Baby Sibiga's very first pictures

As you can see from the pictures on the left, Rachel really is having a baby, despite the fact that for years, she was NEVER having children. Click on the pictures to make them bigger. (I added another one down below)

My doc appt was this past Thurs and I was extremely nervous. Since I'm not having very many symptoms I was starting to feel like this was all a dream. As soon as the picture showed up on the screen I was filled with joy and relief. The tech had quite a bit of trouble trying to get the images she needed and immediately I thought uh oh, Brian and I are really in for the ride of our lives. This little bugger is VERY VERY stubborn, and we all know where he or she is getting that from, now don't we?!?!?

The tech kept jabbing away at me trying to get the baby to move. Apparently it was nestled all comfortably in this little pocket in the placenta and was perfectly content staying that way. Every time the tech would poke me, it would wiggle a little and nestle back down in the pocket. She had me roll over on my side and that got Baby Sibiga to cooperate just enough so that she could get the measurements she needed. We got to see the little heart just beating away, 166 bpm (myth has it if the heart rate is over 140, there is a good chance it's a girl) Despite the pictures we got to bring home, I was amazed at how good you could see the images on the screen. It was easy to recognize the spine and ribs. When the tech showed us the hands, it looked like our baby was praying. After the picture show we went to speak with the midwife and she asked if we had heard the heartbeat yet, because we hadn't, she used a doppler and as soon as she put the wand up to my belly we could hear the little "swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh". The whole visit was just completely amazing, I've never heard or seen anything like it.

Once the baby is born, I'm intending to print out this website (as best I can) and put it in a scrapbook or memory book of some kind. I've decided rather than to journal my pregnancy in a notebook, I'll just do it here, that way everyone can share in it. Feel free to leave Baby Sibiga a comment or the new parents to be advice by clicking on the comment hyperlink at the end of any post (not the white envelope). I've set this blog so that anyone can comment and you don't have to have a google account. Also, don't forget to vote if it's a boy or girl at the bottom of the page. Thanks!!

The week I found out...

It just occurred to me that I never shared the story of finding out. The DMV was closed for MLK Day and the next day was extremely busy. I was unfortunate enough to be working the info line and my first two customers reeked of foul things. It was so bad I was gagging and hurrying to get them away from my window. One of my co-workers looked at me and said "omg you are totally pregnant" I was like yeah right, there is no way. I was already prepared for the month of Jan to be an unlucky month. It just didn't feel right. Now since we had started trying I had been buying handfuls of preg tests from the dollar store and using them like they were going out of style. My mom filled my stocking for Christmas with more tests and Brian even wrapped some up for me.

The Sat. following MLK Day, Brian had gotten up early to help out with the Boy Scouts and I thought what the heck, I know it's super early but let me test anyway. I also figured since Brian was gone let me waste one of the expensive tests because then he wouldn't know. So after I took the test I picked it up and was ready to toss it when something caught my eye. I looked and looked again, oh my, was it, was that a line???? No way, how could it be? OH MY GOD it was a faint line!! I ran to the phone to call my mom and thought wait a minute, I should tell Brian first but he wasn't there and then I remembered my mom had gone away for the weekend so she wasn't there either. I ran downstairs to google pictures of positive tests because I just wasn't believing what I was seeing. I remember feeling so many different emotions. Most importantly I was happy. But then I was like uh oh are we sure we're ready? Um, what if I'm a horrible mom and then I started to cry but there was no one here to console me.

It was around 8:30 that I had tested and I had no clue as to when Brian would be back. The next 3 hours seemed like years. Every so often I would have to go back and look at the test to see if the line was still there. When he got home I ran upstairs and said "I have something to show you, but don't get your hopes up." He looked at the test and goes "yeah you're not pregnant" I was like "what??? look again". He said "the line is too faint, shouldn't it be darker for it to be positive." I said "a line is a line" I showed him pictures that I had found online of positive tests. It was most likely so faint because it was only 10 days post ovulation, I wasn't even late yet. I'll never forget the look on Brian's face when he saw pictures of the positive tests online. He had tears in his eyes and said "so there is really a baby in there?"

Fun Facts about Baby Sibiga

Congratulations!Your Due Date Is Monday, October 06, 2008

Conception was most likely on Monday, January 14, 2008

I am in Week 10 of my pregnancy

and my baby is 8 weeks old. Why is this?

My Second Trimester will begin 4/7/2008

And my Third Trimester will begin 7/7/2008

66 days down, 214 to go!

Our baby's birthstone will be Opal (Hope)
Our baby's Astrological Sign will be Libra
Our baby's Flower is Calendula or Cosmos (White, Yellow and Varied)
Our baby will be born in the Chinese Year of The Rat
This time next year our baby will be 22 Weeks Old!
He or she will start kindergarten in 2014,

be old enough to drive a car in 2024,

finish high school in 2027,

and will graduate from college with the class of 2031,

give or take a year. Can you imagine?