How far along: 15 Weeks 4 Days
Total weight gain: Still down 4 lbs from what I was before I got prego. Which is weird because I eat anything I can get my hands on. I'm sure once I start gaining weight this section will get taken out. :)
Maternity clothes: Not yet, but I only have one pair of jeans and a pair of jeggings that still fit. I'm trying to find an alternative to maternity pants, but I am having no success.
Food Cravings: Milk, but it's really weird because I'll wake up craving it and as soon as I drink some it makes me hurl. My baby doesn't know what it wants.... Also, Spicy McChickens (I have no idea how to spell that) from McDonalds. It's pretty sad that I know it comes to exactly $1.08. I can't believe I am actually admitting this, but some days I collect change laying around the house or in our car and once I collect a $1.08, off to McDonalds I go. It's the happiest part of the day. Now you know why I am baffled that I'm still down weight.
Symptoms Lately: Nothing really. I have felt like a million bucks lately. I am loving this second trimester stage.
This is kind of a random story, but as I was writing this post I thought that one day I will want to remember it. Since this story is classic. I was only around 10 weeks prego at the time, right in the full swing of morning sickness. I decided I needed to go to the dentist for a cleaning, since I hadn't been since high school. I obviously wasn't thinking clearly when I decided this and spaced all the different flavors they put in your mouth to polish your teeth, scrap your teeth, and that awful florid crap. The dental hygienist knew I was prego and sick so she was prepared with a garbage can. Well, with all the different mixtures of flavors she put in my mouth it triggered the puke shoot and as the poor dental hygienist grabbed the garbage can I most definitely over shot it and ended up puking down the front of her....... Probably one of the most awkward moments of my life and I still had to lay there while she finished cleaning my pearly whites. It was pretty silent. They actually re-scheduled me for the next 6 month cleaning, but I'm sure I'll be canceling that appointment. I'm awfully grateful that the morning sickness stage is over. Time seems to be flying by now that I actually feel like myself again. That and full time school and working full time keeps me pretty busy. ;)
How far along: 12 weeks 5 days.
Total weight gain: 4lbs lighter then I was before I got preggo. Thank you morning sickness... I guess.
Maternity clothes: I refuse to wear those grandma maternity jeans!!! Maybe once I get really big I'll give in but for now, Jeggings have been my best friend!
Food cravings: Cereal. Reeses Puffs and Cinnamon Toast Crunch to be exact. Which is really weird cause I hate cereal and milk....
Symptoms lately: SOOOOO TIRED!! I swear there are 10lbs of weights hanging from my eyelids. Naps are a must!
Gender: We find out on Halloween morning what this little peanut is. Of course we would be happy with either a boy or a girl, but I think a little boy would be so fun.
We get to have ultrasounds every 3 to 4 weeks (thankfully we have killer insurance that pays every penny of it, whew) but it's amazing to see how much they grow in just a few short weeks. Our first ultrasound looked like nothing but a little dot. It was crazy to think it was actually a baby. This was our second ultrasound. You can kinda tell its a little munch-kin.
And then somehow in 3 weeks it grew into a big baby!! I'm afraid it's going to grow this fast once it's here.
This kid is going to be so entertaining and not have a shy bone in its body, it's already entertaining us from inside the womb. At our last ultrasound the doctor pulls the baby up on the monitor and he starts busting up laughing and then turns to Trevor and I and says "are either of you two thrill seekers?" Trev and I just started laughing and was thinking that was a very odd question. Next thing you know our child is doing a head stand and free style kicks. It literally wouldn't hold still for 2 seconds. It was hilarious! The doctor, Trevor, and I were all in tears cause we were laughing so hard. He said he had never seen a baby actually stand on it's head like that before. No worries, leave it to our child to accomplish it.
WARNING! This post has TMI about being preggo. If your not so much interested in that I would suggest clicking on that little X on the top right hand corner of your screen now!...
We found out that Little Baby Eschler was on it's way July 13th (Friday the 13th mind you) We're in for a real treat with this little munchkin, I just know it. I had found out that morning before I left for work and was dying to tell Trevor but, of course it had to be one of the craziest days. Trev had been in the library all day studying his little buns off trying to finish up summer school ( and this wasn't really something I could shoot a text to him casually. That would of been a real shocker) By the time I got off work he had already left for work and my sister Casie decided to come spend the night at our house that night. What are the chances right? She hardly ever comes to Logan to play except this one night where I have major news to spill. I ended up having to wait to even till Trevor till the next morning when I convinced Casie to go to the store to get stuff for breakfast. As I whipped out all 3 pregnancy tests ( yes, I took 3) I said "The chances of all 3 of these being wrong is very slim." Trev's face went as white as a ghost. After the shock wore off and had time to settle in we were ecstatic about starting our little family.
At weeks 8 weeks exactly I started to have some issues. I started bleeding and as the day went on there was no end in sight, it just kept getting heavier and heavier. This was on a Friday and my doctor couldn't get me until the first of next week. He suggested that I go to the Emergency Room to get checked out (which I thought was a bit extravagant) and plus, I hate hospitals. I figured I'd watch it and see if it starts to lighten up, but the sweet and worried daddy that Trevor is wanted no part of this waiting it out thing. He immediately put me in the car and off to the E.R we went. After spending 4 hours there I was very thankful he had that urge and knew that was the right thing that needed to be done. It was a huge relief when we heard its healthy little heart beat and that little dot that wiggled around. We weren't quite out of the woods yet though. In the ultrasound they found a random mass on my uterus that most definitely shouldn't be there. The ultrasound tech was kinda a ding-dong and all she could say about the mass was "Yep, thats definitely not suppose to be there." Thank you lady, your not helpful one bit. They contacted my OB and he wanted to see me first thing on Monday just to make sure whatever this was isn't harming the baby. They sent us home from the E.R with all kinds of ultrasounds and that the baby was perfectly healthy. Since we had these issues going on we felt obligated to tell our family instead of keeping them in the dark about it. It was a lot sooner then we had planned to announce it but it felt it would be for the best.
This was our creative way of announcing the news. We were pretty proud of it. Wasn't like everyone else.
When Monday rolled around we were more than ready to find out what this bad boy was that is camping out in my uterus. My doctor discovered that it was a Fibroid Tumor, which are very common and are not harmful. They worry about these when your pregnant only because most Fibroids tend to form around your cervix and as it camps out in there for 9 months it ends up blocking the exit for the baby. Somehow mine is in the perfect spot, away from my cervix, the baby, everything!! The only catch is, I will more in likely have to have more ultrasounds through out the pregnancy then normal to keep an eye on it. Which is fine by me, I get to see all the different stages and watch it grow from the inside.
We couldn't be more excited for this little one to join our family. It's going to be an adventure and we may not feel prepared for this huge step, but I know our Heavenly Father has a reason for everything and has sent this sweet little angel to us to raise as one of his children.
