In March 2014 I went to the doctor for severe heartburn. Steven kept telling me that my heartburn was worse because I could be pregnant. We had only JUST started trying again the month before. There was no way I was already pregnant. When I explained to my doctor what was going on she got all excited and said "Let's do a pregnancy test!" Ok, I guess. I was convinced it was going to be negative. She came back and told me it was a faint positive and that I was most likely pregnant! If I was pregnant, it was very early in the pregnancy and I needed to take an at home test in about a week. I took one everyday for the next week haha! Everyday the little line got darker and darker. I was really pregnant. PREGNANT!! I am now 19 weeks along (almost 4 1/2 months) and it still hasn't sunk in all the way.
The first six weeks of pregnancy were pretty easy going. I had heartburn and indigestion but nothing too severe. Then, overnight, around week 6, I woke up in the middle of the night and RAN for the toilet. Morning Sickness had begun. The sickness hit me HARD for a little over a month! I was completely bed ridden for the majority of it. If I moved I might throw up again. I had to go to the doctor's office twice for fluids because I would get so dehydrated. I couldn't even keep water down. Steven was fantastic and took such good care of me (and still does). Finally, around week 11 it started to ween off. I was no longer throwing up everyday and food and drink were staying down (vanilla wafer cookies, blue popsicles and carnation instant breakfast). I had lost 21 lbs. My doctor hasn't seemed worried though and now that I can eat, I'm gaining weight regularly. Since then, everything has gone smoothly. We've heard the baby's heartbeat and had a couple ultrasounds. Everything looks great! :)
On Saturday June, 28 I felt the baby kick for the first time (It was probably kicking before that and I just didn't know what it was) and It hasn't stopped kicking me since. I call the baby my little Ninja Turtle (because turtles are cuter than regular ninjas). Sometimes It will kick so hard I can watch my belly move. The kicking feels like little muscle spasms. I love them!
Here I am at 18 weeks.
Here I am at 18 weeks.
On July 1st 2014 we found out the gender of our little ninja turtle. My wonderful (and one of my best) friend Jessie came with us to the ultra sound so she could do something special. We wanted to wait and find out the gender in a cute and fun way. Below is the video of us finding out the gender.
We are so excited to welcome this little addition to our family! November cannot come soon enough!
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