Ultrasound pictures

Ultrasound

The baby did cooperate with us quite well today.
I have homework, so this is brief.
We're having a boy :)

welp

Looks like I'm now on a job hunt. I didn't get the teaching job, oh well. Let's hope and pray I can get something with benefits :)

Week 17

We went to the doctor today. It went by really fast since Everything has been well for awhile now, and no major issues.

We did get to hear the heartbeat again today! Again, very exciting :) It wasn't nearly as fast as last time, but you could hear the two beats, the ba dump, rather than just one thump. It was really neat!

We scheduled the ultrasound for next week Thursday. I'm soooooooo excited! Keeping my fingers crossed that the baby will keep the area clear enough to check the gender. :)

To do list

I'm doing a to do list, I don't care if it's boring to you, I just want to see what I've accomplished in writing!


Get up early to leave Heber --- Check (with time to spare!)
Make a lunch --- Check
Go to class ---- check
Mail some forms --- check
mail a check --- check
drop off a check --- check
pick up an order --- check
drop of library books --- check
change fish tank water (both tanks!) --- check
Do the dishes --- check
pick up text book --- check
go to work --- check
send out notices for meetings --- check
read 7 chapters for home work --- check
read 1 article for one class --- check
read 4 articles for another class ---- Started, but not done (1 article done) ETA: 3 articles done
Write response journals to 4 articles --- again, started but not done (1 done) ETA: 3 responses done
defrost chicken --- check
cook chicken --- not yet, doing it after articles are done ETA: Done
fold towels --- not done yet, probably tomorrow
vacuum --- not done yet, probably tomorrow or Wednesday
put away folded clothes --- not done yet
ETA: Make lunch for tomorrow --- Done
take a bath --- this one is for the VERY last thing for today....so not done yet :) ETA: Done


the ratio of check to uncheck....is a nice ratio in my opinion :)

ETA: only 1 article behind, folding towels, vacuuming and putting away clothes weren't done. I'd have to say...a day well fulfilled (I only watched 20 minutes of TV too!).

Baby

With summer classes, and Bryan being gone for some freelance work, and the end of the school year for my preschool, things have been a bit hectic. I'm finally starting to get everything under control though....so, I'm bored here at my data work and thought I would work on this prompt :)

How was your first doctor’s appointment?



The first doctor's appointment was I believe Wednesday March 19th. It may have been Tuesday, but I think it was Wednesday. This appointment was made to take a blood pregnancy test there, since Bryan didn't believe the home pregnancy tests all that much. They sure showed him! Anyway, after talking to the Dr. and talking about the different tests I needed to do, and the forms I filled out, etc. She said she couldn't do a lot if I was only 4 weeks along, and to come back in 4 weeks, when I was 8 weeks along. Afterwards, she gave us this bag that had all this stuff in it. It was really awesome! It was a diaper bag evidently (it's all black, so it wasn't that obvious). In it were formula samples, vitamin samples, a mat to change diapers on, a ton of pockets all over, a baby wipe box holder thing, a magazine about the birth development, and just tons of little pamphlets and brochures that were either informative of what will happen in the next little while, or full of advertisements for formula (Ensure I think it was). We were really excited and went straight home and started looking at everything right away. I was totally blown away with the magazine as it goes through the development month by month. Then we had to wait patiently for the next appointment.

The 8 week appointment was honestly, no big deal since we had already filled out the forms, and gotten the bag, and talked to her about some concerns. I had talked to her about the possibility of flying to Brazil in July since we had already bought the tickets before we found out I was pregnant. Thankfully, I can still go with no huge dangers coming my way. This was on April 8th by the way. We talked about my thyroid, and how it was low, upping my meds, etc. I didn't have any serious morning sickness or even any nausea at this point, just was EXHAUSTED all the time. Little did I know that I would be getting food poisoning soon, and throwing up a bit after that. :) That was not fun. I had been hoping that we would hear the heartbeat or something exciting at this appointment, but she said she couldn't check until about 12 weeks. So we scheduled the next appointment (Bryan has come with me to all of my appointments thus far ).

The 12 week appointment was filled with a lot of anticipation as to whether or not we would be hearing the heartbeat or not. I was sure I hadn't miscarried or anything, but was still scared with this being the first pregnancy and all and not knowing a pregnant body yet. I thought they did this through an ultra sound, much to my dismay, it was not through an ultrasound. However, they did that heart "ultrasound" if you will, where they just put a microphone on your uterus and you can hear the heart beat from there (that was amazing to me too!). WE had a fear all along that I wouldn't be able to hear the heartbeat, and I really hadn't expected to hear it. Imagine my surprise and delight when i did hear it! It was pretty loud and she brought it closer to my ear to help with the amplification. I could not believe how fast that tiny little thing was beating! I couldn't believe it had a heart working already (though it had been working for a few weeks anyway). It was going so fast, I believe it would be more about 110 to 120 beats per minute. At first I wasn't sure if I was really hearing it or not, but as soon as I felt Bryan grab my foot, I knew I had heard it as that was his indication that he had heard it too. All in all, it was just an amazing, surreal experience. Then Bryan couldn't help but ask when we would be able to find out about the gender, and she told us about 18-20 weeks. You can imagine his disappointment as he realized that was 6-8 weeks away. After wards we talked.

