Let the Photos Begin

5 Weeks


7 Weeks (Joey held the camera crooked)


8 Weeks (I thought I was getting bigger so I took it a week early)


10 Weeks

Another 10 Week a little closer up.

Those are the belly pics thus far. I definitely have gotten bigger lately. But I don't mind, I love that my baby is wanting to be seen. :) I went to the doctor today for a checkup. Everything looked great. We got to hear the baby's heartbeat via doppler. It was a little difficult for the nurse to find, Baby Antebellum was moving around quite a bit. He/she just grew muscles and I guess was trying to get a good workout in. The heartbeat was 167 beats per minute. Dr.Adams said that is picture perfect healthy heart rate. Yay!! I am exactly 10 weeks today. What a relief! Dr.Adams also said weeks 8-10 are the worst for symptoms and soon should subside. So I feel super blessed because I have symptoms.. but are minimal and very easy to deal with. So.. I would like to take this time to thank Jesus for helping me and baby feel good. But also I want to send Jesus a reminder that it is fine to give me more symptoms.. just keep Baby Antebellum healthy.
We scheduled me next two appointments today. I think at the next one they will start to measure me. I am very excited for that (is that weird?). And then June 10th I am scheduled for a sonogram to find out what this little jelly bean inside of me is. Please feel free to leave a comment on what you think it might be. I have NO CLUE! I have had a lot of dreams that I have a boy. I even had a dream at the end of December that I delivered a baby boy and they handed him to me in a santa suit. The baby was soo cute, with blond hair and was so little. So in January I actually bought a baby santa suit because I felt like Jesus was sending me a message. But.. who know. I am so anxious to find out though!!

Oh Man We Were Living

As most of you know by now.. my womb is occupied!! I took down the for rent sign in my uterus because it has been filled. YAY! It has been filled for approximately 9 weeks 1 day. And let me tell you it has been amazing. I have been to the doctor and have had 3 ultrasounds. Might I say that my baby looks amazing! The last heartbeat was 176 beats per minutes which is a very healthy rate. Did I mention how smart my baby is? Oh ya.. really smart! It is so smart that it was growing 1 day big at last photo shoot. Ya.. Baby Reids brain is so full of knowledge that it had to grow 1 day bigger. :) Also..Baby Antebellum Reid is now an embryo. An EMBRYO! Getting so big, they just grow up so fast. I haven't been able to see any photos since reaching this milestone (it happened yesterday). But I do have the widget in the right hand corner for you to keep tabs on the growth. Don't be embarrassed if you check it daily.. I do.

Symptoms wise I must say I am doing pretty good. I have only had mild (very very mild) nausea. It is just the kind where I say in my head "I feel a bit nauseous right now" and then out loud I say "Lets eat, I'm starving". Holy cow, Baby Reid currently requires 1 calorie and yet constantly tells me shes/he's hungry. I am hungry non stop! But it is a hunger that is not satisfied.. ever! I am starving, so I eat and then 10 minutes later.. starving. I don't know what to do about it. Dr. Adams says to eat whenever I am hungry, but I don't think he realizes how hungry I am all the time. I have been trying to make good choices, like fruit and yogurt, but sometimes my choices aren't so grand. Things I love.. fruit, yogurt, milk and ice cream. Things that make me want to vomit: hamburger (I just threw up in my mouth while typing it), steak and ... any kind of meat really. (Ok not ALL meat) :) The first two are the absolute worst. They sound awful.

Next symptom: My irritable bowel should no longer be called just "irritable". I think I will now call it Raging Pissed Off Bowel Syndrome. I have approx 5 minutes to high tail it to the bathroom once the heat waves and stomach cramps hit. There is no cooling measure option by rolling down the windows when it is 20 degrees outside.. oh no that measure has been taken away completely. There is also no option to hold the sphincter muscle closed or attempt to pucker the butt closed (sorry for the TMI). Those options have been revoked entirely! I have to quickly run to the bathroom or else. I think you know what the "or else" option is. I will stop on the Raging Bowel Syndrome as I do not want to offend or gross you out while reading my blog. I just never knew this would be a symptom. And although I take all my symptoms and rejoice that I have symptoms because I am finally uno pregnato.. I was taken by surprise with this one. But that's fine, I tell Jesus all the time that I will gladly take any symptom he wants to give me. As I frequently say.. BRING IT!


Well thats all I have for now.. I will definately update you within the next couple days. I have some belly photos to put up. I know its early.. but we must start somewhere. :)