Jordan's Favorite Video - She is mesmorized by this video - THANK GOD..LOL

You Wouldn't believe what I can get done around the house with this playing.

Jordan Has Proven To Be A Little Girl That Will Definitely Keep Us Busy - She Has Alot Of Energy and Very Happy - (Which Helps Out Alot!!)

Jumpee, Jumpee, I Love To Jump!

WHAT CAN I GET INTO NEXT??

Jordan Ariel

There's More Room Out Then There Is In!!!

Hi Everyone, my name is Mesi (Me-See) - This is our first child, first pregnancy, and first everything. I don't have a clue as to what to expect in a pregnancy but I am definitely feeling it! I've been sick from the day the pregnancy test yelled ... we started with a bang! It was so bad that I was prescribed medicine for nausea because of dehydration and malnutrition. Trust me, It's definitely not something I want to re-live. They weren't exaggerating when they said having a baby is hard work and you can't even put in a 2 weeks notice for this job! ;0)

Any moms or dads with experience that want to share a thing or two of good advice, we're always willing and able to listen! Thanks!

Aug. 20, 2007 - We went for the 2nd Dr.'s visit and they gave me a 2nd ultra sound and the heart was beating very fast and strong, my husband noticed the speed and ask the nurse for the rate and she said "170", it was kind of neat. All I could think was how amazing that something so small could have a person so sick - all day long too. What's even more surprising is my Dr. actually gave me permission to eat anything I wanted or craved
and the sight of food just makes me nausiated - go figure! I have longed for the day to be told to eat anything I wanted (by a Doctor at that) and look at me now!

Aug. 28, 2007 - I keep having vivid dreams to the point that Alex has to wake me up out of my sleep. Ex: I had a dream that someone broke into our house and when he burst into our room he fell on the floor and started having seizures! I was crying and my husband didn't know whether to shoot him or try and save his life!!! (What A Dream!) I take it that this child will have some serious imaginary friends because it takes a deep imagination to think up the dreams I've been having lately!

Hang in there all you tired, sick, aching, hot, uncomfortable, loving mothers - I hear it's all worth it in the end!!

O.k. Here it goes, I've been reluctant to writing anything else cause most of my recent post were deleted and I forgot most of the events (this baby better be smart, cause my brain is being sucked right out of me). I'll try to give you the "cliff notes" version, incase Big Brother of Pregnant.com wants to delete my stuff again ;-)

Sept. 25 2007 - While visiting family out-of town, I was taking a shower and fainted while trying to step out, so I called my doctor the next day after returning home and the Dr. Office booked an appt for me immediately to thoroughly check me out. Baby, Cervix, and Mom are doing just find but I did found out that you should have something on your stomach before taking a warm shower while being pregnant.

Oct. 05, 2007 - I've been having a lot of aches in my lower pelvic area at night, which I found out was ligaments and muscles stretching - This is the stuff experienced moms never share! Then there are those heavy moments when my whole bottom feels like is gonna drop if I don't hold it or sit down , which I found out is from eating a big meal or gas - Again another story never told!! Last but not least of course, I seem to have developed PUPPP, which is a rash that 1 out of 100 women develop while pregnant - Guess What Number I Am????? Yeah, #1.....aint this some STUFF!

The one good thing is, 70% of the women who develop PUPPP while pregnant are having boys....Thank Goodness cause that's the only name I have picked out.

Oct. 18, 2007 - Well guess what, seems as though I didn't have PUPPP. I'm allergic to sour cream, who would have ever imagined, lol. This is another one of those 1 out of 100 people statistic things, and guess which number I rank again? - yep #1. But for some odd reason I don't feel like a winner cause I LOVE SOUR CREAM!

Either way, another event in my pregnancy saga.

Oct. 20, 2007 - I had one of the most vivid dreams last night. I dreamed that my doctor came to my house with the ultrasoud machine and did my 20 week exam - it felt so real. Well, he showed me the baby and told me I was having a boy and even showed my the little baby penis to prove it. I started letting everybody know and telling them I knew I was right cause I read a article that said "most mothers know what their having before it can be proven by ultrasound"........ then I woke up. And guess what? As of today, I Still Don't Know - but I think it's a boy (wink..wink) ;-)

Nov. 01, 2007 - I got my results from my sixteen weeks blood work and it wasn't good at all. I don't want to go into details right now but I can honestly say that I cried for 24 hours straight. I have been referred to a genetics counselor and my appt. for that is Monday morning. I've never been so anxious to see a Dr. in my life until now, we'll see what happens.

