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Hello! I am 12 weeks going on 13 weeks prego. This is my second child, I don't know the sex yet, but would like to know with an ultrasound. My first child is a boy, Anthony, who is a very sweet bundle of joy. I am new to making a web page like this, other than the MS bike tour, that was really my first webpage, but you aren't required to write anything. I participated in that last year and this year, but this year, I only did 25 miles with a heart beat monitor watch to make sure I didn't go over 140 beats per minute, which may I say, is very hard to do. It was a blast, and I am definitely doing it again next year. I love bike tours, but ones with a cause are so much cooler, because you feel good about helping out, last year I raised over 600 dollars, but this year, I only raised 280.00. My kids will almost be 4 years apart. Well I guess that is it for now. :)
I kept thinking I was pregnant. But I would take a test and not be. (we were trying for about 6 months prior, but just let things go after so many failed attempts)
I had my belly button pierced, this would be the second time, that was on July 13th, 2007as my birthday present to myself. The first time I had my belly button pierced was on July 11th, 2000. When I was pregnant with Anthony I took out the piercing and it half healed. I wasn’t told while going to Chalice Body piercing that when you try to pierce the same hole twice, you easily risk infection. Well it got infected, so I went to the doctor in hopes of getting some antibiotics to aid in keeping my piercing. They said the antibiotics can’t be used with pregnancy, they asked if I was pregnant, I said I don’t think so, but then again, I haven’t checked for a while. So they wrote out the prescription and said if I was pregnant to call them. I went and picked up a test. Then went back to work. Took the test and brought it back to my desk.
Dani says:
how'd it go
Rebecca says:
I hate pregnancy tests
Rebecca says:
they never are clear
Dani says:
lol
Rebecca says:
she gave me antibiotics
Rebecca says:
but said you can't be pregnant
Dani says:
ooo
Rebecca says:
so I wanted to make sure that I wasn't
Rebecca says:
but this is basically saying half and half
Rebecca says:
wanna give me a second opinion
Dani says:
lol k
Rebecca says:
wow
Rebecca says:
wait
Rebecca says:
i might be pregnant
Dani says:
http://parenting.ivillage.com/pregnancy/pfirsttri/0,,toniw_470p,00.html
Dani says:
that would be a yes dearie
Rebecca says:
I told Johnny
Rebecca says:
but just so ya know
Rebecca says:
you were the first to know
Dani says:
my lips are zipped too until you're ready
Dani says:
awww!!!
Dani says:
i'm excited for you now
Dani says:
lol
Rebecca says:
yeah, I should probably keep it kinda quiet
Dani says:
yeah
Rebecca says:
just til the second trimester
Dani says:
most people wait until after 3 months
Dani says:
yeah
Rebecca says:
yeah
Dani says:
aww!
Rebecca says:
its funny
Rebecca says:
Anthony was just yesterday on his kick again
Rebecca says:
about asking for a brother or sister
Dani says:
awww
Dani says:
and you found out by an infected belly button piercing
Dani says:
lol
Rebecca says:
theres a story for the grandkids
Dani says:
lol
Symptoms:
Very thirsty, light cramps occasionally, light headed when standing up, some sharp chest pains, sore ankles, slight breathlessness, heartburn, back of head headache once, Dry eyes sometimes, Dry lips, slight back pain, bloated/gassy, constipated, tired.
9/10/07 - Last night I woke up around 3 am and could not go back to sleep. I felt icky. Sad feelings, like loss, about how I would feel if I grew old and had no one, if Johnny passed on first, if I was ill. I just felt depressed last night. I was worried about our living conditions, our room is so cluttered, how will we have another child in there? Will Anthony be ok with a new baby, he seems ok now, but will he be ok when the baby is here. Is Jonna doing the right thing by home schooling the kids? Would I want to? Would they be ok in public school, there are a lot of ups and downs to public school. Is it worth giving my kids to complete strangers to learn from? And what of peers, are their values questionable. Am I ready to be a mother of 2, or even 3? Should I have stopped at one? Am I overdoing it, will I be able to do the things that I wanted to do in my lifetime with this many kids to take care of? Should we move? Can we afford to move. Will Johnny ever go to college if we move now? Will I ever get to be a stay at home mom if we move? Will money ever be in good supply? These were some things I was worrying about last night from around 3am - 5am. Then I fell asleep. I woke up about 4 times last night for varying reasons. Ranging from Anthony’s needs, to needing to use the bathroom.
