first appt

Had my first appointment at Erie Women's Health Partners. It was good, although simple, I just met with a nurse Stephanie and went over my health history, meds, possible due date, etc., but she was so sweet and understanding - she let me cry and talk and I think we talked for between 45-60 minutes! Thats a good start.

MY first appt and sonogram is scheduled for August 5th at 1:20 - I AM SO EXCITED!!

Nausea was a bit rough today at points, I'm going to try to mentally rise above it tomorrow, as I am shooting an important wedding!! Come ooonnnn energy!

new practice

After talking and asking around, I decided on making an appointment with the Erie Women's Health Partners. I've heard great things about the midwives there, and one of the female OB's is my aunt's doc, so that is great to know. I'm excited about it - they were so sweet on the phone and got me in within 3 days of calling. First appointment is now this Thursday, July 23 at 8:30am to meet nurses and staff and go over blood work. I'm very excited to get the process rolling!

Today I woke up feeling fresh as a daisy, like my old self. It actually freaked me out so much that I worried cuz I DIDN'T have symptoms, to which my mom and my husband said - Rachel, you have GOT TO STOP this. It's not good for you!

But never fear, my nausea came back later on in the day! My mom came over and helped me clean the house today as we were having company over. It was great to have her help! I love my mother, I am so so so blessed to have her as my helper and advisor during this time (in addition to my husband, of course) :)

every blessing

Approximately 7 weeks today, the baby is the size of a blueberry (aw) and hands and feet are emerging from developing arms and legs!!!!

The line "Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise" is really COOL if you think about it.... isn't it? I sang it yesterday at church and was just really struck by it... and what that actually means!

The wedding went really well on Saturday, for me physically at least, and my sis was a champion assistant. She was awesome there during the most critical parts! The ceremony itself was a bit of a nightmare because the sun was going in and out every 30 seconds which is very sucky, you have to keep changing your settings!! But I found that if I get myself up, keep moving and try to live as normally as possible, it's much easier to keep your head above the sickness and feel better. I am thankful for this and knowing I can fight it, and live semi-normally and be joyful and excited without being distracted by nausea! At least sometimes. I was able to eat normally at the wedding and that was fantastic!

At church, I was talking to a few different people, getting some opinions on midwives vs. OB/GYN practices, and I'm feeling like I might want to go a different route than how I'm currently scheduled. I'm going to call my PCP tomorrow to try to talk through my options a bit more, because this is all so new to me! There's a lot to think about!