From the back of the cabinet

Now that I am getting ready to register for baby stuff, I've been thinking a lot about what I registered for during my wedding. It's so funny how much I stressed out about making sure I had all the right things on my registry, and how four years later my priorities would have been totally different. A good example of this is our ice cream maker. I mean seriously, do we need one of these... no. And I can honestly say we've used it a total of 2 times in the last 4 years. But no matter how much I know that it is probably just taking up space in our cabinet, I can't bring myself to throw it out.

So last night, from the back of the cabinet, I dug out the ice cream maker. I figured pregnancy was as good of an excuse as any to indulge in some home made goodness. I was at Whole Foods before I made the executive decision to make ice cream, so I quickly had to google a recipe on my iPhone. This recipe for Chocolate Mint Ice Cream caught my eye. It was really easy to thrown together, and total prep time was probably less than 3 minutes. I poured the ingredients in the machine, and in about 25 minutes I had a full batch of fresh ice cream!! I'm happy to report that it was delicious. The ice cream maker has returned to its rightful spot in the back of the cabinet, but I may use it a little more often.

Did you register for anything which you now realize you never use??

A miracle

Its amazing to me that I made it 28 years without ever knowing about the miracle that is prune juice. As someone who has suffered with irregularity for years, I really wish someone had told me about the effects of this juice earlier! But the good news is I've discovered it now, and every night before bed I have about half a glass. Its not the best tasting stuff but it certainly does the trick! For anyone who is going to attempt to incorporate this into your routine, might I recommend you only fill your cup 1/2 way. Too much can have dire consequences. Take it from me :-)

Disappointment

I'll be honest, I don't fail very often. I learned at an early age that if I really wanted something, and I was willing to put in the time, I could probably achieve it. This is one of the things that made my battle with infertility so hard for me to cope with. It was something that no matter how hard I tried, there was nothing I could do to make myself get pregnant.

Today I was dealt my first big professional failure. Me and a team of engineers have been working for months to prepare a big negotiations. There was a lot of pressure for the negotiations to be a successful as the project is very high profile. After 10 long and intense days of negotiations, we made the contractor an offer last friday. We gave the contractor a week to accept or reject our offer. Well this afternoon we got the official response...Rejection. I knew it was coming as the negotiations had not gone smoothly, never the less it was a BIG disappointment. Sigh.

Normal Pregnant Lady

So I had my doctor's appointment yesterday. I guess I am officially a normal pregnant lady. The appointment was short and sweet, and most importantly didn't involve a meeting with the dildocam. I ask the doctor all my questions and then we listened to the heartbeat for a few minutes. He was able to find it so quickly that it I decided I'd try again to find it on my home doppler! Since DH wasn't able to come to my doctors appointment, I waited for him to get home before i tried. It only took about 2 minutes to find the heartbeat since I knew where to look this time. We listened for a few minutes. My husband was grinning from ear to ear. It was so cute. Then we videoed it to share it with our family. Everyone was so excited!

Coming up for air

Just briefly though. I mentioned in my previous post that I was going to have a big distraction thanks to work, and boy have I! I have been working roughly 7am-7pm since last Tuesday. Although I am totally exhausted, we're making some great progress on a huge negotiations I am involved in for work. Hopefully by next week, negotiations will wrap up and I will be able to resume my regular blogging and blog commenting! Miss you all!!

PS. My appointment is tomorrow afternoon (Finally!). I will report back as soon as I can!

An eternity

I swear 3 weeks feels like an eternity right now. I had my last ultrasound on July 13th and have my next OBGYN appointment on August 4th. I never would have thought 3 little weeks could feel sooooo long. I guess I got spoiled by ultrasounds every week, but for some reason I am totally paranoid something is wrong and time is just creeping by! ugh!!  The good news is that I am going to have a huge distraction starting Wednesday because of work, so hopefully that will make the last week of this dreaded 3WW pass quickly.

As for me, I'm still feeling pretty good. My nausea is totally gone, and I find myself slightly less tired than before. I am suffering from serious constipation, but that was pretty common pre-pregnancy so I assumed it would get worse. I've been trying prune juice which seems to be helping, and will probably add in a fiber supplement this week.  I feel bloated most of time and while I don't have a "bump" at all, I definitely am much thicker through the mid section. I've been a little stressed about my weight gain thus far, but try to keep reminding myself that everyone gains differently so there is no mold for the perfect 1st tri weight gain. I haven't told everyone at work yet (my boss and good friends know), but after next weeks appointment I'm going to let everyone know. Fortunately, I wore a lot of empire waisted dresses before I got pregnant so I don't think anyone has really noticed. I am just hoping everything is OK next Wednesday so then I can just tell everyone. 

My new love

OMG. I am in love. I was recently browsing Whole Paycheck trying to find something that look appetizing, when this yogurt caught my eye. OMG, the honey totally makes the Greek yogurt. How could I have gone this long with out knowing this deliciousness existed. I used to eat the plain Fage 0% with slivered almonds when I was doing South Beach, but this is 10000 times more scrumptious. Might I recommend you all try some.

Things with me are going well. The nausea has subsided, which has been a wonderful blessing. I also haven't had any spotting since last Wednesday! I actually started walking again on Saturday which is helping to boost my spirits. I must admit I am still a little terrified something is wrong with the baby (for no reason at all). Not having an ultrasound every week definitely helps to raise your anxiety level! I actually got a Hi Bebe doppler from a girl on one of my chat boards so I may try that in the next few days just for fun. Don't worry, I won't freak out if I can't find the heart beat. I know its pretty early still ;-)