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It's a GIRL!!!

Hello, My name is Diamond and my husband and I were married in March '07 and are expecting our first child on Nov. 14th!!! We are SOOOO excited. I have been struggling a little with the pregnancy but for the most part I really believe I'm handling it well. So we have an US on the 30th to take measurements and determine gender!!! We are both very excited. I can't wait to find out if we need to make the babies room little princesses or Iron Man. LOL Well, that's all I have for now. Hope all is well with everyone!!!

July 1st

It's a GIRL!!!

We had the 20 week US yesturday and we found out it's a girl!!! We are soooo excited. I felt kinda bad during the US though cuz the guy would point something out to us (like the stomach, legs, face, heart, brain) and I would ask "It looks good, right?" or "does that look healthy?" and he kept saying yes. Then, I asked him if something didnt look good if he would tell me and he said NO. Can you believe that?!?! It's not like im going to freak out if the guy would have told me that something might not look perfect. He said it's cuz he doesnt want to alarm the parents if he is wrong anyways. I guess that is good, but if I want to know if something looks normal, I'd like an honest answer. Well, everything on the ouside looked good to me, all the right parts. He pointed out the 4 chambers of the heart and it seemed good. She was covering her face and he kept shaking the doppler thingy trying to get her to move her little hand and finaly she did and we saw her face!!! It was AMAZING!!!! Well, i'll talk to everyone later. Hope all is well.

June 18th

So I had to explain, again, to my husband about what foods I just can't seem to make myself eat. Even though I'm not getting sick every few hours and I can actually eat things without fighting to keep it down, I still can't stand the thought of some things. I could feel GREAT all day and if I even smell or think of one of these things, I'll get sick. No matter how great I'm starting to feel, I don't think I will be able to stomach some things through my entire pregnancy. I used to LOVE lasagna, cheese sticks and even ranch dressing but up until recently, I've hated them. Last week I tried cheese sticks with ranch and the hate was gone. I was going to make lasagna last night for dinner but as I was buying the items for it I started getting sick. So I think that pizza and lasagna are still out for now. =( My husband LOVES making these boxed dinners with chicken or hamburger meat that usually consist of some kind of starch (noodles, potatoes or rice) and some kind of meat (usually chicken cuz I used to love eating chicken so he bought a bunch and cooks it hoping I can eat it) all thrown into one dish and cooked in the oven. NORMALLY, I would probably love these little dinner meals but, now, I just can't do it. I start to smell whatever boxed seasoning and mixings he is cooking and I already know it's going to make me sick before I even get a chance to taste it. Frozen meals seem to have a similar effect on my gag reflexes. We bought a bunch of them to take to work for lunch before the whole morning sickness thing started with me, and now I can't even look at them. =( So I feel terrible that I get this way, and I don't know why it is still like that.

I'm going to make a list of the things that I can and can't eat. Does anyone else have similar problems?

Things I CAN'T Have Anything To Do With...

• Most boxed meals
• Just recently, chicken
• Lasagna/Pizza
• Most frozen pre-made meals
• Tunafish
• Romen Noodles
• Spaggetti Os
• Hamburger meat
• Different kinds of seasoning

Things I Still Sometimes Struggle With (but have been taken off the above list)...

• Milk
• Cheese
• Cheese Sticks
• Ranch dressing
• Eggs
• Steaks
• Some Pastas
• Chilli Mac. (was never on the "cant eat" list but I had a bad bunch today)

Things I Can Almost Always Count On Being Able To Eat...

• Most cereals
• Oatmeal
• Breads (PB&J)
• Sugars (ice creams, candys)
• Juices
• Potatoes (salt&pepper only, no seasonings)
• All fresh fruits and vegetables
• Plain salads (NO eggs, bacon, other meats)
• Turkey (as long as it's not all spiced up)
• Gravy seems fine
• A few other prepared foods that don't make me sick =)

Well, I hope everyone that reads my posts are not too bored with how much I talk about foods I can and cannot eat. LOL Everything is going well right now and we are still waiting til the 30th for our BIG US!!! I am starting to struggle sleeping even with a body pillow. I might have to start puting a pillow behind my back also (I was trying to put it off cuz my loving husband doesnt like things being between us when we sleep) I just think it's going to start sucking if I can't get the rest I'm used to because I'm not comfy. That's all for now!!! 11 mor days til the BIG US!!! =) =) =)

June 15th

We went to a dog beach today!!! Our puppy had a great time. My husband also had a great time playing with all the dogs on Fathers Day. Even though we are not actually parents we still kinda celebrated Mothers and Fathers day. More of a "Father to be Day" LOL. My husband is SOOOOO sweet that he gave me a cute bottle of lotion that is so wonderful.
It is the best lotion EVER and the bottle was sooooo cute and had little mother-to-be sayings all over it. So I was going to do something cool for my Father-to-be husband today but unfortunately I did not get a chance to get him what I wanted to. So I simply told him happy fathers day and that is good enough for my baby. Even though he better believe that our children and I will be giving him some kick-ass fathers day gifts from now on, after their arrival. Well, I think that's about it for now. I hope everyone had a great fathers day weekend!!! Sorry about the poor spelling. It's late and I'm tired!!! Good night ladies!!!

June 11th

I had this 24 hour thing yesterday, so I didn't get a chance to get on here to update all my amazing expectant mother friends. =) So I had A LOT of free time to read and I finished all my books. I read "Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mothers' Soul", it is a GREAT read if anyone is interested in a bunch of other peoples stories about pregnancy, child birth and parenthood. SOOOOO many of the stories made me cry and I had to turn around so the random guy I was working with didnt see. LOL EVERYTHING makes me cry these days. And I finished reading ALL the sections from the 4th month on to labor and delivery in my "What To Read When You're Expecting" book and "Pregnancy Week by Week" book.