10/16/07 (13 weeks)
I am now 13 weeks pregnant, yesterday I had my second doctor's appointment and heard the babies heart beat, and while the heart beat was filling the room, we heard a loud bump, and the doctor informed me that the sound was the baby kicking. I have felt little movements here and there, but it is very faint still, I can't wait till the baby is bigger and I can actually see and really feel the bumps. My husband and son came along with to the doctor's office, Anthony was very excited about the baby. I was hoping that my next visit would be the ultrasound that shows the sex, but I will be 18 weeks, and they said no ultrasound for that one. I guess I will have to wait longer than last time, last time I found out at 20 weeks, which my appointments have been running once every month it seems. Oh well, I can wait :)
10/17/07 (13 weeks)
I am very excited to be in the second trimester. That was my favorite last time around, you get more energized and can do more things than you could last time, like the energy comes out of thin air. I have been getting mild stomach cramp pains, the last few days, it is off and on, but I was just at the doctor yesterday and they did say that was normal. I am still at the same weight now as I was when I started, which is a great start. Last time was terrible with weight gain, a message to all of you mom's to be out there, pace yourself with the weight gain, stay away from high fat foods, even ice cream! Everyone reacts differently to each pregnancy, and some of us will be lucky and not gain an ounce past our prepregnancy bodies after the pregnancy is said and done, but if you were like me the first time around, I gained about 80lbs the first time around, it took me forever to lose that weight. My mentality was that it is normal to gain weight, until I passed the 35 lb marker when I realized I was still going and began to panic. I never had to worry about my weight before that, but it was like anything I ate just stuck to me, so be careful. I am being careful this time, only healthy stuff, no junk food or sweets, last time I was eating healthy, but I was also giving into cravings when I had one. Cravings are your enemy. Last time I gained about 10 lbs in my first trimester, this time I didn't gain any weight my first trimester. I know I sound really protective over my weight, but that is good to be mindful of it, as long as you are not dieting while pregnant, and only sticking to the good healthy stuff to stay fit, then you will be good to go. I just don't want to go through what I went through last time, coming out of the hospital with my beautiful brand new baby boy and realizing that I am stuck with a belly that looks like I am in my second trimester, and i got that too, people would say, how far along are you, and i would say, I'M NOT PREGNANT! As soon as I finished breast feeding I was on a full scale diet and was able to get pretty much where I was from before pregnancy, took a long time though, and the dieting and exercising was draining when you are already a new mom. Good luck to all of you moms to be, I wish the best for you and your babies. :)
10/18/07 (13 weeks)
I have been feeling jiggles and wriggles in my tummy, I think the baby is making him/herself known. :) I have been waiting for this. It is awesome until about the end of the 9th month, because that is when the are so strong and if they are facing the right way, they give you the rib kicks which can be pretty ouchy. Time seems to be slowing down for me, it was going by lightning fast earlier, but now it is creeping by. I am having trouble with my work. My company itself will allow anyone to take 12 weeks off for maternity unpaid by them, and after that duration, you have to come back or they won't expect you back. They let you use all of your accrued vacation (5 days), sick days (6 days), and personal day (1), which pays you for a full day and would account for 12 days or 2-5 weeks if split up right. Then, if you have short term disability you can get 6 weeks for maternity paid by the insurance company at 60% of your regular pay rate. But... I have insurance through my husband's insurance, and enrollment is at the end of October, but I spoke with Human Resources and they said that for short term disability you have to enroll in that within the first 60 days of you being hired ( I have worked there for 2 years now), or you can apply at any other time, but as an applicant that can be accepted, or denied. Which means that now, I have the risk of not being covered by that 6 week leave, and that worries me greatly. Human Resources told me to call our helper people, who then told me I can't enroll until enrollment day, which was a load of bologna, and then said that I could enroll if I call the short term disability provider directly, they gave me the #, and I called them, and asked to enroll, they asked when I needed my time off??? I was confused that they would ask that, then when we realized we were on 2 different pages, they said I need to enroll through my employer. I called HR back and they said that our helpers are going to be fired because they don't know what they are doing, she called on conference with me, and we straightened it out, and the papers are being mailed to me now. I really, really, really hope that I can get that 6 weeks, I already don't think it is enough time to be with the baby, with my son, I stayed with him for 6 months, this is ridiculous with potentially not even getting that time off. But insurance has a way of always screwing me over. When I was pregnant with my son, I didn't have insurance but it was open enrollment for my husband's work, so we filled out the papers and sent it to them. I called to see that they got it, they said they did not receive it. By then it was too late and we missed open enrollment, but if I would have gotten a return receipt requested from the post office, that would have never happened, because we would have made it in time. I was so mad and scared because we couldn't afford the medical costs it would be for the appts and delivery. I spoke with the insurance people and after finding out that there was no way of tracking my paper work, they didn't have it, so they say, they told me another way for me to enroll is for a change in status. We were not married yet and were engaged for over a year. They said that if we were to get married, then I would be allowed to get on the insurance, so within a week, we married in a courthouse wedding. We both already wanted to get married and figured if this is what we have to do to get this to work then ok. I keep telling myself that we will redo the wedding when we have enough money to do it right, we couldn't invite all of the people we wanted to for the courthouse wedding, not enough time. Johnny says we should redo it for our 10 year anniversary, we have been together for over 5 years now. That sounds good to me, that will give us time to save up for it. But yeah, moral of the story, insurance companies are evil.



