Sunday, March 4, 2012

25 Weeks and an update!

As of this week, I am now 25 weeks pregnant!  We're well over half way and I can't wait until June!  I figured I should update on how things have been going so far in the pregnancy (since I'm a little behind).

The first three and a half months were tough.  I barely kept any food down at any moment during the day.  It was a constant battle to just keep water down, and at one point at the end of October I ended up in the emergency room due to severe dehydration.  They almost kept me overnight, but I insisted I would drink tons of water that night.  Thankfully that was the worst it got and I was quickly on my way to feeling better.

By November I was looking forward to Thanksgiving, as that's my favorite holiday.  There's just something about spending the day with friends and/or family and knowing there's no expectations of gifts.  This was also the day that we announced on Facebook that we were expecting.  We were most thankful this year for our little baby that we had been praying for, years before he or she had even been conceived.  

In December we found out that we were expecting a son - Thomas Daniel Brown III!  I had been convinced from the beginning that we were having a girl, but was amazed at how excited I was to know we were having a son.  Our son will be the first grandson on my side of the family, and the third grandson for Tom's side of the family.  By the end of December, or around week 14 I finally started to get some relief on the all day sickness.

January brought our fifteen day vacation to visit Tom's family.  How exciting it was to see them and see how excited they were about a new baby coming into the family.  Also, on that vacation was the last time I was sick!  Thank you Lord!  We got to see our nephews Lukas and Simon and loved every minute with them.   Seeing the rest of the family only makes me realize how much we miss them when we're away. 

In February I started showing and that was exciting for me.  Since I wasn't tiny to begin with when I got pregnant, it was kind of hard to tell until this point. And, I felt him kick for the first time this month!!  What an amazing feeling!!!  I had my monthly appointment at my OB's office on 2/22 and as of that point I had lost 18 pounds since I got pregnant.  My doctor said she was only going to be concerned if my ultrasound on 2/29 showed that T3 (the nickname I picked out for him) wasn't growing as much as he should since I was losing weight.  According to the ultrasound tech last week T3 weighed 1.5 pounds and was exactly where he should be for this point in the pregnancy.  However, he is like his father and slightly stubborn and wouldn't cooperate with her, so we have to go see a specialist this Wed so she can measure his heart with better equipment.  She insisted there was nothing to worry about, so I'm just looking forward to seeing him and hearing his heartbeat an extra time.  Here are the pictures from last weeks ultrasound - and with that we should be caught up to this week.  I'll post again after this weeks ultrasound after we know more about what is going on.  :)