Holy Heartburn & U/S Update!

First the good news! I had my 11w2d ultrasound on Monday and it went great! Check out this cutie!



Baby measured perfectly and was moving all over the place! Lots of backflips! Maybe our LO will be a gymnast like Mommy was! Heart rate was nice and strong at 160! Theo was smiling from ear to ear. Oh and we officially came out on facebook! Here is our announcement....I wrote "There is a little Pizza in the oven...Fully baked by October 2012" with this picture:



Now a little complaining time. Morning sickness has only gotten worse and is still all day long sickness. I puke about 5+ times a day. And 3 days ago I started getting HORRID heartburn. It's pretty much nonstop. Tums have become my new best friend.

I'll be coming into the second trimester soon (I'm 11w4d today) and I'm hoping some of these symptoms subside! I'm starting to get used to them at least. Seeing the smile on my husbands face everyday now because he is so happy about this baby just warms my heart. Vomiting sucks...heartburn blows...but I gotta say...Life is still pretty damn good :) WOuldn't have it any other way!

ER Visit

Today....was a NIGHTMARE. So I went out today to do some shopping, get back home, and had to call my home protection company about replacing our dishwasher. Of course, typical scam artists that they are, they claim it's not covered, blah blah blah, but they have kept me hanging for over two weeks waiting to get this news. So understandably I get very upset and start yelling and arguing over the phone. When I hang up I am frustrated and pissed off and just burst into tears. I go to the bathroom to pee and when I wipe...BRIGHT RED BLOOD. There was even a nice tiny two little clots. My heart drops because I've been having brown spotting every other evening or so and I just felt like, Ok, it's over. I call my doctor and they are about to close for the day so they tell me to go straight to the ER since one of their doctors would be on staff. By this time I'm not bleeding anymore (it only lasted a wipe or two) but they insisted, so I went.

We waited, waited some more, and finally went back for an ultrasound. The tech wasn't supposed to tell us anything but she saw how nervous I was (plus, DH was watching the u/s screen like a hawk right over her shoulder). So finally (seriously, this was like a 30 min u/s) she says, please don't tell, but I want to make you feel better and turns the screen. There was our little gummy bear wiggling around. He/she looked like a little astronaut or kinda like Kenny from South Park, lol. I saw the flicker right away and felt so incredibly relieved. She measured the heart rate at 176, nice and strong. They can't find ANYTHING abnormal.

SO the news is good news, everything is OK. Baby measures 8w3d exactly. They still don't have a definite answer for me on why I'm bleeding but they have a few theories. One is that they see a lot of pregnant patients with endo (I have it pretty severely) have some red bleeding with tiny pieces of tissue from time to time. Or it could be my cervix. Or I'm just one of those strange pregnant women that mysteriously bleed for no reason. Seriously? This kid is KILLIN me! Lol. Apparently my doctors will be monitoring me more closely now (which I definitely do not mind).

Anyway, that's my story. Now I'm going to bed!

Our peanut has a heartbeat!

Today was the moment I was excited for and dreading at the same time. I knew this u/s would either make me or break me. I've had some spotting and mild bleeding episodes so I knew this could turn out badly.

As Theo and I sat in the doctors office, I thought I was going to have a full fledged panic attack. When my wonderful doctor came in, he immediately saw how nervous I was and said, "Let's get straight to it."

I had transvaginal u/s and because of my tilted uterus he had to put a lot more pressure. As first I saw what just looked like an empty sac and I froze. But then he moved it a little more and there is was....our perfect little peanut. And then even more wonderfully, I saw the little flicker of our little one's heartbeat. With their new u/s machines he thought he could get it for us to hear as well and he did. It was so perfect and I immediately began to cry. But this time, it was with happiness. Theo had a smile so big on his face, I wish I could have taken a picture.

Our baby is measuring 7w4d exactly. We didn't get the exact heart rate because I kept moving (crying/laughing/shaking, you name it) but the doctor said it was well over 100 and absolutely perfect.

We could not be happier.

The only downside today is that the u/s left me quite tender (as the doctor said it would because of the added pressure) but it's a small price to pay for this incredible moment. Next u/s will be between 10-12 weeks!

In the meantime, here is our little peanut!

And All Is Still Right In My World...

After my bright red bleeding scare the other night, I thought for sure it was over for me. It happened after Dh and I were fooling around (no penetration) but I orgasmed, had really bad cramping for 30 sec and then went to pee. When I wiped there was bright red blood. I had it for about 30 min and then it tapered down to a spotting. Still, I was scared so I called my doctor and made an appointment for the following day.

That night I started having terrible stomach pains and figured I was definitely miscarrying. But then I went to the bathroom (TMI, #2) which was painful but I felt so much better after and voila! No more cramps.

All bleeding completely stopped as well as cramps after that and I woke up the next day, everything feeling great again. I started to have hope.

I went to the doctor to get my u/s then and he warned that since I was about 5 weeks-ish that I may not see anything. But I did! I was measuring about 5 weeks 3 days and I had a nice little sac with a yolk! My doctor said it was exactly what he hoped to see and it was perfect for where I was at. He also saw no abnormalities whatsoever and said I may have burst a blood vessel in my cervix during orgasm.

While I am a little more nervous than I was before the incident I do feel much more hopeful. He wants me to go back in two weeks to hopefully see our little peanut with a heartbeat and I can't wait!

I slept much better last night. Oh and when I woke up this morning, our little peanut reminded me that he/she is DEFINITELY there because I've been puking all morning and can't stop. But you know what? I'll take it!