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knockoutmom has 25 days to go and is now in week 36
	Age: 23 Country: US Province/region: North carolina City: Charlotte Partner: Zach Children: Pregnant: Yes Due date: 11 Jun ,2008 Occupation: Newborn Baby Photographer
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Hey! My name is Krystle and I am 22 years old. I found out I was pregnant on October 8. My boyfriend and I have a loving home together with two sweet cats Sadie and Zeus, and we're both extremly fun loving! Although we don't know what lies ahead of us, we are looking forward to embarking on this journey together! I am due on June 11, 2008 and it couldn't come any sooner!

Wednesday, 10 Oct

So I am 5 weeks today. Only symptoms are bein very tired, nausea after eating (which im eating all salty foods!!), and I swear I can cry at the drop of a pin! I feel like I have already gained so much weight. Zach is still really nervous which brings me down. I know as it goes on he will accept it though. He told me he will support me through the whole thing. He thinks we're too young which I do agree but hey, what happened happened. He is 25 and I am 22. I know its not too young, but we're big travelers! Guess that will have to go on hold!

Wednesday, 17 Oct

I had my first appointment today!! They confirmed I was pregnant through the urine test, then she checked the position of my uterus and said it was faced towards the back and engorged a bit which was both good since that means things are progressing well, and she also took blood test to make sure the numbers are all correct since my first pregnancy didnt go all that well. I am so excited!! I came home and Zach just didn't seem to care. That really hurts. I know he would never leave me or anything, but he's just so uninterested in this whole thing. He is 25 and still acts like he is 15. I just feel like I wanna move back to Chicago and start my life over sometimes. UGHHH. Im stressed now.

Thursday, 18 Oct

So, I had to go back to the doctor today because I had some bleeding last night. I called the night nurse and she called me back and told me it was probaly ok but had the doctor call me. He called and told me also that is was probaly ok but they wanted me to get in the next day to get an ultrasound. So this morning I got one done! They saw the gestational sac and the yolk sac in there and said it looked like a normal early pregnancy. My hcg levels were in the mid 8,000's and my progesterone level was sorta low so they decided to put me on prometruim which is a progesterone supplement. So i hope this will do it! Zach called me the whole time since he couldnt make it with me. I think he felt bad. Ugh, finally hes understanding!

Saturday, 3 Nov

so i have only awesome updates for my page!! ok, last week we went in for the ultrasound again and we found a hearbeat which was good but, i was still bleeding and the heartbeat was only 120. so she was real concerned and this week she did another ultrasound and the heartbeat was 153 which was perfect! zach walked in right when we found it (he was late) and he was so overwhelmed by it! it was awesome to see how interested he was in the baby. he was pointing out the head and all the lims and watching the babys hearbeat. it was so amazing! my doctor told me im finally out of high risk and im a normal preggo mommy now! i havent bleed since last thursday too which is amazing! i love this little baby already so much. its such a surreal feeling to know that theres a baby growing in me right now. its weird in a way. yet so cool! im so jolly feeling! haha. plus all the christmas stuff is starting to come out in stores and this only makes me happier. i love christmas soooo much! ahh! :)

Thursday, 15 Nov

10 weeks today! im so excited to be in the double digits already! ive been feeling so tired lately. tired and moody. sometimes i wanna eat everything and sometimes i just dont want anything. im driving myself crazy with worry nowadays! i know that at my next appt on the 28th they said they probaly wouldnt do another u/s but i really, really want one for peace of mind! especially since the beginning of my pregnancy was bleeding and all that bad stuff. ive just gotta stop worrying!! in other news, i feel so fat right now! my clothes are at that snug point where everytime i sit i have to unbutton my pants in order to feel comfy. i dont know what to wear yet!i feel like im already showing. ughhh. see you next week!

Sunday, 18 Nov

so i had to finally post my ultrasound pic from 8 weeks. i know its late but i was real excited about it! we thought of some really good baby names lately! for a boy we like dylan or noah and a girl we like and i love madison! although the boy names may change, the girl name definitly isnt!

