micki
	Age: 38 Country: usa Province/region: City: Cincinnati Partner: Randy Children: Yes, 1 Pregnant: Not anymore Occupation: retail slave
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My little bean at 9 weeks and 5 days. She kicked and squirmed her way through the whole ultrasound. Im so happy that my hubby could be there with me to see and hear her for the first time. My husband says she kinda looks like a little duckling.

Well my first appointment went well. Everything seems to measuring right on track. We could see and hear the baby which took loads of worry of my mind. Now, if I could only stop the morning sickness. Ive had it constantly since week six. Sometimes its just nausea which, even though it sucks is ok because Im getting some food to stay down. The vomiting is starting to wear on me though. I've lost nine lbs according to my weigh in yesterday. If it doesnt stop soon I'll have to go on some meds which I was really trying to avoid. Only two weeks to go until I hit the twelve week milestone. Everthing is supposed to get better then...right? No more m/c worries...no more hurling....ahhh a girl can dream can't she?

I hit 12 weeks on wednesday and much to my surprise the worrying didn't end. I still worry about every little thing I do, thinking that it's going to hurt the baby. I have to stop reading the books and stuff on the internet. I have way too much of an over-active imagination. I've finally stopped throwing up and retching, but unfortunately not on my own. After one truly horrendous day of vomiting, and 14lbs of weight loss I called my doctor and she prescribed Zofran for me. I was worried about taking it, but it has been worth it so far. I can eat and drink again! I have put 2lbs back on and I feel like a whole new person. I can't wait to hit the magical second trimester so I can have that 'glow' that everyone keeps talking about!

Well, I had appointment number two today and it was short and sweet. I got to hear the heartbeat again which was like music to my ears. Amazing how that faint little swishing sound can make me feel so good. I have to go and get my quad screen and other bloodwork done on the 16th. Hopefully everything will come back just fine, but of course for now it just gives me more stuff to worry about. If only I could have been pregnant just a few years earlier. And who decided that 35 was the magic number that makes you old anyway? My husband ordered us a doppler heart rate moniter which should be arriving any day now. I cant wait to be able to hear the heartbeat anytime that I want! It will be sweet peace of mind. Im travelling to visit my family next month and plan to bring it with me so they can hear the baby too.

Yay.....I've hit 14 weeks and the blessed second trimester. I'm so excited, its like hitting a milestone. Next milestone will be the 20 week ultrasound and finding out the sex of the baby. Its so nice to have things to look forward to. Our doppler heart rate moniter arrived today and we've already used it three times. I was able to find the heart beat in just minutes. It was so clear and so strong and much louder than a couple of days ago at the doctors office. I love that I can use it anytime that I need a little peace of mind and know that everything is alright. I even called my mom who lives 2500 miles away and let her listen and she almost cried.

I am officially 16 weeks and feeling much better. I havent even needed the Zofran for while now. What a relief! I had my quad screen and other blood tests done today...so now begins more worrying. I had to give 8 vials! She just kept pulling vial after vial out. I thought it was never gonna end. Now I have to wait 6 days to call the doctor for the results. This is gonna be a long hard six days! Please, please, please let these tests come back negative for anything bad.

Yayyyy!!! My tests came back negative today. I was so happy I cried and cried. Not that I dont cry all the time for no reason anyway, but boy was I relieved. Its so nice to have that hurdle past me and one more worry gone. I have my next appointment on the 7th of August and hopefully they will do an ultrasound and we can find out if it will be Anna or Noah. I cant wait to find out so I can start doing some serious shopping.

Well, I had my third appointment today and didn't get an ultrasound. Whaa! I am scheduled for the 17th, but that seems so long away. We talked genetic testing, and he said that since my blood tests came back fine I should be ok. Thats good because I wasnt going to do an amnio anyway. Everything seemed to be right on track today. Heartbeat sounded great, blood pressure was awesome (yay me!) and I havent gained a single pound yet. Im still down the original 8 lbs I lost when I was sick. I asked if that was a problem and all they said was 'oh, you'll gain weight, dont worry'. Watch, the next appointment I'll balloon up and get in trouble.

I flew to Canada to visit my mom and family and they threw a small early shower for me bacause I wont be back up before the baby comes. It was sweet. Everyone bought everything in green since we didnt know the sex yet. I got lots of cute things for my little munchkin that I cant wait to use. Best of all my mom bought me the crib that we wanted. Im so excited I cant wait to get it together and put some pics in the nursery forum.

This is the crib my family bought us.

