I think I've grown in the past 3 days

What do you think? It's crazy how quickly you pop on your fifth time at it.

This is exactly 7 weeks.

My Facebook Word from God

You keep wanting to know how things will play out, keep asking to see the future. God doesn't give anyone the power to know the future, because life becomes maddeningly boring when you know everything upfront. So, instead of struggling, enjoy the uncertainty - to be alive means to not know.

I called the doctor back yesterday to see whether or not Phil should come with me. He wants to be there for the first ultrasound and they have all the equipment there so I figured there was a good chance they would do it that day. But they said this appointment is only and interview! I was so disappointed. That means I will have to schedule another appointment a week or two after that and then see how things are going. UGH! I guess the good news of it is that the baby will be huge (well huge for a first ultrasound) by then. It's just gonna be a long few weeks.

Keep praying.

Good news and bad news

I am 6 weeks 6 days today and the good news is I starting throwing up. The bad news is I started throwing up. Don't get me wrong I am beyond happy that I got sick this morning because it means this baby is doing just fine. But I hate throwing up and the whole time I sat there I was thanking God that everything was going to be ok and at the same time remembering how much I hate to throw up. Anyways, its good news. Hopefully it will be less severe this time around, but I still want to be sick every once in a while for that reassurance.

In other news. My one SIL is pregnant with her 3rd and is due May 10th...she is having a little girl. We have known this for a while and we are all very happy for her. Then last night I get a call from my other SIL saying she is 5 weeks pregnant with her first. It took everything I had not to tell her that I was due just 2 weeks before her. My baby will be 4 months younger then one SIL's baby and about 3 weeks older then the others ones! hahaha! So funny! These three will have so much fun together when we get together.

The appointment is scheduled

I found a group of doctor's in my area that is covered by insurance and delivers in the hospital I want to deliver in. There weren't to many in my plan that actually delivered in West Virginia. Most were in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

This is a practice of doctors so I am hoping that I am happy with them. They just opened a Women's Health Care Facility back in October and offer really neat things including 4D ultrasound which I am SUPER excited about. I was hoping I would get 4D with at least one of my children.

So the appointment is on February 22nd at 9:00. I was really nervous calling them. So nervous my hands were shaking. I want to go and be sure everything is ok but the other part of me is afraid to go and find out something is wrong.

I will be 8 weeks and 4 days by then so if they do an ultrasound that day I should be able to see a baby rather then a little ball on the screen. I am excited about that. Pray for good news! I will keep you updated.

6 weeks 4 days

Ok so here is my first picture. Not the greatest one. I just got out of the shower so I have wet hair but wanted to take a picture before I forgot about it. That seemed to happen with my pregnancy with Ethan and then all of a sudden it was time to deliver and I had about 4 pics of my whole pregnancy.

I have always had that pooch under my belly button but when I get pregnant the top starts to even out with the bottom pretty quickly. After being pregnant 5 times my uterus has a great memory and pops right back out rather quickly. I know I am not that big yet but in a few more weeks I will look 5 months along and stay that way until I am 5 months along.

Hungry, tired, hungry, tired

Did I mention how incredibly hungry I am with this child? I don't remember being like that with my other two kids except for first thing in the morning. I have that famished feeling all day long. If I get nauseas I eat and feel better. I hope it's not one of those pregnancies where you have to continually eat to feel ok. I will be huge if that's the case.

Still holding out on calling the doctor. I am 6 weeks, 4 days today but want to go closer to 9 weeks to be sure I can see a beating heart etc. It's hard for me to wait because usually I am off to the doctors the second I find out but I don't want to go in and have an ultrasound with a little ball and not put my mind at ease. I want to see a baby. Just two more weeks.

I feel like I am beginning to show now. I had my current size jeans and the next size up (since I dropped a few lbs before getting pregnant) and the next size up are starting to get tight. Guess I will be living in stretchy pants for a while. All my maternity clothes are back in NY. I thought for sure we would have gone back by now to pick up the rest of our stuff but we can't get a moving truck down the driveway so it has to wait until spring. I am thinking I am going to have to buy a few things before that happens. Plus most of my maternity clothes are wrong season anyway. Emma was born in January, and Ethan was born early April so the bulk of my stuff is sweaters and jeans.

I still can't get over how tired I am. The other day I went to bed at 8:30. I woke up at 6:30 to pee and went back to sleep until 8. We went on with our day and in the afternoon I laid down to take a 2 hr nap. Got up made dinner, and fell asleep for the night at 9 pm, and didn't wake up until 7:30 the next morning. That's 24 hrs of sleeping in a 2 days period. THAT IS CRAZY! I wonder if I really slept that much with my other two. These are things I did not record. I know that I was super tired with Emma but I also worked 8 hrs a day, though I did come home and take a nap after work so I don't know. It's a good sign though. Exhaustion is good as long as this little one is growing.

Anyways, I think french toast is calling my name so I better go eat.