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 | Age: 39 Country: US Province/region: California City: Redding Partner: hubby TJ Children: Yes, 2 Pregnant: Yes Due date: 31 Oct ,2008 Occupation: |
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My name is Lori & I am 39 years old and married to the most wonderful man in the world. We are currently in the process of having our third child. We have a beautiful daughter named Samantha who just turned 18 years old and a wonderful son named Chad who is in Heaven. He would be 8 years old this year, but passed away at the age of 5 from complications due to leukemia. He has taught us more about love, patience and strength in his short five years then someone could teach in a lifetime.
We didn't expect to have anymore children especially since Sami is 18 and graduating high school this year! But we are very excited and can't wait to hold our little one!
May 16th
I am 16 weeks 6 days today. My doctor appt this morning was dissapointing to say the least. They seemed so busy and rushed me through. I have a whole month to think up questions and it seems that today just didn't go as planned. My previous appts have always been so good so this was not fun! :) The heartbeat was 152 and very strong which made me happy. Doc said that my uterus was 2" bigger than he thought it would be at this point and it could be attributed to my fibroid...I wanted to ask more questions, but as I said, I didn't. I hate when I do that in an appt. I forget to ask questions while I'm in there. I also asked if I could schedule my CSection for before the 21st of October since my daughter starts College on that day and I don't want her to miss it or school...He said no. the soonest he would take the baby is the 24th unless I have an amnio to show lung development. I totally understand, but it's frustrating! He said that my ultrasound next week may move the due date up or I may go into labor early and of course that would move it up as well! I only hope for a healthy baby. Everything else will fall into place. I am just very hormonal today I think! I want it to go my way! ha Oh, and I'm a little freaked out over this fibroid thing...so if it is growing too, will it harm the baby and what the heck do I have a fibroid for? I know I'm old (39), but I never knew I had one. I hope it turns out okay. I really don't think I could handle the drama of losing this baby. It is so wanted and loved already...After losing my little Chad 3 years ago, I really need to be a mom again. Sami is 18 and I don't see her moving out anytime soon, but still, she is independent and grown up. Chad was five when he passed away and our family isn't completely over the pain of cancer and the devastation it has caused. I miss him terribly and especially lately. He would have been a wonderful big brother. Well, next week, I have my level 2! Hope this little peppercorn is a flasher so we can find out what we are having! :)
May 30th
It's a boy! I had my level 2 yesterday...everything turned out great! I was so nervous about the baby's health due to my last child having Down Syndrome, the heart defect and then leukemia. I was over the top nervous. But there were no markers at all for anything and the baby checked out perfect and my due date didn't change even a day! HA I was hoping for moving it up a week or so. My oldest starts college on Oct 21st. I have to have a CSection and the doc won't take it any sooner than a week early. So that makes the 24th. I was hoping it would be before school starts so she wouldn't miss school. She said there is no way she will miss the baby...She is so excited! So, anyway, this ultrasound was so awesome. I got to see him do somersaults, I saw his fingers, toes, ears, little pug nose...I saw it all! The pics are great and I will post them tomorow. I even saw his little brain and his carotid arteries, kidneys, holy moly they looked at it all and measured every little thing. Very nice tech and such a great experience. I love looking at the pictures and I feel even closer to him now that I feel like I've actually seen him! :) I'm even more in love now. Now to pick out a name......:) My husband is over the moon and we can't decide!
June 20th I haven't updated this in a long time! I have been feeling so good! My last doc appt was two days ago and they said that I only gained one pound since last month! So, since I lost 4 then gained 5, I only weigh one pound more than when I started! That is so unlike me it is wierd! I gained 45 with my first and 50 with my second. I lost the weight both times, but maybe it is because I am about 20 pounds overweight I haven't gained as much.....not sure, but I am walking a TON. An hour in the morning and an hour at night every day so I'm sure that helps. Plus eating right and giving up my wine :( I can't wait to enjoy a nice glass of red next year! The baby is moving like crazy and kicking like a champion! My hubby and daughter have felt a few, but not super strong for them. For me though!! It is so hot here! The last two days are up in the 100 degree marks and this is the first summer pregnancy I have had to edure. My last two were in the cool weather during most of it. So, that isn't fun. Thank goodness for airconditioning!
