Week 9

Nine weeks! Wow! It seems like when we first found out we were pregnant, I thought the time to go see the doctor would never get here. It finally did!

We went to see the doctor yesterday. I love my doctor! She is so REAL...so down to earth! At one point she told me that she is not going to preach at me, because she is human and she is a mom and has been here. She knows that every person is different and every pregnancy is different and she is going to do what she needs to help me have the best pregnancy possible. I love that! I didn't want a doctor that was going to preach at me. I just love her!

Tom got to meet her too, and he really liked her also! They had a little chat about gardening! She is definitely the right doctor for us!!

The night before the appointment I told Tom that I am really anxious to hear from a professional that I am definitely pregnant. So when the nurse was about to take my blood, I asked her, "So I really am pregnant, right?" She looked at me like I was crazy and said, "Yeah you're pregnant." I breathed a sigh of relief and told her that I have been telling my husband about these dreams I've been having where the nurses say, "Umm Amy, you are NOT pregnant. And we show no signs that you ever were. So we don't know what you are thinking, but you are definitely not pregnant."

That made the nurse laugh and she said, "Well, you are defnintely pregnant!"

That's good to know!

I was also very anxious to find out if we would get to hear the baby's heart beat. The doctor told me we would and to go back out and wait in the waiting room with Tom.

When the nurse called us back and started the procedure, I was very surprised to find that we were going to get to see the baby, not just hear the heart beat.

Here is our little baby.

That was the most incredible thing I have ever seen. I could see the little legs and the little heart beating. It was so incredible, I don't even know how to explain how I felt. And to have Tom there with me holding my hand and looking at our baby together...words just can't describe.

It made it more "real", I guess.

The baby's heart rate was 182 beats per minute. The nurse said that is normal and it will slow down as time goes on.

I already have an appointment in another month!

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I think one thing I look forward to each week is looking on thebump.com and seeing what kind of fruit or vegetable they are saying the baby is the size of this week! I think it's just so neat!

So this week, the baby is the size of a green olive!

Your little embryo has now officially graduated to fetus-hood. Adding to the excitement, a Doppler ultrasound device might be able to pick up the beating heart. With basic physical structures in place and increasingly distinct facial features, baby is kind of starting to look like... well... a baby!

Martini anyone? Not me!!

First Father's Day

Tommy had his first Father's Day yesterday! Well, I guess it's more of a "Father-To-Be" Day! I got him a card for a Daddy-to-be!

How to make an emotional pregnant woman cry:

Mushy Daddy-to-be cards talking about the new little life that is on it's way and how the daddy-to-be is going to be a good daddy becuase he is already such a good man.

Yep, tears!

I went to Target with my mom and we stopped to look at the Father's Day cards. I had no idea they had Father-to-be cards! So I started looking at them. I am standing in the middle of Target reading these cards and have tears coming.

My mom just grinned and said, "Yep, you're pregnant!"

Geez!! I am a human-water faucet!

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As for my symptoms, I have been feeling much better. Not as much nausea as before. Round ligament pains haven't been AS bad as they were. And my exhaustion level is getting a little better...I think.

This weekend we packed up our SAM (POD) that came. So all Saturday was spent packing. Tommy and I made it about half-way through the day before we both crashed! So I don't think that is a fair assessment of my fatigue level!

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This week the baby is the size of a RASPBERRY!!!

Your baby is growing like mad, putting on about a millimeter every day and continuing to straighten out in the trunk. Though you can't feel it yet, baby is moving those little arms, legs and (now only slightly) webbed fingers and toes like crazy.

Wow!

Our first doctor's appointment is ONE WEEK from today!!!

I can't wait!!!

I told Tom, I feel like I still need a doctor to tell me I am pregnant just to make it more real.

He was talking to a lady at his work the other day and she was congratulating him and asked if it was official yet. He told her, "Honestly, either she's pregnant, or she's gone completely crazy!"

HAHAHA So funny! I have to agree with that! Either I'm pregnant or there is something VERY wrong with me!!

Week 7

I am now in week 7! Sometimes I can't imagine having to go through this for a total of 40 weeks! It's just not possible! Then I think, ok I just have to make it out of the first trimester. Then I am told things will get better. We shall see!

I am blessed that so far, I haven't had a very rough pregnancy. My only real strong symptom is fatigue. It seems like I just can't get enough rest no matter how long I sleep. It's a little frustrating. I have had some nausea, but overall it hasn't been too bad. Some days are better than others.

Then lately I have been having what is called "round ligament pain". It's the ligaments around the uterus stretching. Everything I have read says it is a shooting pain that goes away quickly, but mine seems to stick around.

I spoke with a nurse yesterday and she said that was normal and it's just stronger for some women than for others.

She told me my body is doing some pretty incredible things right now and it's normal to feel very strange. That made me feel better!

The baby is no longer the size of a sweet pea...it's now the size of a blueberry! Aww!!

Baby's brain -- both hemispheres! -- is growing fast, generating about 100 new cells every minute. Arms and legs are emerging as joints start to form, and a permanent set of kidneys (baby's third!) is now in place.

Wow!

That is just so incredible!

I read something like that and think about how incredible our bodies are. I can't believe I have a life forming inside me! Our God truly is an awesome God!

We will go see the doctor two weeks from today! I am so excited! I have told Tom that I KNOW I am pregnant, but I still want a doctor to tell me that!

Emotional Pregnancy

So I'm not sure about this whole pregnancy thing. I have become a completely different person. Someone I don't even reognize, and I know it's only going to bet worse! I am so emotional that it seems liek anything can make me cry. I have never been a big crier. And I have NEVER been the type of person to cry because of a commercial! I used to always make fun of my mom because she would cry about the sappy commercials on tv. I thought that was so funny. Well, payback time I guess! Yep...it happened...Last night a commercial came on that actually made me cry! The worst part is that I have seen it before! UGH!!

It's the one where the guy finds a door that someone threw away and he takes it and refinishes it and paints it and puts it in the middle of the living room. Then his wife comes home and says, "What's this?" He tells her it's a promise that someday they will have a place of their own. Aww....UGH!!! I can't believe it made me cry! I blame this kid!

It's Sweet Pea's fault!!!

Go ahead mom, you can laugh at me now. It's only fair. And I'll let you, just because I love ya!

Good News!

We got some good news last night! We found out that after all the trouble we have had trying to sell our house that the buyer agreed on a price! We have signed the contract and will be moving out on June 27th! It seems like it has been one thing after another with this house. We are very excited to get it finalized and to move into our new house!

I love how things have worked out for us...we are moving into a great house right after finding out we are going to have a baby! The timing is wonderful! We are very thankful to God for letting things work out this way!

Here's our new house!

YAY!!!

We love it and are so excited about it!

I went to the new house the other day for the inspection and walked through again. This time I looked at it completely different though. This time I picked out which room will be the baby's room! (Say it with me..."aaawwwww"!!) I know!

Very exciting!

I was on one of my new favorite pregnancy websites today and found this...

My baby is about the size of a Sweet Pea!

Growing like crazy, baby is starting to sprout eyes, ears, nose, cheeks and chin. Those little hands and feet- still webbed like paddles- might wiggle by week's end, the heart is beating (almost twice as fast as yours!), and blood is starting to circulate.

Wow! That's just incredible! I guess I'll be calling the baby "Sweet Pea" this week! :)

The New Blog

I have decided to make this blog especially for friends and family to be able to keep up with what's going on in the world of Amy and Tommy...and the little one we have coming along!

I will start out by telling the latest status about the new house, and all that and I will try to update with doctor visits and baby stuff, since I know that's what the family really wants to read about!

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