17 Weeks

How far along? 17 Weeks, 1 day

Total weight gain? like, 12 lbs already!

Symptoms? No more nausea!  Thank goodness!

Baby Size:  A turnip

Sleep? Still pretty good.

Best Moment last week? Since I apparently haven't done this for 5 weeks, I'll give you lots of good moments.  We found out the gender, got to hear the heartbeat again, and I've been feeling kicks.

Movement? Yup.  Not often, but definite.

Food Cravings? Nope.  I'm constantly hungry, but nothing sounds good.  

What I miss? Yup, still missing drinking.  I'd just about kill for a bottle of Moscato.

What I am looking forward to? The anatomy scan at the end of the month.

Milestones? 17 weeks is pretty darn good.

How is Daddy? Who knows?  He's been working so much, I only see him to say good morning and good night.

In case you're wondering.....it's a BOY!  

12 Weeks, 1 Day

How far along? 12 Weeks, 1 day

Total weight gain? haven't checked

Symptoms? Nausea is marginally better.

Baby Size:  A Large Plum

Sleep? Sleeping fine

Best Moment last week? Had another ultrasound Monday to check ovaries, but got to see the baby and hear the heartbeat.

Movement? Can't feel anything, but at the ultrasound I got to see the baby stretch, turn over, and jump like he/she was surprised

Food Cravings? Food is still pretty gross.  

What I miss? Not feeling sick.  Being able to go on walks and play with Cate.  Drinking.

What I am looking forward to? Learning the gender.  We did the blood test that tells us early, so i should know by next Friday.

Milestones? I've made it 12 weeks without throwing up!

How is Daddy? Still suggesting Shadow Overlord as a name.    

11 Weeks

How far along? 11 weeks

Total weight gain? 5-ish pounds

Symptoms? Nausea is marginally better.  Dreams are still nuts.  Absolute exhaustion.  Boobs hurt.

Baby Size:  Lime!

Sleep? Sleeping fine

Best Moment last week? I slept all week, so that was nice.

Movement? too soon

Food Cravings? I don't want food at all.  Forcing myself to eat at this point.

What I miss? Not feeling sick.  Being able to go on walks and play with Cate.

What I am looking forward to? Monday's appointment.  We're getting one more  ultrasound to check the size of my ovaries, but we'll get to hear the heartbeat.

Milestones? I've made it 11 weeks without throwing up!

How is Daddy? Getting a little more excited, I think.  Can't tell though.    

I missed posting last week for 10 weeks.  Like I said, I slept all week!  

9 Weeks, 1 Day

How far along? 9 Weeks, 1 Day

Total weight gain? I forgot to check

Symptoms? Still the nausea.  I'm so tired of it.  And the vivid pregnancy dreams are wearing me out.

Baby Size:  Green Olive

Sleep? Can't get enough!  Sleeping pretty well too, thanks to the anti-nausea stuff.  Except for the stupid dreams.

Best Moment last week? I actually had two days when I felt decent!

Movement? too soon

Food Cravings? milk and sushi.  Not together though.

What I miss? Not feeling sick.  Being able to go on walks and play with Cate.

What I am looking forward to? The next sonogram.  I've been getting extras, thanks to the OHSS, so the next sonogram is at just over 11 weeks.  I never get tired of those.  We'll finally get to hear the heartbeat, and hopefully see that my freaking ovaries have shrunk.

Milestones? I've made it 9 weeks and 1 day without throwing up! 

How is Daddy? Tired of me being sick, I think.  Also dead set on naming the baby Shadow.  No.  

8 Weeks, 2 Days

How far along? 8 Weeks, 2 Days

Total weight gain? 3 lbs

Symptoms? Ugh.  Nausea.  I'm so not good with the nausea.  Of course, I'm sure a lot of it is caused by the OHSS, but since there's no way to differentiate between morning sickness and OHSS related nausea....  Also, my boobs hurt.  A lot.  

Stretch Marks? I think I'm going to delete this question.  How on earth am I supposed to see new ones in all the old ones from Cate????

Sleep? I love it.  It's the best thing in the whole world.  I'd sleep all day if I could.  Of course, I have the super-awesome vivid dreams, but still.

Best Moment last week? Telling Cate.  She was so excited.  She couldn't wait to tell everyone she saw "my mommy has a baby in her tummy, and I'm going to be a big sister!"

Movement? too soon

Food Cravings? Right now, I'm usually lucky if anything sounds good.  Did go through a phase where I wanted salsa on everything, but that was before the nausea hit.  

What I miss? drinking.  haha

What I am looking forward to? The next sonogram.  I've been getting extras, thanks to the OHSS, so the next sonogram is at just over 11 weeks.  I never get tired of those.  We'll finally get to hear the heartbeat, and hopefully see that my freaking ovaries have shrunk.

Milestones? I've made it 8 weeks and 2 days without throwing up! 

How is Daddy? Not quite as excited as I am yet....I don't think it's sunk in for him.  

Uhhhhhh

Well... Hi...

It's been four years of radio silence from my end...and even longer since I posted anything relevant.

But...

Here I am.  Posting on a nearly defunct blog.  Probably writing to myself, since I'm sure followers have long since moved on.  But I'm trying to calm myself down, and I know that this is the best way to do it.

Cate is 5 years old.  She's finishing her third week of Kindergarten as we speak.  And now, finally, we are trying for number 2.  We start Sunday.

Holy crap.  Seriously.  AF should start on Sunday, I should start Clomid on Tuesday, and sometime around the 22nd, we'll do the IUI.

It doesn't seem real.  This time around it seems thrown together.  Very spur of the moment.  Maybe because we're doing the IUI through my OB/GYN instead of an RE.  I don't know.

....wish me luck.

Half Life

I realize I've kind of dropped off the face of the earth the past few months.  And this is not the post for me to update everyone. 

Today marks the 14th anniversary of my dad's death.  I have officially lived half my life without my father.

Although I thought this was crazy to think about, I thought I was ok with it.  But today, when I had my students write letters to their dads (like I do every year on this day) I started crying when telling them why they were writing. 

Apparently, 14 years isn't enough to get over missing your dad.