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03-4-2008 - All Previous entries

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Since the page was getting so LONG, I've stored all my previous entries here, "most recent" one first. Hope you enjoy our travels!! All new updates will be made in sequential blog entries.


3/20 WOW, has it really been a month since I posted? Yikes. I'm getting hiccups all the time. So is kiddo. I prefer it when the baby has them; mine are always painful! Yesterday was our anatomy scan. Went through every vertebrae, saw 10 fingers, little feet, brain, saw two kidneys and full bladder. For what it's worth, my placenta is posterior, and it's a BOY! That or a girl with one malformed leg between the other two! When looking head-on, he started opening/closing his mouth- our little fish!
In addition, Shawn finally felt him moving around. I found the best position to get Dad to feel it is while sitting in front of him... otherwise his hand is all cocked at a weird angle. Anyway, while sitting inside his legs, he put his hand just inside my maternity pants, which provided the gentle pressure needed to get through my mumsy-fat... and without forcing him to press his hand for a long time against my stomach until the baby woke up! He felt him bumping around and making a fuss. All other attempts were thwarted, since as soon as anyone (myself included) gently pushes on my tummy, the kiddo stops moving around for like 5 minutes. So Shawn was getting sick of feeling that he couldn't get any movements. It wasn't that he couldn't feel them, it was that his big warm hand comforted the baby too much! For now we're calling him Beavis, as it's wholely inappropriate enough to tell people to stop asking if we're naming him yet!
Called my mom and told her she was going to be a grampa (my neice, 4, thought if her mama's baby was a boy, then she'd be a brother... if it was a girl, she'd be a sister...). Told my sister she'd be an uncle. Her response? "It's a BOY?? Wanna trade!???"
My 5 month appointment is tomorrow. Any updates will be posted. Also certain I'm anemic. Ugh, red meat. Sometimes I'd rather lick an iron fence!
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2/18 Had a Dr. appointment on Friday. I'm at 137.6 lbs... up 2 or 3 since last time. Not too shabby. Still wearing my "normal" jeans, albeit the pairs that were a bit loose pre-pregnancy. The kiddo was at 163bpm. I also had my blood draw for the QuadTest. Getting pretty excited about the ultrasound- we schedule it for 5 weeks from now! If only I had remembered to schedule it... hmm. Feeling little one every now and then. Today, the bus made a long stop (lots of people getting on/off) and I think it peeved the babe- a little bit of swirling going on. Hoping that I don't get one that has to be walked around to stay asleep, but I may be conditioning it that way! I spent all last week "babysitting" Gionna, my 5 week old niece. I am telling you, I could do without the "quiche" diapers. How in the WORLD does a kid have a BM that is distinctly TWO different colors, since only one thing is ever going into her?!? Today marks the day where my morning bagels are accompanied by elderberry jam in lieu of cream cheese. Alas. To lessen the blow, I may go get a vanilla skim milk steamer (I LOVE having a gourmet cappuccino place downstairs, but loathe not having the coffee). The steamers w/ vanilla taste like marshmallows! Can't wait to vote in our primary tomorrow. Go TEAM!!!
FINAL bit of news: found a mama on craigslist who sold me a TON of preggo clothes- the lot for US$40! Like 3 prs jeans, 2 prs jean capri, a pair of dress slacks, some shelf tanks and a couple of tops. What a deal! Now I just need tummy-tops and on LBD to finish the group out. I have designated space in my closet for maternity clothes and a spot for the "injured-reserves" (jeans/shirts that no longer work for me). Ready to get big! OH- had to buy a new bra... AGAIN. Dropped $50 at VS this weekend, and had 2 sales clerks running ragged trying to find one that worked for me! I barely feel comfy spending that on jeans. But I figure I can wear this one constantly until it doesn't fit, soaking in the sink/drying overnight... maybe that'll justify the cost? SIL due in 2.5 weeks- when our little angel would've been born, too. Can't wait to meet her new babe!
