Hello... My name is Jannette & my fiance is Ulises. I am 21 years old this is my (our) first child. We've been together for 4 years in May. I pretty much had a feeling that I was pregnant because of the way i was begining to feel. Tired (which was nothing at all like me), my boobs became extremly sore right away, and i began to lose my appitite. We are very much excited to be experiencing this together. Scared because of the things we've both went through as children (not wanting to fail or make our child feel the way we did growing up (very sensitive situation). I hope I get to share my experiences with you all.. Hope to hear from you soon.. =) good luck and congrats...

April 30, 2007

Hello.. Today i am 14 weeks N one day.. I still haven't heard my baby's heartbeat and to be honest with you it frusterating. I have my appointment on friday May 4th (wish me luck) I have soo many concerns and questions that i have to ask my doctor but when ever i go and try to talk to her about it she gives me the shittiest lamest answer.. Honestly i'm just waiting for my insurance to go through and im outta there.. I need to find a doctor that will actually give me the time of day instead of sitting there looking at me as though.. i'm dumb and i dont know what im talkin about when i tell her my stomach hurts or i feel a certain way..

At times i feel very pregnant although im barely begining to show and other times the only thing that reminds me or assures me is the mornings (brushing my teeth) i ALWAYS throw up while brushing my teeth.. ugh! Every much emotional, tired but very difficult for me to get back to sleep after getting up to pee.. wish me luck and please keep me in your prayers and hope all goes well for me on friday.. Im soo scared..

June 21, 2007

I feel soo bad.. it's been over a month and i wasn't able to get on line because my computer was down.. ALOT has gone on since the last time i wrote... i got MARRIED! May 17th 2007 (our 4 year anniversery).. I was finally able to hear my baby's heart beat.. it's the most beautiful thing in the world but they doctor usually has to cut it short because i start laughing =].. June 29th I have to go to a specialist because of 2 things my asthma and my weight.. I weigh 220 am still able to fit into a large i guess my weight is a problem to the doctors because.. im not sure.. i dont look big i played sports while in highschool to me alot of it is muscle but.. i have to listen to the doctors (yea right) Anyways... Im soo much more excited about that date because hopefully (cross your fingers) ill be able to find out the sex of my baby =]..

About 2 weeks ago i started feeling my baby move more and more.. Now it's to the point where at times it hurts.. My sister inlaw tells me it's just the begining just wait till the baby finds it's way into my rib cage.. That should be exciting =/.. I love the whole idea of being pregnant although my back hurts soo much (i'm also very big breasted) soo that doesn't help.. I can't stop saying how excited i am about being pregnant. Dont get me wrong there's times where i find myself saying "oh no what am i going to do im still a kid myself" but im a very big believer of "things happen for a reason" sooo.. bring it on.. =] i hope all is going well for you ladies..

June 27, 2007

How is everyone doing/feeling soo far? I still dont have any pictures to post up =[.. I haven't really gotten any bigger (have only gained NO more than 3 pounds) Going onto my 6th month on saturday.. The only thing that has gotten big are my boobs (i was already big) ugh!.. It's becoming pretty difficult for me to sleep at night. Just can't seem to find a comfortable position and for some reason if i feel as though im comfortable here comes my nazi husband taking up all the bed (or so it feels that way) honestly for the past 2-3 nights i've thought soo much about going and falling asleep on my couch. NOO one to hog up the bed =].. It's just me being pregnant right? I have my appointment with the specialist in 2 days.. Im excited because i will be finding out the sex of my baby but will also have yet another doctor coming down on me for one thing or another.. Wish me luck and ill keep ya'll posted..

