And I refuse to say I have morning sickness. I have all day sickness that is strongest in the morning and in the night. I guess maybe it's good that I'm narcoleptic right now...pre-pregnancy, if I felt nauseous before going to bed, I'd be up all night trying not to puke. Now, I feel like I'm about to vomit and I fall asleep instead. Which sometimes makes for a not pleasant wake up when my body doesn't want to just sleep it off.
So that's why I hadn't posted in awhile. No need to be debbie-downer or redundant (the last two weeks would've gone something like : Today I slept and puked...again. That is all. Goodnight Blog.).
BUT, THIS week we experienced one of the coolest, most amazing things in the entire world. Our first ultrasound, and an active little bambino (or beanette) 's heartbeat. I can't begin to explain how awesome that was. It was completely unexpected, and utterly amazing.
Chris asked the doctor "what's that little flickering right there?" and the doctor turned up the sound and turned on the thing to measure the heart rate, and we were just in awe. I really think that made everything real for Chris. Our baby has a heartbeat. We not only heard it, but we saw it too. Yes, he/she is a tiny little blob right now, but that tiny little blob has a heartbeat. And he/she is OUR blob that we made. So amazing, so incredible, and I'm still so in awe.
Chris asked "is that Kara's heartbeat we're listening to?!" and I told him if it was mine, they'd better get me to the hospital ASAP!! Bambino's heart rate is currently at 143!
I'm running a half marathon in San Francisco on Sunday, and the doctor gave me the green light to go ahead and participate. I hurt my leg awhile back, so I had strictly been cross training until pregnancy symptoms started kicking in. Now, I dream of cross training and running while I sleep. Hmmm...wonder how far that's going to get me in the race! Little bambino/beanette is going to be one of the most athletic kids...he/she will run a half marathon b.b 8 weeks old. (b.b = before birth).
I actually switched doctors this week. My old gyn only delivered at a hospital that was 45 minutes away without traffic, and anywhere from an hour on up away with traffic, which for this first time Momma, is no beuno!! We have a really nice hospital / delivery room that's less than 10 minutes away, so we found a highly recommended gyn that delivers there and met with him for the first time this week. Going from a female gyn to a male gyn is a little bit nerve wracking, but both Chris and I were pleased after this weeks examination. We asked about 8 million questions, and he was so informative and so patient with us. He's a little bit socially awkward, but most of us are in our own rights. I told Chris that we probably prefer that over someone that is all buddy buddy. Prior to the meeting, Chris said he reserved the right to say "get up off my wife's junk" and us leave (oiy...what men don't understand about women and their doctors...), but he was pleasantly surprised that he liked the guy and that the first exam wasn't TOO awkward.
So that's been the summary of week 7 ... lots to tell this week! I go back in 4 weeks, and soon after that, I'll be in the clear to share the big news. The doc did say that my likelihood of having a miscarriage is in the 5% range now as opposed to the 15% range that it normally is at 7 weeks along because the babies heart rate is doing so well. Both doctors had told us that if a baby is going to miscarry, it's just going to happen, and there's nothing we can do about it. Both doctors said that there's no way that me running would actually cause a miscarriage, so that made me feel pretty good about participating in the race this weekend!
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