I can honestly say, it has never been a dull moment during this pregnancy - Not One Single Bit.....

Nov. 05, 2007 - I got a call from my OBGYN's office last Thursday telling me my AFP screening came back positive for Down Syndrome and that I had to meet with a genetics counselor on Monday morning (which is today), needless to say I cried for about 24 hours straight...yes, I was a hot mess. Well after finding a chat page on I.am.pregnant.com for AFP screening I read that several ladies had this screening done and had false-positives. Well after explaining my story I had so many ladies explaining things to me and giving support and adding me to their prayers - and that meant so much to me. Too all of you - Thank You From The Bottom Of My Heart....

Well we went to the genetics counselor today and they explained everthing to us in baby language, which was awesome. Come to find out, the nurse from my OBGYN office read my chart to us over the phone wrong - Completely Wrong. After everything was explained to us and we were allowed to read my chart with our own eyes we realized that the odds for the baby have DS was 1:13000 and 1:119 for spinal bifida. The spinal bifida is what prompt the marker to raise the red flag not Down Syndrome. We were then directed to decide on an amnio, which we agreed not to have and they completely understood because of the possiblility of miscarriage, plus my soul couldn't handle the stress of it anyway. Needless to say, after the "level 2" ultra sound the Dr. showed us that everything was in place and sealed in all the right spots....... Thank God!!! We understand that nothing is 100% in life but this still was good to see. Like someone told me "learn, learn, learn" - so educate yourself and my only advice with that is - Always Be Prepared To Get A 2nd Opinion!!

Needless to say, we now have a new OBGYN!!

As you can tell, Never A Dull Moment!!!

January 09, 2008 - I know I haven't put anything new on my page for a while, just not motivated anymore. Sometimes I feel like my brain and memory has been sucked dry. All I can say is "GOD BLESS ANY WOMAN THAT CAN DO THIS TWICE". This is the most miserable I've ever felt in my life! I can't bend, can't reach too high up, can't reach too low down, can't sit too long, can't stand too long, can't sleep in any position I want, can't see my feet, and haven't seen my "you know what" in a while so it's the guessing game when I'm shaving. I'm sure the Dr. is gonna have a good laugh when I give birth. Meanwhile, my husband looks the same, gets aroung the same, eats the same, sleeps the same, and can still see his "you know what". And let's not go there with the emotions, what a joke!! I have had many reasons in my past to shed a tear or two...... but tearing up for absolutely no reason...........NEVER...til now! I take my hat off and give a standing ovation for ANY FEMALE that does this more than once! Men Make Me Sick!!!!!!

Oh, Have a great day.

