Dec. 3, 2007 I am now 7 weeks and 3 days and have been cramping a lot. I still cannot get in to see the doctor. I have a good feeling, not like anything is wrong, but I want the pain to go away. I do not remember all this pain with my first two, but let's just see what happens. I just have a feeling that the Doctor will not see me until after the holidays which is fine with me because then maybe they will do an ultrasound and we might can see the sex of the baby.
Dec.5,2007 Well I have an appointment, finally! Next week on Thursday at 8:45 am. I am so excited and nervous at the same time. I am making Beef Stew today because I have been craving it. Never craved anything with my first two. Dec.7, 2007 I feel pretty good today. I am counting down the days to my first appointment. I am pretty sure they will do an ultrasound, they usually do on the first visit just to see how everything is and measure the baby. Dec. 9, 2007
I have been feeling alright today. I finished my finals for school and start two new classes tomorrow. I can rest a little knowing that my finals are over. I feel really tired as usual, but have so much to do. I put the tree up last night and in the process I broke out in a sweat. I believe my blood pressure went up, so I sat down, drank water and relaxed. Well just a few more days until my appointment and I can't wait. It's early and the morning and I am at my worst in the morning. I am gonna try to eat breakfast before i go so I do not get sick. Dec.17, 2007 I had a bad migraine yesterday and could bot even stand. I never made it to my appointment because my insurance has not kicked in. I need to see the doctor, but need to wait for my insurance. This morning I got sick, which makes the second time. The first was when I had to go to the ER. I know I will have morning sickness, but I should not be vomiting continuously. I will be 10 weeks on Wednesday and can't wait. A few more weeks and i will be in my second trimester. Time has already gone by so fast.
Dec. 18, 2007 Today I have been feeling pretty good. I have a little more energy than usual. I am going to go and but maternity jeans because some of my pants are uncomfortable. I can still fit in them, but they just do not feel right.LOL! I keep having dreams with baby girls. I don't know what that means, but we will see. When I was pregnant with my first, I had dreams with a boy, same with my second. They are both boys, now I have dreams with girls hmmm... we'll see what happens. By the time I go to the Doctor, I am sure they will be able to tell me what I am having.Well I better get back to my college algebra, yuck, who really uses those letters x and y in real life? JANUARY 5, 2008 January 17, 2008 I haven't posted anything in a while. I am 14 weeks and 1 day and I am starting to show. I had to go and but maternity jeans yesterday. I went to Ross and found so many I wanted, but only bought two because that's all I really need. If I get a little bigger I will buy two more. They were only 6.99 and they are so cute like regular jeans. I also bought some cute shoes. Anyway, finally the dizziness and nausea have gone away. I run out of energy fast, but I just keep going all day. I am still on my antibiotics for my UTI because I can't take the medicine in the morning, so instead of twice a day, I take it right before bed so I don't get sick. I have my first appointment on the 23rd of this month, next week. It was the 24th, but they had to move it up, no complaints from me. I can't wait, neither can my husband and best friend Robi. She is counting down the days. Everyone seems to think it is a girl and I just can't wait to find out. I know they can tell at 15 weeks, so I am hoping the baby cooperates and we can find something out. I am constantly on the ultrasound picture sites and play those games to see if I can determine the sex of the baby by looking at the ultrasound picture. I am pretty good at it. I do it so that when I go to the Doctor, I will know what to look for. So, I can look, and in case the Doctor doesn't tell me, I might can tell just by looking. I know it's nuts, but I just can't wait another month to find out.
