Baby Fishback

Nick and I have been blessed with the miracle of life. We are expecting our blessing to be born around April 27. We are a few days away from being done with the first trimester and are looking forward to the joy of second trimester!

We had been trying ever since my doctor gave me the ok to start trying again which was the end of June. Thankfully it didn't take long at all. I am very aware of my body and when it changes so I knew or thought I was pretty sure I was pregnant even before taking the test and of course it came back positive. We were excited but we both had our nervous reservations about it. I could feel myself fill with worry about the chance of loosing another baby. Of course that worry is still there a little, but with God's help and taking it day by day, we have managed to get this far. We are just now letting ourselves become more and more attached to our baby and growing with excitement with each passing day.

Around week 6 I started getting very nauseous. I started throwing up every morning and it would persist throughout the day. I was starting to loose a few pounds because it was difficult to keep things down. I was able to get by on Sprite and crackers until Sept. 14th. I had a doctors appointment that afternoon and woke up to the usual and rested all morning (I took the day off). I couldn't keep sprite and crackers down. I ate nothing and went to the doctor (Nick was with me). They did an ultrasound and checked everything and it was looking great. They also said that being sick was a good sign of a healthy baby. However, not being able to keep anything down is dangerous so they gave me a prescription for nausea meds. While we were waiting for the prescription to get filled, Nick decided to take me out for ice cream for my birthday. I was thinking that it sound pretty good and I would try it. It tasted so good and I ate the entire thing. We walked out the door and I knew that I was going to throw it all back up. Thankfully there was a trash can right outside the door for me to use. I couldn't believe I had just thrown up that much in public!! Needless to say, I couldn't wait to get my medicine and start feeling better! It did help me so much and I was able to not have to leave the classroom while teaching to go throw up! I'm still taking it every 5 hours because I'm still nauseous. However, the past two days I've been nauseous, just haven't thrown up! My mom told me she was sick the entire pregnancy with me! I am hoping that the second trimester will be great and my hormones will level out like they say they will!

We went in for an ultrasound on Thursday and what an amazing difference 5 weeks can make in the development of a baby! Nick and I were amazed and thrilled to see our baby kicking, moving, and wiggling around. It was the most amazing thing I've ever experienced in my life so far. I was relieved to see a healthy baby who had a great heartbeat and so much energy. I can't wait to start feeling our baby kick in the next couple of months! I wish we would have brought our video camera, if we had I would probably watch the whole experience every day! Plus it's so much better live and in person than a photo. But the photos are a great thing to look at in between ultrasounds. Our next one is Dec. 18th and that is to determine the sex of the baby! We're excited about that as well!!

This picture is a profile shot. The head is on the left.

The fist is right in front of the face.

The back of the baby. It measured between 2 1/2 and 3 inches.

Anyway, I'll continue to keep you all posted on our journey...hard to believe we only have 6 months left! So much to do, so little time, but I know we'll get it done! :)