We first discovered that we were pregnant back on March 5th. At first, we wanted to keep testing to make sure it was true! We decided that we were not going to tell our friends and family just yet. However, we had to let Skyla know, so we took her out to dinner and surprised her with a bracelet that read 'Big Sister Skyla'.
Our next task was to find an OB/GYN, much to our surprise, the doctors did not want to see us until we were further along in the pregnancy. Our first appointment was on April 2nd with the intake nurse. Dad was not able to be there for this appointment, as he was out of town for work. Mom got some blood drawn, they went over family histories and discussed ways to manage morning sickness. Mom also got to take home a huge bag of samples and coupons and other baby-type goodies.
Mom has had a pretty rough first trimester...lots of nausea morning, noon and night. Mom was forced to subsist on a bland diet. The only way to battle the nausea was to eat every two hours and the food had to be tasteless and odorless. Mom's diet consisted mostly of crackers, toast and Sprite. We moved on to Jello and macaroni and cheese...lots of macaroni and cheese! Dad's job was to get Mom toast with butter and raspberry jam every morning...Skyla even took over this responsibility when Dad was out of town.
We picked our baby doctor and her name is Caryn Appel. We had our first appointment with Dr. Appel on April 22nd. Dr. Appel was very nice and told us the pregnancy was progressing very well. On this visit, we got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time!!! It sounded like a horse galloping at 162 bpm.
Now the fun part...telling our friends and family...we had both cell phones working overtime to get the news out to everyone. We welcome you to post your thoughts and reactions about when you heard the news so that we can add your comments to the baby's book.
Saturday, 5/3 started week 14 of our pregnancy. Mom is doing well. Most of the nausea has passed, but strong smells are still an issue (sorry about the body spray, Skyla). Mom's diet has greatly expanded and she is even trying to eat spicy foods again. Mom is starting to outgrow her pre-pregnancy clothes and having to shop for maternity clothes. Our next appointment with Dr. Appel is on May 22nd and we are looking forward to finding out the sex of the baby during the June appointment.
Click on this link http://www.babiesonline.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week14.asp if you are interested to see what occurs during the 14th week of pregnancy.
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