We wanted to just check to make sure everything was ok. The doctor was concerned as I had been losing weight, but was somewhat more lax about it when I told her about the food poisoning and I had been gaining a pound or two the past couple of weeks. I then asked her questions about chicken pox. Why? I am known to get shingles quite easily. I had chicken pox three times as a kid (I swear, I did, ask my family!). When I was 20, I got shingles REALLY bad on my collar bone. Since then I've had it three other times within 5 years. I got it last year, and it prevented us from being able to hang out with some friends because they had never had chicken pox before. When I went to my doctor about it (the same one I have now) she didn't think it was shingles, and that it was a skin reaction to something, but she believed me this time, especially when I said I would get copies of the visits I had for each one at Park City Clinic if I needed to. If you don't know why this is important, then I will tell you. :) If a pregnant woman gets chicken pox or the virus that has it, it can potentially harm the fetus/baby, and cause some mutations, or other defects, and possibly even death. Anyway, the dr. gave me some meds to have on hand just in case I do get it, and to take it as soon as I see any signs of it, so I felt MUCh better after that. Other than that, I just did the normal blood testing again, and urine testing etc.

I am 16 weeks now, but I haven't had a chance to make an appointment for this week due to my classes being all day. However, I will have time everyday next week to do it, so I called to make an appointment today, and the phone was busy all three times I called within an hour for the specific dr.'s office. I'll have to see if Bryan can call tomorrow for me as I have class all day tomorrow as well.

baby

Things have been crazy. Classes have started back up again, so I don't have as much time as I would like, but I am still here :)

Here are the next few questions:
Whom did you tell? How did you tell them? How did they react? (Think friends, family, coworkers, everyone!)

Emilie, how did you feel physically?

Bryan, what things did you do differently, if any, knowing that your wife was carrying your child? (Foot rubs, vacuuming, carrying heavy stuff, etc)



We told quite a few people when we found out. We found out Saturday, and we were already going to go to my parent's on Sunday for something, though I cannot remember what. On the way down, Bryan called chance and jenny to let them know right away. Meanwhile I was texting my sister to see who was in Heber. Everyone was SUPPOSED to be there that day, but quite a few people d I still don't know cancelled. My brother David and his wife and their son (amelia wasn't born yet), weren't there and my brother michael and his then fiancee weren't there either. My sister Hannah was abotu to leave to go somewhere with her boyfriend Scott. I told her she COULD NOT leave until I got there, we were only ten minutes away. I think by then, they all kind of got th ehint, since my sister's made me swear that i would tell them the minute I knew :) It had just so happened that I had been taking midterms all week, and was overloaded with them (i promise this is relevant). I walked in, and everyone was sitting in the frontroom, except for my two sisters. They were standing up with their arms folded and tapping their feet *grins*. Anyway, I came in, and immediately said "So, I had to take four tests recently, and I PASSED all of them." There was complete silence from the family as they half glared/half stared in anticipation. Finally, I said, "yes we are pregnant!" Hugs all around, we called the other people who weren't there and other parents and grandparents. It was really a lot of fun. :)

When the pregnancy first started in the first few weeks, I was actually super tired all the time. We found out it was because my thyroid had taken a huge drop. We've upped my meds three times since then, and I still don't know if it's stabilized or not, I'll be going in for more blood work this week. However, I do feel a lot better than I have for awhile. I was also nauseous quite a bit for awhile, but never threw up until I had food poisoning. Ever since then, I've thrown up unexpected a few times, but nothing bad. I still like to take naps and I feel a lot better when I do. I had a sinus infection almost a week or two right after we found out I was pregnant. Though, Bryan and the urgent care doctor had convinced me it was just a bad cold. It was more than a cold, I knew it was. I had fevers, chills, achiness, etc. Bryan started feeling the same way I did about two weeks later, and we took him into urgent care because he has been known to get bronchitis. The doctor said it was an infection, and gave him antibiotics. You can imagine how annoyed I was. After having this "cold" for almost six weeks, I had my 12 week check up, and had explained things to my doctor. She said it was probably a sinus infection, and gave me some antibiotics, and VOILA! I feel SO much better. She has also put me on some prilosec stuff to help me eat more at night. I'm still about 5 or 6 pounds less than my starting weight. It's been two weeks since I saw her, and I seem to have actually lost another pound. I shouldn't be losing all that much weight since I don't have severe morning sickness or anything, so hopefully it'll start going up soon.

Does Bryan do things for me? Sure he does :) He's been doing a lot more of the household chores around here, and letting me sleep when I want to sleep (especially in the car, I know he doesn't like it sometimes because he wants company, but no complaints from him so far!). He also takes in the heavy groceries or other things for me while I take the lighter stuff. He has been very helpful, probably more than he knows and more than I let him know. :)