10/22/07 14 weeks
14 weeks pregnant now!!! By all standards that is officially and without a doubt the 2nd trimester. I am very happy to be here, less stressful than the first trimester since now there are less risks, the 2nd trimester should be smooth sailing. I have felt little jiggles in my belly that I know is my little one wiggling around. I have to be careful with salty foods, I get puffy when I eat them, which is not fun. No weight gain yet, I am still happy about that, maybe I will be normal this time through, I don't need another 80 lb pregnancy. I went to a halloween party this last saturday, first time I was out with friends in a long time. It was a bon fire, but I missed out on jello shots which I haven't had in about 4 or 5 years, that was a sad thing, I used to love jello shots. I dressed up like that Scream person, there was also someone dressed like an escaped convict, and someone dressed as a monk, somone as a mardi gras person, a guy dressed in a robe with huge breasts and a bad wig with a shower cap on top, a couple that had matching electrical socket costumes, the girl was the electrical socket and the guy was a plug, I have seen that costume online before, but never thought I'd see the day someone would wear it. Someone was a midevial woman dressed in renassainse wear, and some others that I can't remember right now. The bon fire was a lot of fun, although it was a bit chilly out that night, but the fire kept everyone quite toasty as long as we stayed near it. The monk was the dare devil jumping over the fire and I guess the life of the party, although I think he is a self centered errogant jerk, the first time I met him was the first time I was able to go out with my friend Leanne since I had my son anthony, we were going to a western dance/bar place and it just so happened to be his birthday and her fiance was also going, so it was about 5 people going, he wanted the night to be all about him, and was flirting with me and the other girl who was there, I had made it clear that I was married, and the asshole was still trying. When we got there, he wanted me to ride teh mechanical bull that was there, since it is HIS birthday, i told him not if hell froze over, and he was practically begging me, I told him he should go on it if he is so interested in the bull. He had asked me to dance, so I avoided the dance floor whenever he was out there. He pretty much ruined my night that night, which it is a rare time I could actually hang out with a friend. I did have fun at the bon fire halloween party, that was nice. My son changed his mind, he doesn't want to be curious george anymore, now he wants to be a fire fighter, which he decided on before I went to the halloween party, but I just wanted to bring that up. We have his costume and everything. That's it for now.
10/26/07 14 weeks
UUUUGH, I finally went to Diagnostics to get the routine blood work done that they gave me the papers for at week 9, 5 weeks ago, whoops. So the doctor's office calls me and tells me they made a mistake, that someone accidentally checked off the wrong box for the blood to be tested for, and that I have to go back a SECOND TIME to get MORE blood taken from me! So apparently they accidentally checked the box for hepatitis screening, lol, that came back normal, not like I was even thinking about that, but good to know I guess. Now I have to go back to the vampires, and I hope I get the same person though, because she only had to stick me once, usually for blood tests they can't find my veins and end up sticking me three times and then use a butterfly needle. And if I tell them that they should just use the butterfly needle like usual, they get all egotistical like, I can do it, and then end up missing! But this girl I had, I warned her ahead of time, and she only had to do it once, I was like, can you do this for me every time I am here :)
I actually had really good luck yesterday!!!!!!!!! My husband's Aunt called me, she works for her friend who is a dr. at a massage school/office, and only works to help out, she doesn't really need the job. She called me and said aren't you glad you have friends in high places. How would you like a 2 hour free massage? I said I would be in heaven! She said that he is giving a class on pregnancy massages and needs someone to show the techniques on who is pregnant. She said the class will run 2 hours and 15 minutes and wanted me to go in not this Saturday but next Saturday for that class. I was sooo happy!!! For my last pregnancy I was dying to go to a spa but we couldn't afford it, I'll take this! Woo hoo!!!
