kathrynthefair
kathrynthefair has 53 days to go and is now in week 32
	Age: 25 Country: US Province/region: Texas City: Houston Partner: Eric Children: Pregnant: Yes Due date: 08 Jul ,2008 Occupation: Accounts Payable Clerk
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Hey, y'all. I'm 25 and live in Houston, Texas with my husband and our three precious cats. This is my first ever pregnancy, and while unplanned, my husband and I are thrilled! I'm a tomboy at heart dealing with the fact that I'm going to have a baby girl, and hoping she's a true tomboy too. ;p I'm looking forward to meeting other pregnant women in Houston, or other first time moms. ;)

QUIZ:

About The Father

Name?: Eric


Age?:29


Height?:6"3


Are you still together?: Married


About Your Pregnancy


Is this your first pregnancy?: YES


When did you find out you were pregnant?: October


Was it planned?: No


What was your first reaction?: Disbelief


Who was with you when you found out?: friend, Samantha


Who was the first person you told?: my husband


How did your parents react?: shocked, but working their way to very excited


How far along are you?: almost half-way!


What was your first symptom?: missed period


What is your due date?: July 11th, 2008


Do you know the sex of the baby?: yes


If so, what is it?: girl


Have you picked out names?: kind of


If so, what are they?: secret for now!


How much weight have you gained?: 7lbs as of last week


Do you have stretch marks?: a few from pre-pregnancy, I'm sure more are to come ;p


Have you felt the baby move?: everyday now


Have you heard the heartbeat?: yes


About the birth

Will you keep the baby?: yes!!!!


Home or hospital birth?: hospital!


Natural or medicated birth?: medications, plz


Who will be in the delivery room with you?: my husband and maybe my mother


Will you breastfeed?: going to give it a try


Do you think you'll need a c-section?: probalby not


Will you cry when you hold the baby for the first time?: most likely


What's the first thing you might say to him/her?: yay!


Would you let someone videotape the birth? no thanks

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Feb 7th
Last night I was laying around watching tv with my husband and I felt our baby kick for the very first time! Now I can't wait to get home from work everyday so that I can lay around and wait for my babies' movements. ;)

Feb 11th
Every quiz I've been taking lately has told me I'm going to have a boy. The chinese gender prediction chart, and the sexratio.com quiz both say boy. With any luck, I'll be finding out tomorrow. I REALLY am hoping for a boy!

Feb 15th
Well, it turns out my baby is a little girl! LOL. No biggie. She will be my first child and her father and I are going to love her to bits. She has loooong legs and is super skinny, just like her dad. ;p Gotta put some fat on this little girl! So far I've only gained 7lbs, and I think thats great for ME, but perhaps I need to gain more for her...

Feb 18th
ok, so im 19 weeks, 3 days along today. still feeling really good. the 2nd trimester will do that to you. i feel the baby move about every four hours or so, and that is a comforting feeling. its reassuring to know that i feel her every day, and even if a day were to go by without any movement, i have a really good fetal heart monitor i bought off of amazon that works pretty good and i can usually find her little heart beat after 30 secs of searching. it holds pretty steady at 138-140 bpm. :) which, is honestly pretty low for a girl which is another reason why i thought we'd be having a boy. ;p hopefully its b/c she got the laid-back attitude of her father!!
this weekend was pretty exciting baby-wise. eric and i went to josh's bday party and the little cub and i handled it rather well. sunday was a bit more exhausting as we bought a few onsies at target and then went through the car wash of DOOM. the loud sounds and the shaking scared her so much she started kicking me and flipping, and i, like a big baby, starting crying b/c i didnt know what to do to comfort her and we couldnt drive erics truck out until it let the tires go and we got a green light. needlesstosay, ive been reading that loud noises may scare the baby starting at 18 weeks, but hadnt experienced it until that moment. im SURE she thought we were in an earthquake. ;p eric says thats the last time hes taking us through the car wash, heh.
i also felt slightly more guilty b/c ive been trying to teach her to use her ears more by playing her classical music for 10-15 mins a day using this fetal speaker system my dad got me. just as shes getting used to hearing things outside her mother, we took her through the big, scary, noisy, car wash of DOOM. :(
sometimes eric can also feel her little movements. we lay and watch buffy for hours each night and often he rests his hand on my belly. hes getting kind of excited about her arrival and has recently been making lists of things he wants to teach her about life and now evens plans on writing a few stories for her and recording them so i can play them to her when hes still at work. is anything in the world more adorable than that?!

Feb 27th
21 weeks and one day. everything is going swimmingly. i feel the baby bumping around every morning and every evening now when i'm at home relaxing. eric has felt her little squiggles a few times now as well. im back to sleeping very soundly. im talking at least 10 hours a night right now with NO bathroom breaks! bladder of steel, indeed. :)
honestly, ive been feeling pretty normal lately. worked on my baby registry some, been thinking about how to decorate the nursery, and am generally in high spirits. i told eric last night that these last two weeks of pregnancy have actually been enjoyable -and he was shocked-. i guess i need to tell him more often how easy going of a pregnancy this has actually been so far and that im currently liking carrying around our little one. i took that quadruple screening test and also had my week 20 anatomy ultrasound. i havent heard ONE thing from my doctor. im guessing that's a good sign? i'd imagine if something was off or wrong she would call me instead of waiting for me to come back in for my next appt on march 11th.....at least i hope so. oh, gotta go, lunch time!

March 5th
22 weeks, 2 days: Baby Éowyn flails around alot more these days. as i told my husband, i think this week she has finally discovered she lives in a bubble! i used to just mostly feel her when i was laying down at home resting, but now i feel her quite a bit these days just sitting at my desk at work.
lately my back has been KILLING me, but ive always had a weak back. i might cave in at some point and go and see my dads chiropractor. im anxious to know how much more weight ive gained, but i wont find out until tuesday at my next doctors appt. i think extra weight is what puts so much pressure on my back.
my hunger is also up lately. which, makes sense b/c week 21-24 is pretty much growth spurt time and my belly is certainly bigger this week than it was last week! time just seems to be going by slooooowly, yet surely lately.....im kinda getting sick of work! ;p

March 17th
alright. what's new in the preggo world??

tomorrow ill be 24 weeks along. that is the first week in which babies start surviving if born prematurely (with LOTS of luck). sometimes my belly looks HUGE, and sometimes it just looks regular pregnant. her kicks are getting stronger and starting to move around to different places now. had some more stretching pains this last weekend, and a few braxton hicks contractions (i hear they are more frequent on active days which makes sense why i usually get them on the weekends).
eric and i went to ikea this past saturday and bought lots of cute decorating and organizing stuffs for the nursery. we got quite a bit and it was only a little over $100! totally worth the money. of course, we have a long way to go before we can start putting anything up. we still have to clear out all the boxes in the spare room, move the litter box out, and shampoo the carpet before any decorating can take place. im giving eric until the weekend of April 11th before i really start getting on him to help me get the room in shape. April 11th is the beginning of the three month countdown!! and by then i should at least have a few more baby things!
im also going to be borrowing my dads part-time maid for a couple of occasions. maybe once in april and once in june, so that i can get everything in top shape before the little one arrives. i spent over 30 mins scrubbing our tub out on sunday, using poor tools, working in bad fumes, and acquiring the WORST backache from stooping. not doing that again until after the birth!
my last doctors appt was last tuesday. my doctor was a bit concerned. she thinks 9lbs is a little low on the weight gain chart by this point, and my blood pressure was alot higher than she wanted it. so now instead of going back in four weeks, i have to go back in two so that she can test my blood pressure again to make sure its not staying too high. :
meh, im sure itll be fine.