Week 15

I would get all dressed up and show my face/put on makeup to update you all on my belly status, but I am sick :( So I am lounging. I did put on that sweater so it looks like I'm semi-decent ;) Being sick while pregnant is less than ideal since you can't take hardly any good medicine since most harm the baby. So it's been awful! 


I've been reading a baby blog I've found on Pinterest and have decided to steal these questions from it and to start updating weekly at least with these and probably a baby pic :) I have my next doctor's appointment on Thursday and I'm really hoping to find out the sex of the baby but I'm not sure if they will do an ultrasound. We will see!


How far along? 15 Weeks, 2 days
Total weight gain/loss: Not sure since my scale is broken! I will have to update this on Thursday when they weigh me! As of my last doctor's appointment I had only gained 2 pounds.
Maternity clothes? Wearing my bella bands like crazy and one pair of maternity pants for work but I can still wear most of my shirts. I just ordered some  maternity shirts yesterday on sale. 
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: Sleeping great minus being sick
Best moment this week: Getting my insurance card for December 1st! 
Have you told family and friends: Yep
Miss Anything? Drinking... especially on thanksgiving when my grandparents came down and they made Rum cake and I couldn't have any :( 
Movement: Nothing yet :(
Food cravings: LEMONADE (ALL THE TIME!) and sweets and sometimes fruits. 
Anything making you queasy or sick: Eggs and mexican food and a lot of other random things.
Have you started to show yet: I think so for sure but if I wear certain things you can't tell. Definitely feeling chubby!
Gender prediction: I've been having dreams that I'm having a girl but last night I had a dream that I had an ultrasound and it was a boy... so now I'm not sure! 
Labor Signs: No
Belly Button in or out? In
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!
Looking forward to: Finding out the gender, feeling the baby move and moving into our townhouse so I can decorate the baby room! :)






And just for laughs:

PEANUT!

First off, my work knows I'm pregnant now and they are all so supportive so I'm so lucky! My manager said I can have off whenever I need to for doctor's appointments. I also finally told my grandparents so everyone in my family knows and they are happy for me! I've been offered TWO cribs from my Gram and my Aunt Jennie. A lot of people have offered to give me toys and clothes and such. I'm so excited :)

As for the doctor, I've found one that I'm really happy about thanks to my boss's recommendation. I went this past friday because of pain and it turns out everything was okay! They did an ultrasound and it was so crazy seeing my baby since last time it was just a blob and now it looks like a baby!! Here is a picture from my ultrasound. 

Such a cute little peanut!

My next appointment is December 1st :)

As for names, I'm going to need some help (especially if it's a girl!). We have a girl's middle name for sure and a boy's first name but we need a girl's first name and boy's middle name. Elizabeth was Ben's sister's name and I've always loved the Beatles and I love the name Jude... not to mention Jude Law is sexy!! haha

So if you read this entry, PLEASE VOTE for which names you think are best :)

If it's a BOY:

First Name: Jude (Liam was our second choice but I think we've settled on Jude)

Middle Name: Not sure! Levi, Noah or Michael are possibilities but we are open to suggestions :)

If it's a GIRL:

I had always said I was naming my first girl Sophia (nicknamed Sophie) and my second girl Lena (pronounced LEE-Nuh)... but Sophia is so high on the baby name lists, I'm not sure anymore..

First Name OPTIONS: Sophia (Sophie), Lena, Estella, Corabelle, Livia, Izzy, Adara, Layla, Mieke (pronounced MEEK-Uh)

Middle Name: Elizabeth

Just keep in mind that the baby's last name will be Hill!

THANKS GUYS :)

-Katie

PS I'm still in love with yard sales and have gotten even more baby clothes!

PPS Here's my bumb as of yesterday!

YARD SALES!

So I know it's like really early in the pregnancy to start looking for baby stuff... but I can't help myself. And if I can get ANYTHING at a yard sale, I'm totally there. Luckily, babies don't judge you for buying used and yard sales are soooo cheap and I'm the definition of a bargain shopper! ha! 


So here are my finds the past two weeks (baby-related finds that is):

As far as my baby bump goes... I'm finally getting one... although there is a layer of fat there too haha... here I am at 10 weeks!:

I also was in Barnes and Noble the other day and saw this book. I've got to buy it on my nook... if I have any scientific excuse to eat a lot of sweets, I'm totally down! :)

Babies Babies Babies

I've been super stressed the past week and have been crying/yelling/arguing like crazy for no apparent reason. While I'm upset that my travel plans are put on hold for a while, I'm finally starting to feel okay about being a "mommy".... okay, maybe not the mommy part yet but I'm getting there! I've been extremely lucky thus far to not have any morning sickness although the naseua has been pretty awful (especially when I smell or even THINK about certain foods - like scrambled eggs for instance- yuck!). I have had the horrible mood swings, crying for no reason, food cravings beyond belief (Just last night we had to go all the way to walmart because the two grocery stores near us were closed and I just NEEDED kettle corn and root beer... and ended up needing oranges too once we got there. Weird, I know.) and extreme fatigue and back pain. I have always been someone who could sleep forever but lately it's like I could be sleeping all day and be perfectly content. I do any kind of moving around and I want to nap for ages. It sucks! 


