8 Weeks

Pregnancy: 8 weeks



Weight Gain: I actually lost two pounds this week!



Sleep: I still have trouble falling to sleep some nights and every night I am up at least once to use the bathroom.



Gender : still undetermined! I thought for sure it was a girl, but this week I am thinking boy….



Names: Boy: Dane Michael, Girl: ??????



Feeling: Exhausted! I was nauseous this week though! I don’t want to even think about eating meat (except for chicken).  The thought of pork or beef makes me want to puke.  Last night I had spaghetti with just marinara sauce, with no meat.

Health: Good, I am still spotting a little, but hopefully that will waver off.  I had my first official doctor’s appointment yesterday and the baby looked great.  He/She was measuring at 8 weeks exactly, but my doctor is going to keep my due date January 12^th ( going by the date of my last missed period).  We opted not to do the first trimester screening, we did it with Cecilia and it really doesn't make any difference if the baby will have Downs.  We wouldn't abort it.

Movement: None yet.



Belly: I am still huge!  I know at this point it’s just the baby bloat, but I seriously look 5 months pregnant!  I mean look at this belly????

Sorry for the blurry pic! I took this right before I left this morning!

Baby's First Photo!

On Tuesday night around 11:00 I started cramping a little, as the night went on the cramps became more painful and it almost felt as if I was getting my period (sorry if TMI!), but worse!  No matter what position I tried to lay in, I couldn’t get comfortable.  Around 4am I had to go to the bathroom and when I wiped I noticed bright red blood.   My mind instantly thought the worst case scenario miscarriage.  I debated on going into the ER, but Daniel talked me into waiting until my doctor’s office opened at 8 and calling them.

I decided to go ahead and go into work and just call the doctor’s office once they opened.  I called at 8:00 and left a message with one of the nurses.  She immediately called me back and asked me to come in for blood work and then to come back at 1:30 for an appointment with one of the doctor’s.   At 1:30, Daniel met me at the office for my appointment. My blood work came back good, my HCG level was at 34,000 which my doctor was right on for 7 weeks.  He did an internal exam and confirmed that my cervix was closed.  He still wanted to send me for an ultrasound just to make sure that everything is okay.

We headed over to the hospital, I had to get more blood work done and then we were taken back from the ultrasound.  The technician was wonderful and explained she couldn’t tell us anything, but if she started pointing out things that more than likely everything was alright.  The first thing she said once the wand was on my stomach was “See that flicker? That’s your baby’s heart beat!”.  Tears immediately came in my eyes and Daniel squeezed my hand a little tighter.  Everything was going to be alright!

The technician continued to look at other things, my ovaries, measured the baby and it’s heart beat.   The baby was measuring 4 days behind then what I had thought. So instead of being 7 weeks for 4 days, I was only measuring 7 weeks.  The heart beat was 146 .  After my ultrasound they held me at the office so they could call my doctor.  Once the got a hold of her doctor, they let met talk to him.  He explained that had a few cysts on my right ovary and more then likely that was what was causing the pain.  They want to continue to monitor the size of the cysts throughout my pregnancy.  I was told to take it easy, not to do any heavy lifting and to get plenty of rest.
So without further ado, here’s the first picture of baby #2!

After the ultrasound we had to head up to Labor & Delivery so I could get the Rhogam shot since I am Rh negative.  It was funny to be on the labor floor and to see one of the nurses who helped prep me when I was in labor with Cecilia.  She remembered us (she also went to school with Daniel) and asked how Cecilia was.  It’s hard to believe (fingers crossed!) in 8 months I will be back there delivering baby number two!  It just seems like a lifetime away!

P.S.  Cecilia has been asking me to take a picture of the baby since we told her we were pregnant.   She looks at her sonogram pictures in her baby book all the time and she wants to know what her little sister (she’s convinced it’s a girl) will look like.  When we showed her the picture she said “That’s not a baby!” So we had to explain the baby’s really little right now, but every week she is going to grow and get bigger and bigger! 

7 Weeks

Pregnancy:  7 weeks

Weight Gain: I am too scared to step on the scale!!!

Sleep:   Up until this last weekend I have been sleeping well, but for some reason this past weekend I couldn’t fall asleep until almost midnight every night.  Needless to say I am dragging at work today.  I have really tried hard to avoid caffeine this pregnancy, but I have a feeling today I will need a diet coke to get me through the work day!

Gender : still undetermined!  I am 90% convinced it’s another girl!

Names:  Boy: Dane Michael, Girl: ??????

Feeling:  Still very tired!!  No morning sickness though!  (YAY!)

Health: Great as far as I know!  My first doctor’s appointment is a week from today!!!

Movement: None yet.

Belly:  I am huge, it’s official!  My grandfather and my husband’s step dad both mentioned it over the weekend.  My grandfather asked if I was for certain I was only 7 weeks, because I look about 4 months pregnant (Thanks, Pop pop!).  My husband’s stepfather asked if I was carrying twins (haha, not very funny!).

Here’s the belly picture from this week.  Please ignore my hair and lack of makeup.  I forgot to take a belly picture until Cecilia's bath time last night.  This was after a day out on the water with my family.

