Hey everybody. Mike and I are visiting Diana and Ben in Annapolis for the weekend. The baby has enjoyed swimming, eating, and watching the thunderstorms from the back porch. She is very, very hungry all the time and still loves to sleep a lot. Mike is loving the fact that I have become totally lazy, sleeping nine hours a night, but of course, that will all change when I head back into the real world next week. I am nine weeks and two days pregnant and still haven't thrown up, so keep your fingers crossed!
Tonight we are having sushi for dinner, so I am feeling really bummed. No raw fish for the preggo girl. I ordered like such a sushi loser (California roll, steamed dumplings, tempura shrimp roll). I always make fun of people who order like that. I will be spending the evening drooling over Mike, Ben, and Diana's glistening orange chunks of salmon, deep pink tuna, and silvery halibut...(long sigh). Oh well, my problems could be worse right? I am sitting by the water in Annapolis, feeling the breeze on my face, and contemplating take out. So I think things are going pretty well. Talk to you later!
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
world, meet baby bonaldo
Before you get all excited, this is just two pictures of one image, not two babies. This is the first image of baby bonaldo who, as you can see, is totally gorgeous and super smart. Check out the size of its head! That is one serious brain stem. I like to look at the picture upside down like this because when I turn it right side up, it looks like a monkey skull, and that is all I can see. This way, it looks like a cute little bundled up baby.
So they did an internal ultrasound which really wasn't as awful as it sounds. It was way less uncomfortable than a pap smear, but just as gooey. The technician looked all around at my uterus and ovaries and everything looks good. (Note to future moms, make sure you pee before an internal ultrasound. When I say she moved that wand all around, I mean all around.) We even got to see the tiny heart beating. It's too early to hear it, but we got to see it beating away at lightning speed, 172 beats per minute!
Well that's the news from Pregnancy Land today! Talk to you later!
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Almost pregnant
Okay, so I'm realizing that I probably should have started this blog a few weeks ago because I already have so much to say. Mike keeps looking over my shoulder and suggesting that maybe I could do some editing, but I think most of you are sitting at work right now happy to have a little distraction and saying to yourselves, "Oh, I wonder what Jeni wrote on her blog today!" Maybe that's just my ego, but to be honest, pregnancy is a great time to be a little egotistical. I highly recommend it.
Anyway, let me talk to you about pregnancy tests for a minute. If there is one thing I've learned from this whole experience it is this: buy the expensive one! On July 14th, the day before I was supposed to get my period, I took a test and it was negative. I spent the rest of the day moping around my house, declaring to my entire family that I was barren and that Mike and I may as well just get on the next flight to Cambodia or wherever and just do it like the celebrities. My mother suggested that perhaps I was being a little dramatic and that maybe I should retest before booking my flight and calling the orphanages. I reluctantly agreed.
The next day, I took two more tests and luckily there were two pink lines. Unfortuantely, one was really, really light. "What the hell does that mean?" I screamed allowed, cursing the gods, and my mother replied, "I guess you're almost pregnant."
Finally, I went to CVS and bought the digital test. No pink lines to confuse me, just a digital read out that would announce "pregnant" or "not pregnant." It cost twenty dollars, but it was worth it. I went to my cousin Kristy's house and peed on my fourth stick in two days. While I played with my godson, Jacob, Kristy peeked in and saw the unmistakable word "pregnant" looking back at her. Kristy, therefore, will always have the distinction of truly being the first person to know that I was pregnant.
Bottom line: Buy the good test the first time.
Anyway, let me talk to you about pregnancy tests for a minute. If there is one thing I've learned from this whole experience it is this: buy the expensive one! On July 14th, the day before I was supposed to get my period, I took a test and it was negative. I spent the rest of the day moping around my house, declaring to my entire family that I was barren and that Mike and I may as well just get on the next flight to Cambodia or wherever and just do it like the celebrities. My mother suggested that perhaps I was being a little dramatic and that maybe I should retest before booking my flight and calling the orphanages. I reluctantly agreed.
The next day, I took two more tests and luckily there were two pink lines. Unfortuantely, one was really, really light. "What the hell does that mean?" I screamed allowed, cursing the gods, and my mother replied, "I guess you're almost pregnant."
Finally, I went to CVS and bought the digital test. No pink lines to confuse me, just a digital read out that would announce "pregnant" or "not pregnant." It cost twenty dollars, but it was worth it. I went to my cousin Kristy's house and peed on my fourth stick in two days. While I played with my godson, Jacob, Kristy peeked in and saw the unmistakable word "pregnant" looking back at her. Kristy, therefore, will always have the distinction of truly being the first person to know that I was pregnant.
Bottom line: Buy the good test the first time.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Once upon a time...
Once upon a time, a beautiful girl named Jeni and a handsome boy named Mike met at the fruit stand...
Okay, maybe we don't need to go that far back. Let's do some fast forwarding, to say around June 18th, 2009. This is the day when my pregnancy actually began, the first day of my last period. What? How can your pregnancy start when you have your period, you say. Well, let me give you all a little pregnancy education.
Because it is so difficult to pinpoint the actual day you conceived (especially when you are trying to get pregnant and doing it non-stop), the first day of your pregnancy actually begins on the first day of your last period and lasts for 40 weeks. So, that means that the first day of my pregnancy was June 18th and my due date is March 25th. Conception takes place when you ovulate, so I probably conceived around July 1st or 2nd, 14 days after my period began. This means that while I am 8 and 1/2 weeks pregnant, my baby is really only 6 weeks old.
Okay class? Do you all feel like pregnancy scholars now? Good.
Okay, maybe we don't need to go that far back. Let's do some fast forwarding, to say around June 18th, 2009. This is the day when my pregnancy actually began, the first day of my last period. What? How can your pregnancy start when you have your period, you say. Well, let me give you all a little pregnancy education.
Because it is so difficult to pinpoint the actual day you conceived (especially when you are trying to get pregnant and doing it non-stop), the first day of your pregnancy actually begins on the first day of your last period and lasts for 40 weeks. So, that means that the first day of my pregnancy was June 18th and my due date is March 25th. Conception takes place when you ovulate, so I probably conceived around July 1st or 2nd, 14 days after my period began. This means that while I am 8 and 1/2 weeks pregnant, my baby is really only 6 weeks old.
Okay class? Do you all feel like pregnancy scholars now? Good.
Well, it's official!
So, in case you didn't already know, I'm pregnant! First, I'll take you through the highlights, then I'll go back to the moment where this story all began, for those of you who are interested in all the juicy details.
As of today, I am 8 weeks and 4 days pregnant, which means my baby has a brain, and a heartbeat, and even little tiny elbows, even though it is only about the size of a kidney bean! My uterus is about the size of a grapefruit, and yes, there will be a lot of comparisons to food over the next nine months. Speaking of food, I'm not throwing up yet, but I am pretty nauseous, most of the time. But, as far as I've heard from other people, it could be a lot worse. Besides the nausea, I am just really, really tired all the time, but I'll go into more detail about that later.
So, basically, I'm knocked up and loving it!
As of today, I am 8 weeks and 4 days pregnant, which means my baby has a brain, and a heartbeat, and even little tiny elbows, even though it is only about the size of a kidney bean! My uterus is about the size of a grapefruit, and yes, there will be a lot of comparisons to food over the next nine months. Speaking of food, I'm not throwing up yet, but I am pretty nauseous, most of the time. But, as far as I've heard from other people, it could be a lot worse. Besides the nausea, I am just really, really tired all the time, but I'll go into more detail about that later.
So, basically, I'm knocked up and loving it!
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