Too bad we really didn't get to spend much time together for our first anniversary since we both had to work and all. Ah, the joys of being an adult! My parents were sweet enough to make us dinner and we cut our year old cake (which by the way is not a good idea if you're prego and sensitive to every taste and smell). We may not have been able to get away this past weekend but we are going on a much needed mini-vacay next weekend! I pretty much can't wait, especially after Jordon booked the LAST room at the bed and breakfast we're staying at...I'm so ready to be spoiled for a couple of days!
We did have a late anniversary present; we had a 16 week check-up yesterday afternoon. We met Dr. Linfert and she "tried" to listen to McNugget's heartbeat, but he/she was so stinkin' squirmy that she had to keep chasing him/her to hear it! AND while she was chasing him/her and pressing on my belly, I felt what I'm positive was baby movement!! It felt just like little tiny butterflies moving. :) I was told I should start to feel a little movement now and I've been so anxious that I won't know what it feels like and miss it, but now I know. My mom got to go and hear the heartbeat and she's planning on going to next appointment which is going to be the "big one" when they do the anatomy scan and we find out boy or girl! Woohoo! Otherwise, morning sickness has almost completely become a thing of the past (knock on wood) and I only feel sick around 4am when I'm working night shift (go figure). Dr. Linfert said everything looks completely normal and we're healthy, so I guess we'll just try to keep up the good work and keep growing and growing! Oh, and vote for boy or girl....we're gonna see how many people get it right next month!
How far along? 16 weeks, 1 day
Total weight gain/loss: Finally back to my pre-prego weight!!
Maternity clothes? Bought some, but I have absolutely no reason to wear them right now
Stretch marks? none and hopefully it'll stay this way...I've been using cocoa butter already to prevent anything from happening
Sleep: Well, depends on if I'm off night shift or not, but I slept all night from 11pm and woke up at 4am to turn over...ahhh, sleep, where have you been?!
Best moment this week: Hearing McNugget's itty bitty heartbeat and feeling the first little bit of "kicking" from what the doctor calls a "squirmy little one"
Movement: See above...and I'm absolutely sure it wasn't just gas!
Cravings: I don't know if you'd call it cravings... I just have to have a taste for something before I'll eat it.
Gender: 4 more weeks until we find out and it's KILLING ME!!!
Labor Signs: None, thankfully...we got lots more baking in the oven before that needs to happen
Belly Button in or out? In
What I miss: Not being so sensitive to smell and being able to brush my teeth without gagging!
What I am looking forward to: Hopefully feeling more movement and the next ultrasound on June 28th
Weekly Wisdom: Too much to put on here!
Milestones: Movement and the heart rate is lowering...could this mean we have a boy??
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
One crazy year!
One year ago today I was on the verge of going crazy. I had a whole list of things that needed to be done and not enough time to get it done! I guess that's what happens with weddings, huh? It's hard to believe that this time last year we were getting ready for our rehearsal and then our wedding the next day. Looking back we've had a jam-packed year...getting married, me taking the state boards and getting a job, getting a puppy, buying our house, finding out we're going to be parents, buying a new car, getting stuff redone in our house....I feel tired just typing it and thinking about all we did this year! Even though it's been so crazy, I can't imagine spending the past year with anyone else. Happy anniversary baby and it's okay with me if the next 60 years are just as crazy! :)
Thursday, May 20, 2010
15 week update
Seems like everything is going smoothly. I'm having more and more good days over bad days. I even cooked real food (something other than chicken noodle soup or mac and cheese) for the first time last night in 4 months. (Maybe it's because I feel better and maybe a little bit because our new stove was delivered yesterday and I wanted to try it out.) I still can't stand the sight/smell of fish, baked chicken, mashed potatoes from KFC or Bojangles, or salad with ranch dressing. Hopefully soon I'll be able to broaden my food palate, but the doctor told me just to take things slowly.
The book says McNugget is about the size of an orange and is moving his/her arms, legs, bitty fingers, and toes. Still a little too small to feel any movement yet, even though the doc told me I should be able to feel something by about 16 weeks. I think McNugget's just doing his/her own thing since I feel like I'm not following any of the growth patterns outlined in/on any pregnancy book/website. I still have only gained back about 6 of the 15 pounds I lost. I have a very tiny, hardly noticeable bump (or pooch, in Jordon's words)...more or less just looks like I'm bloated and should take a diuretic. Luckily I'm still fitting into my pre-prego pants with room to spare, which kind of sucks because I went and bought like 6 pair of shorts a size too big so I could grow into them over the summer and all but 1 pair falls straight to my ankles when I button them. It makes me feel bad because I look at pictures of friends who do the week by week pics and at this same point in their pregnancy they actually look pregnant; I just look like I ate 1 too many donuts. Oh well, my mom said she didn't start looking pregnant with me until she was about 5 months pregnant...that means another 3 or 4 weeks to go and maybe I'll have a bump and people won't look at me like I'm lying when I tell them I'm pregnant. Otherwise, we go for a 16 week check-up next Wednesday and meet another one of the doctors in the practice. Hopefully everything will end up looking good, but I know I'll be anxious yet again to hear them say we're on track and there's nothing to worry about.
