Here is a picture of my son Omar. This is the picture of my 3D-4D ultrasound. We so can't wait for his arrival in 11 weeks.

July 5, 2008

I got bored and thought i would take pics of myself...No belly, just ME!!! LOL!!!!

<----- Me with Glasses on. <---- Being bored!

July 8, 2008 (34 weeks)

Had my prenatal visit today and everything is great still...Baby boy's heartbeat is in the 150's. Moving around great! I been having some muscle spasms on the sides of my uterus. Dr. told me that i am having ligament pains. Gosh, i don't remember having this with my daughter. I am measuring 34 weeks. 2 weeks ago i was measuring 37 weeks. Dr said must have all evened out. He put me on new prenatal vitamins because he wants me to have DHA for the baby. So, hopefully i don't start itching because i will stop taking them again... LOL! I told him if i start to itch i will quit taking them. So, he said to let him know. I asked if i can have the baby today and he said not for another 4 more weeks...LOL! Seems like a long time, but i am sure it will go by fast! That is the update for the last 2 weeks. Next update 7/22/08. Till than talk to you ladies later!!!!

June 27,2008

I had my prenatal check up yesterday and things were not really good because before my dr.'s appt an hour before to be exact i got 10 or more braxton hicks contractions within an hour. It was time to go to my dr.'s appt and I told the dr. He checked my cervix and i believe all is fine there, but he took a swab to see if I am having preterm labor and was supposed to get the results back yesterday and haven't yet. RIght now i am on bedrest till further notice. I hope all is well. I was hooked up yesterday to the NST machine and still have BH. Today still getting them with every movement i make. No matter what i do i get BH. Baby boy still moving great. I am not worried about that, but i am worried about him coming this early. As soon as i find out what is going on i will update again. Meanwhile, i am i on the couch!

UPDATE....: Got the results back and they are negative. Returning back to work on Monday and i have to drink MORE WATER... Not sure how much more. Seems all i do is drink water and go to the bathroom..Gotta do what i gotta do to keep the baby in there till its time!

June 24, 2008 32 weeks pregnant. Stretch marks are from being pg with my daughter. I didn't get any new ones thank god!

May 29, 2008 (28 weeks)

I went for my prenatal visit yesterday and everything is still looking great! I had my glucose done yesterday too and I have forgotten how nasty that stuff is. I gagged every drink i took. BLAH!!! Dr. said if i don't hear back from him about my results from the blood test that all is good, but if i do then something is wrong. Omar's HB is in the 160's. Measuring really good! I am feeling fatigue again, but not as bad as it was in the begininng of the pregnacy. I can't believe that its about over... OMG. I am enjoying overall the pregnancy. I keep forgettning to add or update on the rash i had. Come to find out it was not PUPPP's. I had an alergic reaction to the prenatal pill i was taking. The brand i was prescribed was called Duet (yellow box) In this you take two at a time. One for vitamins and one for DHA. The one that had the DHA also had fish oil and i believe that is what i was allergic to because when i stopped taking them a few days later everything was gone. I told the dr that and he was surprised to hear that i was allergic to the fish oil. He told me to start taking an over the counter DHA without the fish oil. The brand is call Expecta w/ lipil. Hopefully, I don't start itching again. If i do i am going to take myself off of that too. After i took myself off of the prenatal pills that were prescribed I picked up an over the counter prenatal pill and i told him that, but he was concerned about the baby not having the DHA and that is why he told me to pick up that. If my baby needs it than i am going to take it, but as long as it doesn't make me itch. LOL. So far, so good. I took the Expecta last night and no itching yet... I know might take a week or so to get into my system. Hopefully, i don't have any kind of reaction to it!

Other than that all is GOOD!!!

NEXT APPT JUNE 26th than after that i will go every two weeks

27 weeks 3days

22 weeks

Side 4/20/08 Front 4/20/08

Finally, Here are the U/S pics from MY big U/S. 20 weeks!

IT'S A BOY!

May 7, 2008

I called the Dr office today because the last few days my son has not been moving a lot like he has been and this had me worried. The nurse called me back and asked me what was going on and i told her that he is moving, but not like he used to. She told me that in this stage of the baby's life that they go through spurts where they move all the time to not so much. She then asked me is he moving at least 10 times a day. I said yes. She said that is great he is doing fine and all is well. She went on to say that if i ever question any movements again to drink either a glass of juice or eat a candy bar and lay on my left side for an hour feel for baby movements and within that hour if the baby moves anywhere from 2-5 times everything is great. I was happy to know everything is great! I cried all day yesterday because i thought something was wrong with my son. That is when my fiance said call the dr if you are that worried about and that is what i did. I would rather be cautious than not!