Thursday, 29 Nov

so yesterday I went to the doctor for my 12 week check up!! all went great! i had to go to the coordinator first since i hadn't done that yet, then afterwards they did a very thorough exam of me and bloodwork, and they used to doppler to hear the heartbeat! its in the 160s she said. thats such a sigh of relief. im feeling a lot better as of 12 weeks. its so weird how normal i feel now. i also got an overwhelming urge to eat and keep eating yesterday even after i finished dinner. uh oh! here comes eating for two! im really trying to keep up the fiber supplements and have also started on a dha supplement for my baby. my doctor gave me a huge bag of stuff to take home and it had a book and a magazine and samples of everything! it was so nice! im stressed about my insurance as of now though. i fell under full time this year for my job, so come march 31 when they renew my insurance, i think they are going to drop me! if they do i am royally screwed. so im going to have to get that all straightened out right away. scary stuff! hope everyone is doing great! not long now til the fun stuff starts, like showing and feeling movements! we're gonna be mommies!! :D oh, ps- i lost 6 lbs when i felt like i gained 10!! weird, huh? no complaints here though.

Saturday, 1 Dec

ugh, yesterday and today i feel nauseated. i knew all that talking about not having morning sickness would get back to me somehow. ugh!! at least im hungry though. im actually cooking stuffed mushrooms at 9 in the morning!! yea, a bit weird, huh?

Monday, 3 Dec

i ate like a BEAST today at olive garden!!! i had 3 bowls of salad, ravioli (all of it), and a million breadsticks!! my co-worker was like 'damn, you NEVER eat that much!'. she knows im preggo, she just thought it was funny that i was eating so much! i cannot help myself though. especially at olive garden, its a pregnant womans paradise. all you can eat salad thats REALLY good? YEA!! i sound so fat talking about it, but it really made my day to eat there. haha, im going to look back on this and just laugh at myself. i sound ridiculous!!

Wednesday, 19 Dec

15 weeks already! i cant believe 10 weeks has already past since my first post on here! time goes by way too fast. and christmas is only 6 days away! ive been feeling better lately. really hungry all the time. but my digestive system is just about non existant! i have been constipated for about a week now and my doctor put me on miralax and it hasnt done anything yet but give me gas! im patiently waiting for it to kick in! i also do not think im showing yet although a pair of my jeans that fit last week do not anymore!! depressing! i dont see a baby bump! i see me being bloated. yuck. my next appt is the day after christmas, so getting to hear the heartbeat will be the best christmas gift ever! i love hearing it. its such an amazing feeling. still so surreal!! have a good christmas!

Wednesday, 26 Dec

so I had my 16 week checkup today and all went well! the second the dr put the doppler on my stomach we heard the heartbeat! 157 bpm! what a champ! :) he said i looked good and my pressure that i am feeling is completely normal as long as i dont have bleeding. i gained my 6 lbs back that i lost at last appt! haha, i knew that one was coming though. ive eaten so much lately! christmas was great! we got our little `bean ` as we call him/her a bunch of stuff! zach and i had a wonderful christmas and i had an even better one with my family! they `re amazing. zach bought me the best thing ever. well two awesome things, one is a maternity pillow by "leach" called grow to sleep i think, and he also got me a $400 isqueeze from brookstone. no swollen feet for me!! so anyways, in 2 weeks i get my ultrasound!! i cant believe 2 weeks already!! ahhhhh! boy or girl time! its so soon! january 9th at 4pm! wish me luck :)

Wednesday, 2 Jan

17 weeks! one more week til my ultrasound and i get to find out if its a boy or girl. everyone around me including myself thinks its a boy, and only two people think its a girl! im honestly going to have the same reaction either way. im gonna wanna jump off the ultrasound table and just jump around in excitement! haha. today i got my AFP test done at my doc. can you believe in just 1 week i gained 3 pounds?? ugh. i need to lay off the food! ive also been battling a horrible cold. my throats been hoarse for a few days now and no one can understand me. my voice gives out midway through talking! yuck. i think i felt a movement the other day, too!! i dont know though. it could have been gas but it felt a bit different. i hurried up and put zachs hand on it and he said he felt it real quick, too! then it stopped. if it was though it was amazing and i cant wait for more!!

Thursday, 10 Jan

yesterday i had my 18 week checkup. 18 weeks already! we found out that im having a GIRL!!!! i know i kept saying i was hoping for a boy but the second i heard girl my face just lit up! and she is so big! her spine was perfect. and they checked her heart which had all 4 chambers, her kidneys, her bladder, her brain, her fingers and bones. it was great! the placenta is up top which is perfectly away from the cervix! we saw her swallowing and sucking her thumb for a split second. it was too cute! we have a ton of pics from it, too! zach took me afterwards to dinner and then we went baby girl shopping! then we saw a movie and i felt my baby girl moving the whole time! i know its her now because the exact spot where i feel her move is where the u/s tech put the wand thing. so it isnt my digestive system after all! we showed my parents real quick too and they were both ecstatic! zachs an only child so his mom was super excited (i think because she never had a girl before)! after the ultrasound i felt like i wanted to tell the world. i felt so proud. nothing could have prepared me for how that moment made me feel. i am totally in love with this baby already! i dont think i can fully comprehend the fact that the big baby on the u/s screen is actually in my stomach. i love it!!

