A month!!

That's how long it's been since I posted!! Wow I've been a bad blogger. I've just not had much energy to do anything extra. I'm lucky if I get the laundry folded and forget putting it away. Pg is going nicely. No major symptoms. Boobs are bigger, I had to go buy a bigger bra the other day. Yeah a nice perk huh. Tummy looks like I did last summer before I lost 10lbs. So my last Dr apt was a very quick in and out where the Dr found the heartbeat and asked for questions. We agreed that a calcium supp would be a good idea since I DO NOT drink milk. I can't even force myself to drink the stuff unless it's in my cereal. I go back in on my Bday for the BIG ultrasound to hopefully find out if it's the blue or pink team for us. We're all pretty excited. DS is pushing pretty hard for a boy but I keep asking him what if it's a girl? He told my dad "well if it's a girl we can't send it back!" I think he'll be ok though if it is. My SIL gave me a doppler I think it's called. It's just a little unit that you put on the belly and it has headphones to listen with. We tried it the other night and DH, DS and my mom all got to listen and by the time they FINALLY passed it to me it was silence! The little buggar was hiding from me. Pretty cool thing though and sure we'll be using it often.

Nerve wracking Dr apt

I had my first "official" OB apt on Tuesday. It started off ok with just the basic pee in a cup, blood pressure and some questions. The N.P was very nice and we moved right into trying to find the heartbeat. I'm still not feeling pg and told her so and with my history or m/c she understood. She tried for almost 5 mins trying to find the heartbeat with that little doppler thing. And the whole time I'm thinking *see there's a reason I don't feel pg*. She was very nice and reasurred me that that doesn't mean there's no baby, and was able to get my Dr P to do an Ultrasound! Baby was found right where it should be. I was hoping for a better pic, but still ended up with an alien shot, oh well maybe next time. lol

As I'd said before there has been a very unfortunate mix up with my coding with insurance. They put the dreaded *I* word in my code, which I'm not; so I was able to talk to the billing lady and hopefully get most of that straightened out. Looks like I'm stuck paying for the 2 ultrasounds at the time of the IUI, but everything else should be taken care of and hopfully no more stress over that.

I go back to Dr on the 29th. They want to hear the heartbeat before they set me up for the every 4wk apts. There are 3 Dr's and 1 midwife, so I am cycling through them since you never know who you'll get at delivery. I finally told my managers at work. They are super excited, and luckily no questions yet on afterwards if I'm sticking around or not. At this point I'm not sure if I'll be able to work. We told Ds that night also. I tried being all serious and told him the Dr said I had an alien growing inside me. He just looked at me with an amazed look in his eye and said *No sir mom, you're just pregnant!" He seems very excited and we talked about how long it would take to have our baby, and that he can't rough house with me anymore. I let him take one of the new ultrasound pics to school and he told his whole class.

Feeling like Cr**

My son has been sick with a cold the last couple of days, so I knew that it was just a matter of time before I got it. And sure enough sore throat, runny/stuffy nose and feeling run down. As if I'm not tired enough already. I wasn't able to get a hold of my Dr's office yesterday to find out what I can take, so I asked the Walmart pharmacist and he told me there was really nothing safe to take. To stick with cough drops. I thought that sounded weird, I mean there must be something safe to take for a day or two. So for now I'm drinking hot tea with lots of lemon and honey, that helps with the throat but not for the nose. I've yet to get the cough that he has but I'm sure that's on it's way too. So if any of you have any helpful advice please share.

I keep telling my DH that if I'm going to be this tired the whole pregnancy I'm in for a world of hurt. With my hours of work there is absoluetely no time for a nap. And with the 1-2 bathroom breaks throughout the night, I might as well forget about catching up on any sleep. I'm hoping some of the fatigue is caused by the prog supplement and once that's done I might feel slightly better. Well a girl can dream at least.

All is well

Dr apt yesterday went great. Bean is right where it should be. And I saw the most teeniest, tiniest little heartbeat flicker imaginable on that gray scale screen!!! No I can sit back and hopefully get to enjoying this symptom free pg. Both cysts are still there, but if I heard him correctly they're both slightly smaller. Next apt is a "reg OB" visit in 4 weeks. What should I expect on that visit?

Insurance arghh

I am really beginning to understand the frustrations with insurance. I've been checking my EOB's online, patiently waiting to see that the ultrasounds I paid for would be covered 100% and I'd get a credit. I mean that's what my benefits read: diagnostic ultrasounds are covered. So what's the problem? Also, even though the first Dr's visit was listed the same it was listed "in network" and only a copay was required. Well all others since then are listed as full payment required by me??? I do know the Dr's office recently switched who does their billing and perhaps things were miss coded or something, at least that's what I'm hoping.

Here's a insurance ? for those with more knowledge on how these things work: in January I saw a chiropractor and paid full price as those services aren't covered until deductible is met. So anyways the EOB's list his charges submitted to insurance, then they deducted "in Network savings" and list the reduced price as what I should owe Dr. My question is: does that mean I have a credit at the chiropractor's b/c they charged me full price rather than the "in network price"? It's a difference of about $50.

Nothing much

Not much going on right now. I told my close relatives over Easter, they of course were all very happy. I go back on the 22nd for another ultrasound. After this 1 I think I'll really start to believe that this is gonna work out. I'm just shy of 7 weeks and still no major symptoms. I was telling my SIL "I wish I did have morning sickness, at least then I'd feel pg". And I think the no symtom thing is what is really causing me to still have doubts. I've been watching that show "I didn't know I was pg." I find it really hard to believe you could go 9 months without knowing, but with no symptoms I can see why some women could go 2-3 months. If I was a young "normal" girl who knew nothing of her cycle I could easily not suspect.

Happy Easter Everyone

Every year for Easter my mom's mom's side of the family has a huge family reunion, pot luck, and Easter egg hunt. To me it's 1 of the funest things all year. For every person who comes you are to bring 1 dz colored eggs and #'s add up real quick. I'm not sure how many showed yesterday but we had around 850 Eggs!!! Everyone from infants to the golden oldies hunt for eggs. It's major competition, a mad dash to get every egg you can. And I got 13 eggs :( not my best year. Afterwards we all pig out, visit and take lots of pictures. I have lots of memories from these reunions, and I hope it's something my children's children get to experience.