#8w0d

[scoutmeout-blog]

The ultrasound put Jellybean at 7w2d (late ovulation), which means I'm 8 weeks today! Their little heartbeat was 152 (and yes, I cried when I saw it) and they were wiggling around ever so slightly on the ultrasound. I'm doing relatively okay, symptom wise. Barely had morning sickness, the main things are fatigue and weirdly specific cravings. Like a grilled cheese at 4am. Brandon is super excited at the prospect of being a dad. I've never seen him more excited about anything. I have my medicaid interview on the 22nd, so hopefully that goes smoothly because I would kind of like to have healthcare this pregnancy. Other than that, things are going smoothly and all I do is eat.

[igeekoutalot]

I had a.. umm, very vivid dream about my obgyn last night and I have an appointment with him tomorrow and I'm just going to be looking at him like 😳😂

[wannabe-pinterest-mom]

I'm 8 weeks pregnant today!

I'm nauseous and tired all the time and I cry at nothing but with depression and anxiety I'm used to that lmao I had my checkup and doc said me and peanut are normal and doing fine. I don't have to go back to the OB waiting room for 3 weeks 😀😀 My MIL went a little "baby crazy" and bought us SO MUCH STUFF. She's so excited and she and I get along really well so it's nice to be able to be giddy and happy with her; I know not all girls are lucky enough to like their ma-in-law. We've got a crib now, as well as a stroller/carseat combo, and a bouncy seat! It's still early, but she got everything at a really good price so she said she had to go for it lmao we've also got some diapers and wipes that were on sale! It's never too early to stock up on those 😅 C and I have been talking names a lot lately and I feel like we're narrowing it down more and more. I'm still hoping for a boy but we won't know that until the end of March! Which, actually, isn't really that far away at all lmao

[solomum]

[handebabyandme]

8w0d con’t.

Basically everyone that I know has gone to their first OB appointment around this time and had their first ultrasound/heard the heartbeat, etc. The military is kind of notoriously stingy with their ultrasounds so I’m not even sure that I am going to get one when I go for my first appointment that’s scheduled in the middle of my 11th week.

I read all of these things online about missed miscarriages and I personally know several people who have had them. At this point in the pregnancy, I just really need to hear baby E’s little heartbeat. I know that hearing a heartbeat does not mean that I can rule out miscarriage entirely, but I think it would make me feel a lot better to know if the baby is measuring on time and has a strong heart beat.

There’s a really cute, reputable little maternity spa that also does 2D, 3D, and 4D ultrasounds (for a fee of course) that tons of people in our area have used since most doctors here won’t do an ultrasound until closer to 20 weeks. I went ahead and booked an appointment for a short, heartbeat detection ultrasound that I’ll have on Wednesday when I am 8w4d.

Of course, if everything is good to go I’ll post the little pictures they give us and the audio of the heartbeat, since they’ll be sending us home with a disk.

[handebabyandme]

8w0d

I had a dream last night that I had a miscarriage and divorced my husband because he didn’t get me to the ER quickly enough. I know we have another month to go before we are out of the early miscarriage danger zone, but I’m feeling a little bit better now that we’ve made it to 8 weeks. I don’t know why, but 8 weeks seems significant to me. It’ll be another 2 weeks before I have my first prenatal appointment but I’m feeling really good.

I’m still sleeping 10-11 hours per night and getting tired when we go out but the fatigue hasn’t been quite as bad as it was when I first found out that I was pregnant. I did have another small dizzy spell the day before yesterday but other than that it hasn’t been an issue. My blood pressure is still within normal ranges so that’s good.

I have not really had any additional spotting since I had those few drops of blood around week 5. I did have some pinkish brown discharge after sex the other day but it was only once and then it totally went away, which I have been told is relatively normal and probably just due to cervical irritation.

My breasts are still sore on and off and getting larger by the day. I didn’t really have any cravings this past week and zero food aversions or nausea. Light, intermittent cramping is still happening but has lessened a lot since week six. My acne is out of control but that’s been the case basically since conception, before I even knew I was pregnant.

If this thing sticks, I’m one of the luckiest women that I know with relatively few unpleasant symptoms with this pregnancy.

[lunarmomma]

Week 8! I'm loving the teeny tiny baby hand...