I am pregnant with my first baby. My hubby and I have been together 15 years. We started trying to coneive earlier this year...We thought it took forever, but I am now learning that 5 months is quick! I am currently 11 weeks pregnant. We have had several Ultrasounds...I am learning that my Doctor loves to give them. (AWESOME). We just had one yesterday and the baby was very active, my doctor said I should be able to feel him/her soon. She set up another ultrasound next week so we can hear the heartbeat...we can see it and it is fast and beautiful...Now we just want to hear it!!! It will be the best Birthday present ever...to hear my babys heartbeat!! I turn 30 next week!!! OMG!
I can not wait to meet this lil one; we have waited a long time for this!!!
Saturday, 10 Nov
Let's see... I am now 16 weeks preggo...And really starting to show. Actually I don't think I can hide it. It is very exciting and scary at the same time. I was on bed rest for 2 weeks due to a low lying placenta. That has now fixed itself. This coming Monday I have my AFP test. I am bit nervous for that...and very anxious to get the test results back. At my 15 week scan my Perinatal Specialist noted an Echongenic Bowel with the baby. This is most likely caused by my bleeding from the low-lying placenta. (The baby swallows the blood and it show brigt on the scan)...It is also a marker for Downs. So, my hubby and I are obviously nervous. I am feeling very good. I get tired if I over do it, and I have terrible heartburn. I will follow up back up soon!!
Friday, 16 Nov
*Sigh* I got the call from the Dr's office that I have been waiting for all week. My AFP test has come back NEGATIVE for Downs or Spinal Bifida. I cried as soon as I heard the goods news. The marker for the echogenic bowel really had me so scared... I am 17 weeks today!!
Sunday, 25 Nov
Well today I am 18 weeks. I have felt a few flutters at night, and I thought I felt a thud the other night when I woke up to go potty----been doing that at least twice a night! I have been feeling good...and of course still get tired pretty quickly. I a little nervous about weight gain, my Dr was not happy about me putting on 8lbs so far...ugh...but I am trying to be more active. I am sure being on bed rest for 2 weeks didnt help my metabloism. We have another Dr appt on the 6th with the perinatal specialist and than an OBGYN appt on the 10th. Can't wait to see our little girl again!!!
Tuesday, Jan 29
HOW FAR ALONG ARE YOU? 27 Weeks
ARE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE? Yes!! I have been on bed rest for 8 weeks...I am sore and achy!! But love it!!
DO YOU THINK YOU LOOK BIG? Hubby just told me this morning that my belly popped even bigger overnight....which would explain all the stretching and pulling I felt.
ANY STRETCHMARKS? I had some strecth marks before being preggo...but I think I just found a few new ones below my belly button...not too bad.
HAVE YOU STARTED THE BABYS ROOM? YES!! We finished the floors this weekend, walls are painted, crib done, bedding done....waiting on changing table...and than time to decorate!!
ARE YOU WITH THE BABYS DADDY? Yes, we have been together 15 years....Married 5
DO YOU HAVE YOUR OWN PLACE OR LIVE WITH PARENTS? We have been living together for 12 years, we just bought our first house...eekk we found out we were preggo 2 days before closing LOL
WHATS YOUR BIRTH PLAN? Bring on the meds!! I want to be relaxed and happy when I meet my baby for the first time!!
WHOS YOUR BIRTHING PARTNER/S? My hubby!!!
HAVE YOU PACKED YOUR BAG FOR THE HOSPITAL YET? Just started making a list...I think we will do this weekend.
SMOOTH PREGNANCY OR TOUGH? Tough. I have been on bed rest 8 weeks straight and a total of 11 weeks. I have 7 more weeks of bed rest to go...and than we will see!! I have had a pesky cervix and placenta previa.
WHAT WAY IS THE BABY LAYING AT THE MIN??? TRANSVERSE, BREECH OR HEAD DOWN? Breech...per Dr's appt yesterday.
LASTLY....... WAS THIS PREGNANCY PLANNED?
We tried and tried for 5 months. PLANNED!!
