This and That...

Thanks for all the well wishes! I am still realizing this whole thing is really happening. This pregnancy has been very different from my last two.  First off I was able to get pregnant with out all the extra medical help and waiting that I needed for Braden & Berk.  Second, and most fantastically, I have not been sick. Now this is not to say that I have not been puky and tired and in general felt just gross. But for the most part I have felt really good. I could hardly look at the ultrasound at my appointment for fear that it was all a big mix up.  If you were around me when I was pregnant with Braden, but more so with Berk then you know how sick I get. I get ill. I lost nearly 20 pounds in my first trimester with Braden and I puked everyday till I was 7 months. With Berk I was even more sick, but somehow managed to still gain weight. I still don't know how, since I swear my diet for 6 months was red Poweraide and crackers. With Berkley I was so sick so early, I missed that trip to Hawaii! I puked everyday until I had him - all day really.

So with this baby I had the thought, "Oh, this is how people have ten kids" I totally got it. I keep telling Rusty that when I say I am having a bad day it is on a different scale than the others. Most the time I cant even complain because I am so grateful that I can go into my kitchen, eat anything I want and rarely see it again. Having bad seasonal allergies has been kinda nice since my super smelling power is null.  A few firsts this pregnancy include restaurant dining, movie going and traveling in a car without incident! Big deals for me!

As I leave my first trimester behind I am excited to finally have a little energy back. I am dismayed that the whole "you show really early with your third" is actually true!  I am already bustin out the Belly Bands so I can get my jeans on and I am searching the Internet for a few more swimming suits. I really do plan on living in the pool this summer. I just wish if the weather was going to be this hot that the pool could warm up too!

Finally, this week marks two important things for us. 

1. It is the 6 year anniversary of Braden's first Open Heart Surgery 

2. It is Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week

One of the 'perks' to having a heartbaby is the extra testing I have to have with each subsequent baby. Next week I go in the the perinatologist for the first of a couple tests I will have there and then in about 6 weeks I will head back to the pediatric cardiologist for a fetal echo. These tests are pretty cool and easy to do. And always nice to know that the heart looks good. I am grateful as always that Braden had such an incredible outcome to his heart story. If anyone missed it, there are links on the side to his Heart Journey and other CHD sites.

Fingers crossed, I would really love this baby to be a girl- but I also feel like I would be fine with all boys. Being the only Princess in the house has it's perks!