First Trimester!

Now that the word is out that I'm pregnant, I can catch up with my blog posts! The past few months have been real rough for me. Morning sickness is definitely an all day thing, that I did not enjoy. Luckily I had Curtis by my side the whole time, and let me tell you he did absolutely EVERYTHING for me while I was sick. Made dinner, cleaned, watched endless shows, grocery shopped, etc.  I don't know what I would have done without him there to help out. 

Now I'm 13 weeks and starting to feel better! Still a little nauseous occasionally but I can eat most foods again which is really nice. Especially meat, that was one thing I knew my body needed but there was no way I could touch it. Unless it was in a Taco Bell taco which was the only thing that sounded good when I was really sick. If you know me, you know I hate Taco Bell, so this is definitely Curtis' child inside of me :) 

The doctor that I go to doesn't see you until you are 12 weeks along. How cruel is that? For the first 12 weeks I felt miserable but wasn't able to get any joys of hearing a heartbeat or getting an ultra sound. They tested my blood but that was it. All I wanted was some validation for why I felt sick, the pregnancy test wasn't enough. I wanted real proof that there was a human growing inside of me! Everyone said I knew I was pregnant and that should be enough, but it wasn't....I just felt like I was sick for no reason. 

Needless to say, by the time it was my first ultrasound I was so nervous that they would find something wrong! I couldn't sleep the night before and was shaking all day at work up until it was time to go. Curtis stayed so calm throughout all of it which was good because it balanced out my craziness! The doctor turned out to be one of the sweetest people and I'm so glad that I go to her. She answered all of my questions calmly and did everything to make me feel comfortable. Then we did the ultrasound! First things first, the heart...I wasn't sure what she was doing until she finished and said here you go, your baby has a nice strong heartbeat. That alone was the biggest relief I could have gotten. Then I looked at the monitor and saw the little baby just chillin and got really excited. I made her count all the limbs twice to make sure that they were all there, and then lil babes waved to us! I instantly felt so much better about everything! It wasn't until I was looking at the pictures when I got home that it actually clicked that it was inside my belly growing. It was the best realization :) 

And now because I can't help it, here are some of the pictures we got back from the visit! So excited to welcome lil babes into our lives this Halloween!