THANKS TO GOD MY SON IS DOING WELL!!!

April 30, 2008 24 week appt

So, I had my prenatal visit yesterday and everything still looks great. I finally got to see MY dr. instead of another dr. that knows nothing about my history. I asked about my placenta because the U/S showed it somewhat by my cervix. He told me not to worry about and that he wasn't worried about. That is the good news! Bad news is I can't gain anymore weight I have gained all my weight that he wanted me to gain through out my whole pregnancy. OPPS!!! Now, i put myself on a diet! I want to try and lose 10 lbs if not a little more that way it give me some le-way(sp?) through the rest of my pregnancy. I told i get hungry and he realizes that, especially now in the weeks to come he said i am going to get hungrier, but to eat lighter meals (healthy), but more frequently. So, that is what i plan on doing along with a vigorous walk. I asked to run, but said that would be uncomfortable. LOL.... Dr. also knows on how hard i worked to get the weight off before i got pregnant. I lost a little over 40 lbs. Don't want to gain all that back either...If i don't start now it will get that bad.

Other than that nothing bad!

Next appt May 28, 2008

April 1, 2008

I had my big U/S yesterday and I am having a BOY!!! Omar Frank Pahaa Alhaj. Very excited and was something that i already knew. My daughter was really amazed to see the baby in my tummy! She was in awe the whole time. My baby is healthy and has all 10 finger and 10 toes... Test came back negative for Down Syndrome and Trisomy. Only thing that has me a little bit concerned is my placenta is close to my cervix. Dr. isn't really concerned yet because she said is it normal in early pregnancy to see this. Once the baby starts getting bigger as well as my uterus the placenta should "migrate" to where it is supposed to be. I guess don't worry till there is something to worry about. Other then that not really much more to say...

Oh yeah, i moved this past weekend to a bigger place and now i am losing sleep because i hear everything and trying to get used to this new place. All is well!

March 11, 2008

I went to the dr yesterday for a rash that i have developed and I have been diagnosed with PUPPP's

I have been itching like a wild monkey...LOL! I have been prescribed a steriod cream and Antihistamine and it only takes the itch away for a while.

I am stuck with this for the rest of my pregnancy!!!! Now I really can't wait till i deliver my baby because it will go away... I am hoping it will go away soon!

Any suggestions on how to get rid of this would be great (if there is such a thing). I read you can't... but i have also read some people it has went away.

I cry at night because the itching is that bad and it is so irritating!!!

March 4, 2008

Had my dr appt yesterday. Everything still looking great. Heard the heartbeat (154), the greatest sound in the world. I find out in 4 more weeks what i am having and i can't wait....I am so EXCITED...:) Hoping for a Boy but i will be just as happy with a Girl !!! Counting down the days...Plus, waiting anyday now to feel the baby move...CAN'T wait for that... Other than that not much more to say!!!!

February 19, 2008

SUNDAY THE 17TH MARKED MY 2ND TRIMESTER...I AM VERY HAPPY... STILL A COUPLE MORE WEEKS TILL MY NEXT APPT. (MARCH 3RD)

January 30, 2007

I went for my 11 wk check up and everything again is GREAT! I got even ANOTHER ultrasound. IT was AWESOME, it was a quick one because all they wanted was the heartbeat (174 bpm). It is amazing how in just 2 weeks how much bigger the baby is.... I will post the new picture soon! They also drew blood for chormosome abnormalities and down syndrome. I don't go back till March 3rd. Seems like a lifetime away, but i will be fine and so will my little one. I am still extremely exhausted, hopefully soon that will pass i am tired of feeling like this, but also nice because lets me know everything is still okay. I guess in all i love to feel like this...I know i just contradicted myself and that is okay!!!!!

TTYL!!!

January 21, 2008

I went to my first ultrasound on Friday and everything is good. I FINALLY got to hear the heartbeat and is was so AWESOME. It was at 180 bpm. Baby measured perfect. Very exciting!!!

Next prenatal appt is January 30th.

