Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Going through changes......

My body is hard at work……

I can’t even begin to tell you how much I’ve been sleeping. I sleep for 9 hours each night and then take a 1-2 hour nap during the day time. It’s crazy! I feel so exhausted I can barely keep my eyes open sometimes. Another thing that is hard at work is my bladder. Oh boy! I get up twice a night to relieve myself and practically every 30 minutes during the day. I swear for every ounce of water I drink I pee 3. LOL…TMI….

On top of that my breasts have changed immensely. They are swollen and sore. My areolas have doubled in size and look kinda freaky. My nipples seem to always be hard and painful to the touch and not to mention really dark. Lots of veins too……It’s all very exciting when you can see visible changes.

When sleeping I find the most comfortable position is on my side with a pillow in between my legs. I use to love sleeping on my stomach but I’m so bloated and sore that it’s near impossible.

Despite all these weird quirks I love it all. I love having this feeling of happiness and wonder. I love the way hubby spoils me. He cooked dinner tonight and did all the dishes while I sat there at the breakfast bar chatting him up and instructing him on how to do things. He’s so sweet…..I said, “I hope you are prepared to do this for the next 8 months?” His response, “I’ll do anything you need me to do”. How sweet is that?!

I had some dark brown spotting on Monday it freaked me out! So I called the doctor who gladly said she would see me right away. She wasn’t concerned about the spotting she took a sample and said it was old blood which was perfectly normal. But she wanted to make sure everything else was going well. So she ran all the usual tests. If all goes accordingly, looks like the baby is going to be due around 1/2/11. Tomorrow I have to return so they can get another blood sample to see if my HCG levels have increased. Please please please let the numbers be a good sign that my bean is growing. If all goes well and I seem to be progressing I will get an ultrasound in another week.

As much as I want to know everything is alright, I don’t want this feeling to go away. I want to remain naïve and happy to believe that there is a beautiful baby growing inside me. I keep telling myself that it might not work out and to not get so caught up but really this is the happiest moment ever and I don’t want it to be shattered yet, I don’t want it to be shattered at all.

8 comments:

  1. Look at my post- we're going through the same things! You should buy that Boppy Preggo Pillow- it's GREAT!!!! And for boobs, mine have gone from a DDD to an F in just a few weeks! Crazy!

    I hope your numbers come back great! I really think I'm just a few days ahead of you!

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  2. Congratulations! Wishing you well and sending you love and prayers for continued success. Enjoy all those "changes", as they are blessings in disguise :)

    So happy for you!
    xoxo
    Andrea

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  3. I am just now catching up on your blog and all I can say is WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am soooo excited for you girl! This is the best news I've heard all day. Praying everything goes well with the tests. HUGS

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  4. isnt it wonderful? just wait till you feel that baby inside of you.

    things will be okay, just believe that. and remember that every day you are pregnant is a good day.

    !!!
    xoxo

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  5. You are going to LOVE your ultrasound! Blissfully happy ignorance is great but KNOWING and SEEING that everything is going great is even better! Then you get to go back to hoping and praying until your next ultrasound! I'm so nervous for my next u/s in 2 weeks even though I just saw everything was fine on Monday! Ugh...always a waiting game!
    Hope the beta is great tomorrow!
    LTB

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  6. Hope your beta is great :) you have some seriously good signs, though, and that is wonderful!!!!

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  7. Fingers crossed for an awesome beta!! And don't you just love the changes, its like sore and heavy boobs...bring it! I wouldn't even mind a little puking at this point, something my RE assures me I'll regret saying later...but its just something reassuring me things are progressing!!

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  8. Yay! So excited for you. Sending positive vibes!

    ((((positive vibes))))

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