No Bedrest!

Today I went to the doctor. First I had my ultra sound and they told me that I my cervix was measuring the same length. That made me worry, but Andrew was with me and helped me to calm down until we saw the doctor.

In between appointments I had to down that nasty glucose drink! They said it would taste like Sprite, but it was gross!

Dr. Stull was really excited when she came in because although my cervix didn't grow, it also didn't shrink. She did an exam last time and everything was fine at that point. This time she said that my cervix is just naturally shorter than most, but that's just how I'm made and my body can handle it.

She is keeping me on reduced activity for the remainder of my pregnancy, and will examine me again in two weeks, but I won't have to go on bedrest! Yahoo!

I had my glucose test today to, she said if I don't hear from them by Wednesday then I can go eat a Sundae because they go by the "no news is good news" philospohy.

Thank you to everyone for your prayers!

Scary Moments

I went to the doctor on Thursday and I knew something was wrong when I my ultra sound technician told me that I had a short cervix and, after leaving to go talk to the ultra sound doctor, told me that I had to go see my own doctor.

After waiting for an hour I requested to see another doctor as mine was ultra busy! But as soon as I was in the room my doctor ran over and informed that she had to be the one to see me, so that threw up even more red flags.

By the time that she got there an hour later I was exhausted and nervous. She told me that the length of my cervix is 0.5cm short, which puts me in the category for high risk of pre-term labor and in two weeks I have to go back to determine if I should be on bed rest. I didn't even know what to think or say at that point, I'll have my next appointment in two weeks and we'll go from there.

I am so grateful for all the family and friends that have been supporting me through this. My mom and two of my nurse friends (Heather and Rachel) have really been a great support giving me advice and helping me gain a better understanding of what this means. Thank you to everyone.

It's a Girl!

Today Andrew and I went in to get our 20 week ultra sound. We were able to see our little baby GIRL!! I am amazed at the technology and how much the techs can see. Our little angel is very healthy and growing properly. They weren't able to see the spine because of how she was positioned so I have to go in next month for another ultra sound. But everything looks good! Check out her little feets

Andrew and I are so excited and are starting to think pink!

Second Doctor's Appointment

Today I had my second doctor's appointment which wasn't that exciting. I am healthy and gaining weight at the correct rate (so far). Baby's heart beat was 148 today and my blood pressure was suprisingly low at 94/50 - which I guess is healthy, but just seems really low.

Also I got to schedule our ultrasound for finding out the gender. We will find out on Andre's Birthday! January 13, yahoo!

Ultrasound

Today I got my first ultrasound! It was amazing, I can't even describe the feelings once we saw that little one up on the screen. To see my little baby growing inside of me was incredible. Baby was moving so much, yet I couldn't feel a thing. It was sucking it's thumb, waving, kicking, swiggling, everything! The ultrasound technitian said that I am 12 weeks based on the measurements, so not far off from what we originally thought.

First Doctor's Appointment

Yesterday I had my first doctor's appointment. I didn't really know what to expect other than what I had heard (that it would be long). Andrew went with me and we both really like the doctor that we have, she really knows her stuff and is friendly and helpful.

I was a little disappointed to find out that she doesn't think that I am really 11 weeks pregnant, because of the size of my uterus she thinks that I am more like 8 or 9 weeks. Also she wasn't able to locate the heartbeat, which she can usually find between 10-12 weeks. So now I don't have a due date anymore :( However, I do have to go in for an ultrasound :) My appointment is on 11/19 at 8am. I've seen other people's photos of their ultrasounds, but I'm sure it is a lot different when it's your own.

While we were there the doctor offered to set up an appointment for us to get testing to determine if we have a high chance of having a Down Syndrome or Trisomy 18 baby. Then if we are high risk we can go in for another test to determine if our baby actually has one of those. The sad part was when she said that if baby does then we have to decide what to do - "we all think that we would keep it until it happens to us". I'm sure that she has to say that, but it just broke my heart. God will not give us more than we can handle and this is my baby we're talking about here! It makes me cry whenever I think about it. My baby is my baby no matter what.

Telling My Boss

Today was the day, not the day that I plannd to tell my boss Renee, but it just woked out that way. I was in Disney World for the last week and got back to work today. Around 9am Renee pulls me into a meeting room to discuss all the changes that took place while I was gone, since most of them affected me and my job.

I figured while I was in there it would be the perfect time to tell her. So I did, I just said, wel since you're here...I'm pregnant. She was so excited! She knew that I was because I asked for two seperate days off to go to the doctor. She is so happy for me, I feel so great! I was really stressed about telling people at work, but things went really well!