January 10, 2008

Sorry, i haven't updated in a week or so, but really there isn't much to say other then i am extremely tired and i am ready to fall out of my chair and pass out and go to sleep for a long while. I love to sleep and now i have a better excuse to sleep.

8 more days left till my u/s and i am getting super excited. CAN'T WAIT!!!!

January 3 2008

I had my appointment today. Everything looks good as of today. They didn't check for a heartbeat which kind of bummed me out, but i go back for an ultrasound on the 18th of January. 15 days away. I am very anxious to get it done!

Till the 18th not really too much to write other then i am extremely tired and all i want to do is SLEEP!!!

No morning sickness. I didn't get it either with my daughter. So i am one of the lucky ones!

December 26, 2007

Went to the dr. for a follow up visit. Talked to another dr. since my dr. was out on vacation and she said everything looked good. Heart rate is low (102 bpm) She said that is also most likely because they couldn't see it that well when i went in, but when i go for my first visit on the 3rd of January i will find out more. The heart rate has me a little scared, but i am sure it will turn out okay. Plus, she gave me different kinds of prenatal vitamins, which i have been taking. Very anxious for the 3rd of January to get here! ALMOST HERE!

Please PRAY everything goes okay for MY baby and me!

December 23, 2007

I went to the emergency room due to slight spotting that i had when i went to the batheroom. IT FREAKED ME OUT!!! When i saw that i immediately went to the ER. When i got there they took me back right away(well, no one was there, but me!) They took blood and checked everything. I did get an internal ultrasound i saw the little bean. Turns out it is normal, which i knew, but i had to double check. I was in there for 4 hours, but everthing turned out ok. I have to go in on Thurday the 26th for a check-up from my trip to the ER.

December 17, 2007

Tested today and got a BFP... Making a Dr.'s appt today...will keep you posted!

UPDATED: My first appt is January 3, 2008 @ 9:00am. Gosh feels like a long time away!!!!

AUG 8

THIS MORNING TEST POSITIVE FOR OVULATION WITHOUT THE CLOMID...WELL A LOT OF BD TONIGHT... PLEASE KEEP US IN YOUR PRAYERS AND GOD BLESS THOSE TTC AND BABY DUST TO ALL...

July 27

While, AF has showed her face once again... VERY FRUSTRATING...

Called Dr and he wants to do more test...

My Appt is for Aug 6... So, back to the ol' drawing board....

July 12

Tested POSITIVE for OVULATION THIS MORNING...BD Last night....

June 27

VERY FRUSTRATING I SWEAR!!!!!

Well, i started my period... SO i start the 3rd cycle of clomid

Please continue to keep me in your prayers...

I pick up the clomid today after work...

June 12

TESTED POSITIVE FOR OVULATION...

MORE BABY DANCING TONIGHT!!!! :):):):):)

!!!!!!!!BABY DUST TO ME!!!!!!!!

May 28

The 1st round of Clomid did not work... Called dr. to call in another prescription waiting for call back... Please continue to keep me in your prayers and I HOPE SOON I WILL CONCIEVE!!!! I want to soooo bad to have another one!

GOD BLESS YOU ALL WHO ARE TTC...

.......I pick up my 2nd cycle of Clomid after work!!!!!

May 4th.

