Hey there! I am so excited that they have a website like this! My husband and I have been married for almost 4 years and have one little boy. We were planning to get pregnant so it was really no surprise but we are still ecstatic! I lost two before my little boy so I am scared about miscarrying again, however I got on progesterone for my little boy and he is healthy as can be! So now I hope it will happen again! My first appt. is on October 5 and I cant wait! I will post how it went on that day!

October 5 2007

I was sooooo scared for my ultrasound today, hoping to see the cute little heart beat. Everything went perfect! The baby is just the right size for as far along I am and I was elated! I also had my first doctors appt today and my annual pap.....yikes!!!! Hate it when those come around lol. But I am so glad that everything is okay! Thank goodness for the progesterone!!!

October 31 2007

Happy Halloween everyone! I cant believe I am already 12 weeks! All my pregnancy symptoms have seemed to disappear, except for a little lower back pain here and there, so it makes me kind of worried about everything being okay. My next appt is on Friday the 2nd. I just hope and pray that everything is still going great. I am officially in maternity pants which feel a lot better than my regular jeans, and I'm debating on whether to start wearing maternity tops or not lol. I have gained like 12 lbs already!!!! And I cant wait to loose it. I felt like I just got my body back a few months ago from my first baby and now its back to square one. Well, I guess we'll see how this next appt goes!!

November 2 2007

Everything went great at my appt. I heard the baby's heartbeat and am so happy! I just cant wait to start feeling it moving now. With Brady I felt him in the middle of 14 weeks!

I feel like it goes by sooooo slow until you find out what your having and then it goes faster. It's driving me crazy not knowing! Well, no new cravings just meat. And anything I see someone else eating lol. Especially on TV. At the doctors appt I was surprised that I had gained 4 1/2 pounds this month!!! Holy cow. Literally lol.

November 30 2007

So everything was good today at the doctor's. My doctor always guesses at the 4 month appt what he thinks the baby is going to be, and I was sooooo shocked to hear him say that he thinks its a girl! I almost wish that he wouldn't have said anything because I want a girl sooo bad and will be disappointed if its not. But another boy would be loved soo much! Let's be honest though and say I will be sad for like a day if it is a boy. Anyway I get to find out what the baby is on Dec. 19!!! I can't wait! It feels like forever away but, at that appt we aren't really going to be finding out cause we are going to have the doctor write it down on 3 different pieces of paper without us knowing what it is, then we'll take them home and wrap them into separate present boxes for my parents, my hubby's parents, and for us. And we'll all wait for christmas morning to open them. It will be the best present of all!!! I am soooo excited.

December 19 2007

Went to our ultrasound appt today and baby is very healthy and everything is perfect! It was so fun to see "it" wiggling around. I cant wait to find out what it is on Christmas day! The ultrasound guy printed off pictures for our presents instead of writing it down, so I cannot wait! My hubby, as soon as we left, wanted to open it but I said "no!". I think he is just testing me lol.

December 25 2007

We opened the present and it's a.....BOY! I cant believe it! And with the pictures that the ultrasound guy printed off you could totally see everything. We were soooo shocked. And actually I wasn't sad or disappointed, but just in complete shock! My hubby's family and my hubby thought that for sure it was going to be a girl. That makes 5 boys on my families side and 5 boys on my hubby's side! No one can produce a girl! It is impossible lol.

Well, I am glad Brady will have a little brother to play with. And another bonus is that I don't have to by a single thing because I saved it all from Brady. I am so excited to see what he looks like too. My next check-up is on December 28 and I am not excited to see how much weight I have gained. I think it is like 20 lbs already!!! But we shall see. I'll update more after that appt.

January 27 2008

Just had my birthday and turned 24! I feel like I am getting old lol. I went to my appt today and everything is great. The baby is moving a lot especially at night. My husband and I have decided on the name Owen for our new addition and I am so excited to meet him. The disappointing thing about my appt today was that I have gained 7 lbs in one month!!!! I cant believe it! I am so scared to keep gaining weight!

I am having some bad symptoms this month: heart burn, sciatic nerve pain, lower back pain, and tiredness. The pain from the nerves and from my lower back seem to keep getting worse every week. Sometimes it just about brings me to my knees! I didn't feel any of this with my first baby. And I have a lot of pelvic pressure like someone is trying to rip my pelvis apart! lol...... I don't remember that either.

