Thursday, September 23, 2004
17 weeks today
Take 3 LOL I will not run spellcheck because everytime I do this thing locks up lol.
Yesterday I had my OB appointment. DH was able to get off of work and come to the appointment.
Gaining by leaps and bounds
Well not leaps and bounds BUT I did gain weight this time! In the past 4 weeks I have put on 8 pounds!! 8?!?! wowzers. I am still under the weight where I strated this pregnancy. I expected to gain weight so I am not freaking out about it at all.
I brought my list of questions I wrote down. Yes I write things down because you know it will fall victim to my preggo brain if I don't lol. DH had to grab my list twice. I almost forgot it at home and then again in the car. Sigh... I know eventually I will be able to hold a thought but it will be awhile.
The headaches.... The doctor gave me a prescription for a medication for the headaches. It is a mixture of tylenol, caffiene and another drug I cant remember. It is strange though because the month before we got pregnant I cut out caffiene. I haven't had a caffiene drink since I have been pregnant. To get a medication that HAS caffiene... It is weird for me.
I asked the doctor about cord blood. We are financially unable to bank the cord blood. So we want it to go to someone who can use it. The thing is this hospital is not on the list of donation sites. The doctor is going to do what he can and do some research to get a donation kit etc.
DS#1 wanted to be in the delivery room. I asked my doc and he said no problem. I can pretty much have whoever I want in the room with me. He said "as long as they stay out of the way" lol DS#1 was so happy to hear that.
My pubic bone pain. It is a ligament pain... Which I kind of thought it was. Same thing with the sharp pulling when I stand up. I have two options for the pubic bone pain. One is to take Tylenol on a regimented schedule Two is to live with the pain and walk like a cowboy who has spent too much time in the saddle.
Last night when I went to find the babys heartbeat I was starting to get a bit worried when the baby wasn't in it's regular place. Turns out the little munchkin has moved up in the world... or rather up in the womb hehehe. So (s)he is not reasting as low as the day before. In the next few weeks both my uterus and the baby are going to be going through a bit of a growth spurt too. So I think this is just the begining of that :)
Now the big, make sure everything is OK, and hopefully learn the gender ultrasound will be in 2-3 weeks. I know gee can they get less specific?? They should be calling in the next few days with an official date. The bad news.... DH has a very busy October. PRT, duty, inspections and some time away from home. So what does this mean? It means that more than likely dh will NOT be there for this ultrasound either....
True I am disappointed, but I am not angry at all. I know the Navy comes first....even on shore duty. But all will be OK. Not sure if I will ask the tech to just write down the gender if they can tell and waiting for dh to tell him OR just finding out and letting him know hehe or worse letting him stew over it LOL
Things are going well. I am feeling OK tired but OK .
I neeed to write my grandparents and actually tell them we are expecting. I have told pretty much everybody over e-mail and those without e-mail (with the exception of the grandmas) Probably have no clue.
Ok there is the update :)
Yesterday I had my OB appointment. DH was able to get off of work and come to the appointment.
Gaining by leaps and bounds
Well not leaps and bounds BUT I did gain weight this time! In the past 4 weeks I have put on 8 pounds!! 8?!?! wowzers. I am still under the weight where I strated this pregnancy. I expected to gain weight so I am not freaking out about it at all.
I brought my list of questions I wrote down. Yes I write things down because you know it will fall victim to my preggo brain if I don't lol. DH had to grab my list twice. I almost forgot it at home and then again in the car. Sigh... I know eventually I will be able to hold a thought but it will be awhile.
The headaches.... The doctor gave me a prescription for a medication for the headaches. It is a mixture of tylenol, caffiene and another drug I cant remember. It is strange though because the month before we got pregnant I cut out caffiene. I haven't had a caffiene drink since I have been pregnant. To get a medication that HAS caffiene... It is weird for me.
I asked the doctor about cord blood. We are financially unable to bank the cord blood. So we want it to go to someone who can use it. The thing is this hospital is not on the list of donation sites. The doctor is going to do what he can and do some research to get a donation kit etc.
DS#1 wanted to be in the delivery room. I asked my doc and he said no problem. I can pretty much have whoever I want in the room with me. He said "as long as they stay out of the way" lol DS#1 was so happy to hear that.
My pubic bone pain. It is a ligament pain... Which I kind of thought it was. Same thing with the sharp pulling when I stand up. I have two options for the pubic bone pain. One is to take Tylenol on a regimented schedule Two is to live with the pain and walk like a cowboy who has spent too much time in the saddle.
Last night when I went to find the babys heartbeat I was starting to get a bit worried when the baby wasn't in it's regular place. Turns out the little munchkin has moved up in the world... or rather up in the womb hehehe. So (s)he is not reasting as low as the day before. In the next few weeks both my uterus and the baby are going to be going through a bit of a growth spurt too. So I think this is just the begining of that :)
Now the big, make sure everything is OK, and hopefully learn the gender ultrasound will be in 2-3 weeks. I know gee can they get less specific?? They should be calling in the next few days with an official date. The bad news.... DH has a very busy October. PRT, duty, inspections and some time away from home. So what does this mean? It means that more than likely dh will NOT be there for this ultrasound either....
True I am disappointed, but I am not angry at all. I know the Navy comes first....even on shore duty. But all will be OK. Not sure if I will ask the tech to just write down the gender if they can tell and waiting for dh to tell him OR just finding out and letting him know hehe or worse letting him stew over it LOL
Things are going well. I am feeling OK tired but OK .
I neeed to write my grandparents and actually tell them we are expecting. I have told pretty much everybody over e-mail and those without e-mail (with the exception of the grandmas) Probably have no clue.
Ok there is the update :)