I AM SO EXCITED AND CAN'T WAIT TO HOLD MY LITTLE SON!!!
August 31st
I haven't updated in awhile...I have had another level two and all looked good. Just double checking! I still worry and won't feel safe until I am holding him in my arms. I am only up to about a 9 pound weight gain, but I walking so slow and getting leg cramps all the time. At the glucose test (which I passed) I found out I was extremely anemic. The doc wanted me to take more iron. uggggggh Last week, my hands and feet started itching so bad that I couldn't take it! I couldn't sleep and my hands were "on fire". The doc said it could be an allergic reaction or it could be from my iron problem. After a week it seems better either way. My baby is moving like crazy! Mostly rolls and pushes since I am sure he is running out of room! The Csection has been scheduled for October 24th. So that will be Griffin's Birthday! Mine is the 22nd, and I was hoping for that day, but the doc said that one week was the soonest he would push it up. What's another two days I say, but oh well...maybe I'll go into labor early and then Griffin will decide when he is coming instead of all of us! My daughter was born on her due date and my first son was born two weeks early or so. You never know!!
My shower is scheduled for September 21st. Even though I hate those things, my daughter and mother-in-law are insisting and to be honest...after my son passed away, I really didn't think we would have any more, so I gave it all away to friends. I am excited to see all my friends and play with all the little tiny things. It just makes it a step closer to the big day. Sami (my daughter) is so excited! She talks to him every day and wants to rub my belly so he kicks her!
September 25th
My shower was a huge success and more fun than I thought. I hate being the center of attention at those kind of things, but everyone kept telling me how excited they were for me and how great I looked, so it was nice. I know they were probably just saying that, but that's okay, I enjoyed it! HA I received almost everything I needed. There were over 40 people there and I didn't even send out that many invitations. To think, some of them crashed my shower! How funny is that.
Tomorrow is my last day of work and I am out on leave. I have three weeks of no work before the csection is scheduled, so maybe I will have a chance to do my nesting I have wanted to do for a while now! My Braxton Hicks are getting stronger every day so I hope I have at least a week before I possibly go into labor. The Csection is scheduled for Oct 24th, so technically I have a month, but I just think I will go sooner. We'll see!
Sami packed the diaper bag for the baby and put together everything from the shower and put away all the little clothes, blankets, etc She is very excited for her little brother! I just have to put together my bag. I want to buy new jammies because I know after a Csection, your tummy stays kinda big because of the trauma and the air etc I just don't want something tight to make me look like I'm still pregnant! How vain is that! Oh well.
Last night TJ told me that he hopes Griffin comes early because he is getting excited to meet him. I have to say that is the sweetest thing he has said since I have became pregnant. He has been so nervous and anxious about this pregnancy that he has not been very vocal of his feelings...After losing our last child to cancer at such a young age of 5, we really are scared, especially him. He misses our son very much. I do too. Also, having a teenage daughter is hard for him, as it is for most fathers probably. I have such a good relationship with her, but it is hard for him to see her grow up, have a serious boyfriend and all the other things that come along with growing up and becoming a young woman. He is going gray fast!
Wish me luck everyone! We are so excited, but having an adult child (18) and a newborn at the same time...How wierd is that? And how wonderful! :) I just can't believe that I had our first child at 21 years old, our second at 31 years old and now our third at 40. TJ said absolutely NO at having one at 50! HAHAHA
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marsup - Tuesday, 30 September
wow, kids can be so selfish. Don't worry, its her age, and she a female, we all have our days. I've been a real crabass myself lately. I finally came out with what was bugging me and things are getting better, but I am still a crabass at the drop of a hat. I haven't been sleeping well. That's probably part of it. HAve you been able to sleep?
