Boy or Girl???

On June 7th we had our first ultrasound. Yes I realize that many women have their first ultrasound before they are 20 weeks along, but my amazing doctor waits until 20 weeks. And seeing as I am driving 6 hours to see my doctor I trust him completely (hence the driving 6 hours just to see him). Anyway we knew that we would be seeing this miracle baby of ours and also finding out if we are having a boy or girl, so we were pretty excited. I had heard that the gel is cold so I braced myself, but Brad (the technician guy) warmed it up so that I would be more comfortable. It didn't take long for us to see our little one. We checked out the heart to make sure everything was in order there and saw all 4 chambers of the heart pumping away and checked out the heart rate which was at 136. We then saw all 4 limbs with fingers and toes, and some measurements were taken. We saw the spine and rib cage. We saw the head and some measurements were taken. Then we came to finding out if we had a boy or girl. Thankfully our little one was cooperative and we got a very clear picture right between the legs so there was no doubt. Based on measurements and such they put our due date as October 22, though I am sure the baby will come when they are ready. Jared snapped some pictures of our ultrasound...

We then headed to lunch at Joe Morley's BBQ (best BBQ place) to celebrate the health of our baby. I'd been craving Joe's baked beans, brisket and onion chips for a while so it was a no brainer to go there for lunch. After lunch we headed to Zurchers to get supplies for our big reveal with my parents and all our siblings that live in the Salt Lake Valley. We grabbed the appropriate balloons as well as things needed to make a cake. We then spent the next hour or so getting things ready. Bo was VERY interested in the balloons...

At 6:00 everyone (minus Andrea who came later after getting out of class) came over to my parent's house and we took our balloons into the backyard so that our boys could be involved as well. My sister was more than happy to take pictures for us and my dad got some video on his phone. Once everyone was ready we let the balloons out of the box.

Yep it's a girl! Which means we have no ideas on a name for her. But we already love her so much already and are excited to be her parents.

19 Weeks

How Far Along: 19 Weeks 5 days

Baby's Size: A Heirloom Tomato (6 in, 8.5 oz)

Gender: We find out on TUESDAY!!!!

Sleep: I'm starting to not be able to make it through 8 hours of sleep without having to get up to use the bathroom. 

Miss Anything: Being able to sit down and get up without a lot of effort, being comfortable at all while sitting actually

Movement: Definitely feeling movement. I felt it the most while we were sitting in the sealing room at the temple. There seems to be more movement after I have eaten than during any other time of the day.

Food Cravings: Nothing new really

Food Aversions: Nothing new to add to the list

Happy or Moody Overall: Moody, most definitely

Best Moment(s) of the Week: There have been a lot this week. Seeing Marsha get married. Having fun with Jared at the reception. Decorating the car. Going to Mount Whitney with the family. Going to the Newport Beach Temple and then on to the beach (that's probably my fav). Going to the pool. Going to the movies.

Looking Forward To: Our ultrasound on TUESDAY!!!!

18 Weeks!

How Far Along: 18 Weeks 3 days

Baby's Size: A Sweet Potato

Gender: 2 more weeks and we'll know for sure. Whenever I dream about the baby it is always a girl though

Sleep: It's getting harder to get comfortable at night, sleeping on the right side is more comfortable than the left. If I don't have the right support under my head it's bad news in the morning. 

Miss Anything: Having jeans be comfortable, having energy all day

Movement: Definitely feeling those flutters but only if I am trying to feel them

Food Cravings: Chocolate cake (so I made one)

Food Aversions: Nothing new to add to the list

Happy or Moody Overall: Moody, most definitely

Best Moment(s) of the Week: Teaching my last lesson of Seminary (hopefully ever)

Looking Forward To: Seeing all our Wonnacott family on Friday when Marsha gets married, Hitting up the beach in Cali sometime next week, SWIMMING, spending time with family in Cali.

17 Weeks

How Far Along: 17 weeks 5 Days

Baby's Size: An Onion

Gender: We'll find out for sure in 3 weeks.

Sleep: If I use anything more than my memory foam pillow I wake up with my back hurting. 

Miss Anything: Having energy

Movement: I think I am starting to feel those flutters they tell me I should be feeling.

Food Cravings: Strawberries, popsicles, cake, slurpees/slushes

Food Aversions: Nothing to add to the list thank goodness

Happy or Moody Overall: Moddy

Best Moment(s) of the Week: Hearing our little ones heartbeat on Tuesday. Going to breakfast and shopping with my mom on Monday. Going out to breakfast and then shopping with my mom & sister after my appointment. Dinner with my favorite aunts on Monday night at our favorite Chinese place.

Looking Forward To: Seeing our family next week at our sister's wedding. The last day of school on Thursday, which means I get Jared all to myself for 2 whole months (which really means I get to boss him around and get our home ready for our baby lol)

16 Weeks

How Far Along: 17 weeks tomorrow

Baby's Size: Avocado 

Gender: We don't know yet (we don't find out until June)

Sleep: I'm exhausted all the time so it doesn't take long to fall asleep and stay asleep

Miss Anything: having all my clothes fit, none of my pants fit except with an extender (those some of them don't fit at all)

Movement: Nothing yet

Food Cravings: Chocolate Frosty from Wendy's (which is located an hour away) and we've been out of vanilla ice cream so no homemade ones either. What I've loved eating this last week are popsicles, particularly Outshine's Fruit Pops (the strawberry and raspberry ones are my favs)

Food Aversions: Hot Dogs and the like

Happy or Moody Overall: Most definitely moody this week.

