George and I meet in 1995 and dated for 8 years before we got engaged. Got married in 2003...enjoyed life for a few years and decided it was time. I became pregnant in January of 2006 and in April lost the baby. I was obviously devastated and could not wait to become pregnant again. Here we are a year later and can't wait for this baby to be born.

ABOUT ME
Name?:	Jennifer
Age?:	28
Height?:	5'6
Pre-pregnancy weight?:	156
ABOUT THE FATHER
Name?:	George
Age?:	31
Height?:	5'8
Are you still together?:	together for 12 years married for 4
ABOUT THE PREGNANCY
Is this your first pregnancy?:	No, i was pregnant last year and lost the baby at almost 4 months
When did you find out you were pregnant?:	January 16, 2007
Was it planned?:	yes
What was your first reaction?:	thrilled..face was hurting from smiling so much
Who was with you when you found out?:	no one..i was alone in the bathroom at work
Who was the first person you told?:	Hubby , George
How did your parents react?:	Very excited
How far along are you?:	26 weeks
What was your first symptom?:	extremely tired
What is your due date?:	September 20, 2007
Do you know the sex of the baby?:	NO
If so, what is it?:	Hubby does not want to find out!
Have you picked out names?:	Yes
If so, what are they?:	Elena for a girl and either Christophere or Christian for a boy
How much weight have you gained?:	24 lbs
Do you have stretch marks?:	no..and I hope it stays that way!
Have you felt the baby move?:	yes
Have you heard the heartbeat?:	yes
ABOUT THE BIRTH
Will you keep the baby?:	yes, of course
Home or hospital birth?:	hospital
Natural or medicated birth?:	Meds for sure
Who will be in the delivery room with you?:	George has decided he will join me in the room ...lol
Will you breastfeed?:	yes
Do you think you'll need a c-section?:	I better not
Will you cry when you hold the baby for the first time?:	yeah..good chance I will considering how much i cry now that i'm pregnant
What's the first thing you might say to him/her?:	probably something lovey, dovey and corny
Would you let someone videotape the birth?:	from certain angles...yes! lol!
Are you excited about the birth, or scared?:	both...just hoping its not gonna be a 10lbs baby like my husband was.

21 Weeks --------------------------------------------------25 Weeks

JULY 2nd 2007

Well, lets see... I'm currently suffering from some major heartburn...I never knew what it felt like until i got it with this pregnancy and it SUCKS. My back and hips have just started to become very uncomfortable. Sleeping is a task. I just had an emergency u/s on friday and the routine blood work done to check for gestational diabeties. At my last OBGYN appt. my doctor measured me about 4-5 weeks ahead of schedule. He kept asking me if i was sure of my dates or if i knew if i had any fibroids and even re-measured me a couple times...so I've got my fingures crossed that eveything is good. Hopefully i'll find out by July 9th the latest. I worried that it might be the Gestational diabeties as i have some of the oher signs for it aswell. (like the high blood pressure on occasion, peeing more frequently, blurry vission etc..) and of course the obvious, I'm growing like mad. my stomach and boobs are growing out of control....i've got to upload pics from my camera and get them posted up...its scary..and to think you grow the most in the last strech!

JULY 10th 2007

OK. I've got to update everyone on my last doctor's appointment. So like i mentioned above I went to do the blood work for the gestational diabeties and also had an emergency u/s scheduled by my doctor...so i've been waiting for july 9th to see him again to get these results. I get there...the nurse brings me in and measures me, listens to the heartbeat and checks my blood pressure...doesn't comment on anything but that my blood pressure why high today... I mention to her that it has been on occassion when i checked it on my own...and that I've also had some chest pain...she tells me to metion it to the doctor. OK...so i'm waiting for him to come in.

He comes in sits in the far opposite corner from me...says "hey, Hows things going?" i say good i suppose...i've had some chest pain and i explain it to him...he says its heart burn...I say NO i know what heart burn is cuase i have it ...this is something different..he seems a little stumped as to what to say and responds with " ah...well theres this muscular condition but someone of your age should not get it and well...ah...its not your breasts 'casue then it would be your nipples that hurt..ah..its probably just caused from all the pressure of things growing and stretching combined with how your posture changes with all this going on...nothing to worry about"

He looks into my file and says "well everything is great...weights awesome...right on schedule" (i gained 4 bls in 3 weeks when last visit he gave me hell for gaining 4 1/2 bls in 5 weeks ????) "your blood pressure is perfect" ...i interupt him and say...' Perfect? the nurse said it was high today!" he gets stumped again "oh really"...look into my file again.."oh...ok..well its not too bad we'll just see how things go at your next visit. but everything is looking great!" ...So i asked him about the blood work results..."Bloodwork? for what?" i remind him...he looks in the file ans says he has no results for any bloodwork....my husbad then asks him about the emergency u/s results...again he's stumped.."ultrasound? you did another ultrasound? When? Where? I don't have anything about that either!"

Now, am i alone on this or would this not slightly piss you off? I would expect him to ACTUALLY read my file before comingin to the room and be ontop of things...say to me/.." jennifer your blood pressure is a little high,,,this is what we're gonna doing about it...or and did you go for the bloodwork and u/s as I asked you to becuase I don't seem to have any results for either and these are important things we need to look at!" But NO...he's clueless. He tells me to call the office Wednesday morning (July 11th) to see if they have the resutls and will tell me over the phone and then says " ok then I'll see you in 2 weeks" and walks out the door.

So there you guys go...this was my fustrating experience on Monday morning.....

This is my little special bundle at 30 weeks.....