32 Days left: How I Met (or briefly glanced at) Our Baby.

As many of you know on Saturday March 1st was my lovely/awesome/wonderful Bridal Shower where I got to see many of the faces that I love and miss and felt like an only child on Christmas morning with all of the wonderful gifts that I received. There was lots of yummy food including salad, REAL pizza, calzones and a Ketchie Creek cake (don't tell Dewey's!). My amazing sister and her family drove all the way down to NC from NY to throw me this party and spend some time with me and I am very thankful for that! I am still working on my thank you notes.

The next morning I woke up bleeding and my heart stopped. Dusty, Noah and I got dressed and went over to the hospital ER. After waiting FOREVER, 2 ultrasounds (internal and external), checking my urine, checking my blood, a pelvic exam and lots of hours waiting for answers their final prognosis was that I over did it and my cervix got irritated but there was no active bleeding by the time we left so they instructed me to rest and do nothing strenuous.

During the internal ultrasound they determined that the baby was 3 days further along than we originally thought (not a super big change) but right before they finished up the tech turned the screen and showed me my little one! She wasn't allowed to print a picture and I didn't have my phone to sneak a shot but I cried. She couldn't tell me if everything was ok but she did show me that there was a little baby inside me!!

NOT my baby, but a cute little 3 month old elephant in it's mommy's womb!

Unfortunately from this ER trip Dusty got a cold virus and then while I worried about catching that I ended up with a terrible stomach bug. Friday I woke up at 1 am sick and it lasted through late that evening. 1 am on Saturday I woke up bleeding again but tried not to panic, called the on call nurse and they let me know that they believe I have a sensitive cervix and my vomiting strained it a bit but again instructed me to rest, feet up, nothing strenuous. I worry what all of this rest is doing to poor Dusty because with me "resting" he has to do everything and I know it gets very overwhelming. Our apartment got really gross and lets not even discuss the bedroom.

I've been really sore from the stomach bug (chest and shoulder muscles, and my poor esophagus) but no pain in the baby space which is good. I am working on eating food again, Saturday I barely ate half a plain grilled chicken sandwich, yesterday I ate a whole one and some dry cereal. Today has been better, I ate a bowl of cereal with a banana and I am going to have some classic Campbell's Chicken Noodle soup and work on drinking my Smart Water to restore some electrolytes.

We have an OB appointment today at 3pm and I have no idea what to expect from it. I knew the first one was all about them confirming that I'm pregnant, doing a pelvic and guiding me on what I needed to do. I know they will weigh me (which will be a little inaccurate due to my 3 days of barely eating), but besides that I have no clue! I guess I will find out in a few hours.