Back to the Doctor . . .

We went to the doctor today. Baby Mason is doing great! We got to see him/her move!! It was the neatest thing! The little arms were moving and the body was bucking around like a little bronco!! :) I started crying, of course. It was so exciting. I wish I could have recorded it! We didn't get to hear the heartbeat, but we will for sure next time.

I'm scheduled to go back in two weeks to do the early screening for birth defects. They also might be able to tell us the sex, which is the part I'm most excited about now that I know the baby is doing well. During the screening, they will look for a nasal bone and measure the spinal cord. After that, they will do more blood work and that will tell whether things are normal or not. Nervous about that, but I'm sure it will be fine like everything else has been. Keep us in your prayers!

Last month of the first trimester

I am in my ninth week, which also means I am starting my last month of my first trimester. It's kind of bittersweet. While I will be ecstatic that the nausea will be subsiding, this is the trimester that I found out about the baby, saw the baby for the first time, and will hopefully get to hear it. Our next appointment is June 22. That will be my tenth week. It may or may not be too early to hear. Seeing the baby made it feel more concrete, I can only imagine what hearing its little heartbeat will do!! :)

This week, apparently Baby Mason is nearly an inch long and is about the size of a grape or medium olive and weighs just a fraction of an ounce, starting to look more and more human, essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months. Other changes abound: the baby's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do baby's tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone. The baby's organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear. The external sex organs are there but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks. Baby's eyes are fully formed, but eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. He has tiny earlobes, and his mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. The placenta is developed enough now to take over most of the critical job of producing hormones.

Still figuring this out!

Well, I'm still trying out this whole blog thing. Some people are so good at it. I might be pretty good for the summer, but who knows when I go back to work. I have a feeling it will be CRAZY!! :)

I'm really getting nervous about some things when the baby comes. Like childcare. I would love to stay home, but that would mean we would have to give a lot of things up or Jeff would have to work a second job and I really don't want that to happen. I know I'm going to want him around to be with the baby and me. Plus, I want to extra money to spoil the baby!! :)

You know what I shopper I am, can you imagine me shopping for two? Ha! If I knew the sex, I would have already spent so much money. Going to Babies R Us the other day had me leaving in tears! :) I can't wait to find out the sex and then to start the buying!!!! I'm ready to start the nursery. I've already been looking at bedding and furniture. It's going to be pretty easy if the baby is a boy, however, if a girl comes along, I'm going to have trouble. There are so many cute things for girls!!

I bought one of those gender prediction tests. I have to wait another month to take it though, I think. They said they're about 82% accurate. Who knows?!?!?! I'm just anxious. I want either.

I just can't believe we're actually going to have a BABY!!

8 weeks and counting!

Today was our first doctor visit. We saw the baby(which looks like a blob in the sono) and it's tiny little heartbeat. Seeing that made this whole pregnancy feel real. Until now, the idea has seemed so abstract. We finally saw it, and thankfully we only saw one. :) That's all for now!