Names - 16 weeks

Brian and I have not discussed names very often mainly because we can't agree on names. He has two favorites which I really do not like.

His boy name is Thatcher. I like the name Thatcher, but I do NOT like Thatcher Bone. Say it....it will make you laugh. The poor kid will get made fun of all of his life. Brian says he will get made fun of regardless, and Thatcher is a family name....still I'm veto-ing it. When I tell people that's his choice, they think he's playing....but he's serious, that is his choice for a boy's name.

He girl name is Meghan. I think Meghan is a very pretty name, but being a teacher, I have taught several Meghans. There are just so many of them, and they all spell it different. Is it Megan, Meghan, Meggan, Magan, and how do you say it? Is it M"egg"an or M"ay"gan?

Because I don't like either of his two choices, having the name conversation has been difficult. He just tells me to pick since I don't like his choices. Last night though, we finally discussed names. We agreed on a boys name right away.....Brian's response was of course we agree on a boys name because it's going to be a girl. I THINK we have the girl's name narrowed down to two.

I can't wait to find out what it is so that we can start calling him/her by name.

Sleep

I can't believe that finding comfortable sleeping positions is already hard. I wake up several times a night either because I'm uncomfortable or because I have to go to the bathroom. I can't believe it's already starting! I can't imagine what it's going to be like in 4 months if it's already this hard.

Baby Willow

I copied an email from Dee about a dream she had.....

"I had a dream Sunday night that I was visiting ya'll at a hospital to celebrate the baby - it was a girl and you had named her "Willow" (I have no idea where this came from??? who knows, it was a dream after all!!!) and she had a head full of dark hair."

I am excited to find out in Jan what we are having. It doesn't matter to me. Brian thinks we are having a girl because "it looks like a girl in the ultrasound." I don't know how it could look like a girl, but apparently, it does. I keep telling him that I hope he's not disappointed (I know he won't be). The other night he responded back "I hope YOU'RE not disappointed." I asked how I would be disappointed and he said "When I'm right."

Dec 15 Appointment - 15 weeks

Went to the doctor yesterday for the monthly checkup. The nurse found the baby's heartbeat right away. It was 150.

One tradition that I want to start this year is giving an ornament to our child at each Christmas and when he/she gets married, they will get all of their ornaments. I ordered an ornament today that will hold the ultrasound picture.

We go back to doctor Jan 4 when we will find out the gender of the baby.

Maternity Clothes - 15 weeks

Yesterday was the first day I wore a complete outfit that was maternity clothes. I am still in that "middle" stage....not quite big enough for maternity clothes, but too big for my regular clothes. I have lots of friends that have loaned me clothes to wear and tonight I separated them all. Some are still too big too wear, but I know I will need them before too long.

Heartbeat - 14 weeks

We have a friend who loaned us Dopplar so that we could hear the heartbeat when we wanted to. We've tried several times but haven't been able to find it, but we didn't panic because we had heard that it was hard to find early in the pregnancy.

Wednesday night, we tried again just out of curiousity. After about 10 minutes, we found it and it was loud and strong. We called both of our parents so that they could hear it too. It was so reasurring to be able to hear it.

I was supposed to have an ultrasound today at the pregnancy resource center but they had to cancel because the nurse was sick. I do have a doctor's appointment Tuesday though.

12 weeks - 11/21/09

We have made it to 12 weeks! This has been the LONGEST 9 weeks of my life.

A brief history…I have had three miscarriages in the last two and half years. After several tests, the doctor determined that my body was low on progesterone, so I have been taking progesterone since May.

I found out I was pregnant September 23. I told Brian by texting him a picture of the pregnancy test. I didn’t make a doctor’s appointment until October 15 (I would be right at 8 weeks) because I knew there was nothing the doctor could do anyway.

At the 8 week appointment, every thing looked fine. I went back at 10 weeks and again everything looked fine. At the 10 week appointment, we heard the heartbeat with the Doppler. I asked if they were sure it was the baby’s and not mine. The nurse said she was sure but asked if I would rather see it. Of course Brian and I both said yes, we’d rather see it., so we got to see the baby on ultrasound. He/she waved at us. Brian said she looks like a girl. To me, it looks like a big head.

Then, at the 12 week appointment, we heard the heartbeat again. Everything is fine.

I have had nausea and sickness since I found out and I have been VERY tired. Fortunately, I usually get sick at night and not in the morning. I have been going to bed around 8, sometimes even as early as 6. I have also had a horrible metallic taste in my mouth for the past two weeks.

We are excited. I’m not sure I’ll ever get over the scared feelings each time I go to the doctor, but I know God is in control.

We go back to the doctor in a month, and then two weeks after that, we’ll have an ultrasound to determine the gender of the baby

Welcome!

I am starting this blog to keep up with all of the Adventures that the Bone family will soon encounter. We are ending the year 2009 with exciting news that we will finally become parents in June.
This is a picture of me and Brian taken the Saturday before we found out we were pregnant on Wednesday.