m/s is not gone :(

So I thought my m/s was letting up... well I was wrong. I felt so sick all afternoon/evening yesterday and still this morning. I am nauseous and blah, my stomach hurts and I really want to throw up :( I woke up at 3:30 this morning to pee and couldn't fall back asleep... I dozed for a few minutes here and there, but didn't sleep much at all- so frustrating!! I am stressing about work, money, baby and other things- my mind keeps racing and its keeping me up!!

I am having a real issue concentrating at work this morning (hence the break to update my blog)... If I still feel this crappy at noon I am heading home and will finish the day working from there.

Hormonal Rage...

Its a well known fact that pregnant women are hormonal... but this is ridiculous... I am a hormonal/emotional wreck today!! Everyone should just steer clear of me, seriously!

I woke up in a rotten mood, I tossed and turned all night and couldn't get comfy, then I couldn't fall back asleep until my alarm this morning. My hair looks like crap today and my face looks brutal... my clothes aren't fitting and I just look fat not pregnant...

Then on my drive in I was loosing it on the slow drivers and stupid people who feel the need to stop before entering a round-a-bout... there is no stop sign... just yield... and they do not mean the same thing!! After I was done yelling at them in my car a sad country song came on the radio and the next thing I knew I was crying... this is ridiculous!

Since I have been at work everything is agitating me... the sound of others typing, the yapping a few rows over... everything! I feel bad for those I have been emailing this morning- I have a feeling that every email I have sent will sound bitchy, and that was not my intention!

Oh well... not much I can do... just going to quietly sit at my desk and avoid other people!

11 Weeks today :)

Our Baby this week...
Your fetus, about the size of a large lime, measures about to 2.4 inches (6cm) from crown to rump and weighs about three-tenths of an ounce (8.5g). About now the rapid "swooshing" noises of the heartbeat can be heard through a Doppler sound-wave stethoscope. Fingernails and external genitalia are showing distinguishing characteristics, and the baby is swallowing and kicking, although you still won't feel it.

I recorded the heartbeat on to my computer from the doppler, but can't figure out how to upload it on to my blog- if anyone knows can they let me know! TIA.

In other news, tomorrow is my anniversary- DH has beach volleyball every Tuesday so I am going to watch him play... we will celebrate this weekend when we go shopping across the border- we also booked a nice hotel, so it should be relaxing!

Also, apparently I am showing to others more than I thought- a lady I work with commented on my "ponch" today- and I thought I looked ok today, lol.

I have a pounding headache today- I think its the air pressure- we are supposed to get thunderstorms this afternoon. I am going to leave work soon- I need to check out a sale at Thyme Maternity and pick up some groceries for dinner... Ideally I would like to get home before the thunderstorms, but looks unlikely- I am not a fan of driving in the rain.

10 week Pic

This week has been fairly uneventful, I am starting to feel a little normal again- more energy and a little less morning (all day) sickness.

Today I went to the Baby & Toddler show with my mom and aunt- it was fun, but all the walking was tiring! After the show I went for lunch with my mom and aunt, uncle and cousins- it was nice! My mom and I also went to Old Navy and I bought a pair of maternity jeans, they are cute and comfy. I wore maternity pants for the first time today- a pair of jean capri's lent to me by a friend- they were soooo comfy, much more comfortable than my regular jeans with the Bella band.

DH is gone this weekend on a bachelor weekend, so I plan on spending the evening with some good chick flicks and some popcorn!

Below is my 10 week belly pic, taken a little late in the week.

Our Baby this week...

From whattoexpect.com

Slightly more than two inches long now and weighing about a third of an ounce, your fetus is growing by leaps and bounds. And so is his or her head, which is equal in length to the rest of the body (don't worry — all fetuses are top-heavy). On the crown of that large head (and over the rest of the body), hair follicles are forming. Fingernail and toenail beds begin to develop this week and by next week, the nails themselves will start to grow (so don't forget to add a baby nail clipper to your to-buy list).

Your baby's body is straightening and his or her torso is lengthening (sounds like a yoga pose, doesn't it?). Other poses your baby can assume now: stretches, somersaults, and forward rolls. And while you can't tell this baby's gender by its cover yet, testes are developing if it's a boy and ovaries if it's a girl.

A Long Weekend

So this weekend was a long weekend... not only did I have today off, but I was soo busy all weekend I am utterly exhausted today. I went non stop from Friday night until midnight last night! I had such a bad headache Saturday morning and then again all day Sunday- nothing was helping get rid of it!