June 29th, 2007

I went to my appointment with the specialist.. Everything is fine (my doctor was trippin over the whole weight thing) im actually 9 pounds under my "supposed to be" pregnant weight.. I also found out what we are going to have.. a beautiful baby... BOY! we were soo exited that my husband jumped up from his chair and had to get closer to the screen because he couldn't believe it =].. it's scary but at the same time very exciting.. i've doubt with girls all my life but can you believe i have NEVER changed a boys diaper! i know what your probably thinking.. but i think this is gods way of making it a bit more challanging for me =].. it's ok though... i hope all is well with ya'll pregnancies soo far.. i'll write some more in a while.. im actually on my lunch

July 10th, 2007

Hey! how is everyone doing? I hope all is well with yourselves and your baby(s).. I've been doing good a bit MORE tired. Everyday it seems as though i get more tired but less sleep =[.. Not kool at all.. It's nice to know though that we are getting sooo much closer to our due dates (scary) at the same time.. I'm 25 weeks (ALREADY) time does fly.. I feel my son move around more and more each day and for some reason each kick seems harder than the last =].. I believe we have finally picked out a name.. Joshua Bradley what do ya'll think? Bradley my husband liked (after the main singer from the band Sublime)..

I have my appointment tomorrow with the specialist for the echo (of my son's heart) hope all goes well.. ill keep ya'll posted on what happens tomorrow.. stay fresh (it's soo damn hot in LA)

July 16th, 2007

Sorry it's taken me soo long to post what happened at my appointment with the specialist.. THANK GOD it all went well.. I have ultrasound pix of him waving hi but no scanner =[.. and my camera has been acting up lately soo sorry wont be able to post any until i get my camera fixed.. I had an echo done because one specialist wasn't able to fine joshua's heartbeat from an angle and she wanted me to go back to get the echo to make sure his heart was forming correct.. We waited for 2 1/2 hours before my pregnant self started flippin on the receptionist.. and she's like your here for an ultrasound and im like NOO im here for an echo she has the balls to smile and tell me oh im sorry i signed you in for the ultrasound ugh! grrr... yes an echo is also an ultrasound but it is done with a different sort of ultrasound machine.. FINALY i went in to see the specialist/tech and right off the bat he told me that he's had 4 women that they're childrens heart did not developed right and he wanted to prepare me for whatever i was about to find out (as though that would help) soo i layed there while he started doing the echo and right away i could hear his heartbeat fill the room =].. it sounds soo beautiful.. everytime i hear his heart beat i cry.. never fails.. the tech told me i had a healthy baby boy.. =].. and nothing to worry about just labor =] i think he was trying to crack jokes..

Besides my appointment with the specialist i've just been feelin my son kick me harder and harder everyday. It's a beautiful feelin knowin that in less than 3 months ill have my son to hold =].. but mean while it hurts =].. I guess his little kicks are giving me a little taste of what i will be expecting.. i say bring it on =].. hehe.. We celebrated my husbands 24th birthday this weekend.. It was exciting but also tiring at the same time.. because after soo long of being on my feet i just can't take it any more. My ankles start swelling and it's painful. I hope all is well with you mommies and ill keep ya'll posted =]...

August 2, 2007 (28 weeks + 2 days)

How are all you mommies doing/feeling soo far? I hope all is well.. Soo yesterday me and my hubby were talkin about our son's name which we had already said it was to be Joshua Bradlay (nice right?) and my hubby comes out tellin me "I like Bradley Evan more" at first it sort of bothered me but.. Than i warmed up to it soo.. Bradley Evan it will be (see if he don't change his mind) I originally wanted Bradley Santos.. (Santos means "saint" in spanish) but.. he wasn't feelin it.. Let me know what ya'll think of Bradley Evan Quezada (and than with a real mexican last name =].. My mom hates every single name i mention to her (my sister is also pregnant and absolutly LOVES every name she comes up with) some of ya'll might say jealousy believe me NOT AT ALL... i just do wish my mom was more involved with my child. It's ok though.. I have an appointment with my new doctor today i hope all goes well.. Ill keep you all posted.. =] have a wonderful day

September 10, 2007 (38 weeks + 2 days)

Gosh im soo sorry it's taken me this long to update my page. For about a week i wasn't able to log onto my VIP page (sux) until today. All morning i was trying and nothing until right now i said well let me give it one more try and YAY! it allowed me access.. I hope all you mommies and babies are well. I've been feeling exhausted, tired, anxious, frusterated.. ALL the sympthoms of a mommie that is TIRED of being pregnant (this is my first baby) i had no idea what to expect but other than that im fine. I have started getting pains (down there)

I was hospitalized for a few hours last week because i had a very bad bladder infection that was causing me to have contractions nothing too serious soo the allowed me to come home.. I soo much wanted them to tell me that, that was it.. i was going to have him.. but NOPE! still here.. Soo i did end up seeing my new doctor I like her. She's nice and a bit more helpful. I dont think any mommie will ever be fully satisfied with their doctors because first and for most they NEVER seem to spend enough time with you and when you ask questions they try to find the fastest MOST LAMEST answer just to get you out of there (right or wrong)?

