Gina's Ramblings

Well I have let the world know we are expecting! No more trying to remember not to let slip. I feel so relieved. It seems too that most seem fairly happy with the news. No bad comments or anything.
So life is good. I had Chinese tonight. Hot and Sour soup YUMMY and garlic prawns. I love this little place in town :)

Well I am beat I still have lunches to make and outfits to set out for the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL :)

I have been feeling some movement!!!! The last couple of days I have finally felt the little one squirming around in there! I woke up this morning to little flutterings :)
It is such a cool littlle feeling. I cannot wait for the baby to get big enough where dh and the boys can feel it.

Well she got her present today.
She called right when she got home. She opened it and then found the present wrapped. She said I am really making this difficult. lol She opened the wrapping paper and found tissue paper. She then said OK I know it is a picture. Well she opened it. And said. Oh... OH!!!!!!!!!!!! hehe and then said "no Sh**?!?!?! " a few times. HEHE she was REALLY shocked. Go figure hehe.
She was absoutely giddy. Such a great response to be honest :)

Do you figure this one out. Each morning I wake up both hungry AND nauseas. Nothing looks good to eat even crackers. So how do I work around that? I know if I eat I will feel better but I do not want to eat anything lol go figure.

Yesterday I had a VERY hard time finding the baby's heartbeat. (s)he was in hiding or something. I had a full bladder like recommended. But I couldn't find the baby. I tried for 10 minutes and started to panic. Then I said OK I will take a break and go to the bathroom. Sure enough after that there was the baby clear as day hehe. Today. The baby was so far down in the pelvis that getting a strong beat was impossible...Again causing me to worry (the curse of the blessing of the Doppler). But I could hear the kicks and movements then a while later the baby moved up and there was the heartbeat strong as can be.

Another frustration... MIL's post office is closed on Saturday's!!! Noooooo So instead of getting the present yesterday it will be tomorrow. I am about to burst with excitement. I can't talk with her on the phone because I am afraid of spilling the beans!

OK I am off of here have to do yet another milk run :)

Have a happy Sunday!!

It has felt like an excruciatingly long week.
Today we go and check out the truck. DH should be off work soon enough and headed home. We are going to his co-workers place from here.

I think the pony express is running too slow!! lol OK not really but I mailed off the "tell grandma" present Wednesday. It should be there today or maybe tomorrow. I am so Anxious for her to find out. She is going to be so so happy. My mom was sort of....well indifferent. It is her though I try not to take it personal.

I am just eager to let all the family know. Then eventually all of my friends. Ahh the joys of telling the world. This is great.

The boys are looking forward to school. And to be honest SO AM I. Hehehehe a chance to catch up on housework and all is something I am actually looking forward to.

OK I am off of here. Have to get a few things done (like drying my hair hehe) before the lovely hubby comes home.

Well ladies and gentlemen... Today marks the start of my second trimester!!!! I have made it past the most crucial part. This is the farthest I have got since I was pregnant with the little man. I am super confident Iwill be holding this baby in my arms at the end of the 9 months.

Now what is in my mind a lot is is it a boy or girl? What and who will (s)he look like? Will I have another red head (at least for awhile lol)? Will this be another easy going baby like little man? Or a more needy baby like big man?

I had a discussion with little man last night about what a newborn can do. He really doesn't have any experience with babies and has no idea about them. He thought a newborn could walk and all haha. I had to work hard to convince him that a newborn couldn't walk, crawl, sit etc. So he is still soaking that all in. I just wish I knew someone with a newborn so he could get an idea of what they do and look like etc.

Unfortunately the traveling to CO and back and then turning around and jetting off to CA. Somewhere alog the way I caught a minor headcold. Nothing that is making me bed ridden or anything.

I need to find the resources to stock up on all we will need for this little one. Just ask my husband and he will tell you that I am a perpetual stock up on stuff type person. I have all of this stuff on my mind that I have to get. UGH well we will see how I work it all out huh? A friend said she will help me go and do the registry for the baby. We should have fun getting that done.

My mom has been very generous. She gave us money for a second vehicle. It isn't brand new or anything. But it will get me to appointments, back and forth to the boys school, grocery shopping and errands and I will not be stranded with no vehicle. I am getting a 1991 Ford F150. It has the back seat for the kids, a camper shell too for the dogs or groceries etc. So this is one less thing that will will have to worry about having to budget for.

My husband again. I swear I married the most wonderful man EVER. He treats me so well understands all the stuff I have been going through and is helping me with so much around the house. I owe him big time... well hmm maybe this is his payback for me hehehe. Yeah I like that better than being in debt to him LOL

Anyway this amazingly long winded post is just to say all is well :)

It all went really well.
First thing is I lost more weight 8 more pounds. The doctor said as long as I am not dieting that weight loss is not a big deal now. I have it to spare ;)

My blood pressure is great on the lower side of normal.