January 20, 2008 So three more days until my appointment and keep asking my husband if he is going to go. He keeps saying yes, but I am not sure because he says he hates to be in the room while I am getting examined by a male doctor. I told him it puts me at ease when he is in there with me like with my last pregnancy. He sat there and talked to me, and everything went by so fast. So far that reason he says he will go with me. I hope he does. I have been eating less lately, haven't had a great appetite. I eat my regular three meals and snacks in between. I eat plenty of apples and I bought some protein bars. I have already had to buy a bigger bra. With my first two pregnancies I didn't have to until like the 7th month. I feel like if I have gained weight it has been in my chest. LOL. Well I will post something after my appointment. I am nervous, but excited and can't wait. I hope they can tell me the sex being that I will be like 15 weeks. January 31, 2008 I am 16 weeks today and couldn't be happier. Time has been going by fast. I am needing some ideas on a theme for the crib. I have done Winnie the Pooh with my first and Boyd's Bears with my second so I am not sure what I want this time around. My next appointment is in exactly three weeks. I will be at 19 weeks so I think they will do another ultrasound since he said he thinks it's a boy, now he can confirm. Well I feel the baby kick a lot, especially at night. He also makes himself into a ball and I sure do feel that! I continue to have horrible headaches. I called my doctor the other day and he said it was not pregnancy related. What the heck did he mean by that? Of course it is related especially if it is my blood pressure causing them. He said to go to my family doctor so I called my family doctor and the receptionist Marianne my buddy, said that my doctor is crazy for saying it is not related. She said he needs to be the one to prescribe something and I totally agree. She also said they really do not treat pregnant women and I completely understand. So these headaches are everyday and really bad. If my doctor will not give me something besides Tylenol, I will finding a new doctor. He needs to take my blood pressure into consideration since I have suffered from high blood pressure and migraines. I know headaches are normal during pregnancy, but not like this. Believe me, I have been pregnant twice before this one, so I think I should know what to expect. Well next subject is the name of the baby. My husband and I decided on Blake Aden, well today he said he likes the name Cash. Well so do I, so he said well how about Blake Cash. I like Cash, but don't think it goes with Blake, but then again when I add our last name it kind of sounds alright. Blake Cash Collins. Hmmm.... I am not sure. February 8, 2008 Okay I am now 17 weeks and 1 day, but according to this site, 2 days. I continue to have these bad headaches, but oh well until I see the doctor on the 21st. I have been getting out and about a little more than before because I need the fresh air. I have been walking and fishing. I still get sick every now and then. I cannot take a prenatal vitamin because I get sick immediately. The other day I got sick and it was so gross, the taste of nothing but IRON. I don't know what else to take so that the baby is healthy. I will have to discuss that with the doctor. Well I am getting closer and time is going by a little faster. I went to H and R Block today and filed yeah! My husband and i should get our check tomorrow so I am going to buy the crib. I still haven't decided on the theme of the nursery, but I hope to figure it out soon. Oh yeah, my husband has picked another name- Aiden Cash or I might spell it Aidan which is the traditional spelling, but who wants to be traditional right. Now a days people are naming their kids Apple and Banana. Well I guess I will update in a few days or weeks because my head well you all now by now, HURTS!!!!!! February 14, 2008 18 weeks.Well it's Valentine's Day and all is well. I made cookies this morning and put together a veggie tray for my 4 year old sons party at school. I went to the party and it was fun except for having to sit in those itty bitty little chairs. The kids had pizza for lunch and then came the sweets. They had cupcakes, cookies, pie, candy, and like a triple chocolate brownie cake with oreo cookies crumbled on top. My gosh, now Mason will never sleep tonight. He only licked the whipped topping off the cupcake because he doesn't like chocolate. Not very many people ate the veggies. Oh well, I wanted to take something healthy. Well my appointment is next week and I can't wait. heck, can't wait til I go every two weeks. February 24, 2008 Well I have been experiencing a lot of Braxton Hicks contractions at 19 weeks and 3 days. Last night I hurt so bad. My lower abdomen was so tight and the pain kept coming and going. Today I am still having the pain and the BH. I am not sure what to do. I guess if they continue I should call the doctor tomorrow. With my last pregnancy they started at around this time and my son was a month early so I am thinking it will happen with this one. I don't really have an appetite either which is strange, I have a full feeling. Well other than that I feel fine. March 25, 2008 So I haven't posted anything in a while. I am now 23 weeks and 5 days and am on BED REST! It sucks. I really don't stay in the bed because it is boring, but I am not over doing it. What has been happening is that I have been having a lot, and I mean a lot of BH so I told the doctor on the 20th and he was very concerned, so he put me on bed rest. Then he said he wanted to see me in a month unless they continue. Well I still get them regular, so I will be calling him possibly today so he can start seeing me every two weeks. He already said he is going to put me on meds. Well I guess anything to keep that baby in works for me. I just don't want to go to 40 weeks. So my BFF is planning my shower which is all good. Come to find out my sister from Cali will be here just for the shower. Well I am not supposed to know, but she is. Well the other day my BFF said "sorry, but she won't be able to make it" Yeah Right!!!! I wasn't born yesterday. I know my sis and she will be here. I will be 34 weeks and 2 days at my shower, too bad I can't have the baby while she is here. That would make me the happiest person on the face of this earth. My sister and I are very close. Well I am almost 24 weeks which is 6 months. WooHoo!!!! I have never counted down to 40 weeks, I always take 2 weeks away so time can go by faster, or at least it seems it does. So I say I have 2 1/2 months left. I know I'm crazy, but if it makes the day closer, I will count like that. So if you really think about it, We are almost in April. So the May and June make 2 months and if the baby is early like my first two, then 2 weeks. So 2 1/2 months. Oh I am talking nonsense now, it must be being in the bed. Okay well that's all I have for now. I will update some other time.
