The Details

Raleigh and I are so excited to be welcoming a little one into the family in May.  Our official due date is May 8th.

We are 15 1/2 weeks along and doing well!  I felt absolutely fantastic the first 6 weeks or so, and then the morning sickness kicked in.  It was more like all day sickness.  I was nauseaus all day long and threw up a few times a day.  It was so bad I had to take towels and a change of clothes with me in the car in case I got sick.  At our first appointment, at 8 weeks, they mentioned that they offer a prescription if it didn't get better.  Well it wasn't getting any better by our 12 week appointment so I got the medicine, zofran.  Let me just say it works great!  I don't want to be too dramatic here, but it gave me my life back!

I could actually start planning meals again, cooking, eating, etc without being completely sick.  Yay! So now zofran and I are best friends.  It is totally safe for the baby and I take one pill each morning.  That seems to do the trick, even though technically you can take one every 6 hours.

I have to give a huge shout out to Raleigh for everything he did during those 6 or so weeks when I was really sick.  He did everything! I did what I could to manage through the day with Beau, but by the time he got home each night he completely took over.  He took care of dinner, cleaning the kitchen, laundry, everything!

At our last appointment the baby's heartbeat was 156 and I had gained 4 pounds.  At our 16 week appointment next week we will just hear the heartbeat again.  At our 20 week appointment in December we will get our second ultrasound and hopefully they will be able to determine if it is a boy or girl!  Obviously we would be thrilled either way!!!

It has made me even more acutely aware of the sacrifice Beau's birth mother made.  To carry a child for 9 months is an act of love and bonding and I have no doubt that she loved Beau from the moment she laid eyes on him.  Not only that but she cared for him for his first 2 weeks of life.  The pain of saying goodbye to her son must have been excruciating, even if she was at peace with her decision to make an adoption plan.

So, that's it for now! We are doing great and enjoying everyday as a family of 3!