Friday, October 2, 2009

Telling the kids



I decided to tell my class last week about the baby when a couple of parents from last year's class came up to me and said that they'd heard my news ( I told the teachers the week before that). I didn't want the parents in my class finding out from random sources that I was pregnant. So we played hangman...HILARIOUS in kindergarten because they only know a few letters and they kept guessing "b" over and over. They finally got it all filled in and only one child got really excited because he's my only reader! I knew he would know before everyone so I had already asked him not to read it aloud. It was very cute because all of them were SO excited when I finally let the one little boy read it to the rest of them. They all screamed and wanted to give the baby hugs. This is definitely one of those times that being in kindergarten is very fun!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Belly week 4 - Taken the day we found out we were expecting!


Belly week 8 - Day of first sonogram

Belly Week 12 - Way bigger! Day of our first OB appt.
We'll post a belly pic each month on the day we go to the doctor!
Daddy week 12...polishing the tv (see why we need a baby to keep us busy??)




First official OB appointment!

We had our first obstetrician appointment today! I went on my own this time because there wasn't too much for Dan to see or hear. I did get to hear the baby's heartbeat today and the nurse said it sounded very strong. It was beating at 159 beats per minute.

The doctor also did some uterus measurements and she said that I'm measuring at 14 weeks even though I'm actually 12 weeks. She said that if I hadn't already had an ultrasound she would have guessed that I was having twins! So if it ever comes up in family trivia, I have an exceptionally large uterus! She said it was no big deal but that the baby has lots of room to float and flip around.

The other really exciting news is that we get to find out what the baby is at 4pm on November 12th! We have no preference but we're really excited to buy stuff and get it all started!

My belly is getting way big, this month brought a lot of changes!