So last week (16 weeks) was the best I have felt in the past 10+ weeks. I did not have to take my Zofran for a good 7 days in a row. And then, AND THEN this morning (17 weeks exactly), I threw up again and had to resort back to […]
Hey Baby! We had another checkup yesterday, and got to hear your heartbeat again! It was so much stronger and louder this time than last time. You are getting so big that you are starting to push my uterus (your home for now) further up my body. I’ve started to […]
14 weeks
1 Well here we are folks! The 2nd trimester! I’m excited to reach this milestone for several reasons….. mainly our chance of miscarriage drops to near zero, but also my morning sickness should be going away soon. ANY DAY NOW. Seriously Go the F away! Today I am 13 weeks 3 […]
2nd Trimester
2 An adaptation of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “How do I love thee, let me count the ways” and a picture of my toilet. Ode to Zofran by S.C. Atkinson Oh Zofran, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee every morning, afternoon and night. […]
Ode to Zofran
1 To my Son or Daughter, Whilst I eagerly await your arrival and already love you more than anything… I’m not as much excited about what you are doing to your mother. I’m not sure who first termed the phrase, “bundle of joy”, but I’m sure they were misquoted. They certainly meant, bundle […]
With love, Dad
Last week we got to actually hear the heartbeat for the first time. I have to say, the best part was looking over at Will when we heard it and seeing tears in his eyes. He is going to be the best father I could ever imagine. Here’s the quick […]
Hearing the Heartbeat
3 Yay Sticky Rainbow! You’re still growing!! You look so much more human-like now! We had another ultrasound on Friday 12/30/11. So your actual age was 10 weeks 4 days. Your heartbeat was 174 bpm and looking great! I have continuing problems with spotting, so the Drs are watching me very […]
11 weeks, we have a human!
1 Dear Sticky Rainbow, Today Daddy and I saw you on the ultrasound for the second time! We could see your heart beating away at 182 bpm. Right now you look pretty much like a tadpole with a huge head, but don’t worry, you’ll be more proportionate by the time you’re […]
Sticky Rainbow
1 Dear Baby, Today you are 5 weeks old! You are about the size of an appleseed/ sesame seed, and are several millimeters in length. You look more like a tadpole than a human right now, but don’t worry, that will change! Your heart is beginning to develop chambers and should […]
5 weeks
Dear Baby, This week you are 4 weeks old. You are about the size of a poppyseed and around 1mm long. Your Daddy and I are sooo excited that you are going to be ours. Keep growing baby!!
4 Weeks
1 Dear Little One, Today (November 9th, 2011), your Daddy and I found out that we were pregnant with you! It was so exciting! We set a timer to check the pregnancy test, and when it beeped we checked together. When we saw those 2 lines, I said “It’s positive!!” And […]
Finding Out 11/9/11
That’s right, we’re back in business folks! An Atkinson Baby is due July 23rd, 2012. We have chosen to keep this pregnancy more under wraps this time, but since we’re almost out of the first trimester, we’re going to make it official on the blog I have some blog […]
A NEW Atkinson Baby
Sorry it’s been awhile. Life has been crazy. We’ve continued to heal from all of our troubles, and have even encountered more craziness along the way. Such is life! A couple weeks ago I surprised Will with a cabin at Red River Gorge. We had a great time relaxing, drinking […]
Relaxation
As time goes on we have been able to handle our sadness better. Life certainly threw us some curve balls since my last post. We had a cancer scare with Will the week after our miscarriage, which thankfully turned out to NOT be cancer. Will had to have a surgery […]
As time goes on
As I’m sure you’ve guessed, this sucks. There is no easy way around it. Will and I are grieving the loss of what we thought we had. And it’s sad, really really sad. We are working through it together. Yesterday I had my D&C surgery to take out the “products of […]
Doing our best
We found out today that we lost our baby. Our raspberry is gone No heartbeat. We’re crushed. Everything was perfect at our 6 week ultrasound, and now at 8 weeks it’s gone. Goodbye Ralphie Clovis Throckmorton “Morty” Coe Atkinson. We loved you even though we never met you.
A sad day
Yesterday we were 8 weeks prego! Our baby is the size of a raspberry or gummy bear (or kidney bean as some websites say, but raspberries and gummy bears seem so much cuter). He/she doesn’t have much of a tail anymore (way to not be a tadpole child of mine!) The baby […]
8 Weeks
Last Friday was our 7 week mark, and our baby is currently the size of a blueberry! The baby is about half an inch long (doubled in size from last week). Our genius embryo is developing about 100 new brain cells every minute- wowzers! Will took me out to a […]
Blueberry
We had our first ultrasound on Wednesday (8/8/11) and saw the heartbeat!! YAY! Our baby was measuring perfectly at 6 weeks and 3 days. Will came to my work, and our nurse, Gayle, did the scan for us. In 3 more weeks we go to my OB where we will […]
Heartbeat!
Our baby is 6 weeks old today! He/She is about a quarter of an inch long, and the size of a sweet pea (or lentil, or bb pellet depending on what website you are checking out). It (seems so impersonal, but easier than typing out he/she every time) has tripled or quadrupled […]