Oh, and our house is still in a mess since the owner of the flooring company is here to fix some of the screw-ups from the guys who did the floor and carpet in the first place. Hopefully they'll be done by this afternoon and I can get things somewhat straight and get cleaned up. It's going to be a long few weeks trying to get everything finally finished up so we can start on other projects.
The book says McNugget is about the size of an orange and is moving his/her arms, legs, bitty fingers, and toes. Still a little too small to feel any movement yet, even though the doc told me I should be able to feel something by about 16 weeks. I think McNugget's just doing his/her own thing since I feel like I'm not following any of the growth patterns outlined in/on any pregnancy book/website. I still have only gained back about 6 of the 15 pounds I lost. I have a very tiny, hardly noticeable bump (or pooch, in Jordon's words)...more or less just looks like I'm bloated and should take a diuretic. Luckily I'm still fitting into my pre-prego pants with room to spare, which kind of sucks because I went and bought like 6 pair of shorts a size too big so I could grow into them over the summer and all but 1 pair falls straight to my ankles when I button them. It makes me feel bad because I look at pictures of friends who do the week by week pics and at this same point in their pregnancy they actually look pregnant; I just look like I ate 1 too many donuts. Oh well, my mom said she didn't start looking pregnant with me until she was about 5 months pregnant...that means another 3 or 4 weeks to go and maybe I'll have a bump and people won't look at me like I'm lying when I tell them I'm pregnant. Otherwise, we go for a 16 week check-up next Wednesday and meet another one of the doctors in the practice. Hopefully everything will end up looking good, but I know I'll be anxious yet again to hear them say we're on track and there's nothing to worry about.
Oh, and our house is still in a mess since the owner of the flooring company is here to fix some of the screw-ups from the guys who did the floor and carpet in the first place. Hopefully they'll be done by this afternoon and I can get things somewhat straight and get cleaned up. It's going to be a long few weeks trying to get everything finally finished up so we can start on other projects.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
I hate disorganization!
This week we're getting new floors in the kitchen and dinning room and new carpet in the hall. Let's just say I'm worn out from coming home from work to sleep a couple hours (in between the saws and hammering)! Our house is a disaster right now...we have our fridge, washer, dryer, dinning room table, chairs, and the boxes of flooring all in our living room. Let's just say I'm about to go nuts at how unorganized everything is in here, but hopefully they'll be finished early tomorrow so we can try to get everything dusted, scrubbed down, and moved back. They're bringing our new stove Wednesday and then we have to start figuring out when we can get our new counter tops installed, our deck built, and our yard cleaned up/landscaped. Not to mention we have a nursery we're going to have to start working on soon. Hopefully we can get everything done by November!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
I feel soooooooo FAT!!!
I walked by the mirror today and did a double take...the bump looked slightly larger than normal. Crazy, but I swear it popped out over night! I think it's mostly bloat, but I still feel HUGE! The bad thing is last week when I went to the doctor I was still minus 15 lbs from what I was pre-pregnancy. I had went and bought new shorts a size too big because I wanted to be able to wear them for more than a month before I have to get rid of them...I wanted wear a pair of them today and after I buttoned and zipped them, they fell straight down to my ankles! Really?! It's so frustrating, but I said that I was going to enjoy wearing my "small" clothes as long as I could.
Aside from that, my daddy got Bella about a month ago to keep at his and mama's house since we won't be able to give her enough time once the baby's here. My daddy also has a black lab, Reese, who's about 10 months old. When Bella had meet Reese before she wasn't too into her because she's so stinkin' hyper! Jordon and daddy ended up putting Bella's pen to share a side of Reese's pen and they've been best friends since. No need to worry about them digging out...they've been digging towards each other! Since they've gotten used to each other and Bella's gotten used to my parents' yard, we've been training them with the electric underground fence (sounds cruel, but it's really not). They've done amazing and last night was the first afternoon they were out together without one of them being on a leash. It was so hilarious how Bella would run Reese ragged. Poor Reese ended up hanging her head and tail and laying down she was so tired from running after Bella. Bella's really been enjoying herself and although it was hard to let my fur baby go, I know it was best for her and she's so happy being able to have a whole 2 acres of yard and woods to run in by herself...not to mention tons of birds, butterflies, and bugs to chase!
Aside from that, my daddy got Bella about a month ago to keep at his and mama's house since we won't be able to give her enough time once the baby's here. My daddy also has a black lab, Reese, who's about 10 months old. When Bella had meet Reese before she wasn't too into her because she's so stinkin' hyper! Jordon and daddy ended up putting Bella's pen to share a side of Reese's pen and they've been best friends since. No need to worry about them digging out...they've been digging towards each other! Since they've gotten used to each other and Bella's gotten used to my parents' yard, we've been training them with the electric underground fence (sounds cruel, but it's really not). They've done amazing and last night was the first afternoon they were out together without one of them being on a leash. It was so hilarious how Bella would run Reese ragged. Poor Reese ended up hanging her head and tail and laying down she was so tired from running after Bella. Bella's really been enjoying herself and although it was hard to let my fur baby go, I know it was best for her and she's so happy being able to have a whole 2 acres of yard and woods to run in by herself...not to mention tons of birds, butterflies, and bugs to chase!
