Merry Christmas!

I haven't been posting belly pics because I thought I looked the same and wasn't that big. Then I took some pics yesterday and I realize I was underestimating my size. I have done so good this pregnancy with watching what I eat and only gained 3 lbs so far. I had gained several pounds during the IF treatments and I already was a bit fluffy. Plus I'm an apple, so I tend to gain weight around my midsection and upper torso while my legs stay skinny so I think I've hovered between looking pregnant and fat before I was pregnant. I really want to be as healthy as possible and I admit not look completely gigantic!!! But I do think I'm starting to look pregnant instead of just fat.



I have a bunch of other stuff to post to, but I'll save that for another day. I hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday!

Yes, I'm experimenting with my ticker. I didn't think calling her by her middle name would matter, but I've had several people call her Caroline already and it bugged me more than I thought. haha! The main reason is because I want people to know her name is Quinn. So I'm trying it out this way to see if Quinn Caroline Beavers will grow on me. Any opinions on how that flows? The pentameter just doesn't seem right to me. (Which it wouldn't since it means 5). I'm also considering Quinn Elane Beavers, (Elane is my middle name) so I might put that up for a while too.

Sorry to keep everyone in suspense. I couldn't post before today because we had to tell everyone in the family. First I wanted to hear the heartbeat and make sure it was healthy. After that, we could look for girl or boy parts. The baby did cooperate and it's a GIRL!!! We're thrilled. I have to admit I was kind of hoping for a girl. Mostly because the clothes are so stinking cute. And her Daddy has been saying girl from Day 1.

We decided to go ahead and use the name we loved the most. If we get so lucky as to have a 2nd and it's a boy, we'll figure out a name then. Soooo....her name will be Caroline Quinn. Caroline is Chris Mom's name, Quinn is just the name I love. We also went back and forth about calling her by the middle name, but Quinn Caroline just does not sound as good.

We had 3 small "reveal" parties, my family, Chris' Dad and Stepmom, and Chris' Mom. Pretty much everyone was guessing girl so there's a lot of excitement and Quinn has already received several baby gifts. It almost made me cry several times knowing how much people love this baby. I feel so blessed and I know I don't deserve it.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Tomorrow is the big day!!! We find out if Baby Beavers is a he or a she.

I thought about having a gender reveal party but I was just to tired to get it together. Plus with the whole Thanksgiving being this week the party couldn't be until next weekend and I knew I couldn't keep it a secret that long. So I baked a few little blue and pink cakes and we'll tell my family tomorrow night and Chris' on Thanksgiving when we go to Nashville.

We thought we were absolutely positive on the name, but now I don't know. Since college I've had a name picked out but last year someone in the family used it. I know I could still use it, but I don't want to. It ruined the name for me. I finally came up with a new name, I like unisex names, but I'm torn because it is the ONLY name I like for a boy. If this baby is a girl and we use it now and then we get so lucky to have another one (yes, I'm thinking about #2 which I KNOW might not even be possible with my history, but hey, a girl can dream!) I will have used my only boy name. But hubs is not so sure about the other name I like. I want to decide by tomorrow so I can post it on my baby ticker. It's just so hard when it comes down to actually saddling a person with a name for life!!

Update on the insurance situation. I called the office of the president and my continuation of coverage has already been approved so I don't have to switch Dr's. YAY!

I’m 14 weeks!!

Baby’s Size: Baby Beavers is the size of a lemon

Weight Gain/Loss: down 1 lb

Stretch Marks: No

Maternity Clothes: Already wearing maternity jeans, but I needed those before I got pregnant. Glad to have an excuse to wear them. Still wearing regular shirts, but big ones and wraps with tank tops.

Symptoms: Ever since the cruise I’ve been sick. I don’t throw up, but I feel bad. I’ve been feeling a little better this week, but still not wanting to eat.

Foods I’m Loving: None, just ate an apple & PB and I feel awful!

Foods I’m Hating: Meat, Vegetables, anything healthy, candy and sweets

Sleep: I sleep about 10 hours, but I wake up a lot and have to go to the bathroom 3 or 4 times.

Gender: Only 2 weeks left until we find out!!

What I Miss: Not feeling sick.

What I’m Looking Forward To: Finding out the gender

Milestones: It’s getting hard to sleep on my stomach so I bought a body pillow. Not loving it.

Emotions: Surprised that pregnancy is so hard, but still over the moon excited.

PS - Why does blogger format things any old way it feels like? The spacing is not the way it looked in the preview but I'm too tired to fight with it to try to make it look pretty.

I got a letter a few weeks ago that my health insurance was in negotiations with the hospital where my Dr delivers. Then I got a letter from the hospital saying they wanted to work it out, but UHC pays significantly lower than other carriers. I kinda brushed the whole thing off and figured they would reach an agreement. Also, I just figured worse case scenario I would pay out of network co pays. Turns out I have zero coverage for out of network. They did not reach an agreement so even though my Dr is still in network, the hospital is not.

In the letter it said there was a continuation of coverage for those who were pregnant. So I called. It's only for 2nd and 3rd trimester. I missed the cutoff by 10 days. I'm NOT happy. I explained to them that I tried for 2 years, lost 3 babies and am in the middle of a very high risk pregnancy and I am not changing Dr's. In case you haven't picked up on it, I love my Dr. I don't think I could find another one that would be as understanding and who would let me come in whenever I wanted.

So they filed a request for the continuation and it will be "reviewed". I asked how long it would take. Their answer - we don't know. How is that acceptable to a pregnant girl who needs a Dr? I know how reviews go at insurance companies. They drag it out for months then say no. I intend to write a letter to the office of the president today. I will also be calling EVERY day until they approve it. In my opinion, they should cover anyone who was pregnant as of the day of the switch. No one who is pregnant needs the stress of changing Dr's.

So if anyone has any pull at UHC, I need your help! Otherwise, please PRAY they will just approve it in a timely fashion. It is stressing me out.

**WARNING** This post is entirely pregnancy related. Skip it if you need to!!




We got the results from the 12 week NT scan. The tech said they want the fold to be less than 3.5 and ours was less than 1 so that is great! At age 25, the risk of having a baby with Down syndrome is 1 in 1250. Our babies risk with the scan and combined blood tests is 1 in 2500. So we are not having the amniocentesis. Not that I would have anyway with my history of miscarriage.

I'm done with the PIO shots and I just switched from heparin to lovenox so I'm down to 1 shot a day. I still take a huge amount of pills though and they all make me gag. Now that I feel like things are more normal and this might actually work, I thought I would start posting some updates and belly shots. Someday I may want to go back and look at these. I probably won't do every week because I'm just to lazy to post that much. Please keep in mind I had a belly before this started so I know I look more pregnant than I should. Oh well!

How Far Along: 13 weeks