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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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mplsmama - Tuesday, 15 April
Hey, sounds like you had an awesome shower & got some great stuff! Even some "big-ticket" items... that's gotta be really helpful.
It's funny about your comment about the pic... I know, I remember thinking how sad I was that I wasn't showing, now I'm like OMG stop growing already! I swear most of my maternity clothes are size large, and I was medium pre-pregnancy, and I'm growing out of the larges! Freaking scary! I absoultely refuse to buy new ones at this point too.
Also, I know how much cobra sucks b/c I had to do it before too... if it makes you feel any better, my husband is a teacher & you know how everyone says teachers have such great benefits? Well they DON'T!!! Guess how much it was going to be to add me onto his health insurance? $66O per month!!! Can you believe that? What a joke. It seriously is going to probably force me to work b/c his insurance is such a joke. Even Cobra is cheaper than his so-called "great benefits." Ooohh, don't even get me going on the subject. Did you ever see Michael Moore's movie "Sicko?" Really makes you think about how big of a mess our healthcare system is...

jess84 - Tuesday, 15 April
Sorry to hear your other half is being a pain in the rear. My husband seems to forget we need to buy baby stuff and keeps ordering tools from work ect... and seems to not stop. He also chews and i have been getting on him about slowing it down. Im afraid i will want to start smoking after the baby is born if he is getting his tobacco fix. Men are so annoying!

Megan-Danielle - Monday, 14 April
Your background makes me want sherbert!

I hate that you have to use COBRA, they are horrible. I had to use them for just the month of January & I'm still having issues with them & they are just ridiculously expensive. Good luck with that!

cali.momma - Monday, 14 April
we moved the end of febuary, and now were moving yet again. we just finished unpacking, now were packing again. ugh. shoot me now lol. we have SO much junk! its disgusting. lol

BunInOven21 - Monday, 14 April
hey...looks like were in the same boat...i want my little one out in may lol...i cant wait any longer!! june is to far for me lol...btw i live in Canada...and the weather sucks...its just starting to get nice out, but still a little bit chilly...did you think i was from Cali?? cause there isnt really beaches here...well there is but not like the ones in Cali...or florida lol

cali.momma - Monday, 14 April
no :[ we cant really set anything up. 1) we have to share a room with her, and 2) were moving june 1st. so were using a playard for a couple weeks, then setting up the crib. we have everything, but still in the boxes

BunInOven21 - Monday, 14 April
looks like your delivering the day before me! thats awesome...good luck with everything!

BunInOven21 - Monday, 14 April

mplsmama - Monday, 14 April
Hey, I saw your post about having your baby shower -- how fun! Sounds like you got a lot of awesome stuff. Really makes things feel real, doesn't it? Have fun putting the nursery together... we're slowly but surely getting it put together and it's so fun. I love walking in there & picturing our little one in there. Hope you're well...

cali.momma - Monday, 14 April
heh the "olivia" pattern by target is so cute :] its funny, before i knew that existed, i started getting everything pink and brown, and her names olivia. kinda weird lol

newmommac - Friday, 11 April
Thank you for the nursery comment, and congrats on your pregnancy :)

KariLynn - Friday, 11 April
*HUGS* I need one too! Did things go ok, I think you may have posted the message last night!

amberizzle - Thursday, 10 April
Do you know where I could get more info on the Daddy Boot Camp class? I can't seem to find anything online.

KariLynn - Wednesday, 9 April
Hey :) I am glad you got your stuff moved in. At least unpacking can be done at a bit of a slower pace. Don't overdue it though. I would hate for you to get hurt. I notice that I get sore real easy. And feel like I never get enough sleep even though I go to bed real early. Sorry to hear that you were so sick. That doesn't sound like fun at all!. I had that, not as bad, was in the bathroom like 5 times during one night. Just came out the other end than yours did. Sorry if tmi lol. There is a nasty bug going around though. Ugh. I am so tired. I am having problems with my boyfriend, and am on the verge of calling it quits with him. It is so stressful. I really don't want to raise this baby by myself, especially since I have no family near. I wish he would just grow up! Well I should get going. I don't get online as much as I would like. When I don't I really miss the site. Oh well. Well you have a good night. Oh did you have a nice vacation?? I would love to get away!! Well talk to you soon :)

wowwowmomma - Tuesday, 8 April
Hi knockoutmom. I have to say. I also get the BHC all the time. They take my breath away. Used to love them but they are getting a bit annoying. I can't get up in the mornings to go to work but I can't sleep propperly at night. Weird. So good to know we are not so far away from giving birth. Feels like I'm complaining all the time. good luck.

HillaryB - Tuesday, 8 April
Hello, I just wanted to let you know that my nursery isn't done either! It's a major disaster here.We do have some really nice furniture in layaway.(thats the problem) I told him i wasn't coming home after delivery if the nursery isn't done. To make matters worse,I'm on "light duty" so I can't really help! I have also been getting braxton hicks.they are painless,but I panic .(I don't have any biological children) so I've never been through this before.My doc told me as long as I don't get more than 4 in an hour / for 2 hours straight.

mplsmama - Tuesday, 8 April
Hey girl! Good to hear from you! So sorry to hear you haven't been feeling well, that sucks! I had a bout of the stomach flu or something a few mos ago too and it is soooo scary when you're pg! How's your new place? Do you like it? Do you have more room?
I'm doing well. Actually had to go to maternal assessment today b/c I swore my baby wasn't moving as much for the past 2 days... even after I had a little coffee... it really freaked me out! But they monitored the heartbeat for about 2O minutes & it was totally normal so they sent me home, thank God! They were really nice about having me come in. Of course now it's kicking like crazy again. What a little feisty one!
Did you ever hear about the GD test?

jcody777 - Tuesday, 8 April
lol, makes me want to stay away too..

jcody777 - Monday, 7 April
I'll bet it is the guacamole, (From the 7 layer burrito) I have heard of other people getting food poisoning from fast food chains having guaq!

jcody777 - Monday, 7 April
Glad to hear you have not heard anything about the GD test!! My doc tells me no news is good news! They only call you if something is wrong with any of the tests you take! It is also great that you are feeling better!! I do too, so I don't know what was up with me. Just for 2-3 days I felt like puking, with no other symptoms. WEIRD... How is your new house/condo? I am SOOO ready to move out of my mother in laws house, but I know I can't until me & my husband's business is more successful!! P.S What did you eat at Taco Bell that made you sick? I just had Taco Bell Bean Burritos this weekend...

KariLynn - Saturday, 5 April
Hey there how are things goin?? I haven't been on in quite a while, oops. I finally made it to BR and had myself an oreo sundae :) It was sooo good. How is the moving going? 30 weeks!! Its all so crazy. I am slowly getting ready! But thats very slowly. I just try to get a few things every paycheck, then it won't all add up on me at once. I am not the shopping kind, but really love shopping for the baby. I still want to find the perfect outfit to bring him home in, but I haven't yet. It is snowing here AGAIN!!! We are looking at 4-6 inches by the end of the day, I wish I could just send it to NC and get rid of it lol. Bring on the nice temps. Well I am going to get back to work. Just thought I would say hi :) Have a good one and I will talk to you soon!!

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