Oh Happy Day!

Sometimes I go through my ordinary day and then it hits me, we are going to have a BABY!  It's still surreal and everytime I see our sweet Baby B on the ultrasound monitor I am in awe that there is a human forming inside of me.  We found out we were pregnant at 5 weeks. We went in for an ultrasound later that day. Did I mention how thankful I am for an amazing clinic?  We saw a perfect little yolk sac forming.  The doctor wanted to make sure my HCG levels were going up and they also ran blood tests and checked my progesterone level.  I had to go back two days later to have blood drawn again to match the HCG levels.  Nurse Eva called while I was out shopping and she reported my HCG levels looked great! Praise God!  I had to wait a few more days for my progeterone levels to come back because the lab missed the note to check progesterone the first time around.  Those results came back normal as well!  After miscarrying at a little over 6 weeks last year, the healthy numbers were a huge relief.  We went in for another ultrasound at 7 weeks, 2 days. Matt and I were both shocked to see a little tiny form of a baby on the screen that early!  Things were really progressing.

As far as pregancy symptoms I've had food aversions since day one. Just walking into the kitchen was a struggle!  My number one food aversion is chicken. The thought of chicken makes me want to yak.  Matt has been quite the trooper.  He has done a lot of the cooking and has been flexible with my many food complaints!  Other than food aversions, headaches have been my other major pregnancy symptom. They started at 10 1/2 weeks.  I took a trip to Sioux Falls to do my fall photography sessions and had nights I couldn't sleep because my head, shoulders and neck were aching so much. Tylenol doesn't begin to touch the pain.  Since then I've had a headache almost daily, until today!  I have been headache free all day.  I try to stay hydrated and also started drinking Powerade today.  I hope this headache free situation stays!  I've used relief cream which provides a cool tingling sensation and when I develop a headache at night it helps me to fall asleep. I've also started making trips to the chiropractor.  I will continue to go this week but may stop after that if I remain headache free.

Sleeping has become interesting.  I read it's best to sleep on your left side for the best blood flow and oxygen to to the baby. However, I've found that I need more cushioning under me because I wake up with a very sore hip every morning!  I get up at least once a night to use the restroom which isn't too bad. I suspect it will get worse as baby grows.  Speaking of growing, I'm still waiting to grow! At 15 weeks I can still wear most of my pants, although I need to wear tanks over them so I can leave the top buttons undone.  I dont' have a noticeable belly and many people comment that I don't look pregnant.  I am okay with that as long as baby is healthy!  Hopefully I don't explode later in pregnancy!

I consider myself blessed in this pregnancy.  Sweet baby B has caused me little distress as far as symptoms go and now that I'm getting further into my second trimester I hope even the minor symptoms go away.  I had vegetarian sushi for the first time today!  I couldn't believe it even looked appealing. I brought it home and it was delicious!  I hope today is a sign of good things to come- less food aversions and relief from the headaches.

Baby B- we are so excited to watch you grow. We get to see you again in 3 weeks!  We aren't sure if we'll find out if you're a boy or a girl yet.  We might wait to find out the news with everyone at Christmas.  We'll see if we can make it that long, though.  Mommy and daddy love you so much!

That's all for now- 15 weeks tomorrow!!!