Thursday, September 30, 2004
18 weeks today
The baby is moving around a lot now. Move concentrated movements lower. Makes me think the little one is trying to riverdance LOL.
I went through a major growth spurt. It seemed almost overnight last week. I popped. BAM belly.
I will be having my ultrasound in two weeks!!!! I am so excited I just want a glimpse of this little one!
I am feeling good. I am still having a lot of trouble with the pubic bone pain. It honestly hurts like you wouldn't believe. It is hard to go for any walks back and forth to the bus stop is the best I can do lately. BUT it is OK. I am trying to keep up on the tylenol but I forget to keep taking it all day long.
I am working on organizing Little Mans room to accomidate a crib and dresser. We pick it up tomorrow. I have other things I need to move around too. Need room in the front for a bassinet and swing :)
This weekend we are headed to Oktoberfest in this little town in Eastern WA. I can't wait. While not being able to have a beer is no big deal hehe I am looking forward to the food!!! hehe
Well I am tired as all get out so changing out laundry and heading to bed will be the wrap up of my night.
YIPPIE!!!!
Oct 14 at 1:45 pm!!!!
Of course dh has duty and CANNOT be there. we knew it... But I have a date!
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
I get tired
Is it real??
It just seems unreal. After those years of fighting infertility for me to be pregnant is amazing to me.
I am just still in AWE.
I am on some lists for people due the same time I am. However I feel I do not "fit in" anywhere. I am not a "earth mom" not a working mom either. I get ignored, a lot my posts fall by the way side and being pregnant I have heightened emotions and it hurts a bit. I have my way of doing things and I guess it is a mixture of things ... Disagreed with on each side on something... :::Sigh::::
I had to call my doctor's office today. I was told it would take two days for the hospital to get back with a date for my ultrasound. Well here it is a WEEK later and no call. UGH Second time this has happened to me here. And I will tell you If that witch does this ultrasound as did my first and she acts like she did then I will have to get someone else to do the ultrasound even if it means waiting longer!!
I just know that DH will not be there for this ultrasound either. Life works that way.
Monday, September 27, 2004
1 down
I cleared out drawers of clothes and shoes. I will be freecycling those and if no one takes them they will be donated.
There are things in his room well let me just say NASTY!!!
He and his brother are so different. His borther is neater and organized and DS#1 well is NOT lol
Now to get him to keep the room CLEAN
Weird dream... just one of many!
I went in, forgot to drink ANY water at all lol. Going into the ultrasound There was this wall of amazing 4-D ultrasound photos. Some even moved like they were videos. I go in so excited thinking I am going to have a great u/s that it will be 4-D I will for sure see he gender yada yada.
Well I get in there. The machine is old and outdated. You would swear hamsters were running it. The tech would not let me see the screen at all. I caught a glimpse of a grainy black and white screen.
She goes through the ultrasound not saying anything. I remember laying there really having to pee so bad (btw when I woke up I really did have to really bad LOL). She printed out a picture TOOK IT WITH HER and said I could use the restroom and then wait. So I did.
She comes back with this laminated book (like my youngest brought home after Kindergarten). It was full of prenancy info that I was way beyond. I was thinking how useless it was. And I am flipping through it looking for something from the ultrasound. I find a picture. One that belongs to someone else LOL laminated in my book. On the next pages are pictures of my delivery with DS#1 &2. I remember thinking how in the world she got them. So instead of speaking up (VERY unlike me) I leave!!
At this point I know nothing about what went on in the ultrasound at all.
Then I start to think about it. I go back in to talk to this lady. I say "if I go home and do not tell my boys what the gender is, they will be VERY disappointed." She then says "Oh I forgot to look" LOL
I ask is the baby OK, healthy and everything. She says I can't remember I think so... LOL . I told her that she messed up and gave me the wrong ultrasound picture in my book she turns back to her desk and says. Sorry nothing I can do about it now.
OK think I am anxious over the u/s at all?? HAHHAHA
Thursday, September 23, 2004
Guesss what?!?!?
MY friend Michelle got me the Jogging stroller!! I cannot believe she did this :) It is so cool! Heck so is she :)
She says she got it for me because of the walks around the neighborhood she and I used to take when we lived in San Diego :)
17 weeks today
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 :)
ARGH!!
Sunday, September 19, 2004
Friends... They
DH and I went out yesterday and did a registry at Target. I shared the link with a friend... to make sure we did it right. Would you believe she bought us something??? I do not know what yet LOL I am patiently waiting. Ha me waiting go figure.
I am having fun pretend shopping so far hehe
Friday, September 17, 2004
Baby stuff update
The little stuff I can get along the way.