today is the day i start clomid. I have read a few success stories where they say it worked the first time. I am hoping that is me...Please continue to keep me your prayers along with many other that are TTC...

~~~~********BABY DUST TO ME AND ALL THAT ARE TTC******~~~~~

April 12, 2007

Well, i went to the dr today do to not having a period and spotting for a week... but i didn't have a period at all in March... My periods for the last 6 months have been out of whack.. Being that i was just at the Dr. in January he told me to come back again if i didn't have my period for a month. So, March being that i didn't start at all I went back to the Dr. and I have had an inclination that I am not ovulating at all, plus, with a lot of research I have been doing that you still can have a period and not ovulate... I didn't know that... i thought because i was having a period that i was ovulating every month... but dr. too seems to think i am not... I told him this the last time and he now agrees with me that i have not been ovulating...SOOOOOOOOO he has put me me on Clomid. (will make me ovulate) PLease pray NOW it will happen, the only problem is that twins are a higher risk... Which is okay by me. It will make me happy either way.... but i think i am doomed either way...My boyfriend is a twin and twins run in my generation so the risk was there either way...LOL! I BELIEVE THIS IS MY MONTH... Lets see if i am right!!!!!

Keep me in your prayers!!!!

FEB 15, 2007

I HAVE DECIDED TO NOT TTC ANYMORE. IT HAS BECOME TO STRESSFUL ON ME TO THE POINT OF DEPRESSION... IT ISN'T WORTH MY HEALTH! EVERY MONTH I CRY AND VERY BITTER ABOUT NOT GETTING PREGNANT EVERYTIME WE TRY. I AM HOPING BY THIS THAT IT WILL HAPPEN A LOT SOONER. ONLY IF YOU KNEW ON HOW STRESSFUL AND EMOTIONAL THIS HAS ME. COMING TO THIS CONCLUSION WAS HARD ON ME. MY BOYFRIEND UNDERSTOOD AND HAD NO PROBLEM WITH IT, EVEN THOUGH HE DOES TOO WANT A CHILD BADLY. HE TOO HAS SEEN ME VERY EMOTIONAL AND FRUSTRATED WITH THE WHOLE TTC. ALSO, I HAVE BEEN SO STRESSED ABOUT NOT BECOMING PREGNANT THAT I START ARGUMENTS WITH HIM FOR NO REASON. I NEED TO REST MY HEAD AND GET MYSELF BACK TO NORMAL, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE. MAYBE, IN A FEW MONTHS WE WILL TRY AGAIN. IT WILL HAPPEN, JUST NOT RIGHT NOW. GOD HAS OTHER PLANS FOR ME RIGHT NOW... I WISH YOU ALL THAT ARE TTC AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET THE BEST OF LUCK. I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED! RIGHT NOW TYPING THIS WAS VERY HARD... I THINK OVERALL IT IS BETTER THIS WAY SO THAT I AM NOT SO STRESSED! WE ALL KNOW THAT STRESS PLAY A LOT ON NOT GETTING PREGNANT.

Hi...My name is Mary and i am not currently pregnant at the time, but in the process of TTC. Every month is heart breaking because it has not yet happened. i have been trying for the last 8 months or so and nothing. I have went to the Dr.s and they have ran many tests on me and everything has come back fine. I know i can have children because i have a 10 year old daughter who is the JOY of my life. Without her i am not sure where i would be at this moment in time, but she has brought my life together for the better. The man i am with now is not the father of my daughter. My daughter was not even planned it just happened on a stupid mistake i made, but by that mistake i got a beautiful daughter out of it and whom i love and cherish dearly. It is because of her that i am trying for another one because she wants a brother or sister. SHe has been asking me for the longest time and well to her disappointment i have not filled her dream. I know what it is like to have siblings. There is 6 of us all together... so, having siblings for her i can understand why should would want some of her own. It is hard being the only child. She is so hard to entertain because she gets bored really easily, but i guess that goes with her age, but she loves to talk on the phone to her cousins. A typical teenage kid even though she is not one yet, but i keep her phone calls short... LOL... She might as well be she acts like one...LOL...

MY DAUGHTER taking a picture of herself!

MY LOVE OF MY LIFE!

MY DAUGHTER GETTING HER RECOMMENDED BLACK BELT IN TAE KWON DO

I have been with my man for 1 year and kids are now the topic of conversation and have been for some time, but we try try and try and nothing. i believe i have tried everything after sex and nothing seems to be helping...right now i have left it in God's hands and when he is ready to give me another one i will become pregnant. in the meantime i am going to keep praying and keeping my head up. He really wants kids too because he does not have any... we plan on getting married HOPEFULLY by the end of the year beginning of next. He has showed me things that many men have not. He loves my daughter just like if it was his own.

Please continue to pray for me that God too will BLESS me with another child...

As soon as I become pregnant believe me you guys will be one of the first to know...

till then i will keep my fingers crossed.

The weird thing about this is that we already have names picked out...

BOY: Omar (exactly how it sounds) Pahaa (baa-hat) Frank Alhaj

WHY: Omar (he loves this name) after my boyfriend (pahaa) and my dad (Frank deseased)

Girl: Zaynab(Zine-nub) Rayic (rye-k) Gabrielle Alhaj

WHY: Zaynab he loves this name, His dad (Rayic) Gabrielle ( i love this name... i was stuck on this name with my daughter but decided not too because my cousin 2 months before she was born named her daughter Gabriella so i decided to change it... didn't want her to think i was copying her...

My boyfriend is Arabic so the names are Mostly Arabic...