11 weeks, and Dr appointment update

This last couple of weeks have been the worst. Ive been more sicker, blood pressure has gotten really high, and i dont ever want to do anything but lay in bed. I finally ended up calling my doctor to tell him about my blood pressure, they put me on a low dose of medication to calm it down. Well, today we went to the my monthly appointment and unfortuantly, the medication hasnt been working, so he is uping my dose and hopefully that will help. Ive lost a total of 14 lbs, which im totally fine with, but the way im losing it sucks! i still have a VERY hard time keeping anything down, even water. Dr. Astle said that the nausea should be going away in 4 weeks. Also at the Dr appointment today, we heard the heartbeat! he said it "sounds marvelous" It was so good to finally hear that little ones heart beating, it made me feel like there really is a reason im so sick all the time. Zach said that hearing the heartbeat it finally hit him that were going to have another baby. I told him its been hitting me for the last 6 weeks. :-)

I havent put up my cartoon up for this week so here it is.

10 Weeks... double digits!!

Well things are still the same.. im sick all the time.. and sooooo tired. My body feels like its been ran over by a bus. My blood pressure gets way out of control sometimes, especially if i get up and do things, im afraid im going to have to get on some kind of medication for it. I cant wait until i get my energy back. 

Week 10: Graduation Day has arrived!

Fetal development in pregnancy week 10:fetus in third month


Your astonishingly tiny baby has been hard at work growing as fast as possible—almost doubling in size in the past three weeks! Amazingly, you’re in for a repeat size doubling performance within the next three weeks! Your tiny champion still weighs less than a quarter of an ounce but has already completed the most critical stage of their development. Using Doppler technology, your doctor or gynecologist can let you hear their tiny rapid fetal heartbeats this week (145-165 beats per minute!). Chances for miscarriage are greatly reduced when the heartbeat can be detected, so take a sigh of relief if you’ve been needing one—it hasn’t been an easy ten weeks! What’s more, they’re getting ready to make their first baby poop! Your little one’s major organ systems are developing, including a functioning digestive tract capable of moving food all the way through their bowels. The final shiny gold star on their fetal behavior chart for the week: your little scrapper has already developed defense mechanisms to protect them on reflex!

And how's mom doing? More good news for mom: the placenta has grown substantially in size and function and is now beginning to manage some of your child’s hormones, finally taking some of the hormonal burden off of you! Since the placenta has gradually taken over the hormone production for your baby, you should finally pregnancy is not a standardized procedure so much as an individual journey start to notice that much-awaited decrease in morning sickness symptoms. Like everything else, though, this is just a general guideline... if you have lingering effects for another couple of weeks, don’t fret (or fret, but don't blame us)—pregnancy is not a standardized procedure so much as an individual journey

2010.... a new year!

For new years we stayed in Mesquite for the night. It was so crowded and you could hardly find a place to sit and gamble. But it was fun. My mom got so drunk, as you can tell in the picture below. But it was fun for the most part, Im just glad i didnt get really sick. Maybe the casino kept my mind off of feeling so sick. Zach played bingo for the first time. I really like Bingo, but my mom and Zach didnt really like it.

I hope 2010 is a better year than 2009!

Happy new year everyone!