13 weeks 3 days & Other stuff

We had our appointment today and Thank God, everything is great. The doctor surprised me and did an abdominal ultrasound. The babies were laying on top of each other -- head to toe! They moved, waved, and even hiccupped. One had a heartrate of 153 and the other 162. My next appointment is in 3 weeks with the perinatologist and then the next week I go back to the OB. I am glad that these appointments are so close, except that the next 3 weeks are going to drag!! In the meantime, I am very happy and thankful that all is well!!!

In other news, life has been quite hectic. To sum up my past week: my husband found out he has shingles, I had 2 dead mice in my classroom, and we bought a house!

Luckily, I had a bad case of the chicken pox when I was a kid, so there was no need to worry about my husband. Being the neurotic person that I am though, my husband has been sleeping in the spare bedroom for the past week!

The mice stunk up my classroom because they had died inside a trap that was placed inside a wall. The custodians couldn't get to it until the next day. I thought I was going to die from the smell!

As for the house, my husband and I really fell in love with it. We will be moving sometime this spring. In the meantime, we have been cleaning out clutter in our current house so that we can put it up for sale next weekend. I pray it sells quickly, because I can't deal with the stress of 2 mortages ...what were we thinking?!?

As for bellyshots. I really need to get on this, as I feel like I am growing by the minute. Hopefully I will have some time this week to take & post one!Well, that's all for now. Take care & Best wishes!!

I2 weeks 1 day

It has been about a month since I last posted, and I am sorry that I have neglected my blogging duties. I am still alive & pregnant...as far as I know. My fears have heightened these past few weeks. I kept saying to myself, "if I can just get to 12 weeks, I'd feel much better". Well, here I am, and do I feel much better...not really because now I am saying "if I can only get to my next OB appointment (1/17), I'd feel much better". The sad thing is that if I am lucky enough to get through that appointment without any problems, I am going to say "if I can just get through the big u/s, I'd feel much better". And no doubt there will be something after that. Now don't get me wrong, I am extremely grateful & happy to be pregnant and this far along. I hate that I am never satisfied. Maybe that should be my new year's resolution!

I've past all my previous miscarriage milestones, which is a huge relief, but I am just so afraid of something going wrong. It was very comforting to read Janet & Crista talk about fear because they made me realize I am not alone. I also want to thank Patty, Lynn, Katie, and Crista for pulling me out of my cave. Maybe out here I won't be so afraid!

Take care, Happy 2005, & Best wishes to all!