Just finished up with my last doctor appointment for the first trimester. I think most pregnant women only have 1 or 2 (the first being just a blood test to verify pregnancy) but I have now been 8 times! We just listened to the heartbeat again this time and it still sounds good :) I technically have 1 more week before my first trimester ends, but I'm so happy that we're kind of "exiting the woods" now. I am continuing to bleed and I'm wondering if this is just going to be something that happens through my whole pregnancy. I've noticed that it's kinda like a period where I'll bleed for several days then not for a couple to a few weeks, then it starts again.
I do wish i could work out because I am constantly hungry and eating and now I've gained almost 7 pounds since before I was pregnant. Most of that was just in the last 2-3 weeks, too. My tummy is definitely getting more obvious (at least to me) and I won't be able to hide it much longer from kids and parents at school. I have a couple pairs of maternity pants that are really loose but I wore some this week to work with a belly band. Today I wore one last pair of regular work capris that buttoned (not very comfortably, but at least they buttoned!) and yesterday I bought a few clearance shirts at Target. They aren't maternity shirts, but long and looser fitting shirts that are cute for work. They should be good on me until it gets too cold out and then I'll need to buy some long-sleeved maternity shirts.
I have been obsessed about pizza lately... just thinking about it constantly... and it's not something Sean and I eat very often (unless you count those 200 calorie microwave ones which are good, but not quite the same as REAL pizza) so I am so excited for tonight. We're going to Sean's parents' house and they're ordering Valentino's pizza :) Delicious! It's my favorite type of pizza! I think a huge part of the sudden increase in weight is that I'm back in school and when I'm stressed out, I definitely tend to eat more and more bad foods. I should really find some healthier options that I enjoy and I will, but it's hard to find something that is healthy, yummy, AND easy to make quickly for work. That said, I'm going to go enjoy my pizza for tonight and look for healthier options tomorrow!
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Week 11
I started school yesterday with a half-day and unfortunately it was the worst first day I've ever experienced! Part of it was due to the fact that I was freaked out because I woke up that morning bleeding heavily (after 2 1/2 weeks of no bleeding at all!) So I was more focused on that than trying to get my class to behave (which they did not!) So I called the doctor after work and told the nurse everything and she talked to one of the doctors I've seen who ordered me to come in for an emergency ultrasound this afternoon. Luckily school went much better today and then at the ultrasound, I was able to see Baby moving around quite a bit and the heart rate was 170. He/She is measuring 11 weeks 6 days and is around 5 cm long (I think that's what she said) :) When I met with my doctor after the ultrasound, she confirmed that everything looked really good and that there is still some hemmorhage left in there meaning I will still continue to bleed. When I asked if she had an estimate for how long that will last, she told me that there is no way to know, but that some women bleed for the rest of the pregnancy and others stop somewhere between 12-14 weeks. Let's just hope I'm in that 12 - 14 weeks category because this is crappy! It was SO GOOD to see the baby moving and actually looking in the shape of a baby now :) I felt a million times better leaving the office today. I am dying to know if this is a boy or a girl... no one has said they really have a feeling either way yet, and I go back and forth depending on the day as to what I think it is. Well I will have about 9 weeks before they can look for that on an ultrasound! I have another appt. next week just to check the heartrate again and then I'll probably go monthly. I appreciate everyone who was praying for me yesterday!
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Week 10
Week 10 has definitely been the most exciting so far! No bleeding now for about 2 weeks and Sean and I both got to hear the little heartbeat for the first time yesterday! It was 180bpm and sounded good. I have the last appt. for the first trimester in 2 more weeks and then into the second trimester which is supposed to be the best.