Cecilia Is Going To Be A Big Sister

It’s official all of our families know about baby number two.  When I originally found out I was pregnant, Daniel didn’t want to tell our families until after my first doctor’s appointment which was June 12^th at the time (I managed to get it moved up to June 5^th).  He wanted to make sure everything was okay before we told them .  My feelings differed from his, he didn’t want to tell our families in case something were to happen.  I believe 20% of pregnancies end in miscarriage the first trimester.  I wanted to tell my family so I would have that support in case something did happen. 

I convinced him to let me tell my parents on Mother’s Day and then we could tell his family whenever he felt the time was right.   There was a little more than a week between the day I got the positive pregnancy test and Mother’s Day so I had to figure out a plan quick!  I looked and looked for a shirt for Cecilia on ETSY announcing she would be a big sister, but no one could get one to me in the time frame I needed so I looked online and found a shirt on Cookie Baby Inc’s Website. 

It was perfect for what I needed .  I ordered it and did priority shipping so it would be guaranteed to be here by Mother’s Day weekend.  When it arrived I immediately thought I should of ordered a size or two smaller, because a 4T was way too big. 

  I didn’t have time for exchanges though.  I stuck that baby in the washer with hot water and prayed it would shrink.  It did, but not by much!

Come Mother’s Day trying to convince Cecilia to wear the shirt was not fun.  My girl is a girly girl who loves her dresses and tutus, not a white t-shirt two sizes too big for her.  I had to bribe her with gummies, but eventually she agreed to wear it.  When we first arrived at my parents, my dad was outside grilling by the pool and my mom was inside getting things ready.  I tried to hide Cecilia’s shirt from my dad so he wouldn’t see it before my mom.   When all went inside Cecilia ran to my mom to give her a hug.  As my mom bent down to pick her up she read her shirt.  She looked at me “Really!? Is this true?”

I told my mom, “No we just bought her a shirt saying she’s going to be a big sister for the hell of it.”  Then my mom started crying!  Both of my parents said congrats.  They asked “How far along?” “When is it due?”…  Then my dad told me “Cecilia already told us anyway…”  I was like ‘What!?” He said ‘Yeah, when we had her on Friday night and we were driving over to Pop pop’s (my grandfather), Cici kept on saying ‘Mommy has a baby brover (brother) in her belly!  I have a baby brover (brother) in my belly! Pop pop has a baby brover in his belly!” My mom claimed she didn’t think anything of it, but my dad knew then that I was pregnant.  I know my parents are really excited for us, but like me they are really cautious too.  My mom wasn’t able to get pregnant after me.  She wouldn’t have any problem getting pregnant, but then she would miscarry during the first trimester.  It was really hard and it’s not something I would wish on anyone!

This past Friday Daniel told me he wanted to tell his family this weekend.  He had called his dad and sister, Lauren and arranged for dinner at either our house or my in-law’s house on Sunday.  We were also going down to the beach on Saturday for our anniversary so we would tell his stepfather while we were down there.

Saturday we stopped by his step father’s house before heading to dinner.  I was going to let Daniel decide when to tell him.  Somehow it came up on in conversation about “having more little ones” and Daniel said “Well it’s too late for that..”  His step dad looked at me and said “Are you pregnant?” I shook my head yes.  He gave us both hugs and was happy.  This will be his fourth grandchild.  Daniel has two step sisters and they each have one kid, and of course we have Cecilia.  We asked him not to tell Daniel’s sisters, we wanted to tell them ourselves.

Sunday we had dinner at Daniel’s dad’s.  Since Ci was with us I could use the shirt trick again, except for Daniel’s sister wasn’t expected to be there until 5:30, we got there at noon.  Once Lauren arrived and everyone was sitting down for dinner I had Cecilia put her shirt on.  Once again she didn’t want to put it on, so this time I bribed her with strawberries. {See I am not above bribing my kids!}  Lauren was the first one to notice.  Her reaction? “OMG! Seriously!? SERIOUSLY!?” She was thrilled!  She said “Cici you are going to be  BIG Sister.”  Then Daniel’s dad, Danny said “WHAT?!”  He looked at me, then at Daniel, then read Ci’s shirt and he was like “WOW! Really?” He asked how far along I was. (6 weeks) and whether it was a boy or girl (uhhh way to early to tell!).  Daniel’s dad, step mom and Lauren were sooo excited!

After we got home from dinner, Daniel said “Let’s tell Kim and Tammy too….text them and see if they can skype.”  I texted them and said ‘Hey, Ci has something to show you…can you skype?”  They immediately came back with yes.  So we tried to three way skype for the first time, Tammy lives in southern Delaware (about 45 minutes from us), but Kim lives in Arizona.  The three way Skype  Video didn’t work, because we didn’t have a paid Skype account, but we were able to tell them on a three way Skype conference call.  Cecilia said in her soft voice “I’m going to be a big sister.”  Kim screamed and Tammy was like “Wow!”  After  we announced it, we skyped one on one with each of them to talk to them and show them Ci’s shirt.  They were both really excited!  I think everyone is secretly hoping for a boy since girls are out numbering boys right now and on Daniel’s dad and my parent’s side Cecilia is the only grandchild. 

