Thursday, 6 Mar

Hey all-I have been buying baby clothes this week and I have to say it's addictive. My husband and I were like OMG we could spend a fortune on this boy and he's not even here yet! LOL. We have almost finished his nursery! We have our 20 week u/s scan next week on 3/14 to rule out any abnormalities as we chose not to do any of the invasive testing. Keep us in your prayers as we just want a healthy baby. My hubby is sooo excited. He has been working so hard on Jordan's room. Our 16 year old has really benefited from this baby also. Everytime we buy something for Jordan we bring home something for him as well :) I guess it's a good thing as he gets great grades and is a really good kid. By the time this boy gets here, we'll need second jobs for each of us lOl :)

Tuesday, 11 March

Well today I felt my baby kick so hard it made my entire stomach move...it was so cool! I can't explain how blessed I feel to be carrying this baby. On Friday 3/14, we have the 20 week u/s that will potentially rule out any abnormalities since I opted not to take any of the invasive testing. Being my age, I opted to leave this in God's hands as this baby is our blessing. I'm feeling him move more and more everyday and getting anxious to meet him. Even with the extreme exhaustion at times, mood swings, and being up at 3 AM everynight, I still feel like I have secretly won the lottery!(Ok, I know that is extreme, but I do!)

Friday, 14 March

Well today was the 20 week scan. Jordan looked great. He is currently head down and has somehow manuveured his little head past the larger fibroid at the bottom of my uterus. My doctor was pretty suprised since he thought I would not be able to give birth vaginally since they looked to be blocking the way down there. Well, low and behold, now there looks to be room for him to get past both fibriods and that as of now, his entire body is positioned perfectly but I still want to have a C-Section. I was a little nervous when I heard he was head down already and that he was near the larger fibroids but the doctor put my mind at ease when he said that Jordan is fine and that we would continue with the monthly u/s checks to make sure he is growing on target and that the fibroids are not in his way. I was so happy to see him kicking his little legs and moving his hands around. During the scan, my doctor looked at his entire anatomy including his brain and I just couldn't stop smiling as he moved around. Now my husband and I were another story, we had a wierd morning before we left for our appointment. He woke up in a bad mood with a headache but eventually shook it off when we began the u/s. I was getting so annoyed with him but I had to just push past it for my own sanity :). This pregnancy has limited my patience with him and I just have to pray before I say anything to him because I usually I want to go off on him when he acts like a big baby. I had so much more patience before I got pregnant! Oh well, I guess I have my patience on reserve for when I'll really need it :) Anyway, I'm so happy that the baby looks perfect and as my doctor said, "he couldn't look any better." That really took a load off my mind because as I get further along I do get worried about how my pregnancy will progress. I just keep praying that these freaking fibroids do not cause any problems for me and the baby. I'm so excited to have made it to the 1/2 way mark today (20 weeks..yeah!!!!) My next scan is scheduled for 24 weeks and is 4/11/08, the day before my husband's birthday. I will be six months then! Wow... time is really flying. Guess that's it for my update. Talk to you soon!

Saturday, 22 March

Okay, so I went out of town for work to Pittsburgh on Thurs morning but of course Milwaukee had one the largest snow storms of the season (10-12 inches!) Friday morning. My husband called me that morning in Pittsburgh to let me know they were canceling almost all flights into Milwaukee and I was so annoyed to think I'd be stuck in Pittsburgh for Easter, not that there is anything wrong with Pittsburgh people, but jeez! I checked on my flight and it was canceled but an earlier flight was still open so I cut my meeting short, rushed to the airport and of course, that flight was delayed 6-7 hours and they basically said it probably will not leave as well. I called my Hubby and he talked me into not sitting around the airport hoping...so I booked a hotel at the airport and got booked on a flight for Saturday morning. Later that night, I got a call from the airline and was told all flights going to Milwaukee were canceled for Sat. I was so mad I started to cry. A crazy preggers woman, in a hotel alone, stranded in Pittsburgh, on a holiday weekend, not pretty people. I finally got the airline to book me with another airline to fly into Chicago at 6 AM and my husband and son had to drive 2 1/2 hours, in the snow, to Chicago to pick me up from the airport. The entire day on Friday, I had braxton hicks and pretty much stressed myself out. Moral of this story is, this is the last business trip until after Jordan is born! He kicked alot and moved alot the entire time so I knew he was fine but mama was a nutcase :) My husband was so good and called me from work every hour making sure I was ok and that I was not getting worked up, I was really proud of him. Whew, I'm just so glad to be home in my own bed and the braxton hicks stopped. Easter at home...never thought I could be so happy!

