Baby Bell is Seven weeks!

7 weeks

The baby:

Little Baby Bell is the size of a blueberry! This week baby's arms and leg joints are forming and her (i've already decided our baby is a girl) brain and heart are becoming more complex. Grow baby grow!

The Momma:

Nausea: This week nausea has been the worst, still no throwing up PTL! The smell of Alcohol and cigarette smoke still make my stomach turn and wheat break makes things taste rotten. 

Fatigue: This week is the same as last week; I can't get enough sleep! But, i'm enjoying while I can because once our little one is born GOODBYE SLEEP!

Aches and Pains: Thankfully my caffein withdrawal has subsided. The girls are still a growing so the pain is still coming on strong (who needs a boob job, just get pregnant!). Chapped lips, you would think with drinking 80-100 ounces of water hydration would be no problem. Thankfully I was introduced to aquaphor when I was on Retin-A ages ago, it's a miracle worker on dry skin. 

Cravings: Mexican Food sounds bueno all the time!

Aversions: eh, they come and go. Meats is a big one though this week. We use to grill steaks, chicken, and pork chops all the time and now they just dont' sound good AT ALL. 

What i'm excited about:

We told my parents. At dinner I told them I had a new app that let you share pictures. Thankfully they both said "oh, like when we bump our phones", I said yeah but I have an iphone so I had to download this app . I told them they would be getting a text asking permission for me to see their pictures (I sent them the ultrasound). They thought I had sent them a picture of a potato chip.

One more week we get to see our little one again!

Baby Bell is Six weeks!

6 weeks

Today we went in to get what we thought was a 8 week ultrasound but SURPRISE i'm only 6 weeks. But we did get to see our little wee one's heartbeat, 6 weeks and there's a heartbeat! Our nice Dr. is letting us come back in on the 8th and i'll be 81/2 weeks, I'm so excited!!!

The baby:

Little Baby Bell is about the size of a sweet pea! Baby's heart is already beating and and this week eyes, ears, chin, cheeks, and a cute little nose will start sprouting!

The Momma:

Nausea: all day long, so far the only thing that makes me feel better is ginger tea and saltines. Food doesn't sound good but the hungrier I get the sicker I feel. I am extremely thankful though that I do not have morning sickness (I can't stand throwing up).

Fatigue: lets see, I go to bed around 9:30pm-10:00pm and get up at 7:00am. I work 8:00am-5:00pm and I usually take about a 2 - 2 1/2 hour nap when I get home. So i'm averaging about 12 hours of sleep....yikes! Needless to say my house is a wreck.

Pains: Ah the girls, I find they hurt worse when I wake up. Almost like they've been used as punching bags. I don't recommend quitting caffeine cold turkey unless you're ready for a week of intense back pain (I was a bit addicted). Last but not least sciatic nerve pain! This week has been better, my right leg had a warm almost burning sensation from my tush to my pinky toe.

Dreams: Man, I have crazy dreams these days. Being in the main group from Walking Dead has to be one of the strangest dreams. I've also had dreams where I go in for an ultrasound and the doctor just pulls out a sack with our baby in it from my who ha and then sticks the baby bag back in when he's done.

What i'm excited about:

Telling my parents at dinner this weekend and Chris's Aunt and Uncles when we go to Jazz Fest next weeked.

The Bells are having a baby!!

April 5th:

I'm preparing a mushroom white wine sauce for Chris and I's date night in. I'm a couple days late so I decided to err on the side of caution before we split a bottle of wine. Within 10 seconds of placing the stick on the counter I have two lines, my immediate reaction was there's got to be something wrong with the test. It's an off brand i've never used and it didn't have a cap (even though the instructions say to place the cap back on). I begin reading reviews and see that it's a brand that people actually prefer. So I wrap up the stick in a nice little box and left it for Chris on the coffee table.

His reaction when he opened it? Does this mean you're pregnant?

I still wasn't convinced that the test was right so I took another one...same results.

And because I didn't trust the brand I went and got a digital test...on Sunday...on the way to Cracker Barrel with my family. Sorry mom, I didn't really have a headache when you saw us stop at CVS. 

(sorry Cracker Barrel Owasso, but I needed to make sure with a test I trusted. It was a 31 year old married woman, not a pregnant teen or one of your associates, using your bathroom for testing purposes) 

Our little family of two's history:

In 2011, 3 months after getting married, Chris and I found I was 4 weeks pregnant. Which was  a HUGE shocker because I was on birth control. We went in for the ultrasound at 9 1/2 weeks and found out I had a miscarriage. I ended up having a D&C and the doc let me know it was just a normal MC and there was nothing wrong.  We began trying about 6 months later to get pregnant again. We were creeping up at the year of TTC mark and still nothing and I began getting frustrated, I mean I can get pregnant on birth control but not off of it? During the 2nd week of Alter Ego at LifeChurch.tv Craig asked us to write down something we were trying to control that we needed to let God handle. I immediately wrote down "getting pregnant". 7 Weeks later i'm 4 weeks pregnant! God is good all the time, and all the time God is good!