10/29/07 Week 15
ok. I just had the scariest thing happen to me this morning. I woke up, took a shower, it was cold in the bathroom so I took a hotter than normal shower. I got out of the shower and started getting dressed, and suddenly I felt nauseous, I felt very sick to my stomach, then I felt dizzy, and weak, I had to sit down on the edge of the bed to stop from falling, then I drank some water, and then noticed I had cold sweats, and it was hard for me to breath, I had to force myself to breath to keep air going to the baby and me. I felt so dizzy and light headed, I woke up my husband, and told him that something was wrong. I was able to explain everything that was happening, he told me to lie down and try to relax. I lied down and was trying to not think about it. about 5-10 minutes later the dizziness was subsiding, and everything else slowly faded. SCAREY!!! I went to go see my mom because she has diabetes and the first thing I thought was that I had gestational diabetes, so I asked her to test my blood sugar, she did and it was 99 which is normal. I looked up possible things it could be from www.webmd.com from the symptoms, and it came up with heat exhaustion, low blood pressure, panic attack and generalized anxiety disorder. There were a lot of other things, but those seemed to fit the most. I hope that doesn't happen again! I am wondering if it was the hot shower? Has anyone else experienced this?
I called my OB GYN and the nurse said that it may have been from the hot shower, or it could be my blood pressure. They told me not to take such hot showers. Now I have to find a way to heat a friggidly cold bathroom, the rest of the house is fine, but the bathroom is freezing! I can' t compensate with the hot water, not safe. I wonder if it was partially blood pressure? I wish I thought of that then, I would have checked it. Oh well. I am glad that is over with, hope I don't go through that again.
10/30/07 15 weeks
My son changed his mind, he doesn't want to be curious george anymore, he wants to be a firefighter, so we have the costume, my husband is going to be the scream person, and I am going as a witch. This should be fun. I love halloween :)
I snapped at my husband yesterday. I wasn't too proud of myself for that. Last night we were at his mom's house with Anthony, it was way past Anthony's bedtime and I was exhausted, it was 10:30 but when Anthony is playing with someone, he forgets that he is tired, and gets overly tired, but normally he will go right to sleep around 8:30 - 10:00. Johnny's mom has a 4 year old son, Anthony is 3 years old, and they get along great. I wanted to go though, and I was trying to tell Johnny that I was tired, and he was brushing it off. I snapped at him which is not something I really do normally. I yelled that I am pregnant and I need sleep basically. We left shortly after that, but I kind of felt like a jerk. I just need to get sleep, if I don't get sleep, I don't function very well during the day, I can't nap, there is no time to, but I didn't need to snap at him, but he wasn't hearing me, I have been an emotional trainwreck lately. I just want to lock myself in a cave for 6 months until I am back to being me.
10/31/07 15 weeks
I am tired of waiting, I want to know what the sex it. I contacted one of those 3d-4d places, and they said that they don't start seeing people until, they prefer 23 weeks, but they will take people at 20 weeks, but not before, because they can't guarantee the gender if that is what we want to know. It was 165.00 for a dvd to take home, 6 black and white u/s pics and 6 color u/s pics, a frame or something, and the place is supposed to be very cozy, and you can invite everyone close to you friends and family, and they show the live feed on giant plasma screen tvs so everyone can see what is happening. They will also really try to find the gender for you if that is what you want, but if you don't want to know, they won't tell you. I wish I could find out now. I am dying to know. They also said that at 23 weeks there are more fat deposits under the babies skin to make the baby look more like what he/she will look like when they are born, so it is more of an amazing experience to see the baby face to face before the baby is born as they will look when they are born.
