Thursday, March 11, 2010

Pumpkin

I have one little pumpkin with a beautiful flickering heartbeat!

And up close here it is again!


Little pumpkin is measuring right on time at 6 week 4 daysish with an estimated due day of Oct 31st or Nov 1st!

Although I was suppose to have my eight week full physical done in two weeks, they went ahead and did it today. I started off with a sky high blood pressure as normal and had to wait again to do it a few minutes later when it returned to a normal range. Then I had to strip and get poked and prodded all over including ears, mouth, nose, lungs, breast exam, in addition to a whole infectious disease panel. Hmm, haven't I already done these? Yeah.

Of course I broke out in a sweat and then felt woozy sitting up on the table...then nauseous. The midwife who will be doing all of my ultrasounds in the OB clinic is completely sweet grey haired lady who is a former colonel and also a physician's assistant. She suggested B6 three times a day to help with the nausea which I'm hoping will help return me to my former non-lumpish self.

xoxo

38 comments:

  1. The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

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  2. Aw, that is so precious! Congrats!

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  3. Yay! I am so happy for you! That is such wonderful news.

    Claudia, Kerry's mom

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  4. That's a great looking pumpkin :) Congratulations!!!!

    xxoo

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  5. Aw, pumpkin! How fun you are due on Halloween :) So glad to hear your visit went well.

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  6. What a beautiful little pumpkin! :) I'll call you in a bit.

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  7. what a gorgeous little pumpkin!!!! CONGRATS!!!!!

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  8. Suhwwwwwweeeet! Hope you believe it now! ;)

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  9. Hi Pumpkin... your Mumma is so happy to see you... and we are too...

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  10. Well, hello there, little pumpkin! :)

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  11. What a beautiful little pumpkin!!! Wonderful!!!

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  12. Your best ultrasound appt ever! It looks just perfect.

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  13. Most beautiful little pumpkin! Great U/S pictures! You are so blessed to have this beautiful baby born before the holidays...what a great way to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas! :)

    What MOS is he doing? I still don't know all the lingo...what does MOS stand for, lol?

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  14. He doesn't know what job he will be doing yet? He scored really well on the ASVAB, so I think they are going to wait to let him pick because he can pretty much do anything except intelligence (he was a few points off from scoring enough for that job).

    I will need to look into getting those books. It sounds weird to say I'm going to be an officer's wife! I'm so proud of him!

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  15. Congratulations all over again!

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  16. That is amazing! Congrats on seeing the little heartbeat.

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  17. Yayayayay! So happy for you! :)

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  18. Congrats!!!! So super excited for you!!!

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  19. congrats, isn't that heartbeat the best sound in the world?!

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  20. Absolutely wonderful!

    Take Care and Be Good!

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  21. You know what.... your pregnancy just became so real to me. Seeing your pumpkin made shivers go through my body. I'm so happy for you and so pleased you are finally there. You're amazing and I'm in awe. xx :)

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  22. Wow, it still takes my breath away to see early u/s photos -- it's amazing that the tiny flickering, floating little one in there is rapidly growing into a newborn baby! Your Little Pumpkin is so precious!

    Congrats!!

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  23. Congrats on your precious one! YIPPEE!

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  24. Yay for a little pumpkin! So excited for you!

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  25. Oh, Jen! I am sitting here crying! I know the lengths you have gone to have a child. I also know, from someone who struggled, how excited you were to hear the heartbeat. After my miscarriage, my doc told me that nausea was a great thing! That meant that hormones were high! Good luck! I am praying!
    Love, Amanda Pritchard Coffey

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  26. SO EXCITING!!! with the bonus of a halloween birth!

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  27. Congrats! That's sooo exciting. I can't wait to hear more. I hope you are feeling better!

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  28. Truly amazing a heartbeat in something the size of a blueberry. It is not the picture on my phone--I look at it every morning and pray that it stay nestled in its warm welcoming little nest. G-Ma/or what ever my name will be!

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  29. I meant it is the picture on my phone!

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  30. WOOHOO WOOHOO WOOHOO for a heartbeat! How incrediblly awesome. I'm so happy for you :)

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  31. What an absolutely beautiful picture!!! You're about 5 days ahead of me...looking forward to seeing your progress!

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