Gone green

I decided to change my blog colors. Since right now we don't know the gender of the baby (only one month till we should be able to tell though!) I've changed the blog to be green. Once we find out if we're having a boy or girl I'll change it to either pink or blue. Or maybe I will have found something cuter by then to decorate the blog with. I'm already getting so excited about finding out the gender. I wanted to try out that "Intelligender" test. You know the one that you pee in and it's supposed to be 90+% accurate at telling you the gender early, but I'm not sure I can justify spending $40 on a pee test that really when it boils down to it only has a 50/50 shot at being right. And it says that if you are currently taking progesterone supplements not to use the test as it would interfere with the results. So I'd have to wait till I stop my progesterone and then probably an additional week at which point we'd only have two and a half weeks left till my ultrasound and looking at it that way it seems a tad pointless.

I'm not sure if I want to know right away or do a gender reveal party and find out with everybody else. I know that Daniel wants to know right away. When I suggested waiting to find out till everybody else does (of we do a party) he said "No, I would know and then you and everybody else can find out". I suppose I could still do the party but know and just surprise everybody else in that fun way. Either way a party other than the baby shower would be fun lol. I think that for Daniel's family, since they're a ways away...oh well never mind I'm not even going to say what my idea was. It will just be a surprise for everybody once I do it.
Oh we do know though that once we find out the gender even if we do set ourselves on one of the three different names we have made up for either gender we will not be telling people what we have chosen. That's definitely going to be a surprise till he or she is born.


Oh and going on record...Daniel is 100% convinced that we are having a boy. I have felt from the beginning that bug was/is a girl. We would be truly happy with either, but it will be fun to see which of us it right. And once the appointment gets closer I'm going to set up a poll for friends to see what they think bug is!
As far as old wives tales guesses go...My lack of nausea/morning sickness say boy. My occasional breakouts and grease hair say girl. My craving sweets and aversion to ground beef say girl. My wanting salty things and lemons say boy. Don't know what the heart rate actually is (just that when we have seen it, it's been nice and strong!) so that can't be used to guess the gender. Placenta placement/where the baby implanted indicates boy (I think only because the Dr has had to turn the wand to my right side at both ultrasounds to see bug). The Chinese gender chart gives me different results depending on what site I use. So we'll see.....

Tests, blood, anemia?

So yesterday evening I went to the lab and had my early 1 hour glucose test done along with my first trimester blood work and a few additional tests that had been ordered. I passed my glucose test (not that I was worried about it) and most of my other tests came back in normal range except my RBC (red blood cell count) was below normal and it appears that they specific test that they perform to diagnose anemia was just 1 or 2 points above the lowest end of normal.
I'm going to have to go over these results with my Dr (or well midwife) obviously because looking up the names and looking at the numbers they gave me I still can't make perfect sense about it. But it sounds from my uneducated guess that I need to work on getting my iron count up to increase my RBC and prevent from falling into the anemic category.
My mom while she was pregnant with my youngest brother had really, really bad anemia and it took her years to get it regulated again. I know from seeing her struggle with that, that I do not what to end up in that same boat.

So I am going to pledge now to become more consistent with taking my prenatals. I had been doing good with taking them but just started slacking and you know once you start slacking it turning into never doing it... I guess I will also try to eat more red meats, it's kind of been an aversion of mine since becoming pregnant (even though I could not get enough steak or cheese burgers before hand). Gotta make sure I stay healthy so our little bug can keep on growing nice and strong!
You can't see but I'm having Daniel grab my prenatals (all three of those horse pills) for me right now so I can take them!

10 weeks!

1/4 of the way complete with baby baking! 1/2 way to finding out if we're having a boy or girl.
-Your embryo is now medically considered a fetus!
-At a little over an inch long your baby is about the size of a kumquat.
-In the last eight weeks (from conception to this point) your baby has completed the most critical portion of development.
-Vital organs such as the kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver are all functioning for their intended purpose though they will continue to develop through out the rest of the pregnancy.

