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bellababy85
	Age: 21 Country: u.s. Province/region: City: macomb Partner: Anthony, 23 Children: Yes, 1 Pregnant: No Due date: 09 0 ,0000 Occupation: Network & Office Administrator
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My name is Meghan M. and I found out I was pregnant at about 4 weeks, through home testing, a urine test and then blood testing at a hospital...this was something I wanted to be very sure about.

I was shocked at first by all of this, but it has really turned out to be an amazing journey so far. I love getting to feel her move and see her and know that she'll be with us in a few short months. It's exciting and a bit scary all at once, but I know God will carry me through like he always has. I pray everyday for him to watch over me and my little girl and my new family. I love them all so very much.

Life is a miracle, and its happening right now inside of me I'm glad that as women we get the chance to experience something so beautiful and moving in our lives that can't be explained to anyone who doesn't themselves go through it.

* Its truly a blessed experience *

*^*Madame Zaritska's Birth Reading*^*

What she senses for you
The day you deliver, outside will be windy. Your baby will arrive in the early evening.

After a labor lasting approximately 4 hours, your child, a girl, will be born. Your baby will weigh about 8 pounds, 5 ounces, and will be 18 inches long. This child will have hazel eyes and a little patch of brown hair.

But there is more. I sense that you feel somewhat alone. Have faith; you are not alone. Why don't you visit the message boards and talk to other expectant mothers? I'm sure you will find you have much in common.

So weird...me and Tony both have brown hair and Hazel eyes...and OMG I hope she's right if it's saying I'll only have 4 hrs of labor!! I HOPE!

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Quotes:

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.
- Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

To understand your parents' love,
you must raise children yourself.
- Chinese Proverb

Mothers reflect God's loving presence on earth.
- William R. Webb

Of all the rights of women,
the greatest is to be a mother.
- Lin Yutang

God could not be everywhere
and therefore he made mothers.
- Jewish proverb

Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.
- Bill Cosby

I think my life began with waking up
and loving my mother's face.
- George Eliot

The Baby's Development

Funny Side of Baby's Development

The Countdown Begins!!

10 Weeks Left!
Yikes!! I made it into Week 30 already! Who would have thought that after the first trimester, time would fly by so quickly!! I'm starting to feel the woes of the third trimester these past few days...I can barely breathe when I'm sitting at my desk, I've been feeling nauseous again, plus terrible heartburn ( I eat tums like candy) and the whole waking up a million times at night isn't helping me to sleep much...OVerall though I feel great mostly, just these symptoms come on occasionally...usually at work when I want to leave anyway. I just can't believe that she's going to be here so soon....the idea is getting a little scary now that it's becoming more real. I think the idea that I might not be prepared with everything I would like to get done scares me most...but labor and all that, I know God with take care of me, Tony and our baby...I just hope that I know what's going on when it all happens!!!

9 Weeks Left!
Here we go into the single digits of what's left of my pregnancy. I could lie and say that I'm sad it's going to be ending soon, but honestly I'm exhausted...making a whole new person is not an easy job...it takes patience, sacrifice, responsibility, physical exertion, time management, planning, coping skills, and a lot of peanut butter m&ms! I think at this point in my pregnancy the worries I thought were just over exaggerated about what labor will be like..are actually starting to kick in and u know what...I'm a little scared....actually I'm a lot scared. I think that this pregnancy has truly been a journey and God wanted me to learn something here. And I did. I learned a lot about who I am, and what's important to me. I care so much about this little girl and I really want to make her happy. She's already done so much for me and has no idea yet who I even am. So today I'm just grateful...I'm grateful I have everything I need and more....I'm grateful that so many people love me and this beautiful little girl...I'm grateful that I finally see God in my life today and that He continues to bless me and my new family everyday. Today...I'm happy. Oh and PS...MY BELLY BUTTON STILL HAS NOT POPPED OUT YET!! WHAT THE HECK!

8 Weeks Left!!!
The week of AKA...My stress week. I just found out this week that Anthony would be going out of town on Friday, Saturday (he'll be back on Sunday for the shower) then gone again MOnday, Tuesday!! I hate it, I hate it, I hate it!! I climbed into bed and cried my eyes out after I found out. I can't stand being without him..even for a minute...but the whole having to sleep with him not there...not very comforting. I honestly woould rather have him here than the money h'll be making...He was gone alot on business trips when we first got pregnant and now at the end of the pregnancy his trips are even more disconcerning. I just want my man by my side as much as possible right now :( Anyways as far as being pregnant goes...it's now starting to take its strain on me. Sitting at my desk all day is hurting my back and belly ALOT. I'm starting to feel VERY fatigued and worn down. I haven't been nervous about the birth lately or even all that bothered by all of what still needs to be done...I'm going to wait till after my showers to stress about that!! I can't wait till this is finally over and I can stop thinking about "countdowns" and "days to go" that CONSUME my mind!!