Thursday, 24 Jan

20 weeks!! halfway point already! i had my checkup today. all is well. in the words of the doctor `totally normal ` pregnancy. good to hear. he said that im feeling movement down low because thats where the baby should be, right in between the pelvic bone. i was so concerned about hearing everyone else say they felt theres up high and my doctor is like `stop reading into it!! ` haha i guess i had to hear it. im really happy my little one is doing good. my cravings have still been cucumbers and a new one is now chips and salsa, only from mexican restaurants, and of course appple juice. i seem to need a nap everyday now too! zach and i are still trying to move out of this condo that we `ve been stuck in for years. i cant walk up 3 flights of stairs anymore!

Wednesday, 20 Feb

24 week checkup today! i met with a midwife this time. my blood pressure was only 120/68 and i gained 9 lbs!!! ugh, my god! so i guess thats a total of 16lbs to date. ive never in my life seen this foreign number on my scale! anyways, babys heartrate was 160 which he said was a great and very strong rate. i have sciatica. woo dee doo! its horrible. i had it pretty bad a few weeks back trying to plug in a wire at work. i was almost in tears with how bad the pain was. now its on the right side and its a constant thing everytime i walk. its horrible. he said the only thing that would help was acupuncture! ugh. anyways, we `re officially naming our daughter riley kathleen! i cannot wait to see what she looks like and how she takes to me! its all still so surreal!!

Thursday, 28 Feb

25 weeks today! i woke up with a horrible backache and it went on to become a crippling pain at work. it hurt me soooo bad! so i went to the bathroom when i got home and noticed that i urinated blood!! only like 3 little tiny specks but still enough to freak me out. so i called my doc and she told me to come right in. so i went in and got hooked up to the fetal monitor and contraction monitor. baby was doing great and i had a few contractions. not big though. so after 4 hours of waiting around and watching tv with zach they told me i had a uti! ughhh. ive had uti `s before and i never knew how different and painful they could be during pregnancy! my doc said that if i didnt come in and get it treated then i could have went into preterm labor. so thank god i went in!! my cervix was closed and high up which was a good sign, too. yay!

Wednesday, 12 Mar

27 weeks already! i feel huge! im feeling pretty good. my sciatica has gone away for now and everythings been going great! im mainly craving fried pickles as of the past 2 weeks and also entenmann `s raspberry danish coffee cake. its soooo yummy! i think we found a house. we just have to submit the paper work and if all is well we will be in at the end of this month! oh i hope it works out. its such a cute house, plus it will take a lot of stress off my shoulders. i get to go to the doc next wednesday for my gestational diabetes test. wish me luck!

Wednesday, 19 Mar

28 weeks today. had my gd test and my checkup. checkup was fine but turns out i am 5 points past what they consider normal and i have to take the 3 hours gd test now. i actually felt fine and thought the drink was good! im so scared that ill have gd. ughhh. i gained 21 lbs so far. blood pressure was great, no more uti either. basically all good news except the gd thing. ughh, im so disappointed. my day is ruined.

Wednesday, 9 April

31 weeks! last week we finally moved into our new house! yay! it sucked though because as soon as i left work i went over to the house and started feeling yucky. my parents came over to help unpack and i threw up! from 6pm-midnight i ended up throwing up 20 times! ughhhh. it was the worst thing ever. i stayed with my parents that night. the next day I went to the doc and they checked me out and told me it was either hormones, a bug, or food poisoning from taco bell! yuck! anyways, today i had my 31 week checkup and i had them do another pelvic exam because ive been having some pretty painful braxton hicks and real bad pressure. turns out im fine. cervix is closed and her head is facing down but it isnt in my pelvis yet thankfully. i cant imagine how its gonna feel when it is! ive gained 29 lbs so far. my blood pressure was lower today than usual. nurse said it was still ok though. ive been craving ice cream and fried pickles a lot, too! zach and i still arent getting along. hes just not as involved as i thought he'd be. i hate his band and i hate the fact it comes before anything and everything in his life. he'd rather play a show 11 days before rileys due, which is his birthday, and spend it with his friends rather than me. he is the most selfish person i have ever met. i just feel like giving up sometimes. ugh.

