Mollee's words of advice

8 WEEKS!

Well I am truly pregnant. It has actually hit me with exhaustion, gas, stomach cramps, heart burn, last but not least....itchy nipples. I no longer look "ok" in a bikini. I don't look pregnant, just fat. Life is grand here at the Catania household.

I am getting more and more excited. It's really hard for me to keep it a secret. I don't keep secrets well, so I pretty much tell people when I see them in person. I can't imagine what would happen if I was teaching.
We have decided as of now that we are not going to find out the sex of the baby we want it to be a surprise. :) Well I want it to be a surprise. Paul wants to know.

Kent and Sharon gave baby C it's first gift!
We are the Hutto hippos. : )

6 wks 5 days sono pics

Parent's reactions!!!

FIGURED IT OUT!! You have to click on the link though.
My parents: We printed out pictures of our trip and on the last picture it's my pregnancy test. It seemed like FOREVER for them to go through all the pictures. My voice gets higher and higher after each picture, because I was SO. NERVOUS.
Paul's Mom: We gave her these blocks that you can change out the weeks until she will be grandma. It was very sweet.

The reactions were priceless:
http://youtu.be/4qMMq_Wfs0w

7 weeks, REALLY!

2nd time writing this...I deleted the first one.
I am getting pretty frustrated trying to upload the parents reactions of the big news. It just won't upload everytime I try!
I went to a new doctor on Tuesday. Fell in love with him. His name is Dr. Phillips. He took his time asking questions about how Paul and I met, if we were excited about being pregnant etc...I was very pleased. Best of all, I got a sonogram. I got to see my lil bean of a baby and his or her heartbeat. Best feeling in the world!! You know how people hand you their sonogram pictures and you are like "eh," because you don't really get it? Well, wait until you get your own, Holy cow! It gives you a completely different perspective. SO. COOL. He measured him or her, and it's about a 4 cm, I believe. I don't know anything about cm, so I don't know how accurate that is. (Hi, I teach the future.) ;) That makes me 7 weeks today, not 9. Paul was unable to go to the appointment so Melody and my mom got to join me. Dr. Phillips said that the next appointment he might be able to determine the sex. I don't want to find out (It's lifes biggest surprise) Paul does. He is convinced it's a boy. I am ok with either one. My due date is March 7th 3 days before Paul's bday! :)
I have been feeling nauciuos in the morning still. Yesterday morning I had to wait in the gym parking lot for about 15 minutes to try to get a hold of myself before I went in because I feel like I was going to blow chunks. But I got lucky and didn't.
Here is an email from my mom after the sonogram, I thought it was sweet. (She is not excited at all)

I just have to tell you that I saw a wondrous thing today. The heart beat of my grandchild first. It is still hard to believe that my baby girl is having a baby!! Seeing that today brought back so many memories of 29 years ago. I drove home in a fog. Your dad and I are so proud and happy. I just didn’t want to leave without telling you that. We love you both.

Mom- aka Grandma

 

and my response:

 

It really was 29 years ago!! It's about the same timeline. I couldn't ask for better grandparents for my son or daughter! I won't lie I think I was born to be a mom and can't wait! So happy that I have parents that are loving and supportive which makes having a baby so much for exciting!
Love you!!! :)

9 weeks?

9 weeks pregnant...I think and counting. Week 9 craving: clean food like fruit. Week 9 of things I cannot stand: meat and things I have made previously. It's too strange, so strange I really can't even explain. I feel nauseous when I wake up in the morning, a few hours after I eat breakfast I am better. Then I start to feel nauseous again around 3 or 4.
I think in previous posts I had said that I went to the doctor and the nurse just went over some book with me of things that I had already known. Before we went into the doctor office the receptionist handed me a bill that stated we needed to pay 3,000 before the next visit. The next visit we were still not able to meet with the actual doctor. Since the 1st appointment I've been talking to alot of people about how I have to fork over a few grand before I meet the doctor, it just didn't feel right. I talked with my friend Shannon about this issue and she said that she got to meet her doctor on the first visit. I decided to call Shannon's doctor office today to talk to the receptionist to see what was expected for the first appointment. She told me that I'll meet the doctor and I'll get a full examination and an ultrasound! I said "SOLD" sign me up. I have an appointment tomorrow with a new doctor and I am stoked!
I got my haircut today! Went short again and super blond! Love it. :) Went to HEB and bought watermelon sherbet. LOVE IT! Today anyhow....

