15 Weeks

Sunday marked 15 weeks for baby and I!

So far, second trimester hasn't changed much from the first. I still have my nausea and I am still having a lot of trouble with being able to drink enough fluids throughout the day. Some days are better than others, but I really hate the days when I just gag at the thought of drinking anything!

I also have noticed that I LOOK pregnant now...I am sure a lot is still bloat, but I don't look just fat... it is an obvious "hey, she's pregnant" look!  I'm okay, as long as my butt and everything else don't start expanding as well! Lol

We did our hospital tours last weekend, and we decided on which hospital to deliver at. Only complication is that I couldn't get an appointment with those doctors until later in the month, but I needed to have things done before that, so now I have an appointment with the doctors from the other hospital, even though I am not planning on staying with them! Kind of a pain in the butt, especially when we are still in between insurance policies and out of pocket is seriously expensive!

I will have a 16 week ultrasound this coming Tuesday, because the doctors want to keep an eye on my cervix due to a past cervical biopsy I had. They want to watch to make sure my cervix isn't shortening prematurely, which can cause a world of problems for the baby and I. I am praying that everything is going well, because they said if it is shortening, I will need to have a cervix cerclage (which is basically where they stitch your cervix closed under anesthesia and remove the stitch towards the end of your pregnancy). Just the idea of that scares the crap out of me, not only because I hate anesthesia and having your cervix stitched shut can't be pleasant by any standards, but because the shortening of my cervix can cause pre-term labor which is obviously REALLY dangerous at this stage in my pregnancy because Baby Seahorse can't survive without me right now!  STRESS STRESS STRESS!

Anyway...in other news, since it has been a while since my last ultrasound, I decided to try the Doppler that my sister gave me for Christmas. After a lot of stress of not being able to find anything besides my pulse, I finally found baby! Such a beautiful, beautiful sound! I am guilty of listening to the recording multiple times a day now!

Listen to Baby Seahorse's Heartbeat