fun maternity clothes websites!

http://www.2chix.com/shop/Scripts/default.asp

Not that I'm hinting or anything, but these maternity clothes are so fun!! My favorites are the 3rd and 7th from the top... What is M.I.L.F.?? Ok, do NOT look that up on google if you don't know either!! Apparently it is not appropriate for children if you know what I mean!

http://fortuneteeshirt.com/shop/maternity.php?osCsid=6ccc94130164f518d6d184b52cf5062b
Those are cute too:)

nothing new to report...

But I felt like writing anyway... I feel like my belly has definitely gotten bigger though you still can't really tell through my clothes. And I can tell there isn't as much room in there as there used to be cause I feel sick if I eat a normal-size meal. I have to just eat a little here and there or I feel gross! Anyway, pretty soon Shawn and I are going to go shopping for some maternity clothes. Haven't gotten around to it since I am able to get by on what i have still. More later...

My second doctor's appointment...

Hello all, It's been forever it seems since I last posted (sorry Brandy!) I went to my second doctor's appointment on Thursday. It was just as I suspected it would be: pretty boring... I did get to hear the heartbeat on a doppler ultrasound, and that was cool. But other than that it only took about 20 minutes from walking in the door to walking back out to my car. My first appointment it took like an hour and a half! Anyway, the heartbeat was 160bpm again... Some say that would mean it's a boy. That would make Shawn happy:)

As far as how I'm feeling, I'm feeling great! The only thing that is slightly annoying is how tired I feel. But I'm not convinced that it is truly a pregnancy thing cause you'd probably be tired too if you kept my hours! On MWF, I am out of the house at school or working for like 14 hours... And no time for naps on those days. Praise God for Tuesdays and Thursdays, and of course weekends!

I've been looking into different things like childbirth classes and I am thinking of trying to go without medication... I have looked into taking "Bradley Method" classes www.bradleybirth.com but not sure yet. That is a pretty big time commitment. 12 weeks, one 2 hour class a week on Sunday afternoons. Anyway, I'll try to update everyone more often! I am over 13 weeks now:)

I think I need new clothes!

Well, it was a strange feeling when I tried on my button fly pants this afternoon and they wouldn't button! I can definitely tell my belly is getting a little bigger, but I don't think anyone else can tell. My stretch denim pants still fit so I pretty much live in those, but I think I get to buy some new clothes soon:) I am only 3 months along, and they say normally around 4 or 5 months is when you need maternity clothes with your first baby, but of course that's after the first steps of bigger sizes or leaving your pants button unbuttoned... Or so I've read anyway! I think I'll try to avoid that practice except when I'm at home or safely sitting behind my desk at work where noone can see me!

Well my next doctor's appointment is a week from today, February 3rd. I'm sure it won't be very eventful but I am excited about going, cause it means one more month has gone by with no problems so far:) I've felt good so far but school started this week and I have been exhausted. Praise God that after tonight I have 2 nights off from work. Working so late really takes it out of me these days! I can't complain too much though... I'm blessed!

First Baby Clothes:)

Well I am now 10 weeks along and I was reading up on everything... Our baby now has all if its systems up and running and now they will just continue to develop until he/she is born:) I don't know if I wrote this before, but I also found out that my graduation from Texas A&M will be either August 12th or 13th, and with the due date being August 14th that should be interesting! Right now I am getting ready for my last full semester at A&M. I am still going to take 2 classes in the first summer session but I'll be done around July 1st... That'll give me a month and a half of taking it pretty easy before our little one arrives. I don't know how long I'll work, I guess it just depends on how everything is going. I only work part time though so I don't see it being a real big deal. We'll see! I am contemplating what I want to do after the baby is born and we've talked about me maybe keeping some kids at our house during the day so that I can still make some money while staying home with the baby...

Also, we have been travelling on vacation for the last week and we finally got to go visit my family for a few days. My sister bought us our first baby clothes! She got a matching bath set: a bathrobe, a big towel, and booties made out of towel material. They all have a little duck embroidered on there and they say splish splash. They are yellow and white, since we don't know whether the baby is a boy or a girl yet.

I got to see the baby!

Well I got to go to the doctor on Thursday and I was thrilled to find out that I'd get to do an ultrasound:) I got to hear the heartbeat (160 bpm) and see the little baby on the screen, and of course they printed out a picture so I could show everyone. I'll try to get it on here sometime but I'm not near a scanner right now unfortunately. Other than that I found out my due date is much earlier than I thought. It is August 14, 2005. That means I am almost 9 weeks along! They measured the baby on the U/S and figured it that way. Well not too much else to report, but my next appointment is Feb 3rd... And much to my happiness the doctor said that I don't have to feel guilty about drinking caffeine. Not that I drink much stuff with caffeine anyway, but at least I know that it's not that big a deal every once in a while... More later!

Anticipating the Doctor

Well tomorrow is my first prenatal visit, and I am wondering how it will be. It will be kind of fun to finally start out officially... I'm guessing they'll put me on prenatal vitamins and I'm hoping for an ultrasound, we'll see. So far I have been taking Centrum multivitamins since they at least have folic acid and I know I need some kind of extra vitamins. Anyways, the last couple days haven't been too bad, I have slept til at least 11 though both days. I justify that because I don't get off work til 12:30 at night so I figure I deserve it and so does our baby:) More tomorrow after the doctor~

Exhaustion has set in!

Well I am about 6 weeks in, or in my seventh week and I am so tired!! I haven't done anything strenuous but I feel like I could sleep all day and all night and still be tired when I get up! Plus I get lightheaded at the drop of a hat... I guess I need to drink more water. Anyway, I felt pretty good until about 2 days ago when my energy dropped off suddenly! I have my first prenatal doctor's appointment on Thursday, I'm not sure what they are going to do other than medical history, but I've heard that you can see the heartbeat on Ultrasound by this time. That would be cool :) According to the online due date calculator on babycenter.com, I am due August 26, 2005!