10 weeks

Last Thursday was my first appointment with my midwife. I was so excited to go hear the heartbeat, and when I told my five year old, that's where we were going, she was sooo excited as well! Yep, the whole family went. The kids love Rebecca's office because she has lots of fun toys to play with during the appointment. It was good to see Rebecca again, and it was really good to see and feel the realness of this pregnancy. I got a little ultrasound and got to see my little gummy bear and checked that there was only one. So unless the other one is REALLY good at hiding, there's just one. We were wondering because Elora had been praying for another brother and a sister. At first she told us there was a boy AND a girl in my tummy... but then apparently changed her mind, because even before the appt, she told us there's just one baby in my tummy and a girl is coming first. So we'll see later if she's right on that account.

But yeah everything looked good at the appointment. It was so good to hear a healthy heart beat. Last week I was also feeling a lot better, but not as much the last few days. So I listened to the Hypnobabies nausea CD during the day when the kids were watching a tv show instead of listening at night when I usually do. It's amazing how well the CD works instantly! And I think the reason that I felt better last week was because I had someone who does some energy work connect my brain to the fetus, umbilical cord and placenta. The theory is that the more someone has morning sickness, it means that the brain is not connecting to the baby. Makes sense to me, so I decided to try it. I think it's been a little worse the last couple days because I started using some essential oils to clean out my system because I wanted to get the rest of the cold out of my system... but yeah, that kind of back-fired on me so we'll hold off on that... Well, that's about it! Can't believe I'm 10 weeks! Oh, and I also can't believe that my tummy is expanding a little too. I don't know if it's bloating or because I've had multiple pregnancies... but I thought it was a little early for that...