Hearing Baby's Heartbeat

Just a quick post to say Baby C is doing fine. I had an OB appointment with the Physican's Assistant that works in my OB's office on Monday and she hooked up the little ultrasound wand with speakers and I got to hear the baby's heartbeat. Going strong at 155 beats/minute! My next visual ultrasound will be January 27 where we will hopefully be able to tell the gender of the baby.

By the way...I LOVE the Physician Assistant that works in my OB's office (look at older posts regarding my initial experiences with doctors outside of my infertility doc's office)! She listened to me, gave me some great advice, and seemed genuinely happy to have her job. Still haven't actually met my OB...strange, huh? Just timing. I would have met him yesterday but he's off for the holidays. I'll meet him in January.

Baby's good...Mommy, not so much...

Okay, okay, I'll do another post. I've been away from posting for a while because I don't want to fill up the blog with negativity...and I haven't had much good to say since the last post. I am still SO sick! Another trip to the ER, another trip to the doctor to change medications (which seems to be helping a bit), and a ton of nausea, gagging, and heaving! So much fun!

That being said, there have been several positives since the last post. Thanksgiving week was in there and we drove to Phoenix to see Scott's family. It was really good to see them, and I had a better than usual week (which just meant I was able to be social for little spurts of the day and eat five bites of Thanksgiving dinner) for most of it (the drive home on Sunday was AWFUL!). For those that don't know, Scott's Mom had a stroke in July and is still not getting around - but is making progress! So, everyone pitched in and made a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner!

Another absolutely wonderful series of events since my last post is that our friends banded together to bring us dinner once a week. Lisa, Mark, and Dylan came the first week. It was so good to socialize a little and feel normal for a couple of hours! They brought a great pasta dish, salad, and garlic bread. We ate leftovers for days! It was fabulous!

Julie, Gerald, and Jilly came over the next week with meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and salad. She made so many mashed potatoes that we are still nibbling on them! She made both the meatloaf and mashed potatoes with "hidden" vegetables. I am going to have to get that book! Everything was delicious and Jilly was thoroughly entertaining!

Tonight Danielle, Craig, and Natty P come to visit with lasagna - YUM! And in a couple of days, Tracy, Jeff, Kaylie, and Ellie will visit! For those of you who never experienced Hyperemesis of Pregnancy, you have NO idea how WONDERFUL it has been to have everyone cook for us! This week is especially good timing since Scott just had knee surgery yesterday and is completely laid up. Fortunately, I'm able to get around a little better than usual, just don't look at the state of our house!

Thank you to everyone for your calls of concern and support!