Yes its true...its a GIRL! We were really hoping for a girl. Not that we'd be disappointed in any way, but a girl just felt right. The ultrasound was amazing. The technician was wonderful. She was vey thorough and explained exactly what she was doing as she went along. I cant believe how much they were able to tell from those grainy images. All in all everything seemed to look good and the baby seems healthy. My sweetie took me out for a romantic dinner the next night to celebrate. I couldnt be a happier wifey and momma-to-be right now.

Friday, 26 Oct

I havent updated my page in a while. Well, actually I have but it was all erased except for what you see above. And I just couldnt get my self to rewrite everything. I am now 30 weeks! I cant beleive how the time has flown by since week 6 when I started coming here. My last appointment went very well. I had the gd test which I passed with 'flying colors' in thier words. And everything else was great too. Blood pressure, iron levels and weight gain. This pregnancy has been alot easier on me that I thought it would be. Ive always been one of those people that always felt run down. I suffer from headaches very regularly, and if theres a cold or flu out there to catch I get it. Not now though. I get way fewer headaches and havent felt sick since I had the morning sickness. I guess theres something to be said for eating right, drinking lots of water and taking your vitamins regularly. Now I hope I can keep this up after she comes. I really want to be healthy and in good shape for my little girl.
She seems to be doing well. She kicks and rolls and turns like crazy, and I love every second of it. I think that will be the thing I miss the most when shes out is how it feels when she moves.

The nursery is almost finished. I found some pretty flowers to paste on the wall. Now I just need some bedding. I dont want to buy much more til after the showers. I wish they would be over soon so I can get everything else we need to complete the room. But its looking pretty damn cute anyway.

Yay....not much longer now!!!!!!

Wednesday, 31 Oct

I had the last of my monthly appointments today and start going every two weeks from now on. I measured about a week ahead at 32 weeks, but the doctor didnt seem concerned. Doc found the heartbeat immediately and was impressed with how strong it was. Sounds like my lil one is doing well. Ive only gained 8lbs total, which she said was great. All in all another good visit with lots of good news.

I feel like Im coming down with a cold. My throat has been really sore and I have head and body aches. Hopefully I can fight this off. I feel kinda run down and want to just sleep for days. Unfortunately I have to work seven days in a row before my next day off. I cannot wait for my maternity leave to start!

Sunday, 11 Nov

Ive been getting this awful pain in my belly. Its just to the left of my belly button. Its kind of hard to describe...kind of a tearing or burning sensation that feels bruised to the touch under the skin, but the skin itself feels numb. It gets really bad after Ive been on my feet for a while. I can start to feel it after standing for as little as 10 minutes. So friday night Im at work, and the pain becomes almost unbearable. I couldnt bend or sit, but standing was just as painful. The girls at work convinced me to go to the hospital. One of the girls thought it might be the placenta tearing away from the wall which scared the crap outta me. SO I called my hubby and he met me at the hospital. It turned out that I was having fairly regular contractions, about every 10 minutes apart. Id had a few that day, but couldnt really feel these ones. They decided to give me a shot of brethine and monitor me for a while. They checked my cervix, but fortunately I wasnt dialated at all. I also found out that shes turned and not breach....so thats good news! She got the hiccups while on the monitor, so now I know exactly what they feel like.The babys heartrate was great and she moved and kicked and squirmed like crazy. I was a little worried about the brethine, because it started to give me the tremors pretty bad. About an hour later, just when I thought we'd be going home they came in and said that I was still contracting, and that my uterus was 'irratable'. So they gave me another shot and monitored me for a couple more hours. And they made me drink a whole pitcher of water. They said it was that or an IV. Finally at about 4am they said I was doing better and sent me home. They put me on bedrest for the weekend, which was unexpected, but I dont mind the extra days off work. I have a feeling this lil girl is going to come early for me. I predict 36 weeks. But I guess we'll see....!

Monday, 12 Nov

I had my post hospital doctors visit today and everything seems ok. They checked again to see if I was dialated and Im not. They did a swab test to see if Im preterm and Im not. So good news all around. Unfortunately they think the belly pain is just a ligament stretching and there isnt really anything they can do about it. Which kinda sucks cuz it hurts so damn bad. I rested all weekend, but went to the store for a couple of minutes and ended up having to leave and go home. Just 10 little minutes of walking and I thought I was gonna pass out from the pain. I dont know how Im going to manage 6 more weeks of eight hour days on my feet. I bought a belly support band, and I hope it works. If not Ill try the 'prenatal cradle' I just found online.