I have been good other than that. Tired, crabby, but then I feel this little one moving around, and I get happy and excited to see her again.. its a rollercoaster! That and the peeing, I can't laugh without having to change my underware! SO SUper annoying!!
ashleyy - Tuesday, 30 September
Im soo jealous i dont leave til next week. I feel like i need to be here thou! I know im weird. I only have to return one thing that was the exact same thing, it was a swaddle thingy i got two of them a pink and white one so im going to keep the pink one! We are going to get are stroller probably this week! we got a few gift cards so that will help out! Yah i have to talk with the hospital on friday and see what kind of internet service they have so i can do school work and talk with my mom. I know my cell doesnt get really good service in there like at all. My mom wont be able to come up afterwards either, but we will be going home in December so it will be okay not far away from then, and my dad gets back from iraq then so she can come up whenever now that he will be back. Sorry the wedding was a waste of time. I hope your enjoying not doing anything! But i bet you feel like you need to do something i know i will be that way!lol Scary how close we are getting!
ashleyy - Sunday, 28 September
Im jealous! You lucky butt! I wont be leaving til almost 37 wks preggo. I feel like i need to get work done, so when days are slow before im on full time maternity leave i will just go home early. Im trying not to do too much but i cant help it! I had my baby shower yesterday it was alot of fun and it was so nice to get things from everyone, just wish they would have looked at the registry!! Thanks, im sad too but im getting over it, im thinking about trying webcam like this program called skype which is free where we can talk for free! Well good to know you dont have bacteria in the vagina!haha Hope you enjoyed the wedding, i know we are at the point where nothing looks cute anymore just huge! Sorry your cervix isnt doing anything i assume it will sometime hopefully soon before your schedule c-section!
marsup - Friday, 26 September
That's funny about the shower, I forgot I had to do a thank you for coming speach! GULP!! haha
YAY! FOr no work and nesting! I have 5 weeks left. Its ok, it makes the time go by. I have to pee all the time, even when I just got done peeing. Its really annoying, and I pee when I laugh, I pee when I cough, I pee when I stand up. I wear pantie liners all the time now just to keep dry.
My braxton hicks are not strong, and only a few times a day. I know you were having them early and strong, they are back huh? How much longer do you have? We are almost there! SO excting!!
vanessag7 - Wednesday, 24 September
She was up and mobile last night, I have a mid wife appointment today so that will reassure me. How horrid to think your bills had not ben paid, not to mention having it disconnected.
My placenta is high so they say it might muffle her movements as she is hitting placenta. I'm not sure so I will just go with what they say
vanessag7 - Wednesday, 24 September
I get the same cramp in the same leg!!!! Triplet is fine with me but I think your Mom would have objected to that
I'm still having issues here at work but it would appear my assistant has seen the error of his ways and has apologised for his prsonal attack on me. Thank god. I might actually have the last 9 days of work peaceful
marsup - Tuesday, 23 September
FOUR weeks! How exciting!! Good job on the minimal weight gain, I am up to about 23lbs.
I had the GD under control for about a week, now its just like all over the place again. I think they are going to put me on insulin when I fax my readings over. The Dr. says the baby is measuring normal right now, and at 39 weeks he'll do a sonogram to make sure. I'm like "39 WEEKS!" why wait!! I hoped 38 or so maybe 37, that way if she's big we can take her out at 38. But, that's what he said,... so we'll see.
Its nice you had such a good shower. I am so afraid mine will be a flop. I don't know why. My sister is in New Jersey plannig it.. I live in ny, my other sister is 19 and has no idea what to do, and my mom is going to do the cooking. Did you have yours at a house or out?
I hope mine is as nice! Not that it matters, anything is appreciated, I just want to know the guests are comfortable and people show up. I guess I have a hard time letting go, and just letting them do what they are going to to. I'm not used to being the focus of the party, I am usually the planner!Well, hang in there, and enjoy these lat weeks, it is a nice time in our lives isn't it!?
ashleyy - Tuesday, 23 September
Yah i dropped like a few weeks ago!lol I assume that still doesnt mean anything. I dont have a feeling of going early more of like a want to go early!haha I think once im working at home i will feel fine to wait longer! Well thats nice of you to let him go out on the weekend and kick back. I let brett do the same but right now im like you need to take advantage of our alone time but he is so set that we will get time alone when Jori is here and im like your mom will only be up her for two months! Yah it looks slim to none that my mom is coming cause she cant find anyone to watch my brothers and her money situation. So im thinking of talking to her through webcam so she can see me and we can talk and she can coach me and just be there even thou its not physically. I feel bad thou cause my mother in law will be her and she is probably sad and can tell that i want my mom here like i want her there to but she isnt my mom. I treat her like my mom thou but she still doesnt have that bond i have with mine! Anyways yah a little teary eyed on that one! Thats awesome you have the house remodeled and everything! Yah i get the same feeling of like i wetted but i didnt. I think Jori is getting into my ribs which is wierd cause i know she dropped i think its cause the way i sleep you know on our sides and maybe the pressure of my rib i dont even know! I have my 36 wk appt next week there doing that strep b test or whatever to make sure i dont have some bacteria in my vagina or something crazy like that! Hope your feeling good and ready!