About names.. FINALLY after changing his name to one after another we have DECIDED.. his name is going to STAY as Joseph Bradley Quezada.. One of my first choices but ya know what it is to have a man who dislikes everything we choose =].. I haven't taken any more pictures (have never been a camera person) but i know i should take more to show him as he grows.. ill try taking some this weekend and post some more.. I should be getting my 38 week ultrasound on thursday soo if i do ill post it.. Hope to hear from you all.. Take care and god bless if you go into labor before me (lucky) pray for me also because im soo scared =/..

October 16, 2007 (39 weeks TODAY!)

39 weeks today and still no baby! i soo hope i dont go over my due date.. im soo tired of being pregnant.. I enjoyed my WHOLE pregnancy (thank god i didn't get morning sickness) so it went pretty smooth for me.. UP UNTIL NOW! im exhausted and i have alot of back pain... I have a doctors appointment on thursday see what my doctor tells me.. It's always great news to know that my son is fine N all but i want to hear "oh you have to go to the hospital to deliver!" (SOOO not happening).. Well ill keep everyone updated as much as i can.. Good luck to all you soon to be mommies..

October 23, 2007 (40 weeks!) NOOOO baby!!!

I'm 40 weeks today and still NOO baby =/...

October 26th, 2007 (40 weeks + 3 days)

Guess what! im gonna be induced tonight at 10:00pm.. wish me luck.. Im soo scared.. I'll keep you all updated on what happens.. Pray for me and my baby...

November 2, 2007 (5 days old)

Yay! he's finally here.. After 27 hours of labor =/.. it wasn't easy but honestly i would do it all over again in a heart beat... Here goes my birth story..

****Friday night i was schedualed to be induced.. I showed up to the hospital and began the LONG and painful process.. Some sort of shoe lace looking thing was put into my vagina (it was to begin inducment) that was to be in there for 12 hours and i was to begin getting contractions... I didn't feel anything at all soo after the 12 hours of waiting they started me on the IV drip now that's what they should have done in the first place. I was 4cm dialated this whole time and wouldn't dialate past that. Saturday came and went still 4cm dialated. Honestly i was giving up hope on being able to have him normal.

****Around 6:00pm my doctor came in and told me that he was going to pop my water bag and that hopefully i would start feeling more contractions and we can "get this show on the road" were his exact words. I just wanted to go home.. I had been there since 9:00pm friday night with nothing to eat and NOO sleep at all.. I was to scared and nervous to think of sleep. So he popped my water STILL 4cm. When he told me that i cried.

