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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 *
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.
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
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!!
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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Rachel918 - Saturday, 7 June
It stinks because I know if i wasnt prego i would be sitting on the beach tomorrow but thats ok lol.. I will just sit at home tomorrow in the ac!!! My husbands fam is having a nice bbq and I would love to go but it would be impossible lol.. maybe alexa will just decide to come tomorrow and i can be in the nice cool hospital lol!!!
xkarenx - Friday, 6 June
hey hun, hope your doing good.im due on the same day as you lol!!. im soo wanting my little man out now!.lets hope shes right about the 4 hour labour lol.that would be gr8!!!!!!. let us know how your gettin on
Preggers123 - Friday, 6 June
Congratulations on your pregnancy! I jsut ahd my baby boy April 29th 2008. Please check out his pics:)
sexymama021 - Monday, 2 June
OMG...I read your barfing story and you are not the only one!! I will laugh so hard I start peeing myself, and if I continue lauging, I will start coughing and throw up! I was literally sitting on the toilet with my soaked pants on my feet puking all over myself. What a sight! Girl, you are not alone! Thought I would share LMAO.
kara8385 - Monday, 2 June
Mason is here!!!! I will put more info up this week when I can. I am aa mommy!!!!!
christabell - Friday, 30 May
same as me. i hardly ever went before. I keep looking stuff up but all I've been coming up with is 'it's a sign of labor', and I'm pretty sure I'm not in labor and haven't been in labor for weeks. haha.
CCQ - Saturday, 24 May
I never thought I'd have my nursery done, but as soon as we painted it just came together. I feel like a 100 ton weight has been lifted from me. Good luck and have fun!!! I know we did!
ellmomma - Thursday, 22 May
I'm with you girl! I'm thinking I'll be late too, I just have a feeling. But until then I'm living it up. I still sometimes can't wrap my head around the fact that never again in my life will I just have myself to worry about or will I be able to pick up and go and do whatever I want to do at the drop of a hat. So I want to try to embrace that for every day that's left of it! I bet these next 4-5 weeks will fly by...like you said we may feel differently by the time our due dates finally get close and our bodies have had about all they can take, but for now I agree with you that I am happy to still have several weeks to finish up preparations and let the baby finish up their growing. I think Mother Nature knows what she's doing better than any of us do! Have a great weekend and best of luck to you!
kara8385 - Wednesday, 21 May
I know what you mean about guys not being obsessive about the sites. If we would have taken the class, it would have been for him, but he said he would just read some articles I printed out for him and he did so that was good.
I am doing good. My back is the main thing that is killing me at these past few weeks. I actually just found out yesterday what I was feeling WERE contractions (BH), so I have been having those alot lately. When we went yesterday to doc, she checked my cervix and said I was 3cm dialated and 70% effaced so that was a big shocker for me. I have been having shooting pains in my pubic bone area, but other than that I have been doing really good. Just counting down the day s until I get off work and then his due date. Oh and it is also super hot down here!!! We are having a heat wave and it is up in the 90s almost 100 degrees. I step outside for 2 seconds and I am sweating balls. I hate Houston humidity, that makes it even hotter as well.
kara8385 - Wednesday, 21 May
I would rather have to pee as well. I hate not being able to catch my breath. It makes me all paranoid when I can't get a full breath of air. I have started to breath in my nose and out my mouth when this happens though. It tends to calm me down and make me feel better. It better work during labor too casue I didn't take any classes so I know absolutley nothing. I think this site though has done good in educating me enough. How are you feeling?
ellmomma - Wednesday, 21 May
I couldn't agree with you more! Thank you for reminding everyone to slow down and treaure these last few weeks. I am totally with you...we still are nowhere near perfectly ready, and don't want to be! I also am taking it one day at a time and doing things when we're ready and want to, not rushing anything. We're staying busy too right up until the end of June...going to the Indy 500 this weekend! So I hope you enjoy your fun weekends left as only a couple, not a family, keep savoring your time and not feeling rushed to finish getting things ready, and thanks again for putting it so well for everyone to read! :)
xxLindsayDxx - Saturday, 17 May
you probably lost ur plug...keep an eye out cuz that means ur dialating and let ur doc know ASAP
JayW - Friday, 16 May
Could be your mucas plug! I think they are like fingerprints...no two are alike...some are brown, some bloody, some just clear and look like mucus.
I lost mine 6 weeks before I had my daughter...so it could be!
excited2bmommy - Friday, 16 May
Hey..sounds like you may have lost your mucous plug!
yari - Thursday, 15 May
I have heartburn so bad it triggers reflux that I have to go throw it up. Nice intro huh? Anyhow the wives tale is true, try not to eat anything after 9 pm (for me spaghetti is a killer so is chocolate so oreos before 9). When it hits I run and grab a few gulps of milk and I promise it is INSTANTLY gone. So weird. No oreos and milk won't balance it out =(. Just the milk, so try that before you lay down, left side helps too, as soon as i hit my right I feel it. Good luck!
kara8385 - Tuesday, 13 May
I know, 6 weeks sounds so far, yet so close!! I am just way to excited. I t can not come soon enough.
Do yall have any name choices picked out already? or just still have no idea? Picking a name was the hardest thing ever. I had no problem with the girls name choice, I guess becasue that is what I was hoping for, but the boys name took us FOREVER to choose. When that perfect name comes to you, you will know it.
