marjay100
	Age: 28 Country: Province/region: City: Partner: Jun my Love Children: Yes, 2 Pregnant: Not anymore Occupation: Administration
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Welcome to my pregnancy page :-). My name is Mari and I'm very happily married to the most wonderful man in my world. We've been married for 10 yrs. He's an elevator consructor and I work with inner city foster children and families at risk of losing their children to the foster care system (very stressful & rewarding), when you know you're helping families in need.

We are expecting our second child in early August 2008. We were blessed with our son Jayden who was born about a month after 9/11 right in NYC. We're both from New York City and love it! There's no place like it. But, you can imagine the nightmares I had once I viewed LIVE the Twin Towers being hit by airplanes.

We've decided to wait until the birth to find out the sex of the baby, it'll add so much more excitement to this journey. With Jayden we knew we were having a baby boy and the excitement was amazing, so I can only imagine being surprised when this baby's born!

Saturday, 29 Dec

Wow my belly is growing quickly...so different from my first pregnancy. I guess that `s why i `m feeling those cramps!

Friday, 4 Jan

Well, yesterday I saw my ob/gyn for my 1st doc `s appt. I had to have a pap done since she `ll be my new doc and needs to add this to my file. It went by really quickly and she did warn me about some spotting due to the harsh brushing for the pap, but it `s a day later and i `m still having the brown spotting...i `m a little worried but hopefully it goes away by the end of this weekend.

Thursday, 10 Jan

Wow, week 10, I can `t believe it! I `m excited, scared about getting another episiotomy it terrifies me! I `m finally having another ultrasound on Feb 1st, can `t wait to see my baby finally, since the last time I had gone for an u/s he/she was sooo tiny. I `m hoping to see him/her moving around. I `ve been cramping on and off still and my baby bump is continuing to grow quickly. This week I haven `t been feeling well at all, with really bad migrane headaches! I go to work and wish I was home resting some more. I `ll just keep praying for the strength I need to continue with the busy life I have and for my baby to be healthy & strong.

Tuesday, 22 Jan

I `m getting anxious waiting for my next ultrasound. I want to finally see the baby moving or the heartbeat, or something!! I `m still sleeping on my belly, I hope that doesn `t squash the baby, but it `s sooo comfy for me. 2 weeks is what I have b4 my doc `s appt, it seems like forever. I `m so glad Jun & I have already picked out names for a boy or girl, so that `s out of the way. Now I `m just searching for eco-friendly diapers. I `m so excited but still can `t really believe how my belly is growing with this little human inside me! I `m feeling like pregnant women should rest, rest, rest, without so much work, work, work. I just graduated so I `m happy about that and I `m still working full-time, and caring for my man, son and home! Ugh, so much to do and such little rest is no good!

Monday, 28 Jan

I `m starting to feel a little bit better, my breasts are still soar and the heartburn is bad at times but i `m definitely sleeping better and not getting as many migranes, thank GOD. I `m going on 13 weeks soon, I can `t believe it! Hardly anyone has even noticed i `m pregnant, which is great. I `ll be showing soon, and then all the questions will start popping up at work. Jun wants to know what we `re having, he says with all this new technology how could we not find out?! :-) I think I `ll ask the doc to put the sex of the baby in an envelope and see what happens from there. I `m fine with being surprised during the birth, but I can also imagine having fun shopping & being prepared with either boy clothes or girl outfits for the summer. I `m thinkin about it. If we have a boy we decided to name him Eleazar Maxwell and if it `s a girl we `ll name her Mikaela Zylira. I layed in bed with my baby Jayden and my husband and gave them the names I thought were good and they both agreed, finally, since I had other names for boys that my husband didn `t really like. So now we `ll wait and see if Eleazar or Mikaela are doing ok this Friday, when I go in for my 2nd u/s. My son will go with me, I hope all goes well, he will be very excited! Can `t wait****

Monday, 4 Feb

I had my 1st Trimester u/s this past Friday, and I am so delighted to know that I finally saw my baby. He/she looked confortable laying on its side facing outward, I could see it staying still until the nurse started shaking my belly like crazy, so the baby could switch positions to its back to measure the neck for downsyndrome, finally after many shakes, the baby moved on its back and extended its little arm and hand to touch its mouth, I was so happy to see this, it was so cute. I `m glad the nurse printed out about 9 images for me to take. It was awsome.