Wednesday, 16 April

32 weeks! last sunday my mom threw me my shower. it was so much fun! we played the baby game where you cant say "baby" or you got your clothes pin away from you. that was cute. and the other one where theres a small dixie cup of ice and in the middle of the ice was a baby and who ever broke the water first got a prize. haha, too much fun. my mom and dad got me a crib and mattress and also a rocker! yay! at the shower we got bedding, a changing table, a pack n play, a boppy pillow, some bibs, shoes, and a bunch of other stuff. no clothes though! weird. anyways, today i had my checkup. all went well! 160 heart rate like usual. 8 weeks to go!!

Wednesday, 30 April

34 weeks! i had my second shower last saturday. it went great! i got a lot of the smaller things i needed like clothes and lotions and carriers. so that worked nicely. today i went to the doc and ughhhhh!! they did an u/s and confirmed its still a girl, but sadly she's breech! i have two more weeks and then theyre gonna decide what to do from there. i think i might try the version to get her to move back into the right position! then again c section would be so easy. ugh, i just dont know what to do. im so scared of being numb and not feeling myself breathe during the c section. i dont want to have a huge panic attack on the table. i gained 5 more lbs by the way which brings me to 35 lbs! ugh! thats a lot of weight. oh, the doc said she had a really cute face when she did the u/s! that makes me so excited!! i cant wait to meet her. lastly, we had our childbirth classes yesterday and the day before. we had so much fun! 6 more weeks!

Wednesday, 14 May

36 weeks already! almost full term! i had my 23rd birthday the other day. zach got me a kangaroo care tank top i think its called, and you can hold the baby in there and breastfeed with it. he somehow snuck and bought it when we were having childbirth class. how sweet! he also got me a postnatal massage certificate. my parents got me a prenatal massage certificate and i got it last saturday and it was the best thing ever! great gift! it was also mothers day on sunday and zach took me out to brunch and got me this dress i really wanted. of course it doesnt fit now but eventually it should. my mom got riley and i some flowers and candy which was awesome, too! ive been feeling so ready to have this baby. i had an appt today and found out that shes still breech and her back is in my ribcage! yuck! if she doesnt turn theyre gonna schedule me a c section next week. i hope they do. i just wanna get one and have her easily! im over my c section fear now. everything looked good other than that! ive gained a total of 38lbs. not too bad but i dont wanna go too much farther than that.

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shortstuff - Thursday, 8 May
In my childbirth class yesterday she was talking about where the make the cut. She said it's a bikini cut and most of the time you can't see it after it heals. The good part about a c-section is you can plan it.

shortstuff - Thursday, 8 May
I'm glad you didn't have to deal with the drama of cobra!!! Do they think she will turn soon??? I know they can turn the baby ...but I heard that hurts really bad. I can get comfy at night and if I sit to long my back hurts. My sister says the baby is kicking my a@#!!! It's true sometimes I feel like she beat me up.

mariela14 - Thursday, 8 May
yea..i don't really look like it either. i really don't know where it's all hiding but it's 50 officially as of today

mariela14 - Wednesday, 7 May
lol. it's called the scoop. and i get sprinkles on everything! lately i've been in love with brownie sundaes...Mmmm...with hot fudge and sprinkles too. it's so funny. but then i wonder why i've gained 50 pounds. : (

jillb - Wednesday, 7 May
Yes, this one will be very special :) Of course, my little 4 year old is such a sweet child, seriously. I don't know how this little boy could be any sweeter. I will hope for that :) Congrats on the wedding!! I don't want to get you started :) but have you set the date?

KariLynn - Wednesday, 7 May
Awww I like your new picture by the way :)

KariLynn - Wednesday, 7 May
I too have a bulge, though its on my left side. I feel it almost all the time. I noticed he likes to spend time higher up the last couple of days. I figured I should start feeling him lower about now, but nope. I have to remind him to settle down in there a lot lol. He gets going sometimes lol. When do you have your next u/s? I know I will get one more, but it hasn't been scheduled yet. I finally got an appointment for my pre admit, thats not until the 29th. Its kind of pushing it timewise, but its probably my own fault. Down to 5 weeks. Its so crazy! I can't wait for my baby shower on sunday! The lady who is throwing it for me sent out the invitations and spelled my name wrong lol. When I saw it all i could do was laugh. I have known her very well for a few months. Oh well it really doesn't bother me too much though. I am so excited that I get to have one. It's going to be a bbq and stuff boys included, and they are having games. So excited. Well I should get going but will talk to you again soon :)

azmommytobe - Wednesday, 7 May
Thanks! I will let you know for sure how it went. We are excited, nervous and all the other emotions that come along with it!
I have the same shirt you have on...the yellow one from Target? LMAO

