#8w0d

Basically everyone that I know has gone to their first OB appointment around this time and had their first ultrasound/heard the heartbeat, etc. The military is kind of notoriously stingy with their ultrasounds so I’m not even sure that I am going to get one when I go for my first appointment that’s scheduled in the middle of my 11th week.

I read all of these things online about missed miscarriages and I personally know several people who have had them. At this point in the pregnancy, I just really need to hear baby E’s little heartbeat. I know that hearing a heartbeat does not mean that I can rule out miscarriage entirely, but I think it would make me feel a lot better to know if the baby is measuring on time and has a strong heart beat.

There’s a really cute, reputable little maternity spa that also does 2D, 3D, and 4D ultrasounds (for a fee of course) that tons of people in our area have used since most doctors here won’t do an ultrasound until closer to 20 weeks. I went ahead and booked an appointment for a short, heartbeat detection ultrasound that I’ll have on Wednesday when I am 8w4d.

I had a dream last night that I had a miscarriage and divorced my husband because he didn’t get me to the ER quickly enough. I know we have another month to go before we are out of the early miscarriage danger zone, but I’m feeling a little bit better now that we’ve made it to 8 weeks. I don’t know why, but 8 weeks seems significant to me. It’ll be another 2 weeks before I have my first prenatal appointment but I’m feeling really good.

I’m still sleeping 10-11 hours per night and getting tired when we go out but the fatigue hasn’t been quite as bad as it was when I first found out that I was pregnant. I did have another small dizzy spell the day before yesterday but other than that it hasn’t been an issue. My blood pressure is still within normal ranges so that’s good.

I have not really had any additional spotting since I had those few drops of blood around week 5. I did have some pinkish brown discharge after sex the other day but it was only once and then it totally went away, which I have been told is relatively normal and probably just due to cervical irritation.

My breasts are still sore on and off and getting larger by the day. I didn’t really have any cravings this past week and zero food aversions or nausea. Light, intermittent cramping is still happening but has lessened a lot since week six. My acne is out of control but that’s been the case basically since conception, before I even knew I was pregnant.