New List of regular symptoms:
Thirsty frequently, light cramps in stomach off and on, tired easily, winded easily, emotional wreck.
Johnny and I first met in Kindergarten, we were in the same classes, we were in the same school up until about 3rd grade when Johnny's family moved away. He moved back later on, in 5th grade, but then they moved again, his Dad works construction, so they moved a lot, also his dad was in the military. His mom tried to homeschool Johnny, but she wasn't as ready as she thought she was and by the time they moved back here again and they re-enrolled him into school he was 2 years behind me in 9th grade. As fate would have it, we had the same friends, I didn't know he was back in my school but when I would hang out with my friends, I saw him, and recognized him from when he was a kid, I went over and asked inquisitively if his name was Johnathan, he said yes, and he said I looked familiar, took him a little while, but he remembered me. We began reminiscing about elementary school experiences and it was great. We had a lot in common and became great friends. Later on a friend of ours and the two of us were going to go play pool, but my friend cancelled, and it was just the two of us. Usually there were more people around us than just us alone so this was different, it almost felt like a date, and we had a great time. He later asked me out and I said no, because I had just gotten out of a really bad relationship and didn't want to rebound on him because I really did like him. Our friends kept saying what a great couple we would make, and pushing for us to get together, but I waited. Finally I thought we were ready, but then it still felt too soon, so I asked if we could wait a bit longer. He was completely understanding. About a month later, we did finally start dating, but something happened a few months later, a conflict between me and a chauvinistic pig, that really erked me, and it was a terrible situation, but Johnny didn't stick up for me, this was one of those teen dramas I think that you wouldn't have to deal with in adult life, but it really bothered me that he didn't stick up for me. We broke up a few days later. I started dating someone else, but realized that I thought of that person more as a friend than as a boyfriend, and Johnny and I were on a talking basis again at that point, but then I found out that his family was moving to North Carolina, and that I wouldn't see him again. That made me think everything over and realized how trivial our fight and breakup really was, I still had feelings for him and I was about to let the best guy for me slip away. He moved. I broke up with my current boyfriend, grabbed one of my best friends and said we are going for a long drive. I had a 1985 cheetah colored pontiac grand am at the time, it was my first car, and we drove it over 500 miles that night to find a place that we didn't even know we could find. But we found it. We were there by morning. I was let in the house by his dad, and I went to their freezer, got some ice, and walked into Johnny's room, put the ice on his neck and he woke up in seconds with the most surprised look on his face from the ice, and seeing me. HEHE. I asked him if we could talk, so we went for a drive, around the area, and talked for what had to be over an hour. Finally I got to the point, and asked him if he still had feelings for me. He said I never stopped having feelings for you. I asked if he wanted to get back together, he said there isn't anything I would want more. We gave each other a big hug. I was so happy. I really thought I lost him. We were 17 at the time. I wanted to move in with him, but my mom wouldn't have it. So his Dad let him move in with me. This happened after about a month of me driving down there to visit him and him driving up to see me. It has been a blast and I love him more every day.
11/2/07 15 weeks prego
I apologized to johnny for snapping at him the one night, and he said hey, after the first time around I have learned how to realize what is a mood swing. He is the coolest, passive and understanding, which is good for my crazy spells. LOL
11/5/07 16 weeks
My next doctor's appt is on 11/12/07, but Johnny won't be able to make it, so I won't be able to take Anthony to it either, it is for heartbeat only. He works for Raymour and Flanigan and they get really busy this time of year because of Christmas. He usually works Tuesday through Saturday and has Sunday and Monday off, but he has to work the first 3 Mondays of November, and so do all of the other employees. He drives a truck and delivers furniture. He likes his job, so I am happy with whatever he wants to do. I am a little disappointed that he won't make it to this appt, the first one he will miss, but at least it isn't the big u/s!
11/6/07 16 weeks
I am so stressed out right now. I depend a lot on my family for babysitting, but sometimes my mom does things that I don't agree with, and I just wish that I could stay home with him and watch him myself, but I can't afford not to work. Now my husband is telling me that he wants to go to college, which is great, but how is this all going to work! Especially with the little addition to our famliy due in April! I think it would be easier if we could get rid of one of our cars, we have 3, my mitsubishi mirage 2000, his mazda miata 1999, and a Nissan Sentra 1990. The Mazda we are still making payments on of 323.00 a month, if we could get rid of that, than we would have a lot more money freed up, but I don't want to ask him to get rid of it, but it is a 2 seater, and now we have a 2nd child coming, so it is no longer useful, it was ok with just him and Anthony in the car, the air bag turns off on the passenger seat, but now with a 3rd one, that doesn't work anymore. I am going nutz over here trying to figure out how this is all going to work! I am considering dropping our life insurance policies right now because they are 75.00 a month and we are both 23, we can wait until we are more financially set before putting that out each month.
