Uh oh...

Well....looks like the prego lady's back problems are already starting. I had a chiropractors appointment and just by telling him my pain issues and back problems I've had over the past year, diagnosis is: bulging disc.... :( So we're trying to figure out how to fix that problem before the belly gets to big and causes even bigger issues. And chiropractors ain't cheap. Something else I've noticed is most chiropractic patients are women. Just goes to show our men need to pamper us and rub our feet and our back when we ask them. Men take note!! We need to be pampered always!

2ns Trimester!

I'm officially in my second trimester and we're really excited! The time of all the bad things that could happen as pretty much passed so we made it past the worst part! Except for the whole sick part...dunno why I'm feeling really nauseous again but oh well. I'm trying to decide if I should just buy a new pair of maternity jeans now or just get a different size of regular jeans...decisions decisions haha. 5 1/2 more months to go now. And 5 more weeks until we find out if it's a boy or girl!

On track

Well we had another Dr visit last week. This last visit went better than I thought it would, except for the blood test part. I HATE those. Reason being is a day later my arm is a giant bruise and I look like I'm a druggie! We have good news and bad news to report. Good news is the heartbeat is alot stronger. One of the nurses for Dr. Lovell did an abdominal ultrasound for the heart beat and warned us that it might take a littel bit to find. Well 2 seconds later we could hear it. It was pretty strong. 145 bpm so I guess that's normal. Bad news, I'm getting pretty sick again. Crackers and cereal are my friends. You can never get used to being sick. Weight gain seems to be on track. I've gained 3 lbs since I got pregnant. We all hate gaining weight but I just want a healthy baby. One more week and I'm officially in my second trimester. It's still crazy to think in less then 6 months I'm going to have a little me or Enoch. We decided now is the time to start stocking up on new born diapers. You can never have enough diapers!

Update, although not much of one

Well, as far as baby news goes, my clothes still fit somewhat the same, still sick in the mornings, afternoon and evenings sometimes and hate alot of the foods I once loved. I guess it's just a rite of passage for all us mom's to be. I have to eat something every couple hours otherwise I get really nauseated. So here comes the baby weight everyone talks about :( We are at the half way point to finding out if it's a boy or girl. We both kinda think it's a girl but who know's. Well that's our update. We're trying to find a house to buy before baby comes too. Yay for tax refunds with babies and houses!

First Pix of Baby

We had our first ultra sound on Wednesday and things look ok so far. That's our little guy/girl waving at us and the dark spot is the brain. The fetus is a bit small, about a week or so behind where it should be. We are crossing our fingers everything will go okay. I have to be careful about what I do and exercising and not letting myself get stressed. Both of my mom's pregnancies were high risk and she had to be really careful. It's strange the fetus is smaller than it should be because I've been able to keep food down. I've had my really bad days where I'm puking all day long but I've been really blessed to not be too sick. We're just praying we don't have a miscarriage. We go in in 4 weeks to have another checkup and get some blood drawn for tests. Grow little baby grow!

Merry Chistmas!!!

Enoch and I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas filled with family, love, friends and lots of delicious food :) We'll post some pictures as soon as I can figure out my new camera. MERRY CHIRSTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!!

and it begins...

Well nothing new at all yet...except I think I'm getting a bump!!! ALREADY!!! Time for bump pictures....yikes. I was hoping I wouldn't show until 16 weeks but oh well. Everything is moving right along I guess. I had a little bout with morning sickness yesterday morning....oh sooo not fun. I about started crying. I hate puking like no other. I'm going to try a trick I've heard about...eating a small piece of jerky right before bed. But so far it's just been in the morning. My energy levels are all over the place just like my mood swings. One minute I am bouncing through the roof and all giggles and happy, the next I'm about to fall asleep where I'm standing and even the wind makes me cry. They aren't kidding when they say you're an emotional rollercoaster. I think it's about nap time for the next 5 hours.

Still feeling "normal"

So I took my first prenatals yesterday. Before that is was just your average daily vitamin...I'm nervous I'm going to get really sick but I want a healthy baby so if that means puking my guts out, bring it on! What supplements did everyone take? Is there something better or has anyone found anything that doesn't make them so sick? My mom took kelated prenatals and she said that her yucky feelings almost stopped when she started taking those. I'm just so scared of doing something wrong. But I'm almost at 6 weeks and still feel somewhat normal. Except I have to go shopping for...some certain somethings...girls you know what I mean!

Enoch and I looked at baby names for hours last night. We found some...strange ones haha . I love Brayden, Traygen, Bryson, and Jayden. Enoch hates the first 2...his fave right now I think is Brock. For girls, I'm thinking Ashlynn Michelle Bowler or Madison or Chloe. We're trying to pick names that won't set our baby up for being picked on later.

First Dr. Visit

I had my first pre-natal visit with one of my Dr's midwives a couple days ago to have some of my questions answered and stuff. I kept her busy for more than an hour! I had so many questions about food, nutrition, working out, lotions, chemicals and cleaning the house, morning sickness and tons more. I'm officially 5 weeks along :) When I asked her about morning sickness and when most girls get it she said between 4-6 weeks. Since I don't feel any sort of nausea at all, she said I might luck out and not have all those problems. I just have to last another week and I think I'm in the clear. That would be so great! No puking at all hours of the night and day...I got a pregnancy book and a little booklet showing pictures of the developing baby. Our first ultrasound to hear the heartbeat is Jan 7. We're so excited!! I suppose Dr. Meredith is going to check growth and try to determine when we will be able to find out if it's a boy or girl. I got a flu shot too. Don't want to be getting the flu! It looks like things are good as far as birth defects are concerend. We don't have any history of any sort on either side and there haven't been many miscarriages. I'm still nervous about a miscarriage but I'm just going to do my best to stay healthy and keep my stress levels to a minimum. My mother in law had a couple so I was told it's possible that it could happen but since my mother's side of the family has hardly any, I should be in the clear but I should still be very careful about stressful situations and keeping my body as calm and close to normal as possible. HA! Normal? While pregnant??? REALLY???

We're Pregnant!!

So after feeling a bit off for a week and then some and complaining to Enoch about a few things, we decided I should take a pregnancy test. 1st one was positive...so a few tests later and all saying positive, Enoch and I proudly announce WE'RE PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!!! After a year I finally have a little poppy seed growing in my belly. We are so ecstatic!! Looks like the due date will be late Aug/ early Sept. My first doctors visit is to a prenatal specialist on Wednesday. And then after that, the quintessential 8 week visit. I'm so nervous! Enoch is totally chill but I'm freaking out! I don't want to do anything wrong!! But we are really excited and just want to share this with everyone! Will we keep plenty of updates don't worry.