****At around 9:30 saturday night i mentioned to the nurse (which was a complete BIT*H!) about my contractions becoming closer and soo much more stronger (painful) if she could please give me something for the pain. She told me she had to call and get an order from the doctor which is SOO not true. The doctor had come in to see me a few hours before that (to pop my water bag) and told me that if i started feeling pain not to hesitate to ask the nurse for pain meds. (bit*h!) So off she went to get me the pain meds which took her FOREVER honestly not just because i was having BAD contractions did it feel like forever. My husband had to go out and ask her for it (once again bit*h!) so she gave me the "pain medication" and checked me and once again STILL only 4cm so she walked out well right away i started feeling SUPER sleepy but still had the same amount of pain if not that more. So i tried to ride it out. My poor husband had gotten out of work friday afternoon got home around 6:30pm, ate something, we went to pick his sister up (they were both supposed to be there with me throughout labor BIG mistake) ill tell you why in a bit =]..So after about an hour and a half of that i couldn't take it anymore so i woke my poor husband up that had barely fallen asleep and i told him i couldn't take it any more that i felt too much pain so he called her in. you wont belive what she had given me "something to make me relax and sleep" NOT pain medication (i was soo pissed at that point) i told her to check me and her smart ass tells me "i checked you an hour and a half ago nothings changed since yesterday" but still checked. Ok what im about to say is how i felt at the moment (im not racist what so ever) just had to throw that out there in case anyone gets offended.. She was an african american woman. But the moment she checked me bit*h looked like michael jackson after his "transformation" she got soo white that she started screaming for other nurses to come in.. I had dialated to 9cm within that hour and you were able to see his head. she said "dont push yet WAIT!" soo i tried my best. What i disliked the most was that she was my nurse friday when i got there not saturday but was there with me when i was about to deliver. I looked her straight in the eyes and i told her "i do NOT want you to deliver my baby so make sure another nurse comes in and does it or get the doctor here NOW!" the reason i told her that was because she was soo rude to me since the beginning and i wasn't even one of them females who scream or cry all loud (i didn't scream at ALL when i had him all i did was moan and cry) ****So anyways there i am 9cm dialated and all she's doing is sitting at the edge of my bed (still hadn't prepared my bed to put my feet up or anything) timing my contractions and tellin me "ok push now" i said "fuk no i told you i wouldn't do this with you around" so in came the doctor and he started tellin her that why was everyone else doing what they had to do but she still hadn't prepared me? she just looked at him. I told him i wanted her out! Of course at this point he thinks im a bit crazy.. soo didn't say anything. So when he checked me i was completely dialated and ready to go...
****Just one lil problem the medication she had given me was still in my system and everytime i would get a contraction im still not sure if it was because of the medication or the pain but i would push and pass out until my next contraction. Ok so about my sister in law (not sure if any of this is making sense sorry) Im not sure if when ya'll when into labor you had one person on each side holding your legs so when you pushed forward they supported your body back. Ok so here's my husband on my right side and my sister in law on my left. I would get a contraction and push she would let my leg go and it would hurt soo bad cause i would pretty much lose out on that contraction and wouldn't be able to push correctly. Just throwing this in there my husband and my mom have had their differences for about a year and a half and they didn't talk AT ALL.. But i remember turning to look at my husband and tellin him i couldn't do this with his sister and i couldn't do it without my mom if he could please call her in. He looked at me and nearly cried and told me he was thinking the same thing that he needed her. That must have taken alot for my husband to admit because he's stubborn. So my sister in law went out and in came my mom. My heart swelled up at that moment because i had the 2 people i loved at my side.. ****So here i am going into labor doing it completely NORMAL because a few hours before that im gonna be honest and admit that i was going to get the epidural but they couldn't get the needle in correctly to touch my spine.. ugh! they asked me if i wanted medication through my IV i really concidered it (even after my nurse had drugged me up with sleeping meds instead of pain meds) but for one reason or another i thought ok they tried the epidural and couldn't do it obviously god has something in store for me (i've always thought of life this way) God wont throw anything our way if he feels as though we can't handle it. So i said i want to do it natural. My husband was shocked.. ****This is all i really remember and some of it my husband had to fill me in because i began hemorrhaging right after i had my son but even while i was pushing i was still passing out after every contraction so it was a blur to me. This i do remember though. I was pushing and my husband would tell me i can see his head and push baby push. At one point i felt as though i couldn't do it in silence because the only one talkin was the doctor so i turned to my husband and told him talk to me. All he could say was i love you. At that point i needed more than that. I pushed and pushed and i felt as though NOTHING was happening so i remember tellin myself "this is my last push if he dont come out let them do a c-section on me.. i dont care if they see me as a coward i just can't anymore" so here was my "last push" and right when i was about to exhale and stop pushing something clicked within me and i pushed soo hard that all i remember is my husband tellin me he's out and my mom telling me you did it. Than the doctor looking at me and telling me ok now all you have to do is deliver the placenta and your all done. I remember feeling it come out and me telling the doctor thank you and his face turning serious and telling my husband and the nurses that i was loosing too much blood. Within that moment that i began panicing my son had already been placed on my chest and i remember my husband lifting him off of me and the nurse giving me a shot on my thigh. That's all i remember.

