worries. and thanksgiving.

yesterday morning i woke up to some spotting and then proceeded to have cramping all day.  low-belly, mild, like a period almost.  but scary nonetheless, of course.  i had some intermittent spotting throughout the day.  i was at work, so i tried to just take it as easy as possible (thankfully it wasn't too busy and i was able to sit a lot)...then i went to bed at 8:30 last night and slept a good 9 hours.

i woke up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom this morning, and everything was fine.

i laid in bed for the next little bit just whispering prayers of thanksgiving for no blood!  this morning when i got up for work, the cramping had resolved as well.  jen sent me an article from babycenter about cramping & spotting around 9 weeks.  i guess your uterus goes through a little growth spurt and that can cause the symptoms.

either way, i'm grateful to feel better today.

the nausea is actually worse than it has been...as in, i almost yakked my peanut butter toast in the car on the way to work ;)  but i'll even take that over yesterday!!

thanks for your guys' prayers throughout the day yesterday...it meant a lot.

xoxo

p.s. we got to see baby ruby yesterday on iPad/iPhone face-time.  SO AWESOME!!!

i will definitely be doing that as much as possible once baby A makes his/her appearance next summer.  such a neat way to "see" all her little movements & hear her squeaks and just feel like i got a better idea of who little ruby is than just from the million photos i've received.  i can't wait to meet her next week! 

baby A, pay attention b/c that little girl is sure to be one of your BFF's :)

breaking the news.

well, cat's out of the bag!

we told my family about baby A on wednesday while having a little date-day.  i texted a picture of the ultrasound...which was lost on my pops, hilarious!  it was so exciting to share the news, and i think i pretty much giggled all afternoon as i finally was able to talk every last detail with my mom & sisters!!  i'd been DYING to tell them for oh, approximately 5 weeks:)  i'm definitely glad we waited, just to make sure everything was okay...but it was awesome to finally tell them.  since then i think i've exchanged a gazillion texts with them about everything from nausea to baby names.  it's a very exciting time for me!

later that night we also told kate & mike's mom & sarah.  as expected, they were all over the moon too.

this coming monday night is our friend-thanksgiving celebration at our house, and by then most people will know about the peanut.  i think it would be too hard to explain to everyone there why i'm declining wine ;)  it's not really like me!  thankfully, it doesn't even remotely sound appealing.  i think the body has a way of making that easier...no coffee, no wine sounds good.

however, COKE!!!!  oh my gosh, coke is my new fave.  i only have it once or twice a week because we don't even keep any at the house, but it is so tasty to me right now.  maybe it's just the carbonation...i'm going to get some caffeine-free at the store this week to try.  along with some cheerios, which liz suggested, to keep nausea at bay.  i need something that's easy to throw in a ziploc in my scrub pockets at work.  thankfully the nausea seems to be getting a little better every day.  last night i had some eggnog and that didn't sit too well, but i think that might always be the case.  love the flavor so much, but too much and it's a bit heavy.

anyway, i'm entering my 9th week today.  time is moving right along!

8 weeks.

good news at the doctor this week!  peanut is still looking good & my cysts have dramatically decreased in size.  i'm so grateful, to finally hear that things look okay.  it's been a stressful couple of weeks being on activity limitations & not knowing if they would go down without intervention.

i also got to hear the baby's heart beating outloud for the first time during my ultrasound.  last time i'd seen the flicker of his/her heart but this week i heard it loud & clear.  i just burst out laughing and then crying.  welcome to emotion-overload ;)  it was seriously the coolest thing ever.

so here's a picture of the tiny...

and the first of many, i'm sure, bump shots!  nothing much to show yet, but by evening i'm still so bloated i look farther along.  i bought a bella-band this week to use over my jeans, as i can't button them in the evenings...hopefully i can avoid maternity jeans for a bit longer.

so far, still no vomiting.  just nausea ALL. DAY. LONG.

i eat about every hour & a half and that seems to stave it off for a little bit.  i haven't had to take any zofran or vitamin b-6 (supposed to help with morning sickness) yet, am just controlling it with food.  i'm so grateful to not be vomiting, that i don't even care if i feel sick :)

i don't have any cravings yet, but i can't STAND the smell of coffee.  when it's brewing in the morning is the closest i come to dry heaving :)  (drama, mike says)  seriously though, for being a 4 cup a day drinker just a couple months ago, i have quit cold turkey and even making the coffee for someone else in the morning isn't possible right now.  much less when it starts brewing ;)  haha!  weird!

anyway, we're telling my family, kate & mike's family next week when i'm closer to 9 weeks.  i'm so excited i can hardly stand it!

meet nausea, my new best friend.

still thanking the LORD i haven't thrown up yet.

i'm actually quite sure it's not far around the corner, though.  nausea is my constant companion the last two or three days.  as in, if i'm awake, i'm nauseated.  well, unless i'm actively eating.  but if i pause during eating, you guessed it, i'm nauseated.  haha!  it's such a lovely feeling ;)

i have been able to manage it so far by eating every 20 minutes or so!!!!!

the things i feel like eating are pretty bland.  dry Life cereal, oatmeal packets, saltines, baked potatoes.  salad always sounds good so i've had salad bar a few times at work this week.  pretty boring diet though, but that's fine as long as it stays down.

and it's weird because i am SUCH a coffee fanatic.  usually, i'd have two or three cups every morning.  especially on my days off.  that's out the window, now.  it doesn't even sound good.  we got a big snow this morning & so i made a 4-cupper in the pot of decaf coffee (with flavored creamer of course)...poured a cup...and whop whop.  it just sat there.  i think i had one or two sips.  it doesn't make me more nauseated, it just doesn't taste like anything i want to keep drinking.  it's like i'm ambivalent to it ;)  weird for ME!!!

so many changes are happening already.  it's really cool.

today i should be about 6w5d.  crazy that i'm already almost 7 weeks!  here's hoping i can continue to keep it a secret for another two or three weeks...i want to tell my family around thanksgiving.  it's hard to keep secret at home though, with mom, sarah, whitney & eric living with us.  like who am i to ever pass up a glass of wine after work?  but i have twice now to whitney...i'm sure she's wondering.  and momma T has had seven kids of her own, so surely she questions why i'm not finishing my coffee, why i fall asleep on the couch every night, why i've taken more naps in the last two weeks than the first three months they lived here.  

oh well, fingers crossed we can keep our secret a little longer! :)

i go back to the doctor a week from today for another ultrasound to look at my left ovary & of course i'll get to see the peanut again!  yay!