Karina
	Age: 27 Country: Province/region: City: Partner: Francisco Children: Yes, 1 Pregnant: Not anymore Occupation:
	Online: 1 hours ago. Last updated: 5 days ago. Member since: 321 days
| Profile | Photos (70) | Children (1) | Blog (10) | Polls (0) | Agenda (2) | Comments added (117) | Notepad

Pregnancy Survey
About You
Name?:	Karina
Age?:	27
Height?:	5'3
Pre-pregnancy weight?:	135
About The Father
Name?:	Francisco
Age?:	27
Height?:	5'10"
Are you still together?:	YES!! (we've been married since Oct-2005)
About Your Pregnancy
Is this your first pregnancy?:	Yes
When did you find out you were pregnant?:	August 16th
Was it planned?:	Yes, we were trying since May.
What was your first reaction?:	Very, very happy.
Who was with you when you found out?:	nobody, I was alone
Who was the first person you told?:	my husband, when he came back from work
How did your parents react?:	They were very excited
How far along are you?:	22 weeks
What was your first symptom?:	even bigger boobs! (also lots of pain in boobs), Actually this has been my only symptom, and some indigestion
What is your due date?:	April 29th
Do you know the sex of the baby?:	Yes
If so, what is it?:	A Little Girl
Have you picked out names?:	Yes
If so, what are they?:	Emma Sophia
How much weight have you gained?:	14 pounds : (
Do you have stretch marks?:	not yet, and hopefully none at all
Have you felt the baby move?:	Yes, since week 15
Have you heard the heartbeat?:	Yes
About the birth
Will you keep the baby?:	of course!!!
Home or hospital birth?:	Hospital
Natural or medicated birth?:	Medicated
Who will be in the delivery room with you?:	My hubby and maybe my mom (if she can make it)
Will you breastfeed?:	yes
Do you think you'll need a c-section?:	...hope not
Will you cry when you hold the baby for the first time?:	I don't know, I cry for everything but so far I've had not cry with the ultrasound or anything, lol
What's the first thing you might say to him/her?:	I don't know, (probably "Hola! Emma)
Would you let someone videotape the birth?:	Yes, but only from my head, nothing down there!
Are you excited about the birth, or scared?:	Both

Monday, 19 Nov

I just went to the doctor's office to get an ultrasound, the baby was moving a lot and I did feel some of his/hers movements, we were hopping to find out the sex of the baby but no luck, his/hers legs were crossing all the time, any way! I’m just happy because I get to see him/her…

Thursday, 29 Nov

I'm getting big and I kind of feel FAT, my husband keep telling me that I'm pregnant and that's suppose to happen, but I freaked out because nothing fit me anymore and maternity clothes are to big at this moment. Any way, I tried to hear the heartbeat of my baby yesterday with one of those things they sale at Toy's r us, it didn't work :( so, I'll have to wait till my next OB appointment.

Friday, 30 Nov

I just came from the OB and he told me that it is a baby GIRL...We're gonna name her Emma Sophia...

Monday, 3 Dec

I'm so happy... I can finally call my baby with her name, all this time everybody was telling me that I was carrying a baby boy, so it was kind of weird when the Doctor told us: 'it's a girl!', we are so excited, but some people had told me that sometimes it is to early to know at 4 months, but I'm telling everyone WE'RE HAVING A BABY GIRL!!! : )

Monday, 10 Dec

I went to the OB office last Friday, this is the first time I got to see a Doctor in this new office (I change Doctor because of the hospital I wanted), everything seems great! we heard the heartbeat of Emma and they measure my belly, it is weird for me because in Mexico they don't do that they do an ultrasound every time you have an appointment and the consult is more than they do here... anyway it is just different.. It looks like I'll be having an ultrasound every month because I have a cyst on my left ovary, so they want to take a look of it and check on any changes, the good news? I get to see my baby more often! so I guess that's the good side of this...

Friday, 21 Dec

I just came back from my ultrasound, the baby seems to be great! we did not get to confirm the sex of the baby, I need to confirm the sex of the baby because my mom is throwing a baby shower in February, I `m kind of skeptic because the Doctor in Mexico was the one who told it was a baby girl, but he also said that my cyst wasn `t there any more, well the cyst is still there! so I do not know what to think any more, I guess I `ll have to make another appointment with the ultrasound technician in a week or so, so wish me luck!

Saturday, 29 Dec

I had another appoinment today... I gained 7 pounds in 3 weeks!!! so far I `m 17 pounds over my original weight... I `m freaking out I `m only 22 weeks and they said that the upcoming months I `ll gain more and more... I also went to the mall to get another set of bras (at Motherhood store) because the ones that I bough 3 months ago don `t fit any more,I began at 34 C and now I `m 36 E!!!! so what `s next 34 Z? lol.... I `m so depress right now! :(

Monday, 31 Dec

I `m so happy! yesterday my dad bought the crib for the baby, was a wonderful Christmas present, I `m looking forward to paint the room so we can put the crib together...