Thursday, 13 Dec
Update time!! Last week I went to Perinatal Specialist and was told that my cervix was short and that I measured 3.1 (The norm is 3.5).
This Tuesday the 11th I went to see OBGYN and she said that as long as I was above 3.0 she was not concerned. However she wanted me to start moving around more and getting more excerise...I have gained abput 20 lbs. eeek
Today the 12th, I had a follow up with Perinatal specialist for my cervix. My measurements today came back at 2.8; which is well below the 'Norm'. I am not on bed rest until next Thursday the 20th. If my cervix gets longer at least above 3.0 i will still need to stay on bed rest but willmost likely not need surgury. Today they had me hooked up to test for contractions and I did not have any. So Dr was very happy!!
I brought my mom with me to see baby at Perintatal office, and I am so glad I did. She was great, and asked a lot of questions that I didn't even knwo to ask...that is what moms are for. (My mom had many pregnancy issues as well)
We got a sneak peak with a 3D U/S...Got to see my little ones face!! very cute!! She still had her little legs crossed at her ankles and kept putting her hand sin her face. I think my mom was in shock...as they didn't have these things when she was preggie with me!
I will follow up again soom!! Wish me luck my Cervix gets longer!! GO CERVIX!! (never thought I would say that LOL)
Monday, 24 Dec
Today is Christmas Eve...Still on bed rest due to my short cervix. It has gone from 2.7 to 3.4...Dr. is keeping me on house arrest until the 4th, than he will re-measure again. Hopefully my pesky cervix will lengthen permantaly. I really want to start getting up and around. I have put on about 22lbs...EEKK I am not as worried about the extra weight, more the fact that I have not been active for most of this pregnancy...I don `t want to be too winded during labor!! I have been feeling Sweet Pea a lot lately. I get nervous when I don `t feel her.Had a cold this past week...now the darn cold is in my chest...So, I ave a wicked cough and my throat is getting sore again!!Well, I have been laying low for awhile, now I am going to get up for about an hour and make more cookies!!MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!
Monday, 7 Jan
Today is my 24 Week Doctors apt (HAHA Not that I do not see another Dr allmost every week). But today is my OBGYN Appt...I am a little nervous as today I am suppposed to do my Glucose Tolerance Test...and of course get weighed!! Gettiing weighed actually freaks me out more, as being on bed rest for the last4 weeks...doesn `t make it easy to stay fit!! Wish me luck....
Friday, 11 Jan
25 Weeks TODAY!!I took my glucose test on Monday...and I passed with flying colors. I also got a negative for my pre-term test!! I spoke in length with my Dr about Strep B, and how I WANT and NEED antibiotics regardless of how I test at delivery...This is just a preccaustion!!!! I have a good friend of mine that her 7 week old daughter is in NICU with Menegitis due to strep B...and my friend tested negative a week before delivery!!My cervix is down to 2.48 the lowest it has been!! Dr has me on STRICT bed rest...I go bcak on the 17th for another follow up...Baby is doing great..and kicking and moving around like crazy!! She is going to be such a handful!! LOVE HER SO MUCH
Friday, 18 Jan
Okay well tomorrow I will be 26 weeks... Time flies when you are having fun!! Or lay around staring at your walls (Love bed rest...NOT) LOLOkay, so I went to Perinatal Dr today and cervix has lengthen to 2.6 from 2.4...So, not great but getting better!!Hubby went with me and got to see Sweet Pea...she was very active. The tech tried to see if she was `Practicing breathing ` but we didn `t catch her in the act if she did....I guess they start at this point. In a few weeks she should be doing it all the time.Dr still have me on bed rest. He wants me to hold off until 8 weeks...like I really have control LOL... He told me at least 8 more weeks on bed rest...I told him no problem...She is the boss...I already made it 6 weeks straight what is another 8 LOL!!!I go back next wednesday for a follow up and a fetal fibretin test!! JOY JOY
Thursday, 24 Jan
Well I went to Perinatal Dr again today. Had a Fetal Fibrecton test and checked my cervix again. I get the test results back tomorrow on the FFN test. My cervix is shorter!! I am now down to the lowest 1.9. The Dr has me on Terbutaline to slow/stop contractions that are thinning out my cervix. This medicine is makingme very jumpy and shaky. I have had such an issue with sleeping...I am afraid this will seriously hinder that more. I have to take one 2.5mg tablet every 8 hours!! Dr has assured me that baby will be fine! Poor little sweet pea. She is getting big. They didn `t tell me her weight today, but told me I should find out at next weeks scan (27 weeks). We did catch her `Practicing ` her breathing today. So cute! She was again going crazy on the monitor and does not care for being constricted by the bands!!My baby shower invitations went out today!! I am just hoping no labor before shower on 3/1/08. i can not wait to see what the girls have planned.I also recieved an email that my Changing table will be here Monday!! whoo hoo... Floors are going to be installed this Saturday...than we (Hubby) can start decorating!!!My friend had be baby on Sunday!! She just sent me pictures...so beautiful!!
