9 weeks!!

"Let’s see. What have we got now? Eyes in the right place? Check. Movement? Check (even though you still can’t feel it). An audible heartbeat? Possibly. Some practitioners hold off on looking for a heartbeat because if you can’t hear it right off the bat, they don’t want you flipping out. Your baby’s sex organs are also in the works right now but you aren’t able to see one way or the other at this point." -Pregnant Chicken

We are now 9 weeks along!

Size/Info:  The little nugget is the size of a green olive or a Southern pecan (now I want pecan pie, yum!) and is almost 1 inch long!! At 9 weeks pregnant, the babe has graduated from embryonic stage to fetus stage! The ears are more prominent and a few other organs (liver, spleen and gallbladder) are forming. It is possible that the heartbeat may be audible now with a fetal Doppler. We'll that's good because I ordered a fetal Doppler that arrives today!

What is new this week? This past week I went in for a paperwork appointment with my OB's office. I gave them my family history and all the random details she needed. The only thing I found out at this appointment is how much we'll have to pay for pregnancy and delivery... $15. Yep one-five. Maternity is covered 100% by my insurance and I just have to pay the co-pay visit for my first official OB appointment. When I told Jason he said, "Awesome, but I think we've already spent more than that..." He's such a funny man.

Remember that doppler I mentioned above... when I got home it was waiting for me so I gave go to see if I could find the heartbeat, and I did! Jason came home while I was trying to find it again to record it to show him and he heard it too. Next week I'll post an audio of the heartbeat. I could only stay on it for about 10 seconds but it was definitely the babe's fast beating heart!

Symptoms: My boobs hurt so freaking bad - I swear they are not bigger but something is happening in there. I am a little less tired in the evenings but more tired in the mornings. Still have nausea throughout the day, indigestion and crazy heart palpitations at night. I am waking up twice a night to pee although before I was pregnant I got up once a night already. There is still pressure in my uterus. I think that as the day goes on and I become more bloated, things become more crowded. That is my best guess.

Food aversions: This one is ever changing. I was really liking OJ in the morning but not the last few days. Vegetables don't sound great but I do really like them once I eat them. Mostly nothing sounds great. I have no idea what I want to eat. I have changed from my morning smoothies to oatmeal - and that is so yummy.

Food cravings: All things fried. I don't give into this one that often but I really want to. Cottage cheese hits the spot. I am craving sugar - cookies, cupcakes, pecan pie but when I eat them I seem to get indigestion with the exception of ice cream. I really want yummy ice cream from Prague. It is way less sweet and so delicious!! Maybe I we can try to make our own.

Blump/Bump: There is a blump in the afternoons. It hurts to hold in my stomach so I am trying to just let it hang out. My lower belly feels a little more firm but I haven't pressed around to much to see if I can really feel my uterus - I guess it is about the size of a small melon at this point. Maybe next week I will post a pre-for-real-bump picture, just for comparison.

Medications: No changes here:

6am: 200mg vaginal progesterone and 2mg of Estrace

7:30am: 10mg prednisone, 40mg Lovonox injection in the belly

9am: 1 Prenatal and 2 DHA. 

2pm: 200mg vaginal progesterone and 2mg of Estrace

7:30pm: 40mg Lovonox injection in the belly

9pm (if I can stay up that late): 200mg vaginal progesterone and 2mg of Estrace

Baby preparations: I still haven't contacted the doula. I guess part of me is waiting until we pass our missed miscarriage date - we found out at 9 weeks 1 day and that I how far along I will be tomorrow. I was gifted a HUGE bag of pregnancy clothes from my friend Steph - so I guess that is how I am preparing for the baby right now - by making room for the belly to grow. I am so thrilled about all of the awesome clothes she gave me!!

Sex prediction:  I am going to throw it out there and say I think we are having a boy. I need to try the ring test and see what that says! Another 2-3 weeks or so and we will know.