Week 5 was miserable, ya'll. Mark and I took a trip to Fort Collins with plans to go to the Broncos/Chiefs game on December 30th. Well, right before Christmas, I got SO sick with a cold. I couldn't breathe, sleep, couldn't do anything. I figured I would toughen up and be able to go to the game on the 30th. On the morning of the 30th, I began getting violently ill. At first I was like "Great! Morning sickness, I'll take it!" Then...I was heading to the bathroom every 10 minutes. I started panicking. "How am I going to work with being so sick?" "OMG I'm like Princess Kate and I'm going to have to go to the hospital for fluids." It turned out to be a 24 hour bug and I am thankful for that! Although we missed the game and missed NYE festivities, it was nice to stay in with Mark's family.
Week 6 was a big week for us. We had our first OB appointment and first ultrasound! I can't even begin to express the anxiety I had going into this ultrasound. What if I wasn't pregnant and those pregnancy tests were all lies? What if baby didn't have a heartbeat? What if something is wrong? Many people don't know that we experienced a loss in May of 2012. We went in for our first ultrasound and there it was...our baby. However...baby did not have a heartbeat. I can't begin to describe the pain, the heartbreak, the anger and the confusion that we both had. We were so naive. We had no clue about miscarriages, or that babies could just stop growing. I was angry. Why us? The day and night before our ultrasound [1/8] I was a nervous wreck. I was nauseous, couldn't concentrate, couldn't sleep and began to analyze every one of my symptoms.
January 9th came and we had to wait until our appointment at 12:30. I tried to keep myself busy at work and chug my water that I needed to drink before the ultrasound. The time came to leave work and I left to meet Mark at the ultrasound place. All I could think about was going to the bathroom. Holy crap, is drinking 72 ounces really necessary? No. I checked in and I couldn't take it, so I cheated and let out most of my bladder. Then, they called us back and I started crying. The tech asked what was wrong and Mark explained that when we were last in this exact room, we got terrible news. She assured us that today would be different. When she tried the abdominal ultrasound, she couldn't see anything. I was told last time that I apparently have a very tilted uterus. She did remark that I had a huge bladder...so I thanked her. She let me empty my bladder the rest of the way and did an internal ultrasound. I asked her not to show us the picture on the big screen TV in case it was bad news again. She goes "Why? Here's your baby with a heartbeat!" She turned on the screen and there it was, a little gummy bear wiggling away. She took the measurements and said that baby was measuring at 6w4d with a heartbeat of 124bpm. I was in disbelief. For real?! Well...here's little baby Maska..
Baby is the little Rice Krispie looking thing on the left, his/her yolk sac is on the right of it.
Of course, after reading on the internet about the Ramzi method, I had to ask. Is baby/placenta on the left or the right of the uterus? The tech said "left". Here is what the Ramzi method suggests:
"In using this data, Dr. Ramzi Ismail concluded that at six weeks
gestation, 97.2% of the male fetuses had a placenta or chorionic villi
on the right side of the uterus. When it came to female fetuses, there
were 97.5% of the chorionic villi or placenta on the left side of the
uterus. "
So...could we be having a GIRL? Time will tell!
Here's a little survey. I promise all my posts won't be this long!
How far along? 6 weeks 3 days [when picture was taken]
Total weight gain/loss: Not weighing myself! I'll let the doctors do that.
Maternity clothes? Nope, but I am using a hair tie for jeans due to bloat.
Stretch marks? Nope.
Sleep: After being sleep deprived during week 5, I am sleeping like a baby and I am totally exhausted during week 6! Not to mention nauseous. Sleeping helps with the nausea :).
Best moment(s) this week: Seeing a lively, healthy baby!
Have you told family and friends: Just immediate family and I told my MOH.
Miss Anything? I missed being able to take Nyquil.
Movement: Way too early for that.
Food cravings: Not yet.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Red meat. Woof. Steaks, burgers, anything like that...I can't do. The smell of it makes me gag.
Have you started to show yet: Just bloated.
Gender prediction: I'm thinking girl. The Chinese Gender Chart says girl, I feel girl. I'm broken out and nauseous too...
Labor Signs: No.
Belly Button in or out? Definitely in.
Wedding rings on or off? On. They're too pretty to be off.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy but verrrry stressed at work.
Weekly Wisdom: You can only do so much in one day.
Looking forward to: Eventually telling extended family and friends, pending Itty Bitty stays healthy.
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