I am starting my new job at Wells Fargo on the 12th and I am just praying that I can handle the 8:30-5 days without wanting to fall asleep. It kind of sucks being pregnant and no one knowing because I feel like they think I'm fat or lazy and really, I CAN'T HELP IT! But ya gotta do what ya gotta do and I'm just not ready to tell the whole world that I'm expecting. Especially since making it through at least 9 weeks or even the first trimester is a hurdle and I'd hate to go back to a million people and have to say J/K I'm not pregnant..  That would just be TOO MUCH for me to take.


So in the mean time, I'm going to see if I can find an OBGYN that I like and continue to stalk everyone on facebook who is pregnant or has newborns because they are just too cute! 


Look at me, I'm finally saying pregnant people are cute. And to think, just last month I wanted to throw up when I saw a pregnant belly.... 

We're gonna be PARENTS!

OBGYN Hell

A week ago I went to an OBGYN because my doctor set up the appointment. It was an OBGYN I had researched and heard good things about so I wasn't really worried about it.


Well, I should have been. 


We get there at 9:30 for our appointment and after filling out paperwork, they informed me that my doctor hadn't even told them I was pregnant. Apparently, they needed more paperwork from my doctor because he hadn't sent any files. So by 11:10 and still not having seen a doctor and Ben having to be at work at noon, I went up to the girl again and explained we really had to go soon. She informed me that we were about to be called so we waited another five minutes and finally got called back.


The nurse asked a couple questions, then told me to get undressed from the waist down. I did as I was told and then the doctor came in and told me to get dressed and meet him in his office because he didn't need to do a pelvic exam since I just had an ultrasound... talk about awkward.


So we go into his office and he is completely rude with us because I can't make his appointments he scheduled for me for my 9 week ultrasound because I am starting a new job that week and he basically says something to the affect of "I don't mean to insult your intelligence but I don't know how many ultrasounds you've done before but in my career I've done blah blah blah and until you hit 9 weeks, there is a huge chance that your baby won't be there before that." Basically trying to tell me that I'm going to have a miscarriage. 


Asshole.


So now I don't know what to do because my insurance won't start until December 1st so at this rate, maybe I won't get another ultrasound until then? I don't know if I'm missing other steps in the process either though because I haven't had any "tests" done on me like blood tests or anything and I just assumed that was standard.


I don't know what I'm doing!! Is there some sort of timeline I need to use about when I do stuff? 


HELP!

WE SAW OUR BABY :)

I cannot even describe to you what it feels like to see your baby on a screen and seeing it's little heart beating. Unbelievably cool.


I went this morning to have an ultrasound done because of the weird pain I've been having. They were checking to see if maybe I had a cyst or ectopic pregnancy. The ultrasound tech didn't have anything to say so if anything were wrong, I'm pretty sure she would've told me or my doctor might call me. But she printed out a picture of my little "blob" so here it is... Ben & I's baby it :)

Well I will keep you guys posted! I have my first OBGYN appt on Friday :)


As for other news, I got a full time job that starts in October and I'm so excited! And they are even letting me off so I can still go to NYC/Boston for my birthday weekend! So yay for that news!


I guess that's it! 


Tootles,


Katie

Abdomen Pain :(

So I've been experiencing sharp pains in my lower right abdomen since the 11th and it's been worrisome. Since I didn't have a kidney infection and the urgent care doctor told me it was normal to have the pain, I didn't really think much about it. But since I've been told my a couple people that sharp pain like that isn't normal, I finally made an appointment with my general doctor today. 


After putting pressure on the area of my abdomen that really hurt and me almost crying/screaming, the doctor told me that I was really tender and shouldn't be in that area and that the pain was definitely not normal. I had to do a urine test to check for infections and they are scheduling an ultrasound for me to see if I possibly have a cyst or ectopic pregnancy. Another option is that I may have appendicitis but that is less likely since I don't have a fever and I'm not throwing up. But if it gets worse, I have to go to the hospital.


So right now, I'm waiting for the results of the urine test and to get an appointment with an OBGYN so I can see what is wrong. It would be really unfortunate after I'm finally getting used to the idea of being pregnant if something was wrong with the pregnancy.


I will keep you posted on what happens!


-Katie