9 weeks today!

Ahh! I don´t know how to feel. Excited I made it this far and still have symptoms, but also terrified. Right about this time is when both of my pregnancies took a nose dive south without sending me a memo. I have to wait until November 9th for any further information/confirmation the baby is still alive and healthy. That BLOWS! I think that will be the hardest appointment yet. I was nervous for the first two ultrasounds, but the next one doesn´t even compare. It´s like do or die.

Positive note: 4 weeks til first trimester is over! Hook it up father time!

Follow up ultrasound

My baby had a strong heartbeat!!! 156 beats per minute. Such a good feeling. The Dr. told me to relax and just keep eating healthy as that is the most important thing. I´m still not giving up bread. He obviously doesn´t know who I am. And with the urge to barf 70% of the day, carbs really are the only savior sometimes. He did give me some anti-vomit meds though. I have this nasty gel stuff that I am supposed to drink after eatign and before laying down. Tried it last night and it worked this morning. I didn´t puke pure stomach acid! Whoooo! Cause not only is the taste disgusting, it really kinda hurts your throat too. Then he gave me some hardcore pills that I can only take if I am in a meeting or somewhere in public really important where I absolutely can´t ralph all over the place. Hoping I don´t have to ever use them. The ¨relax¨ part is much easier said than done. But I am trying my hardest. I just feel more pregnant this time than any of the others, mainly because of the nausea, but I really think that makes all the difference in the world. I was so thrilled to see my little frijolito on that screen with his heart just pounding away. I just can´t help but think it could come to an end at any moment and my stupid body won´t give me any sign, like the last 2 times. It´s seriously allowing me to not be excited or enjoy this whole experience. Luckily 5 more weeks is all i have left to make it out of the danger zone. Deep breaths...

More Baby Franco pics! He looks more like a baby this time huh? And look at that heartbeat blob how much closer it is together! Grow bebe grow!

Introducing..... frijolito!!!

So, overall everything went just fabulous at the ultrasound! I noticed his little heartbeat right away, before the dr. even had a chance to say anything! Yessss!
Side note - I will continue to use he, him, his, until I am told it is pink.
His heartbeat rate was 108, which is a bit slow for my liking, so I get a follow up ultrasound next Wednesday. He measured at 6weeks 2days and I would have been 6weeks 5days based on my last missed period, but I can deal with that. That means his little corazon JUST started beating : ) My progesterone was working. The doc showed it to me on the screen all colorfied and stuff. But he sent me in yesterday to have it drawn again in case I needed supplements - and I did. The initial draw was 12.3 and it´s only risen to 12.4. I know it´s low, but I am not going to let myself Google where it SHOULD be because I don´t want any more stress than I already have(alot). I am just going to try even harder to eat right and make him grow big and strong like his daddy. I am almost tempted to take 2 pills instead of 1 haha. I want it to rise and maintain my pregnancy, despite the medical debate of whether the supplements even help with that.

TODAY I AM PREGNANT AND I LOVE MY BABY!

Now for the fun part.... pics!



And he was being shy and facing the other direction, so I outlined his head, shoulder, tail (knees and toes)

Hoping this dream really does come true

Why is it that when you are pregnant you have vivid dreams? I sure never had them before. After my 3am wake up call from vomiting vial, I somehow went back to sleep and had the BEST dream. I dreamt that our little mexican bean was jumping away inside my belly and had a nice strong heartbeart. I am gonna pretend it was foreshadowing.

Oh man it is gonna be one long night and work day tomorrow.

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49 more hours...

Til I get to see my wee one!
The nervousness is kicking in. Butterflies and gas mixed together is strange.
Please, please, please let there be a little frijolito in there with a heartbeat. I know it´s early, but I am gonna panic probably if I don´t see one. Or at least go get an ultrasound somewhere different in a week. I´m blaming babycenter - they sent me an email 3 days ago telling me his heart was beating! So the next two days I need to get my self together and be prepared. This is not fair! When all you´ve ever gotten is bad news, it´s SO hard to enjoy these special moments...

And the pacing begins...


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