Will Power Wasn't Enough :(

So up until now (9 wks 3 days) I have not thrown up at all. And since I HATE throwing up more than anything else in this world...except for maybe spiders...I was bound and determined not to thrown up at all during this pregnancy. I was certain I would the that rare lucky women who would skip that phase all together. I've gotten really nauseous several different times but each time I was able to conquer my gag reflex. This morning, I finally lost that battle...THREE times!!! UGH! Talk about a miserable morning. I woke up at 2 am and went straight to the bathroom. This happened again at around 5am. So I called in sick to work because there was no way I would be able to take care of 8 little babies feeling the way I do right now. Then around 6am I had to drive Tyler to work (He left his ID there and couldn't get on base without it lol) I got up, got dressed, grabbed my shoes, and right as I was about to head out the door...Tyler was already waiting in the car....I made an emergency U-turn and again had a visit with the bathroom. It's horrible!! I want to ground my kid for a month and he/she isn't even born yet! haha I think I'm doing alright now, although I'm scared to eat anything other than chicken broth and saltine crackers. Hopefully this won't last more than a few weeks!! I don't know how my mother did this 6 times...


On a brighter note: Me and Tyler celebrated our 1 yr anniversary yesterday! It was wonderful :) I am grateful this morning sickness waited until after to make it's grand appearance. Otherwise I would not have enjoyed it nearly as much. I love you Tyler!

We Have a Heartbeat!

I went in for another ultrasound today. They've been monitoring me pretty closely the last few weeks after our possible miscarriage scare. My hormone levels have been rising but not as quickly as they would have liked so they have been wanting to see a heartbeat. I went in last week and only saw the yolk sac...no baby. Today, about a week later, the change was amazing! As soon as she started the ultrasound there was baby! :) Everything looks great. The heart was beating at 155bpm and the baby measured at 12.1mm long. They gave me my due date and told me for sure how far along I am. Up until now they couldn't give me a definite answer due to the slow progress BUT I am 7 weeks 6 days along and we should be meeting our sweet baby sometime around January 13th 2012. As for the "Threatened Miscarriage" we were told now that we can hear a heartbeat I have a 95% chance of carrying our baby to term. The appointment couldn't have gone better! We are SO thrilled that everything is on track and that baby is healthy. We really are blessed! This was an answer to our prayers and an example to me that our Father in Heaven really does look out for us.

Here's our lil Peanut <3

Here's the heartbeat. It was so awesome to be able to hear it!