My 19 weeks of happiness

So on Aug. 10 I took a pregnancy test just for heck of it. I was only a day late, but I thought maybe this was it after a few months of negatives. To my disbelief a big o positive showed up!!! I was in shock for a few. Andrea was the only one with me, and I just told her, "your going to be a big sister". She thought it was the funniest thing in the world. I called Beto up at work, and I told him "guess what"?, and he couldn't figure it out, and than finally he said "you're pregnant". I was so excited to reply yes. After hanging up with him I just started imagining what life would be like with two kids under 2 in the house. A part of me was very nervous, but a big part of me couldn't contain my excitement.

The next few weeks were overall quiet. The summer was coming to an end, and I had some sickness, and I was tired, but I never felt the way I did with Andrea. I figured it had to be a boy. :) I kept about my business, taking care of Andrea and Xavier. Somedays I couldn't wait for Andrea's 8pm bedtime so I can go to sleep with her, and other days I was ok.

It was finally time to see the heartbeat for the first time on Sept. 29th. I was exactly 7weeks and 2 days. There was my little munchkin with a strong heartbeat. I never can get tired of that feeling. Something so little, yet so full of life growing inside of me. Dr. couldn't get the greatest picture of the baby so she promised another one in a month. I love Dr. Deaver, she is simply one of the best Dr. out there.

So at the end of Oct. it was time to see babies heart beat again!! I was 11week 2 days than. There was my precious little bean getting bigger and bigger. This time Dr. Deaver got a good picture, and once again there was my bean's heartbeat nice and strong. I made my appt. for the next month. I was told I couldn't have a VBAC, and c-section was the way to go. I was a bit disappointed with that news, but at the end of the day all that mattered was that I had a healthy baby. I felt a little odd picking out my kids birthday though.

At the 15 week appt. we weren't going to get to see baby's heartbeat through the ultrasound. Dr. Deaver was just going to listen through the doppler since I was already 15 weeks. Well, baby didn't think that was good enough. Dr. tried looking and looking, and just couldn't find it. I honestly wasn't worried because the same thing happened with Andrea at my 15 week appt. Dr. Deaver had me go to the room with the ultrasound machine, and after looking for the baby she finally found it hiding way low on one side, but the heartbeat was there nice and strong. I never in my wildest dreams would have thought that was the last time I would see my baby's heart actually beating.

By this point I was way tired by the end of the day. I had been in my maternity jeans for over a month, and it was clear I was pregnant. The warm days of summer and fall were gone, and everyone was prepping for the holidays. I was just thinking of my BIG U/S so we could find out the sex, and see what we were going to need to buy.

2 weeks after my last Dr. visit Andrea became very ill with croup. We ended up taking her to the ER for some breathing treatments. It was a very nerve wrecking time, but thankfully she got better very quickly. I however, ended up terribly sick. I was treated for the H1N1 flu. It was the longest week of my life. I couldn't get out of bed without feeling like I was going to pass out. Dr. Deaver kept in close contact with me, and finally I started to get better. It took almost another week to fully recover my strength back. I was just thankful to God that I was feeling so much better, and I was starting to count down the days till the big u/s. I even was starting to feel what I thought were kicks. I was getting used to the idea of having 2 kids under 2, and I was really starting to plan how things were going to be. I couldn't believe I was already halfway through my pregnancy. Our big ultrasound was scheduled for 11/24/2009 at 130pm.