We also had the fun of telling our families last night! I printed up a little invitation for our parents that says Celebrate!!! What: The Birth of Baby Miglini When: Sometime Around March 5, 2011 Where: Methodist Women's Hospital. So we had them open those and they were all thrilled. It was fun to see the reactions. When I came home I called my sister and my best friend to tell them and of course they were excited as well. Today I told my co-workers on our first day back at school and a few said they kind of suspected it, so maybe that means I look bigger than I thought! I had so much fun telling everyone though after keeping it secret for so long. It is nice to not have to hide it any more. Now if I can just figure out what I'm going to wear to work during this in-between stage... Can't wear my work pants, but still too small for maternity clothes. I have the belly bands, but with work pants you can totally tell that they're unbuttoned under there and it just doesn't look right! I don't know, but I'll have to figure something out this weekend, because Monday is our first day where we have to dress up. Then on Tuesday the kids have their first day and the craziness begins :)
We also had the fun of telling our families last night! I printed up a little invitation for our parents that says Celebrate!!! What: The Birth of Baby Miglini When: Sometime Around March 5, 2011 Where: Methodist Women's Hospital. So we had them open those and they were all thrilled. It was fun to see the reactions. When I came home I called my sister and my best friend to tell them and of course they were excited as well. Today I told my co-workers on our first day back at school and a few said they kind of suspected it, so maybe that means I look bigger than I thought! I had so much fun telling everyone though after keeping it secret for so long. It is nice to not have to hide it any more. Now if I can just figure out what I'm going to wear to work during this in-between stage... Can't wear my work pants, but still too small for maternity clothes. I have the belly bands, but with work pants you can totally tell that they're unbuttoned under there and it just doesn't look right! I don't know, but I'll have to figure something out this weekend, because Monday is our first day where we have to dress up. Then on Tuesday the kids have their first day and the craziness begins :)
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
9 Week Update
Well I'm on day 4 with no bleeding, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it remains that way and that the hemmorhage is already gone. I just wish they'd do another ultrasound to tell me once and for all if it's gone! We have 1 week until the next appointment at which we hope to hear the heartbeat. I can't wait!
However, there is one thing that also happens in 1 week that I'm NOT looking forward to and that is starting back to school :( I just feel very unmotivated to start back after such an emotional rollercoaster of a summer. I feel like I've been worried most of my summer about this baby and whether he/she would make it. I do feel better about things since my last appointment though. I feel like since I can see my belly growing a little that it's a good sign. I do think that after hearing the heartbeat again I will be much more at ease - especially since the end of this month will be the end of the first trimester. We plan to tell the families in about a week and a half and I'm about ready to burst from keeping it a secret! I also feel terrible for seeming "lazy" lately when it comes to helping our parents move things or helping my co-workers at school... for example, when I was up at school today, the secretary told me that a box of our copies had arrived from the print shop and I should take them up to the room. So I proceeded to push the box a little to see how heavy it was and it would've been a struggle to lift even without being pregnant! Not wanting to risk hurting anything (and after the particularly stern warning from the doctor last time about not lifting heavy things) I left the box where it was. Later on, the secretary (who's smaller than me) came up with the heavy box in her arms to drop off in my room! So I feel bad that people don't know WHY I can't do these things right now. I'm not sure yet when I will tell my co-workers, probably right after we tell our families, but I don't want my students and parents to know right away, so I'll have to make that clear to the staff. I think I'll wait until after Labor Day to tell them, then they can't try and pull kids out of my class just 'cause I'll have to go on maternity leave during the year. I know some parents get mad about that!
Anyway, this has been a long, rambling post, but I've had a lot of rambling thoughts lately that I wanted to get out, so I can share them with future readers. I'll probably wait until after my appointment next week to post again since I'll be busy at school getting things ready for the next several days. Until then... I'll keep praying for littlekins to grow bigger and stronger every day!
However, there is one thing that also happens in 1 week that I'm NOT looking forward to and that is starting back to school :( I just feel very unmotivated to start back after such an emotional rollercoaster of a summer. I feel like I've been worried most of my summer about this baby and whether he/she would make it. I do feel better about things since my last appointment though. I feel like since I can see my belly growing a little that it's a good sign. I do think that after hearing the heartbeat again I will be much more at ease - especially since the end of this month will be the end of the first trimester. We plan to tell the families in about a week and a half and I'm about ready to burst from keeping it a secret! I also feel terrible for seeming "lazy" lately when it comes to helping our parents move things or helping my co-workers at school... for example, when I was up at school today, the secretary told me that a box of our copies had arrived from the print shop and I should take them up to the room. So I proceeded to push the box a little to see how heavy it was and it would've been a struggle to lift even without being pregnant! Not wanting to risk hurting anything (and after the particularly stern warning from the doctor last time about not lifting heavy things) I left the box where it was. Later on, the secretary (who's smaller than me) came up with the heavy box in her arms to drop off in my room! So I feel bad that people don't know WHY I can't do these things right now. I'm not sure yet when I will tell my co-workers, probably right after we tell our families, but I don't want my students and parents to know right away, so I'll have to make that clear to the staff. I think I'll wait until after Labor Day to tell them, then they can't try and pull kids out of my class just 'cause I'll have to go on maternity leave during the year. I know some parents get mad about that!
Anyway, this has been a long, rambling post, but I've had a lot of rambling thoughts lately that I wanted to get out, so I can share them with future readers. I'll probably wait until after my appointment next week to post again since I'll be busy at school getting things ready for the next several days. Until then... I'll keep praying for littlekins to grow bigger and stronger every day!