January 30, 2008 - Well it's 3:00 in the morning and I can't sleep due to the fact that I'm stuck in the house for the week....per Dr.'s Request. I've resigned to cleaning, eating, and watching T.V. and .....It's getting on that nerve on the left side of the back of my neck! lol. Sunday I felt pain and pressure almost in my vagina (don't quite know the medical term for it) Well, my husband was nervous and wanted to take me to the hospital to get checked since he was going out of town for the week for work, plus I was walking really slow due to the pressure and pain so I said o.k, relunctantly cause I hate hosptials. Well in MY MIND, I pictured going in, having a couple of questions asked, get weighed, have the Dr. check and measure my belly and send me home after telling me the regular spill "go home, rest, and elevate your feet" Honey, It didn't go in any form or fashion the way I pictured.....this is where the drama starts! Keep in mind, we had been up since 7am that morning for some business training and went straight to the hospital when it was finished, which means my last shower was 7 AM! Anyway, we get to hospital around 4:30 pm and was directed to the labor and delivery floor which I didn't think much of until a wheel chair was requested for me and that's when the "you gotta be kidding me" look started. We get to the labor and delivery ward and the nurse starts asking me 2 worksheets full of questions (yes I said worksheets, yall don't know nothing about that one, that's ole school right there, lol) Anyway, I happen to be a person that tolerates pain pretty well and she asks me to judge my pain on a scale of 1 to 10 and I say "7 1/2" and she looks at me as if I'm lying because I'm talking so calmly. (my mom always told us, "when you go to a hospital for a baby "Don't Act A Fool Or You'll Get The Worst Treatment") plus, like I said I have a high tolerance for pain. So at this point and time I'm thinking "I'm going home soon by the look on this nurse's face....cool" This is where it all goes PICTURE WRONG! She ask me to go pee in a cup and go into a room and strip butt ball naked and put on a robe with my behind out. I'm thinking again, "you gotta be kidding me" but I said "not a problem" So here I am doing a quick wash up in the dang hospital's bathroom -! To make matters worst the nurse strapped all these monitors on my belly, used a roll of tape to keep one I.V. in my arm cause my dang veins are so freakin small (I'm still trying to figure out how blood is pumping through my system), puts some type of device on my finger as if I'm getting polygraphed, and says I have to be monitored for a hour. Judging by the look on her face, I thought I was going home and I was the typical "false alarm", which was fine with me. So my husband entertains himself by looking at television and I even begin to see things as not going so bad until.......... well let's just say, This is where it continues to go wrong!! Well, she comes back calmly, ask me how I'm doing, I say "o.k." and she proceeds to look at the stats from the belly monitor and allows her eyes to get really big. So I ask "Is everything alright" and she says in a semi-nervous nurse voice "Ahh, no. You're contracting ALOT and we need to stop them because you could possibly be in pre-term labor" So I ask "which means what?" (of course with the "You gotta be kidding me" look again.) She replys, "which means if we can't stop your contractions you could have this baby within the next 2 weeks. So I ask, "And if you can, can I go home" and she replys "we'll see, but if your contractions don't stop you'll most likely have to stay" So I look at the ceiling, give a long sigh and say in a low voice "aint this some buulllllcrap" something told me to go home. She flys out of the room and comes back with 2 bed pans and I'm like, "aaaaaah, what are those for" and she says "well I'm gonna have to examine you to make sure you're not dilating" So in MY MIND I figured it was gonna be the regular pap exam..... This is where it contues to go all wrong!! (lol) She nicely says "I'm gonna need you to turn this pan upside down under your behind, bring your knees back, and spread your legs" afterwhich......... she proceeds by putting her hand in me as far as she can get it to check my cervix - you gotta be kidding me (but this time I actually said it - ooops) lol. Well the good thing is that my cervix was still closed but they still had to give me a series of 3 shots to have my contractions subside, which means I had to stay even longer to be monitored after each shot. At this point my husband feels sorry for me cause he knows I wanted to be home so bad and was hungry and tired so he ask "you wanna say a prayer" and I replied
"please, cause I need all the help I can get" and we said a little prayer. To make a long story short, she calls my doctor and he give her permission to let me go home if the pain and pressure goes away, which they did, Thank God.Bad thing is I was still contracting a little, which they noted as Braxton Hicks cause I wasn't feeling them and told me to go to my Dr's office first thing in the morning for a follow up. This Is Where It Ends Wrong! I go to my Dr's office and nurses are looking at me like, weren't you just here? And look back at them like, yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. So the Dr sees me and checks me out (I finally pictured something right for the first time in 2 days) and says to go home and rest and try to stay off my feet. He tells me the baby is fine and I'm doing o.k. he just wanted to calm my uterus down cause the baby wasn't done baking yet, which I thought was nicely put. So my mind goes immediately to work cause I hate being restricted to the house with no options. So I ask "so this means I can go to work"...(cheeezing of course) and he slightly turns around, glacing at me with one eye and shift gears to his business side and says sternly, "No". So my face immediately balled up like somebody just passed gas and didn't own up to it. And I replied, "You gotta be kidding me" and he says back "well at least for the week and then if the medicine that I'm giving you doesn't work, it may be longer" So in my head I'm thinking "ain't this some bullcrap!" Now I'm on House Arrest due to Dr's orders - what a joke! This child better not ever, ever, eva, eva, eva, foreva, eva tell me "no" to anything cause I got punishment in mind for old and new. lol!! To all of you with "Peachy Keen" pregnancies, Please count your blessing - even on your bad days. Oh, and pray for me, cause I just got paid and and I can't go anywhere to even spend it......and I need prayer to keep my butt at home while I'm off....... :-) The Great thing is that I had to see the specialist the following day to get my routine ultrasound and 3D picture and the baby weighs 4 lbs. I hear that's a good size for this stage of the pregnancy and she behaved very well for the ultrasound lady, I was a proud mom for the first time ;-) lol... If I happen to go earlier than my due date, she definitely won't be lacking in weight... Now that is what's I'm calling a Good Day!

