Happy 8 Weeks to Peanut!

• I am a bad blogger. Peanut's Photo of the Week didn't get scanned. :-( I had cake class and my neighbor invited me over for dinner after (Dean's out of town for business), then DVR of Y&R, then...fell asleep on the couch! Plus the computer that is setup for the scanner is Dean's laptop and that is in Dallas with him...so we'll have to wait until tomorrow night when he gets back.
• I also forgot to mention that Dr. H invited us to a baby shower. I was mucho confuso about this shower and who it was for? He has a shower in the office (on a Saturday) every few months for all of his "Fertility Successes" - those with children or currently expecting. Everyone brings a small wrapped gift for a boy and a girl and then we all get a present (or 2 I'm not sure how this works just yet). Isn't that awesome? And a great way for us Fertile Infertiles to meet others like us.
• Thank the Good Lord for Zof.ran. I had to take it 3 times yesterday! Nothing specific this time to make me nauseous like smells or whatever, but BLECH! I almost lost my turkey burger dinner.
• Thanks Martha! I got my consolation prize in the mail. They smell yummy. I can't wait to soak my fat pregnant butt in them. You are too sweet!
• I added the "Followers" gadget to the right sidebar AKA "People Who Like Me!" Shout Out to Amy, Martha, and Brandi!

7W6D

1 day closer to 8 weeks....WHEW. The 8 week mark is scary. According to Dr. H, once you get to 8 weeks, the miscarriage rate drops to only 2%. Some websites I have read show 12 weeks is the critical mark, but since I transfer back to my OB at 12 weeks, I'll go with the 8 with Dr. H.

Peanut is doing wonderful. Growing, growing, growing! I can't remember the measurements exactly, but he/she was measuring at 8W0D. WOOHOO - one day ahead! Gonna be a go-getter! The hb was 170 this time. According to old wives tales, theories, rumors, and websites if it stays over 140 then it's gonna be a girl! Speaking of, we still have yet to determine if we are going to find out the gender of Peanut, when the time comes. We have gone through Pros & Cons lists...sometimes coming out even, sometimes with one ahead. I like the surprise at the end of the journey to look forward to...BUT planning would be MUCH easier....and we might get lots of fun monogrammed things for Peanut. Grammie was not too happy about this announcement. She wants to buy "specific" things for the him/her. Green and Yellow just isn't fun! HA! I told her she can buy "generic" items now and "specific" items later. This would give us more presents from Grammie!!! (It's a trick I tell ya!)

The left cyst is gone - YEAH! The right one is about 27X14mm and is shrinking from last measurements. I had an OB Panel of b/w done, including peeing in a cup. REALLY....you think you could have told someone? I went before the hoo-hoo cam, then again while I was waiting for the lab dude. THEN he gives me the cup. I am not a pee-on-demand kind of gal. I can't just "go." So then I had to sit and drink 3 cups of water and read 2 magazines before I had the urge to do anything again. And even then it was only like 1/4 of the cup! EESH.

Peanut's Photo of the Week coming tonight...I sure am going to miss these weekly photo ops when I graduate.....

Fried Pickles

On Saturday the weather was so nice so we went for a drive with the windows down and the radio up. We ended up at Sea.Center.Texas. Free admission, cool fish aquariums, and a fish hatchery tour. It was pretty good for just stumbling upon it.

I think Dean is just realizing how much things with my body are going to change...no, not like THAT! I mean with my bladder. I have been known as Super Bladder. Able to hold it 6 hours en route to LA for a family reunion. Well, on our little day trip, we stopped at multiple Buccee's stations. And after like the 3rd one, he was like, "Seriously? What happened to Super Bladder?" Hello? There is a little peanut growing in there on top of it, causing everything to be squished around!

Also, I think I had my first craving on Saturday night. After we got home, I REALLY, REALLY wanted some fried pickles from Hoo.ters. There isn't a Hoo.ters anywhere near us so Dean said he could make some for me. He has made some before and they were quite yummy. So he made a plateful and gave me a side of ranch and I cuddled up on the couch with them. He had moved his drink to my end of the couch and then was like, "Uh, are you eating those by yourself?" OOPS. I thought I was....so we shared....And then he had to make more. :-)

Love you Honey!

PG Symptom?

So last night when I was getting ready for bed, my palms were itching so bad! I don't have long or tough nails so I had to get Dean to scratch them for me. He said if your right hand itches, then it means you're going to meet someone new. If you left hand itches, it means you're about to come into some money...

Apparently he was wrong... baby.center.com says it's a pregnancy symptom! WHO KNEW? They are driving me crazy again today, but luckily it just means an increase in estrogen production.

Wordless Thursday

Peanut @ 6W6D. That's the heartbeat showing at the bottom.

The final cake...Primrose flowers with basket weave.
This is what happens when you ask your husband to help make dessert. He eats and WEARS the whipping cream! This is what I caught on the convention last night. Remember that pet peeve of mine? REALLY - if you are going to have a sign at a NATIONAL convention, telvised EVERYWHERE, you can at least spell the name of your country correctly!

7 Weeks

So today is 7 weeks. I still can't believe it. Even after seeing and hearing the hb yesterday. Speaking of...I have a pic of that u/s too with the hb at the bottom but I didn't scan it yesterday. Hopefully I can convince hubby to send it to me today. I also forgot to mention that Dr. H prescribed me some Zof.ran for my nausea. I told him it wasn't too frequent and only at night, but he said to take it as needed every 4 hours so it's not a big thing. I took one last night and kept my dinner down - YAY Zof.ran!

Last night was my last night of Course 2 of my cake class. We did our final cake. I took a pic of it when I got home, but then decided to start reading a little of "What to Expect when you're..." instead of uploading them to the pc. So hopefully hubby can do that for me today too

OR

you'll just have to wait til tomorrow. :-)

It's Official...

I have "Evening" Sickness.

The past 2 nights I've tossed my cookies. UGH. Sunday night was before dinner. Dean was grilling some steaks so I was getting the drinks ready and opened the fridge to get out the tea. We had a salad with Saturday night's dinner and the bowl was in the fridge with the leftovers in it. I got one whiff of the salad (it's only lettuce mind you) and there I go - off to talk to the Porcelain God. I was OK afterwards and was able to actually finish dinner. Last night I made 2 cakes - 1 for a co-worker's birthday today and another for my final cake in my cake class tonight. The cakes were baked before dinner. We had dinner and my stomach was a little shaky from all the smells going on - a chocolate cake, a strawberry cake, and Dean made homemade beef and veggie soup that had been on all day. WHEW! Talk about overwhelming aromas! So after dinner I have to make icing and ice the cakes. Meanwhile he has to move some stuff out of the fridge to make room for the soup pot. This included the lasagna from Saturday night and some beef brisket. He cleaned out the pans and left them in the sink, meanwhile I am washing some cake stuff I need and then it hits me....there goes my dinner. UGH. I hate throwing up anytime - sick or hungover - but this really sucks. It just feels terrible.

On a positive note, we're going for another u/s today!

P.S. Could the little ticker above be any more accurate today?

***Doctor Update***

The gestational sac is measuring 25.3.
The fetal pole is measuring 6W4D.
The heartbeats per min were 140! That was C-R-A-Z-Y! The fetal pole was barely visible. Doc said like 1/2 a matchstick long but you could see the heartbeat and HEAR the heartbeat!

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!