Relief!!

We had our early ultrasound today at 15w 2d and baby looks good! It was so nice after being sick all week to see the baby and breath that huge sigh of relief!!

Baby was asleep and did not really want to participate in the ultrasound but had a nice heartbeat of 153!!

And the early gender prediction is in!!! And it's a:

Sick and Pregnant

I hit the 15 week mark yesterday and am so excited!!! It really seems to be going by pretty quickly. I think all of the holidays have something to do with that.

This week however has not been the best of weeks. It has been filled with worry... I think all pregnant people probably go through it although I think it is worse when you have waited so long to get this precious gift (for us it took 2 yrs). And I think for anybody who has had a miscarriage you are always on edge with the "what If's". So this week I have had this horrible throat infection and we don't know what it is. It started on Monday with a mild little sore throat. I thought no big deal, I get these all of the time because of my allergies. I assessed my throat, it was a tad bit red and my right tonsil was slightly swollen. Because of my job I so not take anything to lightly because the last thing I want to do is take something infectious up to our unit and infect these precious children who do not have any immune system. So Tuesday morning I woke up, my throat hurt a little bit more so I took my temperature, no fever, and looked at my throat again. To my surprise my tonsils were more swollen and now had white patches on them... My concern became strep throat even though I didn't have the fever that usually goes with it. So I tried and tried to get an appointment with my regular doctors and nobody could get me in. They were all willing to just call in a prescription for antibiotics but I didn't want to put anything in my body that wasn't necessary since I am pregnant.

Finally I found an office that would see me. Strep was negative but the nurse practioner was pretty impressed with my growing tonsils (they were growing as the day progressed and with the growth came more white patches). She felt like it was probably viral and sent me on my way. She also felt that it would be ok for my to return to work on Wednesday.

Wednesday came and my tonsils continued to grow, along with all of the lymph nodes in my neck. So my neck concern was mono. I had recently taken care of a kiddo with very active mono so I figured it wouldn't hurt to also get checked out. I went to our minor med after work that night and the nurse practioner there also felt like I looked like a classic mono case. But it was negative.

Thankfully Wednesday was my last day of work for the week so yesterday I could rest and recoup. My tonsils continued to grow, I was only able to eat soft foods at this point because they were so big that was the only thing that could get through.

Friday comes (today) and they finally seem a little smaller!! I hope I am on the mend!! My sweet kitty, Cooper, has given his momma lots of extra love and attention these last few days!!!

But this sickness has left me wondering if everything is ok with the baby. Did the baby get sick while I was sick? Is this virus anything that could harm the baby? Because as a nurse I know that there are several viruses that are NOT ok to get while pregnant and I just have to hope and pray that this virus was not one of those. It scares me.

My husband and I had set up to have an elective ultrasound this Saturday in order to have a very up to date picture to give to his family to open on Christmas Eve, since that is when we will finally tell them that we are expecting. So again I have this nervous anxiety about tomorrow's ultrasound. I am very hopeful that everything is ok, but you can't help but worry. I just need s/he to be safe and healthy and happy in there.

Please Lord let tomorrow provide the peace and comfort that this recent infection has taken away from me.

Hello 2nd trimester!!!

It's so weird to think that we are officially 1/3 of the way through this pregnancy already!

Nothing really new to report.  All continues to go well and I can't wait for my next doctors appointment!  The only new symptom that I have is head aches.   I have one almost everyday, they aren't terrible just annoying and if it continues to mean good things in our future on the baby front then I will take them!

My little jumping bean!!!

This past Thursday I had my 12 week check-up!   As appointments go I was nervous about going.  I don't know what it is but a few days before each appointment this nervous anxiety kicks in....

I knew this was supposed to be an "easy" appointment and that is what I wanted it to be, but I was still nervous!   Doc brought in the Doppler and said well we will see if we can find the heartbeat with this and if not I will just role in the ultrasound machine because being this early sometimes it is hard to find with the Doppler.  All sounded good to me!  One of my biggest concerns was that they wouldn't hear it with the Doppler and then they would just send me on my way left to wonder....  Glad he was willing to use his options!

Well doc was able to find the heartbeat very quickly with the Doppler and it was the sweetest little sounds!!!  He kept losing the heartbeat because he said we had an active little baby in there!!  Yet another good thing!!  

So my 12 week appointment went by with flying colors and I have a video momento with the heartbeat on it so I can listen to it whenever I want to!  Baby had a nice strong heart rate of 165-170!

Baby must be going through a big growth spurt this weekend because I have been more exhausted then I have been in a couple of weeks!  I will take my exhaustion as a good sign!