11 weeks...maybe

This is me wearing shorts and a tank top, in Maine, in March. SO sweet!

Anyhow, today was my second appointment. When I was pregnant with Wyatt there were 4 midwives in the practice. Two of them have since left, and two new ladies have replaced them. Today we met A, a new midwife who, just like the others, is super cool. I am thrilled to have these caring women surround me throughout my pregnancy.

So at today's appointment, A said we would very likely hear the heartbeat, since by 12 weeks it's pretty much guaranteed to find it with the doppler. I then explained the whole I-think-I'm-really-two-weeks-less-than-you-think-I-am spiel, to which she said that if it were the case, we may not hear the heartbeat. She tried for a solid (and long!) 5 minutes or so. Finally she said, "I'll give it one last swoop across your belly", and at the last second we suddenly heard this fast swishing sound. It was faint, but there! It made me feel so giddy.

After that she gave me a pelvic exam, and said by feeling my uterus she would have put me around 10 weeks, so because of all the confusion she's having me go back in tomorrow morning for an ultrasound to get an accurate idea of how far along I really am (since it will affect future screening tests, etc.). I am so excited to see baby Foster #2! The early months of pregnancy are weird. You know you're pregnant, and you feel pregnant due to the nausea/fatigue/sore boobs. But you can't actually feel the baby moving yet, you don't really have much of a belly yet, so it's all surreal and easy to forget that there's actually a little tiny human in there. Between the heartbeat, and tomorrow's ultrasound, everything is quickly feeling more and more real.

How far along:11 (9? 10?) weeks
Baby is the size of: an olive, prune or lime
Weight: 162
Cravings: not much. This pregnancy is much different as far as food is concerned. There's hardly anything that ever sounds good to me, or if I finally decide on something to eat, it doesn't taste right and I barely touch it.

Due Date Changed

Here's me looking lame post-shower at 9 weeks along.

Had our first doctor's appointment yesterday. We met with the nurse and they did the basic pee in a cup, blood pressure type stuff. Mostly just checked in to see if we had any questions, then did some bloodwork. The one major thing that came out of it all was that even though I told her I knew exactly when we conceived since it was the only time with no protection, she said they're still going to base my due date off my last period, so they bumped me up two weeks from October 24 to October 10!

I go back in two weeks and get to meet one of the two new midwives at the practice. And sometime in the next 2-3 weeks we will have an ultrasound scheduled - just waiting to hear back from the hospital on when that is.

Other than being tired though, I feel mostly great. The couple episodes of nausea have been more from not eating when I take my prenatal vitamin.

How far along: 9 weeks, 1 day
Baby is the size of: a grape
Weight: 162
Cravings: ate a slice of a lime tonight, then all I wanted were Sour Patch Kids!