vanessag7 - Monday, 22 September
We do have baby showers but I didnt have one, all of my firends are either overseas or have new borns themselves. I'm not fussed though, I knew no one would throw me one anyway.
Wow, a car seat, they are expensive and what great help to you.
Thats is so funny, we have so many similarities in life as well as just persoanlly, you could be my twin ha ha ha.
Yes, I have given up on caring to be frank and he can mess up all the likes. The fact is he isnt cut for the job and the more I cover him the worse it is in the long run. He will have to do on his own and make and clean his own messes. I cleaned out my desk on thursday after the rudeness so I'm ready and I did ask if they wanted me to leave a week early but they said no.
I have horrid sharp pains down below that come and go and I keep getting hot and pins and needles in my fingers. Not long to go thank goodness.
vanessag7 - Monday, 22 September
How are you and Griffin going? Anastasia has had two quiet days and I'm starting to worry
ashleyy - Monday, 22 September
Your probably at work right now too!haha Im leaving the next week after you leave work. I want to be close to 37 weeks cause i dont know i just feel guilty for leaving. Thats awesome you had such a successful shower!!! Mine is this coming saturday and i hope its alot of fun! And i hope at least 20 come! I invited like 25! Yah i have seen those cute little diaper cakes! Yah i think im a pretty nice wife! haha I just wish he was just as enthusiatic about birthdays as i am. Im all for that special day for everyone and i like to make them feel special. I rant and raved already about how he got my a wii game for my bday and im giving him a huge present im like come on now, he better realize he owes me!haha Wow 6 weeks left well less for you i wish i knew when i was having my little one, i dont think my mom is coming which makes me really sad but i will pray about it maybe God will make a way!haha Hope your feeling good
marsup - Saturday, 20 September
Hola! no, I didn't get it! Eric was dying to see the pic too! How have you been? I have GD, but its ok, its keeping my weight under control.
Are you having a shower? How many weeks are left for you>?
ashleyy - Friday, 19 September
yah I think im leaving work like the 2nd week of october! Im eating frosting rightn now, very bad of me thats for sure i havent done this since high school! haha Wow 44 people thats alot i will be lucky to have 20, im very fortunate of that because my family is back home so having 20 friends makes me feel good! Thats wonderful your so close with your sister, im that close with my mom who is like a sister since i dont have one!lol Thats awesome you got your car seat! Thats great lil griffin is moving alot jori is having her moments but i think she is getting so big she is giving up! haha So bretts bday is in November so i planned on flying him to Washington to see Metallica and so i tell one of his good friends who lives up here and he says ACDC is playing the night before in Washington. So YAY for Bretts bday he is going to two awesome concerts for his birthday with his good friend and he is going to do a guys thing in Washington. I know it will be hard for him to leave our newborn but he will be fine its only for a weekend i think its like Nov 30th-Dec2nd. Anyways wanted to tell you for some reason! haha
vanessag7 - Thursday, 18 September
I only get the shivers now and then also. They are freaky though when you get them I know. I even called my midwives I was that concerned about them.
Thats funny, Tim has taken to leaving the room and sleeping on the couch, obviously I dont chase him and beg his return ha ha ha.
I had a very similar day, my assistant cried again as he says I undermined his confidence, Ha ha ha. Such a little girl he is and yes, he is gay.
