Week 9

Week 9 has been an exciting week.  It started on Sunday when I called my mom a day early for her birthday.  Her birthday gift from me was finding out that she has the chance to be a grandmother again.  She was VERY calmly happy.  She just said that she has something to pray for now.  She also said that she wasn't going to tell my dad just yet.  She didn't want to upset him if something happens again.  I found it a bit cute and a bit funny.  So, my mom was the first family member to know about Baby.

After a few days of getting more and more nervous and also getting horrible diarrhea, we finally had our first OB appointment with Dr. Wong on Thursday morning.  It is always nice to see her again because she has been with us for so much.  She has been my doctor almost since I moved here (I saw a different doctor the first year, but have been with Dr. Wong since 2001).  She delivered Claire and was the one who told us we would have to deliver Matthew as well.  She prayed with us after the babies died and always gives us hugs. 
She went through some of the basics with us and them went straight to the ultrasound.  Baby popped up on the screen immediately.  It was like a weight lifted off my shoulders and I felt so happy to see the little one.  We even got to hear the heartbeat while it showed on the screen.  I was so overwhelmed that I wanted to cry.  She said the heart rate was right about 160bpm, so nice and strong.

She measured Baby who was measuring about a day ahead giving a due date of 6/19, which is Claire's birthday.  Dr. Wong is still sticking with the original date of 6/20/11, so that is fine, but it is nice to know that our little angel Claire is looking after her little brother or sister.

Then, on Friday morning I tried out the home doppler again and am pretty sure I caught the baby on it again.  I have really only been able to get it to read my heart beat, but I heard a faster beat and as I kept the wand in one location, there was a heartbeat followed by a whoosh and it was gone.  I am thinking Baby doesn't like the doppler just like his/her brother, Matthew, didn't like it.  They certainly are related!

Friday ended with my stomach feeling better, but my head not doing great.  I believe another migraine has set in.  I took some vicodin to help out, but I just ended up puking it up this morning.  So, hopefully it will go away soon.  So far I have had 3 migraines--at 3w4d, 7w4d, and 9w4d.  Interesting pattern, huh?

What a happy and wonderful week!  We are looking forward to many more good weeks.  Next week is Thanksgiving and the Boroughf family is going to get the news of the Baby Boroughf on the way!

Baby's 2nd Photo!

After a seemingly long two weeks, we finally got to see Baby for the 2nd time.  This time Baby wasn't just a grain of rice, but is now a blob.  You can kind of see the head and body, but it is pretty blurry. Baby's heart was blipping away at 140 bpm.  It was quite reassuring to see the little one there on the screen.  I still haven't been able to register Baby on the home doppler, but I don't expect to be able to for another week or more.

So, our next appointment is the first one with Dr. Wong!  We were officially released to the OB.  No more FPNC.  I'm a little sad about it, but happy, too.  Leticia gave both Matt & I hugs as we left, so that was nice.  She told us she didn't want to see us again without a baby.  I'm looking forward to that.

I'm finally starting to feel like this is real.  I even ordered more maternity clothes at OldNavy.com this morning.  I really need some pants that fit!  I just feel fat right now and can't wait until I feel pregnant and not fat! :)

Update:  Tonight I decided to try and find the baby on the doppler again.  I'm pretty sure I found Baby!  I heard plenty of whooshing noises and the monitor registered a 145-146 with a solid heart for about a second!  I'm so excited!  It was about 3 inches below my bellybutton, so exactly where Baby would be!  Yay!  Now I think I will wait another few days and try again when Baby is even bigger. :)

Exciting things are happening!

Pregnancy Migraine

When I was pregnant with the twins, my morning sickness was really just migraines every few days.  I couldn't keep anything down and spent most of the day puking.  It started before I even got a positive test and continued all the way through the first trimester.
This time I have only had one really bad migraine and that was right before the positive pregnancy test.  I spent 2 days throwing everything up, but since then, I've just been queasy.  That is, until today.  I started to get a migraine yesterday and it continued into today.  I tried Tylenol PM last night, but woke up at 3am and still had the headache.  So, I took some vicodin.  It worked until about 9am when the headache came back.  I went to work just to get my timecard completed and then returned home.  I took more vicodin and said a prayer for no vomiting, but no such luck.  Within 30 minutes everything I ate or drank this morning was being flushed.  I drank A LOT of apple juice, so there it was very acidic.  NOT a good thing.  Now my throat is burning and all I want to do is sleep.  So, back to the couch I go to cuddle with the pug.

5 days to go!

I've been counting down the days until the next time we get to see Baby.  I know there are 5 days left.  Tonight when Matt called out, "Only 5 more days!" I was actually a little shocked.  I called back to him, "When did you get so excited about it?"  He had been walking out to get the dog and when he came back he seemed a little guilty and asked me if "that" was also in 5 days.  To which I asked him what 5 days until he was talking about...the release of the latest Call of Duty video game!  Ah!  Men!

In addition to Matt's excitement (he is excited, but he didn't realize the date was the same as COD), I also have been having headaches the last few days.  Today's is pretty close to a migraine.  My nausea is to the more extreme and the headache is typical of my migraines.  I've tried eating, but I still have the headache.  So, tonight I will try Tylenol PM and hope it works.  Otherwise I am going to be stuck with vicodin tomorrow.  Not something I *want* to take, but if it will work, I'll take it.

I've also started to let myself get more excited about the baby.  I dug the Doppler out of the "baby box" and even tried it out today.  I know it is early, but I was hoping...no such luck just yet.  I'll try again in a week.

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October Pregnancy Signs

Suspicious?

Matt and I decided to wait a little while to tell people about the baby.  Last time family and friends knew when I was only about 4-5 weeks along.  Since the twins' pregnancy was such an emotional event for so many people, we decided that this time we would wait a little while to tell people so that we could avoid some of the high emotions at the beginning.
Of course, I'm not good at keeping secrets, so I have spilled the beans to a few people.  Let's see...my counselor (for obvious reasons), my trainer (again for obvious reasons), Dolores (she asked too many questions and I blabbed), Chiara (was nervous and wanted to tell someone), and Drew (he lost a baby right after we lost the twins, so I thought he would understand).  I don't want to tell anyone else, but I think some people are getting suspicious.
Nadia has asked a few leading questions lately...like have I been to the gym lately?  Have I been watching what I eat?  Why am I so possessive of my French fries?  hmm...I wonder if she thinks that something is up.  My gut is getting round (yes, this early), but I just look a little heavier right now.  I'm not sure she would actually notice that it is a baby belly.
I think we are going to tell people in a couple of weeks, but I just am not sure how to say it.  Before it seemed easy.  I was excited and I just told people.  Now I am a little nervous to say it.  People are going to be happy for us, but I am afraid they might be worried, too.  I am trying to keep this pregnancy negative-vibe-free, so the less people that know for a while the better.
Now if I could only learn to keep my fat mouth shut.

Baby's First Picture!

After a grueling two weeks of waiting, we finally got to see our little one!  Dr. Nelson performed the ultrasound and told us the baby is looking perfect.  We even got to see a little flutter of the heart.  It was such a wonderful sight.  Only one baby in there this time.  That was a bit of a relief to me.  Not that twins aren't great, but I am not ready to be that terrified of losing them again.  This is a nice change to just have one baby moving around and putting pressure on my organs and cervix.

Now we get to wait another 2 weeks until we get to see Baby again.