Saturday, May 1, 2010
12 weeks, 3 days
I have to start off saying that I was anxious to make it to this point in my pregnancy because 1.) less chance of anything happening to the baby now and 2.)morning sickness if finally getting better. Wednesday I did a silent celebration that I'd made it this far with no problems. Now we can really celebrate because I know for sure that everything's going fine.
I was sad that I had to go to the appointment by myself; Jordon wasn't able to get off because of a tournament, which made me nervous because what if something wasn't right and I had to be there by myself?! (I hate that I worry like this!) It was the first appointment meeting one of the doctors...they have several doctors (all women) and they have you meet with all of them at least once so that you know each of them so that you're familiar with whoever may be on call at the time of delivery. It was Dr. Risenger's turn and I have to say that if the other doctors are like her then I'm going to love each one of them! She's so calm and soft spoken that my nervousness went right out the window. She first wanted to hear the baby's heartbeat so she tried to use the doppler, but for some reason there was too much interference and she couldn't count the heartbeat that great. "No big deal. We'll just do an ultrasound and you can see the baby too." SWEET!! :) She assured me everything was fine that it was just the position of my uterus (great) and she went ahead and did a pap smear (lucky me) and answered any questions I had (most of which I'd forgotten; go figure). She did tell me that within the next month I should start feeling little McNugget (my new nickname for him/her) moving...exciting!
I had to sit in the "waiting womb" (cheesy, but so cute) and there were tons of other pregnant women in there. All of which had much bigger bumps than me...I don't even have a bump yet...Jordon calls it a pooch (which makes me feel fat), but it's more like a little "pre-bump." Oh well, we'll get there eventually. I'm not going to rush it, but I'm going to enjoy wearing my "little" clothes as long as I can.
The ultrasound went great. McNugget's heartbeat was at 173 bpm. He/she was moving his/her little arms and legs all around and I even got to see him/her turn their back to the ultrasound. Someone has an attitude already! In the pictures of the baby's profile you can even see a little eye and it looks like he/she has his/her hand up at their face.
I'm finally starting to feel better as far as morning sickness. I've been having more good days than bad days, but most of the bad days come with working night shift. I'm still looking and waiting to find something, but I'm sure something will eventually come along...just need to be patient! I still haven't gained any weight back from the 15 lbs I lost between having the stomach virus and then morning sickness. I swear I eat so much when I do get hungry! Oh well, a few more weeks and hopefully I'll be feeling much better.
I'm working on trying to post the new pictures, so as soon as I get my phone and this computer to cooperate I'll post it.
I was sad that I had to go to the appointment by myself; Jordon wasn't able to get off because of a tournament, which made me nervous because what if something wasn't right and I had to be there by myself?! (I hate that I worry like this!) It was the first appointment meeting one of the doctors...they have several doctors (all women) and they have you meet with all of them at least once so that you know each of them so that you're familiar with whoever may be on call at the time of delivery. It was Dr. Risenger's turn and I have to say that if the other doctors are like her then I'm going to love each one of them! She's so calm and soft spoken that my nervousness went right out the window. She first wanted to hear the baby's heartbeat so she tried to use the doppler, but for some reason there was too much interference and she couldn't count the heartbeat that great. "No big deal. We'll just do an ultrasound and you can see the baby too." SWEET!! :) She assured me everything was fine that it was just the position of my uterus (great) and she went ahead and did a pap smear (lucky me) and answered any questions I had (most of which I'd forgotten; go figure). She did tell me that within the next month I should start feeling little McNugget (my new nickname for him/her) moving...exciting!
I had to sit in the "waiting womb" (cheesy, but so cute) and there were tons of other pregnant women in there. All of which had much bigger bumps than me...I don't even have a bump yet...Jordon calls it a pooch (which makes me feel fat), but it's more like a little "pre-bump." Oh well, we'll get there eventually. I'm not going to rush it, but I'm going to enjoy wearing my "little" clothes as long as I can.
The ultrasound went great. McNugget's heartbeat was at 173 bpm. He/she was moving his/her little arms and legs all around and I even got to see him/her turn their back to the ultrasound. Someone has an attitude already! In the pictures of the baby's profile you can even see a little eye and it looks like he/she has his/her hand up at their face.
I'm finally starting to feel better as far as morning sickness. I've been having more good days than bad days, but most of the bad days come with working night shift. I'm still looking and waiting to find something, but I'm sure something will eventually come along...just need to be patient! I still haven't gained any weight back from the 15 lbs I lost between having the stomach virus and then morning sickness. I swear I eat so much when I do get hungry! Oh well, a few more weeks and hopefully I'll be feeling much better.
I'm working on trying to post the new pictures, so as soon as I get my phone and this computer to cooperate I'll post it.
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