9 Weeks
Here I am at 9 weeks! Some days my belly looks like this, other days it's flatter. It depends on what and how much I eat that day I guess!
Thursday, July 29, 2010
8 Week Appointment
Yesterday was my first "real" appointment for this pregnancy. Of course I've already been in there 5 times for "problem" appointments! The midwife that I usually see was delivering a baby, so I met with one of the other midwives on the team. I guess the three midwives pretty much work together and as you go to your appointments throughout the pregnancy, you rotate among seeing all 3 of them. That way, when delivery day comes, you already know all 3 of them and they know you, so it's not devastating if your own midwife isn't available. Now I've met with all three of them and they are all incredibly nice and helpful and can put my mind at ease.
Yesterday's appointment was A LOT of basic pregnancy info. and many questions from me. Since I'm still bleeding, she told me to remain on pelvic rest until I haven't bled for 10 days. She also said I should not excercise until I haven't bled for about a week and that I should not do any heavy lifting at all (um, I'm glad I already rearranged my classroom!) She said that unless I have bleeding much more severe than what I've been having (which I already consider severe!), or unless I start cramping, we probably won't do another ultrasound until about 20 weeks. I'm scheduled for another appointment in 2 weeks at which she will try to hear the heartbeat using the doppler. After that, I will have another appointment 2 weeks later (at 12 weeks) and from there she thought I'd hopefully be able to get on a monthly appointment cycle. She also told me that just so I'm aware, my pelvic floor (or something like that) goes straight across (flat) rather than kind of an inverted V shape and that sometimes that can interfere with a normal delivery if the baby is on the bigger side. Sometimes though, everything kind of turns out normal by the time delivery comes, but if not, I'd probably have to have a C-section. I really hope that's not the case, because I don't really want a C-section!
Well, I did feel much better after leaving that appointment yesterday. I hope that we can hear the heartbeat nice and strong at our next appointment and then we will be able to finally tell everyone!
Yesterday's appointment was A LOT of basic pregnancy info. and many questions from me. Since I'm still bleeding, she told me to remain on pelvic rest until I haven't bled for 10 days. She also said I should not excercise until I haven't bled for about a week and that I should not do any heavy lifting at all (um, I'm glad I already rearranged my classroom!) She said that unless I have bleeding much more severe than what I've been having (which I already consider severe!), or unless I start cramping, we probably won't do another ultrasound until about 20 weeks. I'm scheduled for another appointment in 2 weeks at which she will try to hear the heartbeat using the doppler. After that, I will have another appointment 2 weeks later (at 12 weeks) and from there she thought I'd hopefully be able to get on a monthly appointment cycle. She also told me that just so I'm aware, my pelvic floor (or something like that) goes straight across (flat) rather than kind of an inverted V shape and that sometimes that can interfere with a normal delivery if the baby is on the bigger side. Sometimes though, everything kind of turns out normal by the time delivery comes, but if not, I'd probably have to have a C-section. I really hope that's not the case, because I don't really want a C-section!
Well, I did feel much better after leaving that appointment yesterday. I hope that we can hear the heartbeat nice and strong at our next appointment and then we will be able to finally tell everyone!
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Week 7
This week has been relatively uneventful... well, except for the panicky call to the doctor's office a few days ago after leaking some other fluid (sorry, not to gross you out) that wasn't blood this time. She said it should be fine because it wasn't a constant leak, just once. And it hasn't happened again, so I'm pleased to report that! I've felt a little more queasy this week, but it's only if my stomach is empty and once I eat something, I feel better.
Tonight I went to meet with some friends from work and we talked a lot about pregnancies and maternity leave and stuff, but I still had to keep my mouth shut! It's very hard not to just tell everyone, but I still want to wait at least a little longer and make sure everything is still going smoothly.
Sometimes I just look at the ultrasound picture that I've now stood up next to a little frame on my bookshelf and I'm amazed that this is really happening! It's funny because sometimes my husband comes in here and says hi to the picture, too :) I can't wait until I can tell that it looks like an actual baby in the ultrasound!
Tonight I went to meet with some friends from work and we talked a lot about pregnancies and maternity leave and stuff, but I still had to keep my mouth shut! It's very hard not to just tell everyone, but I still want to wait at least a little longer and make sure everything is still going smoothly.
Sometimes I just look at the ultrasound picture that I've now stood up next to a little frame on my bookshelf and I'm amazed that this is really happening! It's funny because sometimes my husband comes in here and says hi to the picture, too :) I can't wait until I can tell that it looks like an actual baby in the ultrasound!
