Im ashlie, yes im pretty young to be pregnant but i couldn't go through an abortion. im very excited and very scared but im glad i found this place to hear all of you going through this with me its such an exciting experience.this is my second pregnancy but my first one was unsuccessful,so im hoping for the best. so far my pregnancy has not been bad a few aches and pains, hardly sick, i've been pretty lucky.

well i noticed most of you have a story on how you found out you were pregnant so i may as well add mine. I usually use birth control almost every kind you can think of besides the pill because i know i wouldn't be able to remember to take it everyday, especially at the same time. so ran out of birth control (the ring) and was planning on getting more but me being a procrastinator i decided eh, i can do it on my next day off i dont feel like waiting 4 hours in a waiting room with 30 other people...and so the cycle kept going lol and pretty soon it had occurred to my boyfriend and i that it had been a while since i had my period and my nipples were getting really sore to the point where it hurt to put my bra on; so after i got off of work i called him and asked if i should get a pregnancy test he said if i thought i was then i should, so i did. i went home immediately went to the bathroom and didnt even get done wiping myself when YUP it was a plus and a negative,so i took a couple more just to be safe even though im well aware they are over 99% accurate lol. so here i am.

~ 3-21-07~

well yay i went and saw my baby today,they kept my due date which is really cool since its also my sisters birthday. the only problem so far is my blood pressure is high so thats my "assignment" for the next week is to go to wal mart pharmacy and keep track of it and write it down. im sure it was just because i was nervous because i have never had high blood pressure before, well im sure everything will go ok.

~4-1-07~

i think i have been feeling movement? just a couple seconds ago i thought i felt a little kick and then sometimes i feel other little ones,i hope it is! but wow ugh im starting to feel the effects of pregnancy now,even though at 16 weeks i should be passed that point. i thought i would be one of the lucky ones that dont get sick but it just snuck up on me outta no where and now i feel nauseous all the time especially at night when its time to go to sleep, now im even throwing up which i probably jynxed myself into because i kept bragging how i have only thrown up once HA! not anymore...now i look forward to throwing up to get that feeling outta my stomach...sigh...well hopefully it passes soon.

well i feel much better now im not sure what happend?

~4-6-07~

i went to my new dr. today and i like her so much better,no waiting in a waiting room for 3 hours. she didnt do anything special just heard the babies heart beat and felt my uterus.but eek... i tested positive for the down syndrome test, the results where point five in 190... so im going for another ultra sound on tuesday and i guess the kind they are going to use is really in detail so they can measure the baby and see if everything is growing the way its supposed to and take a look at her organs, im sure everything will be ok.

~4-10-07~

well i went for my ultra sound today and i hate the doctor that was telling me about downs, she was so insensitive, which i guess i could understand since she sees a million women a day and has to tell them the same thing but i had to keep from crying because the way she was explaining it all to me with no sympathy for my situation at all. but anyways to the point the ultra sound looked good except for im 16 weeks instead of 17 >:( and all the organs looked good,but wow i have such an active little girl she would not stay put for a second. I did get the amnio test done though, the amnio test is where they stick a needle in my stomach to get a sample of the amniotic fluid, i almost decided not to because theres a small risk but i think its going to be worth it, they can tell me everything about the baby from the sample including if she actually does have downs or not. i'll get the results within 14 days so pray for me.

~4-19-07~

GOOD NEWS! i got the test results back and she has all her normal chromosomes which me means she's healthy NO downs !!! OMG im so relieved and she is for sure a girl : D

~5-4-07~

went to the dr. today and she measured my stomach for the first time and i measured 21 weeks, im glad everything is going good so far. she also asked me about kicks and i was like yeah...sure i feel them sometimes not everyday though, but actually the past few days i have been feeling her a lot more but only from the outside, i dont feel much from the inside though, she said i wont be able to until im about 26 weeks. cant wait till my next apointment though, i have to wait a whole month : (

~5-7-07~

finally,feeling movement! not a whole lot but its definitely there, no questions anymore. im so happy and relieved now i actually feel like i have a little girl growing inside me : )

~6-1-07~

sorry i havent updated in a while, not much to update on. i went to the doctors today, thought i was going for a glucose test too, which i guess isnt for another few weeks. i've been so emotional lately, with everything, my job, my car(needs a new battery), my family, my mother-in-law(bugs the $h*t out of me) and on top of that people keep judging my stomach, telling me im small >:( i feel like smacking them and telling them everyone carries different, but i just act like it doesnt bother me. if i say anything to them my bf will tell me to get over it, its not a big deal what they say,he's even saying now "babe when are you going to get big" "why r you so small" UGH!!! as long as the baby is in there growing healthy and moving then whys the size of my stomach such a big deal??

~6-30-07~

So i took my glucose test and it came out normal !! That stuff didnt taste as bad as i thought it would, it was like flat sunkiss. Ugh well sorry to keep venting you can skip past this if your tired of it but i just feel so useless lately i cant do my job at work because much of it is physical, like bending down a lot, lifting ladders, climbing up ladders, standing for hours at a time, if you wondering what i do, i work at ALDO its a shoe store, some people have heard of it some haven't. Anyways, back to feeling useless, cant do laundry anymore either because the way the washer is set up i have to squeeze between the washer and wall but because of my tummy i cant do that anymore. so the last couple days i have been crying, my bf doesnt understand why i keep crying, it just upsets him when i cry so he leaves me alone then comes around and tries to make me laugh or something which is nice of him but not what i need. sigh.

