Well I finally made it to Akron. This post will be short because I am tired. I've just been relaxing, visiting family and playing with my niece and nephew. Brandon and I went for our first sonogram before I left. It was very... odd lol. They stuck a probe up... ahem... which was very uncomfortable... then I looked over to my right and saw the most beautiful thing in my life. Our little jelly bean. It's heart beat was strong and the nurse calculated his/her age. We figured I was about 10 weeks on the 12th... I was actually 9 weeks, 1 day. So the new due date is November 14th. His/her heart rate was 171 (which is perfect). They weighed me and I actually lost almost 20 lbs since we first found out we were pregnant. That is how sick I was and how little I ate. I pretty much lived off of McDonalds french fries and smoothies.
I will try and write on here more often... above is a picture of our little 'Jelly Bean'...
Yea when I saw the kid on the screen of the ultrasound, I kept trying to hold tears of joy back. But once it wiggled, I completely lost it. That was like the third time in my life I've ever cried. The fact I was going to miss the birth because of my deployment just hit me and I felt horrible; like I was screwing my kid over. But I've gotten over it and realized that I'm not- i'm putting food on the table and taking care of him/her this way too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for helping me understand and cope, Dawn- I love you, baby!