Saturday night we celebrated my sisters Bachelorette with a lingerie party, dinner and then a night out at the bar- I was of course the DD... I can't believe how tired I was by 10pm... I was ready for bed!! I could hardly stay on the dance floor for more than one song at a time!!

My belly is getting a little harder and looking a little rounder- I guess its kinda cute. I do feel mild cramping and aching though- it worries me, but I am assured it is normal. My chest is also HUGE- my girlfriends were all joking around about how big they looked on Saturday night, lol.

I am trying to take it easier today- I went through my closet and cleaned it out- a bunch of clothes are going in some rubbermaid bins in the basement and I am donating a bunch to the Salvation Army... clearing out all the clothes that no longer fit to one place or another!! I must say, it feels good to have a tidy closet with clothes that fit!

Well DH and I are off to Wendy's for a frosty and to check out some backsplashes at Lowes.

Happy Victoria Day to all the Canadians reading!

9 week pic

So I decided I should take my first belly pic this week... my pants don't fit anymore without the Bella Band and I even had 2 people ask me if I was pregnant. I didn't think others could tell, but the bloat does look pretty obvious at night.

This week has been pretty brutal- the "morning" sickness has been bad and I have been sooo tired. I went for some prenatal bloodwork yesterday and they took so much blood I felt a little lightheaded and queasy after- needless to say I was alseep VERY early last night!

Here is a pic taken in the evening a few days ago.

Doppler

So to keep our (well my) nerves down we decided to order a doppler (prenatal hear monitor)... i ordered it from an eBay store- so it is brand new- it wasn't too expensive and will let us hear the heartbeat whenever we want!!

I can't wait for it to come in!!

I have been feeling brutally sick this week- morning sickness like you wouldn't believe- this morning I had to come into work 2 hrs late because I was so sick I couldn't drive yet!! I have also been feeling really crappy from 8pm on and I have been dozing and lying in bed.

Mothers Day

So today was the day we told all of our family that didn't already know and the rest of our friends, it was great!! It feels nice to have it out in the open now!! Everyone was so excited and happy for us- many tears were shed today!!

Nelson sent me flowers to work on Friday and gave me a beautiful watch today- it was very sweet of him!!!

There are positives and negatives to having it all out in the open now though- I am really scared something horrible will happen and we will have all these people to tell... but to see how excited everyone was for us was wonderful!

Happy Mothers Day!!!

Blah...

I am really going to have to get used to not taking anything for headaches and allergies... the first 6 weeks of this pregnancy neither of those things were bothering me, but for the last week or so I have been getting really bad headaches and my allergies have been acting up big time. Yesterday the combination of them both left me nauseous and teary... I left work early and went home- I crashed the minute my head hit the pillow, my work clothes and heels still on!! After a nice nap I woke up feeling much better!!

I have also become WAY too emotional lately... the smallest things make me cry- commercials, people's stories, TV shows, stress, traffic... literally anything can make me cry- its crazy!!

Overall I just feel BLAH... I am tired, headachy, congested and emotional!! My pants are all too tight and it hurts to sit in them- Thank God for the Bella Band... but of course stupid me didn't put it on this morning because the pants felt loose... well that changed the minute I sat down at my desk and ate something- now I am so unbelievably uncomfortable!!!

On the other hand... I am so happy and so excited to be pregnant, but I am also so scared and nervous... I want this to work, I want this baby more than anything in the world!!

1st appointment went great!!

My first appointment as an official OB patient went great... my ultrasound showed me measuring ahead of what we thought, so I am now 8 weeks, 1 day pregnant... officially in my 9th week- WOW! The baby's heart rate is 132. She also told me to stop the metformin now, but to continue the progesterone until after my next ultrasound- if all looks good then I can stop :)

My doctor gave me a ton of info to read through and a bunch of requisitions for tests- I have to go today for some prenatal blood work and then the week of June 4th I go for my next ultrasound (NT Scan), Integrated Prenatal Screening (IPS) and more blood work. My next appointment with my OB is on June 11th.

I feel so much better and more confident about everything after having the appointment go so well... I am looking forward to telling all of our extended family this weekend- and then sharing the news with the rest of our friends!

Have a fantastic Tuesday!!

First official OB appointment today!!

So I have my first official appointment with my doctor as an OB patient... no longer an IF patient!

I have my list of questions ready for my doctor and am looking forward to hearing about what is next and get my ultrasound results from her!

I will update tonight or tomorrow about the appointment!!