Awake in Pregnancy
- July 25, 2014, 8:33 a.m.
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It's 8:19am. I understand this isn't considered super early for some people, but I work 2nd shift and it is REALLY early for me. I feel like my little Witchling is begging me to be up and moving around even though the little darling is also making me EXTREMELY tired.
I'll be just about 6 weeks this Sunday. So far the only huge things I've noticed are my boobs, (they are MUCH bigger and they constantly hurt) how tired I am all the time, and little bits of nausea here and there. The little darling is still so small that I can't imagine he/she making a big fuss just yet, but I am really getting excited about feeling baby grow.
I'm going to have my OB intake the Monday after I hit week 7, and I'm not sure whether or not they are going to do an Ultrasound. I know you can start to hear the heartbeat around week 6, but I have no idea what I'll be doing at the appointment other than having blood work done and going through a full physical. I've got to tell them about Mom's miscarriage. I really hope that's not something I have to go through.
My mom lost the baby at 8 months and had to deliver a stillborn. I knew about it for a long time but never had the guts to ask her about it. Now that I'm pregnant, I had to ask her just so that I have some kind of idea when they ask me at my physical. I can't imagine what that must of been like for her. His name would have been Michael and he would be 31 years old. :/ But enough about sad things. I'm going to do my best to prevent anything like that happening to me or to baby. :]
We've decided to wait until I'm around 12 weeks to tell our boss. We both work at the same hospital, so we have the same floor manager. I figure I can tell her in September, and hopefully by then Tim and I can decide if we can afford for me to go part time after my maternity leave. I wish I could just be a stay at home mom, but with both of us at entry level positions at the hospital I just don't see that happening. But that's okay. We'll manage.
I really want 12 weeks to get here, though. Tim and I (Tim mostly) are nervous about the possibility of miscarriage. Tim mentioned to me yesterday that he doesn't know what he would do if we lost the baby. I told him not to think about it, whatever happens, happens, and one way or the other we will get through it. In the meantime, I am doing everything I can to keep our baby as healthy as possible.
C'mon, witchling. Let's continue this beautiful journey. Mommy loves you so much already. <3
lessoff ⋅ July 25, 2014
my gynos office had me get an ultrasound done at an outpatient unit. but i think a lot of them do that at their own office now.
i was just scared that the baby was in the right spot. but the tech was like yep here is your uterus and here is the heartbeat. it was so cool.
oh i couldnt imagine having to carry a baby for 8 months than it being a stillborn. that happened to my friends mom. a year before she was born they had a son named christian, they knew he was dead before she gave birth though. but i wonder what caused it. i asked her once and she said she didnt know (her mother passed away in a house fire) but if christian had lived, my friend wouldnt have been born. so things happen for a reason.