I took off my wedding ring

I'm so sad right now. I took off my engagement ring about a month ago and now my wedding ring has gone too. With the heat, I was just paranoid that I'd wake up one day and not be able to get my ring off. So now it's safely tucked away with my engagement ring.

I am now wearing a beautiful diamond and sapphire ring Jeff bought me last summer as a temporary replacement both so I don't feel like my finger is naked and so I don't look like an unwed mother-to-be (nothing wrong with that of course, but I'm married and like showing it off!)

Man, sentimentality gets worse with pregnancy!

Our Prune - 10w0d

thebump.com:
With bones and cartilage starting to form and vital organs beginning to function, baby is making major progress. Body length will almost double in the next three weeks, and arm joints are now working. (Soon, legs will too.)

fitpregnancy.com:
Your baby is about 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches long and weighs about a third of an ounce, the size of a peanut. This is a big week for your baby's growth—she'll double in height. At the end of the week, her head and body will be roughly equal in length. This week also starts an active phase for her - she can turn somersaults, roll over, flex her fingers, hiccup, and stretch. You won't be able to feel her movement for another month and a half. She's floating in lots of amniotic fluid. Her limbs are developing from webbed paddles into arms and legs that have well-defined fingers and toes. Fingernails, toenails, and hair follicles are also beginning to form. Your baby's testes or ovaries have developed, though the sex probably won't be visible on a sonogram for at least another month. Intestines have developed at the place where the umbilical cord meets your baby's body. The intestines are now able to make constricting movements, though there won't be anything to digest until later.

1st u/s!!!!

Little Kob is doing very well! We didn't get the exact heart beat measure, but we got to see it in the u/s! You can see the baby all curled up in the pic, head is to the left...tilting your head to the left will allow you to see it better.

I had a classic Jennifer Aniston moment like on Friends- me: "I don't see it!"..."Oh, ok, I see it now", Jeff: "Really?", me: "No, I don't see it!" But I finally saw it!

Our doctor is awesome. He basically said to stop reading the pregnancy books and the internet. I'm pregnant, not dead. I can do almost anything I did before. I'm very excited to get back to lifting, I've felt like crap w/o it. He also mentioned that I could lose weight while pregnant since I'm overweight. I'm happy with that!

Our due date was pushed back to 12/22/09 (we have a thing with the 22nd of the month apparently, we got married on 9/22/07!)

We're really really happy and ready to tell the world!

T minus 2 days

We have 2 days before we know for sure that our baby is alright. That he/she is doing well in there and thriving. I am so nervous. And so excited! I hope with all my heart that everything is alright.

My IL's got me a wonderful gift for Mother's Day and my mom got me the most adorable note set. Jeff took my camera this week for work so I wasn't able to post pics. I will try to do that soon.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Our Raspberry - 8w4d

thebump.com:
Your baby is growing like mad, putting on about a millimeter every day and continuing to straighten out in the trunk. Though you can't feel it yet, baby is moving those little arms, legs and (now only slightly) webbed fingers and toes like crazy.

fitpregnancy.com:
Your baby is now about three-quarters of an inch long. As the embryo enters its fiftieth day of existence, it becomes known as a fetus. A membrane lid covers your baby's eyes. Your baby's muscles are beginning to develop, and she can make tiny movements. Your child's limbs are growing, but her arms and hands are forming more quickly than her legs and feet. The hands are actually still known as "hand paddles" and look just like they sound. Ridges have formed on the paddles, which will soon become well-defined fingers. Your baby is developing little dimples where her knees and ankles will go, and her elbows are becoming visible. This week is when sex characteristics begin to assert themselves, and ovaries or testes will soon appear (though an ultrasound won't be able to detect specific sex organs for another two months or so). Your baby's brain waves can now be detected.

Our Blueberry - 7w5d

thebump.com:
Baby's brain -- both hemispheres! -- is growing fast, generating about 100 new cells every minute. Arms and legs are emerging as joints start to form, and a permanent set of kidneys (baby's third!) is now in place.

fitpregnancy.com:
Your baby is now about the size of your thumbprint: one-half to three-quarters of an inch. Six weeks is barely enough time to start a magazine subscription, but it's enough time for your fetus to develop limbs, tiny fingers and toes, the beginnings of external ear structures, eyelids, an upper lip, the tip of a nose, and intestines! The outer cells of the embryo have grown links to your blood supply.

Darn allergies

I went to the Doctor on Friday because what I thought was a cold was getting worse. My cough was horrible and what I spit up wasn't pretty. She said that it seems like allergies but a pretty bad case of them and said I could take Claritin daily safely during pregnancy. She also said to pick up saline nasal spray. SOLD!

4 days later, I'm still suffering through this cough. Some days it's bad enough to completely eclipse the nausea. I toss and turn all night and I'm relieved when it's time to wake up. I can't stand this. And I have this overwhelming feeling of fluid in my lungs.

But the Doctor didn't seem worried, so I'm thinking I might be overreacting. Either way though, I'll be back in her office by weeks end if this continues. Boo.