9w5d

Almost 10 weeks along!  Every week when I get to Wednesday I know I am another week along in this pregnancy and it is so exciting to reach every milestone!  3 more weeks until I'm out of this first trimester!

Last Tuesday I had my first ultrasound and appointment with my OB, Dr. Gipson.  We had the ultrasound first and it was so amazing to me how much more the baby is looking like a baby now!  My 7w ultraound it still looked like a blob to me, I couldn't see a face, body, arms or legs.  Now, it has all of those things, and I swear I could even see the face, which looked just like me (pregnancy hormones, go with it!)  Baby was measuring 3 days behind in growth, which worried me because my last one at CCRM I was only 1 day behind, so I don't want to be falling farther behind.  I brought it up to my OB and she said it could be the difference in the ultraound equipment or the sonographer or anything, but she told me to come back the following week for a follow up ultrasound for my peace of mind.  Of course I didn't say no!  I am getting spoiled seeing my baby almost every week!  So I go back on Thursday afternoon for a recheck.  Of course I get so nervous every time I get an ultrasound, but I am feeling pretty good and feeling like every week I am pregnant I am one week closer to being out of the "danger zone" of the first trimester as well as one week closer to meeting my baby!

November 28 we will have our NT scan at the high risk clinic.  This is an ultrasound that is run where they measure a fold on the baby's neck and can give you a risk for having a down syndrome or other retardation from that one test.  Along with that, they take a bunch of bloodwork and they run a "triple screen".  With the bloodwork and the ultrasound info together they give you odds that your child has one of these conditions.  Given our age no one is too worried, but I am very nervous and it will be a big weight off of my shoulders to get past that test with flying colors.  Also, that test is done between 12-13 weeks, so essentially once that is done I will be done with first trimester : ) My OB could do these same tests, but I have to go meet with the high risk practice about my Lovenox and have them involved in the care as well, so they are going to do this at the same time.  It makes me feel good to know I am going to the best place to check out baby.  My OB said her ultrasound machine is a Toyota, and Obstetrix (high risk practice) has a Hummer, hahah. 

I'm still very nauseous all the time.  I dry heave almost every morning and have thrown up a few times if a smell or something sets me off.  For example, yesterday I was giving the dogs a bone and I got a smell of the bones and threw up, just like that.  Ech...another reason I'm very ready to be done with this first trimester.

In fun news, I went maternity clothes shopping with my mom yesterday.  I am not really showing yet and don't need them yet, but I am very bloated and very few of my pants fit me anymore, so I decided to jump on the train early and get more use out of the clothes.  I mostly got pants, dress pants and jeans, with a few basic tops.  I will get the rest of the tops as I get bigger.  I am loving sitting here at work with dress pants with a huge elastic waste, makes me feel like I'm in sweats, heck yes!