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Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2002 - 9:02 p.m. - Boy or Girl?
After some initial html issues on my part, I now have a poll set up in the right hand margin asking you to vote on whether you think I’m going to be having a boy or a girl. Since we are hoping to find out March 26 when we go in for our “big ultrasound” you have 4 weeks to cast your vote. I think it is going to be fun to see what everyone thinks. So please, go vote! By the way, I stole the idea from Athena and Kerry. Athena’s poll was fun because everyone (83%) thought she was going to have a girl, and she’s having a boy! Today my BabyBeat arrived! We haven’t tried using it yet, though we might try tonight. I’ve promised myself that I’m not going to stress if I don’t find the heartbeat. It took the nurse a while to find it yesterday. At least we know about where to look. It’s pretty much right down by my pubic hairline (TMI perhaps?) and a little to the right. I’m sure looking forward to being able to hear the heartbeat when I want to, or if I get worried. Oh and I forgot to record in my journal that the baby’s heartbeat was between 163 – 175 while we were listening at the OB’s office. Some people say you can tell if it is going to be a boy or a girl according to the heart rate, but I don’t think I buy into that theory. Also, I had gained 2 pounds yesterday. My first gain since getting pregnant. I guess 2 lbs isn’t too bad for the first 12 weeks, but I’m hoping not to gain too much, since I already have some extra weight on me. I’m not dieting, but I am eating as healthy as I can, which I think is helping. I’ve noticed my hunger seems to come and go some days. Some days I feel like I’m eating all the time, and other days lately I haven’t been as hungry. I’m always thirsty though. I’m not a big water drinker so getting my 8 glasses of water a day is hard for me. I don’t usually manage it all, but I do drink juice and milk too. (Not too much juice.) My blood pressure was fine too. So, so far things are looking good. Insomnia struck again this morning though. I woke up at around 3:30 to go to the bathroom and try as I might I couldn’t get back to sleep. So by 4:00 am I was awake and answering some email, posting on a few discussion boards and writing a thank you note. At around 6:30 I lay down on our couch and read for a while until my eyelids started to get heavy and then I slept until around 9:00. I’ve still felt drugged all day. Thank goodness I don’t have to go to work, I would have been no use! I did have to go to a seminar at the unemployment office. It was fair, but I was SO tired and got so hungry before it was over (3 hours). I should have brought a snack. I did remember my water though I was afraid to drink too much and have to run to the bathroom all the time. I was all the way at the back of the class so getting up to go to the bathroom would have meant walking through the whole room and in front of everyone. Luckily my bladder didn’t make me suffer the embarrassment of having to leave in the middle of class. My thoughts these last few days keep going back to a dear friend of mine who is about to start the IVF process. It funny that this friend is someone I feel so close to, that I can’t believe we have never actually met in person. We’ve “known” each other for over 2 years now. We met on the trying to conceive (TTC) boards of http://preconception.com when we both started trying to conceive. Since then I’ve wandered off to some different boards than she has (her main issue is endometriosis, while mine was PCOS), but we would often “meet” on a particular we both might have lurked on (like the TTC over 30 one). When I was laid up recovering from my surgery our emails turned into chats using MSN IM. We would chat on almost a daily basis about all sorts of things – and I would always end up laughing out loud. We cried on each others shoulders at times and complained about our husbands at times, and bragged about our husbands at times, talked about our cute kitties and all the usual things we women find to chat about. She sent me encouraging cards and books to keep me entertained during my convalescence and I got her hooked on Bejeweled. (grin) She’s become an extra special friend to me. I just wish we didn’t live so darn far apart, yet I know one day we will meet. Well, now she is about to undergo this physically and emotionally involved process of IVF. I wish there was more I could do for her to help her through it. About all I can do is be there for her and answer any questions that I can and hopefully keep her hopes high and be as supportive as I can. I’m blowing baby dust galore in her direction (and in the direction of a few more of my dear friends who are trying hard to conceive) and keeping fingers and toes and anything else crossed! Diffy, my friend, I’m thinking of you all the time and sending good thoughts your way. Nothing would make me happier than to share this journey that I’ve started on with you. You’ve been there for me through so many hard and disappointing times and been there to cheer loud and long when we finally got our good news. I’ll be there in anyway you need me and in any way I can now. Hugs my dear friend!! Good luck! 
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