light at the end of the tunnel.

(Knock on wood) but I've been feeling a little better the past couple days minus one weird, out of the blue moment on Saturday.  I've been able to eat more foods without wanting to gag and I've even had a cup of coffee the past 2 mornings.  I'm showing sooner this pregnancy but I am still wearing my normal clothes.  Some jeans are a bit tight completely buttoned up (and unbearable by the end of the day) so I pulled out the belly band for the first time.  I know some women end up using it throughout most of their pregnancy but for me, there's a short window of time that I can wear it comfortably before moving into maternity pants.  I also pulled out my larger leggings.  These were a life saver my first pregnancy.  I'm hoping to mostly avoid the chubby stage and just go right to pregnant (wishful thinking, right?) but if I can't, leggings to the rescue.  Oh yeah, and you can buy them at Target for about $5 or $6.  You can't beat that.  So currently that's life through my eyes.  On our way to 11 weeks!

10 weeks.

Since my due date has changed a bit, Thursdays are my new weekly updates.  So this one hasn't been quite a full week since the "9 week" post but I actually see a significant difference.  I'm not sure how I would have hidden this pregnancy very long. 

Other than the picture update, not much new.  Still feeling about the same and hoping it improves somewhat soon!

first picture.

Last night we got to see our baby for the first time.  I was expecting a vaginal ultrasound as that's what I had with Delia this early on but they did an abdominal one instead.  This disappointed me a bit because the pictures aren't as clear but the point was to make sure that everything is healthy and growing properly.  Baby turkey wiggled a bit and had a heart rate of 155.  It was exciting to see something in there!  They are changing my due date to November 22 (moving it 3 days up) so I am now officially due ON Thanksgiving day.  What's nice about that is that I'll be 10 weeks on Thursday!

Here is the one picture we were able to bring home from last night. 

if it's not one thing, it's another.

Ah yes.  Pregnancy is beautiful, right?  From the outside looking in, a woman's body changes to accommodate for this wonderful living being that's growing inside of her.  It truly is a miracle.  Her stomach swells, she has that "pregnancy glow" and she looks so peaceful with her eyes closed, hands on her stomach.  Meanwhile, her organs are being smashed around in there, nothing fits her body right anymore, she's glowing because she's sweating so much (is it just me or is it hot in here?) and her eyes are closed because that little baby is kicking her in the ribs and she's trying not to wince.  Yes, pregnancy is wonderful.  Okay, so I'm being completely sarcastic right now.....sort of.  Obviously the outcome to what can be a grueling 9 months for some people is very worth it.  I happened to enjoy most of my first pregnancy (so much that I didn't wait that long to do it again) and I'm very much looking forward to this one.  When the sickness is over.  This part seems to take forever.  Good news is that my combination of vitamins and zofran does appear to work most days.  I'm still getting nauseous here and there (mostly in the early evening) but it's manageable.  The bad part is that the combination of vitamins and zofran is producing an effect that a pregnant woman already suffers from.  It isn't pleasant and I'll leave it at that. 

Here we are at 9 weeks....tonight at 5 pm is my first ultrasound and I'm so excited.  It's nice to see confirmation that there really is something inside and it's not all in my head.  :)

8 weeks (yesterday)

So what's new?

*The extra B6 seems to be making a significant difference in how I feel.  I took it Saturday and Sunday and the only time I felt pretty bad out of those two days was Sunday night. 

*I've decided to live off toasted bagels with cream cheese.  They always taste good. 

*My bloat belly seems to be down so what's left is just a tiny bump! 

*In one week from today I have my first ultrasound.  I can't wait.  :)

morning sickness: the double edged sword.

There's a common rumor that as long as you have symptoms, everything is going well in pregnancy.  That's why m/s is such a double edged sword.  It makes you miserable but if you don't have it, you start to worry a little bit  that something might be wrong.  A common misconception about morning sickness is that it only occurs during the morning.  This is so not true.  And it has not been my friend this pregnancy.  It started earlier than it did with Delia at 5 weeks instead of 7.  Ginger ale, crackers and pretzels can only take you so far.  Thanks to my awesome OB's office, they gave me a prescription for Zofran today as well as some sample prenatals that include extra B-6.  I'm hoping that either one or both of these things will help me because I've been pretty useless these past couple weeks and especially past few days.  I don't even want to get off the couch.  The worst part is that barely anything even sounds good to eat.  I don't remember that from the first time.  I was sick on and off but not all day and I was still eating pretty much everything that I normally did except for hot dogs.  The only similarity so far is that my taste for coffee disappeared.  Maybe (hopefully) it will come back to me after the first trimester.  I do enjoy having my morning cup of coffee for the taste as well as the atmosphere it creates for me.  I don't even mind switching over to decaf coffee if it's better for me (and the Turkey!).  Anyhow, fingers crossed that my days of being really nauseous are over.

the title is self explanatory.

Yes, ^ that.  The Goudies are expecting baby number two aka our Turkey baby.  With a due date of November 25th, there is a great chance this baby will be born right before or after Thanksgiving (but hopefully not during).  We are excited, nervous, happy and scared.  Just when you start getting used to one child, here comes another!  I love pregnancy blogs myself, so I'm going to try to keep this one going the whole 9 months  - er, 7 months since I'm almost 2 months in.

The hardest part about finding out that you are pregnant early is that you can't tell anyone.  I had to keep this huge secret for a few weeks but I'm happy that we finally told our families.  They are excited, as I expected.  My family in particular just seems to be all about procreating lately.  We've had one baby born about every 6 months beginning with my nephew Dylan and now this new one PLUS my sister's little one due in December.  Fun times for sure.

Now, if only this sickness and fatigue would stop kicking my butt.  And so it begins....

A positive pregnancy test that leaves no doubt taken on March 15th.  The bottom test taken two days later.

And, apparently it is much harder to hide subsequent pregnancies as evidenced below.  So even though we haven't made the huge social announcement yet, I won't be hiding it anymore.  :)