Also, I'm to the point where I think I'm feeling the baby pretty well and if I put my hand to my stomach I think I can feel it sometimes. I have been trying to get Eric to be able to feel it too but he can't. Yesterday I had to spend all day and night w/o my husband and the baby seemed to move like crazy at one point!!! I really wish I could have tried to get Eric to feel it then but I couldn't. =( So Im hoping that he will be able to feel the baby soon enough!!! Well, I think that is all I have for today. Im pretty tired and need to get some sleep!!!

Until later...

June 9th

Okay, so I know that they say when you're pregnant you can expect to have screwed up dreams...BUT COME ON!!! This crap is Freddy Kruger style!!! I am seriously to the point where I am afraid of going to sleep. I have been having CRAZY nightmares where Ill wake up and be like "wow, that was crazy." and then just brush it off and fall back asleep. But, last night was a different story.

It all started with some couple who kidnapped my husband and I and were going to tourture and kill us (in detail), then I woke up. I seriously couldn't go back to sleep for 45 minutes!!! Then when I fell back asleep that same dream transformed into another...this one being the most detailed and realistic one. My sisters and myself were trapped in this crazy familys house. They had like 10 dogs that they raised to kill and eat people. So my puppy was kinda acting a little crazy and we had to put all the dogs to sleep. Then my sister killed the parents and the cop that was helping me (when I escaped) was the son of the crazy people who my sister killed. It was way crazier but it is long. Then I woke up and layed there thinking I need to go watch some cartoons on the tv at 3am!!! Then I fell back to sleep and that dream transformed to me having a baby shower in my home town and my aunt was the killer of all the crazy people, except they were not crazy anymore. Then I got in this huge fight with my aunt and was calling her the devil and telling her the courts will decide her fate. It was all SOOOO screwed up. I think the first one freaked me out the worst because of how real it was.

So enough about that. I just can't believe how bad it is. But anyways, everything with the baby is going well. Feeling LOTS of movement these days. =) =) =) We are still SOOOO excited about our big US at the end of the month!!! I was leaning towards it being a girl, but now I think it could go either way. =) We just can't wait. Well, I hope everyone is doing well.

Thats all for now!!!

June 6th

So last night I was laying on my back and I sneezed. Then a sharp pain went through my tummy. I imediately rolled onto my side and curled into a ball. It took a few seconds but it went away. Sometimes, when I do things like move to fast or get up quick it hurts pretty bad. =( I get a bit freaked out sometimes when things don't feel right. I guess that's normal though because this is our first baby we don't really ever know what is right or not.

We can't wait for our 20week U/S. We haven't seen the baby since the first 8week U/S and we aren't going to see it until june 30th (20wks)!!! Well, I just wanted to stress about how much we really want to see the baby and make sure everything is okay. That's all I have for now. I hope everyone is doing well. =) =) =)

Later on in the day...

I forgot to bring $$ for lunch, so I had to go to the store and use my credit card. I have been having a little problem THROUGH MY ENTIRE PREGNANCY...I can't eat anything! Through the first trimester I would simply get sick from smells or even thoughts of things but I thought that was in the past. So far it's not that bad. I am a lot less sick all the time but I just can't ever seem to find something to eat that sounds good. The only things I can really eat at any given moment are fruits and vegis. I can't even drink milk most of the time. It just sounds bad. My husband will suggest something and I already know if I won't be able to eat it. The safest things for me are pb&j or other kinds of bread. I'm trying to eat healthy but I just cant seem to eat anything. I used to love chicken and now I struggle to eat it. I did have some good steak the other day for dinner and it was easy to eat. ANY SUGGESTIONS???

Overview up until I started updating my profile...=)

Being in the military, my husband and I have A LOT going on. We both have very important jobs and work very hard. SO, that being said, we were not EXACTLY trying to get pregnant, but we also really were "not trying" that hard (if you know what I mean). So, I "thought" I could have been pregnant and stopped taking the pill until I could be sure if I was or not. In that time period, I got pregnant. LOL So we found out the wonderful news on a VERY FAINT, two lined, HPT the begining of March. Then we had it confirmed at a doctors apt. the end of March. It was a bit hard to tell when the baby was concieved because coming off birth control could have messed with my period. My midwife said it could have easily been Valentines Day. =) But I think it had to have been a bit later, given my current due date and all.

So after finding out the good news we had our first US when we thought I was 8 1/2wks. Only I was actually just 6wks. so my midwife wanted to see me back past 8wks. That was a little scary because I think she was almost expecting me to m/c due to how early I was and the physical requirements of the marine corps. (I guess we have a much higher m/c percentage then regular women who are not in the service.) But, thank the Lord, when I went in at 8wks5days the US was great and everything was going well. The baby even looked like a little peanut rather than a little dot on the paper. =)

Then we scheduled our next apt for the end of may. I want home to visit family over Memorial day weekend and they through me a nice baby shower. (I know it's a lil early but I won't be able to make it home again until after the baby is born.) The baby got SOOOOOO much stuff!!! =) When I got home, we went to our 4month apt and got to hear the heart beat again!!! It was so wonderful and reassuring to hear the baby's little heart beating so strong after not having even a check-up for 2 LONG months!!! Then I had to get blood drawn to test for downs and such. We still have not got the results from that yet. I think I'm going to call and make sure everything is fine. =)

Besides the fact that the morning/ALL DAY sickness is kicking my butt, both myself and the little one are doing GREAT!!! You all probably already know that we are now waiting for our BIG US to make sure the baby is healthy and WHAT SEX!!! =) We can't wait. We have to know NOW!!! But, we won't until the end of the month. As long as the baby is healthy, it really doesn't matter what sex it is.

Well, that's all for now!!!