The first glimpse!

Karl and I had what we thought was going to be another routine pre-natal appointment, and considering we go every 2 weeks now, we weren't expecting to learn anything new. But, they were having a hard time finding the fetal heart beat, and hadn't been able the last time either. Which I think is some what funny, considering on our Doppler we hear it all the time. Any who, since they haven't been able to hear it yet they were worried that maybe something was wrong and decided to give us a quick ultra sound scan! We actually got to see our little monkey moving and kicking around. It was amazing! The doctor said that if we were only a few weeks further she'd have been able to tell us the sex because s/he was spread eagle! S/he was hanging out upside down for the scan so it was pretty funny to think about. The heart rate is 170, and we got to see him/her rub it's head and kick it legs like crazy. I don't think you could even imagine how cool it is until it's your little bean jumping around. What a wonderful surprise!!!

Settling down...

So, things have calmed down around the Malefyt house. Frankie has really started to adjust, and has turned out to be quite a lovely dog. And I have had the past week to myself to just chill out, relax, and re-center.

In other news, I applied to join D-groups at Mars Hill with get this... High school GIRLS. I'm basically terrified and excited all at the same time. But hey, maybe I'll get a good babysitter out of it...

High Risk

So, we were labeled a high risk pregnancy a little over a week ago... and we had an appointment today to find out why. Well, apparently on top of being RH Negative, I also have Factor V Leiden. So, you ask what does that mean? Here is what I was told...

"It is thought that Factor V Leiden increases the risk for recurrent fetal loss and has been associated with severe pre-eclampsia, unexplained intrauterine growth retardation, placental abruption, and stillbirth as well as maternal clotting during labor and in the postpartum period"

Good Lord! I hope that this baby will be okay.

Sick

I have had some really rough days consisting of little food, a lot of puke and sleep, and even some fun at the ER. apparently I have an ovarian cyst that had me doubled over for a day, and have been on couch duty for the past few days. I'm an emotional wreck.

First Appointment

So, first doctors appointment today, and apparently they had a meeting during my visit. So I was stuck with an LPN and she admitted that she didn't know what she was doing very well with the doppler, and we weren't able to hear the babie's heart beat. We were totally bummed. But, next week hopefully! And hopefully an ulstra sound shortly after... I'm so anxious to see and hear the little guy/girl.

Other than that, the house is working out well. We hope to have people over Thursday assuming that I'm not as sick as I was last Thursday. I'll keep you posted.

Not so glorious

So, let me tell you that being pregnant is not half as glorious and beautiful than I had hoped it to be. To be honest, I haven't felt gross-er (is that even a word?) and more uncomfortable than the past few days in a long time. Lets just say everything smells, and I haven't eaten this many crackers in my life!

We've moved

Yes, it's true. Karl and I have spontaneously moved across town. We no longer live in that cute little apartment on Divison and Cherry. You see with two big dogs, 3 cats, 1 snake, and a baby on the way - we needed something different.