Thursday, 27 March

Well it's almost 3AM and my baby Jordan and I are wide awake. I love this boy but I really need some sleep and he is doing the electric slide! I ate dinner late (fried chicken wings which I cooked because I was craving it). Probably not the smartest move since I didn't finish eating until 8:30 PM and that`s pretty late for me. This week has been so much better than last week with my trip disaster but we are expecting more snow tomorrow! Lucky for me I`ll be in my house during this round. I wonder if summer is really ever coming :-) I'm so excited that I start week 22 tomorrow and I'm wondering what Jordan is looking like now. I can't wait to see him at my next scan on 4/11. Time is really flying along with the pregnancy though and I'm really getting big in the belly and butt now. I have now invested in pregnancy undies as my others are now considered lethal weapons and should not be touched for the next 6 months :-) lol! A few weeks ago, I almost had to have my husband leave work to cut me out of a pair of my pre-pregnancy, sexy mama undies that I lost my mind and tried to wear! (I know TMI) But, I have posted this with a few of you ladies and it sounds like a few of you have been there as well. This was my reality check so I then made an emergency run to Kohls maternity department because I realized that the nice shapely woman I used to be is gone for a while! Anyone else had that reality check??? Hubby is lovin the new me. It's so cute to have him rub my belly and talk to Jordan and still be really attracted to me. Although lately I am feeling more and more clumsy as my belly and booty get bigger. It's pretty funny making sure I don't trip over my own two feet. Boy these are the things I do not remember from my first pregnancy. Well that's it for now, maybe we will get some sleep now since Jordan has settled down a bit. Talk to ya soon!!!

Wednesday, April 2

Well last night I had some pretty bad back pain that continued through the night and by morning became lower cramping plus the back pain. The Braxton Hicks were kicking in big time and my stomach felt like a bowling ball. I was really nervous as I know fibroids can cause pre-term labor. I called my doctor who is out on Wednesdays, bummer! My husband and I ended up going to see my doctors partner, who was really nice as well, and she did a thorough exam of my cervix and all was fine. No pre-term labor but they thought I may have a bladder infection so they did tests on my urine samples. (Haven't got the results back yet, but waiting for them to call) Needless to say, I'm drinking plenty of water now, even though I'm not a huge fan, the incident scared me straight! She basically said the bottom line was the fibroids probably caused the back pain, cramping and tremendous discomfort. I have not had any issues with these little buggers all this time and now they begin to act up? Great! They just need to stay out of the way of my growing baby. By the way, we heard his heart beat and it was so loud and strong as he was moving about. Anywho, I'm in the bed now and have been summons to stay here by my dear husband. Before he went to work, he brought me water, books and fruit for my nightstand and told me I better just relax for the rest of the day. He's a sweety, but I had no intentions of getting up :-) The cramping has completely stopped now, but my back is still a killer. They prescribed Tylenol with codene for the pain, but I can not imagine taking it pregnant! She assured me that they would never prescribe anything that could harm the baby but I hate meds so I'm not convinced. Anyone else had to take it while preggers? I haven't even taken the regular version since I got pregnant. So that's pretty much it for me. Home in bed! Hope everyone else is doing well!

Monday, April 7

Whew! Feeling so much better now. Thanks to all who sent posts checking on me and baby Jordan. The prune juice realllllllly worked but was completely disgusting and I pray that I never have to drink it again, as long as I live! The fibroids are fine and my back pain has diminished. Thank you Jesus! I'm getting anxious about my appointment on Friday since I haven't seen my little baby in almost a month. I'm getting used to monthly check in through u/s. Hope everyone has a great week!

