Yesterday I was 9 weeks pregnant. Wow. My doc is basing my due date of October 28th off my LMP, and not the date I'm positive I ovulated, which is ok with me because it gives me a few less days! Our c-section is likely to be scheduled on the 20-21st, but if #2 needs to come as early as Carter that would be the 15th. Since I'm weird with numbers I like 10/14/14, (10/12/14, but that's probably too early), 10/15, and 10/20. Really all of them would be ok except for 17 & 19 (odds and primes? Yuck!)
Last time I wrote I was 4 weeks. By the end of that week I was nauseated, and the nausea just kept growing until I was wearing my Sea Bands to no avail, and trying one prescription and then another trying to get relief. I currently take zofran twice a day and drink as much water as I can to combat the headache it causes. Some days I'm almost fine, and then others I can barely sit up. SO different from Carter.
Other changes include my chest area (ahem) something that also (to my dismay) never happened with Carter. I also crave cold, sweet, crunchy, but oddly salt gives me the weirdest taste in my mouth that makes me feel sicker than I already feel. Even my beloved chickfila waffle fries leave me feeling yucky. I have already gained 10 lbs, which puts me at my Carter pre-pregnancy weight. Totally due to the nausea and my somewhat founded belief that keeping food in my stomach makes it better. I can't button any of my post-Carter pants and several of those tops are too tight, but I can still wear most of my pre-Carter clothes, though I have broken out a few maternity items, including the belly band. I'm sure many of our friends have figured our secret out due to my rapid waistline expansion but everyone has been too kind to say anything.
My family knows, and a couple friends, and a couple people at Sunshine School. If we can hear the heartbeat at 10 weeks with the Doppler then I will be much more comfortable sharing. According to my doc that is really the safe zone. We don't have another ultrasound until 12 weeks, so if all else fails we'll share after that, but I'd love to not have to wait that long.
My new doc doesn't offer the same genetic gender determination test we took last time. We can do it independently though after 10 weeks, and I'm calling to get that info this morning so we can make a decision. We have pretty intense anatomy scans at 12/16/20/24/28/30/32/34/36/37/38 weeks thanks to diabetes, so we won't do any other testing. If this baby has Downs or anything like that it isn't going to change anything and I'd rather just find out at birth.
I need to figure out what my picture documentation system is going to be this time, and get on it! My body has already changed and I need to start before the 2nd trimester is here! I feel like saying "any suggestions?" but since this won't be public soon enough, guess that's silly!
Next: Blue or Pink
Next: Blue or Pink
