What's up, baby?

I've been feeling sick again. This week the morning sickness feeling seems to come out of nowhere and strike when I least expect it. Lucky for me the sea bands are still working their magic.

I go see the doctor in the morning and will get to hear the baby's heart beat (fingers crossed) on the super Doppler sonar thingamabob! Then tomorrow night at 5:20 we will get to see the little babe on our second ultrasound. Will and I are both looking forward to it. I'm sure Sophia will be unimpressed and impatient with us, but hopefully can keep her cool.

200 days to go

OK - 200 days seems like alot of days, but considering that Sophia turns 18 months old next week - that means my due date is only 6 months away.

My next doctor's appointment is scheduled for Wednesday morning and I also have an ultrasound scheduled for Wednesday evening. I can't wait to get a few more pictures of the little "bundle of joy" growing inside of me.

Cravings this week - lots of fresh fruit and Mexican food

Belly bump

I have a belly bump @ 11 weeks. Of course you wouldn't be able to look at me and determine that I'm pregnant, but you might think, "Hmmmm, she's putting on some weight". Actually I haven't gained any weight yet, but I definitely look bigger in the mid-section. Those of you that have had more than one child, you know what I'm talking about. You show earlier the 2nd time around...I can't imagine the 3rd or 4th time around....but then again, Will thinks we should stop at 2. We'll see what's in the cards for us later.

Hopefully I can stay out of maternity clothes for as long as possible. I'm NOT a fan!

It's amazing!

MORNING SICKNESS IS OVER!!!!

I have felt completely ill for weeks now and all of a sudden I woke up at the beginning of the week and I felt GOOD. I almost feel GREAT! I took Sadie for a walk twice this week already and we'll be able to go again today!

My cravings were out of control when I was feeling sick.

Here's the list to name a few...and all of these were my body's remedies to soothe my stomach.

• Pickle juice - straight of out the jar (this makes me think of my friend, Shannan) Now I can get by on just having a crispy dill pickle. Sophia has discovered that she loves pickles too!


• Fruit - went through a huge fruit phase, mostly had to have watermelon and pineapple.


• Peppermint - tea and peppermint patties mostly, but I also went to Yankee Candle and bought a Jack Frost (their peppermint scent) air freshener for my car and their largest candle. I'm going to have to return the candle because the scent now makes me feel ill. I can only stomach the tea now.


• Sour stuff - OK - I really should say Lemonade. Pink lemonade to be exact. And, let me tell you, I couldn't stand the diet version so I was guzzling 150 calories per can for the last couple of weeks...but since I wasn't eating much of anything I guess it all has evened out.


• Milk - this is my new craving - a glass in the morning and another in the afternoon. YUM.

10 weeks along now!

Our first ultrasound

We had our first ultrasound yesterday! We got to see the baby and the heartbeat. It was 150 beats per minute. The doctor said everything looks fine so far. Our next appointment is in 4 weeks.

The doctor confirmed my due date - May 28, 2008 from the size of the baby. So that means I'm 7 and 1/2 weeks pregnant.

Kiss the baby....

Sophia actually gives my belly kisses. It's adorable! And when I ask her if she's going to be a big sister she nods her head and smiles. I'm sure she really doesn't understand what's going to happen, but it's fun to watch her think she knows.

She's going to be an excellent big sister. She takes wonderful care of her baby dolls and makes sure they have blankets, bottles and sometimes even a paci.

Nauseous all the time

Tomorrow I will be 7 weeks pregnant and for the last week I've been getting nauseous. It started out just in the evenings around 5:00 and if I ate a snack or dinner it went away. However, for the last few days this nauseous feeling has been lasting ALL DAY! I haven't actually gotten sick at all, I just completely feel awful.

I didn't have this problem at all with Sophia. In fact, I had the perfect pregnancy with her.

Hmmm....does that mean I'm having a boy this time?

Ginger ale doesn't seem to work. I just got some Preggie Pop Drops which are a sour hard sugar candies. These seem to work quickly to relieve the nausea, but the remedy doesn't last very long.

I just read online to try eating dill pickles and drinking lemonade. Hopefully this will help.