Friday, April 11

Had my 24 week u/s scan today and the doctor said Jordan looks "beautiful" and is growing at a perfect rate. He is now breach which doesn't matter since I'm having a C-Section anyway, but it made it easier to see his face this time. My fibroids have not grown at all which is good news and could actually be shrinking a bit. I can not tell you what a load off that was. I'm not sure why the appointments get me so worked up but they do. Probably the fact that there is so much unknown and I'm a bit of a control freak, LOL. Anyway, I'm feeling no back pain but also drinking a tremendous amount of water and I can feel the difference. My doctor said I could have been borderline dehydrated, which scared the crap out of me and really made me understand the point of keeping hydrated. Tomorrow is my hubby's birthday so I'm in party planning mode for his "All Guys Poker Party" he's having at our house tomorrow night. He has invited a few of his close friends and his 7 brother's. I'm going to help him get organized but will be going out to a delicious seafood dinner at McCormick and Schmicks with some friends of mine while they smoke cigars and party hearty! Gosh, I would truly love a margarita! Unfortunately, that will not happen for several months! I better get back to drinking my second 20 ounce bottle of water for the day...Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Sunday, April 13 (4:30 AM)

It's 4:30 in the morning and Jordan and I are wide awake. I went to bed at 11 PM and as soon as my husband came to bed from his party... we were up. I can't be mad at him as I was not sleeping soundly because he wasn't in the bed anyway, so I mostly slept off and on. My dinner tonight was fabulous! I had s great chopped salad, a crabcake appetizer and stuffed shrimp with asparagus for the main entree...oh so good. I could not even bear to think about dessert since dinner was so good. I drank a ton of water and me and the girls had a great time eating and chatting. Charleston had a great birthday. My son and I really hooked him up with his favorite cigar, scotch and a full set of B.B King copulation CD's (which he played all night! 72 songs!) I'm not a fan of the blues but the hubby is so he will most likely be playing those CD's for the next week :). His brother's all came by and ate, drank and was quite merry as they left at 3 AM :) I'm getting up in a few hours to go to church so I should probably be sleep, but my body does not realize that so I guess I'll just sit back, relax and bond with my kicking baby!

Oh yeah.. USA Baby called and Jordan's crib and dresser are ready to be delivered, yeah!!!! My husband said I was more excited about the fact that it was ready than whe I told him I was preggers!, LOL, I thought that was hysterical because I was really excited the day we found out we were preggers so I must have been over the top when I called to tell him about the furniture, too funny! Anyway, they will deliver them early next week. All I need now is a plush rocker and the rug I will order from JCPenny.com. His room is finally coming together!

Monday, April 21

Well last week was really good. Had my 25 week appointment and all was well. We discussed the possibility of July 25th being "Jordan's" birthday. My doctor was good with the date and said we'd pencil it in at my next appointment at 29 weeks. I also talked to her about getting my tubes tied up, lol :), my hubby had some second thoughts about it, once the topic hit the table with our doctor...I don't care, it's my body and the factory will be closed after Jordan! So he needs to get over it...he looked all sad as if, he could carry another baby himself. Does he think I'd do this again at what? 42? Is the man smokin somethin? Please! I'm good with the decision and she said they can do it with the C-Section, how cool is that? Anywho, I finally posted pictures of the almost finished nursery...I can't wait to see our little baby boy in there. I'm feeling really good and my belly is getting huge. Charleston went shopping on Friday and bought a bassinette for our 16 year old son's room because he wanted one for when he babysits his little brother...(How cute is that?!!!). I also went to Target to register for my shower. I thought it was a little early to do it but people keep asking where I'm registered so I finally did it. I'm waiting for the hubby to commit to looking for a chair and ottomon and book shelf. That's it for now...

Saturday, April 26 (26 weeks 2 days)

I had my final business trip this week! I'm back at home and relaxing in bed. The trip was really good and no drama this time. Not much to report this week other than my little man is kicking and moving quite a bit which makes me so happy. I'm glad that he let's me know he's ok everyday. My son's grouting out Master bathroom while my hubby is giving direction from the office. They are finally trying to get the bathroom done so that I don't have to walk up a flight of stairs to take a shower when I have a bathroom in my bedroom, LOL. I'm soooo happy that this is the 26th week. I'm officially 3 months away from the day I'm scheduled to have Jordan, that is so amazing! I'm getting more and more excited everyday. I registered at Babies R Us this week so now I have completed my 2 registeries and waiting for my shower in June. Well that's it for now...Hope all of you mommies are doing well!