Saturday, July 17, 2010
A Baby Journal
I decided to not only blog about this pregnancy, but also to start keeping a baby journal. The journal will be letters more directed to the baby and the blog is more sharing how the actual pregnancy is going. I wrote my first letter in the journal yesterday. I still can't believe there's really a baby inside!
Right now the only main thing I've been feeling is a weird pinching sensation in my left side, but it's not a severe pain, just weird and annoying. Other than that, I've felt fine for the most part! I'm not experiencing any morning sickness, so that's good. I suppose I have been more light-headed than normal when I first stand up, but I've always had issues with that, so it doesn't seem very strange to me.
I had my 2nd dream last night about this baby (in both dreams, it has been a girl, but I still assume this one is a boy). It was funny though, in the dream, my best friend had a baby girl at the same time as me and we took them on a road trip as soon as we left the hospital. Her baby looked about 6 months old and mine looked about 8 months old. They could talk and everything, and they informed us that they were already best friends, too! Haha! The last dream I had, the baby actually looked like a newborn and she was cute and all snuggled up with me. I have a feeling that dreams are not a strong indicator of the sex of the baby, though!
Right now the only main thing I've been feeling is a weird pinching sensation in my left side, but it's not a severe pain, just weird and annoying. Other than that, I've felt fine for the most part! I'm not experiencing any morning sickness, so that's good. I suppose I have been more light-headed than normal when I first stand up, but I've always had issues with that, so it doesn't seem very strange to me.
I had my 2nd dream last night about this baby (in both dreams, it has been a girl, but I still assume this one is a boy). It was funny though, in the dream, my best friend had a baby girl at the same time as me and we took them on a road trip as soon as we left the hospital. Her baby looked about 6 months old and mine looked about 8 months old. They could talk and everything, and they informed us that they were already best friends, too! Haha! The last dream I had, the baby actually looked like a newborn and she was cute and all snuggled up with me. I have a feeling that dreams are not a strong indicator of the sex of the baby, though!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Ultrasound!
OK I know I said that I wasn't even scheduled for an appointment for 2 more weeks, but I was having some bleeding again yesterday and had an appointment for an ultrasound this morning. I figured from reading on the internet that since I was just in the middle of my 5th week, they probably couldn't see much on the ultrasound yet, so I didn't have my husband come with me. They needed to find out why I keep bleeding and I was nervous to find out myself.
As soon as she started the ultrasound (a transvaginal one since it's so early), she pointed out the yolk sac and the baby right away and after seeing a little flutter, she said the heartbeat is 114bpm! She said that anything over 100 is good. Yay! She did say that she could see a hemmorhage in there that is about as big as her pinky finger. It's technically a subchorionic hematoma which is a gathering of blood between the membranes of the placenta and the uterus. Apparently during egg implantation, the egg slightly separates or tears from the uterus causing a bleed. She said I will probably continue to bleed some more until it bleeds out or my body absorbs it. She said to take it easy, but that it usually turns out just fine.
I was also told that I'm measuring 6 weeks 5 days, so about a week ahead of what I thought. So my estimated due date right now is March 5th. She printed a picture and said I probably wouldn't have another ultrasound until 20 weeks. Man that's a long time!
I also went down and talked to the doctor (not my doctor, but one that was in) and she confirmed everything the ultrasound tech said and I also got my bloodwork out of the way that she said I would've had to do at my appt. in 2 weeks. Now I won't have to, so that's good. I can't believe littlekins has a heartbeat already! How crazy is that?
As soon as she started the ultrasound (a transvaginal one since it's so early), she pointed out the yolk sac and the baby right away and after seeing a little flutter, she said the heartbeat is 114bpm! She said that anything over 100 is good. Yay! She did say that she could see a hemmorhage in there that is about as big as her pinky finger. It's technically a subchorionic hematoma which is a gathering of blood between the membranes of the placenta and the uterus. Apparently during egg implantation, the egg slightly separates or tears from the uterus causing a bleed. She said I will probably continue to bleed some more until it bleeds out or my body absorbs it. She said to take it easy, but that it usually turns out just fine.
I was also told that I'm measuring 6 weeks 5 days, so about a week ahead of what I thought. So my estimated due date right now is March 5th. She printed a picture and said I probably wouldn't have another ultrasound until 20 weeks. Man that's a long time!
I also went down and talked to the doctor (not my doctor, but one that was in) and she confirmed everything the ultrasound tech said and I also got my bloodwork out of the way that she said I would've had to do at my appt. in 2 weeks. Now I won't have to, so that's good. I can't believe littlekins has a heartbeat already! How crazy is that?
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