Best Moment(s) of the Week: Getting the Mother's Day card Jared made me that was from our baby. The rest of the week was stressful and crap (thanks work).

Looking Forward To: My next appointment on Tuesday May 17th. Only teaching 4-5 more lessons in Seminary!

16 weeks!

15 Weeks

I've officially decided to try and do a weekly post about this pregnancy. We waited so long for this I really want to document it all. We'll try and include a bump picture but I'm not making promises. Anyway onto the rest of the post...

How Far Along: 15 weeks & 4 days

Baby's Size: Navel Orange

Gender: We don't know yet

Sleep: I'm finding it easier to fall asleep on my right side. I am DEFINITELY ready for bed at like 9:00 each night.

Miss Anything: Bug Spray! The gnats are terrible and I can't use anything.

Movement: Nothing yet.

Food Cravings: Salad with crisp crunchy veggies. Strawberries.

Food Aversions: Bananas, Hot Dogs and Corn Dogs.

Happy or Moody Overall: I would say happy, and Jared says he agrees.

Best Moments of the Week: Taking Bo & Sam down to the river to play. Play time with the boys on the practice field. Having our friend MJ over for dinner after we let her date spend the night at our house earlier (he's pretty cute lol).

Looking Forward To: An at home date night with Jared with popcorn and a movie.

The 1st Trimester

Well we are officially in the 2nd Trimester with this little person. Most of the 1st trimester the world didn't know we were even pregnant. So I thought I would share how the 1st trimester went.

MANY people have asked me how I've been feeling or how bad is morning sickness. Well let me tell you. Only 1 time did I have to run to the porcelain throne, and it was while I was trying to eat a banana muffin and it was hardly anything. Ever since then I have avoided bananas. I was nauseous but nothing terrible. I maybe had 3 to 4 days a week where I felt really yucky. I definitely consider myself lucky to not have been sick.

Most of the 1st trimester I didn't believe I was even pregnant. I mean I wasn't really sick and nothing was out of the ordinary. It wasn't until my appointment at 13 weeks that I let myself believe I was pregnant. It's hard to deny you're pregnant when you hear a heartbeat that isn't your own.

So far this pregnancy all I have wanted to eat is fresh fruits and veggies. Apples, grapes and strawberries are my must have fruits. Any crunchy veggies are also a must have. This should be a great thing right? It has been great for my weight, doctor said I lost some weight between my 1st and 2nd appointment. But when you live an hour from your grocery store it's kind of a problem because produce doesn't last as long.

Most women (especially tiny women) start showing a little at the point that I am at, but I was already carrying extra weight around my middle so I don't feel that I look that different. However that hasn't stopped people from touching my large belly, I expect that to just get worse as time goes by. Because of my science background I am aware of the fact of changes and have noticed my uterus reaching up further into my abdominal area (seriously you can feel it which I think is SO cool, yep science nerd). So I no longer comfortably fit in my regular pants, thank goodness for pant extenders which I found on Amazon (thank goodness for Amazon or I'd be so screwed out here in no man's land). Maternity clothes are harder to find down here (unless I go to Farmington NM) so when I head north for my doctor appointments I stop at Ross to see if I can find any maternity pants. I have been able to find a few shorts for summer that are maternity and MANY cute maternity tops. Target does have some maternity clothes, but their selection isn't so much my style though I did get maternity swim suits from there. If you know of any good places where I can find maternity bottoms let me know in the comments.

Anyway that pretty much sums it up. 1 trimester down 2 to go. In 6 months from now we'll be holding our little one in our arms.

Surprise!

So most of you here have read many posts about our struggle to conceive. We saw a infertility specialist, where we learned that I wasn't having optimal ovulatory responses and our swimmers were just not up to snuff and our chances to do this the old fashioned way was 1 in 100. We then saw a Urologist and learned that a simple surgery could make a world of difference. Most men who have this surgery are able to have children naturally. So $1,900 later a surgery was done and we would have to wait 3 months for any real difference to be seen. 3 months, we could do that I mean we had waited well over 2 1/2 years already. Life went on as usual, and we decided to not worry about medication or testing because nothing was going to change until April. Well that next cycle after the surgery was going to be a hectic one. Jared was going to be gone for several days to UMEA (music conference) and then days later I would be gone for a Jamberry conference. And of course we both had crazy things with work. Before all the craziness started we managed to spend some quality time together, though most people wouldn't call grocery shopping and dinner quality time I guess that happens when you live where we do.

Cute huh

Well the weeks went by and I was supposed to start my next cycle on Valentine's Day of all days. But when it didn't start on time I didn't think much of it because I tend to be a little late. But when it had almost been a week (February 20th) I decided I'd just take that pregnancy test just to get things started, I mean it worked every time before then. Plus there was NO WAY I was actually pregnant. What happened next surprised us both.

I thought I was seeing things so I asked Jared to look at it. He saw the same result I did. Positive. Even with seeing those 2 lines I doubted it. So just to be safe I broke out the more expensive digital one, the kind that leaves no question. Plus it gives you a week predictor too so I knew I could trust it. Of course I had to wait several hours to take it. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon here is what we saw...

1 word... pregnant. We cried, we laughed, and we hugged. We were shocked! 

2 months have passed since that moment. Our lives, especially mine, have changed a lot. I lucked out and was hardly sick. My clothes are starting to not fit. I'm tired a lot (no seriously I turn into a pumpkin at like 9:30 every night). But it's been a wonderful 1st trimester. Yep 1 down 2 to go. 13 weeks yesterday! 

Thank you all for your support as we have struggled over the past 3 years. We are glad this trial is over and are excited for our little addition to join us.