Saturday, May 3 (27 weeks 2 days)

Today I have my hubby's nephews graduation and tomorrow I have my best friend's baby Christening in Chicago. I have a pretty busy weekend planned! I'm really excited about us driving back home tomorrow because my son and I really miss all of our people in Chi-Town. My hubby's family is great and have really made us feel welcome here, but all of my close friends and other family members that I grew up with, are in Chicago and so are my son's friends. Anyway, Jordan is doing great kicking stronger and stronger each day. We have our next u/s on 5/9 the day before my son turns 17 years old! How freaky is that! I have become so emotional lately when I think about him growing up so fast. I feel like he was just a baby and now, hell, he'll be going to college in 2009! We are also planning for his Junior prom which is on 5/17 so I'm a basket case of hormones, LOL. He just laughs and says "I'll always be your baby mom." This is as he's leaving out for a date with his girlfriend, whatever! :) Charleston has been so good in all of my emotional insanity this week and is just a rock. He got John's tux and Limo all set as mama was a nutcase!

Oh yeah, last night I dreamed that I had Jordan and was at the hospital trying to change his diaper and completely forgot how to change a baby...I couldn't find any products or diapers and then I finally put a stage 2 diaper on his little body and it fell off. I had to wrap him in a recieving blanket while he peed all over and then I walk around the hospital carring him on my shoulder, until I found the right diapers and wipes. LOL :-) The other thing that stood out in the dream was that he was sooo cute and kept laughing and smiling the whole time. My mom was in the dream as well and walked into my hospital room and I admited to her that it took me 30 minutes to change his first diaper (damn, I guess you can see I have mother approval issues :-)) Well I've rambled long enough! Have a good weekend everyone!

Friday, May 9th (28 weeks)

Today I had my u/s scan and baby Jordan looked great. He is 2.7 pounds (60th percentile for his weight) We took 3D u/s photos and he now looks just like his dad (go figure!) We have some great shots of his face and I'll try to post those this weekend. The little fellow has really plumped up in the last month. I guess the soulfood dinner last weekend added a few pounds to both of us! About the u/s pictures...I've never done the scan and post thing, so this should be interesting, I hear I should always make a copy first so I'll see how it goes :) Anyway, I'm getting so excited to meet our little man. I just keep staring at his pictures.

Since this is Mother's Day weekend, I had planned to lie around and literally do nothing but let the men in my house take care of me...but, as always, tomorrow is John's birthday and he turns 17 years old (how freaky!!!) and I have to go out and get ready for his birthday. Luckily, he's a low maintenance teenager and money is his gift of choice along with some clothes, LOL : ) He's planning to go out tomorrow night.., so I guess hubby and I will have some Mother's Day alone time then, LOL :) Have a great Mother's Day weekend everyone!!! We truly deserve it!

May 20th, Wednesday (29 weeks 6 days)

It's been a while since I last posted updates, I seem to like the blog thing now :) Whoohooo! Is all I can say! I feel so blessed to almost be at 30 weeks tomorrow. With all of the drama of the fibroids, constipation, anemia and all of the stuff in between, LOL, it has been totally worth every moment. I can not believe that we are 9 weeks away from meeting our little blessing. It's amazing! So just to get caught up...my son had a birthday and is now 17, his junior prom was last weekend (see the new pics posted...I swear he looks like a grown man to me!) I'm now glad they caught the anemia as I'm feeling so much better with the iron supplements and I really do have more energy so I guess I really needed them :) The next month is going to be sooo busy for us. My next docs appt is 6/6 and we literally have something planned every weekend in June, including my shower on 6/14. I'm actually happy that our schedule is booked because it really does make the time fly by.