Friday, 14 Dec

I havent updated in a while. But looks like my prediction was wrong and I made it past the 36 week mark. Im happy about that, because I want her to be healthy, but I sure feel ready to go. I think if I were off work and more relaxed I could wait alot longer for her, but Im so sore and tired from being on my feet all day that I just want it all over with. I asked my doc at the last appointment about writing me off work, or at least getting shorter shifts and she refused. She said because my blood pressure is ok that there is no medical reason to write me off. My hip, pelvic and back pain are not reason enough. The contractions Ive been getting at work from running and stressing all day are apparently not a problem. She said I want them because they help me dilate. I have worked through contractions, helping customers and ringing sales and its not fun!

Ive been fighting a respiratory infection because Ive been so tired and run down. The doc prescibed me a zpack which didnt do much for me. It just moved the infection from my sinuses to my chest and now my ears. And today I just found out that a woman I work with has a bad case of mono, with sores in her throat. Im worried now cuz Ive had a slight fever and a bad headache. Hopefully its just leftover symptoms of my infection. Man...I sure am ready to get over this and have my lil one here. My body is sore and tired. I will deal with whatever I have to as long as she is healthy, but I sure could use a rest from work to deal with it all. I wouldnt mind going over my due date if thats what it takes as long as I can rest and dont have to be at work during it all. Ive been thinking about tring to self induce, but my hubby asked me why I would want to make the baby suffer, just because I want to punish the dr for not taking me out. Which may not be exactly true, but isnt too far off.

Tuesday, 18 Dec

Yahooo! Im so happy I could cry. My chiropractor wrote me off of work for my back pain. I feel like I can finally sit back and relax and enjoy this last little bit of being pregnant. I can finish the odds and ends around the house and get ready for family to come. I was so worried that i would miss out on that nesting thing because I would waste all my energy at work, but now I can use my nesting powers for good...not evil!!! Hehehe! I am thrilled with life right now.

MY BIRTH STORY!

I went to my scheduled 39 week doctors appointment, expecting to be told I wasnt anymore dilated since the last appointment. I was starting to think that I was going to end up overdue. My appointment was on a friday and I was due on tuesday (New Years Day). At my appointment they did the usual, weight, blood pressure and urine. But when she took my blood pressure she looked a little freaked out and made me do it again. It turned out I was 180/110! After my pressure being perfect the entire pregnancy I had developed pre-eclampsia in one week. They made me lay on my left side for a while so they could take my pressure again, but it didnt go down. So the doc came in and basically said I need to go straight to the hospital and we would most like induce immediately. The doc let me drive myself only with the promise that I would go straight to the hospital and have someone else go home and get my stuff. So I went straight to the hospital where I was admitted and they watched my pressure for the next day. They started me on meds to get it under control, and watched me all through Saturday. Finally they decided they would induce me on Sunday.

Sunday morning came and they started me on Pitocin at 7am, then broke my water at 8am. It didnt hurt nearly as much as I expected. I was louder than I thought tho! Sploosh! I started contracting about hour later and held out til I was about 4 centimeters and got my epidural at about 1:00. I remember being so worried about asking for the epidural. I kept thinking it was too early to ask, but when I told the nurses that, they just laughed and said anytime was good for an epidural!

I started feeling extreme pain in my butt and back area. The nurse at the time kept telling the doc it was pressure not pain, no matter how many times I tried to correct her. She wouldnt tell the doc or the anesthesiologist. Finally the anesthesiologist came in and gave the nurse hell for making me wait so long. She told her to let HER decide when it was time. Yayyy! My hero. LOL! So she ended up giving me another dose of the epidural and a shot of Lidocaine and all was well again. SO I contracted regularly for the next couple of hours until I started to feel the back pain and pressure again. The nurse finally asked if I feel like I would feel beter if I started pushing and I said yes. So I pushed for about 4 hours and we were making some progress. SHe could even see the color of the babys hair. I hit about -1 station and was complaining about the pain. They decided to give me another shot of Lidocaine. I dont really remember asking for it, just that I was in pain. Unfortunately that shot turned out to be a bad idea. All of a sudden I was too numb to push. The doc came in and she tried to help me push, but I could feel and she could see that I wasnt getting any results. The baby actually went back to 0 station. The doc then decided that she was turned sideways and she wouldnt be able to turn her. So that meant I was gonna have a c-section. By then they could have said "we're gonna have to pull her out thru your nose" and I would have said "ok!".

The c-section went well and I swear I didnt feel a thing. I was so out of it by then that I really just wanted to sleep. It was quick, and out she came...healthy and squeaky! She barely cried, just kinda squeaked and stared at her new world. She was 6lbs 10.5oz and perfect!