Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Boy or girl?

It is one or the other now. All I know is whichever one it is, its hormones are not mixing well with mine. I was sick a bunch this weekend. Ugh. I thought I was feeling better, I was rarely nauseous anymore, but it hit me all of a sudden. Now I've taken to wearing the sea-sickness wrist bands. They seem to help.

This week, week 11, begins "rapid growth". It's about an inch at the beginning of the week, and by the end, it will be double that! My uterus is about the size of a grapefruit. All of a sudden I have a little pooch. I put John's hand on it yesterday and he couldn't believe it. I swear, it came out of nowhere.

I'm off for a nap. First graders on Halloween can wear a prego out!

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Check this out!

Most of you have heard me talk about 2 of my good friends that I used to teach with: Christy & Jamie. They both have daughters 2 and 3 years old. Now they're both pregnant again, which is so nice for me! They've sent me some really amazing links.

This one:
http://www.umm.edu/pregnancy/9monthmiracle/tools/fetaltool.html
is really scary to me when I look at where all of my organs will go....especially in my short little torso! This baby better stay small, but healthy.

This one:
http://pregnancy.about.com/cs/pregnancycalendar/l/blweek10.htm
is from a weekly pregnancy calendar. You can actually listen to a 10 week old fetus' heartbeat. It got me a little teary-eyed. That might have been the hormones though. John & I watched a sitcom a couple nights ago and one of the characters had a baby. I had tears streaming down my face. It's a little ridiculous.

There are about 15 classroom teachers at school and 4 of us that are pregnant right now. 3 of us are due in May. I'm the only one that is still a secret. My principal doesn't know yet. Any advice for when and how I should tell him? I'm thinking about waiting until after a big district-wide staff development day (Nov. 9). I have to lead 2 sessions, so I figure if all that goes well, it might be a good time to share our news. I'm thinking it might prove to him that I can still keep my head at work and be professional.

Monday, October 16, 2006

Week 9!

This week the baby will get elbows and start moving around on its own! So independent already!
John & I bought our first presents for the little buddy...books, of course.

Only 3 more weeks until I hit the 2nd trimester. Everyone is promising me that I'll have some more energy by then. I got sick this weekend, so now when I feel nauseous, I get very scared. I'm also fighting a nasty cold that's going around the adults at work, so I think it was a combination of the two that pushed me over the edge.

John has been amazing. He makes all of my food for me and doesn't seem to get offended when I have to leave the kitchen half way through the meal. He cleans, does laundry, goes grocery shopping, and encourages me to keep sitting around. I keep telling him to slack off a little so I don't feel so guilty, but he just can't. I'm having a hard time figuring out how this has zapped so much energy, but John seems to take it all in stride.

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

First doctor visit and pics of the larvae



Megan and I went to the doctor today for the first time. Everthing was wonderful. After being with Dr. Amey Lee for only a couple of minutes we were able to get a glimpse of our new baby who I was calling Squishy, but has now grown up to Larvae.

In the photo, the head is to the right and you can make out little buds that will become the arms and the legs. The heart is kind of in the middle and we were able to watch it flutter on the screen. So cool! Off the head, that looks like a stocking cap, is the yolk sack, which will disappear soon.

The baby is due on May 17th!