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Update... my husband just called me and said that he was fired. He has a bad habit of going into work late. He is there everyday, and is a great worker, the boss didn't want to let him go. But from the higher ups, they said he had to go to set an example. Well that solves my Anthony dilema. If he gets unemployment, he deserves to spend some time with Anthony, I had 6 months with him when he was a baby. I would be very happy if he could have some time with him. This kind of sucks, he did like that job, he was there for two and a half years. The good thing is I can spend more time with him, and when he does get a new job, he may make more money than this job, and it might not be such a back breaking job. We shall see.
possible names so far...
Felicity Elizabeth
Joseph Martin
I am still thinking though, still not 100% on those.
11/8/07 16 weeks
ugh, my job is driving me up the wall. THey are changing the client I work with from mellow nice people, to super pampered prissy people, who want 50 times more information than the rest, so I have to ask tax collectors for information they don't normally give, and they get all upody with me. Like even though taxes were paid on a property, they still want the due dates for discount, face, and penalty, which is not needed since it is paid, so I call this tax collector by the name of dixie, she has no straight answers for the due dates, like she has to figure it out herself, gave me varying answers, so I had to confirm with her what her final answers were, and then she has the nerve to say 'Becky, how long have you had your job?', what a jerk!!!!! I am so stressed right now by that woman!
11/12/07 17 weeks
So I had my doctor's appointment today, we went over my test results, everything came back normal, they said they need more blood for the AFP, hCG, uE3, and inhibin A tests, which the blood work needs to be done between 11/6 - 11/26. We heard the babies heart beat, it is at around 150 beats per minute and sounded wonderful. The doctor was nice and set my next appt for 12/5 for the u/s which is 3 weeks instead of 4 weeks like he was going to set it for. YAY! I am very excited to find out what I am having! Chinese Gender calendar says a boy, everyone thinks I am having a girl. I am really not sure, we will see. I can't wait to find out!
11/19/07 18 weeks
Here we are, week 18. My husband lost his job, and we just found out that his insurance will drop at the end of November, we can keep it going if we pay over 700 dollars a month, so instead, I am going to call my obgyn today and see if we can change my ultrasound date from 12/5 to either the end of November or the beginning of January. My insurance from my work kicks in on January 1st. I will let you guys know which one it will be when I find out.
It snowed for the first time this season on Friday!!! It was such a shock, then it snowed almost all weekend! I was amazed, it doesn't normally start this early where I live, I don't think. I bet my son is playing in it right now :)
11/20/07 18 weeks
I decided not to get the blood work done for those tests I mentioned above, not because I am not curious, but because we have oh, about 400.00 left for me in my husband's insurance plan, and I called the doctor, they should reimburse us for the mistake on the wrong blood test being done. That should leave enough for the next doctor's appointment and the Ultrasound that will be on November 30th. Johnny's insurance drops at the end of November, so we will just make the cut with our u/s and appt. Then if we wanted to continue his insurance, which we don't, it would have cost over 700.00 a month. My insurance kicks in January 1st, so that will be just in time for the next appointment since I will push it forward if they try to make it in December. Canada is sounding better and better! 52 weeks maternity leave, insurance for everyone no matter what, no wars, sounds lovely :)
11/26/07 19 weeks
4 more days to go! Then we might find out what I am having! We put up our Christmas tree, and a decoration outside that I bought for an amazing price after Christmas last year. Anthony will be so into Christmas this year, I can already tell, last year he was to an extent, but the year before that, he could care less, since he was so little. Money will be tight this Christmas, but I want to focus mainly on my boys this year, since things are so tight, I will buy a bunch of cards too, I usually give out small gifts to those who are close to us, but with the new one coming, and Johnny hasn't received his first unemployment check yet, things are a little stressful right now. I really want this to be a great Christmas for Anthony! He is already so excited. So far I have gained 3 lbs and my hubby was nice enough to get all of my maternity clothes out of storage, I had some, but it wasn't enough, I am slowly growing out of all of my regular clothes, I am just sooooo much more comfortable in maternity clothes than in regular clothes now! Thanksgiving was awesome! I love turkey dinner, and mashed potatoes, and dressing, and gravy, and cranberry sauce, and green bean casserole, I think I ate a bit too much though, lol! Oh well, the holidays don't count.haha
