Thursday, 4 Oct

Woohoo! i think i've finally past the m/s milestone. I still dont have too much energy at times but i must say that its waaaay better than the last couple of months. Seems like ive been preggie forever with forever left to go. Ive been sick with a cold for the last 3 days but hopefully it will get better over the weekend. Other than that my next ob visit and u/s is next thursday Oct 11th and i cant wait to see my little booger again. I think i've gotten used to the idea that im having a boy cuz for the last past week i've been going to babies r' us, Macy's, burlingtons, and other baby shops looking for boy stuff. and gettin a little more excited about him. Even though ivee been tryin to come up with a name, i have noting as of yet. that is gonna be the hardest for me because first of all i hadnt planned on a boy so that was the last thing on my mind and 2nd i want something very unique that no1 else has or that isnt like anyone that i know (at least). Gotta go, hopefully, this update wont get erased the the last few has. If it does, oh well i'll come again after my appt next week and update again. Toodles;-D

Monday, October 8

19w2d

Ok! After all of the debating me and the hunny's been doin on deciding a name. I think we finally have one. 1st let me say that i am officially over the fact that its not a girl and im very excited and cant wait to hold my lil bugga a boo. His name that weve decided on didnt come easy as I had been hearing Eric say it from the beginning and i didnt like it at all but now it has grown on me. I still have to think a little when i hear it but the more i hear it, the more i like it.

Vande` Carmillo Phillips

Eric came up with the first name and I did the middle name. I think im only agreein to it because most of our children has the "e" or the "ahn" sound in it: Y`monne, Te`von, Devonta, E`mari, Rondrea, Aterika, and Eric but they dont count cause they were basically named after daddy. So let me know what you think about the name. Any suggestions and/or comments are accepted and grateful.

Friday, October 12, 2007

19w6d

ok, i went for my o/b check and u/s yesterday. everything was good and measuring just right. Even with all the contractions that i've been having, i havent dialated any so everything was good. But, i must say, this little nuckle head is just like his dad and brother. I think i was in there for about 45 minutes with the tech trying to see the gender. Mind u, i've already been told that it was a boy. but i wanted a second opinion just to be sure. so when i went in i tried some of the things that some of you ladies on here recommended with the orange juice and doritos ( i even added m&m's) to try to get him a lil active. It worked (he was very active) but.......... everytime they tried to look at his face he would cover his face with his hand then when she wouldd try to peek at his private part he would cover it up with his hands. it was so funny so she had me to go tho the restroom and empty my bladder and i was in there talkin to my belly and fussing at him to behave and stop acting so stubburn. I went back into the room and she tried it again and he was just laying there with his thumb up. It was hilarious. The tech was like what did u do or say to him to make him show all? Im like "nothing!!!" with a innocent face. Anyway, My next appt is November 8th so until then..... toodles.

Oh and i've gained a total of 28 lbs since being preggo

Wednesday,November 21, 2007

25w4d

SO, i went to my ob and ultrasound tech on nov. 8th, everything looked good hb was 160, ultrasound tech said "its still a boy!" so no change there, lol, and he is moving around like crazy! Very active! and i've gained 3and1/2 pounds so that puts me to a total of 31.5 pounds. wow! im trying to slow down on my eating cuz i know this is gonna be a challenge for me to loose after pregnancy.

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December 7, 2007

27w6d

Okay, So I took the whole day off yesterday to go to my ob appointment. I actually enjoyed it except to know that I now weigh 175 pounds!!!! Other than that evrything was great. I did my glucose test so now im waiting on the results from that. I had been havin these real sharp pains inside of my vagina and mention it to my dr.'s PA who explained that, since ive had so many children my uterus is very thick and tough and that its just the sensation of my blood vessels trying to break through as this is a process of child-bearing. So that eased my worries a little. Other than that, Im Good!!! I go back in 3 weeks now so I'll update sometime after the 27th of December. Until then....

Merry Christmas to everyone!!!

January 22, 2008

34w 6d

well well well. Lets see....... Not much has been going on. I've had 2 appts on Dec 27 and January 10. I've been having contractions like mad and at my last appt i found that im a fingertip dialated. So hopefully i will be having my bugga boo in the next 4 weeks. Theres alot happening in Feb. for me. First off, I'm moving on the 1st. So Im very excited and happy about that. I'll be having 2 babyshowers, my 1st will be for family and friends on Jan 9th and the next will be from my job on the 15th. I havent did ANY shopping for my baby cuz I've been trying to wait for the baby showers. but i did however end up buying a couple of roca wear bibs and hats that i just couldnt resist. Anyway.... my last day at work will be on the 22nd of feb and im sooooooo looking forward to that. and will go back on the 25th of april. Other than those excited things, I've gained another 2+ pounds. I've been tryin to limit my eating habits cuz im just gettin huge. Dont get me wrong I still eat but i just dont eat until Im stuffed anymore. My next appt is Thursday Jan 31 and I'll be going every week after that appt. Hopefully my cervix will have made a little bit more progress. I guess im gonna go to alot of malls this weekend and try to help it out a little by walking. Until next time be safe and hope everythings going well with all of you.