Friday, 25 Jan
Got my test results back for the Fetal Fibrecton test... NEGATIVE!! WHOO HOOOGetting super excited about the nursery! The crib and changer should be here on Monday (If BRU didn `t screw it up) and the floors get put in on Saturday!! Okay...off I go back to bed to bake baby!!
Thursday, 31 Jan
I am really freaked out today. My mom had to re-take her mammogram scan today, and it came back that she does have a nodule. They are having her go in next Wednesday for a biopsy. i am just so scared for her.Please add her to your prayers!!
Daddy finsihed the Changing Table/Dresser today!! Check out the knobs...so much better than the wood knobs it came with...don't ya think!! Now it is onto decorating....hmmm on bed rest (no easy task I am sure)
Monday, 4 Feb
At my Doctors appt on the 28th my cervix was up to 2.2...so some improvement since I have been on the terbutaline. I am begining to get the worst case of heartburn. I am so miserable. I have tried....tums, aloe, baking soda and Zantac. I just can not get any relief...Actually the only thing that does help are milkshakes...but I seriously can not eat them everyday!!!Going to see OBGYN on MOnday for 28 week check up and to discuss Rh Shot...than going to Perintatal Dr on Tuesday to remeasure cervix!!!
Sweet Pea - 28 weeks!! Love my little girl so much!!!!!!
Tuesday, 5 Feb
Well, went to OBGYN on Monday and all is good. She is having me take another Glucose test on the 19th...I guess this is due to my weight gain... 9lbs this month!! OMG!! I passed the other one...so I hope all goes will with this one.I went to Perinatal Dr today to have my crvix re-measured. Still 2.2, but as long as it doesn `t get any shorter...I am a happy girl! I am still on bed rest... 6 more weeks until Dr re-evaluates my bed rest status. I hope to be able to be more active...I am so weak!!My heartburn has been out of control, but since I upped my dose of Xantac yesterday i am feeling so much better!!!Baby Shower is 3 more weeks away!! Oh and we haave scheduled a 3D/4D ultrasound this coming Saturday!! Can `t wait...bring the whole family!!!!!!!!
LOOK WHO'S KICKING SCANS!!!
Wednesday, 13 Feb
I am 29 Weeks today (2days before 30)Went this past weekend for a 3D/4D ultrasound. So awesome. Too bad sweet pea was putting her hands and feet in her face...this was distorting the picture. It was justreally awesome letting my parents and hubby `s parents...and my sis(that drove all the way down 3 hours) to see it!!I went to my Perinatal Dr today. He did another Fetal Fibrectin Test...NEGATIVE!! So, I will be labor free for at least another 2 weeks.As for cervox...down to 1.5!! So, he is keeping me on my Terbutaline and extending my bed rest to 37 weeks. So, 8 more weeks of BED REST!!I can `t complain...she is healthy and doing great. So, I am all about keeping her that way!!!
Sweet Pea - 30 Weeks!!
