Baby Names

Holy crap... all I can say about this is this child had better be a girl, or else he may NOT have a name if it's a boy........ We have a couple options on girls' names and that will not be a problem.

Alex and I cannot agree on ANYTHING for boy names. Not. One. Bit.

He likes goth/emo names like Xavier or Tristan...... or a goofy name like Remy. (No offense if other people like these names... but they are definitely not for my potential son.) I would name an iguana Xavier.... all the Tristan's I've ever known have been complete douchebags........ and Remy? Well, it's just weird to me.

I've been through my baby name book from A-J so far and Alex veto's ANY name I throw at him that even has even the SLIGHTEST hint of interest to me. It's annoying. REALLY annoying.

This is going to be a long road...... luckily we still have a little over 31 weeks to decide (if it turns out to be a boy). That being said, 31 weeks might NOT be long enough.... *grumble grumble*

Very odd sensation...

I'm a little nervous.... my doctor had told me I had a cyst on my right ovary (which I had suspected) during my ultrasound on the 15th. He said it might cause some discomfort and it might burst, but it is nothing to worry about as most cysts take care of themselves in time.

The last few days it has been hurting me... not sincere pain, just dull aching on a more frequent level than normal. Last night, this morning, and again just now, I have had this STRANGE pulling sensation around what I believe to be my ovary. It's weird. It's the kind of sensation/tugging you have on a muscle when you get a charlie-horse, except there's no pain; just discomfort.

I don't know what to make of this.... I don't feel like anything is wrong really. My doctor would have mentioned if I was having an ectopic pregnancy. Honestly, I am 99% sure this baby is just fine. I hate worrying over nothing. I am going to probably wait it out another few days (so long as it doesn't become painful) and see if it stops hurting on it's own.

On another note, I discovered today that I have an ingrown eyelash. It's growing INTO the top of my eyelid, under the skin. Gross. Disgusting. It doesn't hurt either, but it's VERY annoying to look at and gross to think about. I have to call a dermatologist tomorrow and see if they can get me in to remove it as well.

Ohhhh life.... I love all your little minor inconveniences along the way, lol!

8 Weeks

This week the baby will grow to be about the size of a raspberry (somewhere around 3/4"). All major organs and muscles are present and the baby will start to "kick" as well. I will not feel it for quite some time yet though, lol.

Anywho, my symptoms recently have actually changed again. I'm still tired, but not as exhausted as I've been. I still have an over-abundance of mucus in my head. As for the nausea and morning sickness, it's pretty much been non-existent the last couple days. I'm not sure why, but it's been nice to not be nauseated all day every day. I've vomited several times over the course of the last week so I thought for sure morning sickness had set in and was here for the long haul. I become nauseous still several times a day, but it's mild usually and goes away after I eat grapes. Grapes seem to be the only "cure" so to speak.

During my ultrasound, Dr Brondz did confirm that I do have a minor cyst on my ovary and it's nothing to worry about. He also mentioned that if it ruptured it might cause me discomfort for several days but nothing unmanageable. I believe this happened either yesterday or the night before... it's such an annoying little/mid ache all the time.... My hips were stressed out yesterday because of the discomfort and I felt like I had a 4 pound baby sitting on them all day. Ugh. At least it should subside soon.

Other than that, I'm feeling fine and excited that things are progressing right along!

Introducing....... baby Sprout!

I had my first ultrasound on Wednesday (the day after Valentines) and despite everything going just fine with this pregnancy, I was so nervous upon the "moment of truth". First off, I was supposed to go to the doctor's office at 8am. Alex was excited because he didn't need to be at work until 10 and wanted to see our little miracle. I walked in the office and they informed me that the doctor had an emergency c-section and wouldn't be back until later. I rescheduled my appointment for 1pm the same day... I was sad, but mostly because Alex wouldn't get to be there.... At least it was the same day though!! =)

So fast-forward to 1pm... Landon and I show up at the doctor's office again and wait patiently in the waiting room. The nurse opens the door and calls my name, to which my son prances over to her and says, "Hi doctor, we are here to see a baby." She giggles and tells him she's the doctor's helper and asks if he is excited to see his sibling. He announces again to another nurse in passing, "My mommy made a baby ALL BY HERSELF." He did nothing but charm the pants off of all the nurses =) My little prince... lol

I thought they were going to do a trans vaginal ultrasound (basically, stick a machine in your hoo-haa to see the baby) but to my surprise, the doctor wanted to try through the abdomen first. I got really nervous at the last moment thinking, "What if this was really all in my head?? What if there's a baby but no heartbeat?"