Oh........ one more thing, I just cant get used the name that dear ol' dad had come up with and I've convinced him that its not a winner!!!! so, we've been playing the naming game once more. I think we just need to wait until we see his precious face and run with whatever we come up with.

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Jordan Tyree Phillips

Born: March 8, 2008

O-M-G

its been sooooooo freaking long since I've visited this site. I was brought back by my partner who wasnt pleased that when someone googled his name all of his true personal business popped up. So he asked me to take it down and ... (sigh) ... I did. Anyway, so much has freaking been going on. So imma try to make this a quick update. Since the last time i wrote, I moved into an apartment and it all went down-hill. A long story short, he had another nappy headed chic on the side and she's pregnant by him again. (she had a miscarriage with the 1st one). I had to deal with a whooooole hell of drama trying to give him to this chic and convience him that we were not going to be together but she just didnt have what it takes to keep him. I even packed and personally delivered all of his belongings to her house on more than one occasion and he brought them right back each time. So, he's back with who other than "ME". Just a complete pain in the ass. Anyay, i had my little Brodie on March 8, 2008. The day that it snowed in Atlanta (wow). It was a long night of course, being that I was a week over due, i was miserable and on top of dealing with the drama of my kids dad, I was stress to the max. I had been going back and forth to the Dr. to have my membranes stripped twice, which caused contractions for a minute only to fade away. I had dialated 3 cm but the contractions that i was having wasnt strong enough to cause any progress. I was walking up and down stairs, lifting heavy things (especially when i was taking His things to her house), walking and stimulating my nipples and walking and having sex and did i say wallking? This baby just refused to come out of his comfort zone. I was going back and forth to the hospital. They wouldnt do anything but send me back home. My Dr. was back and forth out of town because his dad passed and none of the on-call dr.'s would induce me. I was scheduled to be induce on the 10th. I was 6 days over due, stressed and feeling like this was the worst pregnancy anyone could ever experience. To make things worse i tried to call this bastard-ass low life father of my kids to let him know that i was getting too uncomfortable and i was very sure that this was the time, this nucka ignores my calls. So i decide then that i'm gonna do this on my own. With noone but me. Its 2 am, the contractions are getting stronger by the minute, im crying uncontrolably, and i decide to take a shower and sit in a hot tub of water. this is it!!!!! Its 6 am so i grab my bags, leaving my other children at home, not telling anyone where im going, get in my car (starting point, hwy 138 Stockbridge ending point, Crawford Long Hospital Atlanta) in between point...... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! What-the-world! What the hell was i thinking?! Im loosing my mind, tryin to stay focused, trying to breath and stay calm, OMG! What was i Thinking? I get there, I park, I walk in, I sign in, I wait, and im in triage. I get hooked up and within 30 minutes I have my IV in 4 and 1/2 cm dialated and Im on to my delivery room. The pain is sooo unbearable. I was gonna try the natural but f*%& that. I get something put into my IV. (dont know what it was, really dont care) but i was in LA LA LA LA LA LA LA land but still in pain. I request an epidural maybe two hours later they check, im at 6cm. they insert my epi and im completely at ease. Still feeling contractions on my left side for about 30 minutes then, All of a sudden, no pain. no contractions, no nothing! What is going on ? this goes on for about an hour. Then all of a sudden Lil Brodie's heart beat slows down extremely. sometimes stopping for about 10 to 15 sec. But I dont stress, Im too depressed and stress over all of the other things that i've been going thru. Honestly, I really didnt care. My heart was numb. I just wanted him out. I wanted everything to end. The dr.'s started panicing calling all kinds of codes, moving me from side to side, giving me oxygen and some kind of meds in my oxygen, they're shaking my stomach and telling the nurses to get the papers for OR ready. This went on for about 30min then it was back to normal. Not sure if the epi did it or what, i didnt care and didnt ask any questions. So now im back to the tremendous amount of pain and pressure, without the epi. its about 11:30am, snowing very hard outside and they check my dialation. 9cm Not sure how much longer i can bear this pain so i just start quietly, slowly pushing without telling the dr or anyone. By the time they checked again im 10cm. So I push, and I push and i push and push and push for about an hour and 30 minutes til i cant push no more. He just doesnt want to come out. So they give him a little help and waahlah. 8lbs and 13oz. The next thing i know my dad and step mom walks in cursing me out, how did u get here, who brought you here, why didnt you call and let someone know that u were coming. Im like, oh lord! and i go to sleep. Just relieved!!! The nurse ask me if i was ready to feed the baby, im like, no you can go ahead. BUt now, im good! ive learned to accept the things i cant change or control.

Of course the name is way different from what we were going to name him. Eric decided on Jordan and i put all of my other kids name together and came up with Tyree

Tevon

Ymonne

Rondrea

Eric

Emari.

as of today me and my kids dad are still together. He's taking care of the baby as if he had him himself. I dont have to do anything but lay there and look. I love it!! We (as a couple) are trying to work things out, even went as far as to go get our marriage license but im so not into actually validating it yet. I know i have nothing to loose but its just my ego (i guess) that wont allow me to do it. Hope everyone is doing well and congrates to all the new moms to be and plenty of baby dust to those trying to conceive!!!!