May seems forever away, but then at the same time it is going by really fast. I have been so pre-occupied with Brady. We finally took the bottle away this month and it was a complete nightmare! Everyone says that if a kid cries long enough he will eventually go to sleep....well, let's just say that isn't at all how my kid works.

He got to where he hated his crib so bad, (because to him the bottle and crib went together), we had to get him a "big boy bed" to sleep in. And now that the bottle thing is over, we are fighting him to stay in his own bed and to go to sleep without us in there with him. I think I have bawled at least twice a day for the past few weeks. Being pregnant and sleep deprived is not a good thing. But I have the best husband in the whole world who has helped me through this entire ordeal. Just like he always does. I am completely in love with my marriage!

February 22 2008

So I have been looking forward to this appt with my doctor for ever! Because now that I am getting closer to my due date I am so scared that Owen is going to be bigger than Brady was at 8lbs 3oz. When I brought it up though, he just said "Yeah but you did great!" I was totally disappointed. Now all I can hope is that Owen will make his appearance early on his own. And another depressing thing about this appt was that I found out I have gained 8lbs since last appt!!!! Holy crap! My weight is seriously freaking me out! I envy all the ladies that gain little weight and hardly change their appearance at all when they are pregnant. I am dying to loose weight afterward!

March 6 2008

I called my doctor yesterday because for the last 2 weeks I have had chronic pelvis and pubic bone pain. It is so bad I can barely walk! It feels like the head is going to come out at any time. It's achy and no matter what position I lay or sit in it doesn't make it go away or make it feel better. I have even been crying and dropping to my knees! My mom said it is because with my first baby the muscles down there were really tight but now that I have had a baby before, those muscles are no where near where they used to be.

But even though I felt that what she had said was probably right I explained what was going on to my doctor and he said pretty much the same thing my mom had told me and that the baby's head was probably just moving into position. He said to take some Tylenol and everything should be fine. Well, let's just say thank goodness for pain relievers! Now I just have to fight off this stink'in cold I just got! My next appt is March 21 and I think that after that appt I start going in every 2 weeks! YAY!

March 21 2008

This is a great day! My last once a month appt!! HURRAY! Now I go in every two weeks and it feels like the biggest accomplishment ever! And I only gained 3 lbs this month. Owen is head down and kicking like he wants out of here right now lol.

The warmer it gets out side the more I want to go shopping for the cute clothes that are coming out in the stores. I can't wait to have my body back! It was our 4th anniversary yesterday and I can't believe how time flies! We had my sister-in-law babysit so we could go out to eat and see a movie. It was nice to have the alone time with each other cause it is rare when it happens.

My next appt is on April 4. I am starting to feel the panic of not being ready for Owen. I started making a list of the things I will need to pack for the hospital and almost had an anxiety attack because it became so real. Especially when I wrote down the nursing things I will need. That was the most trying experience with Brady. I remember bawling everyday because of how hard he was to nurse and then I got mastitis (I think thats how you spell it) twice within 1 month. It was not very fun and I am hesitant to give it a try with Owen. Brady would bawl in the cradle hold and basically stopped nursing all together which made me feel like a failure. I wanted so badly to be one of those who nursed their baby for a full year. But he had other plans. And he was so slow. It would take 30 minutes on each side! But anyway, with Owen I will definitely give it a shot. I just hope things are a lot different.

"Owen Blake Carter"

April 4 2008

So a few days ago my hubby explains to me that his work is doing inventory a couple days after I am suppose to be due. Which means that he wont be around that much to help me out with Brady when I have Owen. So of course I start freaking out because Brady is sooo much work for me right now and I am worrying everyday about taking care of him and Owen. Plus I know how sore and yucky I will feel (not to forget tired) after the birth. So I start crying and am in disbelief that they are going to make him work instead of giving him a few days to be with me. My hubby reassures me that we have tons of family around to help me out, but I am the type of person who wants to take care of everything myself and when I say "myself" I mean Brett and I. I don't want his mom or my mom to sleep over or anything like that even though I love both of them to death. I feel so much more comfortable and in my own element if its just Brett and I.

I had my doctors appt today, which I have been looking forward to so much since this talk with my hubby. I have been wanting to ask my doctor if he would start me early because of this whole ordeal with Brett's work. I was so scared that he would just take me like every other pregnant women who wants her due date moved up and tell me that he can't do that, but he actually said that would be fine as long as I start dilating and thinning out cause they can't induce someone who isn't ready. I was so happy! So at my next appt in 3 weeks, when I am 37 weeks, he will start checking me to see if I am dilated. I can't wait!!!