2nd Doctor's Appointment

Well, I have to say I am a little disappointed. All we did at my doctor's appointment today was take my blood pressure and try and listen for the baby's heartbeat. My doctor said he was 90% sure he heard it (he knows what to listen for, it sounded like a bunch of white noise to me and Rhett) and he said I could come back in a week to really hear it because it's just a little too early. Sooo...I will definitely be going back in a little over a week so I can hear my little baby's heartbeat! I thought we were going to get another ultrasound this time but he said we won't get another one until mid October, which will be where we find out what we're having! I am definitely excited about that!! I have a feeling it's a boy! Anywho, we shall see! My next appointment is Sept. 17th in which I will have like a gallon of blood drawn...yipppeee. I have to say I am not looking forward to that. Can't we just skip to October??? Hmm, I suppose it will be here soon enough. Well, I gotta go! Spaghetti O's are calling my name!

9 weeks and 3 days

Let's see...my hunger, of course, has not ceased. It's hard to go to work every morning, #1 because I feel sick and tired and #2 I'm scared because I want to be able to eat whenever and wherever I may happen to get sick and sometimes that's hard if I'm with a client. I have to bring lots of food with me so I can work in my "5 meals a day" thing. It's tough, but I'm managing. I really really love McDonald's Fruit and Walnut salad (it's just apples, grapes, walnuts, and fruit dip) and it's only like $2.50. It makes a great quick snack!!
During my first doctor's appointment my doctor told me to take B6 and Unisom (together) to ease my nausea. Soooo, that's what I have been taking twice a day to try and make the nausea go away so I could function. Well, the medication just was not working so I said "screw it" and I stopped taking it altogether, and low and behold...I FEEL BETTER! What the?! Who knows. So I recently started taking Ginger Root vitamins (along with my prenatals) to help ease the excess nausea and I seriously have not felt this good in what seems like months! Hallelujah!!
Umm, I'm not going to put belly shots up right this moment...It's honestly embarrassing. I've gained like 7 or 8 pounds already (since my last doctor's appointment), and I definitely know from reading about pregnancy that I'm not suppose to be showing this early. Well, I guess I should be a little more clear about that....my baby is not the reason I'm showing right now. Let's just put it that way. =)

Things I'm LOVIN' right now:

• Fruit
• My bed
• Jello snack packs
• Lose fitted clothing
• Knowing that I am never ever alone now =)
• Talking about boy names (we already have a girl name picked out)
• Looking at baby stuff
• Orange Cream Frappcino's from Books-a-million
• Talking to my mom everyday about what's going on and how I'm feeling
• Rhett being an amazing husband and helping with household chores like laundry, dishes, vacuuming, etc....I don't know what I'd do without him...
• The Auburn outfit Jo got us and that was officially completed with all the Auburn stuff my mom and Charlie got us! And so it begins...
• My sweet baby blanket from my BF Kristi
• My boobs are getting bigger and bigger and bigger...(yayyy, but of course it comes with a price, they hurt)
• NAPS
• Knowing that I get to see my little baby's head, feet, hands, and heartbeat this week!!!

Things I'm not really likin' right now:

• Having to unbutton my jeans when I sit
• Tight fitted shirts
• Hugging my toilet
• Food that smells greasy
• The ever constant feeling of uncontrollable hunger
• Unisom and B6
• Waking up early
• Having people ask me "what are you having"...umm, it's WAY too early for that folks!!
• Rhett's boy name choices...("Rhett, I am not naming our child Mossy"...yehhhh)
• Thinking about all the millions of things that could go wrong...
• Feeling tired all the time
• Drinking what seems like gallons and gallons of water
• And then having to pee it out every 30 minutes
• Having my friends and mom so far away =(

Anywho, I'll post after we have our doctor's appointment the 20th! I can't wait!

Hunger

Whoa...this whole hunger thing is crazy. You'd think being hungry all the time and always wanting to eat wouldn't be such a bad thing, but it really is so difficult to manage. Not because I care about gaining weight, but because I have to constantly worry and think about food because if I don't eat and my stomach gets close to empty, well then I get sick. My doctor said that I should eat 5 small meals a day... and I thought whoaaaaaaaa, that's a lot. Actually, he said I was eating too much now as it was! I was and still am a little confused....I just told him, "but I'm starving"!! He said my baby doesn't need my food right now and that my stomach can't manage all that I'm eating. I just can't understand that if I'm not suppose to eat so much, then why in the heck is my belly always growling?! AHHHH! I know that this too will get better in time, but as of right now my life is centered around food and it's just not as fun as you'd think!!

1 + 1 = 3

I'm pregnant!!! YAYYYY! I guess you've gathered that by coming to this new link! Well, this is where I will post all about Little Baby Summerford! Right now I am officially 8 weeks and I'm due March 18th!
Rhett and I found out at the beginning of July that we were expecting our first little baby. The positive line on the pregnancy test was so faint that I just had to take several more to ensure that I really was pregnant! I'm nuts, I know! Soooo, my first doctor's appointment was July 24th (my mom was able to come with us, that was awesome!) and were able to see little Baby "Bean" Summerford's heartbeat! It was absolutely amazing. Now, I'm not the type to cry, but when I saw that flicker my heart just was overfilled with happiness. Afterwards Rhett said that he felt the same way. He's so excited about being a daddy...I remember one time he called me from work and told me he was looking stuff up online and that our baby was 1mm in length! I just laughed because I am so happy that he is so happy! Anywho, my next appointment is August 20th and that is where we will see the fingers, toes, head, etc...and also we will get a video tape (or DVD I guess) of our baby's heartbeat!! How exciting!! What is not so exciting is that I am experiencing the worst part of pregnancy to the full extent! All I can say is this morning/all day sickness is for the birds. I am about a month away from my second trimester and all I keep thinking is please God let this nausea go away! Oh well, we'll see! I'll definitely try to update often!



















Yehh...so I've been really really hungry lately. That's how I account for the already noticeable bump. If this is any indication of how large my belly will get then I have to admit I am a little frightened... =D and excited!