Thursday, 21 Feb
Well, I am 30 weeks! Went to OBGYN yesterday and took my 2nd glucose test...still waiting to hear test results. I did however learn that my ketones were high and that I need to eat more (I can `t win) I only gained 1 pound so Dr was happy about that...(Again...can `t win)I went to Perintatl Dr today and my cervix has measured 1.7; a little better than last week. They also did the baby measurements and she is 3.6 pounds!! Getting so big! I was told that after 34 weeks I can attend birthing classes!! Whooo hooo
Saturday, 8 Mar
Well I am 33 Weeks!! whoo hoo...It has been a very long road thus far.I went to OB and PN this week, took a few tests. I had to have a liver enzyme/liver function test due to a rash that decided to overcome my body (Itchy and insane, I am thinking it is PUPP....which is hormone induced and no cure!! Nothing like bed rest and itching LOL) I also had another FFN test that came back negative...so that gives me a nice 2 week window for no labor...I think that is the last FFN test I will get, as I read no more after 34 weeks.I am still going to be on bed rest until week 37 APRIL 4!!!!!!! Hmmm...that sounds like a nice birthday 4-4-08!!, maybe she will come than? plus my sis will be in town!!I had my baby shower this past Saturday. Our family abnd friends out did themselves. We seriously have nothing to buy, and if we do I think all the Gift certificates will cover it!!I hope to go shopping after my bed rest, hopefully she will stay put so that I can get the final touches together.I am going to start washing all of her new clothes this week...and pack the hospital bag!! I can `t believe the time is getting near!! WHOO HOOOO
Wednesday, 12 Mar
Okay, so cervix is down to 0.7!!!!! Dr is not freaking out, but says stay lay down and no activity!The bigger the baby gets the shorter the cervix....So, I am just going to roll with the punches....Dr said my cervix could hold me till 39 weeks, but most likely at 37 weeks when he takes me off Terbutaline, it will only be a short matter of time before she is here!!! I am super excited about that!! But not excited about LESS activity...Oh well really only 3 more weeks.
Monday, 24 Mar
Holy Heartburn!!I am having a very hard time sleeping due to this heartburn issue. I learned quickly that Chocolate is a big no no...but I am still weeding through the rest of the food groups...Even water is a nightmare, and if I don `t drink enough...than on come the contractions!!Complaints - LOL: Heartburn, Numb and tingly arms, hands and fingers, trigger finger, back pain and exhaustion, baby getting stuck under my ribs, peeing constantly, constipation!! and...BED REST!!On to the wonderful things: Little Sweet Pea is so active and such a character...I can just tell. I can `t wait to meet her. She is growing perfectly and I couldn `t ask for anything more. I love feeling her swish and move around...I love laying with my hubby chatting about what we thing she will look like and who `s traits she will take...and just the excietment of having her and all the new experiences we will get to have because of her!Hubby for the past few weeks has been stressed about baby...now he is begging me to get off bed rest and have her already...First I though that it might be becsue he is over handling all the house hold duties, but now I I realize that he truely just wants to meet his little girl!! I see him in the nursery all the time re-folding things, wiping down furniture and admiring his little girls room.Can `t wait to meet you Emma!!We are going to the Drs this coming Wednesday for cervix check...But on April 1st we go to both OB and Perinatal Dr. At Perinatal Dr the baby wil be measured and we will learn her weight and hopefully pardon me from bed rest...and at OB I am hoping to discuss birthing options and perhaps...shall I say it INDUCTION? LOL
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tannersmommy - Sunday, 20 April No baby, but I am now scheduled for a C-section on Tues, instead of an induction. The little booger had been head down and ready to go for at least a month and somehow she turned and is breech now. Found that out Thurs. My doc was like freakin out about it too. Didn't make me feel too great. Anyhoo I go in Tues morn and they will check to make sure she didn't flip back head down. If not then they are going to try to turn her down, Ouch, and if that doesn't work then I will have the wonderful C-section. Geez! This has totally caught me off guard. Anyways hope you guys are doing okay. Gotta love all the stinkin visitors, right! Hope MIL isn't being too overbearing!
