Beautiful Sound

When I was pregnant with Brynn, I bought a doppler.  I needed the reassurance baby was ok before she was big enough for me to feel moving.  I broke it out this week and was able to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time!! :)

This last week, friends, co-workers, and my students were made aware of my pregnancy.  I think the fact this is the 4th time I have been pregnant... is making it so I am showing already.  I feel like I look about 16 weeks pregnant instead of 10!  Oh well.... people have even had the courage to ask when I am due without having known for sure I was pregnant!  SO at least it must look like baby belly.

My students are so funny.  They are 13-14 year old 8th graders, so their reactions are priceless.  I decided to just tell my 2nd hour since they are the kiddos I kept having to leave to go to my appts.  I figured once I told them, it would spread like wild fire.  It did.  Every kid has an opinion on a name (most commonly suggested is their own name, and even followed by Jr.  They obviously don't know what Jr. means!)  They have opinions on if it is a boy or girl.  Some even ask questions such as "did you want to have a baby" or "will you breast feed or bottle feed?"  It truly is never dull teaching 8th grade.  It has allowed me to open up a bit more about my pregnancy struggles.  When they are asking questions, sometimes it comes up this is my 4th time being pregnant and I only have 1 living child.... hopefully soon-to-be 2!  They are so sympathetic when they hear that and concerned.  It is so sweet.

Week 10:  I feel like I have a bit more energy.  Still nauseous.  I LOVE Coffee and Diet Coke, and neither have been extremely appetizing to me this trimester.  I hope that changes because I miss them!  My face doesn't seem to be as broken out as it had been... so hopefully that continues.  Hormones and my face don't mix well :)  My gut is still telling me girl.  I really hope we find out before the end of the school year because my students will want to know!

I think I will post a belly pic the next blog entry.

Blogs are funny.  I love reading people's-- because they may be funny, I may relate to them, or just to see a little personal look into someone's life.  I have a hard time though thinking about the number of you who read this and are interested in MY story.  I am doing this in case someone stumbles upon it while doing google searches on pregnancy loss, a way for me to heal through my struggles but also be excited about triumphs, and just so I have a documented journey through all of this.  I think it will be great to share with my kids someday!