1st Sonogram

We had a sonogram today to find out what's going on in there. We were excited and nervous to find out if there would be a heartbeat. When the wand went in, we could immediately see a big ol' baby on the screen with the heartbeat just flickering away. Thank goodness we are past that 7 week mark. The heartbeat was strong at 179 beats per minute. The baby measured 8 weeks, 5 days which is great since based on dates it should be right at 9 weeks. We have good thoughts about this one, so let's hope and pray everything continues to go well. The next appointment is March 8th with the doctor. He should be able to get a heartbeat with the doppler so we will know whether the baby is still hanging in there. Based on how horrible I'm feeling, I'm pretty sure things are going well. This is the worst "morning" sickness of any of my pregnancies and I am constantly exhausted. Poor Brett is having to pick up the slack as I spend most of my free time (and time I should be working) in bed. Myelle is constantly asking if I'm going to throw up. The kids are worried but we're hesitant to tell them anything until we get past the first trimester. Plus they'll blab to everyone else. We may have to spill our secret to a few people in the next couple of weeks for various reasons, but we will probably wait closer to 16 weeks to really announce it. I can't wait!

Having another little one is making us think some things through. First is the trip we booked to Mexico at the end of June. I think I'll be somewhere around 27 weeks pregnant then. Unfortunately, with the Zika virus going around, we are probably going to have to cancel. We've paid for flights and put a deposit down on our rooms and we're not optimistic we will be able to get anything back for cancelling. It would be really nice to have a baby-moon at an all-inclusive resort but probably shouldn't risk it. We will check with the doctor before we cancel anything. The other thing that keeps coming up is our vehicle situation. The Highlander technically would fit everyone, but we would have to use the third row seats for one or both of the big kids. That leaves us with very little room for luggage and "stuff" after the dog is loaded up. I really don't want to fork out a bunch more money for a bigger vehicle, mostly because I want our upstairs to be done before the baby comes. I also keep thinking about where this baby will bunk up. At the beginning I think we'll just put a small crib in our room - something we haven't done in the past (besides Kyler's first two weeks). I really want to keep gender a surprise again so we will have to figure out bedroom arrangements after the baby comes. Depending on gender, one of the kids will have a new roommate eventually. Myelle's room seems bigger so if it's a boy they may have to swap rooms. Names are another thing I keep thinking about. I really don't want to think about it at all though, so if that continues this poor kid may not have a name for a few days until they are wanting to kick us out of the hospital. Hopefully something clicks and makes it easy on us!

6th Pregnancy

I know a lot of people close to us will think we are crazy. In fact the definition of insane fits pretty well here. But it's happened again. I have felt like absolute crap the past week or two and decided that I was going to take a pregnancy test before I go to the doctor. Well, Brett got me a pregnancy test at Dollar General for Valentine's Day and I had to run to the front door and call him back in because it was positive. We both had smiles on our faces and were pretty much terrified inside for one reason or another. A baby is scary in its own way but another miscarriage is obviously on our minds as well.

It's so dumb of me to get excited but I felt really good about this one. I'm having horrible morning (all day) sickness, am super tired, and the test was positive right away. Brett has been a lot more cautious although he was even asking already what we would all have to go out and buy again.

I find that I want as little information as possible this time around. I don't really care to know what the labs say, how low my progesterone is, etc. I am looking forward to the sonogram where I'm hopeful we will see a strong heartbeat and healthy baby moving around. Based on my last period, I'm 8 weeks along but I'm guessing the measurements will be a little less than that just due to my irregularity.

One thing that is definitely different than my two successful pregnancies is that peanut butter is NOT a craving. I can barely stand to think about the smell, let alone eat it.