Febuary 03, 2008 - Well for those of you who may not know, Bedrest is a death sentence for the internet. Our child has more items bought for her within the one week of my bedrest than my entire pregnancy. I'm not sure if this is a bad thing for me or a good thing for her :0? Eitherway, my contractions have subsided for now, my ankles are back to normal ( I can actually see skin over bone now), baby is still moving - Thank God! My feet and ankles had swollen so bad that they looked like large water bags with 10 minature tootsie rolls at the end, Whoa! Until my next pregnancy saga, lol :0)

February 14, 2008 - I'm still counting down the days that I'll finally not be pregnant anymore. We're almost finish with the baby's room and to be honest, if it wasn't for this darn shopping habit I have, I would actually consider myself finish NOW but lack of storage to keep all the baby stuff in is making me buy one more thing - furniture that matches the crib and stores at the same time.

The many decisions of a shop-a-holic in denial.

February 20, 2008 - Well today was a surprising day, the people that I work my part-time job with gave me a surprise baby shower. Once they found out my trip home for my baby shower was cancelled due to my doctor prohibiting me from "living life" and flying,they decided to surprise me.......awwwwh, how nice. And for some odd reason it meant so much to me cause I've only been working with them for about 6 mths and received gifts from the heart - it left me with such a warm feeling. It was a good day.

February 28, 2008 - Well seeing as though I have more people reading my page then I expected (Thanks to my friend Anissa - I have more people knowing me in Maryland/D.C. than my own state) - I'll just have to update everyone.

I had my OBGYN checkup last Tuesday and my doctor asked me if I was still taking the medicine he had prescribed me to slow down my contractions and I half-truthfully answered "Well I take them as needed versus every 6 hours", knowing goodness well that I had stopped taking them weeks before but had them around IN-CASE I needed them. Thankfully he stated "Well you can stop taking them because you're at 34 weeks and if you contract at this point, then you just contract". In my mind I was like "Hallelujah!!! Free at last, Free at last, Thank God Almighty, I'm Free At Last!" So of course the next thought was 'I'm gonna walk the snot out of Wal-mart'. So of course, right after my doctor's appt. I thought up everything on earth that was needed in the house so that I could be in Wal-mart forever - Guess What???!! I was in that tip for 3 hours, walking with a cart and not even doing the regular "ride the buggy" thing and didn't have NOT 1 contraction!! And of course, all I could say to myself was "Ain't this some Bulllllcrap!!". Needless to say, I took my wibblie-wobblie behind home and called it a day.

Doesn't End There........

If anyone has ever heard of that childhood song "The wheels on the bus goes round and round", well that's my brain. So I decided that I was gonna put myself and pre-term labor during the upcoming weekend, lol ;0) and I needed a legit outing. Luckily a girlfriend of mine here wanted to meet Saturday for dinner and a little shopping - IN MY MIND I figured 'Cool, this baby should be here by Monday' plus Macy's was having an awesome 1 DAY SALE that I was determined to hit! Well this is when the story starts to take a turn for the unexpected - which for me isn't unexpected. Well, we went to Olive Garden for their stuff mushrooms and calamari appetizer - love it!! Afterwards, we hit Macy's off and I found 5 completely adorable baby outfits for $5.00 each and I even got my cousin's baby 2 outfits as well - You can't beat a pair of jean, with a shirt and matching jacket for $5.00 @ Macy's, right? At this point my ankles have swollen to the 5th degree but IN MY MIND - 'It's all good' cause I figured I hadn't reached the 10th degree of swelling yet and still no contractions..............! I can't win for losing - but that's alright cause I was determined to walk the entire mall ;0) - And I did until the mall closed down....and guess what??? Not A Got Dang Thing! Ain't This Some Bullllcrap!! So I carried my wibblie-wobblie behind home and called it a night. It's Still Not Over........