Almost as quickly as I started worrying, the doctor went to work and in no time at all saw our little Sprout. Landon was confused and asked where the baby was, so I pointed to the screen for him. He exclaimed, "That doesn't look like a baby! Mom, you're crazy!" The doctor got a good laugh from it and I explained that it's a tiny baby right now but would grow to be adorable and look like a baby. He mulled it over in his head for a good couple minutes, then told me, "It's not very cute.... I'm going to play the DS." >.< What a goof!

Dr. Brondz told me I was measuring 7weeks and 4days which was "behind" what he thought. I was BEAMING and told him it was only a day ahead of what I was predicting. So officially, we are due September 29th! This little bean had a strong heartbeat of 158bpm and was absolutely perfect! I could not have asked for a more perfect scenario for the day!

7 weeks today

Sprout will grow to be about the size of a blueberry this week (approx 1/2"). Doubling in size in a matter of a weeks time is nothing short of miraculous :) I took a picture of myself at four weeks and I took one this morning of 7 weeks... I actually look like I have lost some tummy bloat.... probably due to the lack of food I have eaten. Nothing sounds appetizing, ever. I have to force myself to snack every few hours or else I am beyond nauseous... I am usually nauseated all the time but its minimal and I can live with it. Overall it sucks, but its nice to have a symptom to tell me all is normal with Sprout and that he/she is getting bigger and stronger.

Morning sickness usually occurs when HCG levels get to a certain point your hormones start kicking into high gear. Not everyone reacts to the hormones produced the same way so not every woman has morning sickness. After your HCG peaks at a certain level in pregnancy, it tends to decrease (slowly or quickly) and is usually around the end of the first trimester. Your body tends to learn to adapt to the hormone changes, and combined with the lowered HCG, many womens nausea subsides and they feel "normal" again. Not all women are the same... unfortunately I am one of the average girls who has morning sickness but I hope it disappears in time (unlike with Landon)

Sickness.... gagging.... miserable!

I kind of regret whining about not having any real symptoms... about 4/5 days ago nausea set in but it was very mild.... every day it has grown progressively worse. I haven't vomited from it yet but I have gotten VERY close. The only time I don't really feel nauseated anymore is when I'm sleeping. As soon as I get out of bed and start walking I am sick. It gets better when I eat but sadly NOTHING has sounded appetizing. I hate forcing myself to eat... and it's constant too. I HAVE to snack the WHOLE day or else I'm completely miserable.

On the plus side, it means Sprout is growing and doing well =) Our ultrasound is only a few days away now and I couldn't be more excited!! I can't wait to see Sprouts little heartbeat flickering away on the screen... I had a dream last night that it was TWINS and by week 9 I could already feel them moving.... weird! I don't know what I would do if I ever had twins... the idea of it is fun but the reality of it.......... not so much lol!

On the plus side, my mom received her magnet yesterday telling her about everything =D To the side here is a picture of what we sent her on the magnet... obviously it's not us in the picture, but I'm too lazy to arrange for us to have our own picture taken and send it to her. I thought it was perfect =) She seemed happy but I'm hoping it wasn't all in my head (LOL).

I can't wait for my ultrasound so I can have an OFFICIAL due date!! I will be honest though.... mostly I just want to know how far off I was in my prediction >.< I have a feeling it won't be more than a day or two.... but we will see!!! I can't wait to show the picture of my precious baby to everybody and announce it on facebook =) (juvenile, I know... but I'm excited!!)

He or She? Open to see!

So obviously I am WAAAAAY too early to have any concrete evidence of what we are for sure having, but I thought it would be fun to pass the time and take a couple tests and see what I am predicted!

So first off, this test is to be taken with a grain of salt... It's meant solely for entertainment purposes and only has a 50/50 chance of being correct. 

That being said, this is "IntelliGender". (Note: in the directions it says to wait until your 10th week of pregnancy or beyond to try it out, but on the box is says 6 weeks. I looked it up and people said they got the same results at 6 weeks as opposed to 10+ weeks... so whatever!)

It comes with a little cup to pee in, a syringe and a little plastic container with some chemicals in it. You pee in the cup, take the syringe and suck up the amount of pee needed, then inject the urine into the plastic container. After doing so, you swirl the "ingredients" for about 10 seconds, then place it on a flat surface for five minutes. You don't pick it up/touch the test in those five minutes, and you read the results without holding them up to the light. What you see is what you get essentially.... silliness perhaps, but still fun!

So after doing so and waiting out my five minutes, this is the result I got:

So, long story short, intelliGender predicts we are having another boy! I don't think there's any debate on whether that color is yellow or green (lol!)

Another baby-predictor that a ton of people use is called the "chinese gender calendar". It predicts what you will have based on your age and when you conceived. This method as well predicts we will have a little boy........ HOWEVER, that being said, with Landon it predicted we would have a girl.... so you never know! =D

I am all but 100% sure on what we are having, but I am going to be reserving my opinion for a later date! ^_~

What do you think?? Is Sprout going to be another boy or our first girl?