Is your b/f getting nervous and scared? Dylan keeps telling me he is scared, but while he is saying he is scared, he has this huge smile on his face like he can't wait also. It is so cute. It is awesome to see him extrememly excited about little Mason just becasue when we found out we were preggo, the first couple days were a nightmare with him. His mom had just passed and he really couldn't take any more and he was so upset that i was preggo. Like I said it took me 3 days to talk to him and give him all the good. But now I just love seeing him get all excited! What about you?
Ok today is going by really slow. Who invented 5 day work weeks with 2 days off??? They must be fucking crazy!!!!!
pregnanthairdresser - Tuesday, 13 May
hey doll was reading your weeks left updates and its like you were in my head i feel the same way about everything... Countdowns consume my life..every day i count down.. and although a bit different..my bf is a cop and when he makes arrests (which is alot cause hes strictly a gun guy) he doesnt come home till late the next day..sleeping alone while pregnant the worst feeling ever and i really want him around more than ever too..so i know what u mean..Hope ur doing well
kara8385 - Monday, 12 May
WELL I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT MASON'S ROOM IS COMING ALONG GREAT. WE ARE ALMOST DONE. I HAVE EVERYTHIGN WASHED FINALLY AND PUT AWAY INTO DRAWERS OR HANGING UP. WE JUST HAVE A FEW MINOR THINGS TO FINISH UP IN THERE.
THAT IS SO AWESOME THAT YOUR MOM CAN WATCH YOUR LITTLE GIRL INSTEAD OF TAKING HER TO DAYCARE. MY MOM LIVES IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AS WE DO (PLANNED THAT ALSO) SO I DO HAVE HER CLOSE FOR WHEN EVER WE WANT TO GO AND DO SOMETHING OR NEED A BABYSITTER. THANK GOD FOR THAT. HOPEFULLY BY OUR NEXT BABY, (SEVERAL YEARS FROM NOW) I WILL BE STAYING AT HOME ONCE THEY ARE BORN. THAT IS OUR GOAL SO HOPEFULLY HE CAN START MAKING SOME GOOD MONEY.
I AM SO JEALOUS THAT YOU GET TO STAY HOME FOR 3 MONTHS. I REALLY WISH I COULD. THE ONLY REASON I AM COMING BACK SO EARLY IS BECAUSE MY BOSS AND I ARE THE ONLY 2 PEOPLE IN OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND HE IS TAKING HIS FAMILY VACATION IN MID-AUGUST AND ONE OF US HAS TO BE THERE. I LOVE MY JOB, BUT THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT SUCKS ABOUT IT IS ONE OF US HAS TO BE THERE. SO I HAVE TO BE BACK BEFORE HE LEAVES FOR AT LEAST 2 DAYS SO HE CAN CATCH ME UP. I BETTER GET A DAMN GOOD RAISE WHEN I GET BACK FROM MY LEAVE FOR MAKING ME LEAVE MY BABY AT A DAYCARE. :(
DID YOU DO ANYTHING SPECIAL FOR MOTHER'S DAY?
kara8385 - Monday, 12 May
Oh I know, I don't know how some of the women make the time go by being at home already. I know there is cleaning and stuff, but my house isn't that big to clean. I would be sitting around alot. I have plenty of time to clean after work and on weekends or do what I need to do and work at the same time.
Anyways, well after the 7 weeks I am at home for, he will go into daycare. As much as I don't want to put him in there, we hve no other choice. I do have to say though he will be going to a good daycare and it is right down the road from my work so he won't be far away. And good lord, I have looked at so many daycares, and most of them want from 180-200 dollars for one week of daycare for an infant. That is sooo outrageous! Thank god the one we decided on was actually cheaper than that, still expensive, but way cheaper. I wish someone I knew stayed at home so they could watch him. I wish SIL wasn't so psycho otherwise I might let her watch him, but like I said PSYCHO!!! What are your plans for after you go back to work?
ellmomma - Monday, 12 May
Thanks for the advice! I think you are right, I will probably do that too. It's so nice of people to have showers for us, and it helps so much, that's probably the least we can do to thank them. I wanted to tell you too that I think your belly is just right! Mine is about the same size as yours, from the looks of your pictures, and people have been telling me I'm small too. Maybe it's because it's our first babies, or maybe from being in good shape before being pregnant...or maybe just genetics. It's fine by me though! :) Who knows, we may still blow up sometime in the next six weeks and get huge! Well good luck with everything, thanks again for your opinion.
lilmama17 - Monday, 12 May
heyy, im due the 27th of June and im about the same size as you, people keep telling me ohh your gonna have a small baby and stuff like that, and its really anoying sometimes haha
colleen - Friday, 9 May
Your pics are sooo cute! Take care of yourself and congrats!
AprilChristine - Friday, 9 May
he looks so out of place. lol. I can imagine, my husband will look the same sitting up there with me. :) froggy - Wednesday, 7 May
hang in there. sorry you had a bad day. im in the same situation i work at food city a grocery store im the bakery deli ass. manager and there telling me if im not back in the 6 to 12 weeks materanty leave i will lose my postion and pay so just hang in there. You can find another job just beleave in your self.
demibean - Saturday, 3 May
thanks for your sweet comment! Hey, honesty's the best policy! why be miserable during the most happiest time in your life right? thanks for the congrats, and CONGRATS TO YOU ON YOUR PREGNANCY! Not too long! :)
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