New Job, Same Company

My manager was worried about the exposer to chemicals in the lab were I worked so, she chatted with the enigineers and they have come up with jobs for me to do that keep me away from the chemicals. I was given the option of staying in the lab if I wanted or switching. I hadn't said anything because the chemicals we work with are considered generally safe but, any chance to lessen chemical expose is good. I am choosing to switch to doing the safer jobs until the bean gets here. I thought it was really considerate of her to go ahead and get this together. I did make sure I could go back to working with the chemicals later because, I really enjoy the wet lab work more.

We've graduated!

We had another appt. on Friday. My A1C came back okay and the baby's doing well. They changed my due date again! Now we're due Feb. 23, 2009. And now that we're past ten weeks we are officially a fetus!

Meet Our Little Bean

One July 17, 2009 we had our follow up ultrasound. Our technician was wonderful!!!! She was so sweet and really helped make the process easier. We got to see our little bean and hear the heartbeat. The tech said bean was right on course for 8 weeks but, she did change our due date by one day to February 26, 2009. What a relief it was to see the baby growing!!!! Little bean looks like a gummie bear.

Meeting Dr. Reed

On July 10, 2009, we go back for our regular OB appt and to meet our OB, Dr. Reed. She is very sweet and a good listener. She's new to the clinic and seems very eager. I really like her! We did a glucose test on my first appt at the clinic and the results were good. So far no diabetes, woo! We talked about how I was feeling, and she said I should feel more energy in the second trimester. She also had blood drawn for an A1C just to follow up on the diabetes thing. We sheduled another appt. in two weeks. At this point I seen to some doctor every week, Dr. Reed promises she trying to cut it down to once a month. I can only hope that works out.

The High Risk Clinic

On Thursday July 2, 2009 we had our appt for the ultrasound and more blood work. The blood work from the triage came back with good levels for an earlier pregnancy and the ultrasound dated us at 6 weeks not 10. Everything looked very good for 6 weeks and we were scheduled for a follow up ultrasound in two more weeks. We were very relieved but, still a little worried. Later that day I called to get the results of the second blood draw and the levels looked really good. That was great news. So our due changed to February 25, 2009.

Trip to the Triage

The Tuesday following my first appt, I was so sick. The week off of my allergy meds had really allowed in some aweful funk. It moved from my head to my chest and I could sleep at night so, on Tuesday June 30, 2009 I called the clinic to see if I could get an appt. Apparently that is the day all the OB's are off so they told me to go to the Traige unit. The Triage at my hospital is like the emergency room for pregnant women. When we got there, I was basically told that I can treat the coughing and the stuffiess but, there was not much else to be done. They also did an ultrasound to count the baby's heartbeat. This is were things got really scary. According to the ultrasound the baby was not at 10 weeks, which it should be going by the date of my last period. The drew beta levels and set up a more indepth ultrasound at the high risk clinic for Thursday of that week. We went home very discouraged. Even though we hadn't been planning on this baby we love it and could imagine not having it.

First Appointment

I had my screening appt. on June 26 2009. I talked to the head of the OB program (who actually a bit of a jerk) went over my meds and said I should keep taking them, they were all safe for pregnancy. Woohoo!!!!!!! I can start breathing again! I stopped taking all my allergy meds and have had a horrible stuffy head since. I am so happy I could cry! They did a glucose test which I'll get the results back in two weeks when I meet the doctor I'll be seeing.

It Says WHAT?!?

I had been late for a couple weeks and taking a digital clear blue easy test each Sunday. Always with the same results "Not Pregnant". So on Father's Day, I tested again expecting the same result only, it seemed like this test took much longer to calculate. Then it said "Pregnant". I thought something must be messed up so I took strip test and yep there were two lines! Wow!!!! It was soooo hard not to tell everyone at the family picnic that day. I did break down and tell my mom. According to the date of my last period, I was due January 26, 2010. Woohoo, a winter baby!