Week 12

I have "fired" my OBGYN officially and am waiting to get an appointment with my new midwife. I'm giving myself about 3-5 weeks from this week to get an appointment - but i'm waiting to see if I can get that gap exception 1st.

I swear that I'm feeling movement already, on the lower left side. It's pretty cool.

We still aren't sharing the news with anyone else at this time; I'm waiting to hear the heartbeat one more time. So it could be another month!

Sean watched me take my shots for the 1st time this week. I was very proud of him for over coming that fear and he was proud of himself!

We determined that #2 will be a Fire Element (Leo) which I've secretly wanted b/c then our house has all 4 elements! Wind (Sean), Earth (Me), Water (Dan), Fire (#2). However, dan doesn't like this - he said the elements don't get along - that's how you get tsunamis :)

11 Weeks

Not too much to report this week. Now that I'm getting over my cold, I'm back to not sleeping well.
No doc appointments or meetings this week either. I was hoping to get some meeting on the books, but the midwives seem to be busier than usual right now.

For travel this year I wanted:
* To visit my friend in Pheonix again (Sean's even asking to go back and visit them again)
* Take Sean back to lego land - so we can use our free passes (they expire in Aug)
* Visit WI in the summer
* Take Sean on a "big" family vacation before he starts school in the fall
* We have a Colorado vacation scheduled for christmas already

Based on my due date and when I can actually travel......We are visiting WI in the winter :(
It may be my last time to get up there before mom and dad move down..so that really made my decision.

We are taking a staycation in April to Broken Bow again. So that will be nice.

I met a new friend and she gave me all of her maternity swim suits, so hopefully I'll be able to use those this summer!

Also trying to plan a staycation for my birthday. I'll be 35 and want to celebrate some how.

Weeks 8 - 10!

Can't believe it's been this many weeks since I wrote.

Week 8: Landed over Christmas break. We were in Denver visiting my SIL. I was worried about the altitude - doc didn't say much but my SIL said that I will burn more calories and be winded very easily.

Well, I really only had energy to lay on the couch - for real! I also ate until the point of wanting to throw-up twice - and my skin's oil production was through the rough!

With all that laying around I was worried I would put on weight, but I didn't :)

Week 9: I had an ultrasound that week. That part of the appointment went really well. Baby is measuring perfectly on schedule and we saw a really strong heartbeat, about 181/bpm.

However, the next part of the appointment went downhill fast. I had a meeting with the doctor (like, in his office and not the exam room). He was excited b/c the ultrasound was so good and described it as we are "off and running". So he started to to lay out the full plan for me through delivery - and all of a sudden he became a typical by-the-book OB. He wants to induce me at 38 weeks! I started to explain my distaste for that idea and the mood quickly changed. he said he was confused at my frustration b/c he thought he was delivering good news and we would be celebrating. he asked me what my concern is and I said I was too upset to talk about - I really wanted to break down and cry at that moment.

After this meeting he said I was due for my pap - well, for the last 2-3 appointments I've been declining the pap - I don't need one now. but I was too defeated at this point to say no again. Which for me is a bad sign b/c I don't want a situation happing like that in birth where I just submit to his ideas against my will b/c i'm too defeated or exhausted to say no.

SO, i'm on the hunt for a new practitioner. I'm keeping my appointment with this OB in the meantime so I still have continuous care.

Week 10: Today! Things still seem good. My symptoms are about the same and my belly is growing nicely. Still pretty oily. In december I was sick twice and I'm sitting here sick again! It's too early for me to take OTC so i'm heavily relying on my oils! They are working and I did my research on if they are safe in pregnancy. However, there is a lot of mixed ideas on there on this topic so it's still a bit of risk - but I also believe me in pain in with a sinus infection isn't good for this situation either.