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Boopy - Saturday, 3 May Oh Lord...that does not sound good. Did the drs at least give you steroids for the baby's lungs just in case they can't prevent labor???? That was one of the first things they injected me with just in case all of the drugs they were going to give me would not work. And as you know...the drugs only prevented labor for almost 3 more days...but that gave time for the steroids to take affect. They said that if I did not have the steroids then my baby probably would have been intubated and would be in a way worse position. I mean...i had her at exactly 27 weeks. :o( I went into labor during my 26th. you are so lucky your baby is still in you, and maybe that's because you do get to rest. I have a job that requires me to stand for 9-18 hours!!! I can promise that next time around...I'll probably get bed rest at 5 months. That's gonna be fun. :o/ Well...you keep me posted....and go to the hospital if you have to....don't wait until Sunday night or your next appointment on monday like i did. Take care...and take it EASY!!!! No running around like a crazy woman!!!!
Boopy - Saturday, 3 May Hey there....yeah be careful with the head down position. Analise was in head down position for the last two months she was in me. I felt way too much pressure also....and I had to pee every 10 minutes! I knew she was ready to come out even before she was actually trying to come out. I know she looks bigger in the pics, but she is still below her birth weight. Today, she was 2 lbs. 4 oz. One more ounce to go and she will be at her birth weight! She is doing really well though. She does have episodes of sleep apnea and that is scary because she totally stops breathing and her heart stops briefly. Apparently this is normal for preemies....but I don't like it one bit. Also, she use to be the only one in the NICU...now there are 7 other babies in there!!!! She doesn't get the attention she use to get by any means! All of these babies will go home way before her though....she is the smallest/earliest. Well it was good to here from you...keep me posted chica. xoxoxo
momof2oneonway! - Saturday, 3 May going there right now thank you very much..
Boopy - Friday, 2 May How are things? Just checkin in! :o)
NumberFive - Friday, 2 May ok let me know, I had my last at 36 aswell but they let me go home right away, she was doing well though, and i had previou children so thats prob why! Do u think u willmake it till wk 34
NumberFive - Friday, 2 May omg wow, thats crazy so ur so close, well 5 more wks and its prob safe, how long do they want to make yah wait, I had mine at 36 wks, (canada) and went home the next day,,,, well good luck keep me posted, what med do they have u on>
NumberFive - Friday, 2 May oh wow ur not due till July 17th, what did they say about ur dialating so early, i didnt realize u were 27 wks I was thinking more like 34 35.....oh no bed rest?
