Feeling Human Again!

Hey family!

Just thought I would fill everyone in on this wonderful process of pregnancy. First, I went to the Dr. again yesterday and they said that all looks healthy with my blood work and labs that they've done so far. We talked about our options for genetic testing and decided to not have any of the tests done. That will make my next ultrasound happen a little later than I thought before. It will be around my 18 week appointment...about 2 months away! At that point they will also try to tell the sex of the baby!

On a more whiny note, I've been feeling pretty green lately. At first it was all day long, then just in the morning. Now I start to feel a little nauseous around 6 or 7 and stay that way until I fall asleep. This is making my work day more enjoyable though!

Not a whole lot more to tell right now! I just wanted to write to keep everyone in the loop easily and to have a chronicle of this process for myself later!

Cute updates!! The baby is about the size of a prune. It now has elbows that can bend!! It also has teeth forming under gums already!! I bought fabric today to make some curtains and a blanket for the nursery and Brad and I started getting organized in that room. The "theme" is jungle animals. The fabric has a giraffe, monkey, elephant and tiger on it amongst jungle leaves. I feel silly writing this, but it's exciting for me to have something to do relating to baby!

If you want to, reply to this post and tell us what your gut tells you about whether we'll have a boy or a girl. Brad and I both have a "gut feeling" that it's a boy.

Love you all lots. Wish we could be seeing you, but I guess a visit will come soon enough!

It All Begins!

Well, we had our first ultrasound today. I'm 7 weeks and 4 days pregnant. My due date is December 20th! The baby still looks more like an alien than a human, but we were pretty excited to hear the heartbeat and know that everything so far is progressing healthily. I'll have another ultrasound in 2 weeks and I can't wait to see the changes already between today and then. It still feels pretty surreal, especially since I don't have horrible symptoms yet.....and hopefully will stay that way. I did feel pretty down last week with nausea, but I actually think that I had a virus or bug of some kind. Glad to be feeling loads better!

Today after the ultrasound Mom and I found an old bookstore in Mebane. I bought a bunch of baby board books and started the little one's library........with a teacher discount they were only 50 cents each!! One of the things I'm looking forward to most is sharing literature with my baby.

Of course, we're also very excited to sharing all of this with our loved ones!