Week 7

Truth be told, I am completely confused about how big the baby actually is and how far along I am now. Going to the doctor and getting a new due date has completely thrown me off...not to mention the way they typically count your pregnancy is from your last period, which would make me 8 weeks pregnant today but according to the ultrasound I won't be 7 weeks until Wednesday. Completely confused. So, from now on I'm just going by how big the baby is and this week it will be 7 weeks!

I had my first-trimester screening scheduled for April 13th, but may have to push it back now that my due date has changed and you have to be between 11-13 weeks. I'm also dumping my doctor and rescheduled my first appointment with the midwife at Lakewood for April 28th. Maybe I'll get some answers about how far along I am at one of these appointments! Still no morning sickness or food aversions...I've really wanted bologna and cheese all week, but other than that I'm just really, really tired all the time. It worries me that I'm not sick...not that I want to be, but at least it would make me feel like everything was normal.

Baby Von Bauer has a heartbeat!

We had our follow-up ultrasound today and there is a tiny, tiny little 3 mm baby and a heartbeat! It is at 103, which means it probably juuuust started beating recently. We could see it on the ultrasound and it was this tiny little flashing oval. So weird! You could see it blinking plain as day though!

They moved my due date back to November 11th now that they can measure more accurately when the baby was conceived. I was confused at first, but six weeks ago today was my most fertile day according to the fertility calendar we were using. It worked perfectly! I can do this week over again happily. The doctor also said since my homocysteine levels are normal, she isn't worried about the genetic issues and is considering me a normal-risk pregnancy unless that changes. I am going to try and reschedule my appointment with the midwife now that I know I don't have to see a high-risk doctor. YAY!

Update

Well...it hasn't been a great week. We had a scare last Wednesday with some bleeding and I had an ultrasound done, which was inconclusive. There was everything there except the baby, so they doctor said I could be a week behind what I was thinking...or I could have a blighted ovum, which is basically a pregnancy that begins, but the baby just does not develop. They ran some lab work on Wednesday and again on Friday to check my hormone levels. They typically expect them to double every 48 hours and although mine were up, they were not doubling...so, again, inconclusive. I stopped bleeding on Friday, but I also kind of stopped feeling pregnant, so we've just been playing the waiting game since then. We have another ultrasound on Wednesday and we should be able to see a baby and a heartbeat if things are progressing. If not, I will either have to let myself miscarry or have a D&C.

On top of all that, I was also diagnosed with a genetic mutation called MTHFR that causes blood clots and neural tube defects in pregnancy and can often lead to numerous miscarriages. My mutation is a homozygous mutation of the A1298C gene, which is bad, but not the worst. I had some more lab work done for this and my homocysteine levels are normal, so that greatly helps to reduce my risk, but unfortunately this will be a problem any time I get pregnant. I will most likely have to see a high-risk doctor, but because my homocysteine levels are low I shouldn't have to give myself daily injections of blood thinners which is good because that would SUCK!

Right now we are just waiting until Wednesday...we won't know anything until then and we won't have any answers until we see the ultrasound. I am hoping we will see a little Baby Von Bauer waving back at us, but if not I guess we just see a specialist and do everything we can to make the next pregnancy viable. I'll keep you all posted as soon as we know something on Wednesday.

Baby von Hef

I know we don't even know what we're having, but I feel pretty confident in Bob so when I saw this adorable little Polo robe at TJMaxx yesterday I went ahead and bought it since I haven't let myself buy anything else yet. I figure even if it does turn out to be a girl, it's just something we use at home and it has very little blue on it anyway. I showed it to Derek and he about flipped out...he LOVES Polo stuff. LOL!

Week 6

Tomorrow morning, Baby Von Bauer will turn 6 weeks old and grow to the size of a sweet pea!

Today was the first day I've really felt nauseous, but I'm not sure if that was because of the buttery popcorn at the movie or if it was actual morning sickness. I guess we'll see tomorrow. I've also been very puffy and fat looking which is NOT fun. I feel like I am retaining every bit of fluid that goes in my mouth in my lower stomach and face. Even so, I guess that's okay because it's for a good reason, right?
RIGHT?

Our first appointment with the midwife is a week from Tuesday and it feels like Christmas.

P.S. Scroll to the bottom, the tickers updated! It looks like a T-Rex with those little arms!

Bob says...

It's a boy!

I asked Sis to ask Bob if he would try and read me to see if he could tell what the baby was going to be. She told him and he didn't say anything for awhile and then later that night he said, "What does Ashley want?" and Sis told him she wasn't sure, but that Pete really wanted a girl. He said, "Well I think Pete's going to be disappointed because I see a boy." Then he asked if I was married if my husband was smart because he said he kept seeing a smart man and it was the baby's father. He said this man's baby was a boy and was going to be very intelligent. Yay for smart lil Aston Roth!!!

For those of you who don't know Bob, he's my aunt's friend who can read people...kind of like a psychic. The other day he told Sis that my mom needed to go to the doctor and have her left lung checked out because there was something wrong, but that it was treatable. He hadn't seen mom recently, but just had a feeling. Mom went to the doctor and turns out she had bronchitis!

So it will be a lot of fun to see if Bob's right...I kind of already feel like I've had my ultrasound though!

My Ticker is Cracking Me Up!

LOL...if you scroll down to the very bottom of the page there are two tickers that automatically update each week/day. The one on bottom that has rainbow colors says something funny each week and it just changed today. LOL! It is cracking me up. Now I can't wait to see what funny thing it says each week.