I Hate Keeping Big Secrets!

So it's been really hard for me not to write about how my best friend in the whole world is pregnant also and is only three weeks ahead of me!  She didn't want anyone to know because she too had suffered a loss back in January so they wanted to make sure everything was ok first.  I do understand that....OH BUT IT'S BEEN SO HARD!!!  

Well yesterday they heard the heartbeat so I can officially open my mouth......MY SISTER'S PREGNANT TOO!!!!  Oh this is so exciting!  I was so worried that all of his/her cousins would be so much older that Baby Brinkley would have no one to play with when we went to visit my family in Indiana...but this is not the case!!!  

Ok, the bad news:  I've always wanted my sister in the delivery room with me, but I'm afraid she won't even be able to be at the hospital!!!  She will have just given birth less than a month earlier and might not even be able to make the trip down to Georgia!  

The other bad news:  I'll be so far along I probably won't be able to travel to Indiana when her little one is born.  

BOO FOR BAD NEWS!  The good news is I get to share this exciting experience with my sister!  YAY!!!!

9 Weeks!

Belly pic time!  So it's a day late, but I'm still so sick!  I've been taking the Zofran, but it only does so much.  BUT I'm holding out hope that I'll be feeling better in the next couple of weeks! For now, I'm excited to be in the beginning of the third month (you'll notice in my ticker at the top that I've now moved to the third box!!!)  PLEASE PRAY FOR ME!!!

Anyway, here are the pics.  I think I might see the tiniest bit of growth!  Let me know what you think!!!

We Have a Heartbeat!!!

James and I went to the doctor yesterday for my first prenatal appointment with Dr. Jarvis.  It was quite eventful.  I thought I was doing ok when they decided to take 1,000 gallons of blood from my arm, but my body thought differently.  I got a bit on the dizzy side and one of the nurses walking by stopped and said "That girl's going to faint!"  She came over and started fanning me, another nurse came over and put a cold cloth on my neck.  It was crazy!  I was so embarrassed!  Then instead of going into Dr. Jarvis' office, they took me straight to the exam room so I could lay down.  Which, I'm not gonna lie, was nice.  It felt good to lay down!   They finally got James and he came into the room and helped "keep me on the table" (directions from the nurse!  LOL) while we waited for Dr. Jarvis.   After we talked with him for a while and we finally agreed on an estimated due date (April 16th!!!!!!!!!!!), he went to get the ultrasound machine so we could see our little miracle!  

I love Dr. Jarvis!  I really do, but he should leave the ultrasounds to the experts (LOL!).  He made me SO nervous and scared trying to find my UTERUS.....not the baby, the uterus!  I don't think I took a breath for a good minute and a half while he tried to figure out where it was!  Of course in his defense, my uterus is laying WAY back in an akward position.  ANYWAY, he found it and there was Baby Brinkley!  And the little heart was just flickering away.  It was so beautiful to see!  I cried!  

So I have attached the pictures from the ultrasound!  Our next appointment is October 7th and we will be able to hear the heartbeat then!!!!  I can hardly wait!

Belly Pics!

Ok, so because I've been SOOOOO sick I have neglected posting my belly pics for two weeks.  Here are my 6, 7, and 8 weeks pics!

Ugh!

I can't believe it's been over a week since I've been able to post!!!  I completely missed the 7 week belly pic....it was taken, just never had the energy to post it.  I'll post it tomorrow or Monday when the 8 week pic is taken. 

So why have I been absent from my blog?  MORNING SICKNESS!!!   Which is completely misleading!  It's last all day, everyday for the past week!  I'm so nauseous and dizzy I can't do anything but lay down and stay still.  I've found that if I eat something and not allow myself to get hungry it helps a little.  The only problem is that NOTHING sounds good.  It's a chore to even get water down the hatch!  I just wish I could throw up!  I think I might feel better if it would just come up.....but it won't.  With the exception of a few episodes of dry heaves, I've got NOTHING!

I did find something that is good to my tummy though...POPSICLES!!!!!!!  I bought three boxes at Wal-Mart today!!!  Now if I could only get some that gave me all the nutrition I need, I would be in good shape!!!

Anyway, football game is back on so gotta go!  Look for the belly pics soon!!!

Giving the Goodyear Blimp a Run for It's Money!

Wow, It's been a few days.   I haven't written because all I've done is go to work and then sleep!  SERIOUSLY!  Yesterday I was freaking out because I SWORE all my symptoms were gone (except for being tired of course) but they're all back today.  I keep crossing my arms and squeezing my chest to make sure it's still sore.  Yep, it is!  I love it!  Not much else is going on.  I noticed I got really queasy if I didn't eat today, but nothing sounded good.  I feel like I ate NON-STOP today.  If I went 15-20 minutes without eating, I got that queasy feeling.  I didn't so much enjoy that, so I just kept shoving food in my mouth.  This is not good.  I'm going to look like the Goodyear blimp by the time the baby gets here!  

Good news though...Rigsby is home!!!  James went and got him yesterday!  I'm so excited to have him back I can't stand it!!!  Poor little thing!  They shaved his front leg and you can see where the IV's were.  I just pray he's all better and will never have to be that sick again!!!  I'm very thankful he made it home in time for the first Georgia football game of the season!!!  He'll be sporting his Dawg's jersey along with the rest of us!!!  GO DAWGS!

Who Slipped Me a Roofie?!?!

Could I BE anymore tired???

I feel like all I want to do is SLEEP!  And I can't get enough of it!  I'm going to bed around 9:30 every night (of course I'm getting up at least once if not twice to go to the bathroom!).  Then I have to DRAG myself out of bed at 7:00am (even though my alarm starts going off at 6:30).  I'm tired for most of the morning, but it's really not too bad.  I can manage.  But after I get done eating lunch, I'm done.  I'm worthless.  I just sit there trying to keep my eyes open until I can go home!  Once I get home, I nap for at least an hour, if not longer.  James will wake me up to eat dinner, so I eat, take my progesterone, watch about an hour of tv and then back to bed!  SERIOUSLY?!?!?!  ALL I DO IS SLEEP!  I can only imagine this is how people feel after their drink has been drugged.  KIDDING!  I shouldn't compare this to those poor victims.  Please don't leave me bad/mean comments.

Anyway, on another note my poor, poor Rigsby is in the doggy hospital with pancreatitis.  Poor baby was so dehydrated when I got him there he needed an IV for fluids and one for antibiotics. I took him in Monday afternoon and they won't let me pick him up until at least Thursday afternoon.  I feel so bad for him!!!  I just want to give him a BIG hug and let him know everything is going to be ok!