abigailsmommy - Wednesday, 7 May
they did it when i was 37 weeks, so i wasn't in labor. i don't know about you but sometimes when my doc is pressing on my belly a little to find the top of my uterus it kinda feels like a bruise. its that sharp sensitive pain. well my ecv felt like that only about 50 times worse. it took 3 doctors, one to hold her bottom, one to hold her head, and the third to try to maneuver her body around. they pressed on my belly so hard that they got thier hands under her so that they could "get a good grip" so if you could imagine someone basically stabbing you with thier fingers, using a lot of constant pressure, thats what it felt like. they only did it for about 10 minutes because they couldn't get her butt out of my pelvis but i've heard that they can try for a lot longer. it sounds really scary but i really think that if i would have had the epidural, it would have been a walk in the park. i think its totally worth the try. even though mine didn't work, i feel better about having a c-section knowing that i tried every other option first.

shortstuff - Wednesday, 7 May
Hey haven't talk to you in while. How is the cobra working out??? I still HATE mine..can't wait to go on hubby's insurance as soon as the baby is born. How are you feeling??

jcody777 - Wednesday, 7 May
You are SOOOO lucky!! Hopefully your next will be just as easy. But they do say every pregnancy is different!

jillb - Wednesday, 7 May
Yes, I think when it's time to have another one (if you decide to have another), you will miss the baby stuff and want that again. But personally, I don't do well with all the added weight. I had a miscarriage in August, then I had a period and got pregnant again in October. So, this is more precious than ever. But I just don't LOVE being pregnant. This is probably our last :(

jcody777 - Wednesday, 7 May
I had bad heartburn before pregnancy, but I didn't expect this. Last night the acid in my esophagus was so bad, and it totally casued me to start to throw up in my sleep which woke me up. It was gross!!!! I am jealous that you are heartburn free!!
Thanks for the belly comment too!! :) Your belly is adorable also.

jillb - Wednesday, 7 May
Yes, I hear ya. And sometimes, I wait too long to go pee, then when I stand up, it feels like EVERYTHING is going to fall out. My pelvic bone keeps popping when I roll over in bed too. Ahh...will I really miss all this? I don't think so. Is this your first?

mariela14 - Wednesday, 7 May
haha, yes! i'm surrounded by all the hard and soft icecream and any toppings i want every week day! some days it's really bad. but i was good today. i hardly ate any of it. it's tough but i'm done working in another week or two so it'll get better....maybe...or maybe i'll just go every day to get it still

mariela14 - Wednesday, 7 May
haha...nice. try working in an icecream store and being surrounded by the stuff every day!!!

amandakaye - Wednesday, 7 May
Wow, you are the first person to truly understand the pain I am in...I keep wanting to "bang my head against the wall" or punch something. I am miserable. I really hope they can figure something out for me! I am calling first thing tomorow morning. Both my Ob and my dentist to get something figured out! Thanks for the comment, it is good knowing I am not just being a big baby, because everyone acts like "tooth pain, no biggie" but I promise I rather be in labor right now.

jcody777 - Tuesday, 6 May
Yes, but I usually don't listen to my stomach & I over eat.
Today I am trying to be better. I had a really small lunch! Have you noticed the heartburn getting worse? That is what makes eating ANYTHING unbearable for me.

RaynbowMami - Tuesday, 6 May
Thanks doll. My GF's grandmother sells Avon so I'll ask her about it.

abigailsmommy - Tuesday, 6 May
just wanted to give you a tip about having an ecv. if you opt to get it done (which i think is worth a try if you want to avoid a c-section) get the epidural if they offer it to you. no one told me that the procedure was painful so i did it with no medications. it does not feel good at all. i thought it would just be pressure on my belly but its more than that, so definately get any kind of pain medication they offer you if you get it done.

jcody777 - Tuesday, 6 May
Of course I had cheesecake. Chocolate Tuxedo Cream, it was SO choclolatly & GOOD, mmmmm.....

burtonbabe148 - Tuesday, 6 May
Thanks and happy belated birthday to you!!!

burtonbabe148 - Tuesday, 6 May
I know i love the brown and pink combo its so cute!!! You def. have to post pics up I would love to see how yours turns out!

jcody777 - Tuesday, 6 May
lol, I have been eating a lot of junk for the last week and a half or so. Part because of my b-day, and part becasue of my shower. NOW I AM DONE WITH THE JUNK for at least the next week.
I had the cheesecake factory for my b-day, it was SOOO good!! :)
What did you have for your b-day?

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