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2/4 I FELT THE BABY MOVING LAST NIGHT!!! It was the tiniest feeling, after I lay down for the night. I've been trying really hard to pay attention for it. Knowing the kiddos frolic as soon as mom tries to get to sleep, this is when I've been watching for it. A lot of descriptions say it feels like a tiny bubble popping; I could see where that would make sense. My sensation was like someone flicking your arm, very very lightly, deep within me. Every night, it's so hard for me to fall asleep, so I get into a meditative state waiting for this feeling and eventually fall sleep (can only wait so long!). I've been focusing so hard that I can feel my pulse in my uterus, but have been so sad to not feel the peanut! THEN, there it was. And a while later, again. "SHAWN STOP MOVING AROUND IMMEDIATELY!!!" Poor guy had no idea what was going on and got this really sour look at me when he flipped around... only to see my huge smile. "I think I feel the baby moving." A couple of minutes later... "Nope, I'm definitely sure. I feel the baby moving!" It's deeper than any gas bubble I've felt and mine was just slightly to the right, but it was not regular like my heartbeat and brought forth no gas, like my gas rumblings... and it was tiny compared to gas rumblings. I'm SO excited! Kind of sad that I'm sure I won't feel it throughout the day, but can't wait until tonight!!
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1/20 Went to the dr. on Friday. Well, the PA. Got to hear the heartbeat with the doppler, but that's all we did! Does anyone else feel it was a waste of a half-day of vacation? We did hear some strange noises every now and then, then would lose the heartbeat- movement. Seems we've hit the trifecta: past 10 wks, heartbeat present, movement obvious... she called it the green light. Thinking we'll still wait to tell people though. Last time, when people found out, they treated me like this strange vessel and not me. Get my full of that once I start showing, I guess! She said we could talk to our dr. next time about genetic testing... which I don't really see the point of, since we wouldn't make the choice to terminate anyway. Heard the risk of miscarrying from an amnio is 1/200... and the risk of detecting a major abnormality? 1/200. Chances I don't really feel are worth it I guess!
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1/17/08 Shawn just let me know that he may not be able to make it to the appt tomorrow. I've been telling him since we made it that he doesn't have to come but that I'd be happy for him to join us if he's available. I think it's not such a big deal for him to be at every; and the fact that he wants to may be enough?? He's been really great and it's "real" to him, so I'm not going to push the dr. visit card. I've been going to bed earlier, but having a hard time falling fully asleep- just in this deep meditation mode. Having a really hard time getting myself OUT of bed, too! Can't I just sleep for another 3 hours? Getting up at 9 isn't the worst thing. Hehe... ah well... gotta pay the mortgage! Currently reading "The Runner's World Guide to running through pregnancy." Making me feel a lot better about the runs I can't seem to give up, even though I'm exhausted and sore the next day! Great book for us lady athletes out there! According to the bathroom scale, no weight gain yet, but I can feel my lower abdomen changing. Situps/crunches aren't hard yet but they do feel different.
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1/6/08 From a 34B to a 36C in 3 weeks (weeks 5-8). Now those barely fit. Target, here I come! Not complaining, though- they're lovely! Still haven't noticed weight gain on the scale at home, but that fluctuates 4 lbs in a day, depending on water, food, and the ability to get past the progesterone dam of my intestines (you ladies know what I mean). I SWEAR it is NOT the prenatal vits as you're told! I was taking them for months post-miscarriage and pre-pregnancy and noticed NO change. From a very regular 1-2 times a day to 2-3 times a week is a very significant change for me and I'm NOT enjoying it so much. Sometimes it feels like someone's storing concrete in me!
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1/5/08 Beta hCG levels are GREAT. They've plateaued, so they won't keep doubling. The dr. cleared us for, ehem, all normal activity (woohoo). Gionna, my new niece, was born on 1/1 at 11pm. I was just thinking- what a bummer when she turns 21. I bet her first legal drink is champagne! Slipped the "Big Cousin" cap on her at the hospital. Gabby (4 yr old niece, sister to Gionna) blew it by talking about the baby in my belly... but I think Mandy thought she was talking about the miscarriage. She walked over to Gionna and got a BIG smile. Next dr. appt is 1/18; I hope we can get a FHT at this one. The u/s was reassuring, but this, I HOPE, will make it 100% real finally. Falling asleep w/ my hand on my belly, but still finding it hard to bond as seriously as I did the first time. Love the saying floating around here, so I'm using it, too: STICKY BABY DUST!
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After a miscarriage, the last thing i wanted to see was spotting... and on the same day as previously. Since stopped, but going in for a beta hCG today and Wednesday. i have the best medical care staff! And the most supportive husband. Happy to hold a sobbing GoonieMomma w/o any questons or 'fake' consolng words.

Very excited, as my sister's second girl is due any time now! We plan on telling her by embroidering 'Big Cousin' on a baby hat for her new little Peanut.

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