Week 7
Well, it's official. There is a jelly bean inside me with a strong hearbeat. We had the first ultrasound on Wednesday. It was very cool to see the heartbeat and what movement was there. It was hard to truly believe that this pregnancy is real and not just a figmant of my imagination coupled with a late cycle. But that all changed Wednesday when I saw my baby move with it's heart beating so strong. It's like, without that image, without any changes to the shape of my body happening yet, it's hard to really believe it's not all a big joke that someone will come to me and say, "Guess what? We were just joking, having some fun you know, you're not really pregnant and your cycle will start soon with any hope." Well, now no one can say it was just a fluke of hormones again, that my body decided to screw with my head again. Because there really is a living human being growing inside me.
Already it gets startled by loud sudden sounds and movement, it already has a heartbeat of 166 (which I was told is good), and though it's hard to see in the picture of the ultrasound I was given, it already has the beginnings of arms and legs. Almost makes me want to wear dresses and sacks around just so I don't wear something too tight around my middle and interfere with whatever room is needed to grow and thrive. I said almost. I'm not that far gone yet. Though I don't want to do anything to get in the way of development, I also want to do all that I can while I can. Bending over, walking a lot, doing chores around the house, and I'd love to sleep more. I'm so much more tired than I thought I'd be in the first trimester. I know also that I'll have to sit further from my desk soon, which means I'll move a lot as people try to get past me as they get to the copy machine and paperwork that is past me. My coworkers are excited to get to share this all with me. They all loved seeing the ultrasound Wednesday when my husband took it out front to show everyone before he took it to work to show his coworkers.
As for morning sickness, it started awhile ago, but not too bad. There were days though that the nauseas feeling never really went away. I forgot to take my prenatals last weekend, then Sunday night I took it. Everyone had been telling me to take it at night and it'll help with morning sickness. So I did. Monday I went to work, but from 4:30 am to about 7pm, it was horrible and I spent most of that time throwing up or wishing I could and just get it over with. I was given a B6 injection to help, along with a pill for nausea. I left work early and went home and crashed. Good thing it was my husband's bowling night, because he was able to keep the boys with him until later than normal actually so I could get some rest. I was told by the dr to stop the vitamins for the remainder of the first trimester and haven't been sick since that day. I did learn though that the reason it's ok for me to stop them and not give myself and the baby the extra nutrients, is because the critical time for folic acid and the major vitamins is the first 6 weeks, and I'm past that now. But they did say when it gets closer to 12 weeks and I feel better, to take 2 Flintstone's chewables. They have about the same vitamins and in the same doses as the prenatals, minus the folic acid. So I feel ok about stopping those for now.
Already it gets startled by loud sudden sounds and movement, it already has a heartbeat of 166 (which I was told is good), and though it's hard to see in the picture of the ultrasound I was given, it already has the beginnings of arms and legs. Almost makes me want to wear dresses and sacks around just so I don't wear something too tight around my middle and interfere with whatever room is needed to grow and thrive. I said almost. I'm not that far gone yet. Though I don't want to do anything to get in the way of development, I also want to do all that I can while I can. Bending over, walking a lot, doing chores around the house, and I'd love to sleep more. I'm so much more tired than I thought I'd be in the first trimester. I know also that I'll have to sit further from my desk soon, which means I'll move a lot as people try to get past me as they get to the copy machine and paperwork that is past me. My coworkers are excited to get to share this all with me. They all loved seeing the ultrasound Wednesday when my husband took it out front to show everyone before he took it to work to show his coworkers.
As for morning sickness, it started awhile ago, but not too bad. There were days though that the nauseas feeling never really went away. I forgot to take my prenatals last weekend, then Sunday night I took it. Everyone had been telling me to take it at night and it'll help with morning sickness. So I did. Monday I went to work, but from 4:30 am to about 7pm, it was horrible and I spent most of that time throwing up or wishing I could and just get it over with. I was given a B6 injection to help, along with a pill for nausea. I left work early and went home and crashed. Good thing it was my husband's bowling night, because he was able to keep the boys with him until later than normal actually so I could get some rest. I was told by the dr to stop the vitamins for the remainder of the first trimester and haven't been sick since that day. I did learn though that the reason it's ok for me to stop them and not give myself and the baby the extra nutrients, is because the critical time for folic acid and the major vitamins is the first 6 weeks, and I'm past that now. But they did say when it gets closer to 12 weeks and I feel better, to take 2 Flintstone's chewables. They have about the same vitamins and in the same doses as the prenatals, minus the folic acid. So I feel ok about stopping those for now.