No ultrasound pic this week, but everything seems to be progressing as it should. I felt pretty crappy all week, tired tired tired and yesterday nauseous nauseous nauseous. This week has found me in bed rewatching all of the extended DVD versions of Lord of the Rings, including hours and hours of the “making of” featurettes. That’s a lot of LOTR. But I love it and it has been a good friend when I feel like I haven’t the energy to lift my head off the pillow.
Tonight I get to play designated driver for my husband, brother in law and one of our friends when we go to some restaurant in Hollywood that does tequila tasting. Although sitting around and watching them get loaded isn’t exactly my idea of a good time, hopefully I’ll be able to get in a tasty quesadilla or something.
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Had another ultrasound yesterday, the first one that was done with the warm gel on my belly as opposed to the dreaded “wand”, and the kiddo is doing great. He/she measured either 10w5d or 10w3d depending on the angle, and that’s actually a couple days ahead of where I actually am. We got to hear the heartbeat for the first time, and that was awesome - “swoosh swoosh swoosh”. Strong and steady, about 160bpm. And! We got to see him/her move a bit. I swear he/she was waving - like “Hi Mom! Hi Dad! Here I am!” Plus, our little one officially entered “fetushood” this week. That’s right, no more embryo for this kid, as of Wednesday, he/she is a fetus. Congratulations, kiddo, you’re kickin’ butt! Keep up the good work and Mama will give you a cookie when you come out. And a balloon. And maybe a pony.
I ended up going back to my old OB/GYN, the one we worked with before the fertility specialist. We had wanted somebody closer to us, since he’s in Beverly Hills and it’s a bit of a pain to have to drive over the hill to go see him. Also, I’ll end up delivering at Cedars Sinai (let’s cross our fingers that I don’t go into labor during rush hour) instead of the hospital five minutes from my house, but he’s so chill, and he knows me, knows my history, and I’m comfortable with him, so there ya go. We had a very lackluster meeting with another potential doctor last week, which left me actually very disappointed and sort of sent me into a negative spiral, until I realized that I could just go back to my old doctor.
I go back in two weeks for an ultrasound where they will do a test to screen for the potential of Downs Syndrome. It’s called the nuchal transparency screening. As of right now I’m not worried about it, but as the test gets closer I may start to get a bit nervous. Right now I’m just eager to enter my second trimester and maybe not hold my breath as hard as I have been. But so far, so good!
Sorry for the lack of updates but I’ve been feeling pretty lousy and haven’t been doing much besides laying around, reading and watching tv. And feeling my belly. It’s really starting to feel different. At first I just thought I was really bloated, but it’s kind of…staying… that way, so I guess it must be baby!
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All is still well here in the Corbell house. I feel like crap, so I’m taking that as a good sign. Super drained all the time, still queasy, plus I think I am entering the “emotional basketcase” phase of pregnancy. Quick to anger, quick to cry. My husband said something this morning, something totally innocuous, and I wanted to punch him in the throat. Poor guy. Nobody ever said he isn’t long-suffering.
No ultrasound this week, which is a little nervewracking. I got used to the weekly reassurance with my fertility doc, and now that we are interviewing OB/GYNs, I have no idea when my next one will be. We meet our first potential doctor tomorrow, so that’s exciting. I think everything is going as planned though, as the past few days I’ve been feeling lots of stretching and pulling in my lower abdomen, so I’m thinking that the beh-beh is growing as he/she should. I’m not really showing yet, but my lower tummy is getting really firm and rounded. I just ordered this thing called a “Belly Belt” which is an extender for your pre-pregnancy pants. I don’t really need it *yet*, but I will very soon.
I am also waiting eagerly for the “bottomless pit” phase of pregnancy. I’m excited to just want to eat all the time. These days I really don’t want to eat much. Not only am I nauseous before I eat, now I’m nauseous *after* I eat too. I also get full really fast. Food is just generally not my friend. But, fear not (mom and dad), I am making sure that I do eat enough. The only craving I’ve really been having is for baked goods - cupcakes, cake, brownies. Those all sound heavenly. I’ve only indulged once, though, when my friend Marlene brought me a black and white cupcake from Lark in Silver Lake. Best. Cupcakes. Ever. I have heard that their Salty Caramel Cupcake is to die for but I have not been fortunate enough to try one yet.
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Check out our little peanut 
He/she is 19mm from crown to rump, perfectly sized for 8 weeks 2 days. The heartbeat was beautiful, like a little hummingbird fluttering away in there. And we have arm stumps!
The coolest news is that my fertility doctor graduated us today, meaning he’s released us to go to a regular OB/GYN. He said everything looks great and there’s nothing more he can do for us.
Over the moon today, folks. Over the moon.
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Eight weeks today! We don’t go in for the next ultrasound until Friday, and it’s totally killing me. I keep telling Hawk that I wish I had a window into my uterus so I could reassure myself whenever I need to that everything is still ok.
The nausea has picked up just a bit. I still haven’t thrown up, but in the late afternoons, around 4 or 5 o’clock, I just feel like crap. Right now the only food that really sounds good to me are bagels and cream cheese. So I’m eating A LOT of bagels. Bagels and peanut butter, bagels with egg salad, bagels with tuna. Lots of bagels.
And I am exhausted. If I could lay in bed all day, alternating between reading and dozing, that is exactly what I would do.
We’re getting new windows installed in our house today, so it will be a long day of fighting the urge to nap. With a house full of workmen with loud drills and hammers, this probably won’t be too hard. I’ll probably sleep really well tonight. The poor dogs are locked in the office with me right now, until the back yard is free. They are driving me a bit insane.
I’ll post again Friday after the u/s to give you an update!
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