Monday, 11 Feb

Thursday, February 8th, I had a docs appointment and got the good news that the D/S measurement came back normal and I heard the baby `s heartbeat which was awsome beating quickly. I `m feeling him/her move around more often too. Wow, I think I `m really going to give in and find out what i `m having. I was surfing through the web and saw so many cute onesies for boys and girls! I may just find out next month...

Thursday, 21 Feb

I keep wondering what the baby is. I `ve seen such cute girl things and I have really cute boy clothes and toys that belonged to my son! I `m anxious now & i `m ready to start purchasing baby stuff. Time is flying by soooo quickly it `s unbelievable. My next ultrasound is on Friday, March 21 (a month from now) I should definitely know by then. I `m encouraging Jun to leave work early and come with me to my appointment, he `s so responsible and such a workaholic he was never able to accompany me to the doc when I was pregnant with Jayden. Hopefully he `ll make it that day. I `m so scared of the heat when my belly gets big. My hands and feet swelled up so much for my first during the summer it was extremely uncomfortable doing the penguin walk with the huge belly I might end up with again and having to come in to work! I hope it isn `t as bad as i `m imagining it. I `m afraid my belly will bump against the steering wheel when I drive and if I move the seat back my foot won `t reach the pedal :-) i `m driving myself nuts with these thoughts & trying to think of solutions for them ahead of time!

Saturday, 8 Mar

So yesterday I went to my most recent doc `s visit. I heard the baby `s heartbeat again (how beautiful) and it was in the 140 `s bpm. The doc said that `s normal since it can range from 120 to 170 bpm. More blood was drawn to check for other abnormalities. I `m glad the previous tests came back negative. Now I can `t wait to see this little one again on the 21st! I keep getting the wierd question from other people about twins, I have no twins in my family, only one baby showed up on the u/s monitor, and my belly isn `t huge. I don `t know where they `re getting this from...watching too much tv I guess with the recent JLo twins:-)Anyhow, I `m feeling terrible! I have a bad cold and feel like I cannot breathe! I `ve been feeling like this since Monday but it `s Friday now and I `m so much worse. I can `t believe I made through another busy work week!

Wednesday, 19 Mar

Just 2 days left to see my little baby again! I can `t wait for hubby to be there with me and see the baby for the 1st time on the u/s machine. We `re very much looking forward to it! I want to start shopping for baby, but will wait until after the appointment this Friday!

Monday, 24 Mar

After such a long wait we all finally saw the baby again! My baby Jayden was allowed to enter the room with my husband and we all saw the movements. I told the nurse we didn `t know what we were having and would like to find out...so she checked and all I saw was 2 little legs upside down. She looked at my son and said, `it `s a sister! ` I couldn `t believe what I was hearing! Wow a little girl...everyone was right about that, my husband was so happy and kept asking if it was a definite, and the nurse said yes, yes, yes no doubt she `s a girl! I can `t wait to go shopping! What worries me is the doctors keep saying everything looks good so far but we could never say nothing falls between the cracks! Like, what does that mean? I `m worried from the comment that doc made and my doc made previousely as well. I `m freaking out here because of that. The nurse did say everything is good & not to worry, but with those comments...I don `t know. She weighs 13oz. so she `s pretty big. All I can do is pray, I `ll ask my doc at my next appointment if they usually tell all mothers that they can `t guarantee a good ending. This didn `t happen to me with my son, so it `s awkward and worrisome.