Week 13

So I finally decided I was ready to have a baby! Happy birthday Jesse! :) Actually, ready to have a baby, I'm not so sure about. But ready to accept the unknown of having a baby, ok. So far, not so bad. I'm 13 weeks today. I'll catch you up on the "fun" up to now.

At 7 weeks I went to the OB b/c they thought I was farther along than I was. The doc discovered I was only about 9 weeks so he thought, so he said to come back in 2 weeks. Showed up for the next appt. and he couldn't hear a heartbeat. Since I was only 9 weeks by then (11 he thought) he wanted me to have an ultrasound. Back to the OB clinic I go the next day for my first ultrasound. Jesse attended the first appointment, but then was not able to make the next one or the ultrasound b/c we were right in the midst of high school football playoffs and Coach VB needed to be prepping with the team for their 2nd round playoff game, which they won. ;) Anyway, I got to see the teeniest life imaginable and faintly hear a very fast heartbeat so we were good to go at 9 weeks, 1 day and a due date of June 8th. Which brings us to today-my next appt.

Today's appt. is why I decided to start a blog. I'm not much of a writer so don't expect anything fancy! I just thought this would be easier to let everyone that cares follow our journey of our first baby.

Anyway, so today I'm 13 weeks and we got to hear the heartbeat loud and clear at the doctor's appointment. It was pretty cool and exciting! It really made this all so real to me. I had been nervous before this appt. b/c I wasn't feeling anything, didn't think I was really getting bigger and just didn't know how I was supposed to feel. I didn't know if that meant something was wrong and I shouldn't be telling everyone our exciting news. Needless to say, after my appt. I went ahead and sent my previously drafted email to some friends to make the announcement! :)

I've been feeling fine- no sickness other than a few nights here and there feeling a little crappy before bed. I only feel a little tired at night every once in a while. Thank goodness I wasn't sick b/c traveling for work could have been pretty miserable. I'm still working out, just a bit slower now I've noticed. I noticed that change right away actually. And so far I've only gained about 2 pounds.

So...let the fun begin!