Baby Big Head

Today was our first official appointment and I was so nervous. Our little bug is growing wonderfully and measured a day ahead, again so we're 9w2d. We could see the arms and hands, and the little toes, and the heartbeat was just thumping away beautifully. I'm so in love with this baby! If you look at the picture (head is on the right and the toes are on the left) it looks like you can see a partial profile and the the baby has his/her arm up by his/her mouth.
Oh my gosh it's just the cutest thing ever, I can't get over it.

Thanks for all the positive thoughts and prayer that you have been sending my way it's truly truly appreciated!

4:30PM today-I sent the ultrasound picture to Daniel's parents. His mom sent me a text back saying she thinks bug looks like Daniel.

Not exactly what we planned...

We told the family today.
Daniel called his mom and told her...and apparently they already knew.
Now I wasn't on the phone but Daniel told me that apparently she said somebody saw my blog and sent them a link to it, to tell them. Which WOW, if that is the case really who ever did that, it's not cool at all. Like really that's so disrespectful that somebody felt they needed to go over my and my husbands heads and tell his family before we were able to.
Clearly I stated several times in different posts that we (my husband and I the parents of this growing baby) were not ready or going to be telling family yet, so for (you) somebody to send them a link to my blog and rip open my gift/surprise for them that way it's so disrespectful and rude!

Now if they saw it on my blog themselves just because they randomly looked that's one thing and honestly that wouldn't bother me. I knew it could happen seeing as they have internet access and blogger accounts as well so I knew posting about it there was a possibility that they could see it themselves before we actually said something but if somebody sent it to them to purposefully tell on us yeah that greatly bothers me!

So over all I was disappointed with how telling Daniels mother/family went. I was hoping that it would be a total surprise and that they would be really really excited to hear the news but it wasn't like that because apparently somebody decided that it was their place to tell them and take that joy away from my husband and I. So thanks...

*sigh*
Oh ok now that I have gotten that frustration and disappointment off my chest I'm feeling better. Can't change what was done, so no point in just being upset over it, lol. But we told everybody now and everybody is happy that bug is doing well, and people are praying that everything continues to go perfectly.
We have our first official appointment tomorrow morning, I'm still a tad nervous but I'm feeling pretty calm about it since I know that everything is just fine. Hopefully I will be able to sleep tonight, I'm so excited.

9 weeks!

-Your little embryo is continuing to grow at a rapid speed.
-He/she now resembles something much more human than the previous weeks.
-He/she is about the size of a large blackberry and about the same weight.
-This week your baby's heart will continue to divide onto four chambers and the rest of the valves start to form.
-Tooth buds will also begin to grow under his/her tiny developing gums. (Although it is rare some babies are born with some of their teeth already broken through.)
-Your babies organs, nerves, and muscles are becoming more fine tuned and slowly beginning to function.
-Their eyes are now fully formed but their eyelids are fused shut and will remain shut until around 27 weeks.
-His/her external sex organs are all there but it will still be several more weeks before you will be able to easily distinguish whether you have a boy or girl on board.
-And finally the placenta is now developed enough to fully take over the job of nourishing him/her for the remainder of the pregnancy.

The bump

I can't wait to start getting a baby bump!
So far I only have a little bit of bloat that when I have to pee really badly or I've eaten a lot can make me look like I have a real baby bump but it's not yet.
And since I'm tiny to begin with and my uterus is the size of a grapefruit by now Daniel and I can see where (just above the pubic bone) I'm starting to "pudge" out and get a bump there, and it's firm as well.
I think by the end of July I should have a noticeable baby bump where people will start being able to tell that I'm pregnant (I don't think I am going to really have the whole "is she fat or pregnant" thing though).

9 weeks tomorrow and our Dr appointment this Friday. I'm still understandably nervous but I know in my heart that everything is fine and bug is growing right on track! So far my symptoms still haven't been much of anything. Nausea from time to time, tender breasts, recently an increase in having to pee (like every 2 hours), and a few pimples but nothing bad at all. I really am just counting myself as blessed plus 20-25% of women will avoid morning sickness all together.