Appointment 2...

So I had my second appointment with my OB-GYN yesterday. It was a lot of nothing again but they did an exam to make sure everything is progressing along and he said he was pleased. The bleeding has stopped but I have a lot of pain in my left side. The doctor said it is likely just from my uterus expanding but it could also be a cyst. We'll find out more at my next appointment in 4 weeks. Between now and then I have to wait for my blood work to come back and schedule the ultrasound at the UCONN medical center. They are testing for cystic fibrosis among other things with all the bloodwork. Then, I am having an extra ultrasound to look at the fold in the skin around the baby's neck. They do this to check to make sure that the spinal cord is developing correctly and making sure there is not too much extra skin around the neck area which can be indicative of some developmental disorders (but honestly I don't even remember which ones, I was so tired yesterday I just signed off on anything he said was a good idea. I figure he knows better than I do right??).

I hope you guys are all doing well, I'll update more later. Rob and I are on our way to the new M.G.M Grand at Foxwoods to meet his father for a father's day lunch and a little gambling!

What a great end to the week...

So this week certainly had the potential to be one of the most devastating weeks of my life to date, and I am pleased to announce that is actually turned out to be one of the best we've had in a long time! My grandmother's surgery went amazingly well on Monday. I have seen her a few times since the surgery and she just looks better and better every time. After our baby scare we had the pleasure of seeing the ultrasound with the heartbeat so we were told it is pretty safe to start spreading the news of Baby Boncoddo. And that is exactly what we did. We sent e-mails to family, posted announcements on facebook and made the necessary calls this weekend so officially the word is out!

We also got to spend some time with Julie, Josh and Aaron this weekend and got to hear some "wonderful" baby name suggestions. Some of the best were to sell the baby's name to golden palace casino dot com to make some extra cash or to go with a one word name like mclovin. There were so many more that I hardly have time to share them all right now but let me tell you after nearly an hour of brainstorming I think we are on our way to a baby name thanks to those three!

Scarey 12 hours...

So we had a change of plans with our ultrasound. On Tuesday night I was babysitting when I realized that I had started bleeding. I immediately called the doctor on call and was told that 50% of the time this means absolutely nothing and the baby is fine (oddly enough those 50% odds didn't comfort me all that much). The doctor told me to call the office first thing in the morning and schedule an ultrasound. Needless to say I didn't do much sleeping Tuesday night and frantically called at 8am to get my appointment. Luckily they had an appointment at 8:40 and Rob stayed home to go with me.

We arrived at the doctors office and I was greeted by one of my closest friends from middle school (that I haven't seen since then and didn't know she worked there). It was nice to see a familiar face and it was even better to see how great she looked! Anyway, after what seemed like forever they called me in and in about 2 minutes flat she located the baby (and the heartbeat!!) and an area of bleeding. She said that the bleeding was not coming from the baby and I was pretty much good to go. THANK GOD! She also said I was only a little beyond 6 weeks pregnant but I am going to ignore that for the time being because the quicker I can get to 12 weeks the quicker I can start to relax, plus she said early on things can very quite a bit.

Here are the first pictures of the baby! The little arrow is where the baby is. Keep in mind the baby is way less than an inch long so you aren't really going to be able to see much. But take our word for it, there was a great heartbeat that went along with the little one!

Uncle Mike

We told Big Mike I was pregnant today by asking him if he'd like to be an uncle. He then asked if he could be the godfather =) We told him to keep his mouth shut for another few weeks he said of course and then immediately told his mother, while we were still on the phone. I think everyone that knows Mike should know I'm pregnant by Friday!

Morning, Noon and Night sickness!

So this perpetual nausea is already getting old and I'm told I can expect this throughout the first trimester...good lord! But I'm at least able to keep food down so I hear it's not as bad as it could be. Rob and I went to a baby shower yesterday and it pretty much took everything in me not to tell all of our friends there that I am pregnant. We are going to wait until we can see a heartbeat at the ultrasound next wednesday to let the world know. I know, I know, you "should" wait until after you hit the 12 week mark but realistically that isn't going to happen. Slowly but surely we've been telling people.

I FINALLY got to tell Kelly Jo this weekend (my closest friend since I was 5!) and she was so excited (hugs, tears...the works). The reason why we get along so well is that some of her first words were "we have so much to do, but just not yet" with a little wink. There are so many times when I think we are the same person. I have been itching to start cleaning out our office to make the new nursery and it seems like everywhere I go I see things I am going to "need" but I have been good so far about holding off. I can't wait until Kel and I can start getting ready for this baby and thank God she'll be around because Rob's hours at work are starting to get crazy and will be for the next several months so she'll keep me plenty occupied and she is just about the craftiest person I know which is a wonderful asset to have in a best friend!

That's all for now. I'm off to the preschool to run some kids through an experiment and then off to the hospital to wait for word on my grandmother's surgery. It's going to be a long day!