Pregnancy update: Week 18

Wow! It's been 10 weeks since I gave you all a real good update about our newest baby Bestor. A lot has happened already and we are getting really excited.

Things have been moving quickly - much quicker than they seemed with Jet. My belly has been growing so quickly and I only fit into one pair of pants and two pairs of shorts (with the rubber band trick - ladies, you know what I'm talking about!). I dread the day I have to retire those size 3's and invest in maternity clothes, which is probably soon!

Around 12 weeks I started to feel the little "flutters" of quickening. I was so excited to know what was coming in the next few weeks. 4 weeks later (16 weeks pregnant) I finally felt the first real kick. Sorry, I mean KICKS. I was sitting at the computer just as I am now and I felt a little poke in my lower right side. I thought about it for a minute, but brushed it off as gas or something. Then when it happened two more times in a row, each time harder than the first, I knew it was the baby. I just looked down at my belly and smiled to myself. "This is the BEST." I thought.

The baby has been very active ever since. Way more than Jet was at this stage. To my surprise it wasn't even a week later we could actually see and feel the baby kicking on the outside of my belly. There have been nights where Andy has fallen asleep with his hand on my belly feeling the baby kick the night away. Jet is having a blast! I don't have to ask him to come feel the baby. Sometimes I will be standing in the kitchen doing the dishes and he will lift up my shirt to expose my belly and say "Hello Bee!(baby)". One of the cutest moments yet was when Jet put his cheek on my belly to "give the baby a kiss" and the baby kicked his cheek. Jet was shocked! But he thought it was hilarious!

My latest Dr appointment was eventful. I had an appointment for the next week, but I had to get in THAT day because I passed out after I had showered and I opened my eyes to Jet standing over me crying "Maa!". My blood pressure was extremely low and I was very low in iron. While they were doing my blood work, I passed out again. They had to give me crackers and and apple juice while they kept an eye on my blood pressure. That took about a half hour and then they took more blood and did a second urinalysis. Let's just say I was pretty exhausted after that, but it wasn't over.

The Dr was listening to the baby's heartbeat with the doppler and got a funny look on his face. He asked me "Did you write anything on your medical history form about a family history of heart defects or problems?" I said "Well yes, of course. My husband's father past away at 37 from an undetected heart defect." The Dr immediately called into to schedule me an ultrasound with a specialist about an hour away to get a really good look at the heart. I was pretty upset about it, but he explained that something just didn't sit right with him. Something seemed a little abnormal, but most likely the baby is fine. He just wants to take precaution and get a series of ultrasounds done. I have yet to hear when my appointment is. Of course with military you have to go through paper work and referrals before you can get anything extensive done.

I know things will be ok. And if I have any doubts I just have to sit still for a moment to feel the baby roll around and give me a reassuring kick.

Here are my cravings lately. Pretty silly huh! Thank goodness it's payday. I'm going grocery shopping ;)

Pregnancy update: Week 8

A lot of people have been saying to me "well that didn't take long!" when they find out we're expecting again. To be honest, we were just as surprised.

Like I said in my previous post, Andy arrived home the 16th of January. I found out I was pregnant February 25th. I was already 4 weeks along. If you do the math, that means Andy was only home 2 1/2 weeks before this eggo was prego! Crazy! What's even crazier is...I was on birth control!

The whole 2 weeks leading up to the 25th I just felt pregnant. I was so tired all the time and I swear I went up two bra sizes. I decided to test at home and all 3 tests came back negative. So I made an appointment to switch birth control pills and get them filled. Well, that didn't exactly go as planned. The doctor had me take a blood test to make sure I really wasn't pregnant and come to find out about an hour later she walks in and says with raised eyebrows "It's positive..". She didn't know if that was okay that she was saying that! (Hahaha!) She wasn't sure if I wanted to be pregnant. I wasn't sure either, but I guess I didn't have a choice now! Instead of coming home with more birth control pills, I came home with prenatal vitamins!

I had no idea how I was going to tell Andy! But I did know I didn't want to make it obvious. When I got home and walked into the house he of course asked "how'd it go?" and all I could think to do was to throw him the bottle of prenatal vitamins. He caught them as I said "The doctor told me to take these.". He sighted the word "prenatal" and knew exactly what was going on. He was less than thrilled to be perfectly honest, but it had a lot to do with shock. He eventually did start to get excited after he made me take 2 home pregnancy tests, which were of course positive and he downloaded a pregnancy app on his iPhone.

(sorry the picture is blurry)

I wasn't expecting to get an ultrasound earlier this week, but because of complications earlier on (everything is fine) they wanted to make sure baby was growing properly. He/she definitely was! The heartbeat was strong and it's little arms and legs were squirming away! It almost looked like it was dancing. I'm in love already!

This pregnancy so far has been totally different from my pregnancy with Jet. First of all, as you can tell, I am "showing" a lot sooner. In the picture above I am 8 weeks 6 days and I didn't look that pregnant until about 11-12 weeks last time.

Morning sickness kicked in earlier, harder, and longer than it did with Jet. I'm still suffering with it all day.

I hate food so much. I will/can only eat things I feel like eating at that very moment. If it takes to long to get it or I think about eating it the next day, nope - not happening. I gag with just the thought. With Jet I ate and ate and ate.

Those are just the few foods I could eat on a day to day basis. Maybe even all day. Infact, I think I'm going to have a salad now. Mmmm!

It's Been Awhile..

Andy is home!
It's been almost 2 full years of living without him and now we are finally together under the same roof!

Andy received his PCS orders to Fort Leavenworth, KS in October and I began the long and grueling process of a military move. After piles of paperwork and packing I got in the car and drove out to Kansas (making a quick stop in WI for Christmas) and moved into our new home.

Andy arrived here soon after. It was a long wait, but so worth it! Jet was a little shy at first, but he warmed up of course. Andy was given leave to get things situated at home before he went to work on post, so we took advantage and took a little trip back to IA and WI to see his family. He hadn't seen them for an entire year!

After our trip we were able to settle down and get used to this new life. That is until...

...we found out I'M PREGNANT!

I guess 2 months was all it took. It was definatly a shock and there was some denial, but now we are so excited! And of course I'm hoping for a baby girl this time!

I'm so excited for Jet to be a big brother! At least once a day he will come up to me and point at my tummy and say "Oh BeeBeee".

God has truely blessed us.