Monday, 7 Jan

Well, let me tell you how i found out i was pregnant:We were trying to conceived since May, and I was getting very sad because I though I `ll get pregnant the first month, silly me. Well on Aug 14th I went to the pharmacy to get those early prediction sticks, I waited a couple days more, and on Aug 16th y woke up at 4 am to go to the bathroom and decided to do the test, well since i read the instructions on the 14th i did not remembered them very well, so instead of waiting the 3 min i just waited 1, it shows me one very dark line and second one was kind of light so i though i did not do the test correctly, since i had another one i decided to go back to bed and do the other when i wake up, my brother show up early that morning to pick up his car, my husband was in work and after my brother left i took the second test this time i read the instructions before, and i waited and two pink lines show up! I was so excited but i couldn `t believed, I didn `t want to tell anyone but my husband but i didn `t want to tell him by phone either, so i called his office and just told him that i was in a very good mood that day, later that day i went to target and bought a gift baby box, a baby CD and a baby outfit, i put the 2 test in a ziploc and arranged everything on the little box, i also got a `we `re pregnant! ` card and put everything on our dinner table, I needed to wait for him 1 more hour, but i couldn `t do it! i was dying to tell him! so i called him again and i told him that i had a surprise for him waiting at home, so he came home right away! i asked him to close his eyes before he opened the front door, i guided him to the dinner table, made him sit and put his hands on the box, then he was able to open his eyes... OMG! I wish i had a camera with me, his face had the most amazing expression I `ve ever seen! we both started crying, he was shaking for 1 hour... we ` were and are so happy!

Saturday, 12 Jan

Well, it is official!...IT `S A GIRL!!! we went to a Doctor, which happen to be an Ultrasound Specialist, he said he was 100% positive!, so we are super, super excited! we `re picking the color for the room this weekend...

Wednesday, 23 Jan

Finally! we started working on Emma `s room, hubby and i went to Lowe `s to pick the paint color, we got home and we started painting (by we i meant he...lol, lest face it! he did most of the job, i tried to help as much as i could) he got so excited that we finished the whole room (starting 8pm, finishing 11:pm) then he turned to me and said: `you want me to put the furniture together so we can see the whole thing? ` of course i said: YES.. we put the crib and the dresser together (yes, i helped a lot) and finished at 2:00 am, poor hubby woke up for work at 6:30am so he must be very very sleepy, poor thing... any way, we `re going to the store today to pick some things to decorate the room, such as letters to hang on the wall and i also want to put a valance on the window... this is getting real! (check on the pic's I'll upload some more when the nursery is ready)

Monday, 28 Jan

I `m so happy! last Saturday, my friends threw a surprise baby shower at my place (hubby helped them), it was so nice to feel the love of everyone, specially because most of them are from Mexico and they have to cross the border (you usually spend 1 hour or more to do this) and drive all the way to my house. It was so neat when i opened my eyes and they were all my friends standing in front of me shouting: `SURPRISE! `, this was my first baby shower (you can see pics in my photo book), I `m having two more, one this weekend and another the one after.

Monday, 28 Jan

I almost forgot to update u in my last OB appointment, the results for the diabetes were negative, also they checked for anemia, but everything was fine, Dr said everything seem normal and that the last u/s shown that the cyst is getting smaller so no need to worry, they will do another u/s six weeks after the baby is born and if is still there probably they will give some medication, i only gained 0.5 pounds yeah!... by the way still a GIRL!!! lol

Monday, 4 Feb

I got another baby shower (this time my mother-in-law throw it for me), it was so nice to feel the love of all my husband family, all my husband `s aunts (Mother-in-law `s sisters) did something for the party, they had games, I've never been in a baby shower w/games, it was a lot of fun!...

Wednesday, 6 Feb

We started the childbirth classes yesterday, let me tell u something: it was so scary!... they explain everything to u, and some things are pretty shocking, but i guess it is better to have all the information so u know what `s happening all the time...

Tuesday, 12 Feb

I `m so happy! i got a 3D/4D ultrasound last Friday... yeah! we were able to see my little girl `s face.. she looks just like her daddy (he `s so proud!) we also had the baby shower on Saturday... lots and lots of present (thank you mom for doing this party for me!), I will post pictures later on... my 4D pics and the shower gifts pics...

Friday, 29 Feb

I had my Drs appt today, 4 pounds in one month... not so bad...everything seems ok, I `m measuring 31weeks (which is how far i am), blood pressure 120/70... the Doctor wants to see me in 3 weeks, I hope everything continues this way... I `m kind of sad, because my friend had her baby yesterday (C-section due to preeclampsia and position of her baby boy) and I wasn `t able to be there w/her, i don `t think she `s gonna w/me when i delivered, any way, everything went ok and she has her beautiful baby with her now...

Saturday, 22 Mar

I went to the Doctor yesterday for my 3 weeks check out... everything is great! blood pressure, sugar in urine negative, and i gained 2 pounds... i asked him if he can estimated the weight of the baby, he said that the baby will probably weight between 6.5 and 7 pounds when i delivered based on my measurements, so not a big baby (everyone was telling me that my baby will be huge!), i asked some question and he said everything was normal...the down side? still not be able to sleep at night... : (

Tuesday, 25 Mar

ok, we `re almost there, and yes..I `m starting to freak out! when is going to start (labor)?, is it going to be very very painful?, will i be able to get my epidural on time?, am i going to be able to drink water at the hospital (big fan of water)?, what am i going to do once this baby is here?...OMG! what am i going to do? don `t get me wrong i love this baby so much, but I `m afraid, all this is new for me and Doctors don `t explain that much, thank God for this site, I `ll be lost w/o u girls...yesterday hubby and i were talking, he `s just like me, with a million questions on his head, i `m sure he `ll be a wonderful father, `cause he has been a wonderful wonderful husband and very supportive during this pregnancy, besides he `s great with kids, me in the other hand not so patience, very lazy and disorganized, i don `t feel ready at all...

EMMA EATING SOLIDS FOR THE FIRST TIME! AUG 22