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Week 7
Milestones: Baby is about 8mm in length. My Journal: Well, during last week, I had a few pains and also had a dizzy spell! So of course I was worried and really anxious to see if my baby was going okay. The second set of HCGs were good (over 9,800), but I still needed some reassurance that everything was going as it should be, so I moved my ultrasound appointment a little earlier, and we went on Thursday the 13th of May instead of waiting until Monday the 17th. I did not want to be stressed out during the weekend, especially since it was my birthday weekend! The ultrasound was wonderful (see below), and really put my mind at ease! I had an absolutely wonderful weekend too, especially with all the happy birthday moments. Paul took me out for a surprise fancy dinner, and thank goodness he asked me during the week if I had any nice clothes that still fit, because I ended up getting a nice new maternity shirt. I certainly felt very spoiled all weekend, and the sleep-ins were an especially nice gift this year since I am pregnant and so tired. I remember feeling so thankful, because I have so much happiness in my life right now. My family is so wonderful already and we will even be blessed with another little member of the family to make things even more wonderful. I just feel like finally everything is as it should be, like it is finally time for us to be blessed with good luck and a healthy baby. So far it looks like that will happen! Test Results/Ultrasounds: Here's what I wrote in an e-mail right after the ultrasound: "Just a quick check in before I go take my progesterone, and I will catch up on other posts tomorrow, but I know I said my ultrasound was tonight and didn't want to leave anyone hanging! I know it's been a difficult time for me to get through waiting for the results, waiting to find out to see if my baby was okay! And he/she is okay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We saw the heartbeat!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) I am so so so happy and relieved and feel so blessed that this pregnancy is going well! I am just amazed and encouraged that everything is going okay this time, it gives me hope that maybe, just maybe I will actually get to finally hold my baby in my arms someday soon. :) I got to have a picture of my little baby bean too, so tiny but already with a beating heart." Physical: Well, it's been a worrisome week as far as the physical side of things goes. My Dr. said the dizzy spells were probably just a form of vertigo and not necessarily pregnancy related. I'm not sure why I was having those pains either, I hope just growing pains! I certainly have been growing enough! That little belly just keeps feeling different, and there are different changes all the time. Still feeling nauseous, but still not as bad as it has been. I'm finding Monday mornings are the worst though, maybe from the change in weekend eating and sleeping patterns to weekday ones. Total weight gained so far: I've been too scared to step on the scale after last week! Emotional: I'm really trying to not get stressed out or worried when things don't go exactly perfectly all the time. I'm trying not to get upset over aches and pains. My moods are fluctuating a bit more, I find, like when something happens I will feel really "down" and get worried and sad. When things go well, I feel so elated and excited. So I think I need to try to stay stable, to find that middle ground between fear and excitement, two emotions I knew I would feel with this pregnancy and have been feeling in different degrees all along.
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