I cannot wait to go pretend shopping AKA set up my registry LOL
I got an Italian charm bracelet from my friend. It is so cool. She picked out some charms she thought I would like. The charms are Navy wife, I support our troops, mother to be, I love my husband, I love my sons, a friend heart and a flag heart. I found a lot more that I want. Including the pink ribbon one, OIF one, and one for this munchkin when (s)he is born. I have never had a bracelet like this and I love it :)
I have been volunteering in the boys' classrooms. DS#2 is on Tuesdays DS#1 is on Fridays. I have fun doing this. I really like spending the time in their classrooms.
I have done my fair share of running around today. So that is wearing me out quickly.
Also headaches have taken the place of nausea. Not sure which I would rather have....
Tomorrow I am meeting someone for lunch. I am looking forward to that too. A whole family outing... if the kids are going to behave I will be so happy hehehe
OK I am off of here in search of some tylenol!
Thursday, September 16, 2004
16 weeks Today
I am a happy camper things are going well. Babys heartbeat sounds good, movements have been increasing (most days)
The best part is tha I have an appetite!! Yes it is true I want to eat now! It is helping me feel more energetic. I still have cravings but nothing bad... no greasy stuff oranges mostly lol, I still want a good beef Tamale- maybe I will find some this weekend at the farmers market lol
Monday, September 13, 2004
Well
Anyway I am doing OK down a few MORE pounds. But all is well. I have to up my protiens. More beans I guess lol
I have to see a dietician once a month ..... They want to make sure my diet is good. What they didn't expect I think is for me to be LOSING weight LOL
Sunday, September 12, 2004
And
I got my oranges, nectarines and peaches. Now for a good tamale .....
Hello all
I am still tired BUT not as bad as it has been in the past months.
So things are looking up :)
Thursday, September 09, 2004
15 weeks today
Now the down side lol. I am still really tired, I have an extreme aversion to meat. ANY kind- I do not even want to look at meat, I am STILL tired, I have had some uncomfortable pubic bone pressure and some nausea still. But I still wouldn't trade ONE BIT!
I feel at kind of a lull right now. In the begining there was the ultrasound, hearing the heartbeat etc to look forward to. Now... Well I am just sort of here. I know I have my ultrasound to lookforward to next month. But lalalala what now? lol
I hope we get a house. I can spend this time decorating the baby's room and nesting (as dh says I am trying to do now) but the baby doesn't have its own room at this point.
Well that is it. Still torn on the middle name but ... it will work out at the very latest when the baby is born LOL
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Baby’s Choice
Did you ever think, dear Mother,
As the seeds of me you sowed,
As you breathed new life inside of me
And slowly watched me grow,
In all your dreams about me
When you planned me out so well,
When you couldn't wait to have me there
Inside your heart to dwell,
Did you ever think that maybe
I was planning for you too,
And choosing for my very own
A mother just like you?
A mother who smelled sweet and who
Had hands so creamy white,
A tender, loving creature
Who would soothe me in the night?
Did you ever think in all those days
While you were coming due,
That as you planned a life for me
I sought a life with you?
And now as I lay in your arms,
I wonder if you knew
While you were busy making me,
I was choosing you!
~Colleen M. Story
Kind of torn
The baby's middle name is after a family member. Also besides little man's name, it will be hyphanated.
I have had several family members pass away that I would love to honor. I had always had my girls middle name figured out, Norma-Marie after my grandmothers. Now I am thinking maybe I want to change it. I am thinking after my aunt and grandmother who passed away last year. The names together flow nicely. So here I am torn. I want to honor everybody but who first???
Will anybody care? I honestly think they won't but I guess it is more of an internal dilema.
Monday, September 06, 2004
Terrible
Blame it on emotions , hormones, or the general horror of the whole thing, but I began to bawl. I just knew someone was dead. the accident was SO bad I knew it was bad news. I heard on the radio on the way home that yes in fact it was a fatality accident. I pray for those families.
They closed the I-5 Northbound it backed up traffic like you wouldn't believe. Southbound full of lookey loos. Total Grid lock!! it took me 3 hours to make it home a trip that takes 15-20 minutes..
I am still a bit shaken up by it.
Saturday, September 04, 2004
Well
Man the days I swear are getting longer! Some days draaaaaaag
I was told
Things are going well. I know I am still losing weight but I am worried I do not feel I am growing enough. UGH Well we will see if everything is going well when I have the ultrasound next month. We are crossing our fingers.... for a couple of things. One is that dh will get to go to the appointment with me and Two that this little one will for sure let us know what gender it is!
We had toyed around with not finding out what we are having BUT I do not think I can wait hehe
Well I am off of here. going to make the kiddos dinner and go to sleep lol.
Thursday, September 02, 2004
14 weeks today
I am addicted to listening to my baby's heartbeat! I swear I listen to it a few times a day. I wake up and have to say good morning to my little one! Sometimes in the afternoon I just have to sneak a listen. Each night I can sleep a little easier knowing my little one is in there and doing well. The doppler has been a great investment for me.
Well I am off of here I am still exhausted, I want to get a load of laundry in and some dishes done before I take a little nap.