7 weeks Left!!
So here we are with a little less than 7 weeks to go...It seems like time is in warp speed lately. So much is happening and is yet to happen. I found out this week that I won't have a job to come back to after my maternity leave. Our company is not doing so well with Michigan's economy and they can't afford to bring me back. I was really sad when I first found out, but honestly, I wasn't making what I could be making and I wasn't finding my job all that fulfilling anyways. I'm really glad things worked out the way they did because, I probably would have let myself become very stagnant at a job that in the end I didn't even really care for. Now I have a chance at some new opportunities and I'm really excited. Well now on to the baby... We had our shower this past weekend and everything was so perfect and so beautiful. We've got the next one on the 18th and then my work is throwing us one on the 17th, so our schedules are looking pretty full for the weekends in the month of May. The baby;s room is a mess at this point... I went through everything after the shower and sorted out what needs to be returned and what we are going to keep. Next we need to start the painting phase of her room....then decorating...then the finishing touches. I'm excited to get everything all organized and ready. It's all starting to become VERY real for me and Tony. He talks about how he can't wait to hold her all the time, and the things he wants to do with her as she gets older...like goin to Disney World, teaching her how to play basketball and just taking her everywhere with us...all the fun stuff about being a daddy. He's really going to be a great dad, and such an amazing husband with how great he treats me and takes care of all of us.

6 Weeks Left!!!
So we have a little less than 6 weeks to go at this point. I was feeling down about my job the last few days but now I feel great! I became really accepting of everything and am ready to work out these next few weeks...about 4 or 5 left till I take leave....who knows maybe even until delivery YIKES. But I may not deliver until a week or two late...I've felt that way since about my 25th week or so. Plus at my doctor's appointment yesterday she said the baby was measuring kind of small...so they'll just keep an eye on that and see what happens. I think she's just fine, we all run small in my family. So this weekend we have our second baby shower woohoo! then tony and I will get to relax on the weekends and start being able to go back to church together...it has been over a month since we've gone and we both are feeling disconnected and need to get back to going, and praying together at night and reading the bible. Lets see this week in pregnancy (34 wks) I am sore, but not too bad, craving freezer pops like mad, have gained 5 pds since my last appointment (no idea how that was possible) I think it was cuz I just ate lunch...I've gained close to 30 lbs now since this whole journey has started! All of which I can't wait to lose!!! Kind of jealous anthony can go running all the time, when I would looove to go for a long jog to ease my stress, but I honestly wouldn't make it around the block right now!

5 Weeks Left!!!
So 35 weeks pregnant today, I keep reading how all these women are soo ready to deliver right now....but I can't even fathom going through labor right now, I feel like there's still quite a ways to go and that there's so much to be done before she can get here. 5 weeks is a long time and it's a short time depending on how you look at things, because in pregnancy thinking you have 5 weeks could mean you have 3 wks or 7 wks...and still how time passes is dependent on how busy you are and how you're feeling. I feel about as busy as ever, but the workdays days can drag at times. I know now that I have no more than 4 more weeks here (at work), and the next two are going to go by so fast with all that's going on here. (quarterly mtg, started my online classes, dr.apts, work shower, days off). Then after that only two weeks and I won't ever be returning!! I wonder if when it comes time if I'm really going to feel like I want to leave. As for the woes of pregnancy this week, it seems like heartburn and a lot of BH contractions are topping the list. I feel like there's acid in my throat burning a hole through it...oh and it's definitely been waking me up at night :) Yesterday was our second shower thrown by my step mom...very low key, everyone had a really nice time, but it went by kind of quick. I'm glad my girlfriends made it though, cause we sat and talked for an hr afterwards while Tony, and my parents cleaned up. We have sooo many items to return now and we've gotten an extreme amount of gift cards...which means we'll be doing more shopping at babies r us and target in the weeks ahead!! woohoo!!