Until i woke up at around 7:45am that sunday morning. I woke up because i felt my breast hurting and i wanted to feed my son. So i called my nurse in (she was nice) and she told me i needed someone to be there with me because i had lost alot of blood and since i had a history of seizures they couldn't risk me being alone with him and me having a seizure. I asked where my husband had gone and she told me he had left me a note. He had left after feeding the baby and them taking him. Gone home to shower and try to get some rest be back at 10:00am. So i had to wait to see my son. Of course i cried..

I had my son at 3:06 am. He weighed 7lbs 8oz and was 20 inches. My beautiful white red headed baby. I was in shock when i seen him because i honestly expected him to have some color to his skin because i have that mexican color going on (sorry didn't know what other way to describe it) He got the red hair from my husbands grandfather and his skin color from my side, my mom is light skinned. i'll post pictures of him.

November 26th (4 weeks + 1 day old)

My baby boy will be a month on the 28th. It's amazing how time flies. He's a grouchie one (gets it from his daddy =/..) He has his days confused with nights because he still dont sleep well at night i've taken him to the doctors but he says i have to wait it out because he's still to small for me to try and keep him up if he wants to sleep i have to wait atleast another 2 weeks ugh! soo i dont get much sleep. Other than that he's a very smart baby. He's also a very curious baby. Every sound he hears he has to look around to see where it's coming from. Since he was about 2 weeks old he started doing that. He looks for his daddy's voice whenever he hears it. Or in the mornings when daddy's getting ready to go to work and he walks out of the room he starts moving around to see if he finds him. He's very strong already tries to hold his head up.. it's been an adventure a wonderful one full of love joy and tears =].. i wish you all the best and ill keep you posted on anything new..

January 11th, 2008 (2 months + 2 weeks old)

Hello.. im soo sorry i havent updated my page in a while.. life itself has been soo hectic =/.. started working again when my baby was just 2 weeks old (bummer) i honestly wish i could have stood home much longer to enjoy him.. but, i couldn't.. ALOT has happend since the last time i wrote. This past weekend my baby had to have surgery he was diagnosed with pyloric stenosis (very common in baby boys from the age of 2 weeks- 2 months) My son would cry ALOT (in pain) and i would take him to the doctors and hospital and they would just tell me he was a colic baby. So about 2 weeks ago i took him to the hospital cause he cried 2 days NONE stop and i knew something MORE than colics was causing this. So off we went to the hospital of course they said the same thing about his colics but this time i had my mom with me to speak up for me (im really shy so you can imagine how they would try to step all over me) she said "bull test him cause it's not the colics that's causing this much pain" so they ordered an ultra sound.. sure enough within the first few moments the determined what he had was pyloric stenosis. BUT refused to do the surgery because it was a "weekend" and he needed a pediatric surgeon's consultation before getting the surgery [[this was new years weekend]] so i had to wait till wednesday to take him to his doctors. I took him and the moment i gave him the ultrasound results and i told him that they refused the surgery he got PISSED.. told me "how can they diagnos him with something [[painful to a baby]] and allow him to go home on benadryl! that is rediculous!" he called the hospital and gave them a piece of his mind.. That same day he told me to take him to another hospital which i did.. he had the surgery friday night.. He's doing soo much better.. He seems soo much happier.. thank god..

He's growing soo fast.. I just can't believe it.. he's still doesn't sleep through the night [[i wish he would]] god hear my prayers =/! He loves bright colors.. very curious baby boy.. absolutly loves attention.. if he finds himself alone [[even with toys N all]] he'll start to cry.. he's learning to stick out his tounge ALOT and starting to put his hands in his mouth. When he gets excited he'll squeel =].. he likes tv because of the colors, and absolutly adores music.. i can't wait till he's a bit bigger. i knw i wish that right now and when i do look back im gonna wish the time would have stopped.. but it's hard on me bacause i tend to do it all by myself even though his dad is around he just dont seem to have the patience.. he'll play with him N all but if he gets fussy "here Jannette i dont know what's wrong with him" of course not neither do i but you have to guess at it duh!!

i love my son to death but at times i wish i would have waited a bit longer. I know im 22 years old but.. i dont know.. i feel as though i have to vent.. if anyone feels the same way feel free to write to me.. i need to talk to someone and no one i know understands me.. =/...

this is my baby boy Joseph Bradley @ 2 months =]...