouth [yes, I read somewhere that was a symptom!]. That's all I can think of right now. Wait, does pregnancy brain count?!

Best Moment this week: This was technically in my 6th week, but I'll put it on here...seeing Baby on U/S last Friday! Best feeling in the world!

 

Think I believe it now...after FOUR at home pregnancy tests?!

Baby at 6w6d...so tiny!

 

 

February 16, 2011

It started out as a normal Wednesday. I got up, got dressed and headed over to Baxter's. We were going to go job hunting [and I think we actually did]. Later that afternoon, I started feeling really bad and my left side was hurting right below my rib cage. So, I laid down for a while, and the pain got worse. That night [around 8:00 or so], we ended up going to the ER to figure out what was going on.

We get to the ER, get checked in, go to triage, and they get me to the back fairly quickly. They give me medication for the pain and told me they were going to do an X-Ray to make sure it wasn't pneumonia or a pulled muscle or anything. They also wanted to make sure there was nothing wrong with my kidneys and that I didn't have a stone or infection or anything.

Around 10:00 that night, the doctor comes back in to the room. "Well, Ms. Strickland, we have some things we need to talk about. Your X-Ray came back clean. There's no pulled muscle, and your kidneys looked clean. But we got a positive pregnancy test [cue freak out!] from a urine culture. If we had known this, we would've been more careful with what we had given you and your X-Ray. We are going to move you to a different room so we can do an ultrasound, take some blood and an exam to figure out how far along you are. I'll leave y'all alone for a few minutes and a nurse will be in to move y'all."

She left the room, and I cried. I mean, I was freaking out. "How did this happen [don't answer that...it was going through my mind, when I know how this happened]? What are we gonna do? How are we gonna raise this child?" Etc. I said countless times that night, "oh my gosh. Oh my gosh." Just repeating it.

Well, they did blood work and an U/S. My beta from the blood work was 297 and they didn't see anything on the U/S. But I was only 3w4d at the time.

Finding out you're pregnant at a hospital is no fun. Especially when it was a complete surprise. Not planned. At all. But I am definitely going to start updating this blog at least on a weekly basis with the weekly survey and pictures. I'll actually do a picture every Saturday, since that's when my week starts.

And please, if you read this and we're friends on facebook, please don't say anything. Thank you!