NumberFive - Friday, 2 May oh wow so only a matter of time, before ur dialted lots more, cause when the dr can feel the head that baby ios comming, like any day. congratslol, so u must be 100 enfassed as well! let me know what happens, have u had contractions, when u go in to dr next?
dvsrunt - Thursday, 1 May I was on vacation and at a hospital that only delivers 300 babies A YEAR! So they aren't really good at the premie births...they believe that I had an infection and that caused me to go into labor all of the sudden. Now with my daughter I started to dilate at 30 weeks (they say your body remembers your first labor). And was 1cm when I went in and she said, no baby yet, go on bedrest...I made it to 34 weeks before I dilated more and the baby started to drop...so I stayed at 2CM for about 3 more weeks before going into labor. So I guess it just depends on the pregnancy huney. God has his plan now you just have to wait and see what it is. :)
babyjohn - Thursday, 1 May Glad to see that you are still hanging in there. If our babies would be born now, yes they would be small, and yes they would be in the NICU for a little while, but I think that they would be ok. Shoot, The first goal my doctor set for me was 28 weeks. Once I passed that I started breathing a little bit, but I'm with you, I really really really want to make it to 34 weeks!!!
dvsrunt - Thursday, 1 May I had my son at 31 weeks...I am only saying this to try and make you feel better about all this...he was 4lbs and so tiny, but he did great (he's 13 now and you would never know)! he never had to have forced air or anything. I know you are scared to death. But just keep in mind that the medical things they have now are great and your baby will be ok! Just keep your chin up and listen to the doctors and things will be ok. I remember when my son dropped...it was horrible, I actually felt him hit my pubic bone...and within 24 hours I was in labor! I was on vacation and there was nothing the doctors could do...so please just know that you have lots of support here. And I am saying a little prayer for you and the baby tonight. Just a few more weeks to go.
MooMommy - Thursday, 1 May Fingers crossed for you that you make it to your goal!!
veroki - Thursday, 1 May we already calculated the stimulus tax in to our budget, so even with that im screwed, we were really in a tight corner to begin with and that increase pushed us over the edge. i just want to cry.
NumberFive - Wednesday, 30 April awwww sry to hrar about ur dog!
amandag7 - Wednesday, 30 April My mom actually never heard of it, but my dad being raised here in the states has heard all about it. Yeah, I wouldn't do it either. The way I look at it is whenever he's ready to come, he'll come!! Haha.
KrysAndBundleOfBoy - Wednesday, 30 April Lol Doctors have problems :P Im 40 weeks, 2 days over due and ive never been checked Lol
heather518 - Wednesday, 30 April Oh my gosh does that really work?! With the plastic wrap? Because I will SO try that! hahaha I'm sorry to hear about your dog, I can't imagine losing someone, even if it's not a human, at this point! I can't breath either! It literally feels like there in a bunch of bricks just sitting on my chest. I have to sit up if I'm laying down just to catch my breath sometimes. I don't sleep well at all at night, and when my alarm goes off, that's the only time I'm like, actually ready to sleep haha so I'm constantly tired. I've decided just to not even worry about the weight gain for now, I'm not even going to weight myself because I have been doing EVERYTHING my doctor tells me to do and I eat what she tells me to eat, and I'm in the gym everyday but I'm still gaining weight. My mom thinks I might be retaining water, but I haven't noticed any swelling anywhere...psh it all looks like fat to me so how the hell am I suppose to know the difference? haha Hope you are feeling ok! I know it sucks, but we'll be done in no time.
buddysmom - Wednesday, 30 April Thanks, I didn't know if someone had an opinion on what was best.. storage bags or bottles..
luvmy-buninoven - Wednesday, 30 April Thank you for your response!! Very informative, I will talk to him tomorrow...
NumberFive - Wednesday, 30 April dog? why? 2 classes wow u r some busy oh no contractionsss awww shower thats awsome wheres ur sis coming form
ashawee08 - Wednesday, 30 April yeah i was going to pick aiden too but then i know so many of them these days so i just went with ashton... and the more i think about it i love it!! how's everything going?!?
ashawee08 - Wednesday, 30 April that's adorable!!! i have ashton james.. just because my mom has this thing going with all of her daughters names starting with an "a" and her name starts with an "a" sooo... i thought it would be neat to keep it going...
NumberFive - Wednesday, 30 April yes u look great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lets hope i dont jinx myself this time........ lol how are u feeling?
blessedmom2b - Wednesday, 30 April yeah...I think it will take some time to not miss him. I mean you will always miss him...but just like for humans, there is a grieving period for the dogs in our lives too. I mean, they are like a part of the family so yeah...