11/30/07 19 weeks and 4 days
Hey Everyone :) :) :) :) We found out what we are having!!!!!!!!!!! Our baby is a girl 100%! I have an ultrasound picture, but the scanners at my work don't work well with u/s pics as I learned from my first one, so I will post it on Monday if not on the weekend ;). She was moving all around, it was amazing! I liked this visit a lot more than my 20 week for Anthony, which the girl was reluctant at first to look, then said she couldn't see, then he flipped over; for this one, the lady asked me ahead of time if we wanted to know, and she was a pro! My son was so excited! I was a little worried that they were going to kick him out because she said they normally don't let kids under 4 in the room as they can be distracting, but she told him if he was quiet he could stay in the room, and he whispered whenever he talked the whole time he was there, he was good the whole time, I was very happy about that so Johnny and him could stay in the room. Everything is normal, 2 arms, 2 legs, brain, organs, they saw it all, Johnny said I was glowing and beaming in there when we saw the baby. Anthony was very very happy that he is having a baby sister. This is a wonderful day!
Johnny said in the room w/ u/s machine going that we will now have one of each and can stop having kids now, I said oh well if you are ready, you can have a vasectomy, and he looked at me and said, well we can wait in that then. LOL I wouldn't mind having more, but we will see, if he throws in the towel, I will be content with 2 :)
12/11/07 21 weeks
I had a strange dream last night, part of it was at babies r us, I was looking at this stroller that I saw on the internet, that fits an infant and a bigger kid on the back, which I plan on looking at the next time I can go to babies r us, in my dream I loved it. Then I found out my friend who just delivered twins in real life, was 23 weeks pregnant in my dream, again, and having a boy in the hospital, the baby was a normal size though, she had 3 kids then, it was a strange dream. That is about all I can remember, it wasn't a bad dream, the baby was ok, but just early, which in reality being that early would be a scary thing, but in my dream it ended up being ok. For a real update on my friend's twins, they are still in the hospital, one of them is coming home very soon, but since she is a premie they have to take a cpr class and be taught how to use a machine that monitors her oxygen level so if she stops breathing they can tend to her immediately, if you didn't know, SIDS(sudden infant death syndrome) is very common in premies, but they have this machine that will detect it immediately and sometimes all the baby needs is to be held, because they forgot to keep breathing, other times it is more serious where they need CPR, but the machine is really a god send since it saves so many babies lives, not that all premies will experience this, but it is a good protection against SIDS. Brittany was transfered to another hospital, and will be going back to the original hospital soon, still being taken care of, she will be in there longer than Trinity. I hope they both come out soon and are with their mommy and daddy safe and sound.
Heartburn has been a bothersome thing, more frequent than I would like it to be, I haven't resorted to tums yet this time around, my husband's aunt brought over organic apple cider vinegar and said that her son recommended it as a heartburn reliever, I hope it works, because I can't stand heartburn! That was very sweet of her :).
I just watched Enchanted with Johnny's Aunt a few days ago, it was sooooooooo cute. She paid my way as a belated birthday present, which was very sweet of her, but I would recommend that movie giving it a 10 and 2 thumbs up!
12/12/07 21 weeks
Lots of movement outward and in now. My belly is getting huge, but the rest of me is staying the same, which is different from last time, where all of me was growing, hopefully it will continue the way it is going and only gain baby weight, I would be a happy camper if I didn't have to lose a ton again like last time!
12/13/07 21 weeks
I weighed myself this morning, 6.8 lbs.
TOOO cute!! I love her little lips!!
Your daughter is so cute!! Where did you get the outfit? I love it!!
OMG! She is gorgeous, what an adorable outfit!
oh my!! they are all so cute! is it the same photo with different writings around it...so cute!!!!! can't wai to get my little ones pics done!!!
this has to be the cutest pic ever!!
you have abeautiful Family!! congrats!! tam~ |
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