We got our ultrasound date!!

Tonight was my first appointment with the midwives and other pregnant women as a group. Tommy couldn't come because he had to take TJ to a baseball game. He is the assistant coach and feels bad when he can't be there. Plus, I figured that it was the first one so it probably wouldn't be a big deal for him to miss it. Although now, I wish I had asked him to. We don't have them that often, so I hope he can go to the rest.

It was really fun meeting other girls that are all due around the exact same time I am. I do think that I was the oldest in the class though. I was also the only one who has four kids already. This is the first pregnancy for most of them. My sister-in-law's sister was even in the class. That was cool. Of course they all brought someone with them. They had snacks for us to eat while we were there and thank goodness because I think I ate the whole tray of tomatoes by myself. I was STARVING! Oh, by the way, I have only gained one pound since last month, but if I keep feeling so hungry, I'll have gained WAY more by the next appointment. Scary!

Just before class started we all got to go and hear our babies heart beats again. Our baby's heart rate was at 157 tonight. As soon as I heard it I let out a big sigh of relief. It was good to hear it again. I know it sounds dumb but I REALLY needed to hear it tonight. In two days I will be 16 weeks along and now that I have finally made it past the very critical 1st trimester things are finally starting to get exciting. I had such a hard time getting too excited before.

Plus, I felt so pukey sick all of the time that I didn't ever want to do anything. I remember when I first found out I thought that I wanted this 9 months to last FOREVER, just for the experience of it. Then I started feeling sick and was just feeling good to get through the next day. I first started reading every pregnancy book under the sun and pretty quickly anytime I'd even think about reading one, I'd feel like I was going to puke. One REALLY good thing that has come from me being sick though is that I have over come my addiction of FarmVille! I must have played it one too many times when I was feeling like crap because now just thinking about the game literally makes me sick. I know it sounds weird but it's really the truth. Good thing! I have much better things I need to spend my time on the FarmVille.

The day before my 14 week mark I started feeling better. I felt great for 5 days and then had a few bad ones again and since then I only get sick once in a while. Usually when I haven't eaten anything. So now, it's back to being super fun! I love being able to enjoy this. I am still pretty stinking tired all the time, but I am finally starting to make it all the way through the night with out having to get up and pee. So that's good. I love all of the pregnancy symptoms. Smelling everything a mile away is one of my favorites. I have never had a great sense of smell, so it's fun to smell even the faintest scents. My worst though is car exhaust. It makes me dry heave every time.

Anyway, class was fun but I am even more excited about what happened after class. I got my appointment for our 20 week ultrasound. It will be on June 17th. We should be able to find out what the baby is that day. I am SOOOOOOOOOO excited!!!!!!!!! Only a little over 5 weeks from now, I will be able to refer to our baby as a he or she instead of an "it". That will be nice! Well, until next time.....