I have a confession. It won’t be a surprise to anyone…I am a crappy pregnancy blogger! At 6 weeks I was convinced I was going to document and keep everyone up to date on my impressions of baby #1. You know, that way everyone knew what was going on, I could look back it it later and reflect or even laugh at myself, or maybe even Baby #1 could read it and learn about when they were a growing seed. WRONG! Life has gotten the best of me and I have become a sucky “mommy blogger.” Sorry to disappoint! Perhaps I can get better.
First let’s play catch up:
At 7 weeks I had a little scare. I had dark red blood spots. I started to worry but had recently read in “What to Expect When You Are Expecting” that it could just be implantation blood. I called my doctor just to be sure. The nurse assured me that I was okay. I needed to worry if I have any bright red blood.
At 8 weeks I was coming up on my first doctors appointment. 2 days before, I had the scare of my life…bright red blood! NO!! I freaked out! I ran downstairs bawling and told Adam we had to go to the emergency room. I literally was a wreak. He calmed me down enough to talk to me and suggested I call the doctors. They told me an on-call doctor would call me right away. 20 minutes later no phone call I called again. Shift change = lack of communication. 15 minutes later the on-call doctor called me. He told me just to watch for further bleeding and if it got worse go to the emergency room. he wanted me to go in for an ultrasound the next day. I didn’t have anymore spotting after that.
The next day Adam and I went in for an ultrasound. Look what we saw!
A BABY! We really had a baby!! And it had a heartbeat of 169! The good news is…it had a heartbeat! What a relief!!
At 10 weeks I experienced my first bout with morning sickness. Pretty good to have held out that long huh!? It was just one time and was gone. Mostly I was just SUPER tired. I am talking 10 hours of sleep at night, wake up at 7:30 am and be ready for a nap at 9:30….too bad I work until 5! I would come home from work and fall asleep for about 2 hours, wake up, eat, and go back to bed. I was just pooped all the time. I think Adam started to think I was milking pregnancy for all it was worth but honestly I felt like I couldn’t function.
At 12 weeks I was getting excited for my next doctors appointment when a few days before I lost a 1″ wide blood clot! Another freak out session! A swipe of red blood I can handle, a blood clot is another thing! This time Adam was at work and not answering his phone. I called the doctor to see what to do. Again, wait and see if there is more blood and come in the next day for an ultrasound. UGH! Those make for long nights!!
The next day we went in for an ultrasound and look what we saw this time…
a BABY! This time it really looked like a baby. Look how cute that little belly is!! It still had a heartbeat. This time it was 164.
After the doctors appointment I had to have a RhoGAM shot. You see my blood is A- so if my baby has a different blood type than me the negative part of my blood thinks it is a disease and would fight it off. Since I had bleeding, we decided to play it safe and get the shot, although normally you don’t get one on your first baby.
Here is a picture of my baby bump on the last day of my first trimester. I am convinced that I wasn’t this big every day. I think I was just bloated that day. None the less, I wanted to document my progress. At this point had gained 7 pounds. It is a lot!! I should have been between 1-2. Oops 
At about this time my morning sickness started to pick up. I was sick 2-3 mornings of the week. Although I only threw up in the mornings I felt like it was sitting in my throat the rest of the day…like I could blow at any time. I developed this cough that about cough #3 or #4 I sounded like I has going to lose it, but never did.
About week 14 my morning sickness started to effect me in the mornings and early afternoons. It was tough. I was still tired but I could function. I just couldn’t stay up past 9 pm.
Week 16 I went in for another appointment. We listened to the heartbeat on the doppler…still there! This time 159! Going strong!! I asked the doctor when the “morning” sickness would go away. He just smiled and assured me that it could go on my whole pregnancy, but it should be letting up soon. Thanks doc!
This week is week 18. I am feeling good! I have stayed up past 10 a few times now! If I do though, I feel it the next day. The point is I actually CAN stay up past 10!! Morning sickness has eased up. I am only sick once or twice during the week now. Hey! It is just reassurance that my baby is still in there. I haven’t felt it move yet. I hear that I should be able to feel it any day now. Come on, baby!
We don’t know what we are having yet….despite many tries to talk Adam into going Fetal Fotos. Adam wants to wait and do it at our doctors office…we are going to pay for it there anyway….might as well save $60. I think our baby spoiled us with the scares because we have already had two ultrasounds. Maybe if we hadn’t we may have gone to Fetal Fotos. Nevertheless we find out at the end of the month what gender we are having!! Guesses?
Since we don’t know what we are having yet we just call our baby Felix. You see, at out 8 week ultrasound the technician wrote “Fetus” on the picture. (You can see it above.) That was to distinguish between the fetus and the yolk sac…I was nervous I was having twins. Adam didn’t like calling out baby fetus so he decided Felix sounded great. Felix means “Happy, lucky, fortunate”…a perfect fit for our baby!
I haven’t had any weird cravings. In fact I can only remember one actual CRAVING. I mean things have tasted better than they ever had before….like nacho cheese doritos, chicken in a biscuit crackers, and milk. The only real craving that I had was at the beginning of week 17. I saw a blog with a recipe for frozen hot chocolate. I remembered a powder my mom bought me…Serendipity’s Frrrozen Hot Chocolate mix. It quickly looked up how much it was and how fast it could get to me. It didn’t act on it but I really wanted it! The next day I went to Dairy Queen and got a frozen hot chocolate that was equally as good. OH BOY WAS IT GOOD! Yum!!
Well…there you have it. An official Felix update! I will try to be better from here on out. It is fun to be back in the blogging world again!