He is on a power trip so I let him go on one, I'm only here for anotehr 2 weeks and if he wants to be responsable for stuffing up a 1.65 million sale coz he shoots off at the mouth when he knows nothing he can pay ii when we gets sued. I'm hormonal as well and h is messing with my fav landlords but I have been told by the boss to let him learn from his mistakes so that what I'm doing so I'm now sitting here for the next two weeks palying solitaire ha ha ha
beth0928 - Thursday, 18 September
Yes he did good to us but you know how men are, they didnt win the whole tourney so he doesnt think they did good.LOL! Well good luck on your baby shower, mine is the 28th which is also my b'day.But I know what you mean i will be glad when it is over with!
beth0928 - Tuesday, 16 September
Well im back from Orlando! It wasnt as bad as I thought it was going to be but Im still very tired. The drive was long. They placed 33 out of 208. So they didnt do too bad. But I know he was very disappointed that they didnt win. But anyway how are you doing? How did your weekend go?
vanessag7 - Monday, 15 September
Thats the stuff, thats the word we use for any sort of that grass, just my Dad is a landscape gardener so I know all the grass species. might win trivial pursuit with such usless information one day ha ha ha.
Tim slept on the sofa last night, your going to love this.
He says to me "I need uninterupted sleep, you dont understand"
Poor Tim, I'm not needing any sleep with working full time and having Anastasia take all of my energy and nutrients in growing do I?
So selfish men are and they are totlly clueless. I said to him "well, between your snoring, her kicking and me being your maid as well as working full time I have a lot of energy spare as I have a lot of sleep".
Men!!!!!!
I get those shivers also and thought she might be epileptic, no word of a lie. It feels like she is having a fit. I'm so pleased you mentioned that as its not only me and now not only you so being two of us we can chalk it down to normal.
ashleyy - Monday, 15 September
HAHA! Im glad im not the only one to post at work! Yah i got here this morning and was like ugh i hate this place and these old people and military people im just hateful lately! Glad you thought of me when you peed a little! haha Yah i feel yah its like your doing all the work and people still expect it from you even thou its soo much more a challenge now! I hope your conference call was fun telling them all your done and need to leave now before you hurt someone! haha
ashleyy - Monday, 15 September
yah i think the belt will help with bladder pressure cause it has helped with mine. I peed myself today (i wasnt wearing the belt) i came in after i checked the mail and i was like okay i have to pee and the bathroom was like three steps away and i started peeing i cried! I went and changed and told brett im never getting pregnant again i dont like this and i want it to be over with! Yep hormones are really coming around arent they? aw hiccups are soo annoying at first they were cute but now that she has them like twice a day im like quit!! Glad im not the only one on the verge off yelling at everyone at work!haha Yah i think im going to leave the 2nd week of october cause my hormones are in over drive! Hope you had a good weekend!
vanessag7 - Sunday, 14 September
Apparently its safe for use during 2nd stage labour. I weeded the entire back yard garden section which was tough as itsall buffalo grass in there with really deep and strong roots but its done and it looks so much better, plus the plants dont have to compete with the grass for water and nutrients now and its my vege patch so I put in some lettuce and tomatoes and cucumber for summer salads.
Hiccups are so cute arent they. Anasatasia has been very still all weekend but I have had a few good kicks this morning thank goodness. I called the midwives I was that concerned about it. Now she is making up for lost time he he he
ashleyy - Saturday, 13 September
Yah i soo understand about the kids moving all the time! When i read a book i put it on my belly and she tries to kick it off like all the time and im like stop little one im trying to focus on reading!haha And her hiccups kind of annoy me to cause they last for awhile and so repetitive! I think its cause we are pregnant and wanting this to end things are getting to us easier!haha I almost ripped apart one of my co workers on thursday cause he kept bugging me. I think working from home is going to start early! HAHA
I think the maternity belt helps cause it pushes up your belly so gets the pressure off of your bladder and ovaries! That sucks your getting cramps in your legs your probably getting that siatic nerve thing! I get the same kind of cramps in my stomach which i think it means we are both over doing are fair share of movement! I cant believe we are 33 weeks!! Sheesh only 7 weeks left hopefully earlier!haha mamabear36 - Saturday, 13 September
Hey little lady! How has everything been? I hope you are good! Im 32 weeks today, I can't believe it! This is going so fast!!!! I cant wait until my little baby is finally here though...and he is safe in my arms!!
Anyway I will ttys!
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