I just got confirmation for the scheduled C-Section for July 25th at 7:30 AM and I'm really starting to feel like I will have a baby soon. It's wierd, but now that it is scheduled, it feels more real. So now I have a bit of fear looming about the C-Section. When I had my son, I went through labor for hours and then found out I was not dialating and had to have the C-Section. This will be totally different since I'll go in knowing I will have to go through a major surgery. For some reason that did not register with me before now :) I do know that this baby is such a blessing from God and I'm just sooo excited to bring him into the world so by any means necessary, within Gods, he will get here. Tonight is our next child birth class (Charleston and I could be some of those couples parents, LOL :) I'll keep you posted on our progress!

Wednesday, June 4th (31 weeks 6 days)

Well so far so good with this pregnancy..yeah!!!!I have not had anymore issues and have been taking my prenatals and iron supplements for the anemia faithfully. Jordan has still been really active and letting me know he is up throughout the day. The great thing is either he sleeps at night or I sleep so hard I do not feel him kicking around until I wake up, LOL. It's funny, he starts moving immediayely when I wake up and does that throughout the day. However when I'm ready to go to bed, he settles down with me. It is amazing how each baby has there own personality and is so different. I had been having feelings of paranoia that I will go into labor sooner than expected..I guess it was the fear of the unknown for a control freak like me and that coupled with the occasional lower stretching feeling in the lower region, had me a bit on edge. The stretching totally convinced me that I'm dialating and had not idea..but it has stopped so I have no idea what it was. I have my obgyn visit tomorrow and she will do an internal exam so we shall see. He is already scheduled to arrrive a week early, I can't imagine it being any earlier than that, but God's will, Gods way. He does feel alot heavier everyday. I get winded just from carrying him up a flight of stairs. I'll keep you posted on the appt tomorrow and my u/s on Friday! Belly rubs to all!!!!

Friday, June 6th (32 weeks)

I had my obgyn appt yesterday and my u/s scan today. My usual perinatologist was out of town on vacation so I had to see his partner instead. No big deal, he was really cool and showed us how much Jordan has really grown in a month! He is measuring at 4.12 pounds and 33 weeks 5 days which is obviously farther along than I am, lol. I have gained 14 pounds so far during this pregnancy, which my doc says is really good. Again, I was up about 15 pounds from newlywed weight anyway :) Anyway...we figured Jordan would be a big baby as John was born at 8.5 pounds at 41.5 weeks. Jordan will be born at 39 weeks and will more than likely weigh about 8 pounds as well. We got to see his privates and he is still a boy, which was great news for us also, lol :) So happy that the clock is ticking and he will be here in less than 7 weeks!

Have a great weekend!

Sunday, June 14th, (33 weeks 3 days)

Hello All! I had my Baby Shower yesterday and it was truly wonderful (see my new pics). I felt so special and so loved. It is amazing how so many friends and family came out to celebrate our new blessing and were so generous to us. My bestfriend really did a phenomenal job on everything and as I have told her for the last 27 years, we are blessed to have one another. I got some great gifts and now all I have to do is buy some necessities like a bathtub, monitor, stroller, and (a highchair which I don't really need right now). While we women were at the shower my hubby had a barbeque at our house. He stayed up all night the day before after returning from a 3 day business trip, to clean the entire house and get ready for the event, he is a really teriffic guy because I was so exhausted I wasn't really much help. The BBQ turned out to be a second shower and party as we got more gifts and people were able to have ribs and drinks. Since we did not serve drinks at the restaurant during my shower, the ladies were happy to cut loose with their husbands. Everyone had a great time and when most of the guest left, I was up to almost 3 AM hanging out and watching movies with some of my family visiting from Illinios while hubby finally caught up on some much needed rest.

My hubby is now enjoying a wonderful Father's Day with our son. I gave him his gift last night (a new firepit which he loved) and now they are camping and fishing overnight and will be home tomorrow. I called to check on them and they are having the time of their lives! It feels so good to be beyond the milestone of the baby shower as Jordan's birth will be our next major milestone and we are just eagerly waiting for him! He has been moving and really active so he must know that we had a full weekend celebration for him. So many of our friends and family are happy for us and are waiting for our second little blessing to arrive. I pray that the next 6 weeks will move quickly and that I have a smooth C-Section delivery with a speedy recovery. But, I know the blessing of having my little boy, healthy and safe in my arms will out weigh any discomfort from the surgery anyway. Well, until next time...many baby blessings to all!!!!