first-time-mommy-to-b - Sunday, 20 April Its good to hear from you! Emma is just BEAUTIFUL!!! It must be such a relief to finally have your little girl! How did the name go over with the family? I bet they loved it! Yeah, that would be hard to go back to work...I am sure my hubby will feel the same way! In the mean time I am not wanting to go to work myself! haha I am just so ready to have her already! I don't think it will be soon, I think we will have to induce after my due date! UGH! Thursday I was 38wk 5 dys and still hadn't dialted or effaced AT ALL. And she hasn't dropped either! I am getting frustrated. But I guess either way she will be here in the next few weeks so I should not complain! I am glad everything is going good with you!!! Keep me posted on Emmas progress and be sure and post more pictures! :)
tannersmommy - Thursday, 17 April OMG congrats on Emma. I love the pics. It looks like she is smiling in the one. I loved the mirror during delivery too, it helps to see that you are making progress. Well I hope to be delivering soon. Best wishes on the breast feeding.
conita5 - Thursday, 17 April conrats on your baby girl and thanks for the birthing story it reminded me of how horrible it is .lol. but it is all worth it in the end. hope all is well and congrats again. i hope to be joining you in the new mommy club real soon.
miracle-baby - Thursday, 17 April What a beautiful baby!! You are an incredible woman and had an incredible experience. How wonderful it is to see it all over and your sweet baby in your arms. I am so happy for you!!!
usagi - Wednesday, 16 April "As soon as I saw her little hairy head...I was like an athlete..." LOL that part made me laugh! Your birth story sounded so painful, you are so strong to have made it through that difficult a labor (not to mention everything that lead up to it!!!).
It's so wonderful to see you and Emma and hubby... Emma is smiling, so happy to be in your arms! CONGRATS!!!!!
mbyrd27 - Wednesday, 16 April What a beautiful story! YOU GO GIRL!!! You have me crying over here. lol! Congrats to you both! You guys made a gorgeous baby! Best wishes!
sarahnicely - Wednesday, 16 April you poor thing....yea baby!!!! You are such a trooper, I am soooo proud of you for sticking it out. How are you feeling? Milk still not in huh, well I know for fact half a beer will bring it in with in hours. :) and it tastes really good after not having any for the better part of a year. :) Get plenty of rest, and post some pics. :)
w8ting4baby - Wednesday, 16 April Oh sweetie, she is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Already a smiling face! And Daddy looks so proud!! Congratulations to you and the family, hope you are getting some rest! She's so perfect!
first-time-mommy-to-b - Wednesday, 16 April You poor thing! Long pregnancy, Hard labor and Difficult delivery! I am so glad that you have finally finished your journey and now have a beautiful little girl to share ya'lls life with! Its truley amazing! Congratulations again! I can't wait to see pictures! I bet she is beautiful!!
chula735 - Wednesday, 16 April She is so beautiful love the new pictures of Emma
rosangela - Wednesday, 16 April It seems as though CONGRATULATIONS are in order!!
janeth - Monday, 14 April CONGRATULATION!!!!!!! CANT WAIT TO SEE YOUR LITTLE PRINCESS
jujubee - Monday, 14 April CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! Can't wait to see pics! You've made it girl!
sarahnicely - Monday, 14 April yea!!!!!!!!!!! wow friday???? I thought Saturday....good luck I'm patiently waiting info.
first-time-mommy-to-b - Monday, 14 April Congratulations on little Emma!! Hope all is going well!!
miracle-baby - Monday, 14 April Yay!! I have been thinking about you. Congrats on little Emma!! I hope you had a great delivery. I am still here pregnant. LOL Naomi is very comfortable and I am impatient. I can't wait to see her pictures. Have fun with her and enjoy the time it goes by so fast. I am so envious right now. ha ha
chula735 - Monday, 14 April MySpace Comments & MySpace Layouts can't wait to see pictures of little Emma
newmommy2be - Monday, 14 April Congrats!!! Can't wait to see the pics of the new little one!!
conita5 - Monday, 14 April congrats on you new little one i hope to be joining you in the new mommy club soon.
mitzumama - Monday, 14 April WELCOME EMMA!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited for you. When you get a chance, please share your birth story with me. I want all the juicy details!!!! hee hee. I have so enjoyed your company this pregnancy.
captlinda - Monday, 14 April Congratulations!!! Can't wait for the pics!