July 23, 2008

We're all moved in! The move went really well, as far as moving goes!

I had an appointment with my OB/GYN yesterday as well as my pre-registration at the hospital I'll be delivering at. Dr said everything looks good, I'm measuring at 27 weeks, and have gained a total of about 15 pounds to date. Next up is figuring out what I want to do with Nash's room and get the ball rolling on that, as I have quite a few days off in the coming weeks. I don't want to do a theme, just colours, and I'm leaning towards blue, brown and beige. Any suggestions or cool ideas?! Anyways, not much else to report on for now! Hope this finds everyone in good health and spirits! Not too much longer to go now, ladies!

July 12, 2008

Well, had a bit of an interesting night last night. around 12:20am, laying in bed, I could feel braxton hicks contractions coming, but they were more uncomfortable then they had been before. I noticed that they were come right on top of each other, so I got up and told my sister-in-law (who was spending the night) that i was going to call the hospital and see if they think I should go in. I ended up calling TeleHealth (which, may I suggest, just SKIP altogether) and sat on the phone on hold or answering random questions for quite a while. She suggested that I go to the hospital, so I woke up my boyfriend to let him know, and my sister and I left. They got me in pretty quick, listened to Nash's heartbeat and asked me all the questions again. The Dr. came in and checked my cervix (which was where it was supposed to be - no change). By this time the contractions/cramps were a little further apart, but still coming. They told me they were going to send me to MacMaster hospital, which is where I will be delivering and is a bigger, better hospital (i live in a small town and there's nothing but small towns near us, so it was a small hospital i was at). They told me they were getting an ambulance to take me, then a few minutes later the Dr came in and asked my sister if she could just drive me. A little while later, the nurse came in and flat out told me that she doesn't feel comfortable NOT sending me in an ambulance, so I told her to then get me one, because she knows better than i do, and apparently has more sense than the Dr did!! They got the ambulance, loaded me up and off we went. We got to the other hospital about 45 minutes later and took me right up to L&D, got a urine sample and strapped me into the fetal monitor. It was neat to be able to sit there and hear Nash's heartbaet constantly. He was moving around all over the place (as usual) and everytime he moved we could hear it. My urine came back negative for a bladder infection, and so after that the Dr basically just told me they don't know why this was happening, checked my cervix again and it was still fine, so they said I could go home (don't go to work, which i was supposed to do) and just take it easy for a day or so, SO that's what I've been doing! It ended up being nothing, thank goodness, but I can't be too careful. I've never done any of this before, so I don't know! Everythings fine now, the cramps have died off and Nash is still kickin around in there.

June 24, 2008

Wow, did I wait long enough for this update?! It's been a crazy month I guess!! First off, my darling boyfriend bought us a house!! We get it July 18 and I couldn't be more excited!! It's not too far from either of our familys, which is great.

I went for my fetal ECG (or EKG for the American readers!) this morning. I was told that it was done vaginally, so, needless to say, I wasn't exactly looking forward to it! A nice surprise though - it was like a regular ultrasound, only the Pediatric Cardiologist does it, not an ultrasound tech. I told her before she started that he's a wild one and that the last ultrasound tech had a hard time keeping track of him, but I don't think she really took me seriously!! She got the point though! He was way down low, then curled up in a ball, then of course he starts kicking at the wand thingy! She laughed and said "I don't think he wants me here!" I guess normally these things take an hour, but I was outta there after 40 minutes because, thankfully, she didn't find ANYTHING out of the ordinary! WOOHOO!

So, next is my regular bi-monthly appointment with the OB/GYN and my pre-registry at the hospital. We'll be in the house by then, so life will probably seem a bit more stressful!! Hope this finds everyone well, and of course the babes!

Take care,

Leah

May 28, 2008

IT'S A BOY!!

Sooo.. I went for my ultrasound last Friday, and am only now finding time to write about it! Unfortunately, my boyfriend couldn't come with me, so my mom and one of my girlfriends came. I went in first and was in there for about 45 minutes, trying to crank my head to see whatever I could! I noticed that when the tech was doing the heart stuff, he seemed to be taking a little longer on it, but I figured, Hey, he's just doing his job. My baby was moving ALL over the place for this guy! At one point he had me roll over onto my side to try to get the baby in a better position - didn't last long though!! He called my baby "Happy Feet".. maybe he'll be a dancer like Mommy! So he finally finished up and said he was just going to take the results to the Dr and then he'd get my mom and my girlfriend to come in. A few minutes later he returned and said he needed to get one more thing on the heart, so I kind of started to worry, but really had to reason to at this point, I was just excited to get to see my baby again, and have my mom there to see "it" too! So he came back and this time he had my mom and Vic with him. My mom was so excited to see her first grandbaby on the screen!! She had a bit of a hard time making out what everything was, so he was explaining it all to her. I had told him earlier that we wanted to find out the sex, so he started going from the head down, showing us what everything was. When he got to the arms, all of a sudden babys hand is RIGHT there in front.. five fingers spread wide apart.. it was very cool! SO he keeps moving down and shows us his strong legs, then gets between them and points out a scrotum and a penis! I KNEW IT!! My baby boy.. So inredible.

So because Jerret couldn't be there, on my way home I stopped at Bonnie Togs and grabbed a little hat that says "Thank heaven for little boys" and wrapped it up. Jerret met me at home and I had him open it. he was VERY excited! He's been saying it's a boy right from the start. Right after that he was rushing me to get ready to go where we were going because he wanted to tell everybody! It was cute.. he's very proud.

About the heart thing.. They say he's got an extra little beat in there every once in a while, so we have to go for an Echo. I'm told not to worry at all about it, it's common in fetal heartbeats. I'm doing as they say and not worrying because I tend to over react sometimes!

May 22, 2008

I guess we'll find out tomorrow!! I'll let you all know!

May 15th, 2008

Had my first visit with my OB/GYN a few days ago. Nothing too exciting - although i did get to hear the heartbeat again, which always puts a goofy grin on my face! He informed me that I should have another u/s in the coming weeks, as there was more they needed to see (routine things, nothing to be worried about). It is booked for Friday the 23rd, and my boyfriend and I couldn't be more excited! We can't wait to see what we're having!

Personally, I've been feeling really good lately. I have noticed, though, that occasionally, when I'm eating, if I leave something in my mouth too long, I start to feel nauseous and have to hurry up and swallow it before it makes me sick! Can anybody relate to that?! Emotionally, I've been good. Got through the uber-emotional weeks with no body counts (I'm sure my boyfriend is greatful that it's over!) and am generally in a good mood now. We're trying to find a house, and J's finally starting to get moving with the bank business of it and all that fun stuff, so hopefully we start looking for REAL..

I've been feeling Baby kick more lately, and it's at the point now where I think "I KNOW that's the baby" instead of "I think I may have just felt it"...stops me in my tracks everytime!

Anyways, there's my update! Hope everybody's doing fantastic and all the little Beans are too!

Hey! Thanks for stopping by!

My name is Leah, and I'm currently 15 weeks into my pregnancy! Everything has been pretty good so far. I had some nausea in the beginning, but by 13 weeks (to the day!) it disappeared. Now my only problems are my hair growing too fast and those pesky things you call pimples! Those are new to me too! Anyways, any updates, I'll post 'em for anyone who wants to keep updated!