14 weeks, 4 days.

We are now in the second trimester and today we had another baby appointment!!  There is not much to report, but that's okay with us!  I have gained two pounds since the last appointment, but only gained one pound since our first appointment since I lost a pound between the first and second appointments.  Confused yet?  We got to listen to the heartbeat again today, and it was 160 beats per minute.  The last time we heard it it was 180 beats per minute, but our doctor says the slow down is normal.  My doctor keeps trying to convince me to get a flu shot.  I told him I will probably not do that one.  I just feel like the flu shot is not very effective since they try to guess which strain of the virus will be most prevalent that year.  So if another strain of the virus is the one that spreads around, the vaccine would have been a waste.  Then he reminds me about getting the whooping cough vaccine (pertussis), which I assured him I will get.  I'm not against proven, effective, timely vaccinations, I just don't think the flu shot is one of them.  :)  Feel free to chime in here if you want!  Our next appointment is not for another four weeks, and then we can make an appointment to find out if the baby is a boy or a girl!  They don't do the ultrasound at that office, so we will have our next appointment and then have to call some other office to make an appointment.  I can't wait to see if we will be welcoming a son or a daughter!!  We will keep you updated after our next appointment!

1+1=3

Happy New Year!!  This one will be a great one for Jake and I: We are expecting our first child in July!!  We are very excited and can't wait to be parents!  This has been a very long road for us.  We have been trying for a year and a half and suffered a miscarriage once, but this time things seem to be going well.  We have had two doctor's visits already.  The first visit with our new doctor here in Oregon was great.  He answered all of our questions and made us feel more at ease.  He even did a vaginal ultrasound (at 6 weeks!) just to make sure that everything was okay with Baby Schritter.  We saw the heartbeat at tht first appointment, and the pic we have was from that appointment as well.  It was very comforting to see the little blips on that screen and for us to know that so far everything was okay and progressing better than the first time!  Then came the part that I dread the most: The blood draws they do to test your blood and make sure everything is good that way.  I hate needles, especially when they are taking blood OUT of my body!  I need that stuff!!  Ha ha.  It's all for a good cause though!  Our second appointment was yesterday.  Our doctor went over my blood test results: everything is normal!  My thyroid is normal, blood counts are good, and.....I'm O+!!  I never knew my bloodtype until yesterday!  Our doctor did a regular ultrasound and we got to see Baby Schritter move his/her little hands and feet, and then we got to hear his/her little heartbeat: 188 times per minute!  It was such a good sound to hear.  So far I haven't really been sick too much.  I do have a little nausea almost every day, but it's not really that bad.  I've only dry-heaved once, and I learned from that that I need to keep food in my tummy so that doesn't happen again.  And the only other time I almost threw up, I didn't.....so score one for me!!  I absolutely hate throwing up though, so I avoid it at all costs!!  I know people say that you will feel better after, etc, but that is not the case for me.  I would rather keep it in and deal with the stomach churning than have it come out!  TMI?  Well, I don't really think many people read this blog anyway, so I'm not worried!!  I have discovered foods that I ordinarily love do not agree with me right now, so I am missing out on some things that I usually love.  But no special cravings yet, just foods I have to avoid for now!  We are almost at eleven weeks and I hear the second trimester kinda evens everything out so I am looking forward to that!  I feel chubbier than before I was pregnant, but according to the scale yesterday, I lost one pound since the first appointment four weeks earlier.  I chalk that up to the fact that muscle weighs more than fat and I must have lost some muscle tone!  :)  Doc says it's all good, and that the first trimester is more about maintaining weight so he is not concerned. 

That's all the updates we have for now!!  I hope everyone had a safe and happy new year, and that yours will be as blessed as ours will be!!