Appt #3 - 13 weeks

OK, so maybe this pregnancy thing isn't so bad afterall. :) I feel pretty dang good! No nausea, no nose bleeds (knock on wood), and I'm starting to get my appetite back. The first trimester is OVER!!!!!! *dance of joy*

At today's appointment we heard the heartbeat (the doctor has this cool Doppler that is like a speaker with a mic attached to it - when he presses the mic to my belly we can hear the heartbeat) and the heartrate was 149, which the doctor said was good (he said anything from 130 to 160 was good). He actually had a tough time finding the heartrate at first because we'd just hear these random SWOOSHes.... he said that was the baby kicking. So looks like he agrees with the sonographer that this is an active baby. I was kinda hoping for a mild-mannered quiet baby (ok, not "kinda" hoping) but I should have known better with the genes Ken and I have passed on!

I'm down about 10 lbs from my weigh-in at my prenatal class (April 6th), but he's not at all concerned about that. Neither am I. :) He said as long as I gain at least 10 lbs overall, he's happy. My goal is still 15 lbs, but 10 would be even better! We'll see. I wonder how much weight I would be down if my boobs hadn't already increased by a million sizes in these 13 weeks.

Next appointment is June 22nd. At this one they'll do the usual doppler, urine test, blood pressure, and weight. I think that's when they'll start measuring my belly? It's supposed to grow 1 cm per week (eegats!). There's also this optional blood test they can do that will detect down syndrome and spinal abnormalities, but I think we're going to skip it. I mean, there's nothing they can do to correct either of those problems if they exist, so why stress over it? Ignorance is bliss.

Then the appointment after that (which will be sometime in late July) will be the "big" appointment where we get the second ultrasound and learn what gender the baby is. They also check the heart and brain and spine and probably many other things. So let the waging begin! Male or female....?

Oh yeah - HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLYTHE!!!! :)

Pregnancy = bloody noses???

I just had my second bloody nose in less than a week! Before this week, I don't think I've had a bloody nose since elementary school. I looked it up (thank God for the internet and google) and it's a legitimate side effect of pregnancy.... something about increased blood blah blah blah...

But why would God add bloody noses to the list of side effects? Maybe to keep men away before the woman's pregnancy is showing, making it easier for her to have identified the father? Or maybe it's to make women less sqeamish... deal with gross things ahead of time and maybe a little baby spit-up is no big deal. *shudder*

So it seems as if I've traded nausea for bloody noses. As long as I don't get a bloody nose in public I guess I shouldn't complain. But MAN! It's so weird for me to try to grasp that some women actually *enjoy* pregnancy.

Today, I ate a hamburger....

Why is eating a hamburger worthy of a blog post? Because the last time I ate even a bite of a hamburger was during the spring of 1996, just over 11 years ago.

And I haven't missed them one bit!

But I spent the day with the music teacher at Tom Green Elementary, where I'll be teaching next year, and was forced to eat in the cafeteria. The choice was hamburger or fried fish sandwich (I haven't had fish since I was little - never been a fan). So I chose the hamburger.

Afterall, elementary school hamburgers probably contain very little beef, right?? It actually didn't taste too different from a veggie burger. But I think it'll be another decade before I eat another hamburger.

Girls Weekend 2007

Last October Ken and I went to a B&B for our anniversary. The only other people on the property were two groups of ladies - one group in their early 40s, and the other group in their 60s. One of the 60s asked one of the 40s what the occassion was, and they said they've been getting together every year since college. "Same here!"

I was so jealous!

Fast forward a bit.

Ken asked me (in January?) what I wanted for my 30th birthday in April. I told him I wanted a girls weekend! He thought it was a great idea so I got in touch with some awesome gals from college who are still in the area and the rest is history. :)

We've decided to make it an annual event.

A New Job

About a month ago I received an email from a music teacher in Buda (where we live) that said she heard I might be interested in a part-time music position in the area. Turns out, she teaches music at an elementary in Buda and wants to go to grad school so she'd like to share the position with someone! She prefers the younger kids so she would teach K-2 and I'd teach 3rd through 5th grades every morning from 7:30am to 11:30am. And my commute would be 10 minutes instead of an hour!!!

I met with her principal and the other specials teachers the following week.

And today I signed a contract! WOOHOO! This is going to work out soooo much better for me and now I won't have to spend 2 hours a day on the road. Plus, by teaching every morning (instead of every other week like I do now), I'll be able to get into a routine, which'll be nice.

As for the 2008-2009 school year, we'll see what happens. If the position still exists, I may decide to just do weddings so that I can be home with the kiddo. Guess we're playing it by ear.