It's a Boy!

We had our big ultrasound today. The baby is looking great! We found out that we are expecting a baby boy! I am still shocked over the news, but I'm excited. It'll be neat to experience a different world apart from girl world. It will definitely be a learning experience for me, as I am much more of a girlie girl than anything else. This little boy will be entering the world of a princess obsessed sister, it will be interesting! I know that Hailee will take good care of her little brother, tho. I can't wait to see how the two will bond, I have good feelings about them.:)

Cody is very happy. He finally got his little boy. It was amazing to see how excited he was when they mentioned the word "BOY". It was a moment that I have daydreamed about for awhile. We are so blessed to be able to experience both a boy and a girl. I'm a very happy Mommy! I look forward to meeting our little man. :)
Hailee has been telling us for weeks now that we are having a boy, so she was not surprised when we found out for sure that it was a boy. She simply said "I know!". The baby's heartrate was 147, and he weighs 11 ounces..according to the ultrasound. He is currently laying across my stomach, side to side, facing my back.


(Before my appointment today)

Weeks 8 & 9

For the past 7 days, I have been on antibiotics. 7 days ago, my nurse called and told me that I had a bladder infection when I went in for my appt. I thought that I didn't recognize symptoms of a uti, until a few days after taking antibiotics. I do think that I was having symptoms. For instance, night time was the most uncomfortable for me. I would go to the bathroom 4-5x a night. And before and after going, it felt like everything was so tight and uncomfortable in my bladder. It really made me uncomfortable. It would only bother me right before, and then a couple minutes after using the bathroom. I wrote everything off as just being pregnant. Another thing was that I was way beyond tired. Many times during the day, I would just want to pass out. I noticed all of this after I started taking my antibiotics and first noticed I wasn't having to use the bathroom 4-5x's..more like 2-3x's..and I wasn't uncomfortable. I now have more energy. I still get tired, but it's nothing like it was. I'm not having severe spells of just wanting to sleep.

So knowing all of this now, I'm going to listen to my body a little bit more and try not to assume something is because I'm pregnant. I have now finished my prescribed amount of the antibiotics, and I'm happy about that. The less pills I have to take, the happier I am..lol.

Right now, I'm not showing..so I've been updating 2 weeks at a time. There are times where I feel like I'm showing more, and then others where I'm not. Just got some water retention going on. I have held a pretty steady weight for the past week. Weeks 5-8, I put on about 6 lbs. My boobs have also grown, so I'm blaming them for some of the weight..lol. It's definitely nice to have them so full, I lost my boobs after Hailee..haha. They have been sore, tho. They are just now starting to not be as sore.

Now for some belly pics:

No picture for 8 weeks with Hailee
8 weeks(current):


9 weeks(Hailee)


9 weeks(current)

Weeks 6 & 7

Good Morning! Today I am 7 weeks and 2 days. I am anxiously awaiting crossing the 12 week mark. I'm so ready to start feeling like myself again. I get queasy throughout the day, everyday. The symptoms have let up a bit, but not enough..lol. I have staples in my diet, such as gingerbread cookies, gingerale, toast, banana nut muffin, water of course, bananas, applesauce..and I believe that's it. Those are the things that make me feel better. I had chicken soup last week, and it really hit the spot. I love nice and light meals, that aren't heavy on my stomach.

This pregnancy is different so far than when I was pregnant with Hailee. This time around I have to eat to offset the nausea. I don't know if I mentioned this before in my blog, but I'm gonna update. I have gained at least 5 pounds because of it. Everytime my stomach is empty I have to put something in it. If I wait too long, the thought of food just makes me cringe..but once I put something in my mouth and make myself eat it..I feel better. It's crazy. So yeah..I have a huge appetite right now, even tho I feel queasy. I'm grateful that I can keep food down. I still have over 4 weeks left tho, anything can change. The only hope I have is that I never threw up with Hailee. I felt like it, but never did. However, sometimes I just wanna throw up just to feel better. I've gagged many times, and have stood over the toilet feeling like I was going to throw up..but I got nothing.