What can I do, what can't I do? That is the question....

Sooo, knowing that I am pregnant I have done lots of reading on the inte net, lots of talking to friends. I have decided to stop reading on the Internet, there is wayyyyyyyyy too much crap. Bottom line that I have gotten from all the reading is to just stop living. It's absolutely crazy!
Another thing, I went to my first appointment yesterday, very disappointing. They sat me down, and together we went through this book of stuff that I already know.  They didn't give me any examination. Again they just told me of stuff that I cannot do. She had asked if I worked out, I told her I did. She asked me what I do to work out, I told her cardio and weights. She continued to say "Well you can't lift weights anymore." I said "uhhh no." When I said that she changed it to "You can't lift anything more then 20lbs or anything that would make you bare down." I thought to myself that's more like it. I run the show lady! NOT YOU! They are still going off the 1st day of my last period and I am considered 8 1/2 weeks. Next Thursday I have another appointment and I'll get a full physical thing, they said they'll measure my uterus. Whatever that means. ;)
Overall I am doing well. My uterus continues to feel like it's going to fall out of me, I also have a hard time sleeping. I guess that is all normal. Again we are super excited!

PREGNANT!?!? WHA?!?

Well...here goes. We. Are. Pregnant. I am sitting her at the computer not knowing what else to say except, WE. ARE. PREGNANT.

Big big news at the Catania household. We came back from our vacation to DC and Virginia Beach on the 4th (which was a blast by the way, lots of adventures in between.) On the 5th I went to my friend Jennifer's pool with her sweet baby Mollee. Jennifer asked if I had started yet. I said no, being a whole month and a half I have yet to start. She told me to take a test. I told her that I had already taken a bunch of tests before getting my wisdom teeth out and they were all negative (a week and a half ago.) I figured that the reason I hadn't started yet was because my body was adjusting from being off the pill. I have only been off since April. After the pool, I went to Walgreens to by an ovulation kit, just for fun. AND OMG, THEY ARE LIKE 20.00. I bought one anyhow. I came home, ate dinner, decided what the heck I'll take another test. Well............it was positive! I went into the living room holding the test. I said "UHHH, Paul I think you should come look at this." (I won't lie I've pulled this stunt before with another test just to freak him out, so he wasn't really hustling over to see.) Showed him and he was pretty stinkin excited. He hugged me, I hugged him. He said "This is what we want right?!?" I said "yes, I think so." I was breathing real real hard. I'll be honest with you I thought it would take a while before I actually had a bun in the oven. Then I took a different test, and it was also positive. Needless to say I won't be needing the 20.00 ovulation kit after all.
After all of the shock had somewhat set in (still hasn't yet.) My real brain started to work. "ummm....McKenzie, you just had your wisdom teeth out, you were on 800 mg of ibprophen for a long time, you also had an infection....blah blah blah." These thoughts probably mean I'll be a phycho mom. :) J/k.
Today, day one of knowing that I am pregnant, I can't have caffine, and I WANT caffine. I also bought a GREAT bottle of wine, guess it'll have to wait for 9 months. I also went to spin today, I watched myself in the mirror the whole time screaming in my head "I AM PREGNANT" so it would maybe set in a little, still hasn't.
I called the an OBGYN today, found out news that I have never heard of in my life. They asked me the first day of my last period, it was May 12th. They said "oh you are 8wks." 8 wks my rear!!! That's jus not possible. I guess we'll find out the truth on Tuesday. :) Can't wait!!!