Sharing the news

Tonight we couldn't wait any longer, so we decided to share the news with my parents! Okay - I'll be honest - I couldn't wait any longer. I called my mom this afternoon and told her we had just picked up her Mother's Day gift and were so excited and wanted to give it to her. Since I love to make and decorate cakes, I decided it would be best to share the news with a cake.

Here is my cake:



I slowly brought it out of the container, and unveiled it. My mom looked at it and asked "is that a bathing suit? Are you sending us on another trip? 12-29-08 - are we leaving for vacation that day?" I couldn't believe my parents didn't understand! I think my mom even asked if I mde the person in the bathing suit fat to make her feel better (she doesn't realize that she isn't even close to fat)!! Luckily, I had a bag of goodies for my mom, too - a pic of the u/s in a frame, a digital HPT that said pregnant, and a shirt that said Grandma on it. Once they started pulling those out, they realized what we were saying, and they were overjoyed! It was so nice to finally be able to share the news - it just made the whole thing seem a little more real.

Baby's First Photo!!

Today was our first ultrasound . . . and we have a beautiful little baby with a heartbeat! The baby measured right on target today with a heart rate of 107. It was fantastic - my favorite ultrasound tech did the ultrasound, and the doctor and my nurse were all in the room. My heart just swelled with joy. They took several pictures (the nurse put one in a frame for us) and we were released to the OB today. I just cannot believe it - DH & I were crying when we saw the heartbeat. We are going to my parents' house tonight to share the news!

Here is our little bean's first picture:

Tomorrow is the Big Day

Tomorrow morning, we have our first ultrasound scheduled. I'm terrified and excited at the same time . . . I just hope we have a healthy baby with a heartbeat growing in there. I keep having these horrible feelings that something is wrong. I had a nightmare Saturday night that I miscarried - it was so graphic that I thought it was real. I was so upset when I woke up; it took me about 20 minutes to really believe it was just a terrible dream. We always seem to get bad news - I just hope we are in for a run of good news for a change!

Nervous Again

This is quite a roller coaster ride . . . and I've never enjoyed roller coasters. I had a long day today - I woke up early to bake and decorate a cake for my friend's open house for her new business. Then, I came home, made a pasta salad, and went off to a bbq/poker night at another friend's house. We were out until about 12:30, and when I got home . . . I discovered that I'm spotting again. I'm so worried something is wrong with this baby, and I just don't know how I can handle that.

I was feeling so great today. Well, maybe great is the wrong word - nauseated most of the day, but excited that my symptoms were getting worse. At the BBQ tonight, one of my friends unintentionally made another obnoxious comment about me not being pregnant. For the first time, the comment made me smile because I knew that I AM PREGNANT!! It was just so nice not to be devastated by those little comments. We were surrounded by babies at this party, and two of my friends are pregnant, and I was so excited to be thinking "me, too!"

I hope this spotting is nothing. I'm going to go upstairs and rest, and hope it is all gone by morning, and that everything goes well at the u/s on Tuesday.

Let the morning sickness begin!

It does look like it is that time already . . . for the past week or so, I have had some nausea in the mornings when I wake up. Overall, it has not been particularly significant. Up until today, a little food generally made it disappear. Once or twice, I thought it would progress, but, luckily, the urge to vomit quickly passed. Yesterday, however, I had a meeting downtown, and decided to take the train. Perhaps that wasn't one of my better decisions, considering that I was dealing with nausea on and off throughout the day. I should mention that on a good day, I am prone to motion sickness. Naturally, the beginnings of morning sickness mixed with motion sickness was not a good combination. I had a rough ride home!

Once again, today the nausea has been coming in waves. It doesn't help that DH likes to make . . . shall we say interesting food for dinner? The smells are making me unbelievably sick! Anyone want to start a pool on when will be the first day I puke?