I had my first prenatal appt last week. Everything went well. I got everything done..pap, urine test, bloodwork, u/s, heard/saw the heart beating, etc. The heart was beating at 120 bpm. I thought it was kinda low, but I was 6 weeks..and apparently when the heart starts beating it starts off slow and gradually gets faster thru pregnancy. We first heard Hailee's heartbeat at 8 weeks, and it was around 145 bpm. I don't remember exactly. So there's a two week difference there of when I heard this little ones heartbeat, and when I heard Hailee's. My next appt is Aug 3rd, and I meet with an actual dr. The first appt I just met with the nurse practitioner. They were really nice and helpful at this place I went to. They watched Hailee for me while I got my bloodwork done. And they just seemed very genuine and caring. They knew I had a miscarriage for my last pregnancy, and they also knew my history and concerns of having twins...so I was able to get an u/s..and I didn't even request it. They offered it.

Hailee was so cute, tho. The day before the appt and the day of, she kept telling me we were going to get the baby out today! haha. Of course I told her not today, the baby has to get bigger. She is already eagerly awaiting the arrival of her little bro or sis. I wonder if that'll change once the baby gets here and starts crying and taking some of mommies attention. I think she'll do great tho. She has always seemed like a 'little momma' to me. She is going to help me pick stuff out for the baby, and I plan on making her feel as involved as possibly.

SO there's a little update on what's been going on. Below is the comparison pictures of week 6 and 7, of this pregnancy and Hailee's pregnancy.

Week 6(Hailee)


(current)





Week 7(Hailee)


(current)


Looks like I was bloated around this time with Hailee, too.

Thanks for checking out my update!

Belly Pics-Weeks 4&5

I didn't start showing until about 15 weeks with Hailee. But these pictures are fun to look back on, and now I can compare my pregnancy with when I was pregnant with Hailee. They always say you show quicker with the next pregnancy, so I guess we'll see. I am 10-15lbs lighter than I was prepregnancy with Hailee.

4 weeks with Hailee:


4 weeks 2 days now:


5 weeks with Hailee:


5 weeks 3 days now:

Weird Dreams

I have been having some really weird dreams lately, very vivid and seemingly real, too. Last nights dream, really freaked me out. Since I've had breakfast I will talk about it. I'm not really superstitious, but gotta be safe! I would absolutely hate to see what happened in my dream last night happen in real life, I would be devastated and would feel guilty that I didn't do anything. **Warning-may be too graphic**

One of my dreams, which was the first of a series of dreams that I had last night, I was driving along Virginia Beach BLVD. All of a sudden someone hit me while in motion. It wasn't a bad wreck, just enough to probably dent the side of my car. I didn't see the damage, so I'm not sure what kind of damage there was. I kept driving and looked behind me to see if the person in the other car had stopped. I figured I should pull over, too. IT WAS A DREAM, so I wasn't really thinking clearly. Obviously in real live I would've pulled over right away to assess my car..lol. So we get out. Not quite sure what happened at that point, the next thing I know we are in this business place that seems more like a house than a place of business. This is where we discussed what happened. For some reason I was stuck in this place. I was going to stay the night there. Who knows, I don't remember those parts..probably the because the next part was so horrific to me..nothing else in my dream mattered.

So, here I am..stuck in this place. It's night time, and I can't sleep. So I go to look out the door, it's similar to the door in our Pensacola house. I was just watching the world go by. The street was crowded with cars parked along the side, so I couldn't see my car...but in my dream I really wanted to see my car. There was a part that I don't remember clearly about going outside and sneaking around to get a glimpse at my car to see the damage from the wreck earlier. I never was able to see my car, so afraid of getting caught outside for some reason..I was back inside looking thru the door again.