So now the cat is out of the bag with the family!  We have also told my grandfather and we still want to tell Daniel’s Aunt Pam in person.  We have to make arrangements to see her and her family one night.  We are still waiting until the end of the first trimester to go “public” on Facebook.  I know it’s kinda crazy I am telling the blog world, but not my Facebook friends, but honestly not many of my real life friends even know about this blog and if someone were to find out through my blog or Twitter then they know… it’s not the end of the world!

Cecilia swimming in the shirt!

6 Weeks

Pregnancy: 6 weeks

Weight Gain: I haven’t weighed myself, this week! I am scared to get on the scale!  

Sleep: I’m up once or twice a night to go to the bathroom and it seems like my body automatically wakes up at 6 on the weekends.  Hate it!  

Gender: No clue, still think it’s a girl

Names: Boy Name is Dane Michael    Girl Name: ????

Feeling: Still extremely tired, I was nauseous one day last week. I am looking forward to a relaxing three day weekend!

Health: So far, so good! *Fingers Crossed* My first doctor’s appointment has been moved up to June 5^th (two weeks from Wednesday!)

Movement: None yet.

Belly:  Still a huge baby bloat!  I feel as big as a house (and I look like a house!!!). UGH!!   You can tell from the picture below.  I cannot fit into any of my clothes so I am living in flowy dresses... This is the dress I wore out for our anniversary dinner.  (PS See Cecilia trying to sneak her way into the picture!)

Five Weeks

Pregnancy: 5 weeks

Weight Gain: 0 pounds

Sleep: I’m up at least once, most of the time twice a night thanks to my bladder. 

Gender: No idea yet…I am thinking girl!

Names: Still undecided, Daniel and I can’t agree on a boy or girls name..

Feeling: Tired!!! A special thank you to Daniel for letting me take a two and a half hour nap yesterday! The morning sickness hasn't hit me yet.  I was extremely sick with Cecilia my first trimester. 
Health: It’s been good, I have my first doctor’s appointment on June 12^th.  *Fingers crossed that everything will be okay!*

Movement: None yet.

Belly: I have a big baby bloat! I seriously look five months pregnant right now, I know it’s too early to be the baby (it’s only the size of a poppyseed) , but this bloat popped up over night last week!  

Guess what?

I am horrible at secrets, especially my own.  A friend can tell me something and tell me not to tell anyone and I will take it to the grave with me.  However, when I have a secret of my own, especially a good one, I want to tell the world!

So, since I can no longer keep this to myself I am going to tell the blog world.  My real life friends who read this blog already know the news, but my family doesn’t know yet and I know none of them read my blog.

I am pregnant!  I’m only 4 weeks.   We weren’t trying yet, but we weren’t preventing it either.  We decided in early April that I would stop taking my birth control and see where it went.  In no way did I expect to get pregnant my first month off of birth control, but I am happy I did.

I found out on Friday, my period wasn’t due until Sunday, but I had a feeling .  I went and bought a pregnancy test, I took it and two faint lines came up.  I was in denial.  Daniel was out of town this weekend so I sent a picture to my friend, Erin.  She immedialtly replied, “I SEE TWO LINES!”  I still didn’t want to get my hopes up,  the next day I took another test…same thing two faint lines.  Daniel came home on Sunday and I couldn’t hold the excitement in.  I called him into our bathroom and showed him the tests.  They were both really faint lines, but he said “SERIOUSLY?” Then he said ‘No, this line isn’t dark enough!  You have to take another one.”  I was out of tests.

That day I needed to go get a birthday present for a party we had to go to that afternoon.  When I picked up the gift, I picked up another test.  This time a Clear Blue digital one.  I couldn’t take it right away, we needed to go to the party first.  The thought of taking a pregnancy test in a Chuck E. Cheese bathroom creeps me out!  We stayed and partied at Chuck E. Cheese until Cecilia started getting tired and fussy, then we went to my in-laws where Daniel was.  I put Cecilia down for a nap, then I went back to the bathroom and took the test out, peed on a stick and within seconds “Pregnant” came up.  I cried for joy.   I have been wanting a second baby for so long, but convincing Daniel was the problem.  Once I had him convinced I thought for sure it would take us six months of charting to get that positive test.

I am beyond ecstatic and so is Daniel!  I have told three close friends, because I needed to tell someone!  My plan was to tell our families on Mother’s Day, but Daniel wants to wait until after our first appointment which is June 12^th.  I don’t know if I will last that long.  I am trying to convince him otherwise.

According to my last missed period the baby’s due date is January 12^th.  Another January birthday. I have three cousins with birthdays in January, the first, seventh and eighth.  Daniel’s birthday is January 15^th, my sister in law’s birthday is January 29^th and my grandmother’s birthday was the 24^th.
I plan on doing weekly bump and pregnancy updates on here.  So I will keep everyone posted on Baby #2! 

How long did you wait before telling family and friends you were pregnant?  If it was your second child, how did you tell your little one he or she was going to be a big sister or brother?