The Sherwins: December 2009

Friday, December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas

Wishing our friends and family a very Merry Christmas and all the best in 2010! Love you all!

For the most part things are going well with the pregnancy. I have learned I MUST take my Diclectin or the next day will be a hard one (as evident by an episode of throwing up at the grocery store the day after I forgot my Diclectin). I've also learned not to eat too much at 1 time as that exasperates my heartburn (lesson learned after eating a big lunch and then being woken up twice in the middle of the night due to the heartburn pain). I've also started reading to baby bean as at 16w the baby can differentiate it's mother's voice. And Chris (well, the baby) bought me a new book for Christmas, I Love You Through and Through by Bernadette Rossetti-Shustak, that I will add to my repertoire.

'Twas the night before Christmas Eve...15w6d.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

We already know what we're doing for our next wedding anniversary...

...we're having a baby!!!!!!! :)

Our little one is estimated to turn this duo into a trio on June 10, 2010. What a wonderful anniversary present this is! We were cautiously optimistic until we both had an ultrasound at 8w4d where we saw our little bean with a heartbeat and then heard the baby's heartbeat with a Doppler. Now we are beyond ecstatic about our impending little Sherwin (or baby bean as my sister Danna, and now nephew Zachary, calls him or her) and cannot wait to meet him or her. We will not be finding out the gender before birth; Chris doesn't want a bunch of gender specific colours before the baby is born and I want that surprise at the end of the journey. We have decided on a girl name but are still in discussions over a boy name. I thought we had agreed on one but apparently not!

As for how I'm doing, I've been suffering from morning sickness since before I got the positive home pregnancy test. I've thrown up a couple times but it's mostly all day nausea (and heartburn). With the morning sickness I had a decreased appetite (makes sense). I am now on Diclectin which I take at least twice a day and I am doing much better. My appetite has also recently returned (and then some). I am now going through a phase (or so I hope) where I am hungry all the time. I also was exhausted (think 2 hour naps a day) and felt like a zombie during the 1st trimester but now that I'm into the 2nd trimester I have more energy and am not as tired. I also have a little baby bump. Even though I wasn't feeling well during the 1st trimester I wouldn't trade any of this for the world and would experience it all again in a heartbeat. I found the symptoms to be comforting. And I love being pregnant!

I will try to update our blog more frequently now with belly photos and stories. Here are photos taken up to 14w, including our u/s photo.