My poor ankles and Mr. T

I think yesterday was the most swollen I have been yet! I spent all but one hour, in which I was making dinner, last night on my back with my feet elevated...and no it was not because I was enjoying myself...but because this is the only position I can get myself in which relieves the incredible swelling in my ankles and feet... and drinking lots of water. It did help, as my ankles and feet were not as swollen this morning. The swelling is the only thing I don't enjoy about this experience.

I am also getting very sick of my cat. I can remember seeing other new Mom's who had grown increasingly irritated and homecidal toward their own feline friends and promised myself I would never become like that with my furry Mr. T. But the past few days have left me wanting to hurl him across rooms without a care in the world. He wakes me up all night long. Last night, it was his snoring. I was awakened to what I thought was the sound of a man's voice. As I laid there, a little terrified, I calmed my breathing enough to hear that it was the sound of my crazy cat SNORING! Who has a cat the snores so loudly that it wakes them up at 1 AM...apparently I do. The other thing he does, which is making me insane, is walk back and forth across out pillows which is great for me especially because all 14 pounds of him steps on my hair, pulling it. Then he lays down on my hair and starts purring. God love him, he loves us, so much that he crawls on top of my head at 3 AM and purrs to his little hearts content...all the while I want to throw him against the wall. Then about 5:45, I awaken to him kneading my arm. For what reason, I do not know. Just with his little paws kneading back and forth on my forearm...its probably some sort of sign that he's caring for me...whatever. If he truly cared for me, he'd let me sleep. Little f$*&%er. He is about to be evicted from the bedroom. All of this makes me wonder...am I turning into one of those women that I couldn't understand not so many months ago? I think it might be happening.

17 Week Check up

Just returned from the doctor's office! Met with Dr. Janet Sellon today, the other OB doc in the office. She is great and both Adam and I really enjoyed meeting her. She took all my regular stuff; weight, blood pressure...everything is normal. I was happy to hear that I did not gain any weight since my last appointment, especially since we've had thanksgiving since my last appointment.

We listened to the heartbeat, which was fast and very regular and a little bit louder than last time. It always freaks me out a little to hear the heartbeat, in a good way. It really confirms what is actually going on inside my body and gives life to what seems like an idea still...especially since I haven't felt any movement yet. Dr. Sellon said that is very normal for 16, almost 17 weeks. She said most women don't really notice anything until 20-22 weeks.

So now I'm anxiously awaiting week 20!

We also set up the appointment for our first ultrasound!!! We're very excited about this! They do not do the ultrasounds at Lincoln Family Wellness (were Dr. Manning and Dr. Sellon work), so we had a choice of a few different hospitals and doctors to see for this procedure. We will be visiting Dr. Kenny, a Neo-Parinatologist, at St. Elizabeth's. We chose Dr. Kenny because he has all the most technologically advanced equipment for ultrasounds. Yes! I will be having a 3-D ultrasound!!! So very excited! We will hopefully get to see exactly what the baby looks like, facial features and all, and if the position is right we'll also find if we're having a Baby Girl Pedersen, or a Baby Boy Pedersen! Our appointment is on January 5th at 9:45 am. Hopefully we'll have Baby's first pictures to share with everyone!!

Our next appointment with Dr. Manning is on January 12...so we're moving along steadily!

We are feeling so good and so loved and so fortunate that everything is going so well!