Baby momma

5 1/2 months and growing...I feel like I'm getting bigger everyday! It's fun though, we're loving all the changes and movements. I'm feeling great, exhausted at the end of the day - but that's to be expected I suppose.

5 months

Wow how time flies! Here we are at 5 months, 4 days and 6 additional pounds (me, not the baby - the baby is only 13 ozs). I shouldn't have bragged about not gaining any weight at my last appointment, I blame our trip to Mexico and the full 3 meals a day. Oh well, I'm not worried about it, I'm enjoying myself! Today we had another ultrasound and got these new pics. of baby Batten. Everything looks good and we're still on track with January 31st, even though the Dr. mentioned Feb. 4th so don't be surprised if s/he doesn't make her debut until February. Grandpa Bill would be happy, the 4th is his birthday! After seeing the baby today I think we've both changed our minds and think we may be having a boy now. It's one or the other right! We'll be happy with either, we just want a healthy baby.

Our trip to Mexico = heartburn

We flew to Mexico last week for Pat & Em's wedding and the baby really kicked during the flight. Mexico also marked the first week of heartburn, Tums are now my best friend! Right before we left for Mexico I had my 4 mo. appointment, which was the standard weigh-in, pee, wait, heartbeat and done. It was nice to have that reassurance before flying and leaving the country! Our next appointment we'll have another ultrasound, I'm so excited to see how big the baby is getting! This is also the ultrasound where they could tell us the sex of the baby, but we've decided to wait. I've always wanted to be surprised and think it's a surprise well worth waiting for!

Here's the bump, I think I'm starting to show don't you?!? It looks bigger here than it does in my 20 week picture, I think it's the dress and all the food!

Latest Update

4 months, 4 lbs., and 3 pairs of maternity pants....Saturday will be 4 months for baby and me and while lying on the couch Monday night watching the Olympics I felt our little swimmer for the first time. It felt just like little flutter kicks, I guess watching Michael Phelps win his 10th gold medal inspired baby Batten. It's so amazing, I'm loving all the little changes I'm going through and I think Ben is really enjoying them too.

2nd Dr. appointment - The Heartbeat!

So Friday was our 12 week check-up, although I was 13 weeks the next day! It was pretty painless, didn't even have to have an exam - thank god! I got to keep all my clothes on too! Pretty much the usual weight, pee in a cup, blood pressure then wait for the Dr. while Ben looks through every pamphlet in the room! Finally after about 15 minutes of waiting the Dr. walks in with a microphone device in his hand and gets right to it! It took him a few minutes to locate, which is kind of unnerving, but when he did it was amazing and speedy. 150 beats per minute, which I'm told anything over 140 is supposedly a girl!

This weekend also marked the first shopping trip for momma clothes. My jeans aren't cutting it these days, the dress pants and shirts are still okay although most days my pants are undone as I drive home! That's all for now...

First Doctor's appointment

Thursday, June 26th our first appointment, nearly 9 weeks pregnant. I've been sick now since 6 weeks so I'm thinking this has got to be a good sign right? Our appointment is at 10:30, I wake up with a knot in my stomach. It's a dark, dreary day and starts down pouring just before Ben comes to pick me up at work. We drive to the appointment, about 4 blocks from where I work in nearly silence. I can tell we're both very nervous. Of course we wait to get called back, then wait for the Dr. to come in, I mean this is agonizing. Finally he comes in, we chit chat go through the routine then he turns the lights off, time for the ultrasound oh god. I think I stopped breathing for a minute until I heard him say "that's what we're supposed to see", I sit up "you see something?" I look at the screen, I see something! We can see the little tiny baby and the flickering heart beat, tears roll down my face I grab Ben's hand we're both so relieved!

As soon as the appointment is over I call mom and tell her that everything was fine, she's going to be a grandma for real this time, she's also very relieved. Then I call Em. Ben is doing the same with his family while I'm getting blood work done. So relieved, but my stomach still hurts. Oh yeah, I haven't had anything to eat today! We grab a quick lunch then back to work it is. When I got back to work there was an all company meeting going on, so I just had to sit there and try to pay attention while grinning from ear to ear.

The secret's out!

Home for the weekend, well Algona actually to stay with Pat and Em in their new house. Ben was going to a Jack Johnson concert in Wisconsin with 2 of his buddies so I loaded up Marley and headed north. When I got to Em's I got the tour and she showed me the room I'd be staying in and on the bed was a card, which I thought was strange. I left it and we went to eat lunch then took Hannah and Hunter to the pool for the afternoon. Chad, Jen and dad were gone on a Harley ride.

After the pool we hung out at Em's for a while before heading to Whittemore to meet up with the bikers and have some dinner. I decided to open this card that was sitting on my bed, it was a "Congratulations to the new addition to the family" card, how the heck did she know?! Well I guess both Chad and Emilie had figured out my secret. They discussed it over drinks the night before I arrived and when Emilie asked mom, mom of course can't lie so she gave it away without even saying anything!

It was nice to finally be able to talk about it with my family, they were all very excited! The next week was my first doctor's appointment so I was a little worried and nervous, but telling my family was comforting and I knew they'd be there for us no matter what happened!