4 Weeks Left!!!
Now we reach the "official" homestretch. With only 4 weeks left I feel like I'm in some kind of whirlwind...there were a lot of days (and sometimes still are) where I thought this pregnancy would never end...but now that we are coming to the end each month passed seems like a faded memory, so far away. I thought by this point things would be a lot different. In the beginning I saw myself at month nine, barely able to move from my house of a body, leaving work a month early. Now that I'm here, I feel just as energized as always, I'm not big by any means, and I have plans to work up until 3 days before she's due! I am curious now to see how this will all pan out in the weeks to come. Will I be early? Will I be late>? Who knows. Right now I know that my baby is head down and that she's measuring small. At my 34 wk apt they measured me to be around 32 wks , and at my last appointment for 36 wks they measured me to be around 34 wks. So, this means I have to go for an ultrasound to see why I am measuring small. It could be a number of things, I am hoping that she is perfectly healthy and that she'll be ready to make her appearance in the next 4 wks. It just worries me with all I've been reading about babies measuring small...sometimes it can mean the placenta is no longer working correctly...which could mean an early entrance. Plus, my blood pressure has been high lately and that can also be a contributing factor. I will find out Monday what's going on, till then wish us blessings. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now, and it definitely is getting brighter with every passing day :)

3 Weeks Left!!!
Full Term!! It's funny looking back that I thought I would for sure be delivering late, now that it's so close to D-Day I feel like this baby could come at anytime and decidingly will. Tony's moved the baby's expected date in his mind from being 5 days late to a week early! We're most likely both in the wishful thinking phase. Before with so much to do, we wanted her to wait AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. Now that it's so close and we're more excited and just want to meet her, we want her to com AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. It's funny how that perspective changes. Well anyways this week on Monday we had our ultrasound because my fundal height was measuring 2wks behind, turns out the baby is completely fine, weighs about 6lbs 6oz is head down and has some hair on her head. I just was measuring small cause my stomach was very tight before I got pregnany and it runs in my family to measure small. So anyways I go for my weekly visit tomorrow on Thursday... I hope that maybe I made SOME progress compared to last weeks mushy cervix but we soon shall know :) I never thought I'd be so excited to have someone look at my crotch, but I am. We're almost done with the room too, just have to put up the border and we'll be all finished....plus the whole cleaning and organizing I need to do ;) I can't wait!! only 2 1/2 more weeks!! maybe less!!! woohoo!!!

2 Weeks Left!!!
It's actually only 11 days left until my due date today...I can't believe it's soo close now. I'm getting SOOO excited and anxious to say "it's time!!" I think it will definitely be really cool when I get to finally see who it is that has gone from swimming in my belly, to kicking, to rolling. At my appointment this week I dilated another cm to 2 cm and am 50% effaced, which was the same effacement as last week. All that stuff doesn't matter to me though, I know that she has a chance of coming tonight or 3 weeks from now. I've been trying to keep myself busy, still at work 40 hrs a week. I went last night and finally bought all the things we needed to prepare for her arrival. I have all my feeding supplies set up too!! The hospital bag is finally packed...now we just need baby :) This weekend we'll be soo busy with birthday party to go to, the tiger's game, and then fathers day on sunday, my dad is having a barbeque at his house. I can't wait...time has already just flown by and I know it's going to continue to. I changed my mind from last week's post...I don't want her to wait ANY LONGER!! lol.. I am finally all ready now and she is WELCOME TO COME AT ANYTIME!! I just can't wait for the moment when I see her face, and when I see my family's faces as they hold her...she's going to be beautiful and we will all looove her sooo very much!!! I hope that that time comes sooner than later!!

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Laura Ward - 29.9 hours ago
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Preggers123 - Tuesday, 15 July
New Pictures Of Baby Michael In My Photo Section Please Check Them Out! Thanks Michelle

kara8385 - Monday, 14 July
Hey girl!!! How have things been? Time is passing by so fast. Mason will be 7 weeks already. How is Adriana doing? Mason is doing wonderful. He is such a good baby!! Thank the lord!!! Well let me know how everything is going. Can't wait to hear from you! Talk to yousoon!

rachel918 - Wednesday, 25 June

so cute!!! congrats hun she looks like a perfect combo of the two of you!!!

kara8385 - Friday, 20 June
Oh my goodness, she is so adorable. I went to your myspace and I can't add freaking comments becasue I am not added yet. But she is awesome!!! :)

Preggers123 - Wednesday, 18 June
omg I didn't know you had your daughter she is gorgous and beautiful! wow what a beautiful little one you and your hubby have congratulations!

kara8385 - Tuesday, 17 June
Hey girl! Your day is coming fast. It will come and go and then you will want to go back to doing it again. Well atleast I would so go through the delivery part again. It was so awesome! Being a mom is wonderful! I was so scared to bring him home becasue then there was no one to tell me when to feed or change him or what to do when he was crying, but once you getby yourself it comes so natural. You know what is best for your baby! God I can't wait to read everyones birth stories and see pictures. It is crazy to think that for almost 40 weeks (not that long) we have been talking to girls on here and eachother through out the pregnancy and now we get to see all the gorgeous babies that we have been talking about (or complaining) :)

Keep me updated on everything! :)

XKARENX - Monday, 16 June
congratulations!!!