I find the next morning that my lips and face are swollen to the 5th degree, to match my ankles of course and I'm like "What The Heck" so IN MY MIND I'm thinking, "alright, Mesi don't over react, just drink alot of water, a cup of vegetable juice from the juicer, rest, and elevate your feet and it's gonna be alright".....well, I wasn't.....Monday - lips still swollen ......Tuesday - lips still swollen but to the point that I sounded fresh from the dentist - so at this point I'm scared. So I call my doctor's office and they made an appt. for me immediately - The funny thing is the nurse asked me to step on that disgraceful, ungodly scale and I did - purse and all. She nicely ask "Do you want to put your purse down first" and I replied in a unexcited, fed-up voice "It really don't make a difference at this point, I'm already past my limit of weight gain, sweety it truly don't make a difference at this point" she reluctantly agreed "oh, o.k." I finally go in to see the doctor and he double takes looking at me and I replied with my generic novocane lips "Yeah, I'm back" As he politely smiles and says "it's alright, did you eat anything different this past week?", while checking the rest of me out. And I stated "Not really" and it hits me"I ate calamari for the first time at Olive Garden but for some odd reason didn't think much of it" And he shook his head gave me that ummm...ummm....ummmm look, like that I should have known better look. And I immediately realized that the calamari was like sex in the heat of passion....... It was good at the moment but you got some consequences to face when you wake up!! - And I got "Swollen Seafood Lips" - Ain't This Some Bulllllcrap! He replied "well, you have to be careful with what you eat while you're pregnant. The thing about food is, either it effects the baby or it effects you and it looks like you had an allergic reaction to it but it's normal. The baby is fine, and you're fine, just a little extra swelling but that happens sometimes. So go home, take it easy and don't eat that stuff again until you have the baby" So like a little kid who was caught with they hand in the cookie jar, I answered "oooo.k." As of today - my lips are back to normal and the wheels are still turning in my head!

Same Day, I had my prenatal visit with a PROSPECTIVE pediatrician, And for the first time - things went exactly as I pictured - Completely Overwhelming! This nice lady in the office was there with her sick son (he was so adorable) started talking to me and asking me questions about my pregnancy while this other mother's child was screaming and crying and throwing everything his mom gave him clear across the room. IN MY MIND, I'm thinking 'why does she keep giving him things if he has practically thrown the entire baby bag across the office?' - maybe it was just me. The nice lady smiled with much empathy across her face and said "Judging by the look on your face, it's your first child, huh?" Suddenly noticing the expression of 'what the heck have I gotten myself into look' written all over my face, I immediately re-grouped and flipped my expression to a smile and said "yeah". She then replied with a warm smile, "It can be overwhelming at the beginning but it's gets better once you start to get comfortable with everythihng". I must have looked like I was fighting back the tears, cause I was HARD...from sheer "Reality Check Shock" I call it. I immediately came back to earth (you know how your mind wonders) and smiled "Thank you so much" and she reassured me with a smile and said "it's gonna be alright, the doctors here are great" and all I could end the conversation with was a doubting smile. I was called in by the nurses to meet the Doctor in his office and he politely explained how everything works with the office, the baby's check-ups, shots, and his visit to the hospital to check on the baby after I give birth - which helped alot. They gave me a nice little prenatal package to take home and I left thinking 'I hope this pediatrician works out for us cause our first choice is always wrong when it comes to doctors' so we'll have to leave it in God's hands and wait and see. I had my mind set on one doctor until my OBGYN explained and convinced me of going to a doctor's office with several pediatricians and longer hours to prevent us from having to go to ER if the baby is sick late in the day or on the weekends - we'll see how this goes.... And so ends another saga.

March 13, 2008 - Well, I had the first of my weekly examinations this past Tuesday. And I just want to start by saying - I need to stop trying to picture things before they even happen cause I am apparently NOT gifted in that area. Anywho, let's get this story going - I'll make it sweet and simple this time ;0) I went in for my 37 week exam and was told that my cervix was very high and closed. Now, I'll have you know that I've had my contractions stopped and prescribed medication to temporarily keep them from coming back - which IN MY MIND means once I start having them again then it's time for the BIG DAY, right? Wrong! I was told by my doctor that 2 things have to happen when your body is preparing for TRUE labor - (1.) is your uterus has to contract and (2.) your cervix has to thin and open but they have to work together. Well, my two are not working in harmony with each other so that leaves me contracting for no dang reason cause my dang cervix aint EVEN trying to give........Needless to say, I was told that I'll probably go late and most likely be induced. My thing is, Why Can't We Just Do The Dang Thing Now!.....Eitherway, I guess I have no choice but to wait right now - the good thing is my doctor will not allow me to go over a week past my due date so I will definitely be giving birth by April 6th if all else fails.....UGGH!

March 23, 2008 - Birth Story Coming Soon ;0)

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Awwwwh....NOT! Alex had to get some blood work done at MY Dr.'s Appt, "Justice Has Been Served!" :-)