My First OB/GYN Appointment

This was my first time having an appointment in the Bitburg Germany Hospital! And yes, it is an off base hospital. The doctor is so awesome! We thought I was 16 weeks along, because according to the people on base thats what they thought I was. But turns out I was more like 14 weeks. So my new week starts every Friday.
We got to see the baby! The baby's arm and legs were kicking and moving about! And we got a print out of the baby. You can see the baby's brain, eyes, nose, and mouth in the face. And you can see the baby's ribs! And by the baby's neck you could see the baby's hand pointing at you. Its pretty cool!
As I was getting on the table/bed at the doctor's office, the doctor noticed my pink/purple toe. So I told him as much a I knew about it and he set up an appointment for me on the surgery floor on September 7th. He said a doctor will check it out for me and see what the problem is with it. I am going to walk to the appointment at the hospital so he can see how bad it gets when I am on it too long or how it looks after walking a while.
But the pregnancy has been going pretty well! Morning sickness has given me a break, although I will see it when I don't eat when I am supposed to or experience an aweful smell. And I haven't been nearly as tired as what I was in the beginning! I sleep like 10- 12 hrs a night though, then usually I won't have to take a nap during the day. And I am trying to get up earlier on the weekends so I can start going to church more often.
As far as my weight during the pregnancy, I am still down about 8.4 pounds. But the Nutrionist said that is ok. And she said I will probably start gaining soon. They don't want me gaining anymore than 15-20 pounds. As far of exercise, I like to walk. Some days I do alot of walking and somedays I may only get to take the dog around the block. I am going to try and find some workout videos on YouTube for pregnant women to help my back out some. I have horrible lower back pains! And it runs all the way down my legs to my knees! It mainly hurts when I am laying down or getting up from a sitting position. But it does bother me sometimes while walking. But I am going to try and find my own solutions to my problems and see what I can do for myself.
My next appointment is on September 28th. And the doc is hoping then to be able to tell whether or not I will be having a boy or a girl.

Looking Back At My Trip To London

It sure has been a while! I need to write on a regular basis in here! But tonight I will just write about my trip to London that I went on about two weeks ago with my friend Robyn and her son Max. We flew there through RyanAir. Our tickets were about 20 Euro each which is AWESOME!
My friend Robyn and I went on a three day trip together to London, England! (August 20, 21, & 22) It was fun. We did ALOT of walking while there! But we got to see and do alot of really cool stuff! I can't remember alot from the trip but I will try my best to explain some of what we did.
We went to the Buckingham Palace for the Changing of The Gaurds and we got there like 2 hours early and it was already packed so we just took some pictures and didn't stay for the show. Instead we took off and got a start on our day of sight seeing.
We then went to the British Museum where we saw alot of really amazing stuff! They have things on display from all around the world there! It kind of reminded me of the movie, "Night At The Museum". Stuff you learn about in history books was there, like the Rosetta Stone. If I can, I will post as many pictures from the museum on here. It was pretty amazing stuff.
Next we went to the Tower Of London. It was huge! It was more of what I think of when I was a kid when I thought of a castle. They also had a room there where they kept the crown jewels. They were beautiful! I didn't know that you were not aloud to take pictures of them, oops! But it was a beautiful place to visit.
Later that evening we went to The Globe Theatre! It was amazing! We saw the play Helen there. It was a BIG circular building with an open roof for lighting. It had three stories for seating, lots of people could fit. And they even had a big open area in front of the stage for people to stand and watch the play. I am so glad that we didn't have to stand and watch it! We had been on our feet all day and it was nice to take a break!
That night on our walk to the train station to go back to our hotel, we saw "Bobbies" and got our picture taken with them. They are what the English call thier police.
We went to the WestMinister Abbey the following day. It cost 18 pounds to take a tour of the church. But we noticed a sign outside the gate of the church that said they had a survice that evening at 5. So we went back to that and got to go in for free. It was beautiful in there! That is one of my favorite things to do, is to go inside all of these churches.
Here are some of the other smaller things we did. We saw the Eye Of London, a huge Ferris Wheel. But did not go on it mainly because I heard that it cost ALOT of money. And we saw Big Ben, a huge clock. And we went in a church to a Crypt Museum that they had on the lower level. And I was able to stop at a telephone booth and get my picture taken in it. We stopped by the train station in London where the movie Harry Potter was filmed. I am not a fan of Harry Potter but Robyn is so we stopped and checked it out. I had seen the movie with her before though so it was cool to see where they filmed part of it at. We got our picture taken by the wall that was in the movie, where they ran through it with thier carts. And one of the last things that we did was go to Portobello Rd where the antique market is. Everything was SO EXPENSIVE! But they had some cheap clothing stores just outside of Portobello Rd.
The trip was fun but boy was I glad to get home! It wasn't really what I thought it would be, London had alot of litter. And ALOT of smokers who would just blow smoke on you as you were walking by. It was like walking through an ash tray. But the train and bus system was awesome! I wish they had more in America!