Yippee! We made it to our first appointment and it was a success! There was a lot of anxiety leading up to the appointment on Friday because, as many of you know, I'm extremely paranoid...and I just needed to hear that everything is going along wonderfully. I know far too many wonderful ladies who've had miscarriages and I don't want to be naive and think that it can't happen to me. I hope and pray and obsess that it will never happen to me, but I know there is a chance that it can happen to anyone.
So anyways, like I mentioned, we had our 8 week appointment 2 days ago and we got to see the heartbeat through a vaginal ultrasound. 8 weeks is too early to hear the heartbeat, so we were able to look at it instead, which was just amazing. It felt very surreal to be there, with Aaron, holding our son, experiencing something we'd experienced with Kellen just about 2 years prior. It was a relief to see the heartbeat, and to have the Dr tell us everything was looking great!
Here's a picture of BP#2--
The doctor put BP#2's estimated due date at June 15th, 2012. Another summer baby :) We clearly like to make summer babies since Kellen also has a summer birthday. At least this time I won't be pregnant throughout the entire summer and will get to do lots of fun summer things with my two little munchkins!
As I was looking at this picture, I couldn't help but notice how different my uterus looks from my ultrasound with Kellen. The doctor said I definitely have a bicornuate uterus, and I'm guessing this is why it looks so different in the picture. No biggy - it won't affect the baby or my pregnancy...it just might affect the baby's position come June 15th-ish if she or he is breech like Kellen was. There is still a chance this baby could be vertex and I could take a shot at a VBAC, but because of the shape of my uterus, it is likely I will have another breech baby when I'm full term.
Another cool thing about the appointment - when we checked in, the receptionist looked at Kellen and said "are you ready to be a big brother?!?" Right then and there I realized, yes, wow, he is going to be a big brother, and we are going to have another baby, and this is happening FOR REAL! Ever since the appointment, we've been telling Kellen that he is going to be the best big brother ever. He clearly doesn't know what we are talking about, but we want him to get used to hearing it so that by the time BP#2 comes, he will at least have heard himself referred to as a 'big brother'.
Other 8 week, 2 day pregnancy updates...
In terms of my physical status:
-Definitely hit the pure exhaustion phase - whoa. I feel like I could sleep all day, every day. But, that's not a possibility because I've got my sweet baby boy to tend to. And, I have to work. Full time. With a bunch of little kids. So, rest is not really a word in my dictionary. Only time I get sleep is at night, which brings me to my next point...
-I've been experiencing random bouts of insomnia. When I mentioned this to my doctor, she said its actually quite normal during the first trimester. A combination of hormones and racing thoughts. So, just the fact that I'm not alone makes me feel better. Some nights, I'm able to sleep through the night (minus getting up once or twice to pee). But others, I just can't turn my brain off. Last week, I had one night where it took me until 1 a.m. to fall asleep, and then I woke up at 4:30 and was up for the day. The next night, I passed out from 8:30 - 11:30 p.m. and then was UP until 5 a.m. Seriously. Fell asleep from 5 - 6 and then had to get up for work. That day was torture.
-The morning (all day) sickness is there, but not quite as exaggerated as it was with Kellen. With Kellen it was all day, every day, around-the-clock nausea and/or vomiting. This time around, I have mild-to-moderate nausea all day about half of the days, and the other half of the days, pretty bad nausea with occasional dry-heaving or vomiting sessions. I've already stayed home from work 3 days, so I think people are starting to get the hint. But I'm not saying a thing until I'm ready, which probably won't be until at least 13 or 14 weeks.
In terms of my emotional/mental status:
-More and more excited every day! The fact that I'm going to have two little kids only 22 months apart is so exciting, I can barely handle the feeling! I know it'll be a lot of work, but I know its something we can handle. I just can't wait to hold that little baby in my arms, see Kellen hold his little sister or brother in his arms...it'll be amazing.
-The anxiety about the logistics of it all (work, money, daycare, sleep, etc) is lessening...every day I feel more and more confident that WE CAN DO IT. Hundreds of thousands of other couples have raised two young ones while working, so there's no reason why we can't do it. We're definitely going to have to make some changes...probably have me go down to part-time, possibly leave my current job so I can work closer to home (there's no way I can do a 1 1/2 hour daily commute with two little ones in the backseat), Aaron will have to get a job with more pay, we'll probably have to ask for some help from Aaron's mom (she doesn't work Fridays, so maybe she could babysit that day?), we'll have to switch all of us over to Aaron's insurance since I'll probably (hopefully) be part time, we'll have to cut out some expenses...but these are all things we can handle, and 5 years down the road, we'll have forgotten what life was like before 2 kids!
-It's getting more real. The doctor appointment made it real. Once we share the news with family and friends, it'll be even more real. And once I can start feeling my little munchkin move around in my belly, it'll be so real! I. Can't. Wait!
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