The doctor said all of my bloodwork came back fine. He also said I can stop the Progesterone supplements. I am terrified to stop now though. I am so scared that if I stop something will happen to my little baby.

He found the heartbeat easily. The little mover and shaker kept moving on him though hehehe. The heartrate is in the 150's he says. Well he said he "thinks" because it was hard to get a lock on the little active one :)

I am 13 weeks tomorrow. The end of my first Trimester. Amazing how time flies. I mailed off the present to my mother in law so she will know by weeks end she will be a grandma again. After she knows we will then tell the rest of the family.

Today I was also given the option of the triple screen test. I talked it over with dh and I think we are opting out of it. If there might be something wrong with this baby it would not change how much we love him or her. We would NOT terminate the pregnancy either. So we are going to skip it.

That is about it for now :)

Well I am back. Still exhausted. Still feeling rushed and 10 steps behind.
I heard the baby's heartbeat as soon as I got home.

The boys now know too. They are Very excited.
Little man listened to the heartbeat tonight. He wanted to know exactly where the baby was. He says it sounds like I am pregnant with a helicopter hehehe.

Today is my 12 week mark. I am so happy to of made it this far.
Everytime I use my doppler to hear the heartbeat I swear I am on cloud nine. My little baby is in there. Hanging on :) I love this baby so much already. It is strange how you can love someone so much and you haven't met yet.
I am almost 1/3 of the way there!!!

Today I got the call from my doctor. I am good to fly. So tomorrow I am off to California. To be honest I was hoping I would never have to go through there again. BLECH.-I think I will get to stop for my olive though hehehe and hopefully see my mother in law too. I know you WANT to see your mother in law?!?!?! yes it is true lol. Then I will be back home (thank goodness) Just in time for teacher meeeting school to start etc. I just want to rest to be honest. I know silly. But I am so tired and have been going full speed for too long.

Oh and as a friend said this baby is getting its fair share of travelling! 7 states already :) Too bad they haven't seen any of them hehe.

Well my mom called me. She is in desperate need of help. She needs me to come and help her pack. She is moving from CA to OR.
After I will be driving one of her cars up here.
I called my friend who is a travel agent. I have the airline tickets tentatively set up to fly DS#2 and I down to CA. I say tentatively because I am waiting on the go ahead from my doctor to fly.
Traveling by car was OK. Everything went well but I want to be sure that flying is OK with my complications.
I had to tell her what is going on. Which meant going into the fact that I was pregnant! This is so not the way I wanted to tell her BUT I did what I had to. I have restrictions. No doing heavy lifting, twisting etc.
She is VERY happy. She is concerned though knowing about the losses. Like I said though this is not the way we wanted to tell her...but that is how it works out.
I called my mother in law. I wanted to know if she will be down in the big town early next week. Since I will be driving through it would be nice to meet up with her. If we can meet... I will bring her the "You are going to be a grandma again" present. I figure might as well let her know in person if I can. It will be a few days early but I do not think it will make a big difference :)

A big ol' thank you needs to go out to my husband. I think the vacation revitalized him. He is helping out so much here at home. I appreciate it so much.
I just hope it stays the same when he goes back to work hehehe. Well I can hope right?

This is the Crib dh and I got. We also got the dresser too The tall one not the changing table one :)





It will be paid off in a mere 17 months HAHAHA Kidding we will pick it up next month. Now to start stocking up on the things we need... phew lol

Well we got in this morning from our vacation to Colorado. I have a lot to update but want to do that when I have some more sleep under my belt hehehe.

What I did want to quickly update on was this.....

I did NOT bring my fetal doppler with us on vacation. I wanted to just relax and not obsess over trying to find the heartbeat. Plus I didn't really have time so it worked out well ;)

Anyway We got home this morning and first thing I do is try that thing out. After a few minutes...guess what?!?!?!?!?!? I found the baby's heartbeat!!! You could hear my heartbeat along with it too but you could tell they were two different ones and one was for sure the babys (much faster) and one was mine.
This is such a huge huge milestone for me. HEARING the baby's heartbeat.... That hasn't happened since Little man... So in none of the other pregnancies that ended in miscarriage did I HEAR the heartbeat. I saw it via ultrasound but NEVER heard it with a doppler. I am VERY optimistic.
I will be 13 weeks next week. The END of my first trimester. I will be able to breathe a little and enjoy being pregnant. :)

This will be my last post for awhile. We are headed out tomorrow for Colorado. Hoping things go OK. I am a bit nervous about meeting dh's family. Most I am OK with seeing as how I have communicated via e-mail with them for years. His dad I have talked to once for 30 seconds on the phone in 7 years. HIM I am more apprehensive about meeting. Well that is IF he shows at all. I can hope though.
OK well that is it I am off of here I have laundry and packing to do.

BTW 10 weeks tomorrow!!! I make it to 13 and I will feel so much better!

Until next time,
Me