First Breakdown

I had my first emotional breakdown today. I had an appointment with my endocrinologist, who confirmed that I not only have Graves disease, but also Hashimoto's thyroiditis, another autoimmune thyroid issue. If I had only avoided the internet, maybe I would have been fine. But after researching the latest studies about how BOTH diseases increase all kinds of risks during pregnancy, some of them REALLY scary, I had a total breakdown at work. I managed to almost pull myself together to leave, but it wasn't pretty. Thankfully I didn't see anyone on the way out. We have an appointment with our perinatologist tomorrow morning and will have an ultrasound, so hopefully that will give me some peace of mind. I just keep thinking that after all we have been through to even get pregnant, surely nothing else can go wrong! Thank goodness our little man has been kicking this evening... that is the best ever. Now for some good news tomorrow...

28 week picture

OK, I know I am way behind, but here is the 28 week belly picture.

Cullen gets showered!

We have had our first few showers. Our first was in Johnson City, my home town. It was so much fun! We got so many fabulous things for our little man. The people in my home town are so sweet. Some of the people who came and brought us gifts were friends of my parents that we had never even met! So sweet! And it was so fabulous to see my family.

Last Thursday we had a shower at David's office. It was so great to celebrate with the people who had followed our struggle with infertility. We are so blessed!

Only 10 weeks to go!

I am so excited that we are starting our last 10 weeks!

The past week and a half has been pretty crazy. My sister-in-law, Lindsay, got married last weekend. The wedding was beautiful! We were so excited that Larry got to go. I will have to post some pictures of the beautiful bride when I get them. I was the biggest bridesmaid in history! Hehe! The wedding festivities were a bit much for me, though, and we had a scare at the reception when I started having some pretty serious contractions. Luckily, they went away after I had a BUNCH of water and was able to rest.

The next day we took Janice to lunch for her birthday and went to Annette's first birthday party. Busy, fun weekend!

I started feeling pretty sick last week, so this past weekend was much less eventful. I guess the third trimester is starting to get to me. Little Cullen has discovered my ribs, and he LOVES to kick them. He is a strong little guy!

Other than that, I am really having the nesting instinct. My dirty house is driving me crazy, and I am obsessed with getting everything ready for Cullen.