I see a baby walking, chasing like a butterfly or a balloon..something to that nature. All I remember is the baby walking, like a baby who had just started to learn how walk..walking on the tip of it's toes looking up at something smiling...trying to reach out for whatever it was the baby was looking at. I sit here and watch this baby as it walked thru the front yards of houses, thinking what should I do? I wasn't allowed outside of this house for whatever reason. Being outside of this house was a fear to me, for some reason. And this baby was across the street, farther than I had wanted to go outside of this house. So I sit and watch this little baby, hoping that maybe it's mom is following behind..or that someone will help it. I wonder why is this little baby outside at this time of night. The baby was in it's jammies, with little footies.

I debate to just turn away, and go to bed. Then the baby started to walk toward the road, and everything seemed to happen so fast. The baby steps off the curb, and I heard a car. I stood frozen as I watched an SUV fly down the road and hit the baby, never slowing..never stopping. There was nothing left of this baby except pieces of what remained.

That was on my right, on my left I see someone..an adult..had been hit by a car. The car that hit the adult was stopped tho. Right then, I picked up my cell phone and was going to report everything. Before I started to dial 911, the adult stood up and was okay. So I put my phone down.

For some reason, I was afraid to report the SUV that hit the baby. I thought that the cops would blame me since the SUV was long gone.

Had this been real life, I would have totally called 911. But before that, I would've saved the baby.

This was a CRAZY dream that woke me up in the middle of the night. It made me want to go check on my Hailee, and give her a big and and a kiss. How scary!

Week 5, Day 2

Good Morning! I am 5 weeks and 2 days today. I have bypassed the point at which I miscarried last time, so I'm pretty happy about that. It makes everything seem more real! I'm so excited and scared this time around. When I was pregnant with Hailee, I was more excited than anything else. Now I just worry how everything is going to work out. I do remember that as I got further along with Hailee, any type of fear I had in my mind seemed to diminish. It's amazing how your mind prepares for a baby. I know that once the baby takes the shape of an actual baby, I will feel more connected with it. When I start feeling it move, and sharing that with Hailee, things will feel more natural. Even when I go in to hear the heartbeat and see the bean move around, it's going to feel more real.

I think right now, a lot of my uneasiness is due to my curiousity of if there are twins in my belly. Once I get it confirmed that there is just one little munchkin, I will be relieved. Lets hope there's just one! Haha. I have good chances of twins, and that's why I'm concerned. My mom is a twin, and my dad's mom is a twin. My sister became pregnant with twins last year. So I'd say my chances are good! I've been researching if there is any difference in a twin pregnancy vs a singleton pregnancy in the beginning of the pregnancy, and really some have said there is no difference at the point in which I am at..and others have said it's worse. So that helps me none! We will just have to wait and see!

My symptoms are minimal right now. I'm not going to claim the safe road yet, tho. I know I am really early, and I didn't start feeling nauseous with Hailee until week 8 or so. I am expecting my symptoms to worsen by then. And if they don't, lucky me! :p

I took naps both Saturday and Sunday, this past weekend! And I was still ready for bed by 8. That's how exhausted I am. I have been minimizing my caffeine intake, also, so I'm sure that doesn't help my alertness. Breasts still sore. Skin is looking good! Water retention. Other than that, everything is going well for us!

We're Expecting!

Hailee is going to be a big sister! We are very excited! Last September, we tried to conceive and were successful. However, we ended up miscarrying in October. My husband, Cody, was deployed for 7 months after that. We decided to try again when he got home, and on Friday, June 19th, we got a BFP on a HPT! We are due February 27, 2010. However, that isn't OFFICIAL yet. Our first appointment is July 6th, and they will give me an official due date. Until then, based on my LMP, February 27, 2010 is the EDD. :)

I'm currently 5 weeks, and 1 day preggo. I'm feeling okay. It varies. Sometimes I'll feel a little nauseous, sometimes really really tired, my breasts are starting to feel sore, and that's about all the symptoms I've had so far. I've already started my prenatals. We actually went and bought them ourselves, since we assumed it would take awhile for us to get in to see a dr. The prenatals are OneADay prenatals, and they haven't made me *sick* yet. But I'm still fairly early in pregnancy.

I hope to keep up with this blog, and will do the best I can. :)

Until next time...