Ultrasound Photo As Promised

Ultrasound 7/27

We officially graduated from the RE in KC this morning!

Baby O measures in at 7 wks 2 days and is doing great. Our estimated due date is March 13, 2010. His/her heartbeat was a whopping 160 bpm. I didn't think we would be able to, but we got to hear its heartbeat this morning! One of the coolest moments of my entire life. We now are dealing with our OB/GYN in Topeka. It feels a little strange...after going to KC for so long that these doctors and nurses start to feel like family. I know Dr. Teply and he's a great doctor and his nurses are great too. It just feels like our safety net is gone. Weird I know.

Anyway, we have pictures, but our Internet isn't hooked up at the new house yet so once it is then I will scan the pictures in and post them, hopefully tomorrow.

Hope everyone is doing well!
Love, Haley

Morning, afternoon, and evening sickness...

Sorry I haven't written in a few days. I have become a walking Pepto-Bismol commercial...nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach...check. I haven't been able to keep anything down except yogurt, whole wheat bagels, and crackers with peanut butter. After last night, yogurt is no longer on that list after I took one bite and ran to the bathroom and threw up everything I'd eaten since six. I have come to the conclusion that a man came up with the name "morning sickness." It sure doesn't contain itself to the morning. It's morning sickness, noon sickness, afternoon sickness, evening sickness, and midnight sickness. I finally stopped feeling bad about midnight last night and started again about 7:30 this morning when I woke up. I ate a bagel felt a little better and then an hour and a half later my stomach started revolting. My biggest fear right now is that I can't keep my vitamins down. Right now is the crucial period where vital organs and spinal cord are forming and folic acid is crucial. I'm going to try and take them at a different time of the day and see if it helps. I tried Starlight Peppermints (thanks K!) and they worked for a while, but last night I got sick when I put one in so I think I will stay away from those for a while. I am going to go and track down 'preggo pops' and try those (thanks Court!) Any other suggestions are most welcome!

Updates

We have had a busy couple of weeks. We went to Jeff's parents house over the weekend and enjoyed seeing the family, as well as our good friends, especially the Neys.

A few things to update everyone on...

1. Jeff is no longer going to Minnesota this week. The meeting is for Midwest Taqueria stations and supposedly his is the best in this part of the nation (according to his boss) so there is no need for him to go. So while it was cruddy timing for him to be gone, we are excited he will be staying in town to help gear up for the move.


2. We are now closing on the house on Wednesday instead of Friday. We changed it because we thought that Jeff would be out of town on Friday, but as it turns out there was no need. Oh well...at least it will be done early. The sellers also compromised and agreed (after we told our realtor to tell them that they signed a legally binding contract stating they would do what they were trying to get out of) that they would pay us the difference in closing costs. Whatever works for us, money is money!


3. Our ultrasound is still Monday the 27th...a week from tomorrow! So excited to see our baby and see that little heartbeat flashing...just got to cool my jets and wait seven more days...harder than it sounds!

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Love to you all...

~Haley

My grandma lied to me...

So my grandma and I had a conversation last week about how morning sickness doesn't run in our family and I believed her. She told me she herself never had a stitch of morning sickness. Anyone who has asked how I am feeling lately, I have replied "Great! Really haven't had anything bad at all." I have happily gloated these past two weeks about how great I am feeling and how I really had escaped the dreaded queasiness (for the most part) and vomiting...Haha not so fast Haley Olson.

This morning I woke up to take the dog out and felt like I was dying. No exaggeration. I dry heaved a couple times then stumbled to the kitchen cabinets for some Ritz crackers and a bottle of water. The crackers felt like sandpaper going down my dry, irritated throat, and the water hit my stomach and instantly came back up along with last night's dinner. I thought maybe I would try some milk. Growing up milk always settled my stomach and made me feel better. I didn't even get a swallow down. The smell of it made me vomit again. No, milk is not an option for the next couple of weeks.

I have googled ways to cope and came up with a couple of things, but for the most part it seems like I will just have to ride it out. Could be interesting since I go back to school next Monday to start setting up my classroom...maybe I will just get use to it and it won't put me down for the count every day? Luckily kids don't come back until August 12, so maybe by then it won't be so bad.

I would love to hear stories from people who have gone through this themselves, or who know someone who has. Any remedies are welcome! I'm going to go try and stuff some more crackers in my stomach so I have something in there. Wish me luck!

Some new pictures of the kiddos...

Sleepy kiddos...

The kids playing nice for once!!!

Sleepy Bella with her favorite toy, the pheasant daddy gave her...

Dutchess not really caring for the flash on the camera.

I interrupted her nap...Her mean look :)

Week in Review

So I'm getting increasingly more worried that I will have more than one child...As you can see from the picture my stomach isn't huge, but it definitely is bigger. I'm trying to console myself by telling myself that this was right after I'd eaten Mexican and my stomach was just full of air. It might also have been the way I was standing. Jeff says he thinks I was pushing it out. I smacked him for saying that. (don't worry, not hard).

He's being so good right now! He has been reading my what to expect books and actually suggested going to Barnes and Noble and getting a book on recipes for healthy eating during pregnancy. He is going to make such a good dad :) I'm going to miss him when he goes to Minnesota.

So on the symptoms front:

• I have started having to go to the bathroom a lot! It's a vicious cycle...I drink water and then I have to go, especially at night. Pretty much every hour I am up and in the bathroom. I think I see the bathroom more than anywhere else in my house right now. I don't want to drink that much water, but my body is so thirsty right now!
• I've started to feel slightly nauseous in the morning, but nowhere near actual "morning sickness" yet.
• When I get hungry, I turn into a crazy person, ready to kill the person that stands between me and my next meal. I have been known in the past couple of days to be on the verge of tears if it will be some time before I can eat. Since then I have learned to keep a Ziploc bag of Wheat Thins around to munch on.

Still have two weeks until the ultrasound...going to be so hard to wait! Well, Baby is screaming at me to eat again, so I need to go. Have a great day!