Cant believe how fast this is going by, babys going to be here in two and half months!! still have not got ready at all, waiting for the baby shower to see what i get then go from there, but with the baby shower being so close to my due date (a month before im due) im afriad, what if she comes early??? and i have nothing ready!! wow being this stressed cannot be good. Anyone else feeling this way?

so...my family has decided not to throw me a baby shower anymore at the last minute without even telling me, great now i have a $hit load of things to buy in a pretty short amount of time... guess i'll be hunting at garage sales and re-sale stores.

~8-17-07~

my boyfriends family is actually going to throw me my shower now-YAY! Its going be this sunday on the 19th i cant wait. but im finally out of work its a good thing too it was getting pretty hard to stand up for so long and bending down a lot. and now i wont have to answer the same constant questions from customers, " how far along are you?" "is it a boy or girl?" "are you excited?" "when are you due?" i swear im going to go crazy with those questions!

well she is almost here, cant believe it, wish me luck. : )

~8-26-07~

so im finally full term, hopefully she comes sooner rather than later!! i started packing my hospital bag, i probably have more than i need but i always over prepare. ugh i have this rash on my stomach its like hives, little red bumps in a huge patch and they itch like crazy!! it just keeps spreading, even now to my boobs, and on top of that both of my underarms i think have a mild yeast infection (FUN STUFF).

~9-19-07~

well i have decided to keep this font in black because of how miserable i am, im 5 days over my due date and i really dont see her coming on her own any time soon. i am effacing i guess but barley dilated, not even a full centimeter! so saturday at 4am im going to labor and delivery and they are going to induce me. i tried sex, castor oil, walking, pineapple-NOTHING HAS WORKED! well pray for my delivery, hopefully i dont have to get a c-section, i dont know why i would, but you never know.

by the way we have decided on her name it will be

Anicia Liliana Jimenez

BIRTH STORY

i went in to labor and delivery at 4am to get induced, i thought i was going to get induced with a pill that they insert into the vagina but i guess i was already having contractions when i got there so there was no need for it, which i am very thankfull for; i read about a lot of bad side effects about it. anyways so they hook me up to an IV, while they wait for my dr.'s orders of what to induce me with and finally at around 6:30-7:00am they get a hold of my dr. and they hook me up to pitocin. (mind you i was so nervous about getting induced because everyone always says how horrible it is) finally about a half later i started getting contractions, not that bad i went about four hours before i got the epidural. so time comes to check my cervix and im not even 1 cm dilated. hours pass and i am only a 1 1/2, but the nurse says she can stretch it to a 2. so more time passes and its about 4pm now and i am only 3 cm dilated, at this point im thinking im probly gonna have to have a c-section and my dr. doesnt rule it out. its about 6pm and my dr. comes back to check my cervix and still only a 3! she said i was having addiquit contractions but it wasnt doing anything to dilate me. so they waited about an hour more and still no progress, so at about 8pm they decided to put me in for a c-section. i was so nervous and scared, meanwhile my family is standing around me taking pictures of me, i wanted to scream at them, buutt i didnt lol. so the dr.'s came in and took me into the surgery room and strapped me down, then started to put more pain meds in me, but was not working very well. my dr. made the incinsion and then started pulling and tugging and then i started to feel a sharp shooting pain and it was only getting worse even while they were injecting me with more meds, i was pretty much screaming because of how much it hurt, but then i started to feel pressure and i heard the most wonderful sound in the world, my little girls cry, it was surreal, but went by very fast i saw her for a split second gave her a kiss and then they took me to recovery, then the real fun started my incision started to burn and cramp up very badly to the point where i was crying and im not a big cryer, she tried to up the meds again but didnt help and finally she put a shot into my side and the pain started to subside. and i could finally move my legs a little so i got to go to my room and they finally bring me my baby! seeing her precious little face for the first time was amazing. i cant even describe the feeling i was so happy and it made everything worth it.

but it turns out that i can never have a vaginal delivery because im too small, which is why i wouldnt dilate, kinda makes me sad because i will never have that experience of giving birth naturally. but dont let my story scare you most people dont feel a thing im just lucky : )

Pregnancy Survey
About You
Name?:	ashlie
Age?:	19
Height?:	5'7
Pre-pregnancy weight?:	137
About The Father
Name?:	manuel
Age?:	21
Height?:	5'7
Are you still together?:	together since 03
About Your Pregnancy
Is this your first pregnancy?:	Nope
When did you find out you were pregnant?:	Janruary
Was it planned?:	definitely not
What was your first reaction?:	shock
Who was with you when you found out?:	i was the only one in the bathroom.
Who was the first person you told?:	manuel
How did your parents react?:	very happy
How far along are you?:	34 weeks
What was your first symptom?:	sore nipples
What is your due date?:	sept.15
Do you know the sex of the baby?:	yess
If so, what is it?:	GIRL!
Have you picked out names?:	kinda we're still debating
If so, what are they?:	mia,anisia
How much weight have you gained?:	about 15-17 lbs
Do you have stretch marks?:	yes, their ugly
Have you felt the baby move?:	finally!
Have you heard the heartbeat?:	yes! big relief
About the birth
Will you keep the baby?:	yes
Home or hospital birth?:	hospital
Natural or medicated birth?:	very medicated
Who will be in the delivery room with you?:	boyfriend/sisters
Will you breastfeed?:	off and on
Do you think you'll need a c-section?:	hope not
Will you cry when you hold the baby for the first time?:	yes
What's the first thing you might say to him/her?:	I love you, you're beautiful
Would you let someone videotape the birth?:	haha no
Are you excited about the birth, or scared?:	BOTH more excited

my myspace - myspace.com/ashlimsmith

love this picture

By the way, I highly recommend reading Belly Laughs by Jenny McCarthy it so true and hilarious