The first (hopefully only!) scare!

I woke up Thursday, April 5th, and everything seemed normal - I didn't feel crampy or in pain at all. I was excited because it was the last work day of the week before Easter, so I started getting ready. But when I went to the bathroom... there was blood. I started freaking out. Then there was crying. Then praying. And lots of both.

I called Caleb, but he didn't answer. I called again. and again. and again. Finally texted him to call me. I knew I needed to call my dr's office (once they opened in half an hour), but I needed someone to freak out to; So I called Jessy. "Dr. Burkell" asked me lots of questions and came to the same conclusion - I should call the doctor and lay down in the meantime.

When I got ahold of the doctor, she asked me a couple questions about recent physical activity and strain, but when I said no to everything, she was concerned (as was I!) and said to come in for a 9 o'clock ultrasound and 9:30 appt with my OB. I was so happy to get in quickly - only 1 hour until I would know if everything was ok.

Luckily, Caleb called me back within a few minutes of missing my calls and said he was coming home to go to the doctor with me. We got there right on time, and almost right away went back for the u/s. The SCARIEST moment of the entire day (probably my entire life!) was when I was waiting for something to show up on the screen. I couldn't tell you if I was breathing or not, but when I saw the Sonographer's face look inquisitively at the screen, I couldn't help but say, "WHAT IS IT?! WHATS WRONG?!" She smiled and said, "Nothing; That right there is the heart beat." To which I replied, "There's a heartbeat?!?", as tears started flowing down the sides of my face. BEST. MOMENT. EVER. That wonderful moment was closely followed by the moments when she let us listen to the heartbeat 3 times! So wonderful to hear! I SO wish I would have video recorded the screen and the sound on my iTouch. We could've shown how s/he was dancing and squirming all around and how the heartbeat was the most miraculous noise we've ever heard!

The Sonographer took some measurements and told us that Baby F is .55 cm from crown to rump and that his/her heart rate is 124 bpm! She also measured my cervix and checked out my ovaries and said everything looked good!  When we followed up with the Doctor, she did a physical exam and said she didn't think anything was wrong either - maybe just leftover blood from implantation and not to worry about it. We were DEFINITELY relieved. 

Baby Farrell 6 weeks 4 days

6 Weeks

Pregnancy Update April 2, 2012

**You'll have to excuse the sweats and lack of make up - this is at night after having a migraine all day

How Far Along: 6 weeks

Size of baby: .25 inches, less than .04 oz - a "small pea"

What developed this past week: The baby is rapidly growing and will triple in size this week (and s/he's already 10,000 times bigger than s/he was a month ago!). Also taking shape are facial features, kidneys, liver & lungs. His/her tiny heart is also pumping about 80bpm now!  Major growing going on!
 Weight gain: 0 lbs

Maternity Clothes: Nope


Gender: Should know around the beginning of July! 


Movement: Nothing can be felt yet.
Sleep: Stil in shock that I am not exhausted yet! I sleep well at night, for the most part - though I've had to get up more than a few nights to use the bathroom - and I wake up refreshed. I actually wake up better than I did pre-pregnancy! I used to press snooze as many times as my alarm would let me. Now I'm out of bed within 5-10 minutes of hearing my alarm.


What I miss: Nothing.
Cravings: No cravings, but I've REALLY wanted candy/chocolate! I don't think that's actually a pregnancy thing, but a result of the fact that I haven't had any candy in 40 days and it ALWAYS sounds good now! One more week until my Lenten sacrifice is over! :)


Best Moment this week: Getting announcement gifts that I ordered in the mail and planning how/when to tell friends/family that we're expecting!

Random Thing to Remember: Still don't "feel" pregnant, but for a pain here or there, or a random moment of lightheadedness. Crazy to me - almost makes me worry that something IS wrong because I feel so right! :) Trying not to borrow trouble and enjoy this time while it lasts! Another thing is that I've been having a lot of weird dreams! One was completely AWFUL and involved miscarriage, but most are just bizarre. I've had a baby announcement themed dream twice, and they both are stressful and hectic because I'm trying to tell all my family and friends that we're pregnant, but the people we tell keep telling others, even though we asked them not to! It is so frustrating when I'm in it! Makes me so mad that people are telling our news, when we're JUST about to tell that next person!  I wake up glad that all these dreams aren't true!!

What I am looking forward to: The baby having arms and legs and look more human than tadpole! :) And knowing that many of the major organs are formed after this week and that everything is still going well and I'm still pregnant.